City of IF

Thunderbird · Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 9:59 pm Post subject:

ooooo... very profound D! I applaud you! I had been wondering if I should interpret 'light' as opposed to 'heavy'... now I'm going to have to go about this from a different approach as you already played the less likely interp card!

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 9:12 am Post subject: Poke

Two more days for submiting entry! Lets see some more creativity peoples!

Thunderbird · Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 10:37 pm Post subject:

A New (New) World Order?

To those of you who deem it right
To bear the weight of the world
On your aching shoulders tonight

I have a new take on your plight
That goes against all wise word,
Of advice heard, a new insight

And though some say it isn't right
I raise my flag up unfurled,
To be heard by all, within sight

For if we all combine our might
The many weights of the world
Would be perceived as something light

Author note:
8,
7,
8.
playing with theory - some trouble with rythme though...

D-Lotus · Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 4123 Location: Hollywood, USA

Nice job, TB. Does that syllable structure correspond with a certain kind of poem (e.g. sonnet, limerick, etc), or did you choose it?

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 4:07 am Post subject: Polling

Now polling! Word, "Light". Let's see what you think!

Thunderbird · Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 7:01 am Post subject:

D-Lotus wrote: Nice job, TB. Does that syllable structure correspond with a certain kind of poem (e.g. sonnet, limerick, etc), or did you choose it?

Not intentionally, just playing with some numeric theory there, trying to add a new layer of art to the whole. 8/7/8 is a bit odd to read but it balances symmetry and asymmetry in a rather trippy manner when 4 stanzas are considered. See what I mean?

D-Lotus · Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 4123 Location: Hollywood, USA

Yes, I see. I'm actually not as familiar with english poetry as with spanish poetry, but in spanish a poem with meter of 8 syllables is known as a Romance. In spanish as in english, there are a certain number of syllables that conform better to the language.

In spanish, 8 syllables works, as do 11 and 14. In english, 10 syllables is a good fit for a sonnet (at least this is the pattern Shakespeare used).

This might actually be worth investigating further. o-)

Thunderbird · Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 6:36 pm Post subject:

hmm... we need more votes but I'm loathe to cast my stone yet.

D-Lotus · Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 4123 Location: Hollywood, USA

Keep voting, folks! :-)

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:51 am Post subject: Winner!

And with 4 votes, misterbiz is the winner! Let's give him a hand! *Claps loudly* I will be putting up the next challange now, I hope to see continued participation!

D-Lotus · Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 4123 Location: Hollywood, USA

Congrats! Well deserved.

Thunderbird · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:28 pm Post subject:

Agreed - on principle I couldn't vote AGAINST myself but I could not attempt to get in the way of such a deserved win as well! You earned this one Bizzy!

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:07 am Post subject: Poke

Poke, poke, poke, pooooooookes! I need at leasat 2 poems for this round....The word is Craft!

Thunderbird · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:37 am Post subject:

Please keep this one open for a bit... I can feel inspiratium coming for it soon.

misterbiz · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:02 am Post subject:

I concur with T...at the moment, I'm in texas and stuck using my phone to view tome...and its fairly time consuming to write anything...so...yeah...leave this open till I get back

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:34 am Post subject: Well.........

Umns...I kinda have to leave it up til I get at least 2 poems....So sure, let's get crackin'!

misterbiz · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:10 pm Post subject:

My Craft
My eyes stare straight ahead
My thoughts move at the speed of light
Sweat rolls from my brow
I have to make sure that I do this right
I slip up so I go back, start again
Perfection is the only thing that can stand
Can not tolerate impurity
It must be right, true, great, never be bland
I move ahead, rolling like a tank
Mowing down everything that gets in my way
Here we go, I know I can do this
Yes, success is in the air, I shall seize it today
No, another mistake, back to the start
I'm getting nowhere like a dog after his tail
A devil shows upon my shoulder
He whispers to me that I'm destined to fail
Starting again, I know this is it
This time there will be no slowing me down
I race through, my mind focused
My labored, determined breathing my only sound
An hour later I finish and lean back
And banish the inner demon who had laughed
I rise up, and stroll from my keys
relaxing after completing another chapter of my craft

Thunderbird · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:39 pm Post subject:

I really like that now that I've had a chance to properly give it a read, Bizzy... That's gonna be a tough act to follow being as you pinpointed something most of us here can so strongly relate to. So I'm not going to try. Instead, I'm going the first way I took the subject matter...

End of the Mundane

What can bring a sense of wonder,
To a life that's dull and bland?
What can tear the mundane asunder,
Fulfill our dreams across the land?

A pinch of this,
and a dab of that,
Ethereal mist,
and an eye of bat.

I'd trade away the normal life,
Let go of all reliable things,
Even though it might bring strife,
To cast a spell that gives me wings.

A pinch of this,
and a dab of that,
Boil root twists,
and a tail of rat.

To each the law would be our own,
With power to control our fate,
We'd only reap what we have sown,
Choose thee love or choose thee hate.

A pinch of this,
and a dab of that,
A dragon's fist,
the soul of a gnat.

Those who want for stable path,
Will rue the day I rise to power,
For ours would be the might of the Craft
In ignorance's final hour.

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:44 am Post subject: Poems

Lovely, wonderful! I'll leave this up until the end of today, then I'll begin the pollings!

Thunderbird · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:55 pm Post subject:

*BUMP* :P

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:35 pm Post subject: Polling

Sorry bout that! Now Polling! 1 week for voting!

Thunderbird · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:25 pm Post subject:

Quote: Which one?
End of the Mundane - Thunderbird
50% [ 1 ]
My Craft - misterbiz
50% [ 1 ]

Total Votes : 2
Who Voted: misterbiz, Thunderbird

:lol:

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:59 am Post subject: Poll

Well, as Thunder-sama pointed out, we got a tie here! Need a tie breaker peoples!

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:48 am Post subject: Poll

Still tied peoples. . . . .

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:43 pm Post subject: Winner!

Yay! Finally there is a winner of our last contest! And it's. . . misterbiz with 2 votes! Let's hear some congratz to our winner!

Putting up the new "Word" now, feel free to join the contest today!

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:05 pm Post subject: Bump

Hey hey, a new word is up! I'll just not it here

Toy

Have at it you poets I know are out there!

HalfEmptyHero · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:19 pm Post subject:

I tried this a while back, but nothing hit me with toy. I'll continue to think about it though, and maybe inspiration will come.

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:37 am Post subject: Post

Well, seing as no one was inspired by this last word, I decided to change it! The new word wil be. . . .

Snow

Hope for a few more responses this time!

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:17 am Post subject: *Bump*

*Sigh* Is seems no one is in the mood for Poetry lately. . . .

Angeal PureHeart · Joined: 15 May 2011 Posts: 70 Location: Escanaba, MI 49829

~Virgin Snow~

Looking out at the vastness of white
Snow had fallen throughout the night
Footprints in the virgin snow
From whom they come I do not know

Winter it has come at last
Can’t even see one blade of grass
Ice it forms on the lake
But not thick enough to take ones weight

Soon the kids will be here
Sledes out and snow ball spheres
Making angels in the snow
And having fun wherever they go

The day goes and darkness comes
Kids gone home to there mums
The snow falls throughout the night
Erasing all that days snow fights

A clean sheet in the morning light
Ready for that days snow fight

Not my usual fortay but what the hell? I gave it a shot~

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:17 am Post subject:

Need another entry before I can put it to vote!

Pyrrhic · Joined: 01 Jan 2014 Posts: 12 Location: Earth

Snow

Peaceful slumber
Chilling straight through the marrow
dreams of brighter days

Dreams of brighter days
blanketed in soft darkness,
yet sun glows through it.

HalfEmptyHero · Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 5:44 pm Post subject:

January's Musings

The cold and weary
seem so dreary
when winter's touch has come.

The flaking snow,
and winds that blow,
announce it like a drum.

But feel not weathered,
or somehow bettered,
as days are short and gray.

Enjoy the sight
of ice frozen night,
forever she won't stay.

PopeAlessandrosXVIII · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 6:54 am Post subject: Voting

Okay, it is time to start voting! Put your poetry caps on and let your heart and soul be your guide!