2009 capt lorax RIP we miss U boo memorial ILX POETRY contest poll

loss of italics in my entry is driving me crazy < /anal>

I'm not going to vote for myself or poems with 5 or more words I don't understand (sorry Edward).
But I read through all of these poems just now and have chosen my ILPoet. Thanks for making this poll and keeping a deadline Edward :)

Also, Beth I would love to hear you go on longer about your victims ;]

When I read "the nation's soul-rot writ small", I know I have but one choice. You need a nice, firm grip (and an awesome backhand) to write that kind of stuff.

so many of these are wonderful

I have the sudden urge to change one word in my poem now that I reread it... "wrote out" should have been "fleshed out" - much more poetic and suggestive. oh wells

Picky poets tend to leave poems in the drawer a while so they can bring them back out later and pick out such nits before sending them into the world. This is not the world. It's just the interweb, so its ok.

Yeah, that's why I submitted a poem that was written in one go

I'm not going to vote for myself or poems with 5 or more words I don't understand (sorry Edward).

haha, anyone who votes for themselves should be sent to the waste land, or be compelled to submit a 5000 word essay on it, this is not a municipal election

in my defense those highfalutin words were used to set up a dopey punchline but no need to apologize, there are awesomely talented poets on ILX and I'm glad a majority of them crawled out of the woodwork for this to get some props n love n such

I wish some folks who weren't entrants would post their thoughts but maybe it's true modernism reduced the audience for poetry from tens of thousands to ten

in other news the mysteries of server timezone settings are interfering w/ my joyce homage end date

unsure who to pick here, have narrowed it down to 3 or 4 tho'

imo this is between the established big-hitters (beth, ed iii, aimless, elmo) but i could be persuaded towards the table is the table

at this very moment i'd probably rank them

elmo
beth
ed
aimless
table

but this could easily change, especially if some sort of discussion breaks out here

Ugh I didnt know this would be a poll, thats... tacky. I wish I hadnt posted anything now!

uh

2009 ILE poetry CONTEST giggity goo!

Alright, the poem must be 4 - 40 lines. That doesn't include line breaks. One entry per person. Post your entry here. I'll move them all later when the poll starts.
Tentative closing date is May 1st so get cracking

― CaptainLorax, Sunday, March 29, 2009 3:43 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark

besides tacky is the new austere

Taste is well-known to be democratic, Trayce. *shruggles mcgee* *that means I shrugged*

My dog is pretty upset, too.

one of those tortured artist types

Ech, I didnt mean this whole thing is tacky, sorry guys! I just feel out of my depth or something. Never mind, carry on.

emotions! sensitive poets! offended canines! this poll contains multitudes!

this poll is america

*cryingeagle*

I'm so happy my poem has been anthologized.

Does this count as publication?

2009 capt lorax RIP we miss U boo memorial ILX POETRY contest poll is SO on my personal biblio.

it's on my resume

To publish is to make content publicly known. The term is most frequently applied to the distribution of text or images on paper, or to the placing of content on a website.

The word publication means the act of publishing, and it also means any writing of which copies are published, and any website. Among publications are books, and periodicals, the latter including magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers.

so congrats you are all published authors now

even you, snitter, you mercurial beast, literary cream of your litter

urgh I complete forgot that I posted a 'real' poem in addition to the one made up of facebook ads :-/

and not only a 'real' poem but a 'real' poem that I removed the last part of because I thought it was stupid but now I realize it's even stupider without it asdfjsaighsao

bernard snowy of the past what were you thinking

all of which is to say: trayce, I feel u bro

i'm kind of sad i didn't finish an ode to l0u1s jagg3r before the deadline. maybe in 2010 i'll be less lazy.

fwiw i tht your facebook ads poem was A+ and wd have srsly considered voting for it

as things stand, nobody is arguing with my current placement, which makes me sad. cmon, more debate!

harbl, i wd still like to see this ode

it's not done yet!

when it is done of course, i am patient man with much longing

"I went to the Donuts a-Dunkin" by EZ Snappin

I liked this one.

"do you ever think about the waves" by G00blar

Awesome too...why did I vote so quickly?

I mean this poem is fucking funny as hell.

I still have a cheque from a pome I was actually paid for in a local literary publication some years back! Never cashed it cos it was more symbolic than anything. Also, $40 is piss.

$40 is AWESOME!!! Frame a high-quality scan of the check and with the original buy a fantastic bottle of wine.

hello beth yes $40 would be very welcome in these quarters also
please try and convince me to vote for you rather than elmo

Hah! A modest amount to purchase true stardom!

the two parts of my post were unrelated, honest

try this on for size:
elmo's had a vibe
beth's had a presence

I haz opinions but am recusing myself in the name of administerial impartiality

I don't think peeps should have to make campaign platforms for their work!

I wish you could vote for more than one. This might result in a tie, but the two winners could then marry and breed UBERPOETS.

Not all pairs are breeding pairs.

IMO Ed III should furtively glance about, cast off his administerial robes and hurl forth his mind's collect

donuts a-shrunkin'.

ok I found it: "the poem must be 4 - 40 lines. That doesn't include line breaks or the title. One entry per person. Post your entry here. I'll move them all later when the poll starts"

aimless is right, we should do this again

its me said it last iirc

aimless and darraghmac and me and lorax are all otm

does anyone know how lorax is getting on these days

didn't he appear recently i think

mm suppose not

I can't send e-mails because I've been banned before but yes I want to quit.

elmo was and is a superlative poet

beth too, wonder where she's at

he said some very stupid things but mostly seemed harmless and possibly slightly vulnerable, like that time he was gambling his meagre savings away speculating on securities

I fondly remember his sensible advice to wait to follow your passions until after you've got a wife and a full time job.

huh, that is remarkably sensible for someone who seemed so..........expressive

He loved Tull's Songs from the Wood, this he will not be denied his place in heaven

This = thus ffs

xxpost I thought it was pretty non-sensible myself!

oh i meant sensible in the sense of circumspect & cautious, not 'good advice'

lol, yes

so are we really doing this

i'm down to kick the tires and light the fires

all of yr poems & posts

2014 ILX Poetry Contest: The Captain Lorax Prize (Submissions Thread)

i havent written creatively in 5evs, i would be down 4 this

hope Lorax is ok.