Poetry Contest

[blondeatheart]

OK, so it's not rlly a contest, there's no prize, it's just a bit of fun.

Here's how it goes: someone posts a picture and everyone who wants to has at least a week to write a poem based on/inspired by that picture. After that, the person who originally posted the picture decides who's poem they like best, and that person posts the next picture and so on.

After at least ten poems have been submitted, the 'judging' begins. The final choice must be explained.

note: We should probably move this into the Games section at some point.
Anyway,
I'll start:


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Edited by Logos 4 April 2007 to add:

This topic is started and participated in on a purely voluntary basis by members of The Literature Network and does not entail any prizes of any sort to be given by The Literature Network.

Also, do *not* 'hotlink' ' images from other websites.

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[blondeatheart]

ne1? well i'll give you a couple of weeks...

[Jarndyce]

It's pretty rough, but what can one expect for 15 minutes on a Thursday morning?


Fairy Castle

"With the fairy, hand in hand..." WB Yeats

A warm gulf breeze
Floated in over the pavestones
behind the Cà d'Zan,
stirring quiet palm fronds and
waking birds languid
in cascading banyan vines.
We stood hand in hand
in the shadow of luxury,
you and I, nothing to our names
but a half-pack of cigarettes,
beer money for the beach,
passes to the museum,
and a dream of old age:
wrinkled eyes and scraggled fingers
still locked together,
somewhere a child or two
not calling on our birthdays,
and a small place by the water.

[smilingtearz]

why don't i see a picture there?

[blondeatheart]

??? here's the link: http://mtwatercolor.itgo.com/images/fairy_castle.jpg

[Isagel]

Contest makes me shy... call it a game and I am in.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

It looks like a gate, but it ain't
It's just paint.
And the sunlight, so bright, is just white;
And the grass and the trees, is just green;
Not a tree trunk, instead, it's just red;
And the building itself is a hue,
Grey or blue?
And the curling wrought iron
And the dapples of shade
And the half-seen facade
And the balled balustrade
Are just splashes
And dabs
And swirls
And specks
And touches
And swathes
And flicks
And flecks
Of pigment and water, applied with a brush
With painstaking care, or perhaps in a rush,
By an artist unknown but with well-tempered sight
For colour,
Perspective,
For texture,
And Light.
It all looks so real but it lacks a dimension;
A beautiful scene, but merely pretension.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Great idea for a thread Blonde.

You might want to adjust the timescale though. Maybe a week initially but not before there are at least 3 poems. How does that sound to everyone?

[blondeatheart]

sounds good to me. and yes isagel i suppose it is technically a game
i guess i'll choose as soon as there are at least...hm...7 poems?
we'll see how it goes
and thanx xamonas i used to do these all the time on neopets when i was little lol

[ktd222]

This is a cool idea, but I have a request. The one who picks the winner must give a brief one paragraph explanation: about why he/she chose that particular poem.
10 submitted poems seems like a sufficient amount before the judging begins.

I'll write a poem about the picture later.

[blondeatheart]

Great. I can agree to that. I'll change the first post to include the new 'rules'.

[Petrarch's Love]

OK, I'll give it a go:

In her mind the memory
Was like a painting in watercolour
The sunlight so bright that the scene was white,
White painted with the colours of familiar shades:
Blurrily remembered trees,
But the ironwork over the open gate
Etched clearly on the canvas of her mind,
The pattern of the bricks firm and solid
And all lines lead
Through an impression of shade and sunlight
To that door
Where she had not been alone as now.

[blondeatheart]

bump.........

[ktd222]

I guess there is no interest in this forum for poetry contest, blond?

[blondeatheart]

no maybe i'll just give it a few weeks