Poetry competition CLOSED 18th August 2014 8:50pm
WINNER
Anonymous
Anonymous
RUNNERS-UP:
EngrVV
and Ealantair
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Choose Your Words Wisely
Allison_Wonderland
Forum Posts: 45
Twisted Dreamer
3
Joined 24th Feb 2013 Forum Posts: 45
Poetry Contest Description
Random Word Poem
Hey everyone. I got the idea for this comp while preparing for my GRE, a standardized test taken before applying to grad school. One book I have organizes vocabulary words into "word groups." I have listed the first eight word groups below. I want you to write a poem (any style, any topic, any length) using at least one word from each word group (do not use the title of the word group). Let me know if you have any questions.
1. Abbreviated Communication:
Abridge
Compendium
Cursory
Curtail
Syllabus
Synopsis
Terse
2. Act Quickly:
Abrupt
Apace
Headlong
Impetuous
Precipitate
Perfunctory
3. Assist
Abet
Advocate
Ancillary
Bolster
Corroborate
Countenance
Espouse
Mainstay
Munificent
Proponent
Stalwart
Sustenance
4. Bad Mood
Bilious
Dudgeon
Irascible
Perish
Petulant
Pique
Querulous
Umbrage
Waspish
5. Beginner/Amateur
Dilettante
Fledgling
Neophyte
Novitiate
Proselyte
Tyro
6. Beginning/Young
Burgeoning
Callow
Engender
Inchoate
Incipient
Nascent
7. Biting (as in wit or temperament)
Acerbic
Acidulous
Acrimonious
Asperity
Caustic
Mordacious
Mordant
Trenchant
8. Bold
Audacious
Courageous
Dauntless
1. Abbreviated Communication:
Abridge
Compendium
Cursory
Curtail
Syllabus
Synopsis
Terse
2. Act Quickly:
Abrupt
Apace
Headlong
Impetuous
Precipitate
Perfunctory
3. Assist
Abet
Advocate
Ancillary
Bolster
Corroborate
Countenance
Espouse
Mainstay
Munificent
Proponent
Stalwart
Sustenance
4. Bad Mood
Bilious
Dudgeon
Irascible
Perish
Petulant
Pique
Querulous
Umbrage
Waspish
5. Beginner/Amateur
Dilettante
Fledgling
Neophyte
Novitiate
Proselyte
Tyro
6. Beginning/Young
Burgeoning
Callow
Engender
Inchoate
Incipient
Nascent
7. Biting (as in wit or temperament)
Acerbic
Acidulous
Acrimonious
Asperity
Caustic
Mordacious
Mordant
Trenchant
8. Bold
Audacious
Courageous
Dauntless
Anonymous
Patient Number NW842
She'd shiver if she heard it
my synopsis of her character
probably protest my findings
swearing she's deeper
with ever impetuous promises
the hypocritical dramas she's known for
though she condemns all spontaneity
as irrational
unwilling to claim the obvious parallels
hail the faithful and true advocate
of her own worth
though ego is just a self serving vanity
in anyone else
the most petulant woman born
she'd rank patience at close to the top
of all the virtues worth possessing
then argue pedantically for her own maturity
another neophyte who despises amateurs
an instant authority on all topics of interest
true knowledge an abstract concept
that could belong to no other
seemingly harmless as a callow pubescent
hiding the evidence of all her ineptitude
under the guise of modesty
though the vulgarity seeps through
her looks of derision as caustic as any acid
capable of as much destruction on contact
with any entity not immune to death
or the sudden onset of mysterious grief
there are none so courageous as to lack hope
nor any so cowardly that they'd run from it
her name is ever changing and we're better off
forgetting
end of clinical report
Good luck on the GRE
hope you get the grad school of your choosing....
Sucking on peppermint or using it as an aromatherapy while studying has been proven to help with info. retention and increase comprehension. It worked for me and I was a skeptic studying for my GRE when someone suggested it have some during the actual exams to help even more with clarity. Worked for my son in school too!
EngrVV
D_Poetic Engineer
Forum Posts: 2483
D_Poetic Engineer
Dangerous Mind
40
Joined 11th Sep 2012 Forum Posts: 2483
SILICON VALLEY
(Sestina)
http://www.oxygenaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/siliconvalley.jpg
Orchard farms overshadowed with a burgeoning metropolis
Brought about by abrupt advancements in technology
And audacious venture capitalists throughout the valley
Now the hubcap heaven of a once fledgling economy
How this transformation happened, piqued my curiousity
Allow me to share with you my unsolicited synopsis
Terse and to the point would be my unsolicited synopsis
Almonds, apricots and cherries bloomed across the valley
Where thousands of acres were developed into a metropolis
Home to silicon innovators and manufacturers in technology
Beamer, Benz and Bently were trumpets of booming economy
Aura of vulnerability and envy eclipsed my curiousity
The second gold rush in California aroused a curiousity
People all over the world flocked to the once pastoral valley
Feeling of euphoria filled up to the brim of my initial synopsis
Caustic comments flew sometimes in the bustling metropolis
From scientists and engineers—czars of technology
And stalwarts of growth in the dot-com economy
The dot-com boom and bust of the internet economy
Do you think it will arouse your curiousity
The haves and the have nots of the metropolis
Their income gaps widened like the spread of the valley
Leaving less coveted space in my on-going synopsis
And lackluster interest in the modern technology
Electric cars and other advancements in technology,
As well as solar powered gizmos brought back my curiousity
They served as beacons of hope to the declining economy
Ushered by an era of robot-led workers in the metropolis
The buck doesn’t stop there for my interesting synopsis
For the home of modern technology, we call Silicon Valley
Sex is another booming trade in this beautiful valley
Fueled by rich geeks and the internet technology
Contributing to their once again booming economy
Did I start a fire and ignite your flame of curiousity
Would you give it a shot in this euphoria-filled metropolis
After throwing you a glimpse, I’m now closing my synopsis
I once was a rat racing through the maze in the Silicon Valley
As an electrical engineer and consultant in computer technology
Getting gray, I prefer to stay away from that hustling metropolis
(Sestina)
http://www.oxygenaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/siliconvalley.jpg
Orchard farms overshadowed with a burgeoning metropolis
Brought about by abrupt advancements in technology
And audacious venture capitalists throughout the valley
Now the hubcap heaven of a once fledgling economy
How this transformation happened, piqued my curiousity
Allow me to share with you my unsolicited synopsis
Terse and to the point would be my unsolicited synopsis
Almonds, apricots and cherries bloomed across the valley
Where thousands of acres were developed into a metropolis
Home to silicon innovators and manufacturers in technology
Beamer, Benz and Bently were trumpets of booming economy
Aura of vulnerability and envy eclipsed my curiousity
The second gold rush in California aroused a curiousity
People all over the world flocked to the once pastoral valley
Feeling of euphoria filled up to the brim of my initial synopsis
Caustic comments flew sometimes in the bustling metropolis
From scientists and engineers—czars of technology
And stalwarts of growth in the dot-com economy
The dot-com boom and bust of the internet economy
Do you think it will arouse your curiousity
The haves and the have nots of the metropolis
Their income gaps widened like the spread of the valley
Leaving less coveted space in my on-going synopsis
And lackluster interest in the modern technology
Electric cars and other advancements in technology,
As well as solar powered gizmos brought back my curiousity
They served as beacons of hope to the declining economy
Ushered by an era of robot-led workers in the metropolis
The buck doesn’t stop there for my interesting synopsis
For the home of modern technology, we call Silicon Valley
Sex is another booming trade in this beautiful valley
Fueled by rich geeks and the internet technology
Contributing to their once again booming economy
Did I start a fire and ignite your flame of curiousity
Would you give it a shot in this euphoria-filled metropolis
After throwing you a glimpse, I’m now closing my synopsis
I once was a rat racing through the maze in the Silicon Valley
As an electrical engineer and consultant in computer technology
Getting gray, I prefer to stay away from that hustling metropolis
mattpiskorowski
Joined 10th Sep 2013
Forum Posts: 2
Twisted Dreamer
Forum Posts: 2
title- Maybe That's Why
by- mattpiskorowski
My synopsis was different then I suspected.
Head over heels in love? That was undetected.
My psychiatrist's words were rather abrupt.
My need for addiction digs deep like a cut.
The fact his advocate was a junkie as well.
I'm not quite sure my brain can tell.
What's the reason I made my loved ones perish?
What's the reason I ended my new marriage?
My wife was the tyro of addiction, so she left.
Now I comprehend why I moved on so swift.
I find out now my incipient fiend was just too much.
Too much for my beautiful bride to love.
Turns out I have a mordacious tongue to top it all!
Now I see why my life began to fall!
Maybe my audacious behavior is why I did it...
Maybe it's why I left my wife for this shit...
Honestly though that's probably not...
An asshole for life doesn't stop...
by- mattpiskorowski
My synopsis was different then I suspected.
Head over heels in love? That was undetected.
My psychiatrist's words were rather abrupt.
My need for addiction digs deep like a cut.
The fact his advocate was a junkie as well.
I'm not quite sure my brain can tell.
What's the reason I made my loved ones perish?
What's the reason I ended my new marriage?
My wife was the tyro of addiction, so she left.
Now I comprehend why I moved on so swift.
I find out now my incipient fiend was just too much.
Too much for my beautiful bride to love.
Turns out I have a mordacious tongue to top it all!
Now I see why my life began to fall!
Maybe my audacious behavior is why I did it...
Maybe it's why I left my wife for this shit...
Honestly though that's probably not...
An asshole for life doesn't stop...
vortexman
Forum Posts: 1260
Dangerous Mind
14
Joined 25th Jan 2013Forum Posts: 1260
"Judgement Day For Wagelessness"
This compendium of doubtful proliferation. Came to pass
with such convective distinction. In hallowing years of those bureaucratic presentations.
Abrupt judgement had befell.. The feeble
tarnished and war-lorn courts!!
For this smoking gun of symbolic atrophy.
Would be etched into the public's mind
and finale of justifiable reports!
The Advocate of truthful tableau's granted the passage so rightful. For
his authority was so justifiable and true! Wavering verdict at this court of
such weakened and corrupt disgrace!
It no longer had the fuel for any propaganda for its utter disgrace.
This place the crowds outside the court in an incurious waspish! For this was unheard of in this day and time. To question such higher authority's. Tyro's be wary and needn't apply!
It had to start somewhere and begin with
a burgeoning through-fair! The asperity
so courageous and legendary. Legal eagles throughout the land and underdogs near and far. Etched this victory against tyranny! A Judgement Day For Wagelessness!!
This compendium of doubtful proliferation. Came to pass
with such convective distinction. In hallowing years of those bureaucratic presentations.
Abrupt judgement had befell.. The feeble
tarnished and war-lorn courts!!
For this smoking gun of symbolic atrophy.
Would be etched into the public's mind
and finale of justifiable reports!
The Advocate of truthful tableau's granted the passage so rightful. For
his authority was so justifiable and true! Wavering verdict at this court of
such weakened and corrupt disgrace!
It no longer had the fuel for any propaganda for its utter disgrace.
This place the crowds outside the court in an incurious waspish! For this was unheard of in this day and time. To question such higher authority's. Tyro's be wary and needn't apply!
It had to start somewhere and begin with
a burgeoning through-fair! The asperity
so courageous and legendary. Legal eagles throughout the land and underdogs near and far. Etched this victory against tyranny! A Judgement Day For Wagelessness!!
Ealantair
Joined 16th July 2014
Forum Posts: 12
Lost Thinker
Forum Posts: 12
Relentless Reminiscence [Resurrected]
Recollections rust with time;
A brief synopsis of the hours
That burned their mark on my proselyte morality
Might be due.
Fade out/fade into black and white screen.
An abrupt glance shared between volumes
Speaking profusely of ages lived bilious
By a master of the acrimonious…
Yet there we were,
In the midst of charm cut short by
Terse explanations of conjugal arrangements.
So be it.
But it had to be reiterated
Within settings bearing alarming similarities;
Arms open to the burgeoning of affinities
Finding sustenance in shared language
Powdered with delicious frivolities.
It could have ended on a cliffhanger.
Were it not common courtesy to save the best for last.
And so we did.
A stalwart nature paired with
Impetuous infatuation
Was all it really took.
Train wrecks always leave the best of us in awe.
Could dubbing your actions “audacious”
Be mistaken for admiration?
Then again, what couldn’t.
And that should’ve been the
Prior to last chapter,
Preceding querulous bickering
Heartily laced with the excuse of
Callow judgment:
A caustic novitiate of feminism
Gone horribly wrong.
But who likes a happy ending.
What started with words should have ended with them;
The longer the better.
Let us drown the hurt
In acerbic considerations:
Acidulous bolsters to the highest dudgeon.
Please, feed me with vocabulary,
Smother me with linguistic inadequacy,
You who claim to be the “CHILD of SILENCE”…
…
Why did you let that be me…
Recollections rust with time;
A brief synopsis of the hours
That burned their mark on my proselyte morality
Might be due.
Fade out/fade into black and white screen.
An abrupt glance shared between volumes
Speaking profusely of ages lived bilious
By a master of the acrimonious…
Yet there we were,
In the midst of charm cut short by
Terse explanations of conjugal arrangements.
So be it.
But it had to be reiterated
Within settings bearing alarming similarities;
Arms open to the burgeoning of affinities
Finding sustenance in shared language
Powdered with delicious frivolities.
It could have ended on a cliffhanger.
Were it not common courtesy to save the best for last.
And so we did.
A stalwart nature paired with
Impetuous infatuation
Was all it really took.
Train wrecks always leave the best of us in awe.
Could dubbing your actions “audacious”
Be mistaken for admiration?
Then again, what couldn’t.
And that should’ve been the
Prior to last chapter,
Preceding querulous bickering
Heartily laced with the excuse of
Callow judgment:
A caustic novitiate of feminism
Gone horribly wrong.
But who likes a happy ending.
What started with words should have ended with them;
The longer the better.
Let us drown the hurt
In acerbic considerations:
Acidulous bolsters to the highest dudgeon.
Please, feed me with vocabulary,
Smother me with linguistic inadequacy,
You who claim to be the “CHILD of SILENCE”…
…
Why did you let that be me…
Anonymous
Don't Jump Off Da Bridge, Stay And Live
Abridge wuz bilt in Frisco.
Peeple jump headlong frum it
into da deep blew sea.
I don't advocate jumpin' frum it.
'Cause yew will perish.
Youse ain't know neophyte.
Youse engender da human species.
Don't bee caustic.
Bee courageous.
Abridge wuz bilt in Frisco.
Peeple jump headlong frum it
into da deep blew sea.
I don't advocate jumpin' frum it.
'Cause yew will perish.
Youse ain't know neophyte.
Youse engender da human species.
Don't bee caustic.
Bee courageous.
Spyglass
Joined 18th Aug 2014
Forum Posts: 2
Strange Creature
Forum Posts: 2
Through Clouded Glass
Oh, please don’t abridge the experience!
Were it feasible, all shortcuts would cheapen my validity,
devalue both enormously consequential and apparently mundane decision.
Rather precipitate the epiphany of significance; may I understand cosmic import, microscopic gravity.
Ah, how understanding is fractional,
inchoate at present!
Yes, the process is immature, and the nominally existent will be thereby abashed;
the dilettante is destined for failure.
Hm… I recall… it was once my nature: petulance.
How absurd!
Foolish.
Intellectually rash, inconsistent in reasoning.
But how wise we often think we are in our passions… making grand shows of acrimonious dedication.
But can passion justify?
Be my mind espoused with lyrical veracity.
The pursuit must be dauntless, else it be fruitless.
Hey, I really like this idea; it's actually one of my favorite exercises. I've found that beginning can be the most difficult part, but this method helps me think and inspires me by merging what I want to express with my appreciation for words in general.
Also, I appreciate your username.
Oh, please don’t abridge the experience!
Were it feasible, all shortcuts would cheapen my validity,
devalue both enormously consequential and apparently mundane decision.
Rather precipitate the epiphany of significance; may I understand cosmic import, microscopic gravity.
Ah, how understanding is fractional,
inchoate at present!
Yes, the process is immature, and the nominally existent will be thereby abashed;
the dilettante is destined for failure.
Hm… I recall… it was once my nature: petulance.
How absurd!
Foolish.
Intellectually rash, inconsistent in reasoning.
But how wise we often think we are in our passions… making grand shows of acrimonious dedication.
But can passion justify?
Be my mind espoused with lyrical veracity.
The pursuit must be dauntless, else it be fruitless.
Hey, I really like this idea; it's actually one of my favorite exercises. I've found that beginning can be the most difficult part, but this method helps me think and inspires me by merging what I want to express with my appreciation for words in general.
Also, I appreciate your username.
Anonymous
congrats to RUNNERS-UP: D_Poetic Engineer and Ealantair
and thank you!
and thank you!
EngrVV
D_Poetic Engineer
Forum Posts: 2483
D_Poetic Engineer
Dangerous Mind
40
Joined 11th Sep 2012 Forum Posts: 2483
Congratulations Miki and to my corunner-up Ealantair...thank you Allison for the honorable mention.
Ealantair
Joined 16th July 2014
Forum Posts: 12
Lost Thinker
Forum Posts: 12
Congrats to mikimoondancer and to my corunner-up D_Poetic Engineer. Feeling really flattered to have my work mentioned among your wonderful pieces. Much love!
Anonymous
:) awwww