Competition: [Desperate Measures] Poetry

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[Desperate Measures] Poetry

In space no one can hear you rhyme.

Construct a poem that is topical of the feud, however do so without using a rhyme scheme. Topics to be considered for inclusion in your poem; Taldryan, Odan-Urr, War, Space, Death, Victory, Hope.

There is no specific form of poetry that you must use when completing this task. All poetry from Haiku - Sonnet are welcome, but as adherence to form is an element that will be graded, you must specify in your submission what style of poetry you are using.

Grading:

Meaning and originality: 40% Sensory details: 25% Adherence to Form: 25% Grammar: 10%

Competition Information

Parent Competition: Desperate Measures: A COU-TAL event
Organized by: Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, Adept Alaris Jinn
Running time: 2017-05-22 until 2017-05-29 (8 days)
Target Unit: Entire DJB
Competition Type: Poetry
Awards: Third Level Crescents
Participants: 13 subscribers, of which 8 have participated.

Results

1st place

Aurora "Aura" Ta'var

Member

Aurora "Aura" Ta'var

Textual submission

Poem: Haiku
Title: War and Hope

Loss is hard to face.
First, the hole left by sadness,
then comes the anger.

We tell ourselves, "No!"
"No, this won't happen again."
But it will one day.

Why do we still fight?
We fight for all our loved ones.
And we fight for hope.

Placement

1st place

2nd place

Raistline Taldrya Majere

Member: Raistline Taldrya Majere
Textual submission: Brothers fight in arms
Elders cease to give warning
The Throne misguides all
Placement: 2nd place

3rd place

Junazee

Member

Junazee

Textual submission

Flashes of red and green within space over planet Edrien.
There is a war against the Iron Navy.
For Clan Udan-Urr comes to aide Clan Taldryan.
A hope for a victory, and to avenge those that had lost their lives.

Written in Free Verse form.

Placement

3rd place

Adept Celevon Werd'a

Member

Adept Celevon Werd'a

Textual submission

Line Poem:

Our
Deaths
Are
Not pre-determined
Unless our
Reaper is off the
Rails

Placement

No placement

Colonel Len Iode

Member

Colonel Len Iode

Textual submission

Haiku

Free Star Destroyers
Lotus attacks the Station
Hope shall be restored

Placement

No placement

Rian Taldrya

Member: Rian Taldrya
File submission: Poetry_(10701).pdf
Placement: No placement

Edgar Drachen

Member

Edgar Drachen

Textual submission

Haiku Style

Odan Urr lost much in fire
the Jedi were lost to the stars
with the Lotus hope blooms

Placement

No placement

A deleted dossier

Member: A deleted dossier
Textual submission: Where will it all end?
A chaotic scene of death and destruction
Resistance versus Pravus
Placement: No placement

Droveth Kathera Vectivi

Member

Droveth Kathera Vectivi

Textual submission

Stars shimmer in and out,
Was it a ship or just a sun?
Bright and loud and burning hot,
No place that we can run.

Turn and flee another day,
and dream another night,
of peace and hope and a better way.
In sleep we cannot fight.

The time has come to stand ground,
Defending what is just.
The truth will always set you free,
In the Lotus we trust.

Shakespearean Sonnet

Placement

No placement