Poetry Olympics 2nd Event Individual round: Heavy Lifting

[Dillinger]

My poem is submitted - called Heavy Silence. Since it has a small formatting requirement it may not post as quickly as some others. I believe the rules only say that it needs to be submitted by Saturday night - not necessarily that Lit activites it by then...

 

[Unmasked Poet]

Heavy rising

Early kudos for lovetoread and tigerjen both their "Heavy" poems have made the top list.

U.P.

 

[perks]

I've submitted.

 

[WickedEve]

Two Heavy

U.P. I submitted two Heavy Poems.
But since I'm sure we can only use one for the competition, I'll go with the one in my sig line.

Edit: I see you used the other poem instead. That's okay. I changed it my sig line. I actually couldn't decide which one to use. I worked for a couple of days on Irony: The Heavy Element. The other poem is something I quickly wrote and impulsively submitted-- but I still like it. Anyway, I think I'll put them both in my sig line...
I just can't make my mind up, lately.

Edit again: Well, I see that both poems are being used in the competition. Good! I sprained my brain trying to choose.

 

[TheDR4KE]

I've submitted too... It's kind of a body of work, maybe beyond the criteria for inclusion in these games. But I had fun

Drake

 

[TheDR4KE]

I've submitted too... It's kind of a body of work, maybe beyond the criteria for inclusion in these games. But I had fun

Hmm ... I had another read through and decided to change my submission. Rather than submit as one collection (like WickedEve's 4 Fetishes poems) they're now related poems with individual subtitles. In their way I think they do all relate to the theme of 'the end of a relationship'.

I didn't see anything about only being able to enter once anyway but if I am to only enter one, I would choose "Heavy Life: Resonance".

Drake

 

[Unmasked Poet]

mo better

Wicked,

I see you noticed. There are also two by smithpeter and Savage Kitten

 

[Ded Poet]

more heaviness

i posted another heavy one too..

 

[Vailyn]

Poem: Heavy Parting

OKay, UP, let me tell you how much I hated not being able to use the words hearts and lonely!!!!

First, I wrote the poem and then went over it to make sure it did what it wanted it to do... then looked over it to see if I used any of the "forbidden" words. And sure enough, I used TWO! It was a pain in the neck to get rid of them. Sheesh!

Anywho, I just submitted my poem. Hopefully it will be up by tonight. I hope I can still make it for this poetry olympics! =) Lookin forward to it. Yeah!

I'll take time and read everyone else's post tonight.

-Vailyn

 

[WickedEve]

Vailyn, I feel your frustration!

I needed one of those taboo words! It took me a whole day to replace it! I'm not even going to tell you about the vile, disgusting things I said about U.P. I won't tell you that I said, "Who does he think he is? The Poetry God! Telling us which words we can and can't use!" Or that I said, "I hope every email and PM he receives in the future is filled with clichés and forced rhyme!"
I know I'm mean. I feel bad for saying these things... almost.

 

[TheDR4KE]

Re: Vailyn, I feel your frustration!

... Or that I said, "I hope every email and PM he receives in the future is filled with clichés and forced rhyme!" ...

Hahahahahaha ROFLMAO

Thanks Eve, that was exceptionally funny.

LOL

Drake

 

[KillerMuffin]

Mine is in. I hadn't intended to submit it to this site, but what the hell.

It will never hit the lists because I've decided not to have any voting on my poetry. I see no point to it, so there it goes.

"As Heavy as a Swig of Whiskey" is the title. I have to admit that the hardest part was coming up with a title using the word the "heavy." *grunt* It's not only uncouth, it simply doesn't go with the poem.

Anyway, cheers to poignancy!

 

[REDWAVE]

Voting

I disagree, Killer Muff. Voting gives us valuable information about reader's reactions.

If nothing else, this poetry contest has produced extraordinarily high vote to view ratios. My new poem, for instance, has 9 votes out of 40 views-- an incredible .225 ratio. By contrast, one of my stories has a vote to view ratio of .002.

 

[KillerMuffin]

Yeah it does. Color me highly cynical but when all of my poetry drops over 1.00 in the space of 12 hours I don't get much value for my bang. Some of my poetry means a lot, particularly one that scored a 1.00 right out of the gate, so I'm just going to forego the hysteria of it all and just put the poetry out. If it's liked, it's liked. If it's not, it's not. I've never gotten valuable feedback regarding my poetry anywhere but here, and then only when asked.

My take on it is that people don't like my poetry.

 

[Savage Kitten]

pfffffffft u can't put too much weight into the voting stats

it never computes! When my "Pink Seduction" first got put on the new poems list I went to check it out.. i didn't vote... then i went to my meber's page to see how many hits it had and the voting score.... it said 2 reads and 1 vote. Later that night I came back and it said 3 reads and 3 votes. How can that be?!?! I was one of those reads and I didn't vote!!!??? Makes no freakin sense. When I had 11 votes my score was 4.89 and I was no where on the tops list. When I had 12 votes and my score dropped a bit.. I was at #1.

Lovely and gorgeous to see my name on the big marquis, but just what in the hell does it all mean???


Sk~

 

[Vailyn]

Heavy: Monster's Face

Okay, call me stupid cuz I've never done this before... how do you put the link in the signature? Hmmmmmmmmm... not that it matters yet cuz my poems not up there yet. Heh! =)

Anyways! I whipped up another one for this party! It's called Heavy: Monster's Face

I want to make a funny one. Don't want to be serious ALL the damn time! })

As for the voting. I can't care less one way or another, but I did submit a poem called Dual Passions so I could get response from readers. However, I have had no response whatsoever.

Could I bring it to some other place? Where people will actually give a piece of their thoughts on it? If so, where at? I'll paste it pronto!

P.S. KillerMuffin, good to see you!!! I didn't know you wrote poetry but I remember you fondly from Society of the Dare! =)

 

[SA Storm]

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[Cyberguy]

it never computes! When my "Pink Seduction" first got put on the new poems list I went to check it out.. i didn't vote... then i went to my meber's page to see how many hits it had and the voting score.... it said 2 reads and 1 vote. Later that night I came back and it said 3 reads and 3 votes. How can that be?!?! I was one of those reads and I didn't vote!!!??? Makes no freakin sense. When I had 11 votes my score was 4.89 and I was no where on the tops list. When I had 12 votes and my score dropped a bit.. I was at #1.

I know what you mean Savage Kitten, several times I've seen my vote count go up, then mysteriously fall back, like I'll go from having 8 votes to 7.

I have surmised that the top lists only get recomputed periodically, so your score/votes on the submission page won't necessarily match what is on the top list. If you went from 9 to 11 votes fairly quickly, that would explain why you would see 11 votes and not be on show up on the list when you looked.

My 'Heavy' submission is up: Heavy Weights

 

[KatPurrs]

Heavy Duty

I submitted "A Heavy Duty Chore" around the stroke of midnight.

Who me procrastinate? And I made a list of things to do!

To wit:

1.

 

[daughter]

The payoffs

The Poetry Olympics built excitement, forged new friendships, and garnered interest in the art we love. Competition was friendly or so I thought.

U.P. gives continuously to this community and he doesn't ask for anything in return. He's an ardent supporter. So his comments aren't glossed accolades, but he gives us praise and support more than any single poet in this community.

His criticism is about pushing us to give our best for ourselves not for his approval.

What do we do for him?

Peace,

daughter

 

[Unmasked Poet]

Hmmm

Did I miss something in my absence?

U.P.

 

[KatPurrs]

Ummmmmm

No, U.P.

You didn't miss a thing. Unless you mean daughter changed her av while you were out. That could be it.



Now everybody, quick ! ....hide the cake and the balloons!

 

[Savage Kitten]

Re: The payoffs

What do we do for him?

Peace,

daughter

You make many valid points Daughter. I've thought pretty much the same thing myself. I can't really answer for UP but I think maybe we are already "doing something for him". He has awakened this forum from a stupor. Before he came along the threads on this forum barely budged from their spot on the board. He has inspired us all, in so many ways.

Tell me Daughter, the tone of your post implies you had something specific in mind...? Is there dissension amongst the ranks?

:curious:
Sk~

 

[Whispersecret]

I'm wondering if poems that do not conform to the "breaking up" theme will be disqualified. I've read two so far that, to me, don't address that theme, but are still good poems. One I voted on, so distracted by its brilliance that I failed to realize it wasn't about breaking up. The other I also liked, but saw at once that it didn't keep to the category, and haven't voted, although I'd like to give it a four.

What to do?

 

[REDWAVE]

Whispersecret

To throw my two cents in, I think "break up or parting of a relationship" is broad enough to cover all the poems submitted.