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Who wins the flurry competition?

~Virgin Snow~ - Angeal Pureheart

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Snow - Pyrrhic

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January's Musings - HalfEmptyHero

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Total Votes : 0

Who Voted:

#81: Author: Thunderbird, Location: Rising from the ashes

Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 9:59 pm
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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!

#82: Poke Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 9:12 am
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Two more days for submiting entry! Lets see some more creativity peoples!

#83: Author: Thunderbird, Location: Rising from the ashes

Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 10:37 pm
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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...

#84: Author: D-Lotus, Location: Hollywood, USA

Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 12:57 am
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Nice job, TB. Does that syllable structure correspond with a certain kind of poem (e.g. sonnet, limerick, etc), or did you choose it?

#85: Polling Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 4:07 am
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Now polling! Word, "Light". Let's see what you think!

#86: Author: Thunderbird, Location: Rising from the ashes

Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 7:01 am
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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?

#87: Author: D-Lotus, Location: Hollywood, USA

Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 12:47 pm
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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. Smile

#88: Author: Thunderbird, Location: Rising from the ashes

Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 6:36 pm
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hmm... we need more votes but I'm loathe to cast my stone yet.

#89: Author: D-Lotus, Location: Hollywood, USA

Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:43 pm
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Keep voting, folks! Smile

#90: Winner! Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:51 am
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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!

#91: Author: D-Lotus, Location: Hollywood, USA

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:36 pm
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Congrats! Well deserved.

#92: Author: Thunderbird, Location: Rising from the ashes

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:28 pm
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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!

#93: Poke Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:07 am
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Poke, poke, poke, pooooooookes! I need at leasat 2 poems for this round....The word is Craft!

#94: Author: Thunderbird, Location: Rising from the ashes

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:37 am
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Please keep this one open for a bit... I can feel inspiratium coming for it soon.

#95: Author: misterbiz, Location: a chair in a cold dark living room

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:02 am
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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

#96: Well......... Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:34 am
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Umns...I kinda have to leave it up til I get at least 2 poems....So sure, let's get crackin'!

#97: Author: misterbiz, Location: a chair in a cold dark living room

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:10 pm
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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

#98: Author: Thunderbird, Location: Rising from the ashes

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:39 pm
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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.

#99: Poems Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:44 am
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Lovely, wonderful! I'll leave this up until the end of today, then I'll begin the pollings!

#100: Author: Thunderbird, Location: Rising from the ashes

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:55 pm
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*BUMP* Razz

#101: Polling Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:35 pm
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Sorry bout that! Now Polling! 1 week for voting!

#102: Author: Thunderbird, Location: Rising from the ashes

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:25 pm
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Quote:

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

Total Votes : 2
Who Voted: misterbiz, Thunderbird

#103: Poll Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:59 am
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Well, as Thunder-sama pointed out, we got a tie here! Need a tie breaker peoples!

#104: Poll Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:48 am
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Still tied peoples. . . . .

#105: Winner! Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:43 pm
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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!

#106: Bump Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:05 pm
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Hey hey, a new word is up! I'll just not it here

Toy

Have at it you poets I know are out there!

#107: Author: HalfEmptyHero, Location: Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:19 pm
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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.

#108: Post Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:37 am
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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!

#109: *Bump* Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:17 am
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*Sigh* Is seems no one is in the mood for Poetry lately. . . .

#110: Author: Angeal PureHeart, Location: Escanaba, MI 49829

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 12:47 pm
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~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~

#111: Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:17 am
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Need another entry before I can put it to vote!

#112: Author: Pyrrhic, Location: Earth

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:52 am
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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.

#113: Author: HalfEmptyHero, Location: Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound

Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 5:44 pm
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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.

#114: Voting Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 6:54 am
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Okay, it is time to start voting! Put your poetry caps on and let your heart and soul be your guide!

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