ΨιτιsτηεΒέsτ Male Posted November 20, 2023 Report Share Posted November 20, 2023 (edited) I am pleased to announce that I will be hosting a poetry contest! Details: To participate, draft an original poem, NOT AN AI GENERATED ONE*, and submit it to me in a pm, or in the link to a creator corner below. These poems will be public. They will be sent out, to be judged. How to win: The winner will be chosen by a mixture of judges, me, and voting. Who gets to be a judge? The first two people to respond to my Status Update pinging my name and asking to be judges are the two who will be judges. They will discuss in pm with me. The participants and any sharpers may vote for any poem by pm to me, or in the corner by saying “I vote ‘this’ one”. Each of these public votes count as one. They will be displayed in a vote count list to give participants an idea of who may win. If you vote by pm, you vote won’t be revealed, but will be counted up at the end of the contest. Judge votes count as two. My vote counts as three. Dates: Today markes the beginning! Send me poems or pm or corner! On November 26, the submissions end. The winner will be revealed either then or the next day. Prize: Glory! Fame! Honor! Rep! But actually this will be decided by participants in the comments blow this post or in the corner. Note: You may only submit one poem, but you may sub it out at any time within the submission period. Prose: Prose is not poetry, and many modern poetry reflects prose more than poetry. However the rules are very lax on this. Don’t make prose. If it looks poetry ish don’t worry about it. You will be fine. *There is no honor in submitting ai. I won’t be able to tell, and we rely on the honor system. Don’t do it. This post will be edited to include other things like vote count. ———————————————————————— Current judge list: Spoiler WitistheBest Current participant list: Spoiler @JJDReffitt - Real? Spoiler What ‘real’ is really real We persevere it with eyes With ears hear it all We speak about it with Using our voice and text But do we REALLY know It could all be a dream All just waiting to wake And how would we know it So then do dreams come true? I mostly have nightmares Fears made reality Manifest in my mind Does that make them real then? Or just another hoax? Forgetting, forgotten Those are the biggest ‘reals’ You will forget one day And be forgot the next Now you know my nightmare This is ever waking The nightmare that is time Smothering me to age Age after age after Repeats in every life Such is the truth of real Insufferable truth I die, you die, we die It all comes crashing And it all ends in dark Would living forever Really be so awful? There is so much to see And so much more to do I think I would like to. @InfiniteInsanity - Were still breathing. Spoiler Look at me I am alive I am breathing I am moving forward Look at me I’ve taken steps back But I’ve taken more forward Look at me See all the bruises? And the brace? And the tears? Look at me I stared down Death With others by my side And we won Look at me Look around Look at you Look around See the pill bottle Just a few more Little red circles left Look around I flipped Death’s weapon Around It saved me Look around Once I thought To use them To end the pain Look around Now I use it To endure The pain Look around Look at you Look at me Look at you You’re here You are alive And that is a gift Look at you You may have Stared down Death Or not Look at you You are you And that is enough To strengthen others Look at you You are breathing You are thinking You are still fighting Look at you Look at me Look around Look at me I am alive Look around Take it all in Look at you You’re here We’re still breathing @Lotus Blossom - I Paint Sweet Marzipan Spoiler I Paint Sweet Marzipan Alas, when violently your sun has set, Such leaves have fallen, arid in your frown: The yoke has grown too heavy through your sweat, And rain has cruelly stormed upon your crown; Still, I’ve remained here yet, is this not true? I’ve carved my scars and battled your own beast, As None halt’d my eternal love for you I paint sweet marzipan on rage released; And yet, when hurricanes blow my weak smile, Your love has never once lifted a brow. O, Fate, this scale has tipped such unfair trial! Where were you when my spring gave barren bough? You had gone, as eternal one may be; Soon tiring Time shall take me to rest free. @Morningtide - Waking up to a world of shadows Spoiler Waking up to a world of shadows Up at midnight in the company of stars To slowly drift down the river toward sleep A thought falls like a drop a lake World alight with the anticipation Of dreams hovering on the edge of consciousness Shadows that wait for you to close your eyes Edited November 22, 2023 by ΨιτιsτηεΒέsτ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Blossom she/her Posted November 20, 2023 Report Share Posted November 20, 2023 Here's my submission! Spoiler I Paint Sweet Marzipan Alas, when violently your sun has set, Such leaves have fallen, arid in your frown: The yoke has grown too heavy through your sweat, And rain has cruelly stormed upon your crown; Still, I’ve remained here yet, is this not true? I’ve carved my scars and battled your own beast, As None halt’d my eternal love for you I paint sweet marzipan on rage released; And yet, when hurricanes blow my weak smile, Your love has never once lifted a brow. O, Fate, this scale has tipped such unfair trial! Where were you when my spring gave barren bough? You had gone, as eternal one may be; Soon tiring Time shall take me to rest free 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morningtide she/her Posted November 20, 2023 Report Share Posted November 20, 2023 Here's mine! Spoiler Waking up to a world of shadows Up at midnight in the company of stars To slowly drift down the river toward sleep A thought falls like a drop a lake World alight with the anticipation Of dreams hovering on the edge of consciousness Shadows that wait for you to close your eyes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteInsanity she/her Posted November 20, 2023 Report Share Posted November 20, 2023 Here's my submission. Spoiler Look at me I am alive I am breathing I am moving forward Look at me I’ve taken steps back But I’ve taken more forward Look at me See all the bruises? And the brace? And the tears? Look at me I stared down Death With others by my side And we won Look at me Look around Look at you Look around See the pill bottle Just a few more Little red circles left Look around I flipped Death’s weapon Around It saved me Look around Once I thought To use them To end the pain Look around Now I use it To endure The pain Look around Look at you Look at me Look at you You’re here You are alive And that is a gift Look at you You may have Stared down Death Or not Look at you You are you And that is enough To strengthen others Look at you You are breathing You are thinking You are still fighting Look at you Look at me Look around Look at me I am alive Look around Take it all in Look at you You’re here We’re still breathing 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenclawjedi42 Posted November 20, 2023 Report Share Posted November 20, 2023 Mine: Spoiler There’s a hole in my heart, A hole in my heart for a place, First and foremost, yet also it’s more. How do I feel homesick, for a place I’ve never lived? How do I feel homesick for a place that’s just a place, To me? I put things in the hole, to try and fill it. Books, writing, Shard. And yet that hole just keeps getting wider, Death and despair, greed and sloth. Never to be gone. And yet, And yet, In one place there is no hole. This one place I long for, this one place I wish to be. Love I feel for it, Or is it something else? Nay, for what could this feeling be, but love? Do I truly wish to go there? O, why do I ask these questions to which I know the answers? Never will I stop yearning for this place. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just-A-Stick she/her Posted November 20, 2023 Report Share Posted November 20, 2023 okay. I think I'm ready. Chains Spoiler I have chains Attached to my heart And my mind, weighing me down They loosen And constrict But never fall off They feel a part of me And I wonder what life would be like without them But they are my protection My armor I feel safe within these chains They are heavy, yes, Hard to cary, yes, Painful, sometimes, But part of me I cannot lose a part of me I have accepted that I carry these chains That escape is unlikely I know they might get bigger Or heavier Or harder to handle If I am handling them at all But, I have made peace- If you can call it that With them They have names Depression Anxiety Loneliness Fear Anger Emptiness And many more I do not always call them by these names But when I do They sometimes feel lighter But, sometimes they feel heavier And other things creep in To try and ease the weight Of these chains Bad things Painful things I struggle to keep them out, But armor is heavy Hard to maneuver in Helpless against the tiny things That seep in To destroy me And all I love and hold dear Maybe, someday They will be lifted But I cannot see myself without them It is a picture I can never see In my mind, or anywhere else But, someday The will break It is only a matter of time Till my Chains Break And I am Free -A poem by Stick 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJDReffitt he/him Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 My submission!: Real? Spoiler What ‘real’ is really real We persevere it with eyes With ears hear it all We speak about it with Using our voice and text But do we REALLY know It could all be a dream All just waiting to wake And how would we know it So then do dreams come true? I mostly have nightmares Fears made reality Manifest in my mind Does that make them real then? Or just another hoax? Forgetting, forgotten Those are the biggest ‘reals’ You will forget one day And be forgot the next Now you know my nightmare This is ever waking The nightmare that is time Smothering me to age Age after age after Repeats in every life Such is the truth of real Insufferable truth I die, you die, we die It all comes crashing And it all ends in dark Would living forever Really be so awful? There is so much to see And so much more to do I think I would like to 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edema Rue she/her Posted November 23, 2023 Report Share Posted November 23, 2023 Hmmm here’s something… Stars: Spoiler There are stars In the sky. And mud In the ground And lives In between. So many lives, Lived entirely, Between the stars And the mud. Mud, On bare feet. Stars, Filling a hopeful mind. And a life Stuck Between Everything That can never be. The stars are bright And pure And hopeful The mud is dark, And infectious And hopeless. And the lives Are both. Stuck In an endless cycle Between hope, And hopeless. Between the failures And the successes. Between the ground, And the sky. The mud Or The stars? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ΨιτιsτηεΒέsτ Male Posted November 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2023 Last day to send in poems! If you already have, post a vote! If you haven’t still post a vote! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weaver of Lies he/him Posted November 25, 2023 Report Share Posted November 25, 2023 Spoiler Wandering: My mind wanders like an explorer of old stumbling upon ancient treasures that have been buried in the refuse of my memories It wanders flitting from place to place each idea not good enough or interesting enough to capture its attention And as a wanderer of old, it finds itself in darkness lost, alone, forgotten, afraid, hurting is there any point in continuing? There is, my friends, though minds like mine forget it continue because you are wanted, even if you feel otherwise, we want you continue through the pain because without pain there can’t be joy, continue because things will get better, even if you are lost now. I’ve never really done poetry, but I tried. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just-A-Stick she/her Posted November 29, 2023 Report Share Posted November 29, 2023 who won this anyway? @Ookla the Believer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ΨιτιsτηεΒέsτ Male Posted November 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2023 Sorry for the delay, The winner is… DRUM ROLL! Edema Rue! Writing Stars Second was Chains, by Just a stick. Third was We’re still breathing, by Infinite Insanity @Ookla the Believer @InfiniteInsanity @Ookla-The-Stick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edema Rue she/her Posted November 30, 2023 Report Share Posted November 30, 2023 48 minutes ago, OokIa the Believer said: Sorry for the delay, The winner is… DRUM ROLL! Edema Rue! Writing Stars Second was Chains, by Just a stick. Third was We’re still breathing, by Infinite Insanity @Ookla the Believer @InfiniteInsanity @Ookla-The-Stick AH WHAT I DID— *dies* Aaahh thank you humans, I loved all of y’all’s too!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just-A-Stick she/her Posted November 30, 2023 Report Share Posted November 30, 2023 *blushes* Thank you! I didn't think I would even place! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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