Competition: Contemplating the universe

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Contemplating the universe

Contemplate the universe and write a lovely poem about whatever you can think of during your contemplation. Poem must be at least 12 lines long and can be any format as long as it meets the line length requirement.

Competition Information
Organized by
General Kell Palpatine Dante
Running time
2015-06-14 until 2015-06-30 (17 days)
Target Unit
Clan Scholae Palatinae
Competition Type
Poetry
Awards
Third Level Crescents
Participants
6 subscribers, of which 6 have participated.
Results
1st place
Lucyeth
Member
Lucyeth
File submission
contemplation.docx
Textual submission

SW Lucyeth
#13700

Placement
1st place
Member
Maximus Alvinius
Submission
Maximus Alvinius opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
2nd place
3rd place
Ala'ar Rinn
Member
Ala'ar Rinn
Textual submission

Ever expanding, my gaze is ever to the future

An architect's plan that none can consider, but from chaos there is order

Arms outstretched, I turn; starlight trails slowly behind me

Millennias going by; to me, a blink of the eye

A valse as old as time; life and destruction, death and decay

Scattered civilizations scream as they race to discover and claim me,

Generations gazing up in awe at what I simply am, and seemmingly always will be:

A dream!

Finite lifeforms trying to contemplate and outsmart the eternal

Dreams of being among the stars; seeds caught on solar winds...

Concerned, they only see with a mind of half a century: an eternity of tomorrows that will never be;

Mere seconds in a grand design that spans across an inifinity

They do not understand or comprehend

I am ever expanding and ever changing,

My gaze is ever to the future.

Placement
3rd place
4th place
Rouvenor
Member
Rouvenor
Textual submission

In the beginning there was nothing,
But in truth there will always be something.
Just as we are all human,
We can hope to escape this ruin.
We are all destined for the stars,
But deny it whilst we sit in our bars.
Life is too short for this endeavor,
But yet we strive to live forever.
Even the stars burn out in time,
But they are never cut short in their prime.
Just live your life to its fullest,
For this world is totally ruthless.

Placement
4th place
5th place
Mayda Ferium
Member
Mayda Ferium
Submission
Mayda Ferium opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
5th place
6th place
Ulfsark
Member
Ulfsark
Textual submission

Stars, shining up high
taking away the darkness
from a night clear sky
what a shiny little dot
maybe Sirius, or perhaps Venus
can you touch my little planet
too filthy to be loved
down in the dirt there is a rat
little dog made it ran
why did you run away
you're going to the highway
little dog you made me cry
with the stars you will forever be

Placement
6th place