henwen + jack panther.

[soulping]

You find yourself transported across to the far end of the pond - although how you got there (and why you're suddenly separated from the other teams), you can't be sure.

In front of you, you see a long wooden table with scrolls on it - one blank one with a quill and ink ensemble next to it, and a few others with words written on them in dainty script.

Comments

round 1.

[swansonged]

word lists.

[swansonged]

[ Upon further investigation, you may notice that the scrolls with writing on them contain the following words... ]

verbs.

[swansonged]

add
film
obtain
jam
preach
program
search
tease
satisfy
test

nouns.

[swansonged]

planes
frog
rose
stone
market
tank
plants
tin
toothpaste
war

adjectives.

[swansonged]

deep
aromatic
abounding
dependent
fabulous
fast
lonely
offbeat
obtainable
workable

adverbs.

[swansonged]

instantly
dreamily
actually
joshingly
terribly
miserably
unexpectedly
rarely
wetly
yearningly

prepositions.

[swansonged]

on
at
along
until
concerning

discussion.

[swansonged]

[lifehacker]

Fuck me, I should have stayed back in the dorm and taken a dump.

[wherethewildthingsare]

[Of course. Of course it's you.]

Poetry isn't my area of expertise either.

[lifehacker]

Whatever, I'll pretend I'm an up-and-coming white rapper.

Re: discussion.

[letstalk]

Waaah...I don't get it.

[lifehacker]

A fucking dragon.

[letstalk]

A fucking dragon!

Re: discussion.

[wherethewildthingsare]

A poem is a bunch of words that match a rhyming scheme!

Like, the last word of the things you say rhyme.

Re: discussion.

[letstalk]

Oooooooooooooh.

Why?

someone else fix this

[lifehacker]

Someone replaced your heart with stone
And through a deep internal war
You became cold and alone

But were you lonely?
On the planes of your heart
Something was abounding with heat

But actually, it was bitter
The rose, with no flower, only thorn

[ Grumbling to himself in frustration and spent energy for trying, but he sets it down. ]

Re: someone else fix this

[wherethewildthingsare]

[Well that's a lot better than I thought you could do.]

That's not bad.

[lifehacker]

[ Glances at him, but doesn't say anything more. ]

I tried.

[wherethewildthingsare]

Maybe something ..ambiguous.

[Ambiguous and bullshit.] Like, fuck, I dunno..

'Miserably and terribly one lives through war
Lonely,friends buried, marked with stone
The land one loves becomes stained with gore.
A test for man? His true colors shown?
Or is that an lie those who preach shall moan?
Perhaps war is nothing but mankind's greed.
For when one has died, all's left is bone.
Life cut short for other's need.'

[lifehacker]

I like this one. Really tickles the violence and war survivor bones.

[wherethewildthingsare]

The words kinda leaned towards that...

turn-in.

[swansonged]

please give your poem's title in the subject line, and the content of your poem in the message part of your reply.

also, for ease of scoring, please bold all used suggested words.

turn-in is due by 9:30pm PST.

The Tragedy of War

[wherethewildthingsare]

'Miserably and terribly one lives through war
Lonely,friends buried, marked with stone
The land one loves becomes stained with gore.
A test for man? His true colors shown?
Or is that an lie those who preach shall moan?
Perhaps war is nothing but mankind's greed.
For when one has died, all's left is bone.
Life cut short for other's need.'

suggested words bolded whoops

[lifehacker]

Miserably and terribly one lives through war
Lonely, friends buried, marked with stone
The land one loves becomes stained with gore.
A test for man? His true colors shown?
Or is that an lie those who preach shall moan?
Perhaps war is nothing but mankind's greed.
For when one has died, all's left is bone.
Life cut short for other's need.