I'm extending this contest due to lack of entries. Surely someone out there can still write a poem?
July 14th was Bastille Day, and I thought for sure somebody here would do something to commemorate it. Unfortunately, it appears that nobody did, so
this is to draw attention to one of the more important events in the history of Western Civilization.
No bashing, profanity, or anything gross here. Prewrites will be accepted, if they are literary quality. You can write in English or in French, whichever trips your trigger.
"Bastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is called Fête Nationale ("National Celebration") in official parlance, or more commonly le quatorze juillet ("14 July"). It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern nation, and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the First Republic, during the French Revolution.
Festivities are held on the morning of 14 July, on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris." (From Wikipedia)
Spelling, grammar, and punctuation will count.
July 14th was Bastille Day, and I thought for sure somebody here would do something to commemorate it. Unfortunately, it appears that nobody did, so
this is to draw attention to one of the more important events in the history of Western Civilization.
No bashing, profanity, or anything gross here. Prewrites will be accepted, if they are literary quality. You can write in English or in French, whichever trips your trigger.
"Bastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is called Fête Nationale ("National Celebration") in official parlance, or more commonly le quatorze juillet ("14 July"). It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern nation, and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the First Republic, during the French Revolution.
Festivities are held on the morning of 14 July, on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris." (From Wikipedia)
Spelling, grammar, and punctuation will count.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 4
- Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50
- Final notes: Although I only have 3 entries (a sad state of affairs, I must say), I've decided to close the contest due to complications in my life just now and the fact that I am not feeling well these days and need to narrow the field on things still undone.
Thanks to those of you who entered, and I hope to see you again in future contests.
Contest Winners
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Truer than the arrows shot by Paris, splendid as the Sun King’s glorious reign,• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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Dévisager sur je vois le drapeau si élégamment posé sur notre terre.
Elle vole et je peux voir le soleil, scintiller de sa main cousue.• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
J’ai reçu une lettre demain,
Elle a parlé d’un homme,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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kinda remembered this from my history class...
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so can we submit anything about France?
I have a love poem to do with it..
is that okay or did you just want
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No love poems ...
this contest is about the country.
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It was a Bourgeois revolution between the new up and coming
Capitalist class and the Feudal(land owning)Aristocracy
the former wanted the peasants who were tied to the land
"Freed" to exploit them in their new factories,whereas
the Feudal Aristocracy resisted wanting to continue exploiting them on their land.The revolutionary slogans
used by the Bourgeois were largely bogus it was a case of changing one exploiter for another.so that today because like the peasants,the workers dont own the means of production their wages are inadequate to buy back what
they produce comes overproduction(in terms of demand)comes the slump
workers are thrown out on the street jobless and homeless
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I said nothing negative, and I meant it.
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Common sense would tell you that the Magna Carta ...
was between the Barons and the King of England, but the precedent still changed history forever. -
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ecrivain01
Hi Jim thanks for the reply I'm a little puzzled what the Magna Carta
has to do with the French revolution and how can an accurate
account of the Class Struggle in social history be deemed negative.
on a personal level is your health improving Jim I hope so there's
nothing worse than bad health to get you down.Best Wishes and
Kindest Regards...George
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oh okay, thanks for letting me know
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There's plenty of time ...
to write something else.
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I figured mine tied in more to the humanistic aspect of such revolutions, though that might be a bit of a stretch...figured there were few enough entries to warrant adding at least quelque chose d'autre en francais.
Just get rid of it if it doesn't fit...
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