Well! What was originally going to be my own little poetry challenge has turned into a major competition! Please read every word in this opening post very carefully as everything I say must be adhered to. I don't know if you know this, but I am very strict with my rules and regulationsâ¦
The general point of this competition
A few of us users have come up with a list of 50 themes which can be found below. The aim of this competition is to write a poem or a piece of short prose for each theme, just for fun! There are no deadlines (as of yet) for the submissions because I don't want the pieces to be hurriedly written, so don't let that put you off participating. Everyone is welcome to participate. There's no pressure to submit all 50 pieces, take your time, have fun!
Please remember to follow the basic rules of the AMW. All work must be your own. No flaming, trolling, spamming, etc. Only provide critique on a user's piece if they have asked for it specifically. Keep general discussion on this thread to a minimum so as to remain at least a little bit on topic. Submissions
A list of rules that (hopefully) cover everything you need to know about submissions. Read carefully. If you have any questions, contact me on my profile.
*You do not need to submit the pieces in order. You may start with whichever theme you like.
* Once you have written and revised a piece, submit it!
*You may submit more than one piece at a time, although submitting too many at once will seem as though you've rushed them.
*I will keep track of how many submissions each participant has entered on my profile, so take a look once in a while.
*Only short prose pieces are accepted. Nothing too longwinded please. I am going to include a word limit of 1,500 words.
*There is a certain structure to submitting a piece in order to keep the thread nice and tidy: - Your piece must have the theme name and number as the title in bold. You may also include your own title in brackets next to it. - You must state which form you have written your piece in, for example, haiku, short prose, sonnet, standard verse, etc.
Here is an example post;
51. Insanity (Two Minds) â" Haiku
Come here; don't be scared I am confined in both minds Stay away from me
List Of Themes 1. Innocence 2. Entombment 3. A Forgotten Name 4. Rising Tide 5. A Broken Picture 6. Leaves Falling In Autumn 7. Birth 8. Falling Into The Abyss 9. Near-death Experience 10. Beautiful Sunset 11. New School 12. Describing Colour To A Blind Person 13. Home Alone 14. Nightmare 15 Dreams 16. Inner strength 17. Self-Hatred 18. Martyrdom 19. Political Corruption 20. Self-Completion 21. Genius 22. Thanksgiving 23. Halloween 24. Christmas 25. Guilt 26. Daydreams 27. Orange Leaves In Autumn 28. A Shy Person In The Middle Of A Crowd 29. Unrequited love 30. Kraken 31. Memories 32. Revolution 33. The Shining Auroras 34. Poverty 35. A Hero Among Evil 36. An Entity Who Shows Itself 37. The 5th Dimension 38. Berserk Wildlife 39. A Light In The Black 40. Trial And Error 41. A Creation 42. Two-Faced 43. Disillusionment 44. Regular/Ordinary 45. The Mind Of A Villain 46. Someone Who Lives To Watch The World Burn. 48. Something For The Girls 49. Something For The Boys 50. Go Crazy
And now for the fun partâ¦
I am going to include a few features similar to Strop's 'erks and penalties' idea in the WoM. Some of them are preeeetty difficult, so good luck with that. Once you've completed one, Iâll stick your name on my profile.
Here they are:
1) Theme-a-Rama!: Mention 15 separate themes in one piece. 2) Sonnet 130: Write a mock sonnet which relates to love and one other theme. 3) Total Overkill: Use the theme title 6 times in one piece. 4) Like a Freight Train: Be the first to complete the first 10 themes. 5) In The Dank And Dark Recesses Of The Mindâ¦: Be the first to complete themes 8, 14, 17 and 46.
Glad you're taking part~ I didn't expect such a turnout if I'm honest. ...I've probably missed a ton of important information and am gonna end up chain posting. I'm all over the place with my posting today >.<
If you wish, I can lock and un-sticky/delete this, and you can do a repost? It is often best to get all the info in one place, some people are not going to look further than the first post.
With this sonnet written in iambic hexameter, I have fulfilled not only all 50 themes, but every challenge as well.
Guilt, or the Love of an Evil Genius
Born innocence shall fall as abyssal Fall leaves, And shy men lost to guilty Krakens in high tides Will turn to heroes, escape as poor resolv-ed grave thieves To sunsets and aurorae unknown to blind guides. They hate themselves as beasts of dreams past time, two-faced: One plain, corrupt, alone as freshmen, trying still, One dying for beliefs in daydreams, mem'ries waste As we burn that picture and the world, light fills The Hallowed dark, created from a thankful Jinn Who passes makeup and toy guns on Christmas Eve. The nightmare of the rising masses now moves in As their own insanity comes self-achieved. My disillusionment loves another guilt: Of power's guilty guilt now gilt with guilty guilt.
I don't see Unrequited Love, anything villainous (except maybe the title) or political corruption. Plus, you have merely vaguely mentioned each theme. I can't criticise such a wonderful piece, however. Arrgghh Parsat, why must you be so good at poetry!?
Cenneeerreee... You should have been here a while ago, it's too late nowww.. D:
True, it's a satirical mention of each theme, not a full-blown in-depth poem for everything. So I concede that; it was meant to be facetious. I don't claim for anything besides guilt and the mind of the villain to be the true theme. I do, however, believe I've at least mentioned every theme:
Unrequited love:
My disillusionment loves another guilt:
Ultimately, his disillusionment with the world does not arise from love for himself, but love for power. He feels guilty for this, but at the same time it's something that he can't do without.
Villainous: The poem as a whole is a reference to the mind of a villain: how he discards heroism as two-faced and self-denigrating, fighting for a world that knows only the material and creating revolution only to collapse into itself again. If that's not the mind of a villain, I don't know what is.
Political corruption:
One plain, corrupt, alone as freshmen, trying still,
The word "corrupt" refers to the political corruption in which the hero as an ordinary citizen works. This is a pretty common comic book trope.
Yah, it was really good Parsat, I realise it was meant to be facetious. And thanks for pointing out the three themes I couldn't find. I know you can easily argue against me, due to the fact that I didn't make the rules of the challenges crystal clear, but the sonnet was supposed to touch on the theme of love and one other theme, and all other challenges but the first were not meant to be completed with just one submission.
Still, excellent job ^^
Also, to ask an unrelated question, are you going to post another round of poem critique in your first line poetry digest thread any time soon?
Hmm, okay, quickly then, I've gotta go out right now. I'm going to see The Hole at half 8! I'll just post the new one and then I have to leave, but you can do with it what you will, if Parsat doesn't want to repost then just delete the new one.
