Contest#3 - September "Capture a Character" Poems
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Glenburne and Zella,
Reading your last poems just now made my day! Glenburne's Guardian was chilling with the images and atmosphere you create. Zella's sonnet was so charged with emotion I was drawn into this precious last moment...
Thank you again!
Encore !!
Reading your last poems just now made my day! Glenburne's Guardian was chilling with the images and atmosphere you create. Zella's sonnet was so charged with emotion I was drawn into this precious last moment...
Thank you again!
Encore !!
VictorianLady
Member
Looks like fun! Here's my entry:
To an Evil Ape
Back at the beginning, when the world was still young
A boy gave up hope, to undo what he'd done.
Now at the end, when the world has grown old,
A monkey has traded his country for gold.
He set up himself as the mouthpiece of God,
And ruled his fellows with a Calormene rod.
He fattened himself on the woes of the squirrels,
And denied to a lamb, the privilege of words.
Oh Ape, you were clever! You sold them your lie.
You've had your reward—the shells by your side.
But the dogs and the bears--the ones you despise--
Are rising again; they will bring your demise.
Now at the ending, wise Shift can you tell,
Why wisdom and cunning have brought you to hell?
But children have trusted, and fools have prayed,
And an idiot donkey shall surely be saved.
To an Evil Ape
Back at the beginning, when the world was still young
A boy gave up hope, to undo what he'd done.
Now at the end, when the world has grown old,
A monkey has traded his country for gold.
He set up himself as the mouthpiece of God,
And ruled his fellows with a Calormene rod.
He fattened himself on the woes of the squirrels,
And denied to a lamb, the privilege of words.
Oh Ape, you were clever! You sold them your lie.
You've had your reward—the shells by your side.
But the dogs and the bears--the ones you despise--
Are rising again; they will bring your demise.
Now at the ending, wise Shift can you tell,
Why wisdom and cunning have brought you to hell?
But children have trusted, and fools have prayed,
And an idiot donkey shall surely be saved.
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VictorianLady
Member
Thanks, Trisscar!
Those two are my favorite lines--the general principle is so true and shows up all through Proverbs.
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Aslans Messenger
New member
This bit was my favorite. It was a wonderful poem, good job!!
I'm not sure I'll be able to enter. The issue with my sister's illness kinda got me sidetracked. Don't wait for me if I don't enter before the month ends. There will be other chances for sure.
Copperfox
Well-known member
What kind of messed-up set of priorities is this? Putting family love, and life-or-death situations in the real world, ABOVE doing fun things? We should only have MORE people with your kind of messed-up priorities.
Congratulations!!
Thank you all for your wonderful submissions!
Okay here are the Results from our eight judges that included 2 moderators, one English teacher, 5 Narniacs not on the Forum (including three teenagers, 1 twenty-something, and one octogenarian who read the Chronicles when they first came out in the 50's and who studied with Clyde Kilby in the 80's at the Marion Wade Center at Wheaton College):
Congratulations to Glenburne
who is awarded the status of
Poet Laureate
for her top ranking poems
"King Lune" (post #32),
"Lucy--Christmas, 1945" (post #22) and
"The Landing of Prince Cor: Or, "The Guardian" (post #35) - which received more votes than any other entry, including five out of eight first place votes
And Here are the PlaceWinners:
1st Place - Fernshirehobbit, "The Last Memories of a Beech" (post #6)
2nd Place - Zella, "The Death of King Caspian X" (post #38)
3rd Place - Aslans Messenger, Edmund acrostic (post #14)
*which shared the distinction with Fershirehobbit's Beech poem as being the only two poems that made it on every judge's favorite seven list...
Honorable Mentions (Other Top Vote-getters):
"King Edmund" by Zella (post #9)
"To His Majesty, King Frank the First of Narnia" by Copperfox (post #17)
"A Haiku for Glimfeather (in The Silver Chair)" by Copperfox (post #20)
"To an Evil Ape" by Victorian Lady (post #43)
"Eustace Clarence Scrubb" by Trisscar (post #12)
"Glozelle" [movie version] by Sopespian (post #24)
Hearty Thanks also goes to amdd97 who designed the amazing prize avvies for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place poets, and to Gondorgirl who did the Poet Laureate Award. To our distinguished winners: Post them with impunity!
Thank you all for your participation and labors of love...
Stay tuned for the announcement for our next TDL contest through November:
The Great Christmas Card Competition!!
Also Coming Soon:
Our Own Narniafans/TDL 2011
C.S. Lewis Quote Calendar Project
Thank you all for your wonderful submissions!
Okay here are the Results from our eight judges that included 2 moderators, one English teacher, 5 Narniacs not on the Forum (including three teenagers, 1 twenty-something, and one octogenarian who read the Chronicles when they first came out in the 50's and who studied with Clyde Kilby in the 80's at the Marion Wade Center at Wheaton College):
Congratulations to Glenburne
who is awarded the status of
Poet Laureate
for her top ranking poems
"King Lune" (post #32),
"Lucy--Christmas, 1945" (post #22) and
"The Landing of Prince Cor: Or, "The Guardian" (post #35) - which received more votes than any other entry, including five out of eight first place votes
And Here are the PlaceWinners:
1st Place - Fernshirehobbit, "The Last Memories of a Beech" (post #6)
2nd Place - Zella, "The Death of King Caspian X" (post #38)
3rd Place - Aslans Messenger, Edmund acrostic (post #14)
*which shared the distinction with Fershirehobbit's Beech poem as being the only two poems that made it on every judge's favorite seven list...
Honorable Mentions (Other Top Vote-getters):
"King Edmund" by Zella (post #9)
"To His Majesty, King Frank the First of Narnia" by Copperfox (post #17)
"A Haiku for Glimfeather (in The Silver Chair)" by Copperfox (post #20)
"To an Evil Ape" by Victorian Lady (post #43)
"Eustace Clarence Scrubb" by Trisscar (post #12)
"Glozelle" [movie version] by Sopespian (post #24)
Hearty Thanks also goes to amdd97 who designed the amazing prize avvies for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place poets, and to Gondorgirl who did the Poet Laureate Award. To our distinguished winners: Post them with impunity!
Thank you all for your participation and labors of love...
Stay tuned for the announcement for our next TDL contest through November:
The Great Christmas Card Competition!!
Also Coming Soon:
Our Own Narniafans/TDL 2011
C.S. Lewis Quote Calendar Project
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Knight of Narnia
New member
That's wonderful! Congratulations everyone!
Who knew we had so many wonderful poets here on our site?
Who knew we had so many wonderful poets here on our site?
Congratulations to everyone! And I like that way of judging, it makes so much sense
im prolly blushing right now... im rather shocked... cuz ive never really won anything. thank you, my dears i feel very honored.
VictorianLady
Member
Congratulations to all the winners (and a pat on the back to us honorable mentions)!
I'm so happy a got an honorable mention! Congratulations to everyone; all the poems were fantastic!