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!
Yes I really did get ninja'd. I was looking for that last word for a long time. I also changed themes a lot. The first time I saw it was the next day since I posted it and left pretty quickly.
Deception Lust and desire. . . Fornications of strangers! Anger and murderous thoughts. . . Cheating.
by Choazmachine
Congratulations on winning first(although you shaved it very finely with the timing). Contact Carlie for your merit, if you would like it to be critiqued, you may request it in my comments. Also; I am now offering critiques via Private Messaging, as I understand some people do not want it to be public(I think).
Silver Medal
Clouds Beautiful, somber Passing over worlds Pride, grief, all one Sky
by Thyll
Congratulations on getting silver(there's nothing wrong with second place, and it was very close; like the Canada-United States Olympic game...coolest EVAR!). If you would like it to be critiqued, you may request it on my profile. Also; I am now offering critiques via Private Messaging, as I understand some people do not want it to be public(I think).
Bronze Medal
Snow Cold, white Falling to ground Happy, eternal, beautiful, powerful Blizzard
by TheCheeseMaker
Congratulations on getting third(regardless of the theme discrepancy; did you know, that before Beast, someone actually already made a snowflake poem? Yup!). If you would like it to be critiqued, you may request it on my profile. Also; I am now offering critiques via Private Messaging, as I understand some people do not want it to be public(I think).
Honorable Mentions It seems, unfortunately, that some people had a misunderstanding about the Cinquain thing. Let me be clear; it must follow the format shown in the link precisely, including the word type, not just the word count. There were some excellent poems out there disqualified due to that. The cinquain format is as follows:
Subject(1 Word) Adjectives About Subject(2 Words) Verbs(3 Words) How The Subject Makes You Feel(4 Words) Subject(1 Word)
Faith Certain uncertainty Derive hope, love Unto the very last, Life
by Parsat
It's great, but "Unto the very last" doesn't work.
A similar problem, dealing with the word type. Gunshots fired is a verb, not an adjective, loud thunderous cracks is an adjective, and our leader has fallen is...a verb? Yeah. So...it doesn't quite fit the format. It's good, but doesn't work. Sorry.
I know that no one is going to complain about how I did not clarify that, because I did supply a link, and that link did show that information. If you did not follow the format because you failed to click the link, I am not at fault here.
we fear the drop of every dice, the future fate awaits. your hands, they clench, and turn to ice mind-to-face, fear translates.
and dread, it fills up every nerve absorbed in losing all suspense builds up, it drains your verve to slip and then to fall
but then the rolling stops right then as if the clouds shall burst you're filled to boiling point again and so, you're reimbursed
This is iambic. Different tone than I usually do, but it has better meter than I usually have. Also, this is not finished, so only accept it as my official entry if I don't revise it down the road.
Anticipation for Glee Oh what can this be? A game of Roulette! Of Russian nationality.
A crowd gathers as the three begin There's a new game for all you kin. "Now here you go Sonny, Bring it to your chin" "Pulling a trigger surely is not a sin!"
*Click* "Off goes one" *Click* "There goes ol' Jeb's Son!" *Click* "Shame he's so young." *Click* "And we have a winner?"
Cheers, Smiles, and Drinks all around! But what goes up, must come down.
