Historical Figure Poetry June 1, 2008 - July 2, 2008
Contest Completed
Congratulations
Winner- Historical Figure Poetry Contest -
Our Requim - For Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
First Runner Up- Historical Figure Poetry Contest - Your Hollow Heart
2nd Place- Historical Figure Poetry Contest - dreamers thank you
3rd Place- Historical Figure Poetry Contest - Monsieur Wordsworth
Honorable Mention- Historical Figure Poetry Contest - woodstock decides to die
First Runner Up- Historical Figure Poetry Contest - Your Hollow Heart
2nd Place- Historical Figure Poetry Contest - dreamers thank you
3rd Place- Historical Figure Poetry Contest - Monsieur Wordsworth
Honorable Mention- Historical Figure Poetry Contest - woodstock decides to die
DetailsI want to see a poem about a historical figure- it can be anyone dead and famous. Yes, there are a couple of rules:
1) The person you write your poem about must be either recognizable by most, or in need of being recognized. 2) If you write about a musician, it must be one who "changed the face of music". 3)I don't care if they were good or evil. 4) Must be over 20 lines in length. 5) Huge extra kudos if your POV on this person's character goes against the grain and sparks a bit of controversy- though it doesn't have to. Feel free to enter any poems you have already written which follow the rules. Here is my example- a poem I wrote this week: Revolutionary? Hallowed is his name His image printed Everywhere, blazoned From teenagers' t-shirted Apathetic young chests To flags on walls of Campaign Headquarters For potential Presidents So that one would think He was an honorable man If I call him an honorable man I am sarcastic like Marc Antony In his Shakespearian oration For I will not worship the image Of a killer of innocent souls A physician he studied to be "First of all, do no harm"... Ah, but Che you thought harm Had a purpose in your desires For the future of mankind Your Hippocratic oath? A mere hypocrisy The poor, he saw them, the infirm His answer to their plight Was to infirm a nation Under guise of revolution But who was "revoluted" If the people lay broken Dead, starving, or unemployed? You did not want equality Guevara, you wanted power And Castro took it by the reigns Oh, Cuba, your revolution Has created refugees And now the world Holds up as example A man who helped to destroy Your people in the name of love Our emo kids and punks Think him oh so cool WIthout even knowing Who it is they idolize Without reading the story About the face on their shirts Ah, and some, some who know Who you are Che Guevara Still want you to be hallowed And I cannot imagine why. Since when have murderers Deserved the worship reserved for saints? PrizesJust shiny medals, and a feature in the group.
ModeratorConstanceA Small Town in, KSStats5 Contestants
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