Competition: Tell the Tall Tale

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Tell the Tall Tale

Your character has either climbed the steps to meet Luke Skywalker on Ahch-to or has been sent to Vader's Castle on Mustafar for required meditation (or both). You have now returned to your normal stomping grounds and you will regale your friends and cohorts of your time there.

Choose one of these scenarios and write a poem about it. This can be in Haiku form or Limerick. In either case, you can have from 1-5 stanzas.

Please submit this in the Submission Text box provided.

Grading will be based on the following:

  • Spelling/Grammar: 20%
  • Entertainment Value and Creativity: 50%
  • Originality: 30%
Competition Information
Parent Competition
I Only Know One Truth
Organized by
Seer Xolarin
Running time
2017-09-16 until 2017-09-30 (15 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Poetry
Awards
Fourth Level Crescents
Participants
12 subscribers, of which 5 have participated.
Results
Member
Master Bentre Stahoes
Textual submission

within Vader's keep
many secrets were revealed
ancient and arcane.

Drawn from holocrons,
ancient scrolls and texts, now mine,
once thought to be lost.

the warmth of darkness,
and tight embrace of my hate,
both have strengthened me.

in the castle there
I have unlocked great power.
I became true Sith.

I as Sadowan
will achieve unseen greatness
and seize destiny.

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( *if there is an issue found with my syllable count, please inform me. I tried to double check with both my own count and a website, but I know some folks pronounce things slightly differently and hope that won't effect this poem's eligibility. Thanks.* -Bentre)

Placement
1st place
Member
Alara Deathbane
Textual submission

She steps up to him
Emotions running in mind
Her hand on his arm

He turns with ice eyes
His age smile looks wiser
He has a secret

The Jedi must end
he says, balance must come now
What do you see, dear?

I see light, she says
But I also see darkness
I see in between

Placement
2nd place
3rd place
Mauro Wynter
Member
Mauro Wynter
Textual submission

Blackness in fire
Rising from molten ruins
Waits a ghost

Placement
3rd place
Member
Proconsul Diyrian "Diy" Grivna
Textual submission

Luke had waited there
As I climbed steps in fear
With water down below.

Placement
No placement
Member
Derek Cinn
Textual submission

The heat was immense
I could sense Dark Energy
Intoxicating

I swallowed my fear
I stood before the huge spire
Its shadow loomed high

I meditated
Feelings of anger and rage
They pursed right through me

I could feel the pain
The conflict was evident
The hate powerful

I let it flow through
My body felt truly alive
Darkness was in me

Placement
No placement