[b]The NeoGAF Poetry Corner - Challenge #37: Chained[/b]

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[b]Theme[/b]: [highlight]Chained[/highlight]

Interperet the theme however you see fit, whether the chains in your piece are metaphorical, or all too real.

[b]Secondary Objective[/b]: [highlight]Cinquain[/highlight]

In 1909 American poet Adelaide Crapsey, inspired by the Japanese haiku and tanka poetic forms, devised her own; the Cinquain. These short, unrhymed poems consist of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, over five lines.

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[B]Poetry Thread Rules 2.0[/B]

For poets entering:

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[*]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. ;)
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For voters:

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[*]You can vote even if you haven't posted a poem.
[*]Vote for your three favourite poems. But remember that: 
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[*]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'
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[*]You cannot win unless you vote.
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Competition:

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[*]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:
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[*]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
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[*]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.
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General:

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[*]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.
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[b]Submission Deadline[/b]; (PST)

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[b]Voting Deadline[/b]; (PST)

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[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]