The Official NeoGAF General Poetry Thread #10: Obsolete
Theme: Obsolete
Secondary Objective: Ink
You know, that black stuff--or any other color, really, don't want to be discriminatory or anything--with which we write and draw. Scribbles on loose sheets of paper, doodles on the margins of notebooks, quick flashes of inspiration let loose on the back of envelopes and grocery receipts.
Try to tie in to how the method of writing has seemingly changed. Who writes with ink anymore? Most things are done on screen, fingers nimbly pecking away at the keyboard. Whether this is good or bad is up to you.
Poetry thread Rules version 1.2:
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 two week period. Some weeks like during E3, this may not be possible, so we will have an interim one week period until normality is resumed. As a general rule, we like to keep this on the alternate week to the Creative Writing Thread.
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 five: you can also try the secondary objective as a secondary piece. Just make sure you label it as such.
7. Vote for your favourite poems. Voters should award first, second and third places to their favourite three poems. Don't vote for the same author twice. And watch out for pieces that are labeled ineligible. Comment on these pieces are welcome but you just can't vote for it.
8. During the count, First place is allocated three points. Second place is allocated two points. And third place is allocated one point.
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 to how to go about things.
10. Winner gets a round of applause and will have the records stating it as such. After which Rule 3 is in effect and we start a new thread.
Deadline: September 3rd, 2010 at 11:59pm, Pacific.
You should get your votes in by: Sunday, September 5thth, 2010 at 11:59pm, Pacific.
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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; The Surreal and the Fantastical &haikus
Poetry Thread #7 - Expectations versus Reality
Poetry Thread #8 - Mirror's Edge
Poetry Thread #9 - Look on the Bright Side
Theme: Obsolete
Definition of OBSOLETE
1
a : no longer in use or no longer useful <an obsolete word>
b : of a kind or style no longer current : old-fashioned <an obsolete technology>
2
of a plant or animal part : indistinct or imperfect as compared with a corresponding part in related organisms : vestigial
ob·so·lete·ly adverb
ob·so·lete·ness noun
Secondary Objective: Ink
You know, that black stuff--or any other color, really, don't want to be discriminatory or anything--with which we write and draw. Scribbles on loose sheets of paper, doodles on the margins of notebooks, quick flashes of inspiration let loose on the back of envelopes and grocery receipts.
Try to tie in to how the method of writing has seemingly changed. Who writes with ink anymore? Most things are done on screen, fingers nimbly pecking away at the keyboard. Whether this is good or bad is up to you.
Poetry thread Rules version 1.2:
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 two week period. Some weeks like during E3, this may not be possible, so we will have an interim one week period until normality is resumed. As a general rule, we like to keep this on the alternate week to the Creative Writing Thread.
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 five: you can also try the secondary objective as a secondary piece. Just make sure you label it as such.
7. Vote for your favourite poems. Voters should award first, second and third places to their favourite three poems. Don't vote for the same author twice. And watch out for pieces that are labeled ineligible. Comment on these pieces are welcome but you just can't vote for it.
8. During the count, First place is allocated three points. Second place is allocated two points. And third place is allocated one point.
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 to how to go about things.
10. Winner gets a round of applause and will have the records stating it as such. After which Rule 3 is in effect and we start a new thread.
Deadline: September 3rd, 2010 at 11:59pm, Pacific.
You should get your votes in by: Sunday, September 5thth, 2010 at 11:59pm, Pacific.
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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; The Surreal and the Fantastical &haikus
Poetry Thread #7 - Expectations versus Reality
Poetry Thread #8 - Mirror's Edge
Poetry Thread #9 - Look on the Bright Side