Okay, I have another contest coming soon, if you couldn't tell by the title. Right now I am trying to come up with enough points to make this one attractive. If anyone has any hot tips on decent contests I would be wise to join, please let me know.
My last contest was philisophically inspired, and this one is no different. However, rather than having myself and myself alone choose the topic, I will have about four quotes by my favorite philosophers: John-Paul Sartre, Simone de Bouvire(sp?), Martin Heidigger, Soren Kierkegaard, and of course the great Friederich NIetzsche. This means we have THE existentialist, his companion and contemporary who used existentialism to REALLY kickstart the responsible strain of feminism (in otherwords, not the kind that believes woman should be spelled womyn), THE original christian existentialist, the man who brought existential philosophical ideas into respectibility who is also considered to be a forefather of the more surrent school of philosophy, and the man who modern continental philosophy has to thank for its..uhh..existence. I am actually going to take this more seriously than to simply allow my tastes dictate the winner. I am actually going to look at grammar, spelling, natural flow, rhyme scheme (if not freeverse), and general structure. This should be as much fun for me as it will be for the authors who join.
I will provide a list of quotes, with a wide array of topics. Love, morality, existence, being fake, freedom, lonliness, anxiety, understanding life, memory, prayer,choices, society, history, non-conformity, politics, war, truth, infinity, becoming, maturity, faith, writing, conception of ideas, nihilism, and creating will all be available in the bank o quotes. There will also be extra credit given for those that choose one of my five favorite quotes, which I already have highlighted in my list. And an extra point if you can give me another quote from the philosopher you got inspired by.
Once again, I want to have enough points to make this at least somewhat attractive. I will be pouring every point I have into it. But I need your help! Steer me towards contests I can have fun in, comment me just to add applause, anything I can get to help, will help. There are lots of thought provoking things in our thought provoking time. Lets think about it amd find some insight as well. It does a muse good!
The rules will be simple: Be a great poet, use one of the listed quotes as inspiration, do not quote the quote within the poem. Lyrics are accepted as well.
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