Competition: Warning From the Past

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Warning From the Past

While exploring the ruins on Inos Thirteen you find a strange message carved on a tablet that seems to relate to the history of the creatures we have found and the attacks, possibly left long, long ago by others that found and drove off the beasts.

In Haiku or Quatrain format, write the message found from the past that details the account of a previous invasion. Poems must be at least four stanzas to qualify.

If you have not completed the Poetry Studies course or need a refresher please see link below

https://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/shadow_academy/courses/11-poetry-studies

Submissions should be via a .doc or .docx format or using the submission box.

Competition Information

Parent Competition: The Inos Incursion
Organized by: Malisane Sadow
Running time: 2020-12-20 until 2021-01-24 (about 1 month)
Target Unit: Clan Naga Sadow
Competition Type: Poetry
Awards: Third Level Crescents and Clusters of Ice as per VOICE guidelines
Participants: 4 subscribers, of which 3 have participated.

Results

1st place

Professor Sanguinius Tsucyra Entar

Member

Professor Sanguinius Tsucyra Entar

Textual submission

Beware traveller
Danger lurks all around you
Fear the Dark unknown

Betrayal, Strife, War
The Darkness descends on you
Death comes on swift wings

Biting teeth, sharp claws
Terror, wailing, blood, gore, death
The Darkness draws near

The Darkness is all
Ignorance is no excuse
You must heed our words

Placement

1st place

2nd place

Warden Kojiro Keibatsu Sadow

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Warden Kojiro Keibatsu Sadow

Textual submission

Oh crud they are near,
The evil beasts are now here,
Run or you will die.

We did try to fight,
But many did lose their lives,
We cannot hold them.

Perhaps we could win,
But our chances are quite slim,
In truth we will lose

I am the last one,
I hope whoever reads this
Will stay away and run.

Placement

2nd place

3rd place

Adept DarkHawk Sadow

Member: Adept DarkHawk Sadow
File submission: Inos_Poem.pdf
Textual submission: This is my submission for the Poem comp. I was influenced by the Wraith poem by John Clark and thought the premice of the poem was fitting for the prompt. Took me a while to get my stanzas to align and make sense. I actually had to look for examples of a Quatrain style poem.
Placement: 3rd place