[b]The NeoGAF Poetry Corner - Challenge #44: [[THEME]] [/b] [IMG]BANNER[/IMG] [b]Theme[/b]:[highlight] TEXT GOES HERE[/highlight] [b]Optional Secondary Objective[/b]:[highlight] TEXT GOES HERE [/highlight] [B]Poetry Thread Rules 2.0[/B] For poets entering: [LIST] [*]You are allowed one entry based on the theme; and an optional second entry, if it meets the secondary objective. [*]There are no word counts. Interpret the theme as you wish. [*]If you're a brave soul, there is a 'super secret' optional objective: performing the poem. Don't worry - we will only judge your official entry (the written version). Try it out. Poetry Slams are always cool. ;) [/LIST] For voters: [LIST] [*]You can vote even if you haven't posted a poem. [*]Vote for your three favourite poems. But remember that: [LIST] [*]you can't vote for your self [*]you can't pick two poems from the same author [*]you can't vote for an entry labelled 'ineligible' [/LIST] [*]You cannot win unless you vote. [/LIST] Competition: [LIST] [*]The contest runs for two weeks. [*]The deadline is on the last Friday. Once the final entry list is up, the voting begins; it finishes at the end of the weekend. [*]How we count the votes: [LIST] [*]1st place is allocated 3 pts; 2nd is allocated 2pts; 3rd is allocated 1pt [*] If there is no outright winner, we add half a point to 1st place, so that the person with the most first place votes win. If we still don't have a winner, we then leave it up to the op to decide how to best go about it; or to choose the outright winner [/LIST] [*]The winner gets a round of applause. They are then in charge of the new thread. If you can't make a new thread, just ask somebody in the current thread, and they might do it for you. [/LIST] General: [LIST] [*]This thread is not merely for winning or losing, but for critiquing and improving your own craft. [*]We like to keep the finale on the alternative week to its sister thread: the creative writing thread. Every so often, we get interrupted, such as during E3, and/or Nanowrimo. [*]The archives and the op templates are managed by Bootaaay. If you have a question about it, you can pm him. [*]A big thank you to him, and everybody else who manages the thread week in and week out. We would be worse off without them. [*]Everybody is welcome to enjoy the poetry on offer, or just vote, or just critique. [/LIST] [b]Submission Deadline[/b]; (PST) [IMG]http://secondapps.com/countdown/t1328338800z4.png[/IMG] [b]Voting Deadline[/b]; (PST) [IMG]http://secondapps.com/countdown/t1328511600z4.png[/IMG] [B]The NeoGAF Poetry Society: Previous Challenges: [/B] [URL="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=392061"]Poetry Challenge #01: Reflection[/URL] [URL="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=394843"]Poetry Challenge #02: Making the Blind See (+ 5W poems)[/URL] [URL="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=395649"]Poetry Challenge #03: Interior (+ Incorporate a song or album title)[/URL] [URL="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=396831"]Poetry Challenge #04: History (+ Dream Song poems)[/URL] [URL="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=398612"]Poetry Challenge #05: A View From Afar or Within (+ Clerihew poems)[/URL] [URL="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=22113024"]Poetry Challenge #06: The Surreal and the Fantastical (+ Haikus)[/URL] [URL="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=401039"]Poetry Challenge #07: Expectations versus Reality (+ Ode)[/URL] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=22751443"]Poetry Challenge #08: Mirror's Edge (+ Rhymes)[/url] [URL="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=22751854"]Poetry Challenge #09: Look on the Bright Side (+ poem must end with _________________ as it's last line)[/URL] [URL="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=405016"]Poetry Challenge #10: Obsolete (+ Ink)[/URL] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=406427"]Poetry Challenge #11: Pride (+ Kanye West)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=407940"]Poetry Challenge #12: Passing By (+ Allegory)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=409258"]Poetry Challenge #13: Take this Society (+ Ballards)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=410760"]Poetry Challenge #14: The Dark (+ Add Zombies to taste)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=415791"]Poetry Challenge #15: The Great Winter (+ Elegy)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=417418"]Poetry Challenge #16: What Nature Reclaims (+ Lay)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=418313"]Poetry Challenge #17: Storm Clouds Rising (+ First Person)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=419736"]Poetry Challenge #18: The Phoenix (+ Enjambment)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=421110"]Poetry Challenge #19: Psychopomps (+ Assonance)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=422444"]Poetry Challenge #20: Death in the Family (+ Limericks)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=26619482"]Poetry Challenge #21: A Night on the Town (+ Didactic Poems)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=425008"]Poetry Challenge #22: A Letter to the World (+ Inside Outside Poetry)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=426516"]Poetry Challenge #23: The Blues[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=427803"]Poetry Challenge #24: Space, Above & Beyond (+ Prose Poetry)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=429287"]Poetry Challenge #25: Futurism (+ Avoid Technology)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=430591"]Poetry Challenge #26: Prove you Exist (+ Lyrical Poetry)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=432161"]Poetry Challenge #27: Love, Happiness, Peace, Summer & Pixar! (+ Couplets)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=434042"]Poetry Challenge #28: Dying Earth (+ Blank Verse)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=435426"]Poetry Challenge #29: War (+ Narrative/Epic Poems)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=436879"]Poetry Challenge #30: Dreams (+ the return of First Person)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=438759"]Poetry Challenge #31: At Gunpoint (+ Epic Poetry/Broetry)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=440199"]Poetry Challenge #32: Two Sides of an Epic Coin Toss (+ Metre & Rhythm)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=441967"]Poetry Challenge #33: Lust (+ Poetry Slam)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=443863"]Poetry Challenge #34: Fear (+ Lyric Poetry *To Accompaniment)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=445754"]Poetry Challenge #35: Detachment (+ A return to allegory)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=447521"]Poetry Challenge #36: Open (+ Throw Paint on the Wall, See What Sticks!)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=448920"]Poetry Challenge #37: Chained (+ Cinquain poetry)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=450994"]Poetry Challenge #38: The Human Experience[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=452677"]Poetry Challenge #39: Of Plants & Trees (+ The return of the Limerick)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=455585"]Poetry Challenge #40: Homelessness (+ Etheree)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=457217"]Poetry Challenge #41: Escape[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=458459"]Poetry Challenge #42: Eve of Destruction (+ Chōka)[/url] [url="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=460127"]Poetry Challenge #43: A life worth keeping (+ Anger)[/url]