Contest Lizardmen Poetry Competition April-May 2017

I won't be entering. **Poetry not my strength.

But I could proofread something short.

Note: Multi-Book Epics regarding the defense of Itzla are beyond what I could manage. (**Line 5 of that limerick was a struggle; I have no clue if it is still a limerick if it has six lines.)

 

I remember that poems can have "meter". Pentameter means five meters. I think there are other terms, e.g: Quadrameter[?]

And Haikus are different from all that.

That's about all I know.

 

Oh man. Most real-world religious epics are very hard to imitate. Epic poetry in general doesn't use rhymes, but rather specific rhythms and technical devices, making them difficult to write and kind of weird to read for newbs like me. They were often intended for great recitals by trained orators, and on the page they can feel heavy and dull. It's normally better just to have a simple rhyme, like couplets (business raptor ftw!) or the classic ABCB stanzas that go on for as long as you like. Truth is, epicness comes more from the subject matter and tone than the rhyme or rhythm.

The easiest pre-made form to recommend is of course a sonnet, which can be just as epic as anything else, but is pretty simple to read and write. The rhyme is ABABCDCDEFEFGG. The rhythm is iambic pentameter: 10 syllables per line, with stress on every second syllable, like a heartbeat. If you want more than 14 lines you can string multiple sonnets together, thinking of each one as a "chapter". But don't enslave yourself to form, and feel free to branch out into new patterns if you feel they suit the style you're going for.

 

I usually prefer composing in free form.

 

Huh, surprised no one was foolhardy enough to brave the tunnels of the Underempire to seek the Ratty Gnawtail that dwells there. I hear he's a bit of a terrible poet-thing with all the prancing, strange tight-things, and lute. No rhythm though.

I, brave Y'ttar, mighty skink-thing seer shall undertake this most deadly-dangerous of mission-things and scent-see if he can spare five minutes.

 

First pass completed.

 

Anybody else need a proofread/edit?

 

Looking forward to reading more entries hosting this gives me the advantage of getting to read them all first (well maybe second since people are proof reading) but still keep them coming in

 

Rash seraphon slain
Returns to his starry womb
Something potato

 

The contest is starting, it's getting tense,
Old Crowsfoot's words aren't making sense.
It's time to go, no turning back.
His Terradon swoops in to make an attack.
His crest is flared, a fiery orange....
What rhymes with... oh Dammit.

 

Try:
His crest is flared, orange and fiery...

www.rhymes.net/rhyme/fiery

 

Business Raptor had to make an appearance at some point on this thread

 

I have just finished and entered a rhyming tail.
Or have I? Or am I just saying this to throw you off of another writer's trail.
I could tell you now or you might have to wait a month....
Now what rhymes with mon... Damn it!

 

I can confirm that @Bowser has entered a poem,
or am I trying to confuse you from knowing,
the truth is you see,
he sent something to me,
or are these threads of untruth that I'm sewing?