Challenging Discussion

Angeline said:

This is a thread for discussing poetry challenges here on the forum. This way we don't mucky up the actual challenge threads with our ever-lyrical blabbing (always an issue for me).

Maybe you want to suggest a new challenge, wail (or preen) about the current challenge(s), tell someone how much you like their poem, offer editorial suggestions, post a link to YouTube, I don't care. You'll do whatever you want anyway.

Um you all rawk. Carry on.

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bronzeage said:

I like a tanka challange. One person writes a tanka and the next person starts their tanka with the last word of the previous one. Its nice if there is some continuity, but its not necessary.

The only other rule is for cases when two people respond to the same piece. The next person has to write two tankas, each which end in the same word, to bring order back to the thread.

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bronzeage said:

I like a tanka challange. One person writes a tanka and the next person starts their tanka with the last word of the previous one. Its nice if there is some continuity, but its not necessary.

The only other rule is for cases when two people respond to the same piece. The next person has to write two tankas, each which end in the same word, to bring order back to the thread.

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Tzara said:

All I can say is that I hope Sal is using a fountain pen.

I mean, I would, and thank God for blotting paper.

Oh, Champie, you embarrass me. A superb ekphrasticism. You win the "coveted" Tzara of approval.






What was that? No, I always give the kiss there. Is that a problem? Well, can you just... Yes, move your leg that way. That'll work.

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bronzeage said:

I like a tanka challenge. One person writes a tanka and the next person starts their tanka with the last word of the previous one. Its nice if there is some continuity, but its not necessary.

The only other rule is for cases when two people respond to the same piece. The next person has to write two tankas, each which end in the same word, to bring order back to the thread.

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unpredictablebijou said:

okay so after all that brilliance I hate to pull this away from tankas but this IS the talking-about-challenges thread and I need help. Could someone coach me through the process of actually putting a picture into a post, rather than just including a link? I'd like to do that for T's lovely Anaphylaxis challenge and I haven't figured out how.

thanks from the Luddite,
bj

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Liar said:

You need to upload the picture to a website that allows hotlinking, and then put a linking code in your post.

I use Photobucket.com for all my post pic needs. If you upload a pic to there, they provide you with the codes you need. Just cut and paste into your post and presto.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e394/mi_liar/dabunny.jpg

Hit the quote button on this post if you want to see how the image code looks.

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unpredictablebijou said:

I will begin the attempt forthwith. May still have to yell for my geek. Thank you.

bijou

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Angeline said:

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5. When you come back here and open your reply thread, click on Insert Image, right click and paste the url you copied, then click on Insert Image again to add the end code (which is just [/I]). That'll do it. <-- "IMG", not "I". "I" is italic.
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Liar said:

Except, Angeline, if you link to any site you randomly find on Google, you'll have no way of knowing if the image is there the next day. And many sites don't allow direct image embedding like that, aka hotlinking.

That's why I always add the steps (a) save image to your hard dive and (b) upload image to a server you can trust

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Angeline said:

Here's what I do for photos not on my hard drive:

1. Go to Google images and find a thumbnail of what you want

2. Click on the thumbnail

3. The thumbnail will appear again, this time at the top of a page linked to the site from which the photo came. Click on the thumbnail so you can get a page with nothing but the image on it. That is important. You don't want a page with text and other stuff on it, just the image.

4. Right click to copy and save the image page

5. When you come back here and open your reply thread, click on Insert Image, right click and paste the url you copied, then click on Insert Image again to add the end code (which is just [/I]). That'll do it.

6. Miller Time. Or whatever.

I like my instructions muy specifico.

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champagne1982 said:

I'd forgot that the Doc had another name. It's funny that he once wanted to write porn, but instead, sat forlorn and just wrote for kids. But I'm sure it was a hella way to make a living.

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Angeline said:

He wanted to write porn? I never knew that about him. Chicks with dicks come...aw never mind.

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