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Darkwater, Guilan, Urbanus, and passthejufran made it to the final three for me: I'm not sure, really, how to cut here. I wish Urbanus's had an extra line or something. Darkwater's is the shoo-in. I'm too annoyed by any kind of misspelling/writing/etc. to like Guilan's poems generally but this one's really clever. passthejufran's poem is okay but very ... ah ... showoff-y, which I like, but even so it seems a little undeserved at points, so I guess: Urbanus and Darkwater. In depth later maybe [finals for the next two days]
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my mouth is full of winsome lies -
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
as the tall ash cries is really nice, if a little terse; it's at once strikingly tragic, and yet still mimics the nature-reverence of the romantic period
C.I.A. was interesting. I was proud of that piece where every line started with an I, but this takes it to the next level. I admire the elegance and cohesiveness that comes from working with only a few hundred possible words, not to mention that I've been so engrossed with #Occupy that it had appeal to me.
Figures of Speech was initially terrifying, like, "HOLY **** I HAVE TO READ THIS?" Then I started reading it, and the cadence was quick. It was so many things at the same time that everything just made sense. Every weird metaphor and symbol, every line that got a forced break, it was a poem with a LOT of character, which is something I enjoy immensely.
My poem was styled after the traditional style of Tanka Japaneses poetry (which is 57577). I modified it slightly by having the meter go 57557. I think that shortening the second to last line gives the final verse a lot more weight. I've been watching Chihaya Furu lately and have become fascinated with it. I love how the form contains so much while saying very little! It's a real challenge to try and express complex emotions and situations in only five lines.
What's a "meta" poem? I get this mental image of some forlorn poet scribbling furiously whilst standing in a meadow...
What I meant by meta in regards to poetry or other forms of writing is where the subject is itself. A poem about poems, about the english language or parts of it, etc.
Here are the submissions we have for you this week:
Gnawing On The Corpse Of Frank Zappa by BlippyTheSlug
Nemocysts by DarkwaterElemental
Strange Plurals by Guilan
I Should Be A Vampire Hunter by Zaph
A thousand planes by Sam111111
C.I.A by Yanni
"As the tall Ash cries..." by Urbanus
Tell me by Aesnath
Figures of Speech by passthejufrann
Untitled by Zelderex
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and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
This is a Shivan Ampersand
C.I.A. was interesting. I was proud of that piece where every line started with an I, but this takes it to the next level. I admire the elegance and cohesiveness that comes from working with only a few hundred possible words, not to mention that I've been so engrossed with #Occupy that it had appeal to me.
Figures of Speech was initially terrifying, like, "HOLY **** I HAVE TO READ THIS?" Then I started reading it, and the cadence was quick. It was so many things at the same time that everything just made sense. Every weird metaphor and symbol, every line that got a forced break, it was a poem with a LOT of character, which is something I enjoy immensely.
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It was between CIA and Hunter for me. I flipped a coin for my choice >_>
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I really dislike "meta" poems for some reason, there were a lot that talked about the english language this week and they didn't really click for me.
What I meant by meta in regards to poetry or other forms of writing is where the subject is itself. A poem about poems, about the english language or parts of it, etc.
I suppose so, yeah. To be honest I wouldn't even get that far though, I would just see numbers and say "why?" and move on.