Fortnightly Writing Competition- One Sentence Poem. Deadline- May 25th

Started by Sane Co., Sat 12/05/2012 02:57:13

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Sane Co.

In this competition, you are supposed to write a one sentence poem. One Sentence. A whole sentence. And nothing more than a sentence. You can write a long sentence, or you can write a short sentence the choice is yours.
Examples:

Fleas
Adam had 'em
-unknown
or

DEATH SENTENCE
Have you heard how Cuthbert Hatch
To find a gas leak struck a match
And thereby hastened his dispatch
To realms unknown to you and me
Who have not yet been foolishly
Inclined to leave posterity
To puzzle for itself just why
We chose to make our fragments fly
Forever upwards to the sky
As Cuthbert did when in the dark
He smelled a smell and sparked a spark
Which sent him rising like a lark
--A very shattered fowl it's true
With no bit large enough to stew,
And nothing any cat could chew--
Into the unresisting space
Where there is never any place
To rest one's feet or wash one's face
Though this for faceless, feetless folk
As Cuthbert was my then, poor bloke,
Is not by any means a yoke
Which is impossible to bear
For it's with truth that I declare
That cases are extremely rare
Of people ceasing to exist
And then, assuming they'll be missed,
Proceeding forthwith to insist
On spreading sadness with their pen
Among their former fellowmen
With news of things beyond their ken
By writing letters to the press
To say that they are in a mess
Which words in print cannot express
For they're aware that we below
Quite rarely care just how they go
And once they're gone don't want to know
The finer details of the fate
Which suddenly transformed their state,
From Man Alive into The Late
Lamented such as Cuthbert Hatch
Who found that leak with lighted match
And who thereafter failed to catch
The interest of the public eye
Or stir mankind to spare a sigh
--which may explain precisely why
I think that Cuthbert Hatch (the Late)
Would not expect to read (or rate)
A second sentence on his fate?
-John Slim
Or you could do a Haiku, the possibilities are endless.

Sinitrena

That is a very difficult theme when your native language is not English but I tried anyway. Grammar and choice of words might be questionable.  :-[

Moon Promise

I promise you
- before you go -
a dress in blue
from long ago

because I know
I love you more
than red Bordeaux
on sandy shore

and though I fear
you’ll leave me soon
I’ll shed a tear
for you, my moon,

when it is time
for you to leave
because I rhyme
for you, night thief,

who is the reason
for my dreams
in every season,
through all screams.

Sane Co.

Hey, that was pretty good, and it was only one sentence. Anyone else up for the challenge?

Jakey

Someday
How I long to finish my game
That I have been working at for days
And over countless nights,
To which there's no end in sight,
But I continue regardless
Of the hours of darkness,
In hope that someday
My game will be complete.

Sane Co.

I enjoyed that, it was funny.

Also there are three days left any more entries?

LTGiants2000


Calin Leafshade


Sane Co.



Sane Co.


Sinitrena


Jakey



Sane Co.

And Jakey wins!
You now have full rights to go make a new contest!
Plus some extra goods!
Like cancer cookies and death pie!

Jakey

Haha! Thanks :)

Maybe we can get some more voting action in the next one through. I'll start the next contest in the next few days.

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