2013 Vincent Price Memorial Death Poetry Challenge

Angeline

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Ok, let's finally admit that it is almost Halloween and we must have at least a few creepy poetry challenges, well more creepy than usual. Cue the Bach.

First there is todski who has dragged some poets off to the dungeon to make a monster poem. And he's keeping it all verrrry secret, so you know he's up to devilment. :devil:

And up here we got this guy, the horror-master of them all~

http://s.mlkshk.com/r/G5QF

Vincent welcomes you to this the Death Poetry Challenge. And here it is:


Write a poem on the theme of death, interpreting death however you best see fit. Your poem can be erotica or not, as you choose. You can write in a traditional form, like an elegy or whatever you choose or you can write your own concoction. You can certainly write about Halloween if you want or any topic, but remember the theme is death, either overtly or metaphorically. You can use this thread to discuss the challenge but no posting poems until at least the stroke of midnight (Eastern Standard Time) on October 31st. That is 13 days from now and 31 backwards is 13, so get all comfy and superstitious and start thinking about death.



Are you in? Remember that your official entry can not be posted until the 31st. Why? To build suspense, of course! Suspense goes so well with scary and death. And watch your step in this thread. It's a little haunted.


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*wandering into the area*

Hey guys, what's up with that greeter out in the antechamber? I mean, I know it's Halloween, but 'Enter freely and of your own will"? really?:rolleyes:


:cool:
 

Excellent! Have some uh wine. :D

*wandering into the area*

Hey guys, what's up with that greeter out in the antechamber? I mean, I know it's Halloween, but 'Enter freely and of your own will"? really?:rolleyes:




:cool:

That's the poetry goblin. Don't mind her. She's trying to come up with a second line to that poem.

Let me in my pretty I have something for you! *cackle* :eek:

I already had an apple for lunch. But come in anyway and mind the cobwebs lol.


That's six of us so far. Maybe we can make it to ten. Ten poems about death. How perfectly creepy! :kiss:
 
You sound like Count Count...

ONE! One creepy Halloween poemie.. bwahahahah ha...
TWO! Two scary Halloween poemies.. HA HA HA HA...
etc ....
 
Make that seven, Snow White. :D

Watch out for Annie! She's cackling and she already made me cack-handed. :D

You sound like Count Count...

ONE! One creepy Halloween poemie.. bwahahahah ha...
TWO! Two scary Halloween poemies.. HA HA HA HA...
etc ....

That's eight! Eight scary Halloween poems!

Ah my happy childhood in the Carpathian Mountains. How well I remember! Care to batty-bat with me? (I cannot tell you how popular this song was at one time in my home.)
 
BTW What is ' the stroke of midnight (Eastern Standard Time) on October 31st' in European time?
 
BTW What is ' the stroke of midnight (Eastern Standard Time) on October 31st' in European time?

Well there is a five-hour difference between EST and London time. So that means that you could post it starting at 5:00 AM on the 31st London time. But, if you want to post it beginning at midnight on the 31st your time, that would be fine too. I'm easy. I know that poems will be posted over the course of hours anyway.
 
why is it that when i attempt to pin down an idea, some central concept around which to construct a damned poem, i am left empty-handed. i mean, i know it's 'death' and halloweeny stuff, but this is across the boards for me. such a lack of discipline :eek: :rolleyes:

at the end it almost always comes down to 'write and be damned'. *sigh*

oh, sod it :D
 
Hello, All

I feel into here from the directions of a friend who says I might try my writing in here? This page looked interesting so I wanted to ask is it ok for new people to put poems here? I don't write very good but its fun trying. I have read some of the poems here and so many of you are so good, I probably shouldn't even try.....
 
I feel into here from the directions of a friend who says I might try my writing in here? This page looked interesting so I wanted to ask is it ok for new people to put poems here? I don't write very good but its fun trying. I have read some of the poems here and so many of you are so good, I probably shouldn't even try.....
welcome to the forum!

of course you can post your poems in the forum, though this particular thread is for the Halloween Challenge. please feel free to join in and get a poem ready to post for the 31st :D

and join in with discussions, other challenges and fun happening around the Poetry Forum. enjoy!
 
Well there is a five-hour difference between EST and London time. So that means that you could post it starting at 5:00 AM on the 31st London time. But, if you want to post it beginning at midnight on the 31st your time, that would be fine too. I'm easy. I know that poems will be posted over the course of hours anyway.

It's a good job we have got a while yet because I'm struggling already, but I have got the first two lines!
 
I feel into here from the directions of a friend who says I might try my writing in here? This page looked interesting so I wanted to ask is it ok for new people to put poems here? I don't write very good but its fun trying. I have read some of the poems here and so many of you are so good, I probably shouldn't even try.....

welcome to the forum!

of course you can post your poems in the forum, though this particular thread is for the Halloween Challenge. please feel free to join in and get a poem ready to post for the 31st :D

and join in with discussions, other challenges and fun happening around the Poetry Forum. enjoy!

What she said and hi, interesting occupation you have listed but I have a friend who is a Funeral Director and has a wicked sense of humour!
 
What she said and hi, interesting occupation you have listed but I have a friend who is a Funeral Director and has a wicked sense of humour!

Thank you, Miss Under Your Spell and butters. I will try to come up with something readable.

I am partly retired but help bury animals in a local pet cemetery near my home. Hope listing my occupation wasn't offensive. It is not like the steven king book tho, they don't come back.

Thanks again for the welcome.
 
I feel into here from the directions of a friend who says I might try my writing in here? This page looked interesting so I wanted to ask is it ok for new people to put poems here? I don't write very good but its fun trying. I have read some of the poems here and so many of you are so good, I probably shouldn't even try.....

It is more than ok, it is good! Please join in here and write whatever or wherever you like. We're all learning and try to support each other to become better poets, so if that is your interest you are in the right place. :)

It's a good job we have got a while yet because I'm struggling already, but I have got the first two lines!

I'm finding it difficult to be serious about death but writing doggerel seems disrespectful. :D

I got nothin yet. I think "death" and I see a void which is appropriate but at the moment it is a void of ideas. :rolleyes:

Oh and I wouldn't overworry about not being serious about death in a thread named after Vincent Price.

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:D
 
Hmmm, time for a tavvy tale, but with a slightly better idea on poetry I think I'll drop the rhyme.....
 
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