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Contest Lizardmen Poetry Competition April-May 2017

Killer Angel said:
Slannta, do you also offer a service of proofreading and/or friendly advices? ;)
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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.)
 
Scalenex said:
Does anyone here have a background in literature and/or poetry. If you give me a ABABAB rhythm and rhyme scheme I can write something to fit it, but I'm really bad at free form. What is a good pentameter for a religiously loaded epic poem?
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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.
 
Scalenex said:
Does anyone here have a background in literature and/or poetry. If you give me a ABABAB rhythm and rhyme scheme I can write something to fit it, but I'm really bad at free form. What is a good pentameter for a religiously loaded epic poem?
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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. o_O
 
pendrake said:
But I could proofread something short.
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Not me, I don't do "short." On the off-chance I have time to finish my poem which will be written eventually contest or no, @spawning of Bob shall edit it. For every piece I release without his approval tends to be a typo-ridden mess
 
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.
 
Looking forward to reading more entries hosting this gives me the advantage of getting to read them all first :D (well maybe second since people are proof reading) but still keep them coming in :)
 
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.
 
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?
 
Looking forward to checking out L-O's poetry skills.

Well I'm definitely entering this one. I'll probably submit at the last minute as I am going to fret over the details as i try to create high art. In the meantime here is a shameless like-seeking re-post of a piece of drivel I spent twenty minutes on and relied on Bob to edit for me.

Sotek Snakateers Song

What’s the thing we do in the cult

That's made for you and me?

S-O-T-E-K Slau-au-au-augh-ter-ing

Hey! there, Hi! there, Ho! there

Be as violent as can be

S-O-T-E-K Slau-au-au-augh-ter-ing

Lord Sotek!

Lord Sotek!

Forever let us hold our banner

High! High! High! High!

Come along and sing a song

And start sacrificing!

S-O-T-E-K Slau-au-au-augh-ter-ing

Lord Sotek Cult

We'll have fun

We'll bleed new faces

High! High! High! High!

We'll do things and

We'll go places

All around the world...Pond

We'll go marching

With the army activity

That's made for you and me

S-O-T-E-K Slau-au-au-augh-ter-ing

Hey! there, Hi! there, Ho! there

Be as violent as can be

S-O-T-E-K Slau-au-au-augh-ter-ing

Lord Sotek!

Lord Sotek!

Forever let us hold our banner

High! High! High! High!

Come along and sing a song

And start sacrificing!

S-O-T-E-K Slau-au-au-augh-ter-ing
 
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