Thank you to the poets who entered last week's Poetry Dice Challenge!
You have done a stellar job showing off your inspiration from the roll of the dice! Rory's Story Cubes are fun and amazing and I am glad to share them with all of you. Building up the poetry community, the PDC3K is a great way to meet your fellow poets and partake in something larger than yourselves. It's a way to branch out and break the mundane with a new style of matching words to images that hasn't been done before. I hope you enjoy making poems from the dice as much as I do!
What is taken into consideration when judging
Many things can add or subtract to the value of a poem, including:
- grammar / Does it make sense?
- flow / Are there any unclosed loopholes that leave me confused?
- rhythm
- rhyme
- imagery / Can I imagine the pictures the words paint?
- feeling / Does it cause a reaction?
- and emotional pull / Do I suddenly have an opinion?
*Contest Disclaimer:
The winners are based on the entries which I(we) think are the best. I am not saying anyone is a bad poet, I will not say that. Instead, I(we) seek to offer you encouraging and supportive feedback as a fellow poet.
Guest Judge for Week 2 - @mamadini
Thank you so much for your valuable time and feedback @mamadini! It was great to have you on board this week. The poetry community thanks you for your contribution to the PDC3K.
The more opinions the merrier. Please join along if you would like to take a turn judging or even co-judging next week's challenge. Drop me a comment below or message me in https://steemit.chat/direct/robyn.eggs.
The next challenge will be posted shortly. All entries to week 2 are now closed.
Honorable Mention - @mitchelljaworski
"Steemit Hustle"
A sea of masked faces, minnows abound
Homes across the world waiting
As post payouts brings smiles and frowns
Steemit is a scary place, is what they have found
Trending posts to the moon for the same people it seems
Wishing for a whale to set a blog a blaze
Hoping it’s not all just a pyramid scheme
Review
Epic translation of the dice! - @mamadini & @robyneggs
3rd Place goes to...(1 STEEM)
@pyrowngs
"Shadow School of Fishes"
Sitting by the campfire
Pondering some thoughts.
Realizing these flames
Are more than just hot.
They cast my shadow
Lengthwise, dancing like a plume.
But the fire doesn’t know me,
And neither does the moon.
The shadow moves around
Just the same as me.
But what emotion do I feel?
The shadow puppet cannot see.
I could be happy,
Sad, or mean,
Wearing a mask,
Or envy with green.
I travel this world
With a heart full of wishes,
Between home and the pyramids
With a shadow school of fishes.
Reviews
This poem had excellent rhyming and imagery. I can imagine the school of fishes as unrealized traveling wishes... - @robyneggs
I love this entry for the 'sing-song' flow and completeness of thought -- Wonderful imagery, very much a strong piece that speaks of triumph over ones emotions and sate of being. - @mamadini
2nd Place goes to...(3 STEEM)
@elementm
"Wise Alien"
Welcome, spaceman
To our earthly home
I'm not surprised
That we're not alone
Can I travel
The cosmos too
As freely as
You now do?
Through pyramid portals
Would I then fly?
Or like a fish bathed in flames
Would I sadly DIE?
You smile then cheerfully reply
"Do you shriek at shadows
In a well lit room?
Do you fear the night sky
When you can't see the moon?
Perhaps outer space
Isn't your best bet
You've not fully mastered
Inner space yet"
Reviews
Moving, this poem takes me to another world. The alien is indeed wise. Excellent use of the imagery. Great job @elementm! - @robyneggs
I love this entry for the imaginative quality it possesses! I get a feeling of self synthesis and perhaps healing with this one. - @mamadini
1rst Place goes to...(5 STEEM)
@jerrytsuseer
"PDC3K - Entry 2"
Walking through the Louvre one day,
Passing the pyramid along the way,
I saw Mona Lisa’s enigmatic smile,
The eternal flame flickered a while,
(Shadowy alien fishes across the walls did play,)
Then the moonlight ran my frown away.
Reviews
This piece feels effervescent! There is a sweetness here that is charming and playful. - @mamadini
Stellar job on nailing a concise and powerful entry to this week's challenge! You hit home the way you fit all nine images together in a way that creates a visible story in the reader's mind. There is a lot here is such a tiny poem. - @robyneggs
Again, many thanks to the entries of the Week 2 PDC3K!
This couldn't be possible without all of you! Cheers and wishing you all many happy returns on Steemit and beyond!!
(All) Entries to the Week 2 PDC3K:
- Free at last by @jerrytsuseer
- Entry 1 by @girlbeforemirror
- Horror Trip by @yoganarchista
- The Tourist Fisherman by @marfa
- How Dice are Formed by @natasmr
- Steemit Hustle by @mitchelljaworski
- Shadow School of Fishes by @pyrowngs
- Entry 1 by @bleedpoet
- Entry 2 by @jerrytsuseer
- I came free somehow by @sumsum
- A Forwn undone by @cupid
- Scared of Being Alone by @tegoshei
- Fire by @japhofin8or
- Inner Conflicts by @positiveesteem
- Wise Alien by @elementm
- The Alien on the Moon by @hopehuggs
- Evil Shadow
- Feeling Brand New
- The Dice of Life by @artdellavita
- Breaking Dawn by @unspeakableme
- Bulletproof Heart by @unspeakableme
- The Moon Behind the Clouds by @unspeakableme
- One Crazy Night by @thelastsage
- Nocturnal Life is Looking at Me by @droucil
I apologize if any entries were missed. Thank you to all who joined this week. Your entries were all wonderful to read!
Whether you are taking a break from your own flow, or you desperately need pushed over the writer's block edge...this poetry challenge is for you. This first week I have seen more participation than in any previous Poetry Dice Challenge. It couldn't have been possible without all of us coming together and sharing our versions of how the dice speak to us. I hope the following weeks will continue to be an inspiration for you and the ones close to you. Cheers! And thanks for all you do!!!
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