I voted for Tezzeret12's poem because I know what the over all issue is about and I feel that his poem expresses that very well.
I voted for Blippy's poem, because in the sadder areas of my life, a poem about dead Jesus is always going to cheer me up
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Magick was a fairly simple, amusing poem. The form and word choices were elegant, so it got my vote (by a narrow margin).
Happy Easter...seriously Blippy, it's not really fair any more. Good form, nice word choice, and vivid imagery and symbolism. Only thing I disliked was the general lack of cadence.
Honorable mentions:
My Night With An Old Friend, by Yanni: I liked the poem, but it felt like it dragged out long. It was a serious contender for my vote.
The First Thing and the Last Thing, by Sam: Good poem, does a nice job of conveying the meaning. Maybe a bit longer, and broader in scope than it should have been though.
Suffering Country, by Kpaca: As always, a great piece. I could sorta tell it was about the Holocaust, or Soviet Russia or some such, but there was a lot lost. Stanzas 1, 6, and 10, maybe even 9, and the One Line stanzas thrown about could have made a coherent piece. What was that about though? I thought it was The Holocaust or the U.S.S.R. at first, but I'm starting to think it's about political oppression in general. Nice piece, but I felt like it dragged itself out.
On My Poem: looking back, I don't fully understand my inspiration. I understand what I meant, but I don't know WHY I meant it.
This weeks poem was actually about Zimbabwe, though it applies to many things in general. Nhamodzenyika was the name of Robert Mugabe's now deceased son, and ironically enough considering his role in the country Nhamodzenyika translates from Shona as "suffering country". The reason for the length of the poem was it is meant to describne the progression of a simple farmer, as his country is oppressed by colonialism, then set free, then without the farmer realizing it until to late, the country is oppressed again. I also attempted to lace it with the feelings of the farmer, as he goes from quite pleased to more and more paranoid, as his country goes from being owned by another country, to a self run state for sure, but a police state at that. In the last stanza, the farmer has voted against Mugabe by casting a ballot for the rival MDC party, and as such his name has been collected and he soon faces ruin by Mugabe's death brigades.
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Although I'm good at poetry and have even had some poems published in books, I don't like showing it to anyone. All my girlfriends get poetry from me but apart from that I keep it Anonymous.
If you don't like showing it to anyone then you wouldn't be 'published in books.' You're just as anonymous here.
I have it published Anonymously. And I have over 3000 posts and many people who know me on this forum also know me outside of here. I also don't really care for online competitions.
Sorry if you wanted some more competition in this forum Madding
I voted for Yanni's poem because the poem really touched me and reminds me of a girl I loved who was one of my best friends even though we have slowly been growing apart.
Here are the exciting entries we have for you this week:
Boy Life and Adult Man by pstmdrn
The first and last thing by Sam111111
My Night With An Old Friend by Yanni
Happy Easter by BlippyTheSlug
Nhamodzenyika (Suffering Country) by kpaca
Perception by Zelderex
Focus by tomathan88
Magick! by Madding
"It starts out as a little drilling in the back of my skull..." by tezzeret12
Contestants, remember, you are required to vote (and you can't vote for yourself)! This policy is to help keep the PRC active.
Good luck.
I voted for Blippy's poem, because in the sadder areas of my life, a poem about dead Jesus is always going to cheer me up
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Magick was a fairly simple, amusing poem. The form and word choices were elegant, so it got my vote (by a narrow margin).
Happy Easter...seriously Blippy, it's not really fair any more. Good form, nice word choice, and vivid imagery and symbolism. Only thing I disliked was the general lack of cadence.
Honorable mentions:
My Night With An Old Friend, by Yanni: I liked the poem, but it felt like it dragged out long. It was a serious contender for my vote.
The First Thing and the Last Thing, by Sam: Good poem, does a nice job of conveying the meaning. Maybe a bit longer, and broader in scope than it should have been though.
Suffering Country, by Kpaca: As always, a great piece. I could sorta tell it was about the Holocaust, or Soviet Russia or some such, but there was a lot lost. Stanzas 1, 6, and 10, maybe even 9, and the One Line stanzas thrown about could have made a coherent piece. What was that about though? I thought it was The Holocaust or the U.S.S.R. at first, but I'm starting to think it's about political oppression in general. Nice piece, but I felt like it dragged itself out.
On My Poem: looking back, I don't fully understand my inspiration. I understand what I meant, but I don't know WHY I meant it.
Join the Poetry Running Contest!
1.) I mean that your pieces just keep being really damn good. You've won, come close to winning, or tied for the win, for the last few weeks.
2.) Oh god, my poor, poor English D:
Join the Poetry Running Contest!
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Are you planning on sticking around and enterting in the PRC?
ew people are always welcome
My poem wasn't suppoused to feel dragged out, but after erading it again, it really did feel like that.
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I'm happy just to read and judge
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I have it published Anonymously. And I have over 3000 posts and many people who know me on this forum also know me outside of here. I also don't really care for online competitions.
Sorry if you wanted some more competition in this forum Madding
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boy life and adult man would have had my vote.