2010 Team Poetry Olympiad Extravaganza

[bflagsst]

you did? gonna have to look at that to see if i can see what you see - or summat.
we didn't get anywhere near as clever as that -the time differences made thismore a 24 than a 48 hour challenge in effect. didnt even have the time to fully co-ordinate editing, so went with what we had even with improvements on board. we got KNACKERED! lol

You did well, you were a quality captain. I'd be on your poetry team.

 

[butters]

I also said something HARD!

freeze it then, muppet liquid nitrogen, perhaps? it'd be quick as well as very very cold

better yet -martinis on a stick! http://www.blogcdn.com/www.slashfood.com/media/2008/08/frozen-martini-pops.jpg

You did well, you were a quality captain. I'd be on your poetry team.

erm, i wasn't captain. you pissed already? lightweight

 

[butters]

well it's goodnight from me, beautiful people - me an my bottle of vino are retiring to my boudoir to watch a bit of mindless tv.

sleep well ... write better!

nite nite

 

[CharleyH]

freeze it then, muppet liquid nitrogen, perhaps? it'd be quick as well as very very cold

better yet -martinis on a stick! http://www.blogcdn.com/www.slashfood.com/media/2008/08/frozen-martini-pops.jpg


erm, i wasn't captain. you pissed already? lightweight

MILF popsicle? That sounds tasty ... even kinky if it involves ice Queen Catherine Deneuve. Well, I am in!

 

[CharleyH]

You did well, you were a quality captain. I'd be on your poetry team.

When was chippy ever an EL Capi-tan, well other than leading poets to drink her ... pleasure.

 

[bflagsst]

When was chippy ever an EL Capi-tan, well other than leading poets to drink her ... pleasure.

I thought I was replying to you, your names look similar once in a while. I guess I'd be on chipbutty's team, but I meant to say Charley was a quality captain from what I gather. I actually drank a bunch of wine, but that was after my last post. I'm not really one to drink and go on the Internet, so bon voyage for a little.

 

[CharleyH]

I thought I was replying to you, your names look similar once in a while. I guess I'd be on chipbutty's team, but I meant to say Charley was a quality captain from what I gather. I actually drank a bunch of wine, but that was after my last post. I'm not really one to drink and go on the Internet, so bon voyage for a little.

Ouch, that hurts.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I thought I was replying to you, your names look similar once in a while. I guess I'd be on chipbutty's team, but I meant to say Charley was a quality captain from what I gather. I actually drank a bunch of wine, but that was after my last post. I'm not really one to drink and go on the Internet, so bon voyage for a little.

Ouch, that hurts.

giggle

 

[Epmd607]

I'm a sore loser. I hope we battle again, CharleyH.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I'm a sore loser. I hope we battle again, CharleyH.

loser?

 

[Epmd607]

loser?

In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE

 

[UnderYourSpell]

This place gets weirder

 

[Epmd607]

For real that first stanza(I'm responsible for) we re-wrote about six times, it's still garbage-ish.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

For real that first stanza(I'm responsible for) we re-wrote about six times, it's still garbage-ish.

Oh that was you!! ooops sorreee lol

 

[LadynStFreknBed]

She missed our anadromes. Drink? Chippy is passing them out.

anadromes? Are you kidding me? I don't judge poetry by the backwards masking.
Oh! There it is! I see it!
"Paul is dead."

 

[EroticOrogeny]

Congratulations to both teams (especially Team Awesome, of course)!
It was fun. You'd pick up on the previous stanza, but also had some thoughts of one's own before that point.
And glad that I'm not totally predictable, bflagsst only picked out one of mine.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Congratulations to both teams (especially Team Awesome, of course)!
It was fun. You'd pick up on the previous stanza, but also had some thoughts of one's own before that point.
And glad that I'm not totally predictable, bflagsst only picked out one of mine.

Another one with masochistic tendencies

 

[butters]

bflagg - EPMD got us all in touch by e-mail, sorted out the order, and gave us his first verse to work off so we had the necessary rhyme.

we stayed in contact, passing on our first stanzas as we completed them along with their predecessors, plus edits of our own lines and offering alternate stanzas.

suggestions were made back and forth as we wrote, about the 'nature of their natures' and other ways of saying things to tie in with earlier or later stanzas.

when we had all the stanzas everyone made their thoughts known, but we all gave EPMD the final say as he was team captain.

 

[Epmd607]

bflagg - EPMD got us all in touch by e-mail, sorted out the order, and gave us his first verse to work off so we had the necessary rhyme.

we stayed in contact, passing on our first stanzas as we completed them along with their predecessors, plus edits of our own lines and offering alternate stanzas.

suggestions were made back and forth as we wrote, about the 'nature of their natures' and other ways of saying things to tie in with earlier or later stanzas.

when we had all the stanzas everyone made their thoughts known, but we all gave EPMD the final say as he was team captain.

ChipButty wrote an entirely new stanza for one of hers but I twisted her arm a little like an abusive boyfriend to get her to keep her original intact. I re-wrote one of AnnaSwirls lines, but I felt okay with making both editorial decisions cuz they both pretty much re-worded my first stanza. Each stanza is representative of an individual though, there's no hybrid stanzas as far as I see it. We really didn't have the time or energy to do any serious re-writes, so what you see is more or less the draft that the team first saw from each player.

 

[butters]

ChipButty wrote an entirely new stanza for one of hers but I twisted her arm a little like an abusive boyfriend to get her to keep her original intact. I re-wrote one of AnnaSwirls lines, but I felt okay with making both editorial decisions cuz they both pretty much re-worded my first stanza. Each stanza is representative of an individual though, there's no hybrid stanzas as far as I see it. We really didn't have the time or energy to do any serious re-writes, so what you see is more or less the draft that the team saw.

lol - nah, it was more a gentle goosing and a bit of pleading as i recall

and we only OFFERED suggestions on yours - it was up to you as team leader to accept or reject

 

[bflagsst]

bflagg - EPMD got us all in touch by e-mail, sorted out the order, and gave us his first verse to work off so we had the necessary rhyme.

we stayed in contact, passing on our first stanzas as we completed them along with their predecessors, plus edits of our own lines and offering alternate stanzas.

suggestions were made back and forth as we wrote, about the 'nature of their natures' and other ways of saying things to tie in with earlier or later stanzas.

when we had all the stanzas everyone made their thoughts known, but we all gave EPMD the final say as he was team captain.

When I saw the order for your team I laughed. Of course EPMD is going to want to have the first and last say. I'm still curious about the order, was it just a geometry fetish?

I mentioned the thing about the masculine and feminine represented in the form of each poem because the first thing I noticed was a 'V' in the shape of your Echo poem, so I looked at the first and saw a backwards 'P', but then I figured I was making it up.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

When I saw the order for your team I laughed. Of course EPMD is going to want to have the first and last say. I'm still curious about the order, was it just a geometry fetish?

I mentioned the thing about the masculine and feminine represented in the form of each poem because the first thing I noticed was a 'V' in the shape of your Echo poem, so I looked at the first and saw a backwards 'P', but then I figured I was making it up.

contemplates starting a new thread .....Do weird people make the best poets ..... or judges?

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I don't think I would want to do a team thing again or not for a very long time. I found it very hard to write as I was told to write and not how I wanted it to be. Not that I am saying Charley was a hard task master (she was very helpfull in all aspects and kept our moral up especially when I was flapping at deadline time!) but I did have to chop out lumps I liked for the anadromes to be put in (twice because the first time I put anagrams duh!) By the way I did at least have FB chat to actually speak to Charley in times of stress but Tess had to work alone. Thanks Tess for keeping me on the straight and narrow with the meter

 

[butters]

When I saw the order for your team I laughed. Of course EPMD is going to want to have the first and last say. I'm still curious about the order, was it just a geometry fetish?

I mentioned the thing about the masculine and feminine represented in the form of each poem because the first thing I noticed was a 'V' in the shape of your Echo poem, so I looked at the first and saw a backwards 'P', but then I figured I was making it up.

I'm not sure of his thinking behind the order over and above having one person end the first and begin the second would help continuity. Especially since we were kind of writing both at the same time, virtually. I think that reverse order worked, though, towards blurring our different voices for a smoother overall feel.

maybe

 

[butters]

I don't think I would want to do a team thing again or not for a very long time. I found it very hard to write as I was told to write and not how I wanted it to be. Not that I am saying Charley was a hard task master (she was very helpful in all aspects and kept our moral up especially when I was flapping at deadline time!) but I did have to chop out lumps I liked for the anadromes to be put in (twice because the first time I put anagrams duh!) By the way I did at least have FB chat to actually speak to Charley in times of stress but Tess had to work alone. Thanks Tess for keeping me on the straight and narrow with the meter

I'm glad I took part - it was certainly an interesting/exciting/nerve-wracking experience, but would rather do head to heads or a challenge where we all write and submit individually from now on. At least for a while Like UYS, some of us in team awesome also felt the constraints. It was more about how we could see different directions we'd have pursued if we'd have free reign.The real challenge was getting us all on the same page and working together - one reason why EPMD did a sterling job! LOL