This is my second contest and I'd like to think you can ask anyone who entered my first contest and they'll tell you the judging was fair and timely and that I did, indeed, read each and every entry. I ended up giving nearly 1000 points away total when all was said and done with. It was a success as I hope this one will be too.
There is only one option for this contest and it is indeed a poetic challenge. Many of my poems are inspired by a single quote or a line that I've read somewhere that I've written down and held onto until my muse sees fit to help me out a bit. I found this interesting line about a year ago and have yet to come up with a poem to go with it. So put on those poetic thinking caps and jump start those muses. I want you to write a poem using this line or some resemblance of this line:
When the game has ended, the king and the pawn both go back into the same box.
Since people seem to be having a hard time with this I'm going to repeat myself. Your poem MUST HAVE the above line or some resemblance of that line in it or I will DQ it from the contest!!!
You pick the subject matter. Write about society, love, chess, sadness...whatever you think of to relate this line to. You pick the style...free verse, rhyme, structure (although I'll give you extra points for a good, non-forced rhyme with the line in it). I have allowed prewrites, but I'm pretty sure most people do not have a poem laying around that will fit this contest and I will DQ those that do not fit.
Okay, the dreaded rules...there are only a few:
1. No chat lingo or sTIcKy cAPs
2. The only thing you have to put in the comments box is what you want to if need be to help explain your poem
3. No erotica ( I'd hate to see where that would go with this line)
4. If you feel you need to curse, it better be to make the impact needed in your poem
5. No cutting/selfmutulation
That's it! Feel free to read or comment on any of my poetry and the other poems here in this contest, but it is not a requirement.
Points:
1st place: 300 Points and a shiny gold trophy
2nd place: 100 Points and a shiny silver trophy
3rd place: 50 points and a shiny bronze trophy
Honorable mentions will also be awarded a small sum of points.
I will also award a "small token of gratitude" points to anyone who sees fit to take on this challenge and meets the requirement.
I will be closing this contest several hours early as I am off work today and that will allow for prompt judging.
Good luck and let the writing begin!
I've never been one to back down on a poetic challenge, even if it is my own and I've been so inspired by the entries here I decided to write my own. So here goes
There is only one option for this contest and it is indeed a poetic challenge. Many of my poems are inspired by a single quote or a line that I've read somewhere that I've written down and held onto until my muse sees fit to help me out a bit. I found this interesting line about a year ago and have yet to come up with a poem to go with it. So put on those poetic thinking caps and jump start those muses. I want you to write a poem using this line or some resemblance of this line:
When the game has ended, the king and the pawn both go back into the same box.
Since people seem to be having a hard time with this I'm going to repeat myself. Your poem MUST HAVE the above line or some resemblance of that line in it or I will DQ it from the contest!!!
You pick the subject matter. Write about society, love, chess, sadness...whatever you think of to relate this line to. You pick the style...free verse, rhyme, structure (although I'll give you extra points for a good, non-forced rhyme with the line in it). I have allowed prewrites, but I'm pretty sure most people do not have a poem laying around that will fit this contest and I will DQ those that do not fit.
Okay, the dreaded rules...there are only a few:
1. No chat lingo or sTIcKy cAPs
2. The only thing you have to put in the comments box is what you want to if need be to help explain your poem
3. No erotica ( I'd hate to see where that would go with this line)
4. If you feel you need to curse, it better be to make the impact needed in your poem
5. No cutting/selfmutulation
That's it! Feel free to read or comment on any of my poetry and the other poems here in this contest, but it is not a requirement.
Points:
1st place: 300 Points and a shiny gold trophy
2nd place: 100 Points and a shiny silver trophy
3rd place: 50 points and a shiny bronze trophy
Honorable mentions will also be awarded a small sum of points.
I will also award a "small token of gratitude" points to anyone who sees fit to take on this challenge and meets the requirement.
I will be closing this contest several hours early as I am off work today and that will allow for prompt judging.
Good luck and let the writing begin!
I've never been one to back down on a poetic challenge, even if it is my own and I've been so inspired by the entries here I decided to write my own. So here goes
The Truth In Black And White
Deep in the misty still of morning
There sounds a single trumpet’s roar
A hearkening to join in battle
One note begins this bloody war
Two kingdoms rise against each other
Two separate kings upon their thrones
Call up their pawns, indentured servants
To guard the land they’ve come to own
The knights are fitted for their armor
And given mightiest of steeds
Unlike the pawns, the poor, the lowly
They are paid well for their great deeds
The armies clash; swift swords are brandished
And one by one the warriors fall
It’s through their blood they pledge allegiance
"All forward march," king’s battle call
One lovely queen is taken captive
The other felled by wielded sword
But both the kings continue onward
Small price to pay for their reward
As daylight wanes and shadows lengthen
The kings continue in their quest
Until, at last, one is defeated
His blood spills red just like the rest
The armaments, once loud, are quiet
The castles all burned to the ground
The horses slaughtered, knights beheaded
The bishops and the king uncrowned
For there can only be one victor
There is no room for treaty talks
The checkered field lies bare and silent
The king and pawn both in one box
There is a moral to this story
Your status matters not the least
For when life ends and death claims victory
We’re all the same; man made worm’s feast
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 14, 2005
- Rewards: Gold: 300
- Final notes: What impressed me most about this contest was the fact that many of the entrants read and commented on the other entires, it seldom seen in contests. This was a tough one to judge and I read each and every entry numerous times before deciding. Thank you all for the wonderful entries. As far as I'm concerned, you are all winners
Entries [4]
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I walk down the hall
Each step harder than the last• Commented on by judge. -
His gaze was always swift and calculating,
Judging, planning, seeking,by pipthepoet 45 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 9 8:04 PM 2005. In Other• Commented on by judge. -
When the game has ended, the king and the pawn both go back into the same box.
The stour endurit a' the day, a bonnie fecht rampagit o'er the park• Commented on by judge. -
I am a pawn within your game• Commented on by judge.
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I really like that line. It inspires me, though not in a poetic way.. A shame, really. I was looking forward to entering this contest. But lately, i've not really been writing poetry. Hm. Good luck with your contest.
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Great idea for a contest! That line is awesome to write about. I think I may enter eventually. Just gotta get everything sorted out. Thanks for the inspiration!
Wolvz
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Wow that sounds cool!
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This is a hard but very worthy contest!!! Excellent, most excellent contest. I like having to work for words. Well done!
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I'm not a great chess person, but I'm honoured by your invitation to enter, and I'll see what I can come up with. But for the now, I have to fit an Ikea wall-light. But like Arnie, I'll be back.
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Chess is not my game and something I wouldn't write about otherwise but I found it a challenge. It was a great idea this contest. -
Mmmmm never had to write about something,as a given subject, I tend to write from something i feel about,This could be a challenge that i may not be able to rise to.I have a idea in my mind, but have yet to see if it come to fruition,5 verses done and dusted, but still have yet to work out the ending.So you may get it .Or not as will be, but be sure I am going to try
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WOW!!! I am so glad to see that you are finally able to write something on the quote!!! It's an awesome poem Ruth, really! It's perfect!
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You know, for all that these folk rail against the seeming narrowness of your choice, you've come up with a lot of entries. So it seems people like the quote. And your own poem is very good too. Good atmosphere and nice poetic construction. There's a universality about the quote: you sort of feel you've heard it before -though I know I haven't. But Shakespeare said:
Golden lads and lasses must
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust
And there's another poem by William Soutar, which I think I was thinking of when I wrote my entry. It's called
King Worm
What care I for kirk or state?
What care I for war's alarm?
A' are beggars at my yett:
I am King Worm.
Aye a gaitherin girst I get;
A lippen hairst at time o' hairm:
want and wastery mak me fat:
I am King Worm.
The hale world is my heapit palte,
And death the flunkey at my airm:
Wha sae merry owre his meat?
I am King Worm.
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Ruth:
Excellent take, I love the poem... -
Bravo
Damn good take on it friend. It definately carried a good medieval feel to it. It was also a really good war poem. Well done and bravo -
Just a simple thank you to all the entries thus far for having sparked the interest of my often illusive muse and allowing me to finally come up with a poem for this quote
Ruth -
I found your poem wonderful. Very creative view point on chess. Wish I new more about the game and the creative side of it. Still find the contest a really different challenge.
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Well done Ruth this was magical it reminded me of the old "one tin soldier" song from the billy jack movies Dam showing my age now If you had been a contestant I wouldent have bothered this would have one CA
Edited on Apr 10, 7:53 p.m. because ''. -
A hard act to follow
O.K O.k take the prize,An excellent piece of work,hard when the one who sets the subject, then goes out and write the best work.Shame on you.
Hee Hee put those point back in the bank -
Now this is a contest I can sink my teeth into. My mind is already spewing out ideas and such for this one. Oh this is going to be a fun one for sure. I just hope I have something in time before it closes. If I don’t I want to wish everyone good luck in this contest.
~ John
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Kewel concept ... I like the phrase, let me see what congeals...
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Mony thenks t'ye Ruth for the braw wee nut-broon tassie and the keind wards. Auld Scots maun be a wee bittie defeeckwalt fer mony fowk, but I'm fair flanshit ye taen the tribble tae read ma pome and tae scrieve sae muckle aboot it. Thank you again.
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Thank you Ruth and let me know when your next contest is running.
I think I read almost every entry and commented on them... there really were some very good entries... thank you again. -
This was an excellent contest. I love it when the atmosphere is friendly (as this was) and condusive to mutual growth. I really liked the quote, and I was satisfied with what I wrote...and when the day is over and judged, that's the important thing. That's the whole purpose of entering a contest, I think. I hope other people will read the entries and comments here, because this is the way a contest SHOULD be run and applauds all entrants entered! Great job everyone! Thanks Ruth!
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Thank you Ruth for the points and honorable mention. This was a good comp and you ran it and commented well. There were some great entries. Thanks again
David
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Bronze trophy winner
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