March Poetry Contest Discussion Thread

[Lauren Hynde]

Is there a list of the participating poets any where? It's always fun trying to put a name to the poem.

No, but it can be arranged...

 

[Guest]

No, but it can be arranged...

Such service! Thanks Lauren.

 

[Angeline]

Did mother enter a poem?

Not my mother. She doesn't even know I come here, god forbid.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

List of Contestants:

*Catbabe*
Angantyr
annaswirls
BayouGal
impressive
jthserra
Kaishaku
Liar
Middleagepoet
My Erotic Tale
Omera
PatCarrington
Remec
Rybka
sandspike
Whispermuse

 

[Guest]

*Catbabe*
Angantyr
annaswirls
BayouGal
impressive
jthserra
Kaishaku
Liar
Middleagepoet
My Erotic Tale
Omera
PatCarrington
Remec
Rybka
sandspike
Whispermuse

Yikes! I've never seen some of those names before! Where have I been?


Thanks Lauren - I think I'll do the blinfold-and-pin method. It'd probably be as accurate as any other way.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Yikes! I've never seen some of those names before! Where have I been?

Remember that the Contest was announced on the main page for a few days, to call the attention to people that normally wouldn't come here.

Thanks Lauren - I think I'll do the blinfold-and-pin method. It'd probably be as accurate as any other way.

Vote on the poems, not the people.

 

[Omera]

I'm Which is not unusual. Were we supposed to write a poem in a smithpeter fashion, or write a poem in our own style that something of his inspired?

When it comes to voting I have a similar problem. Should I have given more weight to a poem that sounded more like smithpeter, or should I have voted for a poem that I liked better but may not have reminded me of his writing?

 

[WickedEve]

Not me, and certainly not Angeline, but I guess you can do it, providing you promise not to peek at The Poets' Inbox.

No. I never did open or look at those PMs since I wasn't doing the polls. By the way, what's in your mouth now?

 

[Lauren Hynde]

I'm Which is not unusual. Were we supposed to write a poem in a smithpeter fashion, or write a poem in our own style that something of his inspired?

Either of them would be appropriate, i think. To write a poem in his style would be a nice homage, but writing in other people's voices is such a violence. All we asked was for people to read some of his work and let Poetry take over.

When it comes to voting I have a similar problem. Should I have given more weight to a poem that sounded more like smithpeter, or should I have voted for a poem that I liked better but may not have reminded me of his writing?

I would vote for the best poem.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

No. I never did open or look at those PMs since I wasn't doing the polls. By the way, what's in your mouth now?

Right now, or in the AV?

 

[WickedEve]

Right now, or in the AV?

Umm... Well, let's go for what's in the av.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Umm... Well, let's go for what's in the av.

The rather violently suckled remains of a juicy orange segment. Don't try that at home, unless you're naked and have no concerns over how the room might end up.

 

[Tathagata]

The rather violently suckled remains of a juicy orange segment. Don't try that at home, unless you're naked and have no concerns over how the room might end up.

and suddenly I want to write

" Oh to be an orange...."

 

[Liar]

Don't try that at home, unless you're naked and have no concerns over how the room might end up.

Right here, right now, in other words.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

 

[WickedEve]

It doesn't look like an orange. Is some freaky Portuguese orange?

 

[Tathagata]

It doesn't look like an orange. Is some freaky Portuguese orange?

says the 3 legged woman

 

[WickedEve]

says the 3 legged woman

We grow legs funny in the South.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

It doesn't look like an orange. Is some freaky Portuguese orange?

It's an orange!

Now, go vote.

 

[WickedEve]

It's an orange!

Now, go vote.

It looks like that orange is getting more action than I am.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

It looks like that orange is getting more action than I am.

It's a lesbian orange.

 

[Tathagata]

It's a lesbian orange.

So only women can eat them huh??

 

[Lauren Hynde]

So only women can eat them huh??

I'll ask.

 

[Tathagata]

I'll ask.

LOL

 

[Lauren Hynde]

To quote smithpeter, "there was more, but it was silly."