(I enjoyed doing the first two contests so much; however, each time I forgot to say…)
Good morning, Mr. Phelps.
(Cue Lalo Schifrin.)
I am so sick of the word banks on this site, so I’m going to be ironic and post a word bank myself. I love rhyme and hate when it’s forced, so I’ll be even more ironic and post words that either don’t have a perfect rhyme or have very few. Don’t worry; I won’t make you write on orange, purple, silver or month. I’m not looking for perfection, as it is near impossible. I’m just looking for close.
Here is your mission, should you choose to accept it. For every word you select from the list, you must pen two lines, one containing the word and one containing its rhyme. You can do pretty much any rhyme scheme, but the ones I’ll be looking for most are ‘abab’, ‘aabb’ and ‘abba’. I’ll even allow midline rhyme, if you can do it right. Since I’m giving you difficult words to rhyme, but since I also am not a big slant rhyme fan, I’ll allow a compromise. Again, try to get it close.
I received a plethora of different styles of poems for the last two contests, the most creative being a limerick-based poem. This is the reason I won’t be too harsh if your poem isn’t made of stanzas that are four lines each. That’s my favorite type of poetry, but it’s not everyone’s, so I’ll be fair. Here are the top two finishers from each of my last two competitions, so you can get a sense of the expectations.
Orb of the First Dynasty, Queen Merneith, by Titus
http://allpoetry.com/poem/2668750
Season’s Lament by kaibab
http://allpoetry.com/poem/2715215
The Fall of the Roman Empire by masterblaster
http://allpoetry.com/poem/2408509
To Fall As Domino by kaibab
http://allpoetry.com/poem/2408457
Your poem will be judged on two things: degree of difficulty and whether or not you pulled it off. Enter a poem using two words if you are scared; only the brave will attempt a poem using sixteen of the words. Those who attempt a poem using sixteen of the words will be given a large number of brownie points and those go a long way. That’s not to say that the ‘fraidy-cats will get the proverbial shaft. Lots of four-lined poems are really good. Or you can try an eight or a twelve-liner if you feel confident enough to not do a four, but are too wimpy and pathetic to do a thirty-two. It’s whatever you feel comfortable doing.
I will have a little give and take when it comes to the words. For the give, I will allow each word to be modified as fits your poem. You may pluralize nouns and change verb tenses. That’s it. If you have an idea on how else to modify a word without much changing it, MESSAGE ME FIRST! Don’t be like Nike and just do it. There will be consequences. As for the take, next to some words, I will put (in parentheses) words that you absolutely MAY NOT use to rhyme with your word. There will be consequences for rule breakers.
pixxie and I feel so bad for you all, that we each wrote a poem for this contest as well. We won’t (and can’t) enter it, of course, but we will taste a spoonful of our own medicine. Here are the links to them.
pixxiepoetess- http://allpoetry.com/poem/2719766
kabes0109- COMING SOON!
These are not rules, but those poems that don’t follow all or most of these will have a little harder time placing in the top three. Sorry.
1) Read the above lines and follow those.
2) Poems must make some form of sense.
3) Poems MUST make some form of sense.
4) I don’t like sticky caps or chatspeak. Be educated.
5) I don’t like suicide, death, self-hurting, and the like. (This’ll be hard to break.)
6) I don’t like erotica. (You have to be talented to violate this rule.)
7) I don’t like the bashing of anything.
8) I don’t think that swearing belongs in poetry.
9) I prefer left alignment.
10) I would like to see the text.
11) kaibab has won a trophy in each of the last two contests. Be careful.
12) I would like you not to hate on me for all of these demanding rules and also, for choosing the winners that are selected.
13) pixxiepoetess has donated the majority of the points that the winners will be receiving. She deserves to read some great entries so that her donation was worth it.
Here are the words. There are seventeen, so that even the fearless ones can have a choice.
borscht
camera
customer
earnest
enthusiasm (chasm)
future (suture)
harvest
indigo
isthmus (Christmas)
legion (region)
miracle
muslin
sponsor
subtlety
tempest
Wednesday
zinnia
Good luck again…
…you’ll need it again.
(This contest will self-destruct in two weeks.)
Good morning, Mr. Phelps.
(Cue Lalo Schifrin.)
I am so sick of the word banks on this site, so I’m going to be ironic and post a word bank myself. I love rhyme and hate when it’s forced, so I’ll be even more ironic and post words that either don’t have a perfect rhyme or have very few. Don’t worry; I won’t make you write on orange, purple, silver or month. I’m not looking for perfection, as it is near impossible. I’m just looking for close.
Here is your mission, should you choose to accept it. For every word you select from the list, you must pen two lines, one containing the word and one containing its rhyme. You can do pretty much any rhyme scheme, but the ones I’ll be looking for most are ‘abab’, ‘aabb’ and ‘abba’. I’ll even allow midline rhyme, if you can do it right. Since I’m giving you difficult words to rhyme, but since I also am not a big slant rhyme fan, I’ll allow a compromise. Again, try to get it close.
I received a plethora of different styles of poems for the last two contests, the most creative being a limerick-based poem. This is the reason I won’t be too harsh if your poem isn’t made of stanzas that are four lines each. That’s my favorite type of poetry, but it’s not everyone’s, so I’ll be fair. Here are the top two finishers from each of my last two competitions, so you can get a sense of the expectations.
Orb of the First Dynasty, Queen Merneith, by Titus
http://allpoetry.com/poem/2668750
Season’s Lament by kaibab
http://allpoetry.com/poem/2715215
The Fall of the Roman Empire by masterblaster
http://allpoetry.com/poem/2408509
To Fall As Domino by kaibab
http://allpoetry.com/poem/2408457
Your poem will be judged on two things: degree of difficulty and whether or not you pulled it off. Enter a poem using two words if you are scared; only the brave will attempt a poem using sixteen of the words. Those who attempt a poem using sixteen of the words will be given a large number of brownie points and those go a long way. That’s not to say that the ‘fraidy-cats will get the proverbial shaft. Lots of four-lined poems are really good. Or you can try an eight or a twelve-liner if you feel confident enough to not do a four, but are too wimpy and pathetic to do a thirty-two. It’s whatever you feel comfortable doing.
I will have a little give and take when it comes to the words. For the give, I will allow each word to be modified as fits your poem. You may pluralize nouns and change verb tenses. That’s it. If you have an idea on how else to modify a word without much changing it, MESSAGE ME FIRST! Don’t be like Nike and just do it. There will be consequences. As for the take, next to some words, I will put (in parentheses) words that you absolutely MAY NOT use to rhyme with your word. There will be consequences for rule breakers.
pixxie and I feel so bad for you all, that we each wrote a poem for this contest as well. We won’t (and can’t) enter it, of course, but we will taste a spoonful of our own medicine. Here are the links to them.
pixxiepoetess- http://allpoetry.com/poem/2719766
kabes0109- COMING SOON!
These are not rules, but those poems that don’t follow all or most of these will have a little harder time placing in the top three. Sorry.
1) Read the above lines and follow those.
2) Poems must make some form of sense.
3) Poems MUST make some form of sense.
4) I don’t like sticky caps or chatspeak. Be educated.
5) I don’t like suicide, death, self-hurting, and the like. (This’ll be hard to break.)
6) I don’t like erotica. (You have to be talented to violate this rule.)
7) I don’t like the bashing of anything.
8) I don’t think that swearing belongs in poetry.
9) I prefer left alignment.
10) I would like to see the text.
11) kaibab has won a trophy in each of the last two contests. Be careful.
12) I would like you not to hate on me for all of these demanding rules and also, for choosing the winners that are selected.
13) pixxiepoetess has donated the majority of the points that the winners will be receiving. She deserves to read some great entries so that her donation was worth it.
Here are the words. There are seventeen, so that even the fearless ones can have a choice.
borscht
camera
customer
earnest
enthusiasm (chasm)
future (suture)
harvest
indigo
isthmus (Christmas)
legion (region)
miracle
muslin
sponsor
subtlety
tempest
Wednesday
zinnia
Good luck again…
…you’ll need it again.
(This contest will self-destruct in two weeks.)
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on March 29, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 401, Silver: 400, Bronze: 399
- Final notes: I apologize again for the comments that were not close to constructive. They were admittedly unwarranted and I'm sorry for being a horrible judge. Please understand though that pixxie and I did have a hard time choosing the winners and that Wednesday Foray missed a trophy by mere points.
Thank you for understanding and thank you for entering. Congratulations to the winners.
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Contest Winners
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There is place to plant, and paint the harvest
when crop is ripe in words of legion,• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
One night I witnessed the sky turn indigo –
A vibrant clash that screamed for me to go• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
Walking through the park, taking pictures with my camera
Of natural things like toadstools, oak leaves and maple samara,• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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Your whisper is sweet subtlety,
winding words of guilty humility-by deadcolor dreams 15 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 16 5:11 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
Oh, how this tragedy seemed stilled in a camera,
One watching love cast off as old ephemera!• Commented on by judge. -
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Wind in her hair on a coastal highway after a hard earned day in front of the Camera,
Modelling poses even as she drives, sunglasses mirroby soldiersoul 28 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 25 9:23 PM 2007
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I met these Russian customers• Commented on by judge. -
While the girls dressed in indigo gowns danced around me,
Her delicate, creamy elbow rubbed against mine.by clickclickBOOM 23 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 28 1:52 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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To rhyme with those is one great talent, but to fit them together and a sensable poem.....WOW! If I can think of anything than I will surely enter.
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Be not dispondant
I'm working it, I'm working it! Jeez! give us time to do it right please. I know how it can be when one sees no enteries for their contest. Last one I hosted only had 8 or 9 entries till day before closing. Then, whammo! closing came and there were 27 enteries. Give us time to do it right. (lol) else u could just host one of those cheapy quickie pic inspired contests. (lol) I will be here with something by week end.
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Eh, it's okay. I'm really not that upset.
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Well this is a tuffy
not sure I can pull it off....and make sense with it.....fret not....though....hope you get many entries....if I can do something with this...ill give it a go...
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I read this most of it anyway. I don't care for rhyme myself. I don't do contests.. good luck
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Pity that there's not much time left, because I really wanted to enter (have finished two stanzas, but need some more to make it right, but it's 3.30am overhere and I'm just too tired to finish it properly.
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Due to getting a new job working third shift, I'm going to have to extend the contest another few days. Get your entry in!
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Back in 1961/62, when my book of translations from Shevchenko appeared, I was taken to task by one critic for what he deemed the "trite" rhyme of "regions and legions". He had clearly not read the original... Shevchenko had in fact rhymed "rehionakh" with "lehionakh" (plural, prepositional/locative case, and I was merely following my model and master). Incidentally, I take it that by borscht you mean what is usually tranasliterated as borshch - i.e. beetroot soup!.
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AHHH! I did not realize it was cloed! I've spent the last three hours writing a poem! GRR! It says the 28th..... I guess it would be now... I would like it to be read anyway.... It's name is the Woman in White, and it's going to be on my page. Please read it. Thanks!
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