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    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    avant garde sounds cool.
    why not start it in the poetry games and and contest forum?
    you can post the first poem there.
    we should follow. I will
    Quote Originally Posted by Pendragon View Post
    Post what you will. For the record, I am not feeling sorry for myself, I mourn the loss of competition which others have as well. As the contests have become my only reason for staying, if they go, I go. That's the bottom line.

    God Bless

    Pen

    Excellent then!

    In a day or so I'll start a thread in the Poetry Games & Contests Forum that Cacian mentioned.
    Get ready though, the words will flow like cheap wine in a Bangkok whorehouse.

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    I for one hope you reconsider and continue to post your fine work. But allow me to throw something out here, just for the sake of argument: maybe the writing of poems was never meant to be a competitive activity, like poker or football.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AuntShecky View Post
    ...But allow me to throw something out here, just for the sake of argument: maybe the writing of poems was never meant to be a competitive activity, like poker or football.
    I don't think the competitive part was ever taken seriously, other than maybe the personal challenge to improve. It was just an avenue for inspiration. Winning was only a chance to give everyone an opportunity to inspire others by posting the next round. It was only a pivotal point of inspiration as I saw it. It worked for me. It triggered my creative flow. I never saw anyone's feelings hurt when they didn't win, nor did I see anyone get puffed up when they did.

    I thoroughly enjoyed my time here. The only reason I backed away was because life got in the way and time became scarce. I drop in for short visits to read everyone's poems but then I'm back to "life's calling". A temporary problem I hope. I'll bet that happens to many. And then there's the writers block issue that comes and goes. I also think attendance is a seasonal thing. Do you find numbers up in the winter and down in he spring and summer? Freezing temps, snow storms, etc keep people hunkered down indoors with time to sit and create. Summertime is a time of vacations, kids home from school, etc. More distractions for sure…and the sunshine beckons.
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    I enjoy the competitions as an friendly way to provide prompts for each other much as Melanie mentions. Workshopping poetry is a little more serious. That's probably why I don't do much of it. If one is betting money, I agree that poker could become too serious.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iain Sparrow View Post
    You guys just need some new blood in the poetry section... let me introduce myself, I'm Sparrow, the new word-slinger in town, and I'm challenging Pendragon to a poetry duel.

    So stop feeling sorry for yourself Mr. Pendragon and let's get to it.

    The first round will be unconventional, avant-garde poetry... anything goes.
    You can go first, or if you wish I will post the first poem?
    OH, and BTW, you don't know Jack about me, "new word-slinger" so I deny you the right to tell me how I feel... Sometimes minding your own business is the only business of the day...
    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    Nobody likes being told how they feel; on the other hand, you did generate some interest in the poetry contests-and wasn't that your ultimate goal?

    I enjoyed them for a while, but actually, I really did hate judging them (even though I liked winning).
    Last edited by qimissung; 04-20-2014 at 03:52 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pendragon View Post
    OH, and BTW, you don't know Jack about me, "new word-slinger" so I deny you the right to tell me how I feel... Sometimes minding your own business is the only business of the day...
    My business is poetry, and this evening... business is good.

    The time has come, the Gods have willed it, for dueling poets to stand and deliver!



    My first pistol shot; Avant-garde Poetry, in this case ending words rhyme from the middle line out.




    Far and Away

    a bottomless pit
    with a gentle slope
    a crow's prize
    a rusted bottle cap
    flicker of light
    neither sun or moon
    from ever blown
    the tempting breath
    against my ear
    what is death
    to a tombstone
    casting shadows at noon
    not left nor right
    caught in the gap
    none hear my cries
    my kingdom for a rope

    and still I slip

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    I started a thread for the new contest in the Poetry Games and Contest Forum, Iain. Hope you don't mind. Yours is the first entry. So come on over, everybody, and let's get this party started!

    http://www.online-literature.com/for...=1#post1258489
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    I don't mind at all, thanks.

    We'll see what kind of 'game' Pendragon can bring.

    But I was still hoping more for a duel, just two dueling poets... and come what may.

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    Pendragon are you grievin'?
    The threats of your leavin'
    I's heard to often to believe

    But if you go can we come too
    To wherever it is that you do?
    Leave or stay. Stay or leave.

    It's entirely up to you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry View Post

    But if you go can we come too
    Would that you could, my friend, would that you could...
    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    Exclamation Final Post for the forseeable future...

    I have already withdrawn all of my poems from the contests. Any I was supposed to judge may be restarted or judged by someone else.

    This is indeed, goodbye.

    I'd like to thank a few friends for putting up with me through the years:

    Virgil, I'll miss you, mon ami.
    Rich, you have been a godsend. God bless, and I hope we stay in touch, as you call from time to time.
    Qimi, I still treasure the watercolor you sent for my library/mancave.
    DarkMuse, Yesno, Cacian, your poetry is beyond compare,
    Sher, you have really made me feel very welcome here.
    Katrina, Pussnboots, MorpheusSandman, I am proud to have known you.
    And many, many more,

    God bless you all, and think of me time to time.

    Farewell. To any that wish, my e-mail is [email protected]

    To some of you I am Pendragon, to some Pen, and to many Uncle Pen.

    Goodbye and I love you all.

    Dale Harris

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    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    Dale, it was a pleasure crossing paths with you here recently among the poetry games threads.
    If this is indeed the final farewell, then I'll leave you with some Patsy Cline.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ1R5isMXxk
    "Mongo only pawn in game of life" - Mongo

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKRma7PDW10

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    We will think of you from time to time. Probably a little more than that.
    "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
    "Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Bonzai
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    I hope you see this post.
    I was reading the form poem contest from the beginning, and now I'm at page 30. Thank you Pendragon for starting the thread, and keeping it alive for seven years. What you say about the contests not being so interesting is true. I regret that I was not a member then. But just reading some of the poems is a great experience, for anyone who loves form in poetry.
    Thank you once again, and I'm sorry that you're leaving.
    Last edited by chevalierdelame; 04-29-2014 at 11:13 AM.
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