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The Neapolitan Games (Weekly NaPo Mini Challenges)



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Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:27 pm
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SilverNight says...



WEEK THREE: April 16 - April 22



Strawberry Challenge



Vanilla Challenge


before snowdrop season- "you were always a little too intent on seeing/the other side of the surface ice that frosts you/away from me now."

Chocolate Challenge


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"silv is obsessed with heists" ~Omni

"silv why didn't you tell me you were obsessed with heists I thought we were friends" ~Ace

"y’all we outnumber silver let’s overthrow her >:]" ~winter

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Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:28 pm
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Strawberry Challenge
Salt and Pepper
Spoiler! :
...o cruel little life so sweet...


Vanilla Challenge
writer in disguise
Spoiler! :
feeling and seeing things of a
kind that look like sea creatures
of emotion, though i can sit and think i want
to think i feel as a mer in a wild wave...


Chocolate Challenge
PM sent!
Think like a proton; always positive ;)
  





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Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:47 pm
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herbalhour says...



STRAWBERRY
humans are inhumane
VANILLA
egocentric (underwater volcano)
CHOCOLATE

spotify
NOW PLAYING:
I Think He Knows, Taylor Swift
0:10 ──●───────── 2:55
◁∥ ||PLAY|| // STOP // ∥▷

~l o v e r~

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Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:49 am
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WeepingWisteria says...



Week Three
Omg, I’m so late posting this, but I promise these were written pre the 22nd >.>
Strawberry Challenge:
Origami Hearts Shaped like Poetry
For the lines:
I went to a seer about us,
but she couldn't see what was coming.


Vanilla Challenge:
Heart Fragments in Picture Frames
For the lines:
I long for frozen oceans,
trapped under the ice like a superhero.
She/They/Fae

“the wist i knew would never allow a straight boy in their stories” ~Omni
“Hi Omni can I request wist get the role mom friend :]" ~winter
“ah yes, fear Wist's smile :) <- speaks of layers and layers of secrets” ~mint
  





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Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:31 pm
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alliyah says...



The Neapolitan Games: WEEK THREE WINNERS



Strawberry Challenge


(used Paradox in their poem)
@AmayaStatham
@LuminescentAnt
@Rose
@herbalhour
@WeepingWisteria

Vanilla Challenge


(used an Underwater / Diving theme in their poem)
@AmayaStatham
@LuminescentAnt
@SilverNight
@Rose
@herbalhour
@WeepingWisteria

Chocolate Challenge


(found the mystery line from.... @envy's poetry thread)
@WeepingWisteria (First to find! - Literally MOMENTS after challenge was posted)
@SilverNight
@herbalhour
@Rose
@AmayaStatham

Congratulations everyone!



Points & Badges to be distributed asap if you haven't already earned your full set of strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate! By the way, I really enjoyed reading the paradox / underwater lines this week! Thank you all for sharing your poetry and participating!!
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Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:36 pm
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alliyah says...



The Neapolitan Games: FINAL CHALLENGE: April 26-April 30



Strawberry Challenge

- Time to add a little extra kick to your poetry, and try out new skills! Use The Poetic Element(s): Rhyme, Rhythm, and Repetition... by writing a Villanelle (between April 26-30) and post the link in this thread to claim the badge.

Villanelle - We had to go big for the last days of NaPo right? A villanelle, uses many different poetic techniques, but namely rhyme, rhythm, and repetition (to make the challenge a bit easier you are not required to use iambic pentameter, but every line should have 10 syllables, 19 lines in length and use this pattern - a1-b-a2/a-b-a1/a-b-a2/a-b-a1/a-b-a2/a-b-a1-a2... Here, a1 and a2 are always the same line and every line with an a must follow the a rhyme scheme, while every line with a b must follow the b rhyme scheme. For a fuller description and examples Check out my Orchard Article.

Vanilla Challenge

- Was your poem a "NaPo Classic"? If your poem used The Poetry Theme of... Ice Cream between April 25-30 you can claim this badge. Just link to the poem, and quote the line that you think follows that theme/topic to claim the badge. We've got to keep it sweet for the last week of this wonderful month!

Chocolate Challenge

- Time to go out and read some sweet sweet poetry! Find the NaPo poem among the other threads from this week that uses This set of NaPo Lines:
"The azure past is trickling through the trees
as fuzziness of memory drifts by
in little puffs of cloud and crystal wisps,
in warm reflections from the sunny sky."

posted between April 12-26 and PM the answer to @alliyah to claim this badge. Try not to use the "search forums" option to locate it.

Deadline for the final week is May 1



If you win a challenge, in addition to earning a cool badge, you also can get 25 points! Any questions? Ask below!

Also please pull up a new spot for week two claiming just so I can keep track of everything more easily. Thank you so much for participating! :)
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Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:41 pm
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OrabellaAvenue says...



@alliyah I think these are the same prompts as before :D
"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."
~Dr. Seuss

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@OrabellaAvenue - just caught me mid-editing! Should be ready to go now! :)
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AmayaStatham says...



Strawberry
-

Vanilla
26| Dreamescape

Like the taste of an ice cream
As delicate and sweet
So are my memories


Chocolate
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Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:15 am
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Que says...



Strawberry:
under the rain shadow
Here's a villanelle! With a slight adjustment on the repeated lines, not sure if that still counts but thought it would be neat. :)

(side note, it would have been terrific to have the villanelle be the vanilla challenge... vanillanelle? XD)
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