Vote for the poem(s) you feel is the best (up to two). Remember to adhere to the "Honor Code" when voting.
While it is understood there is no absolute means to monitor the intent of a vote, we ask each PRC participant to exercise integrity when voting out of respect for the contest:
- Please give each poetry submission an equal opportunity in attaining your vote.
- Please read, or at least skim, all the entries before voting.
- Please do not vote for your friends just because they're your friends.
The Poetry Running Contest puts good faith in its participants to act in an honorable manner.
Contestants, remember, you are required required to vote (and you can't vote for yourself)!
Happy voting!
*Interested new participants should submit their poems here.
I promised to myself to not vote on Yanni's piece, yet one of my votes goes to him.
..What a dirty strategy.
Jokes aside, Ilvaldi's piece conveys subtleness and indifference behind the mockery, which I approve; and Yanni's just made me lol, bringing some fun out of my heart today.
Guilan: I'm not sure. ... None of your poems grab me. /shrug.
Dangerillustrated: 'cursed', 'callused', 'consummation', 'malign', and a few other words where I'm not sure entirely what you mean really sunk this one for me.
Kamotz [looky, I spelled your name right! ZELDEREX DID TOO! ... :P]: I liked most of this poem. My main problem is that I don't get the ending exactly; I think the MC is leaving Allen's Falls because the partying's gotten to be too much for him[?], or he's driving to where there are no roads[wee poetry], but it's unclear, and the ending: 'we are lost in silhouettes of silence, blue and gold' - is mighty convenient and title-specific without tying into the rest of the poem at all. I think it'd actually be much stronger without it. An edge vote [closer to one than not], so you get my edge second vote.
Ilvaldi: Hmm. I really like this. I feel like the middle is excessive and the beginning and end are beautiful. This gets a vote for sure.
Chibi-Sized Ferocity: The describing events after they occur from a third-person view even though the poem's in second-person [and if it's in second-person, does the narrator care?] really takes me out of the action ... I couldn't feel what was going on, really. I know what was happening, but I didn't really care about the outcome.
Blippy: Tiny. I've seen airplanes fly over me and I've never been able to see their contrails like that before, and I definitely wouldn't classify them as twin rails - when I read this I thought of them as basically the color of a setting sun. I wish it was longer, I think. It's good as-is, but I wish it was longer. Three, maybe four lines, or something.
Talore: I like this, but it's kind of ... airy, to me. A lot of talk of bleached bones and no real getting to brass tacks, and as a result I felt kind of ... separated from the poem.
Meeee: I like my poem this week. Then again, I loved my poem last week, and it apparently took flight and was set on fire by the rays of the sun, at least in the perception of those here. And I didn't really like Ilvaldi's poem, and it won. In conclusion: I don't understand the taste of you people. Also the first two lines are kind of lazy. I should've edited.
Yanni: Iunno. Funny but not ... I dunno. It didn't do it for me. I'm so srs.
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
Kamotz is a great writer. I am ashamed I stole his would-be victory for a solid poem last round. He deserves every vote. From everyone. That is all.
Honorable mention to Dangerillustrated. Had a hard time choosing your poem between Talore and Kamotz's. The deal breaker for you was your spelling :/ (trivial, and unfortunate).
My name has been spelled wrong several times already and is currently spelled wrong on the PRC thread for past winners. I ain't complaining.
Kamotz is a great writer. I am ashamed I stole his would-be victory for a solid poem last round. He deserves every vote. From everyone. That is all.
Honorable mention to Dangerillustrated. Had a hard time choosing your poem between Talore and Kamotz's. The deal breaker for you was your spelling :/ (trivial, and unfortunate).
My name has been spelled wrong several times already and is currently spelled wrong on the PRC thread for past winners. I ain't complaining.
Will fix. I've gotten better about the Poll Threads, and I think I fixed it a couple times in the submissions thread, might still be an instance of it floating around.
EDIT: Aaahhh, I see. It was a typo, I added both of those wins on the same night. Fixed. I'll read the poems here in a bit, will edit in my critique.
Guilan- As always, a little hit and miss. Sometimes, your writing is beautiful in the absolute, sometimes, it doesn't connect. This is a case of the latter.
Dangerillustrated- 1.) Spellcheck 2.) I kinda liked it, especially towards the end, but I wasn't sure what I was supposed to be getting from it. It lacked focus.
Kamotz- I demand that you stop joining the PRC. I know I haven't submitted in a while, but god-damn I don't see how anyone can compete with you. An excellent poem, I just really wish the ending was a bit more definite. It was an "end of an era," story, right? Moving on from the pleasures of "childhood," (as much as getting wasted from 16-20 or so can be considered childhood) to the harsher futures of life? Got a vote, but I would've loved to see the end expanded upon.
Ilvaldi- Between you and Kamotz, I don't see how this is still a contest. Your poem had not only good writing (in a very un-Ilvaldi, very robust fashion), but it also had a great deal of depth. Got my vote.
Chibi-Sized Ferocity- Apologies for not giving you a formal welcome to the PRC! It was decently written, perhaps a little cliche, even. I think that as you write more, you'll have a better understanding of how to focus and emphasize. Your poem was sprawling, but rather than spreading it's wings, it grasped at straws. I couldn't really find anything to anchor myself onto, the poem just kept going, regardless of whether or not the reader knows what's happening in it.
Blippytheslug- My third pick. Loved it, some of your best in months, wish I had a third vote. Elegant and minimalistic, but it still paints a lovely visual as good as any that Poe could with a hundred times the words.
Talore- Eh. Sorta unremarkable. I didn't feel a certain spirit of inspiration.
Preve- I'll probably curl up and die if you ever stop writing. Great poem.
Yanni- I love it. Didn't get a vote, but I love it.
Here are the Poetry submissions for this week:
When I'm Alone, by Guilan
Magnate of Evil Within the Body, by Dangerillustrated
Silhouettes, by Kamotz
Mockingbird, by Ilvaldi
Nevermore, by Chibi-Sized Ferocity
Standing On The Porch Watching A Jet Airliner Out Of The Rising Sun, by BlippytheSlug
What We Once Were, by Talore
Untitled, by Preve
PRC, by Yanni
Vote for the poem(s) you feel is the best (up to two). Remember to adhere to the "Honor Code" when voting.
While it is understood there is no absolute means to monitor the intent of a vote, we ask each PRC participant to exercise integrity when voting out of respect for the contest:
- Please give each poetry submission an equal opportunity in attaining your vote.
- Please read, or at least skim, all the entries before voting.
- Please do not vote for your friends just because they're your friends.
The Poetry Running Contest puts good faith in its participants to act in an honorable manner.
Contestants, remember, you are required required to vote (and you can't vote for yourself)!
Happy voting!
*Interested new participants should submit their poems here.
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..What a dirty strategy.
Jokes aside, Ilvaldi's piece conveys subtleness and indifference behind the mockery, which I approve; and Yanni's just made me lol, bringing some fun out of my heart today.
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Pourquoi?
goddamnit guilian why aren't you spinning
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Guilan: I'm not sure. ... None of your poems grab me. /shrug.
Dangerillustrated: 'cursed', 'callused', 'consummation', 'malign', and a few other words where I'm not sure entirely what you mean really sunk this one for me.
Kamotz [looky, I spelled your name right! ZELDEREX DID TOO! ... :P]: I liked most of this poem. My main problem is that I don't get the ending exactly; I think the MC is leaving Allen's Falls because the partying's gotten to be too much for him[?], or he's driving to where there are no roads[wee poetry], but it's unclear, and the ending: 'we are lost in silhouettes of silence, blue and gold' - is mighty convenient and title-specific without tying into the rest of the poem at all. I think it'd actually be much stronger without it. An edge vote [closer to one than not], so you get my edge second vote.
Ilvaldi: Hmm. I really like this. I feel like the middle is excessive and the beginning and end are beautiful. This gets a vote for sure.
Chibi-Sized Ferocity: The describing events after they occur from a third-person view even though the poem's in second-person [and if it's in second-person, does the narrator care?] really takes me out of the action ... I couldn't feel what was going on, really. I know what was happening, but I didn't really care about the outcome.
Blippy: Tiny. I've seen airplanes fly over me and I've never been able to see their contrails like that before, and I definitely wouldn't classify them as twin rails - when I read this I thought of them as basically the color of a setting sun. I wish it was longer, I think. It's good as-is, but I wish it was longer. Three, maybe four lines, or something.
Talore: I like this, but it's kind of ... airy, to me. A lot of talk of bleached bones and no real getting to brass tacks, and as a result I felt kind of ... separated from the poem.
Meeee: I like my poem this week. Then again, I loved my poem last week, and it apparently took flight and was set on fire by the rays of the sun, at least in the perception of those here. And I didn't really like Ilvaldi's poem, and it won. In conclusion: I don't understand the taste of you people. Also the first two lines are kind of lazy. I should've edited.
Yanni: Iunno. Funny but not ... I dunno. It didn't do it for me. I'm so srs.
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
Honorable mention to Dangerillustrated. Had a hard time choosing your poem between Talore and Kamotz's. The deal breaker for you was your spelling :/ (trivial, and unfortunate).
My name has been spelled wrong several times already and is currently spelled wrong on the PRC thread for past winners. I ain't complaining.
Will fix. I've gotten better about the Poll Threads, and I think I fixed it a couple times in the submissions thread, might still be an instance of it floating around.
EDIT: Aaahhh, I see. It was a typo, I added both of those wins on the same night. Fixed. I'll read the poems here in a bit, will edit in my critique.
Guilan- As always, a little hit and miss. Sometimes, your writing is beautiful in the absolute, sometimes, it doesn't connect. This is a case of the latter.
Dangerillustrated- 1.) Spellcheck 2.) I kinda liked it, especially towards the end, but I wasn't sure what I was supposed to be getting from it. It lacked focus.
Kamotz- I demand that you stop joining the PRC. I know I haven't submitted in a while, but god-damn I don't see how anyone can compete with you. An excellent poem, I just really wish the ending was a bit more definite. It was an "end of an era," story, right? Moving on from the pleasures of "childhood," (as much as getting wasted from 16-20 or so can be considered childhood) to the harsher futures of life? Got a vote, but I would've loved to see the end expanded upon.
Ilvaldi- Between you and Kamotz, I don't see how this is still a contest. Your poem had not only good writing (in a very un-Ilvaldi, very robust fashion), but it also had a great deal of depth. Got my vote.
Chibi-Sized Ferocity- Apologies for not giving you a formal welcome to the PRC! It was decently written, perhaps a little cliche, even. I think that as you write more, you'll have a better understanding of how to focus and emphasize. Your poem was sprawling, but rather than spreading it's wings, it grasped at straws. I couldn't really find anything to anchor myself onto, the poem just kept going, regardless of whether or not the reader knows what's happening in it.
Blippytheslug- My third pick. Loved it, some of your best in months, wish I had a third vote. Elegant and minimalistic, but it still paints a lovely visual as good as any that Poe could with a hundred times the words.
Talore- Eh. Sorta unremarkable. I didn't feel a certain spirit of inspiration.
Preve- I'll probably curl up and die if you ever stop writing. Great poem.
Yanni- I love it. Didn't get a vote, but I love it.
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