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April Madness 2016



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Sun Apr 24, 2016 8:25 pm
Rydia says...



I'm going to offer this:

The Things you Break that Break you

It might have been the way you raised your voice,
an octave higher than my cholesterol bar,
or the warm suds on my cold hands -
perhaps I walked a step too far.
It might have been a choice, half forgotten,
nurtured in the moment when I looked
through the muggy pane of glass and saw-
and it slipped - and I only noticed when I heard
the impact on the floor.

It might have been at fault,
an imperfection on the day it was cast in its mould
and left to set for dinner, maybe twice,
or overnight. I don't recall the sold sign
being written, only the salt thrown over one shoulder
for good luck but did I do it right
or was it left like the rice spilled over the stones
and somewhere between ourself -
and I cried and you lowered your voice and you said -
there are other cups on the shelf.




I finally wrote it @TahaT11n!
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Sun Apr 24, 2016 8:27 pm
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Also @Audy please don't forget to submit a poem! You technically have half an hour but I'm up for at least a couple and I'll look bad if I start docking points off my opponent so you've got time, just don't push it ;)
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Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:42 pm
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Audy says...



I'm going to use his for this one, blergh. My intention was to do some writing but in between birthday surprises and renaissance festivals I'm pooped out with a whopping 8hour tan and rosy burns to show for it. At the very least, I'm back home just in time for Game of Thrones!
  





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Mon Apr 25, 2016 6:57 am
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TahaT11n says...



Yep, buddy @Rydia , you have finally written it! Congrats on that! ;)

But, I haven't progressed a bit..-_-
  





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Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:41 pm
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The results for the semi finals are in - drum roll please!

*drums*

...

*more drums*

And our finalists are...

...

@Rydia vs @Audy
@PenguinAttack vs @Meshugenah

That's right, Audy and Meshugenah will face off against each other for the final round.

Poems can be submitted any time from now until the end of April and as long as the poem was written in April, it's eligible for this round.
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Sun May 01, 2016 8:35 am
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@Meshugenah, dear, you need to submit a poem!
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Sun May 01, 2016 4:49 pm
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Meshugenah says...



Oh, lord, don't laugh at me too much. I thought today was the 31st.

Since I don't like anything else I have written this month... aside tres again. *sigh*

Spoiler! :

aside tres

you felt it before anything;
cool wind through open window,
smell of rain on wet cement
floating between goosebumps

you can almost hear the swells in the storm
between baseball on the radio
(home, summer, freshcutgrass
and overhot skin turning tanlines red
through sunscreen)
and the cat demanding attentionfoodplaywithme
(tuna breath and wet cat)
but the black sky fades
into the water puddling outside the door
slowly creeping closer

it's late spring and even the bugs are confused
flying into rain to dance back to lamplight
wavering with wet wings
to the siren call of blue light
(imminent death)
that bathes both them and the growing night.
***Under the Responsibility of S.P.E.W.***
(Sadistic Perplexion of Everyone's Wits)

Medieval Lit! Come here to find out who Chaucer plagiarized and translated - and why and how it worked in the late 1300s.

I <3 Rydia
  





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Fri May 06, 2016 6:40 pm
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Rydia says...



The results are finally in and the finalists were too closely matched so they're going to have to post another poem!

Okay, okay, it was a tough decision to make but we did in the end select a winner and this year's poetry champion is...

@Audy!

Please join me in congratulating her and @Meshugenah deserves a round of applause as well for putting up an excellent fight!
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Thu May 12, 2016 2:00 am
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PenguinAttack says...



YAAAAAAS AUDSTER AND MESSHHH YESSSSSS
I like you as an enemy, but I love you as a friend.
  








Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.
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