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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)
Hey. Does anyone remember me? I'm really sorry I haven't been on here in months, I've been so busy with schoolwork. Can I join? What's the theme?
(January 13, 2018 - 7:09 pm)
Hey Twirlgirl! Course I remember you! It's totally fine, life gets busy sometimes. And sure you can join! The theme is cold.
(January 13, 2018 - 10:08 pm)
Thanks, Kitten! I love interesting words, and I love freeform poetry because I can skip the boring words and it doesn't necessarily have to make sense - sometimes I feel like I'm painting with connotations, if that sort of makes sense? I also really like poetry with strict rhythm and meter because it just flows off the tongue, but I haven't been able to combine the two in a way I like yet... And your poems are good! There's always room for improvement for everyone, and just from your poem above you seem much more comfortable with rhyming than I currently feel!
(January 15, 2018 - 11:10 pm)
to the top, fair thread!
Judging? Or is there a new deadline to wait for Twirlgirl?
(January 18, 2018 - 7:27 pm)
It seems soft
snow
on the hill
and falling from the sky.
It seems soft
snow
really ice
tiny crystals.
It seems soft
snow
cold as the eyes
of someone who’s forgotten.
It seems soft
snow
crunching
not sinking gently
beneath my boots.
It seems soft
snow
packed into an ice-cold snowball
thrown with a laugh
that somehow
something
maybe
softens it.
And in the field
building snow forts
and throwing snowballs
and
sliding sliding sliding
the snow remembers
how it has to keep safe and nourish the seeds beneath it-
how it must keep warm the animals sleeping inside it-
how it must give comfort to winter animals above it-
how it must wake up with a cool laughing rush the people around it-
as the cold is no longer as cold
as someone who has forgotten
the cold
the snow
the ice
remembers
the love that is it.
(January 26, 2018 - 1:41 pm)
Leeli? Leeli Wingfeather of the Poetry Thread? Are you here? When are you going to judge?
(January 27, 2018 - 5:56 pm)
Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry, guys, I kinda maybe forgot about this? I was mainly waiting for some more entries, but I think we have enough now. I will judge right now!
(January 28, 2018 - 1:42 pm)
Alright! The time has come. I shall now judge. First I want to say great job to everyone! You all wrote something great, and I had a hard time judging!
In fourth place we have.....
Kitten! I liked how you used rhyming in your poem!
In third......
Lucy! I liked the way you used the theme cold to show emotion. That was very creative.
In second.....
Pied Piper! I absolutely loved the rhythm of your poem, and the imagery. Great job!
And finally, in first......
AUTUMN MOON! Congratulations, Autumn Moon! It was such a close call between you and Pied Piper, I almost made it a tie. But what I really loved about your poem was that it showed cold weather as something good, and being someone who loves winter and snow and cold weather, I felt it put I lot of what I felt into words.
Again, great job everyone, and keep writing! I can't wait to see what theme you pick next, Autumn Moon!
(January 28, 2018 - 1:50 pm)
Congrats Autumn! I can't wait for the next theme!
(January 28, 2018 - 8:34 pm)
Oh wow, I can’t believe I won. I usually never write poetry, and just wanted a change. The theme of this one is... speed. Not trying to write fast, but writing about speed and the feeling of going fast. Judging February 13, in two weeks.
(January 29, 2018 - 6:05 pm)
(January 31, 2018 - 6:50 pm)
(January 31, 2018 - 6:51 pm)
(January 31, 2018 - 6:51 pm)
Hi guys! I feel a little hurt that no one's posting- I was so excited that I'd get to judge, and now there's nothing to judge. On the other hand, my theme wasn't very good. I made it speed because I felt like it, not because it would make good poems. I think I'm going to change the theme to Identity, if that's okay with everyone!
(February 8, 2018 - 6:45 pm)
Aww, Autumn, I'm sorry! I was planning to write a poem for your theme, but I just didn't have time. My apologies. I'm going to try my hardest to write something for the new theme, though.
(February 11, 2018 - 1:01 pm)