POTW #3


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  Posted on November 22, 2008 12:10
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Poem of the Week #3
Official Poem of the Week Thread

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Intro:
Ars Amatoria is a writing guild filled with many great artists.
We write anything from stories, to poems, to songs.
We have decided to start a contest of our own to bring out new and fresh writers.
This contest is also for pure fun and a sort of SOTW for writing.

Prize:
Winner gets bragging rights and can pick next weeks theme. They will be remembered in each new POTW topic and on Ars' clan page, and their showcase will be posted in the Official POTW thread.

Rules:
You may not ask people to vote for you.
You may not vote for yourself more then once.(with alts)
Poems may be written however you want as long as they meet the theme.
Each week the winner shall pick a new theme.
You may only enter one poem.(You may not change your entry.)
All Poems must be in by Friday of the respective week unless there is an exception.
This is a writing competition. Do not say "too long" or "I won't read all of that". Anyone that does so will be reported for spam.

Submitting:
To submit your entry you must pm it to the Ars_Amatoria account.
Do not enter them directly in this topic, they will not be accepted.
All submissions must be entered by the person who made the poem.

Judging:
5 Poems will make it to the finals. The people who shall choose the 5 poems are Kingz_Ro, DRN_Shikamaru, Elpizo, KakashiRinObito and Valken.

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This Weeks Theme:

Theme: Night

Additional Limitations: None

Entry closed

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Previous Winners

POTW #1 - DRN_Shikamaru
POTW #2 - Zhao_Yun
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  Posted on November 22, 2008 12:11
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Entries

In no particular order

#1

Night has fallen
like a shroud of clouds
my god its dark
i am so blind around
tripping on tree branches
i guess im in a forest
it not over tonight
the darkness shall consume
all that touches it all over
like sweet love at midnight
i am horney in the night


#2 --- finalist

Shrouded in mist up to the eyes
Living with death strong in my life
Destruction and torture are all that I see
In the light of heaven is where I should be

Darkness and hate play around with me
Light up the room to destroy everything
I need your hope I need your dreams
Before this darkness makes me scream

The darkness is sharpest when your not around
Consuming my insides I'm left on the ground
Sweating, silent, not making a sound
Tonight I might be driven down

And the night stops my mind
It takes away time
Destroying all that I planned
Turns out, I'm just sand


#3 --- finalist

What a picture –
The stagnant, black lake,
Murky tundra,
In which an upside down duck,
Floating in a broken fragment of life,
Finally rests amongst
Discarded bottles and cans;

The concrete ghost
With glassy eyes,
An imposing mountain rising
In the cloudless sky,
A speck of moonlight
Catching its bearded jaw,
Jagged and absolute;

Striding to meet him,
The unfinished merchant,
Pockets filled with dry phlegm
And flakes of skin,
A bony structure
That has yet to be realized;

A canopy of withered trees,
Scorched with the vanity
Of nomadic tribes,
Here for – what, three years? –
Like a ragged dog,
Marking its territory
And then forgetting
Where its throne lies;

What a picture –
Forget the flash,
This is a snapshot of night.


#4 --- finalist

Sunset skies,
Unshed tears
Quietly I cry
And run from untold fears

From starlit nights
And blind flights

Weeping love
Passion to sate
Fluttering like a dove
My heart cannot escape

From starlit nights
And blind flights

Sunset skies
Passion to sate
Quietly I cry
My heart cannot escape


#5

The night is so graceful
It's also so painful
If day were night it'd be so nice
Endless light, it's dark as night...

The wings of the bats,
The brisk, cold, wind...
It vanishes by dawn; like a shadow in the mist...
The gracefilled energy; the daily retreat
Although so mysterious, it is undoubtably elite...

Feared like spiders; so misunderstood...
If it could change its darkening ways, it definately would...
But night cannot change; it's a leopard's spots...
The night is so hated; I wish it was not

Endless Night; Misunderstood fright;
Endless Night; Soar like a kite...
The endless night; If only it were true


#6 --- finalist

Tick-tock, Tick-Tock
The night sky is silent,
except for the ticking of the clock.
Street Lights flicker on and off.
The nighttime breeze chills the habitants.
All is silent, all is still

The moon is out,
illuminating the essence
of mankind... and things made by mankind.
A beautiful sight... wonderous and amazing
It glows behind the sun
Shimmering in its white glory

People murmur across the streets
Pulling their coats together
whispering into the silence
of the night

The night is mysterious
Sometimes it is dark,
providing difficulty for travelers
Sometimes, it is beautiful,
creating warmth and passion

Yes, Night is by itself,
a wonder of the world
a wonder of the universe
as the thought is pondered,
The clock strikes midnight.


#7 --- finalist

We met at night
Beneath the stars,
Whilst the world slept
Our love was free.

The moon shadowed us,
Fair and forbearing,
Light could not coerce,
Just the night and us.

Mutual hearts
Unveiled by darkness,
The absence of eyes
As kind as consent.

Please don’t go moon,
That’s what we pled,
Dawn came too soon,
Not enough was said.


#8

Night came by,
Pushing day away,
with all of her force.

But slowly, very slowly,
as if in this particular winter night,
night was sleeping all day.

As the last night,
lasted too long, oh so long,
perhaps?

As if night had a schedule,
And she was behind, oh so behind.

But this one night,
Night begun at midnight,

as teasing oh, oh, so many,
lovers of the night.


#9

Night is the time when the world finally gets quite and peaceful.
Where you can forget all your troubles.
Watch the stars sparkle and show reflection in your blue eyes.
The moon sits in tranquility watching you silently.
The dark shadows cast a dark spell making you hidden in the night.
Your footsteps cannot be heard even by you.
The birds no longer chirp in delight.
It seems that your voice becomes hollow and is gone and you are speechless.
Your ancestors watch you go by.
Seeing you growing up, they almost cry.
The moon lowers for its new pronounced sleep.
Your crystals filled eyes seem to lose the glimmer.
Your hidden shadow slowly dies.
The footsteps seem to crackle now.
The bird’s chirps are faint, but still there.
You feel your throat vibrate with sound.
Your ancestors fade away.
Knowing you will be ok.
You start to hear a soft vroom, knowing the world is awaking.
That special part of the day is almost gone.
As you fade into your troubles once again.
Its so very sad because you must now say, Goodbye…


#10

Once the sun sets, the Earth
is embrace by the darkness of the night
Everyone’s' worries and pains are engulfed
and all their woes are slowly soothed away
Even when one's alone huddled
away in a corner of a room
You're never alone
Remember
The stars that are above
They may not be able to speak to you
But, you can speak to them
and they always listen to you
Even when your heart may be breaking
because of all the stresses of life
You have to remember to look up
at the darkness of today
and all it's gift
The gifts that night bring
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POTW #7: Selecting Finalists
Quote by DRN
EVERYONE should have a DRN quote in their sig. It ought to be the law.

^^^Elpizo totally agrees with this as long as the quote is DRN saying that he loves Elpizo
  Posted on November 22, 2008 12:11
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Im IN
  Posted on November 22, 2008 12:14
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nice theme! i ll try and write something
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  Posted on November 22, 2008 12:14
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hi i want to join a clan, so if there is a clan that i fit in, send me an invite.
  Posted on November 22, 2008 12:19
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Quote by Versecker
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Hi, I want to report you for spam, so if you don't want to fit in that report, then gtfo
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POTW #7: Selecting Finalists
Quote by DRN
EVERYONE should have a DRN quote in their sig. It ought to be the law.

^^^Elpizo totally agrees with this as long as the quote is DRN saying that he loves Elpizo
  Posted on November 22, 2008 12:21
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great the new potw is up hope to see great entries
and can i pick one of this weeks finalists ? o.ö

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  Posted on November 22, 2008 12:24
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  Posted on November 22, 2008 12:29
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I'm so in this one.
On my knees, alive but dead
Look at the invisible blood I've bled.


Invite me dammit! D:

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  Posted on November 22, 2008 12:29
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Quote by Zhao_Yun
great the new potw is up hope to see great entries
and can i pick one of this weeks finalists ? o.ö


Hmm, I suppose that could be one of the benefits of winning the POTW, but we'd have to discuss it amongst the five of us (perhaps one of us could "retire" from voting each week to let the winner to pick one, to allow for things like when we'll be busy etc, or maybe we could just have six finalists, but we'll see what everyone thinks)

Also, just to confirm: we can submit poems to the POTW that we've already written as long as they haven't been submitted to POTW before, amirite?
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POTW #7: Selecting Finalists
Quote by DRN
EVERYONE should have a DRN quote in their sig. It ought to be the law.

^^^Elpizo totally agrees with this as long as the quote is DRN saying that he loves Elpizo
  Posted on November 22, 2008 17:55
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*yawn* hey POTW
i'm in, i've also submitted my poem
Starlit Nights
i wish the theme was something else i have better poems for other things
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  Posted on November 23, 2008 02:00
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I'm in this one. Get your ass ready Lazy, it's on!

Endless Night is my title, pm'ed the poem already. Good luck contestants, especially Lazy!
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  Posted on November 23, 2008 04:09
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Im in OFC poems psssh my specialty........kinda..............

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  Posted on November 25, 2008 02:01
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Hey guys, it's probably not a good idea to put your title here, because if you put it in your poem, then people would know it's yours. But hopefully Elp or DRN won't include it.
  Posted on November 25, 2008 02:41
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I'll be back lata to write guys, hoozah

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