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I wanted to vote for Ephemeral, but the butterfly just threw me off.
It would have to be an otherworldy haiku for me to really enjoy enough to vote for in a poetry contest. I expected it to be a complaint about moderation, was pleasantly surprised it was less a complaint, more a commentary on the banality of modding. Still a haiku though, so I with hold a vote.
Didnt care for youtube, especially the part about hairless boys. A bieber ref preve?
Blippy wrote the noises of a hedgehog rutting in english form. Vote.
Condoms poem was incredible but im not allowed to vote for him.
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Described in the spoiler is the message I tried to create with my poem. I'd encourage voters to vote before reading it, as I don't want to sway anyone with "bull-crap."
The butterfly portion was a mythological reference, particularly how it is related to the human soul. I believe it is also a fairly common trope to associate human souls with butterflies. The conclusion is supposed to be drawn that the marionette is human.
The title is dual reference to the nature of the poem and human longevity, maybe a little too cheeky. The marionette's strings are a representation of how our relationships and our obligations can pull us in their own directions and we can be forced to follow them, like marionettes on strings.
"Sings" was probably my poorest word choice, but I was hasty and didn't want to look for a good verb for melancholy singing. I went with rhyme over reason and I regret it.
EDIT- I would be interested in hearing interpretations of my poem to see how my writing came across.
well, at least it's getting comments. i never finish anything, and as such it's a bit disjointed [way worse than my last poem but meh].
the line people are curious about is not a bieber reference. i'll leave it at that.
i voted for ephemeral [#1] and blippy for creativity [#2]. condoms with the dated band references, if i'm reading that right?
*edit*
- wow, idk what that says about me that i misread commons/condoms.
- oh, that's sweet. alas, I didn't know the word. s'pose I'll look it up. [my poems are sprinkled liberally with insanity, i've been where you are now irt poetry contest for a good year. :P.]
my mouth is full of winsome lies -
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
but then I realized that would be a sonnet on adulthood, not friday nights in college. It is also a modern take on a sonnet in that the only part that is even a sonnet is the actual volta, both literal and figurative. The volta in this poem is the word volta, the turn from one female to another, or one orgasm to another. Additionally, tis a modern take on a a sonnet in that it is commentary on the hedonism that has replaced the arts amongst our affluent youth. How many non nerd school children know what a sonnet is these days anyway?
All my recent poems seem to be sprinkled with bits of nut if you catch my drift.
Edit: and if you read this blippy and your response was a definite "this is crap, I hate it and I'm so dissapointed to be let down I expected some of the art that is pimpnutz", then good. Twas not meant to be the Mona Lisa. Twas meant to be Guernica.
I used to be concerned with winning the poetry contests and getting votes, now I'm just concerned with displaying the art that is starting to consume me, ya dig?
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My haiku was a lazy throwaway. I had just killed an adbot and needed to bump Personal Writing on the forum index so that the 'latest thread' wasn't some invisible "Hack Bank Login / Account paypal - Shipping" thread.
Seems i might not have given the poll for this round a date to close on....
However the winners for this round are:
Ophidian Eye with The Ephemeral
BlippyTheSlug with Chant of the Hedgehog
Congrats to ya both!
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Here are the Poetry submissions for this week:
The Ephemeral by Ophidian Eye
youtube by Preve
A Haiku of Moderation by Talore
Chant of the Hedgehog by BlippyTheSlug
A modern take on a sonnet about Friday nights in college by Condoms
Vote for the poem(s) you feel is the best (up to two). Remember to adhere to the "Honor Code" when voting.
While it is understood there is no absolute means to monitor the intent of a vote, we ask each PRC participant to exercise integrity when voting out of respect for the contest:
- Please give each poetry submission an equal opportunity in attaining your vote.
- Please read, or at least skim, all the entries before voting.
- Please do not vote for your friends just because they're your friends.
The Poetry Running Contest puts good faith in its participants to act in an honorable manner.
Contestants, remember, you are required to vote (and you can't vote for yourself)!
Happy voting!
like pen pencil computer
sometimes prolific
sometimes a neuter
It would have to be an otherworldy haiku for me to really enjoy enough to vote for in a poetry contest. I expected it to be a complaint about moderation, was pleasantly surprised it was less a complaint, more a commentary on the banality of modding. Still a haiku though, so I with hold a vote.
Didnt care for youtube, especially the part about hairless boys. A bieber ref preve?
Blippy wrote the noises of a hedgehog rutting in english form. Vote.
Condoms poem was incredible but im not allowed to vote for him.
The title is dual reference to the nature of the poem and human longevity, maybe a little too cheeky. The marionette's strings are a representation of how our relationships and our obligations can pull us in their own directions and we can be forced to follow them, like marionettes on strings.
"Sings" was probably my poorest word choice, but I was hasty and didn't want to look for a good verb for melancholy singing. I went with rhyme over reason and I regret it.
EDIT- I would be interested in hearing interpretations of my poem to see how my writing came across.
the line people are curious about is not a bieber reference. i'll leave it at that.
i voted for ephemeral [#1] and blippy for creativity [#2]. condoms with the dated band references, if i'm reading that right?
*edit*
- wow, idk what that says about me that i misread commons/condoms.
- oh, that's sweet. alas, I didn't know the word. s'pose I'll look it up. [my poems are sprinkled liberally with insanity, i've been where you are now irt poetry contest for a good year. :P.]
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
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Volta
Shame,
but then I realized that would be a sonnet on adulthood, not friday nights in college. It is also a modern take on a sonnet in that the only part that is even a sonnet is the actual volta, both literal and figurative. The volta in this poem is the word volta, the turn from one female to another, or one orgasm to another. Additionally, tis a modern take on a a sonnet in that it is commentary on the hedonism that has replaced the arts amongst our affluent youth. How many non nerd school children know what a sonnet is these days anyway?
All my recent poems seem to be sprinkled with bits of nut if you catch my drift.
Edit: and if you read this blippy and your response was a definite "this is crap, I hate it and I'm so dissapointed to be let down I expected some of the art that is pimpnutz", then good. Twas not meant to be the Mona Lisa. Twas meant to be Guernica.
I used to be concerned with winning the poetry contests and getting votes, now I'm just concerned with displaying the art that is starting to consume me, ya dig?
However the winners for this round are:
Ophidian Eye with The Ephemeral
BlippyTheSlug with Chant of the Hedgehog
Congrats to ya both!
like pen pencil computer
sometimes prolific
sometimes a neuter