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 Post subject: ~Poem Contest. Round 3 (Deadline: March 25)
PostPosted: February 21st, 2007, 6:16 am 
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Until TN returns, I'll be running the poetry contest, with me still judging.

The theme: Anything about any holiday thing in March (Ides of March, St. Patrick's Day, etc...)

RULES:
-Your own work
-1 entry per contestant
-MUST be a poem about a holiday in March
-The Deadline for this round is March 18th

:juggle: = entry submitted
Entrants:
eowyn of ithilien
Arien Elensar
EarielMaurwen :juggle:
lady_Ëarwen

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PostPosted: February 21st, 2007, 7:29 am 
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ooo, that's a great idea. i'll get my thinking cap on.

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I will try to enter, but with school I can never be sure; so save me a tentative spot. :)

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PostPosted: February 23rd, 2007, 2:27 am 
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I think i'll try to enter as well... That is, if it can be a Middle-earth March holiday? ;) (March 25th=the day the Ring was destroyed.) Also, can it be previous work one has done. I have a long poem i'm working on about March 25, a stanza of which i might enter (if it's all right)...

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PostPosted: February 23rd, 2007, 2:08 pm 
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Yes to both questions, mellon nin!

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PostPosted: February 24th, 2007, 1:19 am 
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Yay! Thank you! :P *goes off to ponder exactly what to enter* ;)

Edit: I hope this hasn't been forgotten... At any rate, i've decided to enter a stanza from a long alliterative poem i'm working on about the day the Ring was destroyed, as i believe i mentioned earlier. (I hope it's okay that it's an excerpt and not the whole thing... I haven't finished all of it yet, you see. :confused: )

Stanza III

Together they toiled through terror and torment--
Sam led one he loved unto life's end and Last Goal:
Frodo slipped on a stone, in the soot downward sliding,
And fell in the filth where his footstep had foundered--
On the hard, barren heights in the heart of Death-horror,
In the dust of Mount Doom, eyes dark and soul dying.

He lifted his eyes to look on his long goal,
And grasped at a rock, his resolve unrelenting:
Unceasing to strive--now outstretched in the soil--
Fulfilling his faith with Free Folk--but he faltered:
Exhausted, strenth ebbing, his errantry ended--
The Questor collapsed neath the Curse that he carried.

Though final gasp failed, his friend came to find him,
Who'd so often saved him with sensible sweetness:
About that thin body, beloved and broken,
Sam's arms were fast anchored, as he rocked him, heart aching:
His darling daydreamer shunned down-to-earth dealing,
So Sam had to help him--his hope and safe harbor.

Sam cradled his master on Mordor's dark Mountain,
Neath fell burning Fire and fumes fanning foully--
Unquenchable Hope to his heart-friend gave haven:
Half-concious, the Questor was comforted closely--
His life on Sam laid--yet to Love's voice could listen:
The Ringbearer's Road on one rocking him rested.

Softly as sunlight, Sam spoke in the silence
Of beauty and bliss, of birdsong and blossom--
A yonder they yearned for, full blest by Yavanna:
He asked one his arms held, for aught else unable,
If still he remembered, though Ring had so ravished,
A land once he'd loved--a light filled with longing.

Eyes sad, Frodo spoke, from the Sun wholly severed:
There lingered no light to one lost and so lonely--
His memory maimed, without mercy of Morning,
The Dark slowly deepened to drown one defenseless:
Naught veiled the Void, by Ring's venom invaded--
Eyes fixed on his friend, he was felled by dark Fire.

Sam's tears fell in torrent, by tenderness tempered:
"The Curse I can't carry, but come, weary Questor!--
My burden you'll be, though my back should be broken:
You'll fail nor fall--at the Fire we'll finish!--
Dread nothing, my dear one." In Death's shade and darkness,
Sam lifted his loved one, to linger no longer.

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PostPosted: March 6th, 2007, 1:33 pm 
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It hasn't been forgotten... it just seems that nobody else is entering. And we kinda need more than 3 people.

Is there no one else who will join us on our poem writing and etcetera this month?

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i'll enter, but i'm a very bad @ poetry

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PostPosted: March 10th, 2007, 1:55 pm 
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You're added!

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Um, if i'm correct, today was the deadline...not very many ppl have joined, and i'm the only one who's submitted an entry, so...what do we do? :confused:

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I'll extend the deadline...

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All right. I hope more ppl will join... :erm:

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i promise i will try and write somethin for the new deadline, but i've been concentrating on my prose writing lately and haven't written any poetry in ages, so it's going to be difficult getting into it.

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Ok. I may have to extend it further if no one else enters.

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