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Cranberry
Level 60
Holiday Caroler
Joined: 4/16/2013
Threads: 20
Posts: 418
Posted: 11/10/2013 at 3:47 PM Post #1
So... You're going to write a poem. About anything Sylestia related.
No free verse!
You're going to be judged not only on content, but style.
I want rhythm, I want rhymes, I want structure.
If I suspect you've ripped off someone else's poem and just plugged in Sylestia themed words, you are disqualified.

To write a poem is not so hard, as anybody knows.
In assonance you must be learned, and simile, and prose.
Give me a poem that's isn't hacked, but carefully written
And you shall have the sweet sylestie with whom you're smitten.


So it's got to have substance; it can be an epic tale of adventure, it can be an ode to a particular pet. You can write a fan letter to Krin and Fai in verse form. You could write a poem filled with the angst you feel when you lose an eggling auction. Anything that's Sylestia themed.
But it's got to be done well. It should have a few verses, longer than what I just put up there. If I can't decide which I like best, I'll might just put everyone in a raffle. I might pick some that I like and raffle the rest, it kind of depends on the quality of submissions. So put some effort and some thought into it.
First place gets first pick of the prizes. Second place gets to choose after the first prize chooses. Third gets to choose after that, and so on.

Contest ends when the Fall Festival ends.
I reserve the right to take a full week to judge submissions. I will not take longer than that, and if I do, then I will give a prize to every single contestant. That's my promise to make sure I don't take longer than that, lol.

Prizes:



Nightoftheraven
Level 60
The Hallowed
Joined: 8/19/2013
Threads: 37
Posts: 553
Posted: 11/10/2013 at 6:10 PM Post #2
(((Made My Replacement Poem - Haiku)))

Spooky Ryori,
Playing Little Tricks,
Scaring All Your Guests,

Why Try And Fool Me,
With Your Sneaky, Playful Games,
All I Seek Is Love
Edited By Nightoftheraven on 11/10/2013 at 6:22 PM.
Pepper43315
Level 57
Joined: 9/14/2013
Threads: 74
Posts: 453
Posted: 11/10/2013 at 7:15 PM Post #3
there is a
puffy puffordor
peeking through
my window
looking for a
puffy puffordor soul mate
when she sees him
and he sees her
there is a silent majicle moment
when I let him out
he walkes off with that
puffy puffordor



just made that up in like a min so I hope you like it
Edited By Pepper43315 on 11/10/2013 at 7:19 PM.
Cranberry
Level 60
Holiday Caroler
Joined: 4/16/2013
Threads: 20
Posts: 418
Posted: 11/10/2013 at 8:35 PM Post #4
Very nice, Night! It captured the spirit of the ryoris, and the ability of a haiku to make a little nugget of rhythm and beauty. Well done!

Pepper, if you will look in the first post, there's really only one real rule I put on this. No free verse. So I am guessing people don't know what free verse is. What you wrote is actually a pretty good example of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_verse

Its not that free verse isn't poetry; but it is not to be used in this particular contest. I'm not here to argue the merits of free verse; there are some brilliant authors who wrote in that style. But this contest is looking for something more structured. You are more than welcome to try again though. I'd like to see what you can do!
Hydrys
Level 60
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 4/13/2013
Threads: 26
Posts: 592
Posted: 11/10/2013 at 8:43 PM Post #5
The Ryori
From the shadows dark and deep
On tiny feet they creep
Gliding by without a sound
On Halloween festival ground
It takes so much luck
And searching through the muck
And through trees of highest height
To find one with stars not white
But wait it does appear
And thank Selesti, does draw near
But it is nothing but a tease
It comes so close and then it flees
Pepper43315
Level 57
Joined: 9/14/2013
Threads: 74
Posts: 453
Posted: 11/10/2013 at 9:13 PM Post #6
I still don't get how mine is free verse and nights isent!
Ember2000
Level 60
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 2/8/2013
Threads: 134
Posts: 4,158
Posted: 11/10/2013 at 9:20 PM Post #7
Her's is a haiku
Pepper43315
Level 57
Joined: 9/14/2013
Threads: 74
Posts: 453
Posted: 11/10/2013 at 9:20 PM Post #8
? what is that
Ember2000
Level 60
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 2/8/2013
Threads: 134
Posts: 4,158
Posted: 11/10/2013 at 9:24 PM Post #9
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku
It is a type of poem that has a pattern of 5-7-5 syllables, therefore it is structured not free verse
Nightoftheraven
Level 60
The Hallowed
Joined: 8/19/2013
Threads: 37
Posts: 553
Posted: 11/10/2013 at 9:25 PM Post #10
Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=7879&page=1#6
Author: Pepper43315
Time Posted: 11/10/2013 at 9:13 PM
I still don't get how mine is free verse and nights isent!


Mine is a haiku, which is a Japanese form of poety structure featuring three lines per group of stanzas. The first line with 5 syllables, the second with 7, and the third with 5 again.

Yours isn't an exact type such as Haiku, Diamond, or a Sonnet. There are many types of poems. A free-verse is one written off the top of one's head. (Without form or in depth placement.)

And thank you Cranberry! Took me forever to shorten it enough to be 5-7-5. XD
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