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tiamat.
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.
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.
rules.
▶ This is a poetry-making game! But since some teams have found it difficult to write their own poems, the swan maiden has provided you with some words she found in library books for inspiration.
▶ Round 1 is the writing period - teams will be asked to compose one 4-8 line poem, as well as give it a title.
▶ Teams are not required to use the suggested words, but they will get points for using them. So if you feel like you got a bunch of crappy words and that you can write your own poem that'll knock everyone's socks off, you're welcome to. Additionally, poems must be sensical - "dog cat bark forest / happy green pink" (aka simply listing out all of your words) will not be eligible for a points win.
▶ Teams are also not required to use rhyme/meter/follow a particular style, but these factors may be used for tiebreakers or may factor into the echo's favorite win.
▶ Round 2 is where teams read the compositions of other teams (anonymously) and vote for their three favorite in rank order (ex. favorite is #1, second favorite is #2, etc.). Teams may not vote for their own poem.
▶ If a team can only be present for Round 1, then they are ineligible to win as a popular poem.
▶ The three win categories possible are most points, most popular, and echo's favorite. The number of wins given to each category is up to my discretion.
▶ Round 1 will run from 8-9:30pm PST, and Round 2 will run from 9:30-11pm PST.
questions?
round 1.
word lists.
verbs.
fry
charge
squash
grin
memorise
kick
list
miss
suit
nouns.
coast
action
example
mouth
jelly
notebook
oil
number
salt
adjectives.
crooked
luxuriant
fertile
gleaming
mighty
romantic
nappy
straight
violent
adverbs.
bashfully
powerfully
thankfully
jubilantly
unimpressively
terrifically
likely
too
upside-down
prepositions.
save
between
versus
within
discussion.
turn-in.
also, for ease of scoring, please bold all used suggested words.
turn-in is due by 9:30pm PST.
round 2.
discussion.
turn-in.
turn-in is due by 11pm PST. should you fail/be unable to turn-in, your team will be ineligible to win via popularity.
Re: discussion.
[Thinking...]
Okay. Let's do this.
Poem for Poem's Sake
Save this example thankfully, miss, before your romantic grin goes south
If it's poetry, or it's straight nappy, doubtlessly coast to coast we'll see
That gleaming, between fertile meanings with charged depth that makes 'em powerfully jelly
Don't be mighty crooked or violent, versus something like fighting rhyming's an art.
Terrifically endurable too, like a luxuriant marbled steak covered in salt
Or a notebook of words flipped upside-down and tossed down to fry in gleaming oil.
A list, delicious, to bump a pallet likely terrifically burdened out of being squashed by this world's dark toil.
[...yeah boyee]
Re: turn-in.
Number two, The Storm and the Sea Serpent
Ooh, and The Porter for number three!
Re: turn-in.