Vannak
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- Posted: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 19:36:33 +0000
Welcome
Watch out, I�m going to ramble.
This is my third poetry contest, up till now. I consider my self a pretty good poet, and if nothing else, I enjoy reading the works of those who are as good, and even better than myself, in a modern style. I hate when people use poetry as a trashcan for all their emotion and problems, so I�m hoping this contest will force or reinforce you to NOT do this.
Unlike my last contest, I will not have many restrictions on the words you are allowed to use. I am focusing more on breaking people from that idea that free verse is the only type of poetry they can attempt. You will be forced to write in a format that you must keep true to, either if the format is of your own construction or a preset one with or with out variants.
In the end, I completely believe poetry as all art, requires premeditative thought and planning to it, or else you don�t have art, you have what I am going to call �refrigerator art�, or little pills of self esteem that your mom magnets to the fridge, only to be tossed out later. So, this contest will guide you into a more subconsious form of effort in your poetry. Where before you ranted, now you will (gasp) actually write, and write well (assuming you already don�t).
I never had much experience with the whole �Hey, well, now that I see what I can improve, I�ll edit my entry� type of contestants. You�re still welcome to do so, just PM me so I know about it.
This contest is free of charge, kind of. Everyone is allowed to enter one poem; however a second or third poem will require a 200g donation, which will go into the prize.
The prize in question will be split for the top three poets, 50% for first, 30% for second, and 20% for third. Any items will be given as their market place value.
Watch out, I�m going to ramble.
This is my third poetry contest, up till now. I consider my self a pretty good poet, and if nothing else, I enjoy reading the works of those who are as good, and even better than myself, in a modern style. I hate when people use poetry as a trashcan for all their emotion and problems, so I�m hoping this contest will force or reinforce you to NOT do this.
Unlike my last contest, I will not have many restrictions on the words you are allowed to use. I am focusing more on breaking people from that idea that free verse is the only type of poetry they can attempt. You will be forced to write in a format that you must keep true to, either if the format is of your own construction or a preset one with or with out variants.
In the end, I completely believe poetry as all art, requires premeditative thought and planning to it, or else you don�t have art, you have what I am going to call �refrigerator art�, or little pills of self esteem that your mom magnets to the fridge, only to be tossed out later. So, this contest will guide you into a more subconsious form of effort in your poetry. Where before you ranted, now you will (gasp) actually write, and write well (assuming you already don�t).
I never had much experience with the whole �Hey, well, now that I see what I can improve, I�ll edit my entry� type of contestants. You�re still welcome to do so, just PM me so I know about it.
This contest is free of charge, kind of. Everyone is allowed to enter one poem; however a second or third poem will require a 200g donation, which will go into the prize.
The prize in question will be split for the top three poets, 50% for first, 30% for second, and 20% for third. Any items will be given as their market place value.
