The Poet's Challenge - The Semi-Finals










Round V, the semi-finals.


One of you will go.


Three will remain, to battle it out.















[[ Qualifiers ]]



Aya Umitake,
elfflower1989
Delfishie
TheBaronVVV




[[ Eliminated ]]


Santas Daughter
Black Dragon14
TheCelticBard
Celeste Stanford,
Christine Daae,
bowmore bill
litolhumst













Round Five





You must create a poem based on this form:






Asfa'riviera







- Four stanzas of five lines.



[[1st stanza]]

- Rhyme scheme is abcba
- Syllable count for each line is 10.


[[2nd stanza]]

- Rhyme scheme is abbac
- Syllable count for each line is 9.


[[3rd stanza]]

- Rhyme scheme is cacab
- Syllable count for each line is 8.


[[4th stanza]]

- Rhyme scheme is abccc
- Syllable count for each line is 7.

















RULES:


- Any theme
- No abuse, adult or erotica.
- Keep low on the cussing
- No *bunny*iness on behalf of any contestant or judge.
- No whinny babies
- Just stick to the given form.
- Spell check.
- PLEASE - mention username in Authors Notes










JUDGES:


Asfand & callthexylphone










DEADLINE:




23rd February.

No extensions, only four ppl are left, either you're in or out.












Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on March 1, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 100
  • Final notes:
    The semi-finals are over.




    Now it's the final straw.





    The stakes are high.









    Who will leave.


    Let's find out in the elimination column.

Contest Winners

  1. Asfa'riviera: Bereft of Shadows
    He fell from the moon to my cold doorway delighting in the pleasure of the fall.
    by Delfishie 100 words, 8 comments, on Feb 16 12:59 AM 2008. In Poetry
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

Entries [2]

  • There aren't words.
    There are millions of things you've never said / Millions of things I have needed to hear / Plenty of words I could find solace in / In the silent spell as you held me near / Plenty of things you could have done inste
    by elfflower1989 100 words, 4 comments, on Feb 18 10:37 AM 2008
    • Commented on by judge.

Add a comment

    : Comment:

Comments

1 - 6 of 6

  • elfflower1989
    February 15, 2008
    Edit | Reply
    You do know it's possible to change the settings so that you can see the author's names in your contest, right?


    • Asfand
      February 15, 2008
      Edit | Reply
      It's for gold members only....sadly, I don't own a credit card...


      • elfflower1989
        February 15, 2008
        Edit | Reply
        Lol really? Because I've done it before and I'm not a gold member


  • callthexylophone
    February 15, 2008
    Edit | Reply
    Fanastic, Azzy! But what a difficult form for a poem! Good luck, kiddos.


  • Delfishie
    February 17, 2008
    Edit | Reply
    Is there a website you could point out that explains the history and meaning of the Asfa'riviera? I tried to look one up on google but nothing popped up. Is there an alternate spelling, perhaps?

    • Asfand
      February 18, 2008
      Edit | Reply
      Not a website, no, sorry.

      but i could give you brief introduction.


      asfa'riviera - created by me, on february fifteenth. asfa is my signature name, and riviera is the name of a painting that has inspired many of my poems.

      i've been through so many forms over the last few days, i merged some of them together to create this. i was going to give you the La'tuin form, but it's got internal rhyme and swapping verses which makes it very hard.

1 - 6 of 6