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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)
So I don't know if this is just a made up name but I didn't post this. If this was just a made-up name bc you wanted to be anon then tell me. Anyway this is beautiful!
(May 25, 2021 - 7:25 pm)
Oh oops this was me I was going to change my username to Clover, I didn't realize there was another Clover on the Chatterbox. Sorry!
And thank you for the compliment.
(May 26, 2021 - 9:52 am)
It's fine! I was just wondering
(May 26, 2021 - 5:12 pm)
There was
So much more
Fantasy
Where I came from.
Back when life
And colour
And excitement
Meant everything.
Back when dreams
Came to life
And magic was the only law.
Everything was so much brighter,
So much warmer back then.
In a land filled with love
And friendship
And imagination.
But then we grew up, as humans always do.
Then life started thinning; layers of magic
Just... disappeared from our beautiful world.
Suddenly the curtains were pulled back
And we realised life could be
So, so much darker.
We felt the strain and stress of work.
Being grown-up wasn't quite the freedom we thought.
And slowly, our world of magic and fantasy was forgotten.
It sunk under waves of worries and despair,
Too far from the reality we'd left back there.
But once in a while
We still take the time
To remember,
What it felt like
To be
A kid.
Exploring a wonderous land of creativity;
Beautiful
And strange
And a bit terrifying.
And we can't help but smile as we sit back and see
A new generation running around
Pursuing their very own
Fantasy.
(May 25, 2021 - 10:48 am)
(May 25, 2021 - 4:04 pm)
Gorgeous. I absolutely love this.
The rhyme is perfect and the story and the word choice is just . . . I love it.
Good job.
(May 25, 2021 - 5:27 pm)
Thanks!
I think yours is really good, too! The concept is very original and the reader has to guess what the words mean and it lets them explore and string other words together, too, if that makes sense. :)
(May 26, 2021 - 5:12 pm)
Judging date is the 8th of June! That gives you all about 2 weeks :) I might make it a bit earlier if 2 weeks is too long, though.
(May 26, 2021 - 8:23 am)
I don't love this one, but basically it's a fractured fairy tale, told from the villain's point of view. Also, in case you don't know, insomnia is when you can't sleep.
Villian
Happily ever after.
The words bring tears to my eyes.
Happily ever after isn’t real, no!
If it were real, I wouldn’t be here
Looking at my own "wanted" poster
If it were real, where would I be?....
Imagine me, in a caste
Wearing a pretty, perfect dress
Imagine me, at the ballroom
If I could dance the night away
Imagine me, smiling, trying desserts and singing songs
Imagine me, living a...
Happily ever after.
Ha! What good is it?
What is happily ever after worth if it’s only for the pretty girls
The daring knights
The fairy godmothers
The ditsy mermaids
What good does it do people like me?
People who have help Cinderella get an allowance
People who have to help Sleeping Beauty with her insomnia
People who make sure Snow White will eat her fruits and veggies
The real fairy godmothers, but we don’t get the credit
Instead they trap us in the dungeons
They hide us away
The shame of every fairy tale
Are the ones who don’t ever get their
Happily ever after.
(May 26, 2021 - 5:58 pm)
This is so true! I love these kinds of perspective shifts!
(May 26, 2021 - 9:00 pm)
(June 1, 2021 - 12:30 pm)
(June 1, 2021 - 3:38 pm)
Eh, not great, but I haven't written in forever, so, here's mine!
Fantasy~
Sometimes…
sometimes i wonder just how
boring our lives would be
if we didn’t fantasize.
i mean,
can you imagine just how
sad we would be
if we didn’t dream about things that we know
will never happen?
life would be so awful if we couldn’t hopelessly
imagine ourselves
somewhere better.
Sometimes…
sometimes i wonder if
life would be better if our
fantasies were as real as we imagined.
i mean,
can you imagine just how
amazing we would feel
if we could dream and then those dreams would just
magically come true?
life would be so great if we could have our hopeless
dreams just
came true.
Sometimes…
sometimes i wonder.
---
But then again,
that’s
just
me
fantasizing
(June 3, 2021 - 9:27 am)
Make-believe
I've been told
that real life is always less exciting
than things that you imagine,
that are growing, blooming, thriving.
The literal world is always more happy,
With figurative sprinkled throughout.
For what would our drab world be
Without fantasy that authors never doubt?
What would a story be
Without a little pizazz?
Whether characters with funny jokes or a forest filled with jazz?
Maybe, just maybe
If not for the world we call true,
The fantasy and all the dreams,
Are what we owe to
Real.
(June 7, 2021 - 12:02 pm)
(June 7, 2021 - 3:40 pm)