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Poetry Challenge!
Poetry Challenge!
So, last summer, I made this thread called the Poetry Challenge. Lots of people joined, and it really took off. It died eventually, but since so many of you are interested in doing it again, I’m rebooting it!
For those of you who haven’t participated, here’s how it works:
Each round will have a main theme and an optional prompt. The theme should be a broader topic since we’ll all be writing a lot of poetry about that one theme. The prompt can be anything, really; a topic, a poetry technique, a random sentence that pops into your head. The person who posts the theme and prompt will be the ‘announcer’ for that round. They can participate in the challenge as well.
Each round lasts a week. Once the theme and prompt have been posted, everyone starts writing. The goal is to write and post a poem a day, but if you miss a day or two, or even six or seven, it’s okay. The purpose of this is to challenge ourselves and improve our writing, and of course, to have fun. So no stress. :-) Of course, if you're extra inspired one day, you can write and post more than one poem.
At the end of the week, everyone will place a vote for the most inspiring poem. Once everyone has voted, the announcer will count the votes and announce the winner, who will then become the announcer for the next round.
Make sense?
The first person to post is the Announcer for the first round. As soon as they post the theme and prompt, we can start.
submitted by Leeli
(August 8, 2018 - 9:18 am)
(August 8, 2018 - 9:18 am)
Thanks, Leeli!
I guess this means I can post the theme and prompt. Aah! Now I have to think of something! I'll hopefully post them tomorrow, but I think maybe we should wait a little bit before starting, just so people can join.
Eeee I'm so excited to do this again!
(August 9, 2018 - 1:06 pm)
You’re welcome!
Sounds good! Yeah, that’s a good idea.
Me too!
(August 9, 2018 - 7:38 pm)
I'm not around here much anymore so I can't really do this, but cool idea! I wrote a poem every (well almost) every day in April, which was a ton of fun! I learned a lot about writing poetry and had a ton of fun. I hope to read some of your wonderful writing!
(August 9, 2018 - 8:19 pm)
this seems super cool!! I’ll join!
(August 9, 2018 - 8:22 pm)
Ooh, I'll definitly do this!
Everstorm says zmzm. Zoom zoom? You're too young to drive!
(August 9, 2018 - 9:20 pm)
I was kind of at a loss for what to do for this, and a little stressed about picking something good, so eventually I just ended up picking some random themes.
Main theme: Peace
Prompt: The saying "beauty is only skin-deep"
Second prompt (because I wanted to): Dedication/perseverance
@Leeli, is it okay to have two prompts?
(August 10, 2018 - 12:08 pm)
Ooh, good choices. Yes, two prompts is totally fine! I’m already getting inspiration for some poetry...
(August 10, 2018 - 2:29 pm)
This sounds very cool, and I'd love to join! But, do not expect me to post a poem every day. I'll try my best but school has started and gotten busy so it's unlikely I'll post every single day. But I will try my best. :)
(August 10, 2018 - 3:06 pm)
Leafmissst! *Tackles* I haven't seen you for so long!
(August 13, 2018 - 10:10 am)
HIII!!! I'm so so glad you decided to come back to the CB!! I've been floating on and off, I visit the CB a couple times a week but rarely actually post anything. Whoops.
(August 14, 2018 - 9:33 am)
Oh, I love poetry! I'll try this! I'm going away in a few days, so I may not get every day this week, but I love the prompt!
(August 10, 2018 - 5:48 pm)
I love poetry too! I know you do, Quill. Sounds like fun, but my sister Quill and I are going away soon, so we'll do it later.
(August 10, 2018 - 7:52 pm)
I'm definitely going to try this! I love the prompts!
(August 10, 2018 - 8:31 pm)
I'd love to do this, but I'm going on vacation in less than a week, but after that, count me in!
(August 11, 2018 - 10:39 am)
So when should we start? Tomorrow? This weekend?
On my last post, Hazel said iafk. It's hardly proper grammar but it does seem to communicate the fact that she's AFK. Oh no.
(August 13, 2018 - 10:12 am)