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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JereN
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That is so true :P

shayneii
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Fear

Trembling softly, BOOM!
A frightful flight, knocked the night
Towers crumbling down.

Just something I wrote now... :P

SlayerStriker
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@JereN Its a fantastic poem, how did you think of that?

JereN
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Those are just things that I have seen and experienced
and few things that just are common knowledge

wistress
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FEARS


A spider on the wall
maliciously crawling
An extremely close call
My heart is pounding

Here in unlit black
malevolently growing
A breadth behind my back
My heart is thumping

Climbing on a mountain
venally augmenting
Ascension has begun
My heart is racing

Jumping from a plane
deceitfully flying
Descending is in vain
My heart has . . .

Maverick4
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Something in Nothing
By: Mav

A shadow in the night
No one knows my plight
Muddling my mind
It is everything but kind

It is unique to all
But all of man will fall
Creepy, crawly, skuttling things
Those horrible, ghastly paings

With nothing to fear
But no one will hear
Enclosed in their mind
To be free all you need is someone Kind

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its all about how friends help you to get over things (in this case fear)

adrecka_33
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2 Days left, And not to many entries but really really good ones. So be sure the judging will happen this Wednesday on time. There is a few things I need to make sure of before the next judging and theme is announced. So hopefully everything will be cleared up by then.

Maverick4
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wednsday you say? i thought it was thursday...

this is irrelevant

adrecka_33
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No, Umm I thought I said the 24, Because I will not be here Thursday so it has to be the 24th or you will have to wait a week for judging.

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Fear

It is always looking down.
Looking down on you,
Pondering its next strike
It looks and waits
And when it is ready
It strikes

What is thing you ask?
Well, it is something
That everyone has.
And no one can avoid
Its icy grasps.

This thing is fear.
It tries to keep you away.
But if you try you can
Elude it and ignore it.

Some people donât like fear
But some thrive on it.
And all we can do
Is just live with it.

It's not very good but it is really my first peom.
People please comment on it. I would love to hear your critique.

thisisnotanalt
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I like the flow of it, but your rhyme scheme needs organizing.

shayneii
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[quote=samdawghomie]I like the flow of it, but your rhyme scheme needs organizing.[/quote]

It could be a free verse poem (no rhyme scheme)

samdawghomie
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It is more of prose peotry. It doesn't have any rhyme and meter to it, just exspressive feelings.

samdawghomie
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Sorry for DP but truthfully I am no good at rhyming. I like prose and free verse personally. easier to write and helps better express.

wistress
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Samdawghomie,

Many great poets throughout history did not rhyme in their poems. Poems DO NOT have to rhyme nor do they always have to flow.
I have known people who have been writing poetry for years and would not be able to write a poem like the one you did above. If this is your first poem, it looks like you may come by writing poetry naturally. I personally like it.

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