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The Official NeoGAF General Poetry Thread #6
Theme: The surreal and fantastical
Whether it be through characters or setting, the composition or structure, inject a sense of the surreal and fantastical in to your submission.
Optional Secondary Objective: Haikus
Haikus - Japanese poems consisting of 3 lines, 17 syllables, with 5 syllables to the first & last lines and 7 syllables to the middle line. Here's an example;
secondary themes
are fairly hard to conjure
so lets do haikus
Poetry thread Rules version 1.1:
1. This thread is not merely for winning or losing, but for critiquing and improving your own craft.
2. This poetry thread 'contest' will end on a Friday, and voting will last until Sunday at midnight. You cannot win unless you vote. Although you don't have to submit a piece to vote.
3. The winner must then provide the next challenge theme for the following normal two week period.
4. There are no word count limits, make it as long or as short as you want.
5. Optional secondary objectives are not mandatory, you can include them or not.
6. Further addition to rule six. You can also try the secondary objective as a secondary piece. Just make sure you label it as such. (This may work as an added incentive to try the secondary objective, as people might vote for either of your pieces).
7. Vote for your favourite poems.
8. Voters should award first, second and third places to their favourite three poems. First place is allocated three points. Second place is allocated two points. And third place is allocated one point. Don't vote for the same author twice.
9. In the event of a tie, the tally will be counted again with first place being allocated three and half points. If it isn't resolved then, it will be up to the OP (most likely the previous winner) to decide.
10. Winner gets a round of applause and will have the records stating it as such.
Deadline: Friday, July 9th, 2010 at 11:59pm, Pacific.
Voting will then begin.
You should get your votes in by: Sunday, July 11th, 2010 at 11:59pm, Pacific.
Good luck everyone.
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Previous threads;
Poetry Thread #1; Reflection
Poetry Thread #2; Making the Blind See & 5W poems
Poetry Thread #3; Interior & Incorporate a song or album title
Poetry Thread #4; History & Dream Song poems
Poetry Thread #5; A View From Afar or Within & Clerihew poems
Poetry Thread #6 Final Entries
hey_monkey - Untitled
Irish - B Covers Bread As Well
umop_3pisdn - Cellular Matrix
Dresden - Galactic Trooper
Cyan - Untitled
goldlion054 - The Abandoned Neighborhood
AnkitT - Be Pee
ZephyrFate - Niche in the Canyon
Bootaaay - Nimbus Watching
Bootaaay - Crocodile Tears
kid ness - Somewhere a World
Ashes1396 - Golden Phoenix
Ashes1398 - River Thames
Alarif - Untitled
Results
1. kid ness - Somewhere a World - 14pts - (3)
2. Bootaaay - Nimbus Watching - 9pts -
3. ZephyrFate - Niche in the Canyon - 8pts - (1)
4. Dresden - Galactic Trooper - 6pts - (1)
5. umop_3pisdn - Cellular Matrix -5pts - (1)
6. AnkitT - Be Pee - 4pts - (1)
7. Irish - B Covers Bread As Well - 3pts - (1)
8. Bootaaay - Crocodile Tears -2pts -
9.Ashes1396 - Golden Phoenix
9. Ashes1398 - River Thames
9. Alarif - Untitled
12. hey_monkey - Untitled
12. Cyan - Untitled
12. goldlion054 - The Abandoned Neighborhood
(0):1st place points
Theme: The surreal and fantastical
Whether it be through characters or setting, the composition or structure, inject a sense of the surreal and fantastical in to your submission.
Optional Secondary Objective: Haikus
Haikus - Japanese poems consisting of 3 lines, 17 syllables, with 5 syllables to the first & last lines and 7 syllables to the middle line. Here's an example;
secondary themes
are fairly hard to conjure
so lets do haikus
Poetry thread Rules version 1.1:
1. This thread is not merely for winning or losing, but for critiquing and improving your own craft.
2. This poetry thread 'contest' will end on a Friday, and voting will last until Sunday at midnight. You cannot win unless you vote. Although you don't have to submit a piece to vote.
3. The winner must then provide the next challenge theme for the following normal two week period.
4. There are no word count limits, make it as long or as short as you want.
5. Optional secondary objectives are not mandatory, you can include them or not.
6. Further addition to rule six. You can also try the secondary objective as a secondary piece. Just make sure you label it as such. (This may work as an added incentive to try the secondary objective, as people might vote for either of your pieces).
7. Vote for your favourite poems.
8. Voters should award first, second and third places to their favourite three poems. First place is allocated three points. Second place is allocated two points. And third place is allocated one point. Don't vote for the same author twice.
9. In the event of a tie, the tally will be counted again with first place being allocated three and half points. If it isn't resolved then, it will be up to the OP (most likely the previous winner) to decide.
10. Winner gets a round of applause and will have the records stating it as such.
Deadline: Friday, July 9th, 2010 at 11:59pm, Pacific.
Voting will then begin.
You should get your votes in by: Sunday, July 11th, 2010 at 11:59pm, Pacific.
Good luck everyone.
___________________________________
Previous threads;
Poetry Thread #1; Reflection
Poetry Thread #2; Making the Blind See & 5W poems
Poetry Thread #3; Interior & Incorporate a song or album title
Poetry Thread #4; History & Dream Song poems
Poetry Thread #5; A View From Afar or Within & Clerihew poems
Poetry Thread #6 Final Entries
hey_monkey - Untitled
Irish - B Covers Bread As Well
umop_3pisdn - Cellular Matrix
Dresden - Galactic Trooper
Cyan - Untitled
goldlion054 - The Abandoned Neighborhood
AnkitT - Be Pee
ZephyrFate - Niche in the Canyon
Bootaaay - Nimbus Watching
Bootaaay - Crocodile Tears
kid ness - Somewhere a World
Ashes1396 - Golden Phoenix
Ashes1398 - River Thames
Alarif - Untitled
Results
1. kid ness - Somewhere a World - 14pts - (3)
2. Bootaaay - Nimbus Watching - 9pts -
3. ZephyrFate - Niche in the Canyon - 8pts - (1)
4. Dresden - Galactic Trooper - 6pts - (1)
5. umop_3pisdn - Cellular Matrix -5pts - (1)
6. AnkitT - Be Pee - 4pts - (1)
7. Irish - B Covers Bread As Well - 3pts - (1)
8. Bootaaay - Crocodile Tears -2pts -
9.Ashes1396 - Golden Phoenix
9. Ashes1398 - River Thames
9. Alarif - Untitled
12. hey_monkey - Untitled
12. Cyan - Untitled
12. goldlion054 - The Abandoned Neighborhood
(0):1st place points