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Poetry Contest
Well, we haven't had one of these in a while, have we? Time for a new one, I say! Welcome, resident poets!
The rules are pretty simple. I am the first judge. I will give you a theme, and you must write a poem relating to the theme. Be creative with your interpretations! I will then judge the entries by a set date, and the winner will then be the next judge, and set the next theme. And so on, and so forth.
The first theme will be... *dramatic drumroll*
Stars! Whether you chose to write about the kind of stars you wish on, or the kind that take the stage, I will be eagerly awaiting your sparkly, shiny, beautiful poems. Have them in by... Saturday, March 18. Two weeks. Sound fair?
I hope to see your poems soon!
~Booksy <3
submitted by Booksy Owly
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(March 18, 2017 - 11:44 am)
Do you guys want me to extend the deadline?
(March 18, 2017 - 11:45 am)
Here's mine!
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They say
Shoot for the stars
How? In a rocket?
Don't understand
To shoot a star?
Like
To Kill a Mockingbird
No--
They say
Reach for the stars
How? Climb a mountain?
Don't understand
So high up
Too far
Can't reach them.
They say
Find your star
How? Don't have a star
Don't understand
I have a star, they say
I do?
Where?
I'll find it
Somewhere
Up there in the sky.
~
(March 18, 2017 - 1:25 pm)
Okay, since only two poems have been submitted (thanks Leafpool and Destiny!) I'm extending the deadline to Tuesday. Please post!
(March 18, 2017 - 11:44 pm)
Here's my poem:
Lost
Never growing older
seems like a fine prospect on this desolite night
Following Peter Pan and his pals to Neverland
But I'm too
thirsty for a sip of rain
tired of walking toward nothing
hungry for a home
to wish...to hope for such a thing as escape from this deadly, mysterious night
From which I walk on twisted weeds, and forever darkness whirling around like a cyclone
And then I see
light
Blinding, shining.....light full of hope
As suddenly as Neverland enters my mind, a legend of a star of great power and hope enters my mind
They call it
The North Star
And while Peter will fly towards Neverland on his own star
I will use the North Star
My very own star
To fly towards my home
(March 19, 2017 - 9:41 am)
Beautiful, beautiful, everyone!!! *applauds loudly for all of you* *throws confetti cause why not*
(March 19, 2017 - 11:06 am)
@Admins: I'm thinking of posting a poem about stars, but I was planning on entering it in a real contest. Is it possible to post it for now, and then later delete it if O ever want to publish it or anything? Thanks!
We might have trouble finding it on Chatterbox at a later date to delete it. You know how threads sometimes disappear. It's probably better to save it until after any contest.
Admin
(March 19, 2017 - 3:01 pm)
Hi! I haven't posted in forever, but the theme inspired me so I wrote this!
A Star
Some say that a star is a wish,
a light in the dark,
a hope for lost souls,
a floating lantern that lost its way.
How can the residue
of a thousand thousand hopes and dreams and
human lives
cling to this star – this mass of boiling fire
suspended in empty fields of endless dark?
A star is a pinhole in the long night's cloak.
A star is a ray of forever when all that is close says now.
A star is a reminder of the magnitude of the cosmos,
so empty and yet so full of terrible wonder,
and us, with our small bright lives that cling to meaning.
A star is a light in the dark.
A star is a wish.
(March 19, 2017 - 8:34 pm)
Aaaah!!! I forgot, sorry! Is there a possiblity for a deadline extension?
(March 20, 2017 - 4:34 pm)
Alright, since it seems that many people forgot the deadline is extended until Friday, with judging on Saturday.
(March 20, 2017 - 5:44 pm)