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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
(March 4, 2017 - 8:58 pm)
(March 4, 2017 - 8:58 pm)
we are holding hands and the hum of energy between us crackles joyfully in the sunset and we are on top of the world.
i am so grateful for you because you taught me the courage of our sun to rise and fall on our broken land each day, and in a way you don't know, you taught me the difference between surviving and being alive.
it's only to you that my paper heart unfolds, blooming like a shy flower in may
and it's only in moments like this that i hear a symphony inside of me and it plays for you,
and so when you look at me with hesitance and regret and i feel our hearts untangle, i feel my heart wither and hear the silencing of music. i have no faith in the sun and i cannot live and i can barely survive. i am no longer grateful.
you are walking away and the hum of energy between us has fizzled and i am scarred beyond recognition.
but you are on top of the world.
(March 22, 2021 - 5:38 pm)
Wasn't the judging date the 13th?
(March 24, 2021 - 6:15 pm)
I think dreamiing's judging, and on the 28th, right?
(March 24, 2021 - 8:45 pm)
Oh gosh, I must have been seeing the judging notice from an eariler contest. My bad!
(March 25, 2021 - 3:09 pm)
(March 27, 2021 - 1:48 pm)
I believe that it's judging day!
(March 28, 2021 - 10:16 pm)
s o r r y
we were at my cousin's house :\
okay- this is short because i have to go to school soon but umm here;
Honerable Mentions: JAYBELLS and NIGHTSKY/WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS NOW! Both of your poems were stunning! I loved the imagery and linebreaks.
Third Place: LUNA-STARR! Wow, Luna! This poem is heartbreaking and wonderful and just soo amazing. Congrats on third place!
Second Place: LEO! This was amAZing. I loved the last line so much; here i am, brave by breathing it was just so good!
FIRST PLACE: LUMI! Y E S lumi YES this was heartbreaking! And so, so, so, SO good! I loved it and read it probably five times in a row xD
Okay- Lumi is the next judge! Or wait, should Leo judge? Let me know.
*runs off to school without spellchecking*
(March 29, 2021 - 10:48 am)
dreamii, thank you sososo much <33 I really wasn't expecting that and it completely made my day!
about who's judging... not sure? anyone know?
(April 1, 2021 - 8:54 pm)
okay, I'm going to go ahead and post a theme. I'll judge Friday, April 16, two weeks from now. the theme is edit.
Do what you'd like with that :) Have fun!
(April 2, 2021 - 1:48 pm)
(April 3, 2021 - 8:53 am)
Oh no.
Big mistake.
Time to edit!
Oh no.
Wait.
This is real life!
But rivers can still be rewritten,
People can still be erased,
And words will never disappear
Because they were never seen in the first place.
Just twist the fabric of space and time,
Like a tablecloth trying to hide a stain...!
Look there!
It's all fixed!
Edited in its own way!
(April 4, 2021 - 8:19 am)
all the things i wish i could say
you know, you're
beautiful, and
i used to wait for
you with held breath,
crossing my fingers that
you'd be here.
[edit]
you know, you
don't give yourself
nearly enough credit for
being as amazing
as you are.
[edit]
you know, you were
sometimes the only
bright spot in my
day, those times when
the world was against
me, you stayed
by my side.
[edit]
you know, your and
my stories seemed
like tiny shards of a
world where we could dance
together, and no one
would assume our feelings
were something they're not.
[edit]
you know, you
don't remember the day
before the whispers and
"knowing" looks
changed us, but
i do, and it was
beautiful.
[edit]
you know, your poems,
and i mean all the ones
i wrote for you,
were true, i don't love
you like a crush, i love
you as your best friend,
and there's really no
"only" about it.
[edit]
"Hi.
How are you?"
(April 7, 2021 - 5:06 pm)
(April 11, 2021 - 4:00 pm)
Extending the judging date since we only have 2 entries XD
You now have until April 23, 2021
The theme is still edit.
Also, oh my gosh, my CAPTCHA has been reading the Green Glass House- she says mvngd, which I take to mean "Morvengarde".
(April 16, 2021 - 2:33 pm)
I know judging is today, but I noticed there were only two poems, so I wrote one that can be included in the contest.
edit
~
i. you
tapping away at the keys, your face glued to the screen
me, standing in the background like some apparition
perhaps i don't exist anymore
ii. i never though you could remove me
like the way you delete unwanted lines of code
maybe i was wrong
iii. maybe i was also wrong to think
your eyes could be torn from that screen
that you'd ever stop editing the lines of text to perfection
iv. do you ever get bored of the plain font scrolling past your vision?
v. perhaps you really are editing me out
i can hardly remember a time when i wasn't this ghost
perhaps my memories are being deleted;
there's always you
tapping away at the keys, your face glued to the screen
me, standing in the background like some apparition
vi. perhaps i don't exist anymore
(April 16, 2021 - 5:06 pm)