As most of us know, the last Tanka Contest died. This is the new Tanka Contest! Ta-daaaaa!
Tanka consists of five units (often treated as separate lines when Romanized or translated) usually with the following mora pattern: 5-7-5-7-7. The 5-7-5 is called the kami-no-ku ("upper phrase", and the 7-7 is called the shimo-no-ku ("lower phrase". Tanka is a much older form of Japanese poetry than haiku.
Rules 1) Must be original. NO PLAGARIZING ALLOWED! 2) Has to fit the Theme. 3) Submition deadline will be inforced. 4) Only one submission per user 5) The winner cannot win twice in a row. 6) The Tanka MUST be created for this contest.
Easy enough? And If you are questioning Rule #5, it is because some people may be Beastly at any type of poetry and have really good submissions every week, and I am sure that you would want to win too right? See? Fairness makes the world go round. (not really) And if you are questioning Rule #6, it is on here because if you made something beforehand, that is giving you a better chance at winning, and it isn't fair to the other participants *if any) The Frist Theme is...... ..... .... ... .. . .. ... .... ..... Music! Deadline is the May 29th, 2010 Judging will be Either the 30th or 31st.
Also, Me and Thepossum will be the judges. I am the first judge, Next week will be possums. Good Luck to all!
WHY DOES MY COMPUTER FAIL?! T_T I think my little brother does that on purpose... >,> But it is also sad that I rely on the computer for the date. TWO DAYS LEFT. aha. aha.
Submissions are closed! Thank you to all who entered, judging will be given in an hour or two. Or three. Or four. Maybe even five. I could be cruel and say six. Or even more cruel and say seven. Let's go with evil for eight. Evil like Plankton if I said nine. I'm out of nifty things to say at ten.
Wolf1991 Vengeful Award You thought it would be Different now that you're dead. It seems you were wrong. You hunger for human flesh. Aware that you are undead.
I think. It would suck to be the person you are describing. It radiates a twinge of anger and a batch of regret, I love it. Ernie15 You just got an Award You are outnumbered You cannot stop the undead The apocalypse Is just beginning for you Night is alive with the dead
I know I will not be going for a nightly stroll now, good job on using the doom to your advantage, Ernie.
SupaLegit You screw up Award A sickly mistake, This time science went too far: Demonic creatures Now roam the deserted streets. Who will survive the undead?
It gives a sense of gloom and doom, by far the most emotionally striking I've ever seen of your batch. Kudos.
TackyCrazyTNT The Hopeless Award The terrified shrieks Of those fleeing from the dead, Echo in the night air. But help will not arrive now, And the world will be ravaged.
Ahhhh I don't wanna live there. Great job though, Tacky.
GhostOfMatrix The Never-thought-would-be-possible-scenario Award Their vital signs ceased, We believed that they were dead. The solders from war, Revived by a force unknown, Time to seek retribution.
You scare me. I would be afraid. I am afraid. Don't kill me.
Deathopper The Survival Award The undead amble In a town were survival Is a morbid gleam. They will eventually Find us, but we still affray.
I quite like it, except I didn't enjoy the bump you made with "were" That confused the tar out of me, but still. Kudos to you.
OKIE DAY! Now that that is out of the way, I will begin with Runner Up, Second Place, And First Place.
NOTE: This isn't merit worthy yet. Bit it could be if we have people that stick with this. LET'S GO!
Runner up! TackyCrazyTNT
The terrified shrieks Of those fleeing from the dead, Echo in the night air. But help will not arrive now, And the world will be ravaged.
I really liked this one, but it wasn't on the same level as our top two. Keep it up, and
Second Place! Ernie15
You are outnumbered You cannot stop the undead The apocalypse Is just beginning for you Night is alive with the dead
This one was great, and it was very close to beating the winner, Next week will definitely prove better outcomes, seeing as the winner can't win twice in a row.
First Place! Wolf1991
You thought it would be Different now that you're dead. It seems you were wrong. You hunger for human flesh. Aware that you are undead.
I really really loved this one. It was worthy of first place, So congratulations Wolf.
I'm actually having some trouble coming up with something for this theme.
I'll try to make something today or tomorrow so that you get another entry and makes judging for you more difficult because you'll have another poem to judge. :P
Swallowing these knives, Rupturing my arteries, Coughing up some blood, Tossing in another knife, Finishing off my last meal.
I'm not sure if that's the correct syllables since I figures everyone knows I can't count syllables. If that's not the right syllables, please notify me.
