Poetry Contest

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Poetry Contest

Poetry Contest

Well, we haven't had one of these in a while, have we? Time for a new one, I say! Welcome, resident poets!

The rules are pretty simple. I am the first judge. I will give you a theme, and you must write a poem relating to the theme. Be creative with your interpretations! I will then judge the entries by a set date, and the winner will then be the next judge, and set the next theme. And so on, and so forth. 

The first theme will be... *dramatic drumroll*

Stars! Whether you chose to write about the kind of stars you wish on, or the kind that take the stage, I will be eagerly awaiting your sparkly, shiny, beautiful poems. Have them in by... Saturday, March 18. Two weeks. Sound fair? 

I hope to see your poems soon!

~Booksy <3 

submitted by Booksy Owly
(March 4, 2017 - 8:58 pm)

back to the Pudding's Place

Thank you so, so much! I'm so honored! :)

I'll get back on the theme soon—also, does anyone know when the judging date typically would be? (For example, two weeks from now?) I'm pretty new here. 

submitted by Cruciverbalist, chasing midnights
(October 2, 2023 - 7:59 pm)

I think it's typically two weeks from now, like you said. Also congratulations!

submitted by Moon Wolf, age lunaryears, A Celestial Sky
(October 2, 2023 - 10:34 pm)

Okay, sounds good. I probably can't judge exactly two weeks from now, so how about October 21? The theme is midnight.

submitted by @all--Cruciverbalist, in shadows
(October 3, 2023 - 6:36 pm)

Thank you thank you thank you pangolin and everyone else, for your encouragement about my poetry!! <3 You've made me feel more confident, which is a big step for me, and best of all, I've found myself getting back into more regular poetry writing! I'll be posting for the next prompt soon!~

submitted by Flamarestii, whispering leaves
(October 6, 2023 - 8:25 pm)

Midnight

Midnight

It flies upon me

Gently as a dove

Yet ringing in my ears

The moon glowing

Oh-so-bright

Quietly, majestically,

In the night

Midnight

When the clock strikes

Could you tell me

Just once more

Why I replay

Loop upon loop

The same song

Over and over

Midnight

It falls down

Dancing in my head

Like lyrics to a song

Since I can never

Get it out of my head

No matter how

Hard I try

Midnight

It tells me to flee

Run back home

Like Cinderella

Running from

Her prince

But something tells me

To stay

Midnight

Could you just

Give me the courage

To stay here

Even when 

Midnight strikes

Even if I can never

Be with you

submitted by Moon Wolf, age lunaryears, A Celestial Sky
(October 3, 2023 - 7:42 pm)

Misty alleys

Dark streets

Black moon

Quiet feet

Sneaking through the dark

Everything is still

Dripping rain

A shivering chill

All alone

In the shadows hide

But if you’ll look

On the other side

The mist will clear

The rain will lift

And the sky 

Will rip a rift

And the stars will twinkle

Hitting you with sudden insight

A sliver of a moon smile

At midnight


submitted by Hawkstar
(October 5, 2023 - 8:58 am)

Ooo, that gave me shivers! I love the "moon smile."

submitted by Flamarestii, starry-eyed
(October 6, 2023 - 9:29 pm)

Thanks! you gave ME the shivers, saying that my poem gave YOU the shivers :D

submitted by Hawkstar
(October 8, 2023 - 4:00 pm)

Greetings! This is my first time ever on Chatterbox, but I have been looking and exploring for a week or two now. Here's my poem:

Moon-dappled

In the

Moon-dappled

Forest

Silence reigns

Or so it seems

But there is the

Whispering of the

Trees to the moon

And the

Slow, quiet

Melody of

Growing

In the

Moon-dappled

Forest

My heart

Sings

In the

Moon-dappled

Forest

Of midnight

 

I am open to critique! I want to improve my writing, so if you have anything to say, please let me know!

–Avara C. <3 

submitted by Avara C., age 14 , Wandering
(October 6, 2023 - 7:54 pm)

Amazing poem @Avara C (wow)!!!!! I can't really say for critique.. maybe if you're open to some punctuation, that'd be helpful for sorting out separate sections (e.g. idk if this is intentional or not but w/o punctuation it can be read as "growing/in the/moon-dappled/forest./My heart sings/in the/moon-dappled/forest/of midnight" OR "growing./In the/moon-dappled/forest/my heart sings./In the/moon-dappled/forest/of midnight"? I've been reading it the 1st way and just realized the 2nd, which, personally, I much prefer btw), but really, that's all! And, welcome to the CB! Glad to have you (and yay your first post is a poem!)!!! :DD

 

Also finally my poem decided to write: 

 

Isn’t it ironic that

Midnight is the time I feel most awake

Most alive 

Most me?

That dead of the night when

Silence reigns and

Everyone else is sleeping,

In their own separate worlds, I’m

Laughing my heart out.

But silently, of course.

I’m always silent after all.

So quiet that people are always

Stepping on me

Overlooking me

Looking for me and I’m

Standing right in front of them,

Wondering when I came into class, maybe I was there the

Whole time perhaps they just

Missed me.

But Midnight.

Now, Midnight

Is a time I can be as silent as I want

And nobody misses me

Because there’s nobody to miss me,

And the night is simply silent with me in companionship

And I’m free.

Free to do whatever I want

Feel whatever I want 

Where no one can tell me otherwise

And free to be outrageous and

Uncontrolled.

Midnight

When that clock strikes twelve,

The magic hour,

 

I spread my wings and

Soar.

submitted by CelineBurning Bright, age Poetryland, The FireMist Sea
(October 7, 2023 - 1:30 am)

Hi, @CelineBurning Bright! Thank you for everything you said! I had it in my brain that no-one would think my poem was any good, so you kind of just made my week. :D Anyway, I just wanted to say you are an amazing poet! I will try it out with punctuation just to see. 

Thanks,

–Avara C. 

submitted by Avara C, age 14, Still wandering
(October 7, 2023 - 12:11 pm)

Ahh thank you! :D It made my week that I made your week lol, glad I could help (and your poem is definitely very good!)!

submitted by CelineBurning Bright, The Poet’s Realm
(October 8, 2023 - 11:53 pm)

Hello! love reading poetry, but I rarely write any of my own. I would love to try some though, so here it is:

Untitled 

Running

Bounding

Leaping

Through midnight.

Nothing to see me

Nothing to stop me

Flying

Soaring 

Gliding 

Through midnight.

Nothing to hurt me

Nothing to trap me

just me and the moon

and midnight.

 

Well, there it is. It sort of just came out. 

Go ahead and tell me if I did something wrong( though how do you go wrong with poetry?)

 

submitted by Swallowpoint, age 14, Flying
(October 7, 2023 - 11:04 am)

Hi! I would really like to join this! I love just taking a poetry book off the shelf and reading it. I also love writing them. So here it is:

title 

I lay awake, 

Under the stars,

listening to their whispering, 

At Midnight, I see the moon,

It is always so bright!

Midnight is always changing

It never stays the same.

 

It is sort of short, but is that OK? Please comment if you want to say how I can make it better!

-Nyx

submitted by Nyx N., age 12, W.A.Y.L
(October 8, 2023 - 10:16 pm)

@Swallowpoint and Nyx N., y'all have such amazing poems too! Glad you're writing poems (and sharing them with us!)! Hmm.. critique.. well, as Swallowpoint says, you really can't go wrong with poetry, but I'll try my best! 

@Swallowpoint, I love your poem so much! It gives really nice imagery and feeling, you can really see and feel the motion and the continuousness (if that's a word, maybe just continuity then) of it all!! And I love how all those verbs seem so free and wild and exhilarating, and how you're doing all of that "through midnight", like you're not going around it or in it or over it or anything, you're going straight through and coming out the other side, which I feel adds to the feeling of absolute freedom that your verbs give too, and your conclusion is absolutely perfect (and those lowercase letters are a nice touch)! If I absolutely had to give criticism, I suppose I'd just suggest some punctuation like I did with Avara C, like maybe some commas after "nothing to see me", "nothing to stop me" for the flow and stuff (though I don’t think you need them)? But nice job!
@Nyx N., I love your poem too!! The imagery and feelings are also really good, I feel you paint the scene of you lying in bed (assuming), watching the changing midnight really well! I love love love your transitions or whatever it's called from listening to the stars whispering to "at Midnight, I see the moon", because it really brings you into the moment and you feel like you're in the passage of time bc you were in the before too and suddenly there's a moon.. that probably didn't make sense sorry. And I love the "It's always so bright!" also, it just fits so well there! For critique, I suppose for rhythm reasons, making your poem something like "I lay awake,/Under the stars,/listening to their whispering,//At Midnight I see the moon,/(second line),/It is always so bright!//Midnight is always changing/It never stays the same." just because it feels like you've established that the verses are gonna be three lines (excuse my poetry vocab if it's wrong, I don't rly know it), and the last one being two is fine cuz it's a conclusion, but it just felt kinda off to me for the second one to only have two, it felt like it was missing one, I'm rambling and not making sense sorry I'm tired... but really really great poem!! I love it! Love all of these! :D
submitted by CelineBurning Bright, age Poetryland, The Realm of the Poets
(October 9, 2023 - 12:18 am)
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