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I've got to say, if last week really was uninspired as everyone else thought, this week was the opposite! There wasn't a single poem I disliked and I had to think real hard on which two to vote for. Any of them could have recieved my vote as easily. Great work all around.
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Enjoyed them all. "Drewid," was satisfying, but was a little too minimalist for my tastes. "Burgundy," and "Inspired," were extremely well crafted, but felt a tad overwrought.
Blippy, as always, provides multiple levels of humor, half somber inappropriateness, half strange, convoluted meta-humor. I rotated between "Confusion," "Why? Just why?" and "Oh lawdy."
"Sit for a Breeze," blew me away, truth be told. Sharply written, with well thought out metaphors, and a concept that I find immensely relateable (born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, raised in Phoenix, AZ, spent time in Denver, Colorado, and D.C.). I was reminded of a variety of people throughout my life, either the deeply rooted trees or the rolling stones. If I could have voted for it twice, I would have.
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Drewid turned me right off, because I hate lolcatspeak (outside of lolcats, non-lolcat "memes" using lolcatspeak suck as well), and other forms of intentional gross misspelling.
I protest the connection you've made between my poem and memes. The only intentional misspelling is on my part, but it makes perfect sense for the poem's persona. It is spelled how a mostly-illiterate person would spell the words phonetically.
Born in Austin Texas
Short time in Pocatello Idaho
4-10 all over SoCal - Riverside, Orange County, Vista, Corona, San Jacinto, and a couple places I don't even remember.
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Eventually landing in Oregon - We would have kept moving, but this is where the law finally caught up to my father, when he went to prison we finally stayed in one place.
Even then, I've lived in three Oregon towns, and 5 homes since.
I also really liked Inspired, it was emotional at the right time and closed well.
I agree that this week was great, I like all the entries, could only vote for two. Blippy of course made me smile and chuckle pervertedly.
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“Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by slight ligaments
are we bound to prosperity and ruin.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
I've got to say, if last week really was uninspired as everyone else thought, this week was the opposite!
That's kinda funny considering my entry.
Anyway, I agree that these were all great. It was a very difficult decision.
Drewid: I get it. And I like it. But the competition here was strong enough that it wasn't enough.
Tomorrow: Created a beautiful visual for me, but I didn't feel anything deeper than that from it.
Sit for a Breeze: Was beautiful. But I couldn't really relate to it, so that may have kept me from appreciating it fully.
Poppin' the Cherry: Clever and funny. -I would've voted for this one as well if I had remembered I could vote twice.
Burgundy: Just beautifully written. I like the transition from lighter at the beginning to darker at the end. I like the message and the presentation. I really responded to it.
But again, they were all amazing entries. I could easily see myself voting for any of them with slightly weaker competition.
This has been my first time involved with this contest, so I appreciate the comments and feedback from everyone involved. These pieces have been amazing and the varying styles and approaches are awesome to read.
Blippy- Really enjoyed the limerick style of the piece, jaunty and uplifting even within a more risque subject. Though for whatever reason catamaran threw the rhythm off for me.
Inspired-Though the subject matter that has been done before, the alliteration on the last line of the second verse really stood out to me. The words are full and fun to say, though you could easily make the verbs stand out more (example: cutting "it does" on the first line of the last verse for something else)
Tomorrow- the visual is great, but I agree with others about the trouble with upper and lower case. "each Peak draped in Red and Violet and Gold and Love" was a really good switch that surprised the reader from the colors to a common abstract (which I feel could have been fleshed out more).
Burgundy- Usually straight rhyming poems don't sit well with me, for whatever reason, but there are always exceptions to the rules. This is one of them, probably because the subject matter fits the style. The lack of any commas or periods really sits well with the 'drunkard' approach, the image of thoughts and ideas spewing uninterrupted is great.
Drewid- For whatever reason I read "aneething" in a very high pitched but malicious foreign accent. Comical indeed.
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Here are the poems we have for you this week:
Poppin' The Cherry of PRC 153 by BlippyTheSlug
Inspired by KittyCupCake
Tomorrow by Zelderex
Burgundy by IcecreamMan80
Sit for a Breeze, Walking Palm by DServ!
Drewid by Talore
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Blippy, as always, provides multiple levels of humor, half somber inappropriateness, half strange, convoluted meta-humor. I rotated between "Confusion," "Why? Just why?" and "Oh lawdy."
"Sit for a Breeze," blew me away, truth be told. Sharply written, with well thought out metaphors, and a concept that I find immensely relateable (born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, raised in Phoenix, AZ, spent time in Denver, Colorado, and D.C.). I was reminded of a variety of people throughout my life, either the deeply rooted trees or the rolling stones. If I could have voted for it twice, I would have.
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I protest the connection you've made between my poem and memes. The only intentional misspelling is on my part, but it makes perfect sense for the poem's persona. It is spelled how a mostly-illiterate person would spell the words phonetically.
Born in Austin Texas
Short time in Pocatello Idaho
4-10 all over SoCal - Riverside, Orange County, Vista, Corona, San Jacinto, and a couple places I don't even remember.
10-12 Washington - Raineer, Tacoma, Mossy Rock
Eventually landing in Oregon - We would have kept moving, but this is where the law finally caught up to my father, when he went to prison we finally stayed in one place.
Even then, I've lived in three Oregon towns, and 5 homes since.
I also really liked Inspired, it was emotional at the right time and closed well.
I agree that this week was great, I like all the entries, could only vote for two. Blippy of course made me smile and chuckle pervertedly.
Thanks to Xenphire @ Inkfox for the amazing new sig
“Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by slight ligaments
are we bound to prosperity and ruin.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
On a serious note, that was actually one of the more serious poems I've written. I dinnae name it after the druids for naught
That's kinda funny considering my entry.
Anyway, I agree that these were all great. It was a very difficult decision.
Drewid: I get it. And I like it. But the competition here was strong enough that it wasn't enough.
Tomorrow: Created a beautiful visual for me, but I didn't feel anything deeper than that from it.
Sit for a Breeze: Was beautiful. But I couldn't really relate to it, so that may have kept me from appreciating it fully.
Poppin' the Cherry: Clever and funny. -I would've voted for this one as well if I had remembered I could vote twice.
Burgundy: Just beautifully written. I like the transition from lighter at the beginning to darker at the end. I like the message and the presentation. I really responded to it.
But again, they were all amazing entries. I could easily see myself voting for any of them with slightly weaker competition.
Blippy- Really enjoyed the limerick style of the piece, jaunty and uplifting even within a more risque subject. Though for whatever reason catamaran threw the rhythm off for me.
Inspired-Though the subject matter that has been done before, the alliteration on the last line of the second verse really stood out to me. The words are full and fun to say, though you could easily make the verbs stand out more (example: cutting "it does" on the first line of the last verse for something else)
Tomorrow- the visual is great, but I agree with others about the trouble with upper and lower case. "each Peak draped in Red and Violet and Gold and Love" was a really good switch that surprised the reader from the colors to a common abstract (which I feel could have been fleshed out more).
Burgundy- Usually straight rhyming poems don't sit well with me, for whatever reason, but there are always exceptions to the rules. This is one of them, probably because the subject matter fits the style. The lack of any commas or periods really sits well with the 'drunkard' approach, the image of thoughts and ideas spewing uninterrupted is great.
Drewid- For whatever reason I read "aneething" in a very high pitched but malicious foreign accent. Comical indeed.