The Butterfly Effect
Definition: A chaotic effect created by something seemingly insignificant, the phenomenon whereby a small change in one part of a complex system can have a large effect somewhere else.
Etymology: From the beating of a butterfly's wings in one place causing a tornado in another part of the world.
(definition from dictionary.com)
Give me something Brilliant.
(no movie references please. Please use the prompt as stated above)
Definition: A chaotic effect created by something seemingly insignificant, the phenomenon whereby a small change in one part of a complex system can have a large effect somewhere else.
Etymology: From the beating of a butterfly's wings in one place causing a tornado in another part of the world.
(definition from dictionary.com)
Give me something Brilliant.
(no movie references please. Please use the prompt as stated above)
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on December 22, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 800, Silver: 500, Bronze: 100
- Final notes: I changed the points a little bit around for first and second because I had a time deciding which one was "better". All the poems were amazing. I choose "butterflies last act" because it showed the direct cause and effect theme and I liked that.
Bravo to all you amazing poets.
Criss
Contest Winners
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Bronze trophy winner
Entries [17]
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Receiving donations of torment
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I cried out, "But I cannot
for I am just one!"by Lady-Pegasus 23 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 8 1:42 AM 2008. In Angst, Contemporary, Contest, Hope, Life, Spiritual, Personal• Commented on by judge. -
When chaos plays a part in things
The smallest change may amplifyby cricketjeff 46 lines, 10 comments, on Oct 23 4:56 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
by george the 23rd 34 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 11 2:43 PM 2008. In Adult, Life, Longing, the year 2000, Noguest• Commented on by judge.
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Wings that carry me through books• Commented on by judge.
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Her bags were packed, the taxi waiting at the curb.
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Hold that pointing finger firm
Directly at the accusedby ConjurerCaptainTam 4 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 11 3:28 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. -
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You know that was a really good movie, even if it didn't do well in the box office.
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I never saw the movie. It's a scientific law.
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I did see the movie and it had too many things
going wrong for it, in my view. Also, the "butterfly effect" is one of the catch phrases to descibe one of the key principles in Edward Lorenz's Theory of Chaos. The principle is "sensitive dependence on initial conditions". One of the reasons he used this phrase is that he started out as a meteorologist and his work with weather modeling using antiquated computers developed into the chaos theory. Subsequent branches of the theory have been developed such as: Fractal Geometry, fuzzy logic, etc. Lorenz is known as the father of the theory.
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I love the idea of the butterfly effect. I cant remember the story I heard that expalined this to me, but it had something to do with a farmer and George Washington.. Pretty much what we do has a rippling effect.
thanks for the comment tnk.
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This is a wonderful Idea for a contest! I may enter, I may not, but I'm deffinently going to come back and read the entries, this should get some great ones!
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Excellent theme! excellent movie! (wish i could say the same about the sequal hehe still good though ;p)
hope my entry hasn't strayed too far from your prompt!
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Congratulations to the winners and thank you for hosting.
Gaylene
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Thanks for the honor of bronze.
Congrats to other winners and best wishes to all.
Good luck,
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Thank you for the trophy. The other winners were very worthy entries in my judgment, so my hat is off to the judge.
~Morgan
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