City of IF

NeverNeverGirl · Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject: The competition ENDS - winner is

Hi all!

Well i, personally, am a huge fan of HEM and have some great ideas for getting the ball rolling.... one of which is to announce the following competition...

Write a piece of prose (limmerick, haiku, anything) about our fair city of IF. :P

It doesnt have to be a parody or anything humouress - this is a miscellaneous forum as well, so angst away if you so desire - as long as its IF related - it could be based on a SG you are writing, a fellow IFian, or even something obscurley connected...

JUMP ON BOARD NOW!

Minimum of four lines.

10 fable entry fee.

open till i say otherwise.

winner takes the pot...
get to it...

NeverNeverGirl · Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:55 pm Post subject:

okay i will start

There once was a mayor named Ren,
He confused all his fellow IFians.
Because they knew not;
If he was which, who or what,
That fuzzy orange miser - Ren.

Mephistopheles · Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject:

There i was
writing again
when I heard of IF
from a friend

I rushed to the gates
So pearly and white
Well, this wouldn't do
I must set them right

A tale from my past
Told in darkest form
Shocked the people
I took them by storm

So many friends
I have made here
Every one of them
I hold very dear

This is my home now
Filled with glamorous tales
Of grass blades and cows,
reluctant fairy tales

So man heroes
fighting in darkness and light
I read of them often,
almost every night

So many people
So many tales
Where i to die now
I'd be happy in hell

Chinaren · Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:48 pm Post subject:

NeverNeverGirl wrote: okay i will start

there once was a mayor named Ren
he confused all his fellow IFians
because they knew not
if he was which, who or what
that fuzzy orange miser - Ren.
:shock:

Mephistopheles · Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject:

hmm, in retrospect, i kinda missed the mark about humor or parody. Best i can do though.

D-Lotus · Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 3723 Location: Hollywood, USA

Nobody knew how some old farts
ever thought of an idea so bland,
they must have had failing hearts
or spoken with their heads full of sand.

Smiling stupidly
Holding up planks
Singing quite lucidly
Drawing up blanks

Yes, after a while..
they did build it in style
a wonderous gift for all!
Everywhere, everyone
people climbing up the wall!
In droves they came,
searching for fun... 'cause
no one's ever the same
after their first zany sniff
of the City of IF.

Crossfire · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:45 am Post subject:

'twas once a grim shadow named Din,
Who claimed that the elves were her kin.
She once went to visit, her pain was exquisite,
And she never liked dark elves again.

*continues wandering through HEM*

NeverNeverGirl · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:57 am Post subject:

Here’s my attempt at a long poem... let me know what you think..

IF.

IF, is a place, we go in our dreams,
The place that Pan flies too at night,
With fairies, demons, and books about lore,
SGs tugging us to left - and to right.

Mayor Key, was the first to rise to power,
Sitting atop a mighty word throne,
Followed by Smee (of Illusion fame),
chinaren built a dynasty on bones.

Kalanna Rai, the assassin, along with Lordy,
haunt the dark side of the fair city IF,
Harley, steals fables from our pockets,
And is often allied with tough Lilith.

IM never fails to impress, MW, is infamous too,
(and for all the wrong reasons it seems),
Mephistopheles likes to shock us,
With his tales filled with dark scenes.

Crunchy is friendly and writes well too,
Rune is new but making his mark,
Dinranwen she clings to the shadows,
Z is one hell of a bright spark.

They start out in corners, shadowed from sight,
Emerging within tales that they tell,
Then when newbies become known,
And their own story do start, opinions, all the louder, do yell.

In IF, the people, now they are bidding,
So that they too, may have a fair chance,
They step over each other in excitement,
To be characterised forever, in Wrath.

So jump onto your net my dear children,
Log in and create an account,
Set your limit to the sky above you,
And find out what IF is all about.

Fin.

D-Lotus · Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 3723 Location: Hollywood, USA

Hmm, not very humorous, and it was actually Reiso and Emperor who wrote Thorns and Steel...but otherwise it was passable. Truly, though, we're all very mediocre when it comes to poetry.

NeverNeverGirl · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject:

yes but we are breaking down our barriers (and i stole the info of Smee's ifki profile)

this is the reason for HEM in my opinion

Mephistopheles · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:34 pm Post subject:

There once was a man from Nantucket
Whose endowment was so long he could suck it
He said with a grin as he wiped off his chin
If my ear were a female I'd love it!

still messy, but it has humor!

NeverNeverGirl · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject:

okay - after a crappy response its time to vote.

I am sorely disappointed in all the kids whose comps i contribute too - RE-CIP-RI-COL :?

so vote away and the winner gets it all

D-Lotus · Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 3723 Location: Hollywood, USA

I couldn't help but vote for Meph's witty limmerick. It was actually quite clever.

Oh, and I'm glad you're actually getting through this competition fairly quickly. I hate competitions that lag (cough...fantasy...cough).

NeverNeverGirl · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:12 pm Post subject:

D-Lotus wrote: I couldn't help but vote for Meph's witty limmerick. It was actually quite clever.

Oh, and I'm glad you're actually getting through this competition fairly quickly. I hate competitions that lag (cough...fantasy...cough).

yes i can be quite impatient and if its not getting a response why draw it out?

D-Lotus · Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 3723 Location: Hollywood, USA

OMG! OMFG! I GOT A VOTE! I GOT A VOTE! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

NeverNeverGirl · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:48 pm Post subject:

D-Lotus wrote: OMG! OMFG! I GOT A VOTE! I GOT A VOTE! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

glad to see you passionate about something D lol

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D-Lotus · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject:

This is even more impressive:

It's a tie! I got two votes!

NeverNeverGirl · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject:

okay kids - there was a tie - so the winners are

D-Lotus the insufferable
and
Mephistopheles the dirty

congrats kids - now as everyone except messy declined their entrance fee i will pay out of my own coffer.

30 fables each - and if you dont think thats enough then next time pay your dues and the prize will be more!

:D

There once was a woman named Ne,
She felt like she needed to pee
so off she did trot
and never did she stop
until she got where she needed to be.

D-Lotus · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:46 pm Post subject:

I am God.

I have nothing else to say...except, thank-you poor suckers who mustered some time from your pathetic lives in order to vote for me and validate my greatness. :-D

NeverNeverGirl · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:23 pm Post subject:

D-Lotus wrote: I am God.

I have nothing else to say...except, thank-you poor suckers who mustered some time from your pathetic lives in order to vote for me and validate my greatness. :-D

gee D - what a gracious winner - though you do realise that you share the honor WITH mesy don't you?

D-Lotus · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:09 pm Post subject:

I'm God, and Messy is my Wife. :D (allusion).