Poem Dome: Getting Tough on Rhyme Crime

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Jeza: Feb 13, 2011; The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them.

Probably haven't written a poem for over 6 years but lol.

The rare wombo-combo simultaneous entry and submission.

Traffic Warden

The bleachbone vistas of my childhood
parched and shimmering hot
have never felt so much a dream
as a red faced man berates me under a grey sky,
raindrops breaching the containment of my collar
and pooling at the base of my spine.
I pull down the brim of my cap
shielding my eyes.
-listen you filthy loving-
He melts beneath a late August sun,
and his words are the susurrus
of Laughing Doves and katydids.
Fingers slip into the polyester folds of my jacket
and produce a blazing sunflower
to gild his windscreen.
Nothing more radiant
in a three mile radius
than my Penalty Charge Notice.
-two minutes! Two goddamn-
He curses fate, misfortune,
And me.
But I am already slipped beyond his words
following threads of red and gold,
double and zagged,
while above, clouds break
and sunlight spills out of a sky I know not which.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2020 16:35

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 11:14

Jeza: Feb 13, 2011; The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them.

Prompt in a couple hours time

# ¿ Feb 28, 2020 17:06

Jeza: Feb 13, 2011; The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them.

Alright, alright, alright. This week's prompt is war poetry. Hoping this hasn't been done in the several pages of thread I did not read through.

Throughout history, people really tend, or at least tended, to write a whole bunch of poetry about war. WW1 and its aftermath could well mark the last high-water mark of poetry itself in the public imagination. Some immortalise, trivialise, satirise, while others explore the heat of battle, the banality of front-line existence or commemorate the fallen.

No form or length requirement. The only requirement is that war in some manner must feature. It doesn't have to be a real historical conflict. While I may call on a judging aid, to put my cards on the table, poetry for me is at its core about evoking emotion or a sense of something. I will likely look more fondly on poems that successfully capture a feeling, whether that be boredom, terror, anticipation, confusion or whatever.

Deadline is uhhh, Friday 6th March?

# ¿ Feb 29, 2020 00:32

Jeza: Feb 13, 2011; The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them.

Sure. Call it end of today, whatever time zone you're in. Will post results and crits Monday, afternoon GMT.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2020 14:00

Jeza: Feb 13, 2011; The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them.

So maybe I let this ride an extra day by accident, let's pretend I was giving super-long benefit of the doubt. Judgement and crits tomorrow :shobon:

# ¿ Mar 10, 2020 02:23

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 11:14

Jeza: Feb 13, 2011; The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them.

The Lord of War is arbitraryfairy. Will post crits, all two of them, tomorrow.

Missing In Action:

Saucy_Rodent
sepirothIRA

Letters to their families will be dispatched forthwith.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2020 02:23

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