Poetry Comp...or not?

Critic2 · Post by **Critic2** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:03 pm

what do you think. one of our formal poetry comps the topic being staying in a hotel, next room to LC. or just a new thread where geezers post their poems which start with Jim's opening 2 lines

"Leonard Cohen stayed in the room
next to mine in this Mumbai hotel".

proper comp always takes a lot of organising, and , boo hoo, little thanks (except from the classy people like Laurie who always pms her thanks).

anyway, please vote.

LaurieAK · Post by **LaurieAK** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 6:04 pm

Awww, Mikeee~

For this, I will let my razor-blade gather dust another day.

(except from the classy people like Laurie who always pms her thanks).

love,
L

Critic2 · Post by **Critic2** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:15 pm

slow down everyone, I am becoming overwhelmed by your over-eager responses and almost excessive voting.

Snow (retired) · Post by **Snow (retired)** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:21 am

Critic2 wrote:
>. . . poems which start with Jim's opening 2 lines:

"Leonard Cohen stayed in the room
next to mine in this Mumbai hotel".

where is MUMbai? somewhere near baghDAD, tAUNTon or GRAN canaria? by the way, did you know that jim's poem 'deleted' is an exact plagiarism of one i wrote a while ago called 'nothing'. it goes like this:

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lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 1:49 am

Snow ~

Wonder if there's a good barrister around to help you sue the scouser.

Teratogen · Post by **Teratogen** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:12 am

i did something similar to that, snow, titled "The Biggest Poem in the World" and on a sheet of paper i wrote, "POEM." i think that oughta win c2's literary award of the month. hahahaha.

so far since i voted it's tied 50/50, 12 votes total. anyone gonna get the balls to go for another one? or are you all afraid they might get flicked with a rubberband?

Martine · Post by **Martine** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 2:21 pm

Critic2 · Post by **Critic2** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 2:32 pm

Martine wrote:I've voted for the comp, should be fun if we can get a few posters involved.

Out shopping yesterday for a pair of shoes ~ bought a last minute holiday instead!

I'm packing ~ will be back in a week.

terrible decision, shoes last much longer than holidays and have way more sole. have a good time. are you staying in the next room to Leonard Cohen?

Teratogen · Post by **Teratogen** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:02 am

this comp ain't goin' nowhere.

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:13 am

Well, it's not a bad idea, imo. I've tentatively started a poem... but I don't like the two given lines much.

John K. · Post by **John K.** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:25 pm

I would enjoy the challenge of writing for another competition, but would prefer a new topic, so I had to vote no. Sorry.

Critic2 · Post by **Critic2** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:13 pm

John K. wrote:I would enjoy the challenge of writing for another competition, but would prefer a new topic, so I had to vote no. Sorry.

John, do you mean you don't like the mandatory 2 line starter or the whole next to door to Leonard idea?

remember if we start a comp. we need volunteers to run it and then they choose the topic and you may get another trouble maker like J O E setting a stinker like W I N T E R.

he even disqualified my entry, which was a 548 line romantic homosexual tribute to Snow, on the absurd grounds that it was both off-topic and obscene, wholly missing the pun, but then that's J O E for you and his strange W A Y of doing things.

this time let's hope we get a proper J U D G E again whom I can bribe appropriately, that's B R I B E....

John K. · Post by **John K.** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:42 pm

I usually like open-ended ideas, but I could work with the idea of being next door to the master. I wouldn't like being tied into the first two lines though.

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:43 pm

My feeling exactly, John K.

Teratogen · Post by **Teratogen** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:45 am

oh, i voted for it because i could care less. bring on the mandatory two lines. hahaha. might be boring for the judge, like a teacher reading 30 essays from their classroom on the same topics, but i guess it's all up to the judge, right?

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