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05-04-2013, 09:07 PM
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Vintage Trouble
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Same Title Challenge
We started doing these on the forum in 2002, first with different poets writing pieces of one poem, and then in 2003 we did different poems about the same illustration. Since then we've done many same title challenges: "Copacetic Persuasion" and "Tangled Florescence" are two that come to mind. It is always fascinating to see how poets take the same title in different directions.
Want to participate in a same title challenge? Are you in? If so suggest a title in this thread. Once we have at least five titles, we'll vote on them and the winner will be the challenge title. Then we'll have a week to produce our poems.
I'm in but I suck at titles so I need to think about this for a while before I can suggest one.  |
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05-05-2013, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Angeline
Want to participate in a same title challenge? Are you in? If so suggest a title in this thread. Once we have at least five titles, we'll vote on them and the winner will be the challenge title. Then we'll have a week to produce our poems.
I'm in but I suck at titles so I need to think about this for a while before I can suggest one. |
I can't think of one at the moment, either, but I'll be up for giving it a shot. I've joined in on a few, although I don't remember the pic you linked. I remember the one with the girl holding the blue flowers.
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05-05-2013, 04:01 PM
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miau?
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i'm in
nano-clams and other molluscs
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05-05-2013, 04:01 PM
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Vintage Trouble
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Originally Posted by Remec
I can't think of one at the moment, either, but I'll be up for giving it a shot. I've joined in on a few, although I don't remember the pic you linked. I remember the one with the girl holding the blue flowers.
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Great! I know you've done a bunch of them Mr. R. 
Ok poets, so that's my title: Blue Flowers
Hate it? Join in and suggest another one.  |
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05-05-2013, 04:09 PM
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miau?
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Great! I know you've done a bunch of them Mr. R.
Ok poets, so that's my title: Blue Flowers
Hate it? Join in and suggest another one. |
my post slid into base just before yours, A |
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05-05-2013, 04:21 PM
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Vintage Trouble
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my post slid into base just before yours, A |
Lol. I hope my title wins. 
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05-05-2013, 04:25 PM
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miau?
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Lol. I hope my title wins.
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hahaha
i rather think it might |
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05-05-2013, 04:37 PM
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Vintage Trouble
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hahaha
i rather think it might |
I have lived through Lauren Hynde's Tyranny of Weird Titles so I'm up (sorta) for whatever. I'm more for the simple titles, but my choices usually do lose.
Que sera!
I'll just channel my inner mollusk.  |
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05-05-2013, 06:05 PM
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My word is pentimento
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05-05-2013, 07:30 PM
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Vintage Trouble
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My word is pentimento
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Had to look it up to distinguish it from what my mind kept wanting to see. These~
This is getting interesting. Two to go.
C'mon you slackers. Take the plunge. You know you should. |
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05-05-2013, 10:28 PM
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The Several Ways the Ocean Wins
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05-06-2013, 09:58 AM
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I am a river to my people
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Originally Posted by butters
i'm in
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Tiny bivalves foul my hull, gone are its sleek lines.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Angeline
Great! I know you've done a bunch of them Mr. R.
Ok poets, so that's my title: Blue Flowers
Hate it? Join in and suggest another one. |
Blue flowers mend the horizon and hold the sky to the land.
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Originally Posted by Tristesse2
My word is pentimento
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Armageddon pentimento over you.
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Originally Posted by Tzara
The Several Ways the Ocean Wins
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Tide and sand are the potter and his clay.
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05-06-2013, 12:39 PM
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miau?
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Originally Posted by Angeline
Had to look it up . . .
This is getting interesting . . . |
ditto'd 
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Originally Posted by Tzara
The Several Ways the Ocean Wins
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niiiice
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Originally Posted by bronzeage
Tiny bivalves foul my hull, gone are its sleek lines.
Blue flowers mend the horizon and hold the sky to the land.
Armageddon pentimento over you.
Tide and sand are the potter and his clay.
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you're going to find this a walk in the piece of cake, aren't you? and i keep wanting to call you river
so - where's your suggestion for a title, mr? |
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05-06-2013, 01:05 PM
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Literotica Guru
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Angeline
We started doing these on the forum in 2002, first with different poets writing pieces of one poem, and then in 2003 we did different poems about the same illustration. Since then we've done many same title challenges: "Copacetic Persuasion" and "Tangled Florescence" are two that come to mind. It is always fascinating to see how poets take the same title in different directions.
Want to participate in a same title challenge? Are you in? If so suggest a title in this thread. Once we have at least five titles, we'll vote on them and the winner will be the challenge title. Then we'll have a week to produce our poems.
I'm in but I suck at titles so I need to think about this for a while before I can suggest one. |
We also did them on purple paint samples and the different moons throughout the year. And one word titles, like Still, which turned out pretty interesting how everyone interpreted the word "still".
My suggestion is, "Porn for Poets". |
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05-06-2013, 01:56 PM
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Vintage Trouble
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So far
we have five prospective titles~
nano-clams and other molluscs
blue flowers
pentimento
The Several Ways the Ocean Wins
Porn for Poets
We still may get an entry from Remec. And if anyone else wants to throw a title into the mix, go for it!
But how will we choose the one? If we did a poll, we'd all vote for our own titles, no? Probably.
I have invited a guest poet to look at our whole list of titles, without focusing on who submitted what. She (our guest) will simply pick the one she thinks will work best. And then we'll write. Who is this illustrious guest? Stay tuned and see.
Let's say we have until this Friday (5/10/13) to submit titles. So keep them coming! |
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05-06-2013, 07:49 PM
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I am a river to my people
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Originally Posted by butters
ditto'd
niiiice
you're going to find this a walk in the piece of cake, aren't you? and i keep wanting to call you river
so - where's your suggestion for a title, mr? |
I thought we were going to do them all.
I'll go with The Several Ways the Ocean Wins. |
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05-06-2013, 07:57 PM
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Vintage Trouble
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I thought we were going to do them all.
I'll go with The Several Ways the Ocean Wins.
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The official title for the challenge hasn't been chosen yet.
The challenge is for everyone to write with the same title, once it has been picked. |
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05-06-2013, 10:15 PM
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Am I too late?
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05-06-2013, 10:18 PM
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Gerund Whore
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Suggests .......... Never trust a man whose eyebrows meet in the middle
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Blessed are the cracked for it is they that let in the light
They say a smile is a gift which is free to the giver and precious to the recipient.
But giving the finger is free, too, and I find it more personal and sincere.
If at first you don't succeed....skydiving is not for you ....
If you don't pay your exorcist .... do you get repossessed?
I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind.
....But I, being poor, have only my dreams, I have spread my dreams under your feet,Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.......
Nil Caborundum illigitimi
Sestina slut
Annie submits
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05-06-2013, 10:58 PM
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I agree with Neo - one word titles could be very interesting.
like "Father"
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05-06-2013, 11:54 PM
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I am a river to my people
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Angeline
The official title for the challenge hasn't been chosen yet.
The challenge is for everyone to write with the same title, once it has been picked. |
I'm being difficult. |
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05-07-2013, 07:15 AM
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Literotica Guru
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Suicide Is Not A Solution
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05-07-2013, 11:05 AM
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The Title
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05-07-2013, 01:46 PM
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Vintage Trouble
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Quote:
Originally Posted by UnderYourSpell
Am I too late?
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You? Never ever ever. 
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Originally Posted by bronzeage
I'm being difficult.
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Another reason to love you, Bronze.
And now the new and improved list:
nano-clams and other molluscs
blue flowers
pentimento
The Several Ways the Ocean Wins
Porn for Poets
Never trust a man whose eyebrows meet in the middle
Father
Suicide is Not a Solution
The Title
That's nine so far. Do I hear ten? Remember, if you're in, you have to write a poem based on whichever title is picked. Title entries are being accepted through Friday. On Saturday we shall have a weiner....a winner. |
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05-07-2013, 02:09 PM
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miau?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Angeline
we have nine prospective titles~ . . . But how will we choose the one? If we did a poll, we'd all vote for our own titles, no? Probably.
I have invited a guest poet to look at our whole list of titles, without focusing on who submitted what. She (our guest) will simply pick the one she thinks will work best. And then we'll write. Who is this illustrious guest? Stay tuned and see.
Let's say we have until this Friday (5/10/13) to submit titles. So keep them coming! |
what a good idea |
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