ForumsArt, Music, and WritingPeriodic Poetry Contest - Theme: Touch of Truth (Page 390, due Jan. 28)

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DragonMistress
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First, I will post the overall rules, and then I will post the specifics about this week.

Original rules, as stated by Ubertuna:

It must fit the week's theme.
It must be submitted by the deadline.
It cannot have inappropriate language in it.
It cannot be stolen (if you plagiarize, we will find you).


Also:

The poem must be created for this contest
A user cannot win two weeks in a row (though everyone is welcome to submit every week!)
Only one submission per user will be accepted

As we all know, the winner will recieve a merit, and their poem will be featured on the _Poetry_ page.


OK, on to this week's topic...Again, we are having a style instead of a theme. Also, this week we are having TWO WEEKS to do it, instead of the usual one. Why? Because this will be an EPIC poem. Or, rather, a parody of an epic poem. Generally, epic poetry is very long, and tells the serious story of a heroic figure. Well, this week, the epic figure is YOU! Write a long poem (I'll leave the definition of 'long' up to you, but give it a good go) about the heroic story of you! It can be silly, serious, whatever... just have fun with it. You have two weeks, so have a great time!
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Kyouzou
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Unwilling tool, pawn of fate
Destiny not chosen, but decreed
A conquest without victory

The call of prophecy,
The mistake of a god,
An inexorable meeting,

The day draws near.
War is on the horizon,
A cursed destiny calls.

Forged in the fires of conflict,
Tempered by toil and suffering
A hero must come forth.

Perhaps a gallant prince,
Or a humble serving girl.
They exist in all ways and forms

They set out for the fields of war,
Leading an army of virtue
Facing an impossible enemy.


I think this is the longest poem I've ever written, it would've been longer but I started to feel like I was forcing it, so this is what you get.

MoonFairy
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:O If it is this saturday, I'm ttly gonna make mine better >,> Until Saturday at 11:59!

Quirinus1
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Can I still enter?

EmperorPalpatine
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@Quirinus1

Yes you may. You have about 31 hours.

Kyouzou
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Submissions are now closed, did we get enough people to judge?

EmperorPalpatine
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There's 4 submissions, although Mav's seems a bit... like it might not count. Anyway, there's 3 other submissions so this round should count.

TackyCrazyTNT
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Oh, shoooooot. I was going to submit something....I don't suppose I still can?

Maverick4
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although Mav's seems a bit... like it might not count


Its a sad tale of a man's dealing with bad fish. How does it not count?

Besides, its a lymerick!
Kyouzou
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Methinks you would have to ask Parsat, he might accept the late submission.

TackyCrazyTNT
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I'll just sneak it in here and hope he doesn't notice... :P
It's not even done yet. I was going to finish it yesterday. Whoops.

Will you put on your finest armor?
Your gleaming breastplate and red shield-
Will you unsheathe your sharpest weapon
And again fight death until it yields?

When you were young you fought the demons
Those shadows that blocked your flaming path,
Cleaved through the masses with your sword
And stained your red road with seas of wrath.

How very young and brave you were!
Fighting Hades where death resides,
And travelling to the ends of the earth,
And peering over to face the starry skies.

Saving princess maidens in distress,
Locked by kings upon tall dark towers
Taking them by their dainty hands and arms,
And accepting all the wreaths of flowers.

But now youâre shackled by Father Time,
His lock and chain upon your wrist.
Your old battle scars ache with age,
And your stories are nothing more than myths.

And was the fame and glory worth it all?
You watched your friends and companions fall,
Felled from Life by Deathâs unflinching hand.
You covered their faces with a ragged shawl.

Now you watch the young set off,
Dreaming of all the gold and fame.
You see them off with words of wisdom,
Warning them of the wars and pain.

And then youâll rest your heavy head,
You'll let your bloody banner fall,
And you'll walk along the path of life
The greatest hero of them all.

EmperorPalpatine
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Will you put on your finest armor?
Your gleaming breastplate and red shield-
Will you unsheathe your sharpest weapon
And again fight death until it yields?

I'm not sure about the rules for plagiarism against yourself, because (from the nonet contest here):
Will you put on your finest armor?
With gleaming breastplate and red shield-
Unsheathe your sharpest weapon
To once again fight death.
Return in triumph,
We'll welcome home
The greatest
Hero,
You.
TackyCrazyTNT
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Plagiarism against myself? Shoot, I forgot about that. I only used three lines though....

Quirinus1
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I completely forgot writing one, and hope my poem will still be counted.

With my germanic brothers,
I went to the Soviet State.
To exterminate the slavic people,
in what was a total war.

As we conquered them,
dozens of miles a day,
we stayed behind,
killing them all.

Men, women, children,
as long as they were jew.
We killed one round the man,
to conserve our precious ammo.

And then, when we lost,
at Stalingrad, at Kursk.
We we had to retreat,
they did the same to us.

Maverick4
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Tacky you so bad, you steal from yourself. :/

Quirinus1
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Will my poem be judged or will it not?

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