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 voted for Preve. I also really liked Talore, but I feel like Preve absolutely blew the competition out of the water, myself included. The writing, the concept, the form, the subtle word-choices, the juxtaposition of olde style writing and a very modern idea, it just worked, right down to the end.
Apologies for starting this week late!
Blippy- Maybe someone else will appreciate this, and I'm sure it achieved it's goal, but goddamnit all it did was remind me of the time I walked in on my parents having sex. That's pretty much the principle of all of Blippy's writing, as far as I can tell.
Talore- It was good. I liked it. I know "flawless," has some high-praise connotations, but it fits; there was nothing wrong, no misstep, no mistake, no missed potential, it just wasn't as good as Preve's piece. It happens.
Seraphie- Welcome to the PRC! I liked your poem. The writing was a little cliche, and you could have done more with the structure, and to explore the ideas, but it was decent, and probably a lot better than my first PRC submission.
I didn't really like any this week tbh. The one exception was Preve's goal. It wasn't for the poem as a whole though, as I thought the rhyme scheme was distracting. However, that last stanza was amazing. The repetition absolutely worked, and how it ends halfway through the sentence?
Blippy - you're so wonderfully crude. I don't think I can bring myself to vote for you. Never change.
Seraphie - that's a lot better than most first PRC submissions! wow. Hey, it's a sonnet too. I was wondering why I wrote a ... pseudo-sonnet. Maybe pseudo-brainwashing. (The WOTD is 'pseudo'.)
Talore - I like this poem. ... I'm not sure how much. I need to read it again.
Zelderex - A point made very loudly. I don't know ... it didn't seem ... artistic to me? Just blunt? But that's just my ... personal ... etc. x.x
*edit*
Ended up voting for Talore and Blippy. I had to. ... I didn't have to, but I had to, if you know what I mean.
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
Here are the Poetry submissions for this week:
Goat by Blippytheslug
Untitled by Seraphaie17
Goal by Preve
For Kimberly Rivera by Talore
The Human Cliff Dive by Zelderex
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.
Join the Poetry Running Contest!
Apologies for starting this week late!
Blippy- Maybe someone else will appreciate this, and I'm sure it achieved it's goal, but goddamnit all it did was remind me of the time I walked in on my parents having sex. That's pretty much the principle of all of Blippy's writing, as far as I can tell.
Talore- It was good. I liked it. I know "flawless," has some high-praise connotations, but it fits; there was nothing wrong, no misstep, no mistake, no missed potential, it just wasn't as good as Preve's piece. It happens.
Seraphie- Welcome to the PRC! I liked your poem. The writing was a little cliche, and you could have done more with the structure, and to explore the ideas, but it was decent, and probably a lot better than my first PRC submission.
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Blippy - you're so wonderfully crude. I don't think I can bring myself to vote for you. Never change.
Seraphie - that's a lot better than most first PRC submissions! wow. Hey, it's a sonnet too. I was wondering why I wrote a ... pseudo-sonnet. Maybe pseudo-brainwashing. (The WOTD is 'pseudo'.)
Talore - I like this poem. ... I'm not sure how much. I need to read it again.
Zelderex - A point made very loudly. I don't know ... it didn't seem ... artistic to me? Just blunt? But that's just my ... personal ... etc. x.x
*edit*
Ended up voting for Talore and Blippy. I had to. ... I didn't have to, but I had to, if you know what I mean.
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
Fair. That's a bad habit of mine, I gotta work on that.
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