Poem Of The Week 3

[Ayselipera]

Thanks a lot; I'll be sure to verify that everything's correct in the next competition :]

Good luck everyone!

Your welcome. :)

Oh, I get it. It's let what my teacher gives us for homework, except we have to do 5 haikus of the same subject.

I'm glad everything has been understood. I should probably add that in the guidelines anyway.

I would love to participate. ^.^ And the open topic gives me a perfect opportunity to air out my musty poetry skills. :/

I love that you did participate. :D That was dumb, sorry. :3
... Anyways good luck!

 

[Ayselipera]

End of Entries
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As of now this weeks competition is over. I would like to thank everyone for their participation. This has been a good first week of entires and I hope such a good following will last. I will announce the winner as soon as he or she is determined. Thank you!

 

[xJordan360]

Awh dang, I missed the deadline. D:

 

[Ayselipera]

Winner
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The winner of this week's poetry contest is *hylian*sakura* with the poem "Quintessence". Congratulations for your win! A new emblem should be coming your way soon.

Alone in the corners of her mind
Where dusty thoughts stay covered by
Veils of lies and shrouds of her pride
She keeps me tucked away

Here in the forgotten attic room
I rattle hoping to escape soon
From chains of the past rusting at last
Maybe I can break loose

Heart of hearts, what lies within
I am everything that she can be
I've been buried, I'm hidden
I am called "personality"
If she finds herself, I'll be set free
If she embraces individuality

The next theme will soon be announced. If no one posts after this then I'll just extend the rest of this post as the theme. In other words keep your eyes peeled.

This Week's Theme
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This week's theme is about Time.
"Whether past, present, or future, the way it flies, the manner it seems to go all too slow at the end of a school day, anything." That was wonderfully worded by our winner so I don't have to think of anything fancy to say. :D

Entry Period:
Start: April 16, 2010
End: April 22, 2010

Judges: Astinus, Ayselipera, & *hylian*sakura*

Good luck everyone!

 

[Missingno.7-4468]

Okay, I'll enter this week, now that I have all the stanzas down. This week's theme gave me an excuse to write a sestina, so here it is..

Time and Wisdom

Spoiler:

The click-clack of the clock
As its hands spin around
Signals the passage of time,
Though decides it not.
The face hides amidst the hands
As seconds, minutes, and hours go by.

As the days seem to fly by
Faster spins the little clock,
Spinning along its tiny hands
Going by 'round and around.
But this is decided not
By only the passage of time.

Only decided by time,
Life keeps going by,
And stays in one place not.
We look for wisdom to the clock
Thinking its wisdom will come around
And into our minds, moving our hands.

We see its hands through our hands,
Looking to it for the time;
We expect them to always go around
As all the hours go by.
We cannot gain wisdom from the clock,
For wisdom has it not.

If our lives go on or not
Is decided only by our hands,
Not by the spinning of the clock,
Or even by the passage of time.
For time keeps flying by,
Not waiting for us to come around.

For when the time comes around,
But we listen to it not,
It leaves and passes by,
Not taking us in its hands.
For by nature the way of time
Is unkown even to the clock.

For as around the clock its hands
Do not spin as on goes time,
But rather in the will of the clock.

 

[Ayselipera]

Okay, I'll enter this week, now that I have all the stanzas down. This week's theme gave me an excuse to write a sestina, so here it is..

Another Sestina, very nice. Well you've been added, good luck!

 

[valor555]

I guess i'll enter one of my poems from my thread that i made last night. It's about using the time we have and not wasting it. i censored one of the words cause its naughty but it rhymes so you can figure out whats supposed to be there...
What A Shame

When time leaves us, times cruel joke
A man's ambition gone up in smoke.
So many things left undone, unsaid.
He put them off but now he's dead.
Learn a lesson from this man's bad luck.
Don't go through life asking "Who gives a ****?"
Live your life do what you can,
So you don't wind up like this poor dead man.

 

[Ayselipera]

I guess i'll enter one of my poems from my thread that i made last night. It's about using the time we have and not wasting it. i censored one of the words cause its naughty but it rhymes so you can figure out whats supposed to be there...
What A Shame

When time leaves us, times cruel joke
A man's ambition gone up in smoke.
So many things left undone, unsaid.
He put them off but now he's dead.
Learn a lesson from this man's bad luck.
Don't go through life asking "Who gives a ****?"
Live your life do what you can,
So you don't wind up like this poor dead man.

Haha, yeah I figured it out. :)
Anyways, it's a very catchy poem. Thanks for joining and best of luck to you!

 

[farage5]

I just thought of this one while I was sleeping
I don't know what kind of poem it is, though:

*Note* The title comes from "The Gypsies Come at Moonlight,"(Or something fairly close) another title I remembered somewhere.

Spoiler:

The Squirrel Comes at Noon

Tick, tock, tick, tock.
I'm just sitting, staring at the clock.
Minutes go by, but it felt like an hour.
The squirrel's stuck inside, without much power.

Tick, tock, tick, tock.
I'm just staring, waiting for the clock.
I'm drinking lemonade, but it's too sour.
I must wait 'till the end of this hour.

Tick, tock, tick, tock.
I'm waiting, waiting for twelve o'clock
Still 18 minutes left of this hour,
I can take 18 minutes of sour.

Tick, tock, tick, tock
It is almost twelve o'clock.
The squirrel had me empowered.
So the sour drink, I had devoured.


Tick, tock, tick, tock.
It is twelve o'clock!
No more lemonade that's too sour,
The squirrel bursts out with ultimate power!

Clap, clap, clap, chatter.
Laughter's all that matter.
The squirrel claps its nuts in joy
Making me laugh, and my friend Roy.

 

[Ayselipera]

I just thought of this one while I was sleeping
I don't know what kind of poem it is, though:

After doing some online searching I think the name of your poem is a pantoum. Although I think yours would be considered a variation of one since it's doesn't have everything a regular pantoum has.

Anyway, you've been added. Good luck!

 

[Zirkle38]

Goodbye

Spoiler:

Time flies,
But I don't know it.
Everyone cries,
But they can't show it.
The clock is still tick-tick-ticking on,
Soon the people who used to visit are now all gone.
The monitor keeps a steady beat,
It doesn't fade or falter,
Hope it still keeps.
But what hope is there?
For a man who's half gone,
The time keeps it's ticking,
like an active bomb
This ticking, from this forsaken clock
Please, please, oh please! - just make it stop,
I may not be able to move my limbs,
But the sound still finds its way in.
It's a sound that makes a mute man scream,
it would make a deaf man thank his lucky stars,
All of this progress I've made,
or so they say,
I can hear talk of 'getting closer?'
Closer to what,
is all I can ask,
My recovery, my life?
Or perhaps my death?
This ticking, I fear,
Has made me insane,
although I can't be sure,
All I know is that this ticking is the cause,
I can just no longer endure,
So goodbye, I can't hold on anymore,
I'm sorry, but I need to let go,
Who would welcome back an old man,
Gray hair, and full grown?
They'd all be strangers,
and I know they wouldn't welcome me
This pain, this insanity,
It's too much to bare, so goodbye,
I'm letting go,
So goodbye,

Sorry for the irregularity, and just the low quality (:
Oh, it's about a man in a coma, >.>

 

[Ayselipera]

Sorry for the irregularity, and just the low quality (:
Oh, it's about a man in a coma, >.>

I like that. That's a really interesting concept. There's nothing to be sorry about. Nothing stands out as low quality to me. Plus poems can have any format you like. There really isn't a rulebook out there that says POEMS MUST LOOK LIKE THIS OR ELSE.

So thanks for participating and good luck! ;)

 

[TJgamer]

Here's my (last minute) entry.
Apparently this is my second poem about clocks.
...It's just weird.

Spoiler:

My Magic Clock
Written by: TJgamer


High upon my shelf,
Lies a small clock,
A special clock,
A magical clock.

Whenever its hands are turned,
Time itself is altered,
It does what mankind has yearned,
The day can be haltered.

Resting by my books,
Is a small clock,
A wondrous clock,
A powerful clock.

A normal clock you might say,
No, it contains power,
You can skip to any day,
Any minute, any hour.

On its usual place,
Sits an old clock,
A different clock,
A wonderful clock.

Turn the hands shown on its face,
And access any time,
Raise or drop the time's pace,
Try my clock so sublime.​

 

[Ayselipera]

Here's my (last minute) entry.
Apparently this is my second poem about clocks.
...It's just weird.

Alright you've been added. Good luck in the contest!

 

[Ayselipera]

End of Entries
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Well this week's contest is officially over. Once again this week had a great turn out. The winner will be announced as soon as possible. Thank you everyone for participating!

Winner
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This week's winner is Zirkle38 with the poem "Goodbye". Congrats Zirkle38 on your win!

"Goodbye"

Time flies,
But I don't know it.
Everyone cries,
But they can't show it.
The clock is still tick-tick-ticking on,
Soon the people who used to visit are now all gone.
The monitor keeps a steady beat,
It doesn't fade or falter,
Hope it still keeps.
But what hope is there?
For a man who's half gone,
The time keeps it's ticking,
like an active bomb
This ticking, from this forsaken clock
Please, please, oh please! - just make it stop,
I may not be able to move my limbs,
But the sound still finds its way in.
It's a sound that makes a mute man scream,
it would make a deaf man thank his lucky stars,
All of this progress I've made,
or so they say,
I can hear talk of 'getting closer?'
Closer to what,
is all I can ask,
My recovery, my life?
Or perhaps my death?
This ticking, I fear,
Has made me insane,
although I can't be sure,
All I know is that this ticking is the cause,
I can just no longer endure,
So goodbye, I can't hold on anymore,
I'm sorry, but I need to let go,
Who would welcome back an old man,
Gray hair, and full grown?
They'd all be strangers,
and I know they wouldn't welcome me
This pain, this insanity,
It's too much to bare, so goodbye,
I'm letting go,
So goodbye,

The next theme will be announced as soon as possible so be ready.

This Week's Theme
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This week's theme is about light and darkness.
Light and darkness can mean many things. One can take it to mean good and evil. It also can literally mean the light as in the sun and darkness as in the night or the shadows.

Entry Period: April 24, 2010 - May 1, 2010
Start: April 24, 2010
End: May 1, 2010

Judges: Astinus & Ayselipera

Good luck everyone!

 

[Missingno.7-4468]

May as well enter again...

This is just a villanelle. A little bit of a different take on the theme ~

Belief and Knowledge

Spoiler:

To know is light, so it's said.
Simple knowledge is key, key to all.
Lack of knowledge: darkness to dread.

Seeing is believing, the truth being shed.
Something bright and holy, a man will enthrall.
To know is light, so it's said.

But so often, with the truth not spread,
No one will believe, but be in pall.
Lack of knowledge: darkness to dread.

But to believe without sight is important to tread,
Rememb'ring what others will not recall.
To know is light, so it's said.

Disbelief goes nowhere, seemingly dead,
Only doing what puts them in thrall.
Lack of knowledge: darkness to dread.

Light is belief and knowledge in stead.
Darkness is disbelief in all.
To know is light, so it's said;
Lack of knowledge: darkness to dread.

 

[Ayselipera]

May as well enter again...

This is just a villanelle. A little bit of a different take on the theme ~

It's nice to see you participate again. Good luck!

 

[valor555]

Second week in a row a poem from my thread fits the theme XD. so here it is i guess.
Illuminate

The weight of the gloom falling down with a crash
The angry people go around feeling bold, acting rash.
Sadness, anger, hatred around us they swirl
Trying to drown out all the light from this world.
Though it begins to dim, it starts to grow small
There is always a light with love for us all.
There will always be one in this world with the light in their heart
So the love from this world will never depart.
Every boy, Every girl all across the land
Lets light together as one, hand in hand.

 

[Ayselipera]

Sorry about that little bit of wait. Anyways you've both been added. Best of luck to you two!

 

[TJgamer]

Very original title I must say.

The Sun and the Moon
Written by: TJgamer



Celestial brothers,
One of day, one of night,
That is what they are.

They make a cycle,
One of twenty-four hours,
And repeats always.

The Sun rules the day,
Up from the east it rises,
And sinks to the west.

It creates blue skies,
It can pierce through clouds with rays,
And provide us warmth.

The silvery Moon,
Once blackness covers the earth,
The Moon is its light.

The small twinkling stars,
Decorate the ebon skies,
With ancient stories.

Observe the Sun's shine,
Observe the Moon's nightly gleam,
Observe their greatness.​

I always want to look at a cloudless night sky and at the full moon. The way it lights up the neighborhood, it is just too beautiful.
I wish I could add more detail to my work, but I don't have the time.