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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Maverick4
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I've had too much to drink tonight;
Too much has made me blind.
Some how I never see the light,
This lonely way I wind.
But I hurt myself, bleed myself,
Drain until I resemble the colors of the sea:
Imperfect harmony.

But still I'd wait in line for this.
I'll always wait in line for this.
__________
From meh thread. :3

nichodemus
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Globalisation

A perennial gale of creative destruction,
As astutely claimed by Schumpeter,
Heralding a redefition of foundations,
Brazenly he sallies forth, our trumpeter.

See the haughty French Connoisseur,
Sniff and quaff nouveau American liquor,
His plump oriental Turkish neighbour,
Plants a splendid Christmas douglas fir.

See the proud Chinese gentleman,
Quietly order a hamburger for his son,
Right behind the hunched British war veteran,
Chewing sagely on exotic herbal medicine.

See the spiffily dressed Iranian banker,
Sweating over his Russian grammar,
His friend the buoyant Mexican pastor,
Hums a pop song, tapping his fingers.

Wave away those parochial purists,
The world is not a rigid copper mould,
Checked by hysterical moralists,
Each lacking a sophisticated soul.

For culture embraces and not shuns,
Dynamic people bouncing off ideas,
Behold, it encompasses everyone,
Yes, even that insular deacon.

There is naught a single save haven,
An isolated community or mighty nation,
Concrete and staunch enough to withstand,
This evolving marvel's outstretched hands

Parsat
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Thanks for the submissions! I have a lot of stuff to read now. Happy new year, and may the muses ever inspire you!

nichodemus
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Safe haven*

:P Grammar.

nichodemus
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Parsat, oh Parsat!

EmperorPalpatine
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I'd be getting yelled at and fired by now if it took me over a week to judge the Haiku Contest. It's a good thing people are lenient about this one.

Salvidian
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I'd say because Parsat has an excuse. He doesn't show as often. :P

kirks011
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My poem is a Haiku..

Haikus are easy,
however, mine don't make sense.
refridgerator.



[i]if you saw something i made similar to this in the haiku forum, it was meant to be similar, i just changed a bit up.

Lee_Blade
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Global Warming

Global Warming is our warning
Warning because the earth is warming
Let us not continue our burning
Let us prevent this Global Warming

The earth now is really heating
We really need to block the warming
This does not sound really amazing
So let us do now some cooling

pangtongshu
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Er..so this was due Jan 1..why are people still submitting?

Kyouzou
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Why pangtongshu, weren't you aware? Reading is hard.

EmperorPalpatine
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Jester

You know what they say,
"Teach a child to read, and him or her will be able to pass a literacy test."
- George W Bush

Kyouzou
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Jester

Alright then, I've been asked to takeover the responsibilities of judging, I'll try to have the results up later on today or at the latest tomorrow.

Kyouzou
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My apologies for the delay, without further ado, I present the results:

Bronze: TackyCrazyTNT
Silver: TopRank_
Gold: Nichodemus for Globalisation

If you wish to have specific feedback, message me and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Your next theme is: The Invention of Time
Due: Saturday, 19 January 2013

Enjoy!

Lee_Blade
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Peasant

I think on this round I will not join.

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