Hey guys,I know there are poetry contests ongoing,but I want to be different.I want you guys to write a Sonnet of Love.It can be anytype of love.It's up to you on wheter you want it to be a Shakespearean(English Sonnet) or a Petrarchan(Italian Sonnet).For those of you who don't know what a sonnet is,it is a peice of literature that consists of 14 Lines,all of which have 10 syllables.
English Sonnet : 3 Quatrains(Four Lines for one quatrain) 1 Couplet(A pair of lines)[Rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ]
Petrarchan Sonnet: 1 Octave(Ten lines form an octave) and a Sestet (a stanza with four lines)[Rhyme Scheme:ABBABBABBA CDCD]
Prizes will be:
1st Prize: Duel Deck {Sorin,Lord of Innistrad} and {Tibalt the Fiend-Blooded}
2nd Prize: {Chancellor of the Spires}, {Chancellor of the Dross}, {Myojin of Infonire Rage},{Argentum Armor},{Evolution Vat},and an Unhinged Swamp.
3rd Prize: Foil {Phyrexian Ingester},Foil {Gloom Surgeon}, MMA Foil {Pyrite Spellbomb} and a Zendikar Forest.
Sorry the prizes are crappy,that's all I have. :P
Hopefully you guys will like this.
Here's an exame of an English Sonnet:
As I look back upon these special times,
I think of the day I first saw your face.
Your smile under the sound of the wind chimes
The angelic aura of thine grace.
Those unfathomable seconds we spent,
togetheras we gaze at the night sky.
While I think back, I myself shall repent.
For all our sorrows have made me awry.
As you depart, leaving behind your heart,
I grasp this gift you have given to me.
Tha fact that you and I will stay apart,
as though, it is not meant to be.
As I walk through these memories of ours,
I know we will remember them for years.
Sed your entries to: miggysrvndo@gmail.com
Is it bad the only thing that jumps out at me is the forest
Edit: and the swamp
So many writing contests... Well, I placed third in birdbrains poetry and won the essay contest (only one other guy participated), so ill give this a shot.
I'm going to enter, but I don't want any of those prizes if I win. In fact, if I win, don't give me anything, because I'm just entering for the fun of it
Hmm... Sounds interesting. When is the deadline?
Can we say November?Making a sonnet us really hard.You guys have until November to do this thing.
Here's my entry
Trapped beneath this one way river, a curse or a bunce?
Wishing it would dry up
Or flow two ways at once
To push me to the surface, out of this trapping cup
Her eyes
Two emeralds beaming with intelligence, and beauty, and traits that will trap men
Her smile a sunrise
Most of her beauty lies within
These arrows, my heart they pierce
What a beautiful rosé she is
This river, she is something fierce
Can't say ill ever be out of this
This river, watering this beautiful rosé
No one knows where it goes
It's about unrequited love
You are a wordsmith birdbrain, +1 from me
Quote from: Mike_garzone on September 23, 2013, 05:13:59 PM
You are a wordsmith birdbrain, +1 from me
no I'm not. Poems are easy when you get down to it. I'll think about it, and get back to everyone with secrets to write a good poem
DL is on Nov. 13.
Ehmm and I was looking to read some sonnets...:D Even though Birdbrains entry is really good it is not sonnet...;) Sonnets have their own structure...;)
Quote from: whitedrake on October 25, 2013, 01:18:36 AM
Ehmm and I was looking to read some sonnets...:D Even though Birdbrains entry is really good it is not sonnet...;) Sonnets have their own structure...;)
Well, given the space we have on the wall...
Quote from: whitedrake on October 25, 2013, 01:18:36 AM
Ehmm and I was looking to read some sonnets...:D Even though Birdbrains entry is really good it is not sonnet...;) Sonnets have their own structure...;)
yes it is. Read it again...ok, I changed it into the proper form
Quote from: Birdbrain on November 02, 2013, 05:44:07 PM
Quote from: whitedrake on October 25, 2013, 01:18:36 AM
Ehmm and I was looking to read some sonnets...:D Even though Birdbrains entry is really good it is not sonnet...;) Sonnets have their own structure...;)
yes it is. Read it again...ok, I changed it into the proper form
Still not a sonnet...;)
You are missing rhymes there...;) sonnet must rhyme in certain pattern...;) depends on the sonnet version but the most common english sonnet which is divided into 4 strophes ( Shakespearean sonnet ) rhymes a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, gg in iambic (mostly pentameter) pattern.
Edit: But please do not take me wrong, I like your entry...;) Only sonnet is really specific piece of poetry...;)
After re-reading it, I'm only missing a rhyme in the first sentence. I'll fix it again
No winner?
Come on guys, let your creative juices flow! There must be a special someone you want to express your feelings to. Now's the time.
For more inspiration, I wrote this one:
"Ponder"
I look back upon my past,
I remember your resounding grace.
The look on your face when I said: "I love you"
And all of it was to be true.
And now look where we are,
Spending eternity together.
The sense that we could be forever
It begs the question: "Have we been lovers before?"
I close my eyes as I do not know.
I, the thinker, am at a loss for words.
For whenever I see , I ask myself: "Why is she so appealing?"
I do not know, but I do know this:
"Our love in not ephemeral, it is eternal"
Wrote this a while ago when I was feeling pretty dark (don't worry, I promise I'm a happy person):
The room is full of poisoned fluidness.
Before it's known, the depth, the legs stumbled,
To cry unto the floor at own behest,
Each tear, a drop in glass, a man crumbled.
The cool of night is pierced by flitting fire.
From hand to mouth the eerie light flickers.
Its owner knows and naught but its desire,
And to resist, the mind, with self, bickers.
The chilling silence shattered, glass in shards.
Through void, a hand has reached, heart pounding
In darkness, anxious, mind a house of cards.
A crack of thunder; silence resounding.
The world, though light inside, shows darker marks,
And humans, lost but seeking, cling to sparks.
we not only miss you
but the love is there
as we watch you slip through
the stands of our hair
hes was not only the one
he was someone who love
he love everything and everyone
but love wasnt enough to stop you from flying like a dove
as i look back at the time that has passed
it has revealed that it is nothing but number
as god picked you for his cast
he had to put you to a permanent slumber
time is best well spent by loving
as loving has prevented this world from caving
im not sure if this is corect but i hope it is. and i just made this and its about my father
I these are all, then I will announce the winner tomorrow.
Do we have a winner yet. And do we win anything if we win. I'm just asking
Never mind. If possible I would love to be in 2nd place
Quote from: Skyshadow731 on January 28, 2014, 09:55:43 PM
Do we have a winner yet. And do we win anything if we win. I'm just asking
If you look at the original post, the prizes are listed. I too am curious to know the winners, however.
Actually, I changed the prize o be anything you wat from my TB.That's for first place. Second will get 2 packs of Theros and third will get one.
I still want to be in the running, but if I win anything, divvy it up between coffee vampire and nightwolf
And if I get third, I'll send money for a second pack
Quote from: IntoFire on January 27, 2014, 05:42:43 AM
If these are all, then I will announce the winner tomorrow.
It's been almost a week. Are you going to say who won?
First: {abstractApathist}
Second:{Birdbrain}
Third:{Skyshadow731}
Quote from: IntoFire on February 02, 2014, 10:37:35 PM
First: {abstractApathist}
Second:{Birdbrain}
Third:{Skyshadow731}
divvy my prize between coffee vampire and nightwolf
Thank you, {IntoFire} for holding this contest!
Yea. This competition is awesome
How are the prizes coming along
IntoFire, have you gotten my pm's?
Will be sending next week.
Sorry guys, I've been studying for my finals.Didn't have that much time to go to the post office.
Quote from: IntoFire on February 21, 2014, 08:55:48 PM
Will be sending next week.
Sorry guys, I've been studying for my finals.Didn't have that much time to go to the post office.
That's okay. Thanks for responding!
Thank you for responding.
It's been two weeks and I still haven't received anything. Any update?
Sending tomorrow. Post office is closed on weekends.
He is also in the phillipines
So it will take sometime