Competition: Inklings

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Inklings

Writing poetry comes in many forms, and inspiration for it does as well.

Many famous poets got their inspiration by reading other poems.

The prompt here is similar but with a twist. Once you subscribe, you will see the first verse of a poem.

In a minimum of 2 stanzas, write a poem that starts with the first line you get from the prompt.

There is no maximum stanza or word requirements for this comp so be as extensive as you want.

Grading will be done according to:

  • Adherence to theme
  • Creativity

Ties will be decided by submission to the DJB website.

Any copied material from the original poem will result in immediate disqualification.

This competition awards Second Level Crescents

Competition Information
Organized by
Dr. Aru Law
Running time
2021-08-14 until 2021-08-28 (15 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Fiction
Awards
Second Level Crescents and Clusters of Ice as per VOICE guidelines
Participants
10 subscribers, of which 5 have participated.
Results
1st place
Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir
Member
Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir
Submission
Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
1st place
2nd place
Raleien Sonavarret
Member
Raleien Sonavarret
Textual submission

I sit beside the fire and think
The flitting thoughts of aged mind
Like our world, burning, on the brink
While my soul drifts forth to find
The End.

I sit beside the fire and ponder
Before the curtain call of life
How our animal race does squander
Upon this world, we conquer by the knife
And shatter balance once known
At the Beginning.

I sit beside the fire and dose
Eyes closed, breathing shallow
My heart flutters gently upon embers fallow
A final reflection before the close.
This our Earth we do not keep
In condition made for peaceful sleep
Greed and strife which our leaders reap
Must be stopped before we dig the graves of future folk
Too deep.

I sit beside the fire and ponder.
I sit beside...
I sit.

Placement
2nd place
3rd place
Warlord Khryso Mallus
Member
Warlord Khryso Mallus
Textual submission

I sit beside the fire and think,
thoughts fleeting yet still so distinct.
So many things pass through my mind,
some harsh, some soft, some cruel, some kind.

Popping wood and flickering flames,
so many long forgotten names.
Burning bright for all its life,
Does this fire share our strife?

Feed the flames or they die out,
without a whimper or a shout.
Flashing color, fleeting thought,
In the end, all for naught.

If the fire burns, it remains,
going on despite the pains.
If I think, I am still here,
going on despite the tears.

Placement
3rd place
4th place
Adept Tahiri Thorn Morte Tarentae
Member
Adept Tahiri Thorn Morte Tarentae
Textual submission

I sit beside the fire and think
As the world fades and shrinks
Away from me and my thoughts
Leaving behind feelings of distraught

The light of the fire dances
It flares and sparks me into a trance
The colors bright and glowing
Reminds me on times foregoing

In the dark of the night
The fire is my only light
Yet the warmth I feel it not
For the memories none I forgot

Placement
4th place
5th place
Benn Nevis
Member
Benn Nevis
Textual submission

I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen.
I look upon the flames and see people I have known,
People I have loved, people I have lost.
Memories swirl through my mind like the smoke from the fire,
Drifting away, or choking me.

I try not to have regrets, but I fail.
Lives I have affected for better or worse,
Lives that affected me.
The memories haunt my psyche, dancing across my brain,
Like the fire I sit beside, as I think.

Placement
5th place