RESERVE A SPOT. I will give you a prompt concerning a character. I will not accept random entries from people who have not received a prompt from me.
You may do almost anything you’d like with the prompt and may use whatever style you deem effective and necessary, but if you don’t know anything about the time period, region, conflict, customs, or manner of speech your character might use, PLEASE do some research, if only on Wikipedia. I don’t want to sift through poems in the voice of an old man dying of the plague in seventeenth century London who says “thee art my friendeth,” “shit, dude, I’m dying,” or something equally erroneous. No short stories. This is supposed to be a fun - albeit challenging - means of writing poetry.
Basically, place me. Get your readers into the mind of this person, show us the circumstances, and show us his/her innermost thoughts and observances. Be fresh and original; create the person and give them a life beyond what I've told you. Don’t list facts you might imagine about the person’s life; if it’s relevant, find a way to incorporate it in the poem. When writing a poem about a person's life, it helps to focus on one specific event, which is why I have given you details and a specific place. All you have to do is let them speak.
Have fun!
-hiraeth
You may do almost anything you’d like with the prompt and may use whatever style you deem effective and necessary, but if you don’t know anything about the time period, region, conflict, customs, or manner of speech your character might use, PLEASE do some research, if only on Wikipedia. I don’t want to sift through poems in the voice of an old man dying of the plague in seventeenth century London who says “thee art my friendeth,” “shit, dude, I’m dying,” or something equally erroneous. No short stories. This is supposed to be a fun - albeit challenging - means of writing poetry.
Basically, place me. Get your readers into the mind of this person, show us the circumstances, and show us his/her innermost thoughts and observances. Be fresh and original; create the person and give them a life beyond what I've told you. Don’t list facts you might imagine about the person’s life; if it’s relevant, find a way to incorporate it in the poem. When writing a poem about a person's life, it helps to focus on one specific event, which is why I have given you details and a specific place. All you have to do is let them speak.
Have fun!
-hiraeth
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on January 5
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 50, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: sorry for the wait! this was so hard to judge and, for the first time in ages, i had a difficult time picking the winners. everything i got was good, and the honourable mentions are in no specific order.
i hope you had fun with the characters! i may do something like this again, if you're interested
Contest Winners
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Captain James C. Byrd
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I go out walking on the Thames• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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The sounds of the cycling winds,
Deep inside me are deafening.by corrupt angel 24 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 25 10:24 PM 2008. In sad• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
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fun contest.!
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woo twinzeee.!
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May I have a prompt?
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Yep:
James C. Byrd, 27, entreats death in the trenches; France, 1943
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I watched Pobol y Cym this weekend and happened to hear mention of your name and how it is untranslatable to English though it seems to be the same essence as the German "Sehnsucht" which always fascinated me... just thought you'd like to know.
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yo. the background to this contest is extremely awesome.
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thanks! you should totally enter.
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My writer's block doesn't seem to be letting up anytime soon, otherwise I would. I figure I'll just let it fade away on it's own.
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neatooooo =B
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yay, you're alive!
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IN YOUR PANTS!
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judge this!! sheesh
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doing that now, actually! this is so hard lol
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wow thanks a lot and congrats to all the other winners.
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