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Cipher_O (WarlordoftheWrittenWord)
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Fun fact!

Dragonnora
Nora
Lost Thinker
Netherlands
Joined 2nd July 2021
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Poetry Contest

Write a poem about a fun fact you know. It does not need to be long. It can be about anything as long as it is fun and true. Humor is encouraged.
This is my first competition idea but I hope you like it. I wrote a poem called Spalax which could serve as inspiration.

robert43041
Viking
Tyrant of Words
Canada 43awards
Joined 30th July 2020
Forum Posts: 918

Fun facts...and trivia

The Columbian World Fair of 1893 in Chicago  
Was to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America.  
Oooops.  
Due to the fact that it followed the Paris World Fair of 1889  
It had to be four years later, so 1893.  
Also: Paris had the new Tower to show.  
Chicago wanted to go One Up.  
Taller, bigger.
They selected George W. G. Ferris'  
Wheel.
Written by robert43041 (Viking)
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Cipher_O
WarlordoftheWrittenWord
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 7th Mar 2021
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Linked by No Blinks


“Whether you realize it or not, you blink around 20 times per minute.”

Eyes peeled,
With caffeine free

Insanity,
No twenty winks

Of sleep,
No twenty blinks,

Just:

A creeping slink
Of a seeping

Think
Tank for the

Unblinking
Blank

Bank of no blinks in which to sink.

And it’s funny.
Written by Cipher_O (WarlordoftheWrittenWord)
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PittinixDesigns
Fire of Insight
Jamaica 3awards
Joined 8th Feb 2020
Forum Posts: 75

The Harvest

The Harvest had just begun at a Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
Brother and Sister Brown arrived there early in fancy clothes.
The stingy couple did not bring any gifts for the Harvest.
A mouthy deacon with prying eyes approached them at the gate.
“Good morning, Brother and Sister Brown,” he said heartily.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown politely returned the greeting.
The inquisitive deacon immediately asked Mrs. Brown,
“Why did you and your husband come here with empty hands?”
“You didn’t even bring a dozen eggs for the harvest,” he added.
Mr. Brown said nothing, but his wife bluntly replied,
“I can’t lay and neither can Mr. Brown, so how the hell could we get eggs?”
Written by PittinixDesigns
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rabbitquest
Dangerous Mind
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Joined 20th May 2012
Forum Posts: 2051

There was a time when the virus was seriously deadly

Some people rejecting mandates to wear a mask,
being forced to take a vaccine.

Democrats  for mandates
While republicans rejected

Mother Nature evolving the virus in the untamed wilds of the birthplace of Elon Musk,
South Africa, which offered to the world
A virus that was fifty times more infective -forget the common mask, this virus variation would slip right on by and infect its' victim.
The miracle was that the new virus was also fifty times less deadly.

It swept thru the nations and lands of the world
Infecting,
but also giving immunity

It was like each and every anti vax rebel
Got vaxxed.
And that, my friends, is why the virus is no longer stacking up the dead like cordwood

Why the world,
for the most part,
Has opened up.

Wafflenose
Ellie
Dangerous Mind
United Kingdom 19awards
Joined 1st Aug 2021
Forum Posts: 1135

Eternal sunset and lakes of fury

Brightly she shines in our night sky;
her name the goddess of love.  
Once Earth's twin –  
similar in size and structure –  
her hellish heat  
and sulphuric sky  
have rendered her an evil monster.  
  
Cloaked in a carbon dioxide blanket,  
her acid rain, violent volcanoes  
and lakes of lava run rampant;  
their heat unable to escape  
the scorching surface.  
No seasons serve to cool or calm.  
   
Even the night  
offers little respite  
from the soaring heat  
and you could be forgiven for thinking  
that night-time might last for ever.  
With no moon to light the sky,  
the planet plunges into darkness,  
save for its own continued  
volcanic activity.  
   
Still, were you to    
survive the four-month journey,  
the noxious clouds,  
the crushing atmosphere    
and ferocious temperature,  
you would be rewarded  
with a sunset which never ends.  
   
It's only on Venus  
that you could walk fast enough  
to keep the sunset in your view  
for ever and ever.  
Should you tire and rest,  
the sun will finally set  
so very slowly.  
   
And with a Venusian day  
lasting longer than a year,
you'll have a long, long wait  
until a smudge of yellow on the horizon
signals a new dawn,
as finally the sun begins its ascent
in the West.
Written by Wafflenose (Ellie)
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wallyroo92
Tyrant of Words
United States 147awards
Joined 11th July 2012
Forum Posts: 1757

Sequential Hermaphrodites

Now that I got your attention…
 
Did  

You

Know

That...
 
Clownfishes (or Anemonefish)  
First develop as male
But when they mature
They become female
 
I guess nature has a way of teaching us lessons
Transformation happens everywhere
In different species
Across various groups

And now you know
Written by wallyroo92
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NANCY_RDZ_STORIES
WRITER LYRICIST ARTIST
Thought Provoker
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Joined 9th Jan 2020
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POETRY'S FUN FACTS

Learning about some fun facts is very educational. You learn things you didn't know, and some are mind-blowing.

I decided to stick with poetry and discover other new truths about it. I found lots that left my mouth gaping.

Like understanding that poetry is actually from a Greek term poiesis, which means "making".

Poiesis has the meaning of making art or creating something in artistic form.
It’s a little like drawing, but with writing. The words used in poetry are often written differently than in actual text, so they make for a great way to learn.

Also learning that the longest ever poem in the whole world is the Mahabharata. An Indian epic poem dating from the 4th century or earlier. The poem has about 1.8 million words.
Now that is impacting to know a poem was that insanely long. I love long poetry and love writing them long but now I realize mine doesn't compare to the Mahabharata. Now that's a really fun fact to know.
Written by NANCY_RDZ_STORIES (WRITER LYRICIST ARTIST)
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Jordan
D.O.C.
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The winner of this competition and any runners up were decided by public vote.

Thank you to the following members for voting:

AspergerPoet56, S-m-sawyer, Northern_Soul, skg373, Phantom2426, arortiz73, Honoria, JiltedJohnny, mel44, lepperochan, Tallen, nutbuster, Marks, DanielChristensen, MadameLavender, Sandals, wallyroo92, paperstains, monovox128

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