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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)
Sure! That's fine.
(June 3, 2018 - 1:01 pm)
(June 2, 2018 - 8:31 pm)
So as with my last one, I'm not sure it fits the theme, but I guess it kind of does...?
Email
Lift the lid
Open a new tab
Watch the screen load
Google
Look in the corner
Mail
Images
Apps
Notifications
Profile
Move the mouse
Click on Mail
Watch the bar fill
One new message
Click on it
From *****
To you
Only 3 words
No subject
I
love
you.
And I smile.
(June 3, 2018 - 3:09 pm)
Hey so I reread my poem and I thought that it really wasn't my best work so I'm going to rewrite it okay? Please don't judge my old one because I really dislike it and it doesn't convey the emotion I want it to convey.
New-Age Love Letters
I didn't give you my email
Nor was it the other way around
We went to the same school,
And the school gave us email adresses based on name.
Just type in my name
And my email will pop up.
Fancy cursive
Reduced to typing letters on a screen
Handwritten hearts
Reduced to "arrow-three" heart-shapes
Opening up the chat
Hoping you're online
So I could send you
A song I found online that describes our relationship
Though I wonder if you will ever understand
The words
"I
Love
You"
If they're not written as
"i <3 u!"
Because when I check my mailbox
That's the only way I see you write it.
Whole letters dedicated to showing another human emotion
Reduced to less than 5 simple letters.
~~~
Elena says uhhe. "uhh, e"? I wonder what E your'e saying uhh about.
(June 5, 2018 - 6:01 pm)
soggy papers
i.
I once knew a girl
who brightened up my day
I once knew a boy
we’d laugh and make games to play.
Now those kids I knew
live miles and miles away
and all we have is letters
that never show our pain.
Today Simone came back to visit
it just wasn’t the same
We just stood and stared at each other
we didn’t know what to say
ii.
Letters can be a bridge
a bridge across the sea
But bridges aren’t made of paper for a reason
It can all too easily get soggy
and fall into the waves
(June 8, 2018 - 6:10 pm)
Top!
(June 12, 2018 - 9:30 pm)
obmu
(June 16, 2018 - 6:10 pm)
Wow, everyone. I loved all of your poems!
Honorable Mention: Lucy B.! I loved the emotion you conveyed, by showing us the effects of our modern technological society, and how the words "I Love You" are looking more and more like "i <3 u!" And I love your title, too--New Age Love Letters!
Third Place: Claaws! Wow, this poem really gave me the feels. I love how you incorporated a car crash and the tragedy into this poem, making it all seem kind of blurry... And I love the rhyming, also!
Second Place: Blue Moon! I love the structure of your poem, with part i and part ii (I adore these types of poems). And your rhyming is top notch, especially in the first few lines!
And . . . drumroll, please . . .
In first place, we have . . .
ROSE BUD!!!
I absolutely love your abcedarian (did I spell that right?). Sometimes, when I read these types of poems, it seems forced so that the first letter of each line works. But yours flowed along very nicely, and had substance within the poem as well, describing a beautiful scene! I also love how you used the theme of "letters" in many different ways. Congrats, Rose bud!
(June 17, 2018 - 6:31 am)
Thanks! Wow, second place! My first draft focused a lot more on the rhyming, especially in part 2: it was originally “but bridges aren’t made of paper/for a reason/they can all too easily get soggy/and fall into the ocean” but I sacrificed some rhyme so the last sentence would have more of an ending feel.
Congrats, Rose bud! Abcedarians are really hard, and I agree you pulled it off amazingly. What!s the new theme?
(June 17, 2018 - 1:12 pm)
Congrats to everyone! I especially loved yours, Blue Moon! I loved the symbolism and the way it flowed, and sort of... fit? I realy like it, in both poems and songs, when you are reading/listening to them, and you can guess what's coming next. Not in a predictable sense, but in a my-brain-really-clicks-with-this-poem sense. That's what I read poems for. The clickage. I think the rhyming or the type of poem or the flow or anything else helps it click, but I don't read poems for those things. I love it when I find myself reading something over and over again, just for the feel of it.
I'm going to try to write a poem every day over the summer! I have a shiny new journal, and I want to try to fill it. I just hope I can follow through with it. I'm trying to decide whether or not to post them here. I saw that Ezra made a thread for his poetry. So what do you think? Can I do it? Should I post them?
Congrats again to everyone who placed was mentioned honorably.
(June 17, 2018 - 7:30 pm)
First of all: congrats, everyone, especially Rose bud!
Second of all: @Shy Peacock: this thread is just for the poetry contest rounds. However, there is a thread for regular poetry--it's currently on the first page of Pudding's Place, and it's called the Regular poetry thread. (Go figure.) That's where everyone posts their other poems.
Thirdly and lastly (yes): @Everyone: if I reboot the Poetry Challenge thread, who would participate? I've been itching to do it again but I need more than a couple people to say they'll do it. If you don't know what it is, here's the link to Leeli's thread so you can read it and know what I'm talking about.
http://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/puddingsplace/node/329663
(June 18, 2018 - 9:56 am)
I know about the Regular Poetry thread. I just didn't want to clog it up with my (mostly bad) poetry.
(June 18, 2018 - 6:00 pm)
Oh, no. It's totally fine. Besides, I like your poetry--I think it's very good!
(June 19, 2018 - 2:37 pm)
I think that you should reboot the poetry contest-- it looked fun. I might just steal prompts from there from now on (I'm thinking of a "Love me, that's all I ask of you" poem right now-- listening to Phantom of the Opera haha). I'm glad that you think my poetry is good. Actually, I am beyond glad. You have no idea what that means, coming from a great poet who doesn't even know me in real life. Thank you!! ^-^
(June 19, 2018 - 6:45 pm)
Okay, I would TOTALLY join the Poetry Challenge thread because I wanted to last time but I had ultimately decided against it because I'm kind of bad at poetry and stuff. So yeah you should reboot it!
(June 20, 2018 - 4:43 pm)