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Post by Ceri on Aug 21, 2006 9:20:22 GMT
Right, we've not had a competition here since the forum was first set up so I'm going to have another go at it. I'm going to start running these more often for short stories, poems, novel openings/endings etc. so it's basically a peer-judged writing contest
Today's contest is a poetry contest and the theme is "Night". Entries shouldn't be too long (I'm not going to set a limit because I can't be bothered) and should either be posted here or, if they are in another thread, should be marked in the Subject field "Entry". You have until Friday to enter, then until the following Monday to vote (I'll change these times if anyone has a problem with them).
So far the entries are:
Spawn: Night
Ceri: If I could reach the stars tonight
Aulius: I lived in darkness...
Have fun!
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Post by Spawn on Aug 21, 2006 14:04:20 GMT
I can't do poetry to save my life, so this is going to be God awful but I thought I might as well try anyway since I like the idea of having a competition. Since its fun to be creative.
Night
The sun drops beneath the clouds
Darkness rises over head
Stars twinkle majestically and bright
Even in darkness there is light
Cities sleep under the moon
A hush swirls around the towns
Lovers huddle together
Even in darkness there is peace
Yeah, that’s it from me, I’ll never be able to poetry…at least its short.
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Post by Ceri on Aug 22, 2006 7:28:29 GMT
Lol I like it  |
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Post by Ceri on Aug 22, 2006 13:38:40 GMT
As this is peer-judged I'm going to have a go as well...I haven't tried writing poetry for a long time so I don't know how this has turned out, really If I could reach the stars tonightThere’s something written in the stars That I can’t understand Cast as they are for miles and miles Over water, sky and land There’s something in their mystic smile That draws my eyes tonight And banishes my fear and doubt Beneath the silver light If I could reach the stars tonight I’d fly so high above I’d lose myself in the night’s cold hands And feel its gentle love Its kindly smile, its sweet caress So far from wrong and right Carry me away and let me stay In never-ending night There’s something written in your eyes I just can’t comprehend It fills me with an ancient fear Our love is near an end But what could come between us now In this, our perfect land? Nothing but mortality, The grip of death’s cruel hand If I could reach the stars tonight I’d drag you back to earth I’d seize your outstretched hands in mine And pull for all I’m worth Until I saw you at my side Forever once again But it’s too late, you rest in fate In never-ending night There’s something written in the stars I think I understand It reaches down with loving eyes And takes me by the hand And maybe if I let it take me Far beyond this light Then maybe I’ll see you again In never-ending night. |
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Post by Aulius on Aug 22, 2006 14:21:43 GMT
Im not eligable to win and I'm probably not eligiable to back out. Here goes...not sure this will make much sense
I've lived in darkness
All I have seen is darkness
Where ever I look there is darkness
What little good there is
It's quickly destroyed.
My bitterness to the world
My hatred for people who do wrong to others
Both could not be measured
Then you came,
A Blinding light through the darkness
Your Beauty to me is above all others
I long to be with you
Darkness does not go away quietly though.
Dark figures push me away
Trying to take you for themselves
You shun them and you grow cold
Hateful because of how they act
Where others failed I hoped to succed
I found you on a doorstep crying
Your clothes a mess
Kicked out once again after thinking he's the one
I offer you my hand
You do not know if you want to believe my kindness
You wonder if I have a secret agenda
You take it in vain hope
Months have passed and the world seems brighter
The darkness runs from me
I come to your door and ring the bell
You open it quickly and pull me in
Wild passion ensews
As the door shuts out the dark
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Post by Ceri on Aug 22, 2006 15:36:32 GMT
Nice
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Post by Spawn on Aug 22, 2006 15:39:33 GMT
Now thats poetry, both of them were really good.
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Post by Ceri on Aug 22, 2006 15:45:33 GMT
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Post by Aulius on Aug 22, 2006 16:11:56 GMT
Wait you thought mine was good? I thought it was kinda crap
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Post by Ceri on Aug 22, 2006 16:46:28 GMT
I liked yours as well, Aulius. It was well written  |
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Post by Spawn on Aug 22, 2006 17:24:07 GMT
Agreed, people here seem to have a talent for it.
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Post by Ceri on Aug 22, 2006 17:27:16 GMT
Well it is a role-playing forum, and the role-playing is writing, after all. So you'd expect the people here to be people who enjoy writing |
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Post by Stanic on Aug 22, 2006 17:30:10 GMT
ha wrong. i cant write to save my life
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Post by Spawn on Aug 22, 2006 17:30:50 GMT
Yeah but writing role plays and stories is diffrent from writing poetry, since I can write books and can't write poetry at all. Although I do agree that they have a link.
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Post by Ceri on Aug 22, 2006 17:32:49 GMT
I agree, actually. I'm the same, I can write stories but not really poems.
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Post by Stanic on Aug 22, 2006 17:34:58 GMT
i cant write either of them, i just get lucky
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Post by Ceri on Aug 24, 2006 9:22:51 GMT
Any more entries for the contest then?
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Post by Aulius on Aug 24, 2006 12:09:16 GMT
Would have thought Church and Freakhere would try but they havnt been on in the past week.
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Post by Ceri on Aug 25, 2006 6:04:19 GMT
Yeah. Are they away? Because I can extend the deadline to Monday...
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Post by Spawn on Aug 25, 2006 11:16:01 GMT
Chruch is, Freakhere left apparently.
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Post by Ceri on Aug 25, 2006 11:25:28 GMT
Okay then, never mind Freakhere. I'll extend the deadline to Monday so if anyone sees/hears from Church, let him know!
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Post by The Director on Aug 25, 2006 11:41:18 GMT
Church is on his hols at the moment
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Post by Ceri on Aug 25, 2006 12:12:55 GMT
Know when he's back?
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Post by Spawn on Aug 25, 2006 13:51:11 GMT
Tommrow
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Post by Ceri on Aug 25, 2006 15:50:00 GMT
Okay then, I'll leave the contest open till monday then.
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Post by Ahelos on Aug 25, 2006 19:17:47 GMT
All three of them are really good people
I can feel the emotions so much
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Post by Ceri on Aug 25, 2006 20:02:09 GMT
Hehehe...I kinda wrote mine off the top of my head |
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Post by Aulius on Aug 25, 2006 20:13:12 GMT
So did I...after 2 different ones that werent working
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Post by Spawn on Aug 25, 2006 20:29:07 GMT
Same, I just wrote anything down and look at the end results...not doing that again.
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Post by church on Aug 26, 2006 20:00:43 GMT
Any more entries for the contest then? i told you guys i was going to be away didnt i?? lokk give me till monday please!!!!!!!! and illl see what i can do. how old can stuff be? ie can a poem i wrote in yr 3/4 count? how manny entries can we have? does it ocunt if it's not in english? |
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