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Show me Anaphora!

Write me a piece using anaphora; emphasize word(s) by repeating them at the beginning of each line.

My rules:
1. No rhyming
2. No high-diction
(Shakespeare is dead - and when he was alive, he didn't write like Chaucer!)
3. Any length is fine.
4. Each line must begin with the same word, words, or phrase.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on September 28, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 300, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 3 people
  • Final notes:
    Hi all and thanks for entering. I know this was kind of a constraining and odd contest. I didn't do it because I particularly like to employ anaphora as strictly as I've asked you to do it - I did it because I like to do things that force poets to break out of their respective boxes. So, for those of you who did, great job!

Contest Winners

  1. A little night-muzak while we wait
    by Mairi bheag 12 lines, 21 comments, on Sep 24 10:37 AM 2008. In Free Verse
    Gold trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]
  2. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4625507, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  3. Instead
    It would have been easier if your heart had stopped...
    instead, it only stopped loving.
    by Mirthryl 23 lines, 11 comments, on Sep 25 9:16 PM 2008. In Sad, Pain, Thoughts
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]
  4. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4623793, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  5. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4624213, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]

Entries [7]

1 - 7 of 7
  • I Remember...
    I remember delicate breezes of summer wind,
    skipping through fields of flowers.
    by Velvet Rose Petals 22 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 24 12:31 AM 2008
    • Viewed by judge.
  • Children Of War
    And the children asked, what is peace?
    Their eyes dark with things they shouldn't have seen
    by Aries 23 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 24 12:54 AM 2008
    • Viewed by judge.
  • Belief
    by SchizoChic 27 lines, on Sep 24 1:42 AM 2008. In Contest
    • Viewed by judge.
  • The Golden Tear
    I'm off to war to kill some more
    So don't shed your golden tears me for me
    by Ltecho13 20 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 19 11:36 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Pain, Personal, Sad
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite

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  • SpydurPoet gold member
    September 23, 2008
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    does it have to be at the beginning of every line?


    • SpydurPoet gold member
      September 23, 2008
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      Just kidding. I read the whole thing now.

    • chordphrute
      September 24, 2008
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      I know it sucks. That's the point! Challenges are good. Making a crappy task into a piece of art is something that generally makes us stronger, no?


  • Mairi bheag gold member
    September 24, 2008
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    Strictly speaking anaphora doesn't have to squat at the front of a line, but - hey! - your rules are your rules. (And Shakespeare was so damned good at it! see John of Gaunt's "This England" speech from Richard II Act 2 scene 1 - I love it!) Now be hugged.
    Love,
    M
    ♥♥♥

    • chordphrute
      September 24, 2008
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      LMAO .. I'm well aware that it doesn't HAVE to 'squat at the front of a line'... last time I checked, I could make up my own rules for what I'm looking for, no? ... Stop being a brat. And be hugged back.


      • Mairi bheag gold member
        September 24, 2008
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        I like the way you keep calling ME a brat! And I love all the hugging.


  • cricketjeff gold member
    September 25, 2008
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    Well I was writing a poem for it until I noticed the no rhyming, damn eight lines in already

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