and he asked me why i typed my poetry in times new roman. "because. calligraphy is so cliche. i am elegance without frills. i am poetry without formatting. i am life without strings."
bam. wam. wow me. winner takes all. i want brilliance. points will sky-rocket if i like what i get. not sure when this will end.
i like prose and freeverse. mostly prose.
metaphor and imagery.
give me cliche and i give you laughter.
emo doesn't fly with me.
impress me. write about life without cliches or complications. write about being in love. write about running from drama. write about the ways that you as a poet make your words into quotes. i doubt it's through calligraphy...
break my rules and you'd better do a damn good job of it.
go.
tell.
me.
a.
story.
bam. wam. wow me. winner takes all. i want brilliance. points will sky-rocket if i like what i get. not sure when this will end.
i like prose and freeverse. mostly prose.
metaphor and imagery.
give me cliche and i give you laughter.
emo doesn't fly with me.
impress me. write about life without cliches or complications. write about being in love. write about running from drama. write about the ways that you as a poet make your words into quotes. i doubt it's through calligraphy...
break my rules and you'd better do a damn good job of it.
go.
tell.
me.
a.
story.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 29
- Rewards: Gold: 400
- Final notes: Top four impressed me. Congrats. You all mostly did well. Please excuse the lack of promptness in judging.
Contest Winners
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and there were all those days I sat and wondered why the world couldn't comprehend the simplicity of breathing and loving and dancing and screaming just for the fun of shattering the atmosphere and waiting for the reverb.• Viewed by judge. [remove]
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She was simple and unadorned; a stylistic set laboriously penned by loving hands. Beautiful in His eyes, perhaps; but jane was plain in the eyes of little boys; who thought that C major was a melodic slut; so easy to play.• Viewed by judge. [remove]
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You taste like winter on these lips of mine. My body feels hot like summer and I contemplate how much longer I should keep leading you on.by Blue-Rose Beauty 27 lines, 40 comments, on Sep 5 12:08 AM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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by Candy Morphine 112 lines, 10 comments, on Sep 21 3:11 AM• Viewed by judge. [remove]
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a figment of my delusions..• Viewed by judge. [remove]
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Well, I'll tell you a little of mineby Katie Lazette 38 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 16 8:00 PM. In Contest• Viewed by judge. -
Standing by her flowers all alone
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I’m a fashion ***top model*** and you’re a Rock .. super star .. ,
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I thrust the sheet out of the top of my head. A white testament to my failures. (Though I grinned at them through broken teeth.) The song of migrant birds and cheap indulgences flowed freely from my heart. And to that you rep• Viewed by judge.
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The blistering walls of a new opera
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this is fantasic.
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love that first line...what inspiration i can write you calligraphy...but then i will have to translate it too..and i'm much too lazy
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Whoa. Sexy prompt... this comp needs more entries..Such a fantastic idea!
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random thought that came into my my head. i couldn't really write a poem around it (writer's block is so cruel) at least not yet. so i wanted to see what others could do.
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Times New Roman is cliche, in the type world. Most common fonts:
Arial
Courier
Times New Roman, or any other form of Times.
You want elegant? Try Palatino Linotype. Yes, there is a difference.
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My favorite font: Zephyr
I think we've talked at length on this, Joyce
but you're so right.
For my playwriting class, everything has to be done in Courier New. x.x -
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Gag me with a spoon!
Courier is a monospace font. Every character "sits on" the same width. Yup.A lowercase m is squished while a lowercase i and l look -- yup, you got it. SPACY
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