Whenever "free verse only/no rhyme" is stated in the contest description, am I the only one who has to deal with bitches upset over the fact that rhyme is not allowed?1
People are utterly retarded. I know it is very tragic that they cannot rhyme for the contest, but maybe the judge doesn't feel like judging rhyme poems with free verse poems? Dumb bitches...
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agree to disagree?
i dont' bug you about it- and if i bug other ppl you don't bug me?
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deal. lol
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please don't say retarded.
but i dunno, i don't normally get ppl complaining. and you'd think i'd get more, a lot of my contests tend to be fav directions a bit, but also even when they are mainstream i don't often get complaints.
i just DQ if it's rhyme, no questions ask. and occasionally ppl are like "Why'd you dQ my poem?
And i'm like " read the rules, i said no rules. thanks" -
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if i want to say "retarded" then i'm going to say it. i don't bitch when people say "wow, that's so gay"
no offense was intended, so i won't take offense to it...and quite honestly i expect the same from others. 
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i mean if i were you i would bitch about 'that's so gay' i certainly do when ppl say it cause words hurt, and those words are offensive. retarded is also offensive- i don't understand why people can't just say 'stupid' - it may be common, but it's still offensive. you have every right to bitch about 'wow that's so gay', and i don't ever say that so it's not like you hear me say it and have to not say anything.
my rant's done .
however what you are talking abut with the contest- it's such a pain, or to be in a contest that's free verse or prose and see complaints on the page about it -
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in regards to the contest: agreed.
as for offensive words? perhaps i am just more easy going. it's typical that easy-going people will clash with those who are up-tight and like to find controversy in the most retarded, gay things.
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I used to write strictly in rhyme, I didn't bother complaining to hosts because if they didn't want to read rhyme, it meant they probably didn't like it and that my efforts were wasted on someone that could not or did not want to appriciate what I wrote anyway.
Still, some will complain because the majority of contests restrict the use of rhyme or flat out refuse to read it. It gets really irritating when you are a a poetic minority that has very limited outlets for writing competitively. I used to retailate when I got extremely irritasted and would host contests with "no free verse, no prose" stipulations. In those situations, I got a lot bitching and complaining from free verse writers... lots and lots... since they are the majority here....
Eventually, I learned to swing both ways so that I could complete creatively in most any contest (that wasn't further restricted to pals, groups etc...).
I just plain allow both because what is the harm in reading rhyming poetry? Just becuase you allow them to compete doen't mean that you won't have free verse participants (there will be many more free verse than rhyme anyway) and you never know when a rhymer will sneak up and totally wow you.
The bottom line though is that its your contest and you get to make the rules.
s ~Genie~
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I hear you. Well, you know me - you know that I appreciate rhyme. The thing is though, for me, is that I don't feel like going through the trouble of weighting good free verse poems and good rhyming poems. In my opinion, they are total opposites, and shouldn't be in the same contest if the judge doesn't feel like taking the time to sort them out. I also think that because I prefer free verse, that free verse would have an advantage. People don't think about that -- so it does irk me when people complain. Of course, I don't have the time to explain to them why I do things the way I do it. People just complain and fail to see it from the hosts perspective.
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They just don't win the contest. Then they ask why and I say -- you didn't read the rules. I've only done two contests and on one I said, I prefer free verse -- about half the poems I got were rhyming. Very few people pay attention. Don't expect to much.
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Nope, I get it all the time to. It really irritates me. And then you get the jackass that submits rhyme anyway, and then tries to start a fight with you after you remove it from the contest.
Oh yeah, I hear where you're coming from. -
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Oh yeah, that drives me crazy.
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don't deal with them - on your contest page clearly state "rule breaking will incur an immediate DQ & no further explanation".
then if they enter rhyme, just DQ them...& if they retaliate, just IM the contest link with the message "read:" & leave it at that...they learn eventually.
if you're hosting, then you have no need to explain yourself to anyone anything that isn't already stated in the specifics of the contest outlines and stipulances.
if they can't read, fuck 'em, it isn't your problem unless you allow it to be.
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Amen.
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I get more complaints about not allowing prewrites than rhyme... I don't know why
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you're not the only one.
and what really irks me is that a lot of the people who get onto ME about it are twice my age. and male. it bothers me how some of the older poets pick on the younger ones. -
I hardly put that kind of restriction ... so i wouldnt know ..
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hahaha; just put it in the title from now on and maybe youll have less complaints? "Free Verse Only Contest" lol
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