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April Madness 2016



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Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:10 pm
Rydia says...



One hour left!

@Morrigan, @niteowl, @Lumi
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Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:11 pm
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the (non) master of my own (sham) destiny
"You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand." Leonardo Da Vinci

<YWS><R1>
  





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Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:19 pm
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Shoot. Here's mine.

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"So many poems growing outta them they're practically a poet-tree"
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Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:19 pm
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Rydia says...



The results for Round one are now in if I could have a drum roll please, the winners are highlighted below in bold!

@Meshugenah vs @Steggy vs @Morrigan
@Sarah12 vs @Pompadour vs @Rydia
@Strange vs @Audy vs @fortis
@Aley vs @Pretzelstick vs @niteowl
@TheSilverFox vs @Iggy vs @PenguinAttack
@Lightsong vs @Lumi vs @Lareine

Clearly being on the right hand side of the draw is good luck, unless you're Audy who makes her own luck! (Sorry fortis...)

So what are the pairings for the next round?

On the winner's side we have...

Morrigan vs Rydia
Audy vs niteowl
PenguinAttack vs Lareine


No more reprieves, three of these poets will be going home and the other three on to the semi final!

Then over in the loser's heat, all battling it out for that last spot in the semi final are:



You've got a few days to rest write more poems and then I'll be calling for your next submissions from the 8th April!
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Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:19 pm
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Here you go: in the tiger's eye
I like you as an enemy, but I love you as a friend.
  





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Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:25 pm
Rydia says...



Thank you @PenguinAttack!

The rest of you have a day and a half to get those poem in :D

@Meshugenah @Steggy @Morrigan @Sarah12 @Pompadour @Strange @Audy @fortis @Aley @Pretzelstick @niteowl @TheSilverFox @Iggy @Lightsong @Lareine
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Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:32 pm
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Steggy says...



Here's mine: first time's a charm
You are like a blacksmith's hammer, you always forge people's happiness until the coal heating up the forge turns to ash. Then you just refuel it and start over. -Persistence (2015)

You have so much potential and love bursting in you. -Omnom
  





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Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:59 pm
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TheSilverFox says...



Will this satisfy? a pull away from the universe
S'io credesse che mia risposta fosse
a persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse.
Ma per ciò che giammai di questo fondo
non tornò vivo alcun, s'i' odo il vero,
senza tema d'infamia ti rispondo.

Inferno, Canto 27, l 61-66.
  





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Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:06 pm
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niteowl says...



here, have a lame environmental apocalypse poem
"You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand." Leonardo Da Vinci

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Vervain says...



I guess I'll throw Cottonmouth Girl into the mix.
stay off the faerie paths
  





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Fri Apr 08, 2016 6:29 pm
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Sarah12 says...



Here's mine!


Spoiler! :
Slaves of Creativity

Lost in the soft swoop of a brush
Or the rough scratch of a  pencil
Skidding across the soft page with a rush
The rubber eraser, completely tensile

The slave of the moving beat
Shuttered in a studio behind drawn blinds
Slave of the paint sliding down a smooth sheet
A rush of force coming straight from our minds

Creativity holds many captive
Deep in recesses of crafted perfection
Unable to escape, utterly adaptive
Able to spot the slightest change in deception

A slave of the harsh, imaginative mind
Close to escape but forced to continue
Shaping perfection in which their mind is entwined
Creativity is set in their every muscle and sinew

A slave of creativity
A note for all writers! If something goes wrong in your life, yell "PLOT TWIST!" and move on.
  





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Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:18 pm
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Rook says...



Languid, the Lavish Laelias Languish
I guess this is mine.
Instead, he said, Brother! I know your hunger.
To this, the Wolf answered, Lo!

-Elena Passarello, Animals Strike Curious Poses
  





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Sat Apr 09, 2016 11:47 am
Rydia says...



I'm entering this for the moment:

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On the Spectrum

Stop. Breathe in. Breathe out and count
the hairline fractures in this paving stone,
the dent where your first phone cracked
into a jigsaw with only middle pieces.

You can barely see the mark but you remember
and that's your lifeline,
re-circuiting your eyes so that you can see
the things we can't.

Stop. Be calm. Be right and let in the light,
don't block it out. Turn around,
touch the ground and ground yourself
in the stagnant routine that leaves you
in our childhood.

You can barely move forward for too much noise
but we are your lifeline,
moving forward so that you can stand still
and let the world turn around your spectrum.
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