Round 2 Results (~Dixiedaisy's~) Most Fun You Ever Had

Remember.....No one is elminated and everyone moves on to the fourth round. If you did not find the joke in the Round 4 Zejel that is posted. You in fact do not have to do a zejel form at all. The fourth round will be a free verse nature poem. Thank you all for being good sports about the April Fools day joke. If you have any questions please feel free to PM me.

Round 2 there is a tie.

Hornblower on Deck (Sonnet) 96 points + 8 bonus points = 104 points
All With Time-96 points + 8 bps =104 points

King's Crown of Pain (Acrostic)-88 points +7 Bps= 95 points
Adeiu! Farewell!-80 points+ 11 bps =91 points
Unknown Soldier - 73 points + 11 bps = 84points
Solitude Total -67 points + 7 Bps= 74 points
For the Life of Another -66 points + 11 bps = 77 points
Fortuity - Total -61 points +7 bps = 68 points
Humpty Dumpty Fell 59 points + 11 bps 70 points

Poem 1

Prompt #3
You often hear people say, "You'll never understand another person until you've walked a day in his or her shoes." Choose a fictional character and walk a day in his or her shoes. Now write a poem about it.

Hornblower on Deck (Sonnet) Total -96 points

Horatio, why stalk this quarterdeck
locked in unseen fetters, pacing like caged?
The sea's open, but mind's bound, unassuaged
by sails unfurled for freedom's wind to beck
adventure beyond pale of home, to trek;
your crew braved mizzenmast though gales raged;
against strong squadrons your battles were waged,
beat to quarters, rammed enemies to wreck.
The world has known only your flag's ascent
Ne'er seen your imprisoning discontent,
unsettled in your freedom. Oh, relent!
God help that any human frailty show
(in whichever deck it's hidden below).
Fill sails, Heroic Master, let winds blow!

Background and terms explanation:

3. Walk in his shoes.
The argument of this sonnet deals with the character, Horatio Hornblower, focus of numerous stories by C. S. Forester and made the subject of nine movies. Throughout all the books, Hornblower daily paces the quarterdeck for hours at a time. During these treks the reader is fully engaged in Hornblower's torturous self-doubts and plan formation; you walk in his shoes, not for a day, but for months on end.

The leading octave is in a-b-b-a-a-b-b-a scheme, and sets forth the proposition that Horatio Hornblower is trapped in his own mental prison due to his intense inferiority complex, yet he is a great leader of his men and accomplishes seemingly impossible deeds.
The following sestet takes the unusual but heroic form of two poetic triplets, c-c-c-d-d-d, in order to emphasize the adulation accorded this warrior. The solution presented in the sestet urges Hornblower to learn that others appreciate him truer than he does himself, and that he need only accept himself to find freedom.

- 'unassuaged' shows up as misspelled in most spell checkers, but is an acceptable negative form of the word assuaged; in its negative form it means not satisfied.

- 'pale' as used here denotes the safety boundary expected in home water as used in colonial Britain; it is most familiarly applied to the fenced area surrounding Elizabethan era Dublin, but gained more general usage.

- 'mizzenmast' was the third mast in 18th century war ships, and the furthest aft. Although it was the shortest mast, were a sailor to fall off the mizzenmast, he'd likely drop behind the ship with no one to know he was gone until it was too late to rescue him.

- 'Beat to quarters' refers to deploying sailors to the canons in preparation for battle. The beat was provided by a marine drummer. The term is also the title of the first Hornblower novel.

- 'Ne'er' is a contraction for never, which mimics sailors' penchant for shortening every word possible, e.g. t'ps'l for topsail.

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To employ a sonnet into the workings of a prompt shows true talent. While the write is informative, it also is unique in informing the reader with footnotes for any clarity which might be in question.

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Very well done. I enjoyed the "background and terms" as much as the poem

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Content ( flow, length, and does poem stay on topic) 1-5 points -5
Prompt-o-meter - 9
Total Points _ 23

The writer of this poem ran with their prompt and delivered a perfect package.
A very creative write that whisks the reader away on a journey filled with
solid images.The chosen ending words for the rhyme scheme are strong and unfold the poem in a steady flow.
Great word usage and strong mental images created.

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To say this poem did not meet the criteria and deliver an exceptional performance to the reader in every avenue possible, would be an understatement. I found this poem to be of exceptional value, entertaining, educational to the reader about the character and unwavering in the attempt to provide a big ummmph in the finale. A fantastic story-teller.

Poem 2

Prompt#4
Rewrite a nursery rhyme (Three Blind Mice, Jack and Jill, etc.) from a character's point of view.

Humpty Dumpty Fell Total-59 points

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
but not from a tree, yea so tall
nor from a horse mired in its stall
neither was it from a mythical wall

However Humpty did indeed fall, he fell in love
fell hard, like hail from the clouds above
yes love, you see
though quite different than you and me

and of course Humpty isn't his name
just a disguise to enhance his game

so now to unveil the Humpty Dumpty Romance
why it's none other than Janis and Dainz
smiling and walking hand in hand round the fountain
waiting for darkness to play "brokeback mountain".

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Again, I had to be informed of characters in the poem. I found this write to be cute in the first two stanzas, then it turned vulgar with insinuations. By judging only by prompt given and relation to how well it was delivered, I could not rate it low, while there is raw humor, which some could identify with and assuming everyone "gets" the joke I gave this poem an 8 on the prompt-o-meter.

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Sorry, but I found the ending offensive.

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It was very hard to digest "brokeback mountain" in a re-write of a nursery rhyme.
The flow is very choppy and the images created are very weak in parts.

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Interesting in the beginning, turning to blah in the end. It is no secret this site has indeed become a wasteland for cracks and punches at the owners and moderators at times. I did snicker to myself, though I think that it might be "off colour" to a few of the readers. Could be a nice write if it were to change tones and focus more on humpty dumpty as the prompt stated to write it from one of the characters views.

Poem 3
Prompt #10
Write any genre of poem
Must use a color, an emotion, and an object.

Fortuity - Total -61 points

I feast on poisonous snakes
and sip from vases,
revoking venom with my patterned tail
of a hundred eyes;

for all I can do is dance
from beneath slums of sorrow,
inviting love closer
as an amethyst necklace
of mango leaves
rings my neck;

yet if I were to ever lose you,
I'd lose all of me -
all of us.

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Feasting on poisonous snakes is such a powerful opening line, it is subdued with likes of like amethyst necklace of mango leaves, which mellows out the feel. The angst is not as powerful in the end as the beginning. I could not understand the direction the poem took in the end, as it was too abstruse for my liking.

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Very confusing. Really needed to be "fleshed out". Seemed more like notes for a future poem than a finished one.
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A very interesting write with a strong title . The flow is steady in the beginning but I found the poem lost its strength after the first 10 lines and the ending came very sudden.
I would like to see a few more lines added to this write.

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What? I found myself very confused having to read the poem over again to try to find a deeper meaning. I felt the poem lost its basis in the end or just didn't quite get out everything it should have said in the beginning leaving me feeling like the poem was not finished.

Poem 4
Unknown Soldier -Total 73 points
Prompt #5
You're walking through a cemetery and you pass the grave of a World War II veteran. Write a scene from his life story.

Unknown Soldier

I know they told us this was world war two.
There would be no more wars when we were through.
I guess we may have often thought they lied.
As each day would pass and some more had died.
In this land we had no choice but to roam,
With nothing but dog tags to get us home.
I saw many dog tags swapped now and then,
Wondering what was in the minds of men.
Who would desert hope of their next of kin.
To bury their sad past, yet not their sin.
So who knows who is in this unmarked grave,
Who fought ever so valiantly and brave?
Is it not enough to know he's a shell?
Spent and free of his purpose in this hell?

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The importance of World War two is downplayed without the capitalization of the event.
In the fourth line there are a bit too many words disrupting the flow, perhaps omitting a few would help. The fifth and sixth lines seem a little forced, as do the seventh and eighth. I didn't quite like the ending three lines all repetitious with questions. However I did like the prompt choice and think with a little arrangement and free verse this poem would have been much more powerful. I do like its content and concept.

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World War II is the standard way this is written. Repetition of "dog tags" not needed. Some superfluous words that if omitted would have enhanced the flow. Nevertheless, I found the questions intriguing and the conclusion hard hitting.

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The abundance of filler words in this write disrupted the mental image flow for me.
The content is very weak for such a strong topic and didn't create emotional arousal in me.

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I really liked this poem, though there are a few lines that I think could use re-working. The poem has potential, the message was clear, the prompt chosen was serious. So many avenues for this type of poem to be one that lingers. The ending was great, though it was little confusing how it changed from first person to second at the conclusion. I think the seperation should have been separate stanzas.

Poem 5
Prompt #10
Write any genre of poem
Must use a color, an emotion, and an object.

Solitude Total -67 points

A cactus bathing amidst the pale drought that's
featuring its arid surrounding, except that the
thorns guarding my skin hurts no stranger as
wholly as they harm me.

A fortune hunter that spends her time looking
for mislaid treasures resting down at the navy
bed of the deep bottom, although I too am lost,
-but- there are no hunters looking for me.

A broken lock that lays speckled at the entry
of a certain abandoned house, I represent
it's story, and visibly in return the main scene
of the house represents me...

And sometime, just sometimes,
I become nothing further than "a me".

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I loved the metaphor of comparing yourself to a cactus and that the things that protect are often the things that hurt the most. I loved the second stanza as well though the ending stuck out, almost as if there should be a stanza in between the 2nd and 3rd making it four stanzas. I did see one grammar mistake, in your third stanza you say it's should be its without the comma.

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Too many unnecessary words make this piece read more like prose than poetry. I did like the overall concept but it needs editing.

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It took me a few reads before I understood the meaning in this write but once I dug deeper I found it held
a lot of emotion. And one must read between the lines to really grasp the meaning.

"I represent
it's story, and visibly in return the main scene
of the house represents me"
^^
This part really pulled me in when the writer spoke of the feeling of emptiness.
... it's - its

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I felt like I had to go through a metaphoric jungle to unfold the meanings. Analysis of this poem is difficult at best, it lacked something, a "wow" factor. It just kind of left me hanging once I went back to read it again, and there was no new epiphanous moment.

Poem 6
Prompt #5
You're walking through a cemetery and you pass the grave of a World War II veteran. Write a scene from his life story.

For the Life of Another -66 points

Deafening sound of explosions,
chaos all around.
Brothers fall by my sides,
sacrificing all,
so others could live.

Taking cover behind ruins
of a once beautiful city.
Surrounded by death,
enveloped in destruction,
So others could live.

Blood coating the ground,
while dirt filled every crevice
and fold in your skin.
Enduring unimaginable struggles,
so others could live.

I prayed to myself
before every battle I faced.
May the good lord grant me strength,
If I must die, may I die,
so others could live.

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Can you imagine the hell our brethren go through on a daily basis? Soldiers fighting for the right to remain free while allowing others the right to reveal hatred in words. Nice content, though it needs work to enhance the importance of the prompt.

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Some grammar errors. Too many I's in the last stanza. Fairly cliched.

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This write created some clear images yet fell weak for such a strong topic.
For a topic such as this one I would like the writer to move me to tears or at least create a stir in my mind. Of all the prompts this one is the most powerful and the content did not hold as much power as I wished.
Not sure why "so" is capitalized in the second stanza though.
lord - Lord

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I liked the story as a whole but felt that it needed to delve deeper into the situation. I adored the ending, though the main content of war is described and is something we are all familiar with. There was no new imagery to spark the reader, it seemed fairly overplayed.

Poem 7
Prompt #2
After many years with your company, the day has finally arrived: your last day of work. Your coworkers throw you a lunch retirement party. After cake, one coworker asks you to reflect on your years with the company. So you do...and you hold nothing back.

Adeiu! Farewell!-80 points

Now my time is over here
and it's time to say goodbye
don't think I'm gonna leave here
with a tear in these old eyes!

THE BOSS

Mr. Jones, My 'beloved' boss
you wear the most gaudy ties
I know they're from an op.shop
still you refused me a pay rise.
(The Tight Arse)

THE SECRETARY

Miss Dalgleish, so prim and proper
with your twin-set by Calvin Klein
but, it's as fake as you are
your weekend, a haze of wine.
(The Closet Drinker)

THE TELEPHONIST

Mary Jane, about your voice
well it's screechy and high pitched
your tops are low, your skirt too short
still, you haven't managed to get hitched.
(The Cougar)

THE OFFICE BOY

Sam, you tried hard to charm me
all day long your jokes would flow
but, I'm old, I've heard them all before
and, please do something about that B.O.
(The Try Hard)

THE STOREMAN

Now Fred, you have a fetish
yet, you still think that no one knows
you use the office paper clips
to pick your dirty nose.
(The Gross One)

ME

So, take your cake and shove it
it's mouldy and stale anyway
I know none of really give a damn
that this is my last day!
(The Grateful Retiree)

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I believe you have scripted my former colleagues really well. Adieu! Farewell! had me laughing out loud.

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Oh my, haven't we all known this cast of characters. Thoroughly entertaining!

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This write made my day !
Very clever, great imagery and truly made me giggle. Using "here" twice in the first stanza made me cringe a little though. Some of the rhyme words seemed a little forced at times.

I know none of really give a damn - I know none of you really give a damn
All in all, a nice read.

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(Smiles) Someone picked a funny topic. There are a few places in the poem that I stumbled trying to read. Not sure what an op shop is, assuming it is upscale. Really enjoyed the turn of events and am sure most would love to have this opportunity to speak their mind without repercussions

Poem 8
Prompt #10
Write any genre of poem
Must use a color, an emotion, and an object.

King's Crown of Pain (Acrostic)-88 points

Killing the familiarity of family, you
isolate yourself into a darkened solitude,
no one can understand how you once held
grasping shades of red in your hands,
such power over us all, but fate has been stripped.

Cautiously we tiptoe around our words,
readily available to jump to defense
over fables never softly nor sharply spoken,
with nerves dancing on our tongues
no thought, happy or otherwise, is safe.

Oh, how the hurt is stained and poked
from the harsh glares you've learned to cast.

Purple bruises now make up your ego now
as we watch from the sidelines your destruction,
invincible as you once seemed, we now know -
nothing is safe within the King's crown.

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Stanza 2 was a powerhouse of truths that worked in well with an excellent beginning and ending. This poem stirred emotions from start to finish.

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A very nice Acrostic. "nerves dancing on our tongues"---great line!!

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There is something about this write that makes me want to read it again and again.
The title is strong and a perfect choice for an Acrostic.

Purple bruises now make up your ego now - I think one of the "now" should be omitted as it disrupts the flow.

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A very well done acrostic, one of my favorite forms. It is quite difficult to pull one off without forcing it, there are a few minor places that tripped me up on the first read that didn nott on the second.

Poem 9
Prompt #3
You often hear people say, "You'll never understand another person until you've walked a day in his or her shoes." Choose a fictional character and walk a day in his or her shoes. Now write a poem about it.

All With Time-96 points

My mother once said
if I chase curiosity
my dress would be torn,
that pale blue was
unforgiving
with grass stains
grazing at its cheeks.

Though I found myself
more alive when
soil nibbled at my feet,
and life was too peculiar
to ignore all that
delighted a little girl.

Yearning,
I begged hope to believe
in a rabbit that was pale,
to squeeze my dreams
through a rabbit hole
too thick with dust.

Oh how mother would be mad
'bout dirt 'neath my nails,
yet I shrunk those thoughts
in my mind with 'cherry tart,
pineapple and roast turkey.'

Did you ever have a tea party
that was filled with
so much madness,
that you suddenly decided
you'd prefer chocolate milk?

and I met the Queen of hearts
who had protected mine
for far too long -
from a Cheshire cat
and the reality that came
with my age.

I walked a mile that day
through overgrown forest,
yet with age
not much has changed
as I walk two miles
through city streets.

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The writer has done a remarkable job of taking on the tone of the character implied throughout the poem. The ending was clever and catchy.

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"grass stains grazing at its cheeks"? Otherwise, a well done and beautifully reflective piece.

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They often say "Don't judge a book by its title" and this write is a perfect example.
The title is very insipid but the content is jam packed with excitement and colorful thoughts.
Very creative with a nice gentle flow.
My favorite poem of the bunch.

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Alice in Wonderland is a very cute character to write about and the poet does it well. The poem is filled with imagery in the style and innocence of Alice.

First off I thank the judges and the great job they are doing ,but humor is like humility, ie the moment we are aware of how it works it seems to disappear. How many times have you told a joke and after the punch line someone makes you laugh by asking what happened next? Then again if God did not have a sense of humor why did He put the forbidden fruit in the middle of the Garden of Eden? lol

I like they way it is going so far and this is fun

I am sorry if some of you are not enjoying this contest it meant to be fun.

FYI Bob: Two of the judges are people that you openly claim to respect.

Yes I have got to give the bonus points. It has been a long night again as far as weather here. Had tornadoes and lightning again really bad.

Everything here is okay.... there are suspected tornadoes considering the damage that was done and a lot of the county is without power and will be for a couple of days, thank God we have a generator.

Yes round three is due tomorrow, I will have the judges results up ASAP. One of my judges is not on this site and she is working with her own deadlines, I apologize for any inconvenience in the delay of judging.

Bonus points have been added in, it did change the results a little. Except the fact that the two that tied still tied.

I have been fooled by dixie daisy
I once thought her judges were lazy
Maybe her timeline is a bit hazy
Round four nearly drove me crazy

Do not be discouraged by rejection
The dixie chicks have a lot of affection
Some humor may escape thier detection
If all else fails read every direction

Time will pass and time will tell
Who goes forth and who has fell
I thought I had to write a`jezel
That is something I can't even spell

Springtime

After winter dies, born is spring
Renewing the life of everything

The grass grows as the green towers
In the trees over the flowers
Mother nature has these powers
Many a free feathered bird sings,
As if to rise on angels wings

April showers, snows are fewer
Then comes what may make skies bluer
All under the sun seems newer
Grateful for what this season brings

The seasons come and then they go
Young hearts beat, but they all must know
Parental love that makes them grow
Is the reason it's happening

Like Mike, I was late to the joke.
Unlike Mike. I had not started - whew!

However, Mike, you should have used it anyway, that was superb.

Thanks, Dixie, I think you're going over the top to keep us entertained - loved the joke.

And pass on thanks to the judges.

Perhaps we should all write explanations?

I think the judges did a great job :)