Jeff and Sue welcome you to the greatest test of Rhyme and Flow on AP. This round the theme is "The Wall". Now exactly what that means, is up to you. Writer's block? Any other obstacle in life? a notice board? or even a real wall! Use it how you will, but if your metaphors are deep, you better explain them!!!
Some changes from the last time we were here, first, thanks to generous donations we have MUCH bigger prizes. We hope to pick up more donations so we can continue to give large numbers of HMs
Each round will have a "Dalaney" contest, this is a sort of beginners prize. All the contests stand alone, you may enter any number of rounds or all of them.
Also this time two entries per round per poet, and only one of these can be a pre-write.
1 5000 gold 2000 silver 1000 bronze Summertime
Never-ending Summer by Amera and Summer's Inspiration by PerVirtuous joint winners Breathe, a Land in Wait by One Angry Monkey Bronze
2 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Children's
Twinkle Toes by Gwenevere Gold, The Magic Train
by NeonRose Silver, The Color Poem by Amera bronze
3 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze New; Shopping (Trijan Refrain) by Amera, gold; In Medeas Res ... Retourne by ecrivain01 silver; Hiding Place Gwenevere, bronze
4 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Fantasy - Aflame in Fiery Death by One Angry Monkey gold; Shape Shifter by Amera silver; The Dragon at Retal by ecrivain01
5 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze love, romance, sensual still running
6 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze *** THE WALL ***
7 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Old
8 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Memories
9 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Feelings
10 6000 gold 3000 silver 1000 bronze Grand Finale (Subject to be decided)
This below illustrates something of the sort of poetry we are looking for, If someone would like to write us a new example poem we would be delighted!
We both love poems in other forms but this contest is for rhyme and flow. Formed or unformed doesn't matter, so a sonnet has as much or as little chance as a loose ballad.
Judging:
We set a standard for rhyme and flow, all poems that meet that standard reach the final, although we both strongly prefer exact rhyming (that is defined by my dictionary as an identity of sound from the last stressed vowel sound to the end of the words) we have always allowed a small amount of leeway but don't push your luck, more than a couple of slant rhymes in a long poem, more than a couple of places where only an unstressed syllable rhymes and you won't win. Once we have assessed a poem as good enough for the final we mark on meeting the theme, the content and what we call the poetry, that is the rhyme, flow, meter etc. During the judging we will remove some poems from the final, this is just to make it easier on ourselves re-ordering the finalists. All poems are read at least twice, all finalists at least twice more, and the nearer you are to the prizes the more work we will put in.
These are not "Form contests" we are not marking against "rules" so if you have a Villanelle where you modified the repeat lines a bit, that is fine here. They are also not spelling tests, we do want you to get everything right but unless the spelling and punctuation mean we find it hard to understand, we won't punish you heavily.
Finally they are our contests, and we decide!!! If we prefer one poem to another it will win!
Part 6
The Wall
Interpret this how you will but please no CUTTING or SUICIDE. We both enjoy "adult" poetry but we want all our comprtitors to be able to read your entries here so no erotica, even if it fits the theme. Be creative here!!!
AMAZE US PLEASE!!!
You may enter two poems each, but only one may be a pre-write. You will not win two major prizes, but you can get a cup and an HM.
If you have not won a major cup from us, or two or more HMs you can enter the Dalaney contest that will run in parallel.
Dalaney cup winners are invited to this contest where they are automatic finalists.
The picture is only for show and is not the prompt, but you may use it for inspiration if you so desire.
Some changes from the last time we were here, first, thanks to generous donations we have MUCH bigger prizes. We hope to pick up more donations so we can continue to give large numbers of HMs
Each round will have a "Dalaney" contest, this is a sort of beginners prize. All the contests stand alone, you may enter any number of rounds or all of them.
Also this time two entries per round per poet, and only one of these can be a pre-write.
1 5000 gold 2000 silver 1000 bronze Summertime
Never-ending Summer by Amera and Summer's Inspiration by PerVirtuous joint winners Breathe, a Land in Wait by One Angry Monkey Bronze
2 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Children's
Twinkle Toes by Gwenevere Gold, The Magic Train
by NeonRose Silver, The Color Poem by Amera bronze
3 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze New; Shopping (Trijan Refrain) by Amera, gold; In Medeas Res ... Retourne by ecrivain01 silver; Hiding Place Gwenevere, bronze
4 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Fantasy - Aflame in Fiery Death by One Angry Monkey gold; Shape Shifter by Amera silver; The Dragon at Retal by ecrivain01
5 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze love, romance, sensual still running
6 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze *** THE WALL ***
7 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Old
8 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Memories
9 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Feelings
10 6000 gold 3000 silver 1000 bronze Grand Finale (Subject to be decided)
This below illustrates something of the sort of poetry we are looking for, If someone would like to write us a new example poem we would be delighted!
Advice to a poetIn other words what we are after is poetry that rhymes, and we both strongly favour exact rhyming, and poetry that flows.
Paint in a poem a place that you love
Show us your world as it's seen from above,
Tell us in rhyme of the things that you do
Give to the reader the story of you.
Dream us a dream of the life that you crave
A hero of childhood so manly and brave,
The form doesn't matter, the art is the thing
Put up a poem that makes a heart sing.
Sue likes fond sadness, it's whimsy for me
Tell us the tales of the visions you see,
Weave us a spell that we'll never forget
But really just pen us your best poem yet.
Dive to the depths of the way that you think
Show us the nectar that you love to drink,
Guide us with fondness where-ever you go
Put all your wishes and fancies on show.
A taste of the food that you think of as home
A step on the path where you wish you could roam,
The beach where your sandcastles washed in the tide
A glimpse of the you that you think you should hide.
Sue likes nostalgia, a love song for me
Sing us the songs that would let you fly free,
Weave us a spell that we'll never forget
But really just pen us your best poem yet!
We both love poems in other forms but this contest is for rhyme and flow. Formed or unformed doesn't matter, so a sonnet has as much or as little chance as a loose ballad.
Judging:
We set a standard for rhyme and flow, all poems that meet that standard reach the final, although we both strongly prefer exact rhyming (that is defined by my dictionary as an identity of sound from the last stressed vowel sound to the end of the words) we have always allowed a small amount of leeway but don't push your luck, more than a couple of slant rhymes in a long poem, more than a couple of places where only an unstressed syllable rhymes and you won't win. Once we have assessed a poem as good enough for the final we mark on meeting the theme, the content and what we call the poetry, that is the rhyme, flow, meter etc. During the judging we will remove some poems from the final, this is just to make it easier on ourselves re-ordering the finalists. All poems are read at least twice, all finalists at least twice more, and the nearer you are to the prizes the more work we will put in.
These are not "Form contests" we are not marking against "rules" so if you have a Villanelle where you modified the repeat lines a bit, that is fine here. They are also not spelling tests, we do want you to get everything right but unless the spelling and punctuation mean we find it hard to understand, we won't punish you heavily.
Finally they are our contests, and we decide!!! If we prefer one poem to another it will win!
Part 6
The Wall
Interpret this how you will but please no CUTTING or SUICIDE. We both enjoy "adult" poetry but we want all our comprtitors to be able to read your entries here so no erotica, even if it fits the theme. Be creative here!!!
AMAZE US PLEASE!!!
You may enter two poems each, but only one may be a pre-write. You will not win two major prizes, but you can get a cup and an HM.
If you have not won a major cup from us, or two or more HMs you can enter the Dalaney contest that will run in parallel.
Dalaney cup winners are invited to this contest where they are automatic finalists.
The picture is only for show and is not the prompt, but you may use it for inspiration if you so desire.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 1, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 2500, Silver: 1000, Bronze: 500, Honorable mention: 7 people
- Final notes: Another commenting marathon comes to a close and I can close the contest that went with it!
The three top entries stood out clearly from the rest although a fourth poem actually score more highly with us both but it was withdrawn during the time the contest was open.
Some lovely poems both in the HMs and further down made this a very pleasurable round to judge.
Thanks to you all for entering and please keep your entries coming in "round 7, Old" will end next week and "Round 8, Memories" will start tomorrow so please get your entries in!
Contest Winners
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Passion's master spirit's slave
Nails exhume a shallow graveby PerVirtuous 20 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 8 5:44 PM 2008. In Spiritual, Love
Bronze trophy winner
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A figure unwieldy and awkwardly framed,
His body was fragile but only a shell.by Peripatetic 17 lines, 13 comments, on Jul 5 6:06 PM 2008. In Inspirational, Humanity, Society
Honorable mention
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I'm scratching at the surface , my fingertips are sore A feline situation where I protract a claw• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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by Luna Tique Fringe 30 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 6 5:37 AM 2008. In Fantasy, Love Honorable mention
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by coddledsoul 28 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 19 12:44 PM 2008. In noguest• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Once upon a time ago in a land of misty fog
There lived an ancient people in a Wall called Orbawog• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
Poor old Humpty, what a sin He's been drinking too much Gin• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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by paperparadox 19 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 12 4:44 AM 2008. In Sonnet• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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by forethought 68 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 21 4:50 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Silver trophy winner
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My mind recalls those days gone by When climbing a wall was like eating a pie• Commented on by judge.
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My first year of marriage a family canceled by a drunk driver that was caught four times driving around town drunk .I happen to be thereby storiesuntold 23 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 5 12:37 PM 2008. In The wall• Commented on by judge.
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Heartbreak presses against my granite bones
My marble feet with rosebuds anointedby CelticQueen 31 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 7 11:23 AM 2008. In Contest, Pain, Society, Death, Sadness, Anger, Loss, Dedication, War• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Stone by stone, curb to capstone
we build a wall of missed opportunity,• Commented on by judge. -
Why is your cup so empty now
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The wall is a very important thing,
It is commonly used and is commonly seen,by Wild and On Fire 45 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 7 10:34 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Willful lovers by the dozen are writ in our myth,
etched upon our impetuous hearts' lore• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Is this open to everyone?
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yes, each contest is separate although we will have an overall winner.
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Oh, good. I have one I've been saving.
I'll give a lick and a promise and be back.
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Thankyou
Many thanks for the HM, Ros
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