Poetry Association Official Chat! Hawthorne

[ribbit]

Thot snoop backed out of our battle becuz he was too late..not throw in a tantrum just thought he gave me the win

[Inno]

lol didn't you say you didnt want to win like that?

[ribbit]

Just thot he said it'd be alrite to take win becuz he was so late...just a thot

[Inno]

Word.

The battles stayed open in the spirit of competition

Hope you understand

[ribbit]

Aye its okay I guess I should have been clearer in my post

[sral]

lmao I hit up a few matches with votes to try and help out

@Witty I thought your verse was good bro

I know nothing about poetry but I enjoyed the read lol

[Inno]

@sraL


Thanks for voting brah

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[Witty]

The writing, I think, was good enough...but I hate it mainly because there was so much more I could have done with the concept, but didn't and took the easy route.

I guess sometimes the writer is the only person who thinks it sucks cuz they know what it could have been.

[Objective]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

fraze got this
it's just better
some of the voting in this league is just like what?
like punctuation does not mean shit
some dude told me my punctuation was lacking
like seriously? aren't we writing poems here?
anyway, fraze showed a mastery of the language and weaved an intricate template of rhyme and symbolism.
I don't understand where objective got rain out of the picture, but hey

v/fraze

A bit salty, are we? Yes, I told you I thought your punctuation was wack, I've told others as well. It's like reading an extremely long sentence. This isn't the fucking Ulysses man. If that was your intention it's not for me, sorry. I like the language and grammar etc. in poetry to be well thought out, refined and polished. Yes, I lack in that department as well but I'd rather someone point it out and say it if they feel it detracts from the piece. I don't leave things be if I think it draws away the pleasure for me when I'm reading something. Also; there's things about the voting against my verse as well I feel people are missing out on, or I don't feel is right but it is right to them and that's what counts. If you don't like that I don't vote like everyone else and put what I find important highly when I place it that is YOUR problem, there's no reason to cry about it and give a half assed vote back in return as if it's the worst thing that could ever happen in your life. But it's whatevz, I don't care and as far as I'm concerned your vote counts, do your thing but I'd recommend you to leave emotions out of it and if you got a problem with something (like my vote) take it up with me in a PM, thread or in the chat instead of angle shooting in a vote like that.

And if you don't understand where I got ''rain'' from then maybe you should stick to the NBL. That said; if you're actually curious I can tell you in a PM when next round starts.

[Hush]

Originally Posted by Objective

A bit salty, are we? Yes, I told you I thought your punctuation was wack, I've told others as well. It's like reading an extremely long sentence. This isn't the fucking Ulysses man. If that was your intention it's not for me, sorry. I like the language and grammar etc. in poetry to be well thought out, refined and polished. Yes, I lack in that department as well but I'd rather someone point it out and say it if they feel it detracts from the piece. I don't leave things be if I think it draws away the pleasure for me when I'm reading something. Also; there's things about the voting against my verse as well I feel people are missing out on, or I don't feel is right but it is right to them and that's what counts. If you don't like that I don't vote like everyone else and put what I find important highly when I place it that is YOUR problem, there's no reason to cry about it and give a half assed vote back in return as if it's the worst thing that could ever happen in your life. But it's whatevz, I don't care and as far as I'm concerned your vote counts, do your thing but I'd recommend you to leave emotions out of it and if you got a problem with something (like my vote) take it up with me in a PM, thread or in the chat instead of angle shooting in a vote like that.

And if you don't understand where I got ''rain'' from then maybe you should stick to the NBL. That said; if you're actually curious I can tell you in a PM when next round starts.

too long didnt read

if this pretentious faggotry is what is to be expected here sign me out off the rip

[Objective]

Originally Posted by Hush

too long didnt read

It wasn't aimed at you either. Seriously though, if someone is having an issue with difference in personality OR way of looking at things shit's laughable. If I am wrong in anything, my vote is wack or doesn't count (explain it if it was) I am willing to change my ways and say that I'm at fault and apologize if I fucked up. But as of now I'm having a hard to time to see how I'm in the wrong. Maybe I'm just blind, and if I am; enlighten me.

[Split Eight]

Originally Posted by Objective

It wasn't aimed at you either. Seriously though, if someone is having an issue with difference in personality OR way of looking at things shit's laughable. If I am wrong in anything, my vote is wack or doesn't count (explain it if it was) I am willing to change my ways and say that I'm at fault and apologize if I fucked up. But as of now I'm having a hard to time to see how I'm in the wrong. Maybe I'm just blind, and if I am; enlighten me.

I don't think Destroyer was calling you out. He was saying that it seemed suspect that he wrote about the picture, directly, and even then people justified their vote by saying he didn't use the picture well enough- when Innovator didn't follow the picture as much to a T

Then he quoted punctuation as another ridiculous thing to be voted against for (which in this case I'd agree it shouldn't be a determining factor in this particular battle, but you might've just been providing feedback)

Basically he's saying people aren't justifying votes sufficiently and obviously as someone who doesn't compete in topicals, it's frustrating to not be told the details of why you caught a loss, because how else can you get better?

You just got caught in the crossfire

[Split Eight]

Objective: it's gonna be okay. Des gonna Des

Originally Posted by Hush

too long didnt read

if this pretentious faggotry is what is to be expected here sign me out off the rip

you in my dude?

[Destroyer]

singing in the rain? it was in the movie, but was it in the picture?
nah

I'm signed out anyway bro
enjoy reading your punctuated and grammatically correct shit

[Split Eight]

damn, why'd the battles close early? @Vulgar

[Vulgar]

Originally Posted by Dr Dog

damn, why'd the battles close early? @Vulgar

So next week can start.

[Objective]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

singing in the rain? it was in the movie, but was it in the picture?
nah

I wasn't referencing the movie, book, title or anything at all. It has nothing to do with A Clockwork Orange as I only went by the character on the cover, dope af movie tho'. I thought about it as ''rainy days'', bad weather is often associated with a depressive mood so that's what I played off of (clichéd to death or not) and the main character losing face and feeling out of it (hence where the topic comes in and who I had in mind while writing it) and I also end it with the guy shooting off half his face seeing the blast go off which was what I trying to connect with the picture. You don't necessarily die from it but I thought fuck it and let it be. I was more hooked on the ''sunshine'' as a simile for the blast he saw getting a millisecond of sense that things are finally getting better before he died or whatever when I wrote it.

Keep in mind I was high af when I wrote it so I probably made a lot of connections that doesn't make as much sense sober, or to anyone at all, hah, but there's thought behind it. I'm not satisfied by the piece and I didn't have time to do the ''write high, edit sober''-thing either but that's my explanation.

As far as things I felt what people missed out on was that the middle stanza got a ABCDDCBA rhymescheme but I kind of expected that. Thanks for giving me an opportunity to put it to light, I seldom get to do that with what I write.

[fraze]

Originally Posted by Objective

I wasn't referencing the movie, book, title or anything at all. It has nothing to do with A Clockwork Orange as I only went by the character on the cover, dope af movie tho'. I thought about it as ''rainy days'', bad weather is often associated with a depressive mood so that's what I played off of (clichéd to death or not) and the main character losing face and feeling out of it (hence where the topic comes in and who I had in mind while writing it) and I also end it with the guy shooting off half his face seeing the blast go off which was what I trying to connect with the picture. You don't necessarily die from it but I thought fuck it and let it be. I was more hooked on the ''sunshine'' as a simile for the blast he saw getting a millisecond of sense that things are finally getting better before he died or whatever when I wrote it.

Keep in mind I was high af when I wrote it so I probably made a lot of connections that doesn't make as much sense sober, or to anyone at all, hah, but there's thought behind it. I'm not satisfied by the piece and I didn't have time to do the ''write high, edit sober''-thing either but that's my explanation.

As far as things I felt what people missed out on was that the middle stanza got a ABCDDCBA rhymescheme but I kind of expected that. Thanks for giving me an opportunity to put it to light, I seldom get to do that with what I write.

nice explanation. I was finding new readings every time I read your piece. it was poetically dense even tho it was a shorter verse. I need to do more playing with diff rhyme schemes.

[Objective]

Originally Posted by fraze

nice explanation. I was finding new readings every time I read your piece. it was poetically dense even tho it was a shorter verse. I need to do more playing with diff rhyme schemes.

Just noticed this now, thanks man. Word, I feel like fucking around with ALL kinds of structures and rhymeschemes is perfect for a league like this, the creative freedom and challenges it gives the writers is what I'm most excited to see tbh.

[Inno]

@Vulgar

What do you think about an annotation thread?