Competition: A Verse

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A Verse

Stanzaic Pattern

Lines of poetry are commonly aranged in a rhythmical unity called a stanza (from an Italian word meaning "room" or "stopping-place"). Usually all the stanas in a poem have the same rhyme pattern. A single stanza is called a verse. Your objective for this competition is to provide a verse of your making.

Competition Information

Parent Competition: A Period of Poetry
Organized by: Creon Neverse
Running time: 2022-04-01 until 2022-04-30 (about 1 month)
Target Unit: Entire DJB
Competition Type: Poetry
Awards: Second Level Crescents
Participants: 8 subscribers, of which 8 have participated.

Results

1st place

General Ronovi Tavisaen

Member: General Ronovi Tavisaen
Textual submission: Too much is asked of armored fools
who converse with heavy blade,
for when the war contract is signed,
prices of blood are paid
Placement: 1st place

2nd place

Nora Olen

Member: Nora Olen
Submission: Nora Olen opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement: 2nd place

3rd place

Sera Kaern

Member: Sera Kaern
Textual submission: Well, what is in a verse?
A few words, no more, coupled,
A string, a list, a message, a curse,
Or a phrase of peace, for waters troubled?
Placement: 3rd place

4th place

Grand Inquisitor "Aequitas" Anderson

Member: Grand Inquisitor "Aequitas" Anderson
Submission: Grand Inquisitor "Aequitas" Anderson opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement: 4th place

General Socorra Tenebrosa Nhar’qual Erinos

Member: General Socorra Tenebrosa Nhar’qual Erinos
Textual submission: I tried to rhyme once
I failed like a dunce
Dreadful were my rapping stunts
I have become the joke end of butts!
Placement: No placement

Dek

Member: Dek
Submission: Dek opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement: No placement

Dr. Ben

Member: Dr. Ben
Textual submission: The Jedi Code calls us to live for the Light
The Force running through us, its Will our decree
Wars we want not, only for Peace shall we Fight
Against the growing Dark, the Jedi fight for the free
Placement: No placement

Raiju

Member: Raiju
Textual submission: There once was a girl from Throb,
Who was known for being kind of a snob.
While she wasn't what one would call a heartthrob,
She made up for it with one hell of a handjob.
Placement: No placement