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    Moebius stripped for action, that is good.

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    This is just a reminder that the termination date will be September 16, 2015 CE at Noon GMT. which will be 5 PM EDT in the U.S. East Coast, and you can calculate your on time. I will give a little leeway, because I might be eating at that moment, but before the end of the day I will announce the winner.

    Please hurry with those last day entries.
    Last edited by PeterL; 09-16-2015 at 05:35 PM.

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    The contest is ended, and I have determined a winner, or I will by the time I finish this post.
    There were only four brave enough to even attempt.

    The Infinite Jest by Northstar has a reasonable, repeated image of good microcosm vs macrocosm, and the meter is fair.

    Infinity by YesNo is rather nice, but it seems to have left infinity alone. Perhaps it was an attempt to contrast the infinitely large in something quite small, but he admitted a need to feel it near

    nfinite by cacian succinctly got to no end, and the form is quite nice, typical for cacian with rhyme but no rime. It shows the infinite in the rather small.

    Infinite Lovers by Dark Muse has many repeated images of the infinite within the microcosm.

    All of them are rather nice in their particular ways. I think that, putting everything together, Northstar wins, because of the form, images, and so on, but it was close.

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    Well I didn't expect that, and didn't remember the deadline was already, sorry to keep you waiting. Thank you very much indeed, Peter.

    New subject is something related: Limits. Interpret that how you want. Deadline: October 3rd.

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    Limits

    My lips got ever close to yours.
    They never fully met.
    You say they did? I disagree.
    My lips but lingered pensively.
    You kissed. I won’t forget.

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    Quote Originally Posted by North Star View Post
    Well I didn't expect that, and didn't remember the deadline was already, sorry to keep you waiting. Thank you very much indeed, Peter.
    No problem, I just figured you weren't paying attention over the weekend.

    Now I'll have to think about restrictions.

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    Beyond All Limits

    My fingers
    traipse across
    your boundary
    lines.

    I love to push
    you past
    your limits.

    Please
    tell me no
    so I can say
    Yes!

    Unbinding
    my inhibitions
    we erase
    the rules.

    Our bodies
    will redraw
    our own
    conclusions.

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    thank you PeterL for the feedback
    NorthStar congratulations
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    focal

    the end of time
    is to limit the mind
    to a purpose
    a day in locus
    how long till we find
    the meaning of life is focus?
    to let it slip
    is oecus
    a residence with reticent
    Last edited by cacian; 10-08-2015 at 07:45 AM.
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Nono,no-n-nono. There's no limit!


    According to the song
    Upon the radio
    Living with no Limits
    Is the only way to go

    But me I like my slippers
    And my comfy chair
    (Though I do sip at my coco
    With a certain kinda flair.)
    Last edited by prendrelemick; 09-29-2015 at 03:46 AM.
    ay up

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    To the Hot Place with Dieting!

    I really want that pie
    But there are restrictions
    Too many calories
    I must exercise limitations
    Don't butter a second roll
    Don't get the larger steak
    Healthy sides of fruit and veggies
    To aide--oh, give me a break!
    I starve myself to lose five pounds
    And gain back ten just looking at food
    So give me seconds, and also thirds
    It won't make much difference; what's the use?

    Pendragon
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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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    Well that round was nicely varied.
    I liked them all. YesNo's entry is a beautiful. Dark's poem is a nice contrasting take, and can be quite creepy, and why not.
    Pendrelemick put me in a good mood. The contrast between it and B]Pendragon[/b]'s entry is delightful.
    Cacian is bending the language out of its limits as delightfully as always.
    After meticulously measuring all the parameters, the one who made it above the limit (as only one can) is Pendrelemick.

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    Thanks North Star.

    The next subject :

    An abandoned carrier bag on a moterway is whisked up into the air by a big yellow truck that has "Deli's Famous Donner Kebabs" written in red letters on the side and is driven by Emile, who holds a secret, unrequited passion for Wendy back at the depot. Back at the depot Wendy is worrying about an unopened letter in the pocket of her purple gilet.

    Use any aspect of the above.
    Last edited by prendrelemick; 10-05-2015 at 09:23 AM.
    ay up

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    Emile and Wendy

    Not lovers in the normal way
    Where hands are held and lips are kissed
    And dreams escape from night to day
    And presences are missed.
    Emile loves his Wendy so,
    But Wendy hopes that he will go.

    Emile drives the Deli’s van
    And Wendy stays behind.
    She holds a letter from a man
    Afraid what she will find.
    The man wrote, he can’t be with her.
    “Let’s just be friends the way we were.”

    It’s hard predicting what should be
    Then sensing it might not.
    A plastic bag blows fitfully.
    The wind is all it’s got
    Unlike those lovers who’ve been tossed
    And can’t help thinking that they’re lost.

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    Red Letters

    On his way to school,
    Donny's walk stopped
    As he saw in the pool
    A man, shot dead.

    Written on the board
    In runny, red letters
    Was 'Meet thy Lord'
    At which Donny stares

    Still during the night,
    When there is no light.

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