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Post: 12668289_1 created on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:38:22 +0000
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Post: 12668289_2 created on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:42:50 +0000
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Slots for poetry contest: (20 slots to fill, then we judge)

1. Emergency Hammer - Untitled/Burton
2. cheerupemokid - Lincoln Park
3. demagoguery - Harry Potter loves Led Zeppelin (weezer)
4. zero the last decepticon - The Bothan Spynet
5. Eros Mako- The Long Winded Neglectful Times of Weezer (In C Minor)

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Entries for avatar art division (10 slots minimum to fill before judging, but we may take more entries.)

1. Deacon Nuno - Felix the Knight
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Post: 12668289_3 created on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:23:22 +0000
Posted: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:23:22 +0000

'ellolovelies.

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Post: 12668289_4 created on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:22:13 +0000
Posted: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:22:13 +0000

Haha. Lovely contest. I probably won't have time to enter (*is suddenly attacked by homework*) but I'll try to keep an eye on it. Good luck!

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Post: 12668289_5 created on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:55:33 +0000
Posted: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:55:33 +0000

Cauli

'ellolovelies.

Cauli! heart

Hey, I just thought, should we have a minimum/maximum number of lines for the poem entries?

I'm thinking something like...

minimum: 12 lines
maximum: 40 lines

Yeah, and it shouldn't matter whether the poems are in free verse or a form, as long as they abide by a theme. And I'm usually pretty flexible in terms of theme interpretation, so be creative!

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Post: 12668289_6 created on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 03:05:49 +0000
Posted: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 03:05:49 +0000

Sounds good. I know personally that after the first hundred lines I kind of start zoning out XP

And form? Puhlease- This is open to do what you want; but just as suggestion to people, try to make it work for you. If repetition will make the theme work better, use it!

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Post: 12668289_7 created on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:15:36 +0000
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Haha, yes! I picked the Tim Burton one, 'cause I'm a big Burton fan.

'Twere easy not to use scissors or nightmare...

Anyway here it is. Completely rediculous. Wrote it in ten minuts.

Burton in a Starbucks/
Before Christmas/
"Aye, can I pay with me pot'o'gold?"
Johnny Depp busts in/
Shelalie in his hand

"Gimme all the money!" says he/
"Or I'll go all Raoul Duke!"/
Burton Drinks his coffee/
Which he bought for 40 gold/

Danny Elfman singing softly/
An Oompa Loompa song/
The cashier hands to Depp the money/
Out the door, he's gone/

Burton in a Starbucks/
Can't belive what he did see/
"Did that lad just rob ye blind?"/
The clerk then answers yes/

Danny Elfman/
Synthysizing LSD in a Starbucks/
And conducting and orchestra/
And Burton's wearing green/
And/
Johnny Depp is that much richer/

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Post: 12668289_8 created on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:50:53 +0000
Posted: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:50:53 +0000

You're entered! Good Luck! smile

(I think I should mention that Burton in a Starbucks could be one scene in a greater poetic tapestry, (Like he could walk out onto the street, a spaceship could crash into the starbucks, Barnes and Noble stock crashes, etc.) but the way you have it is fine too.)

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Post: 12668289_9 created on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:43:13 +0000
Posted: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:43:13 +0000

I hereby enter and win this avatar contest.

Also, (disclaimer: not a serious attempt at real poetry. no revision. reading may make your brain bleed.)

Lincoln Park

Standing in line for the ticket booth at Lincoln Park
waiting to see Linkin Park, sing the songs
that wrench my heart
my poor lonesome betrayed heart
it wasn't even satisfied when the ground broke apart
and Abraham Linkin bursted onto the stage
and flew into a multi-line busting rhyme thrusting rage
that could not be caged or assuaged by any sense of dismay
from my misted glasses from the fourth breakup that day
and as old zombie Abe switched microphones from hand to hand
he laid down the mad flow skillz that were in fast demand
which was met with supply as he let the words fly
shredding apart that shitty band's career and making us ask why
why why? had we ever bought into such a shitty scene
with obscene leads and broken screeds of social angst
why be an angster when I could be a gangster?
now watching Abe jeezy makes my stomach queasy
with excitement, something in my pants is tightening,
better run quick to the porta potty
where I find something's going on naughty
and out from the pot breaks a toilet assassin
John Wilkes Booth trying to make an attack again
but the former president snatched an AK-47 out from under his hat
and blew JWB away with a ratta tat tat
and from there I went back to taking a crap