English Poetry Contest November

Sweet Hermione · Geplaatst: Ma Nov 05, 2007 18:04

Winners of the October contest:
First place: Mrs. Jessica Black
Second place: Justintime, Sofie and Sweet Hermione

Hello everybody and welcome to a new English Poetry Contest!
This challenge will be organized every month, by Marlie (Child of the other side) and Charlotte (Sweet Hermione).

The idea is very simple. We decide the subject, you write the poem. (And of course, weâ€™ll try to make an entry as well.) This can be anything thatâ€™s inspiring; another poem, a lyric, a title, a picture, a word, etc. Weâ€™ll try to vary the subject as much as possible.

Every participant has to maintain the following rules:

- You are not allowed to write more than one poem per contest
- The poem must be yours
- The poem must have something to do with the subject. Please write a few words above/below your poem to tell us a little about it (just like you usually do)
- Donâ€™t comment on other people, you can do that via the pb-button or during the voting
- Donâ€™t make your poem too long, 5 pages about one subject is boring
- Let someone beta it. There are many beta-readers on HPF and Cotos, TONKS and SH are willing to assist people who do want to compete but are not that good in English. With the right words your poem reads a lot easier. Donâ€™t be ashamed just pb
- You must send your poem to SH or to Cotos; youâ€™re no longer allowed to post it by yourself

About the voting:

- Donâ€™t vote for yourself nor before SH / Cotos give permission. If you do your vote won't count
- Explain with more then 15 words why youâ€™ve chosen a certain poem. â€œI love itâ€ wonâ€™t do
- You only have three votes. The first vote will be 3 points, the second vote 2 points, and your last vote will be 1 point. We will count all these points per person. The three poets with the most points are the winners. Please, place these votes in the same post and think before you make a choice, we donâ€™t appreciate cheaters
- You have to vote before the given date, if you cast your vote later it doesnâ€™t count

Well, those were the rules and now the most important part; PRIZES!

1st place - 40 sickles
2nd place - 30 sickles
3rd place - 20 sickles

No one can win the first price more than 3 times in a row. If so, SH / Cotos will decide what to do. I hope you all understand why we do this.

Our new subject is odd, but very cool (of course, of course...):
Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter. These are the four tastes.
Do with it whatever you like. Write about food, put one or more of the words in your poem, or do something else with it.

Please send your poem between the 5th and the 26th of November.
And you can vote between the 27th and 2nd (24.00) of December.

We wish everybody good luck and lots of fun. If you have any suggestions, tips, notes or ideas; feel free to use the lovely pb-button, itâ€™s begging to be pushed.

Charlotte (Sweet Hermione) and Marlie (Cotos).

Sweet Hermione · Geplaatst: Ma Nov 05, 2007 21:11

1st poem

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Revange

Revange
Why is it so cruel
Somethimes so brutal

He deserves it
His nasty mind
The bad kind

It is my fault
That's what he says
I couldn't care less

My revange is bittersweet

So, this is my poem for the contest.
I put the bitter & sweet in it, cause revange is bittersweet xD

Sweet Hermione · Geplaatst: Vr Nov 16, 2007 16:20

2nd poem

The sweet taste of life

A kiss in the morning
Such a lovely sensation
Sun shining
Flowers smiling
Hand in hand
A whisper in my ear
I love you

The sour taste of life

I wake up, alone
Again
The door ajar
He forgot his coat
I close my eyes
Trying to forget
Hoping

Sweet Hermione · Geplaatst: Zo Nov 18, 2007 21:11

3rd poem

I thought about the subject, tastes, and I wondered what life would taste like. I still haven't quite figured it out -but maybe there is no set answer-, but I felt I came a step closer with this poem.

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Sip of life

I step outside
Take a sip of life
Remember who I
Used to be
The time I bide
Jealously eyed
Shattered lives
In debris
This bitter life,
I long to strive
But even more
To disagree
I try in vain
And will remain
As imperfect
As can be.

Sweet Hermione · Geplaatst: Za Nov 24, 2007 21:58

4th poem

I stared at the subject for 15 minutes, without thinking of anything. I couldn’t possible rhyme about food. Sweet, Salt, Sour, Bitter, what you don’t eat, goes in the litter.
Finally I found out all four tastes could be found in love. Love includes all of them at certain moments, meaning you can feel that way at some moments.

Anyway, enough talking. Here’s the poem.

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Love including all

Sweet is a kiss, given by the lover
Salty is a tear, dropped after discover
Sour is a fight, making both bother
Bitter is the time living without the other

Four different tastes, love including all
It can be given, it can also fall
Four different tastes, love including all
Maybe not so different after all?

One of them makes happy, other one makes sad
The fourth makes unhappy, the third makes mad
Separate tastes can bother, together they can’t
Together they are love, which is something we all want

Sweet Hermione · Geplaatst: Ma Nov 26, 2007 23:35

5th poem

I wanted to write a poem about the craving of trying to be everything in one. But it didn't worked out, I guess, because it became this one.
This poem is about a naïve girl. She doesn't see danger coming, though everything gets worse and worse. Even the end she thinks she's still safe.

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Naivity

She'd love to be the daughter
The mistress in suspence
When fudge was stroking her
Set up the sweet romance

Though nastiness was calling
Like rushes to a head
How average she warned so
How sourly overwet

The kitten faced the evening
She picked it for a price
Her writst got trembled in this
The salt black burning skies

The storm proved in desire
A darkness over shell
She whispered in all beauty
How bitter roads can tell...

child of the other side · Geplaatst: Wo Nov 28, 2007 16:44

Okay, it's voting time!

About the voting

How to vote:
My first/second/third vote goes to poem number:
Because:

You can vote between the 28th and 2nd (24.00 h.) Good luck with voting everyone.

Patricia · Geplaatst: Do Nov 29, 2007 19:10

Here are my votes:

My first vote goes to poem 4, Love including all
The tastes are coming out very well, and it's well written. The poem is really true, cause love includes them all. I can see that the person who wrote this poem thought about it very well!

My seccond vote goes to poem 3, Sip of life
It made me feel a bit sad, and that's a good thing, cause it means that the poem is well written. It is also the form (sp?) the poem is written in. It's lovely!

My third and last vote goes to poem 2.
The person who wrote it, did a really good job. I really like the form (sp?) the poem is written in. It's nice that loving, the sweet taste is described first, and then the missing, the sour taste.. I just like this poem very much Wink

SilverUnicorn · 6e jaars Verdiend: 229 Sikkels

*Walks into topic with knife in the back* Ok, I'll vote!! Wink

I'm not really into poetry, but I'll try my best to explain my choices. First of all, respect! Great job everybody on writing such poems *thumbs up*

1. Poem 4: I thought you did a great job using all the flavours in your poem and also linking them with love.

2 Poem 2: Nice contrast between the first and second part. I also like the way u described the emotional feeling.

3. Poem 3: I really like the idea u came up with and the way u described it in the poem.

Again, sorry for the crappy comments, but I'm not really good at criticizing poetry Wink

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Sweet Hermione · Geplaatst: Ma Dec 03, 2007 21:51

Time's up.

1st place winner is; Poem 4 - Nevodeon
2nd place winners are; Poem 3 - FelixdeFeniks and Poem 2 - Loesewies Boterslag

The second place winners will receive 25 sickles. We combined the second and the third place so (30+20)/2= 25.
Congrats.

Poem 1 - Patricia89
Poem 5 - Sweet Hermione