Poem NUF's 2nd Anniversary Celebration - Poetry Competition

Pyoo · Sep 21, 2017

Thank you for your participation!
The submission period of Poetry Competition is now closed!

The polls for the most favourite poem is now open and will continue to be open until October 1st, 2017~

Vote for your favourite poem

Submissions:

Chance Encounters by @Carm

The Day I Met You by @J-Mitch

Untitled by @Accidentally

Chance Encounter by @Arcadia Blade

Untitled by @Nurman

Whispers of the Blade by @Glaurung

Mr. Liar by @Clozdark

The girl, the leaf and a land of tea by @lexlangel

Chance Encounters by @Risus

Notaitoru by @LysUltima

Tale of an Unnamed Traveler by @Butler

A Passing Moment by @Notaborax

Dear Diary by @Yukina

The Desire of a Thief by @Osamaru

A Star Encounter by @Siostar

In Search of You by @Aster Anemone

Crow sees, snake leaves by @SilentFyre

Judging will be done from September 18, 2017 to October 1st, 2017 with the awards handed out on October 21st, 2017.

Come and watch the discussion thread for more info on the other events!

Carm said: ↑

Chance encounters.

Looking around for nothing,
Passing time as I go,
Continuing my duties,
As I go on.

My work continues.

Suddenly a crash,
A wave comes in,
Bringing in a new sense of duty,
Lazy thy name and weirdness your motto.

An encounter purely by Luck.

Side by side we worked,
One-sidely I worked,
Bruising on as we went,
For fate had us met.

But it is now time for me to go.

Most avid shippers probably know who I'm talking about in this poem.
probably.

And Pyoo you know I'm not good at these types of poems...
hmph.

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J-Mitch said: ↑

The Day I Met You
I remember it like the feel of the sun on my neck;
Like the whispers of the wind by my ear;
Warm and gentle, it was, akin to a woman's joyful tear.

As if a painting,
As if a splash of divine,
Captured in it's moments, everlasting in it's shine.

She had asked a question,
And I chose to answer.

We were two different people, her and I.
No emotion in the interaction.

Only... a simple exchange in wits, and we were both enraptured.

It was uncanny how we spoke;
Our words like dancers amongst the craziest of notes.

We laughed, we sung, we gigglged, and we spun.
The world had fallen away, and all that was left were two people having fun.

We had forgotten how it happened;
We had forgotten what we first spoke about.
The moment was true...
The moment was also fleeting.

But our love had sparked, and the curiosity never leaving.

So, we made new moments,
New sparks to a new painting.

Another and another, memories drawn up on a soft brush.
They'll be there, like an everlasting crush.

Bold, and lovely -
A Memory.

And like the world, even time will not keep us bound.
Forever My Love, @Kerbasi is whom I found.

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Accidentally said: ↑

One post

One thread

One links

One sentence

A chain of words

We met on the net

Upon this ecounter of fate

Grab every change i can take

To struggle with my lack of word yet

Started with hy

Ended with see you later

On a war flame we gather

Or a foolish thread somewhere in here

We make a lot more memories

On this place we met and chats

A strangers at first

An aquintance next

A friend to fool around for the following day

If people ask how we know each other and met?

Just say we are introduced by fate

Just following the trends ah

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Arcadia Blade said: ↑

Chance Encounter

A tale from a guy who tends to be mistaken,
With a fateful encounter, i began to shaken.
Beauty no less, i faced her with confidence.
Inside my mind, a child of intolerance.

Do i have a chance? nay, i'm a man without pants.
I'm an average man, from a colony of ants.
Though, if i have a chance, may i be striked.
A lightning through my body, i'll be scorched.

"Hi!", A simple yet pathetic greeting.
Her gaze on me, the start of our meeting.
A normal, yet, awkward that i may be face-palming.
Though her laugh, i may be singing.

As the pathetic greeting began to change,
We become free from the awkward cage.
My voice of idiocy i say my confession.
She smiled and answer with no hestitation.

In the night sky, an awkward laugh had burst.
I stare at the stars, thinking a gun would be best.
Inhaled a lot of air, i screamed from my lungs.
A loud voice of anger, the word to be heard was "F**k!!!"

Welp, I tried.

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Nurman said: ↑

Untitled

Tears feebly flowing through a fractured heart,
The child cries cradling something cracked apart.

Chance meetings makes fools from sweethearts,
Encounters are only valued after the inevitable depart.

My message that I must impart,
Is that beginnings and ending should always be left to the heart.

Nothing. Just here to leave my mark.

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Glaurung said: ↑

whispers of the blade (a poem in palindrome form)

elate
live
kill.

let go...
finish.

sin-
i.

fog tell like vile tale.

@Pyoo this poem is a palindrome. it can be read from one end to another and still have the same letters. it's a chance encounter- although not of the fortuitous kind.

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Clozdark said: ↑

Title: Mr.Liar
When you waving your hand
I know you were looking for me

The gaze that i can’t stand looking for me
Yesterday you laughed
Today you changed
Tomorrow you cried again
“I’m sorry”

Your eyes turn hazy
“Don’t worry”
A new day will be born for you
Have a nice rest
Don’t dream about me

You won’t find me now
You won’t know i am dying
“Please”
Don’t wake up
You won’t see me

When i waving my hand
I know it was a farewell

hello it's clozdark here, for this contest theme "chance encounter" i will create a poem about there's no chance i to encounter you again

and when you read this poem you maybe know i tell story about waving hand meaning to greet and to disband,
but i feel it's not good enough so i adding a hidden story,if you find it i'm really glad that maybe this time i graduate from my vague word habit,but if you didn't find it i will tell you.
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"The gaze that i can’t stand looking for me,Your eyes turn hazy,You won’t find me now"
in this story you know about my condition and i hate it so i make you can't see my condition

"Yesterday you laughed,“Don’t worry” ,You won’t know i am dying "
by making you laughed and hope you forget about it

"Today you changed,A new day will be born for you,“Please”
you notice that i changed because of my condition and hoping that i will still alive tomorrow

"Tomorrow you cried again,Have a nice rest,Don’t wake up"
i know i can't make it and i know you will cry again and again until you tired and fall asleep

" “I’m sorry” ,Don’t dream about me,You won’t see me "
the last thing i don't want is when you sleeping you will dream about me,and when you wake up you know you won't see me again, so i'm preparing sorry in advance that it's better for you to forget about me.

and then everything back to the present when you waving your hand hope to see me,while i waving my hand with a different meaning.
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then why the title is mr.liar ? because everything turn into lie in this story when you find me in this post.

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lexlangel said: ↑

The girl, the leaf and a land of tea

There was she in the unknown
Walking without aim
Seeking a place of her own.

An empty place and the girl
Thats all what was there
And it was then with an skirl,
A voice said, stay here...

The land, the voice of the land

Be it luck, be chance
It was at the starting ground,
That she got a home
And where the land a friend found.

An empty place without doubt,
She suddenly thought.
To change it, the girl went out.

Outside, swaying was a leaf

A new sudden encounter
A new sweet blessing
A friend and a supporter.

The leaf and the girl,
Together made a big tree.
It was just the start,
The land was now a land of tea.

By the kitty butler~

hello~ well i wonder if i stuck to the theme.

Saying profound things and such aint in me rather its my first poem in a while~
So its more of a fic story.

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Risus said: ↑

Chance Encounters

Coincidence, fate, entwined in our gait.
As if to find stars reside in our stride.
The Fates knitting together souls,
yarn in plaits, lacing soles.

Or perhaps mere shots in the dark,
Bullets made twinkling lights,
gleaming in the shadows of night.

Lines criss and cross,
The paths we walk.
The stones we stumble across,
Diamond, coal, enigmatic unknowns
With paths, goals, views of their own.

We live with wandering eyes, which catch on sparks of surprise.
Sudden little flames, marking the panes we use to view truth.
With a welcoming mind, flammable in kind,
We embrace the fire;
latching on, kindling bonds..
Burning along... smoldering to ash,
Winds of change decide their final path.

Such scenes seen in laboriously reaching trees snd drifting leaves.
Brushing the shoulders of a man, head bowed, lost in his plans.
Now a knight, with an upward glance and curious stance, his heart comes alight!
Blazes ignite in stages, amidst connecting gazes.

Here ye an often told, story of old; Love at first sight.
It comes in waves, washing anew yet the same,
and so, more life is spawned by chance, so seemingly trite.

Hmmmmmmmmmm

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LysUltima said: ↑

Notaitoru

In a storm,
All forlorn,
I met you,
Hope was born.
The light of day,
Shined in my way,
The world in color,
I left the gray.
By chance I found you,
Standing here I knew,
To break us apart,
Even chance can't do.
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Butler said: ↑

Tale of an Unnamed Traveler

One traveler lost his path
Two town denied his entrance
Three times he gathered hate in his path
He stopped in a maze

He dreamed of a place to call home
Somewhere he could change
He wished for someone to guide him
Though the chances is quite slim

By pure coincidence
He found a hidden treasure
A new town in bluish glow
Where the new residents grow

It is such mysterious town
Bustling with activity and events
As his sheer curiosity won
He thread forward to unknown lands

As the sun keeps changing to moon
He felt the change keeps growing on
For the better or worse
He started to change

By pure coincidence, he found where he belongs
One traveler decided his new homes
In the town split in two places
Three houses is where he lives

In the town of novels and readers

It's not about an encounter with anyone special, not even an encounter with a person in the first place.
Well the town is basically NU/NUF and the traveler is myself though.
I'm not sure if this is a poem or a story, since it's like a summary before/after I found NU/NUF.

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Notaborax said: ↑

A Passing Moment

Crossing over mountains high above,
through the deserts filled with endless hills of sand,
looking towards the sky for a flying dove
with these feelings no one could understand.
Sailing the seas of sparkling blue,
among the forests with a light green hue.
Here I am again wandering through an empty night.

Crashed by a falling star,
I lie here after coming so far.
this moment I must grasp tight.

Keeping me in an extreme high,
with every single second feeling wonderful.
hoping that I would never need to say goodbye,
under this night sky it feels like a show,
coming from a scene in lovely fairytale.
the climax of an arduous trail.
Everything was such a delight.

Gone from my embrace,
empty expression on my face.
however quick you were my brightest light.

well most of this is pretty straight foward. the narrator searching for something throughout the world. He finally meets someone that made him feel happy, but that person went away. The first stanza is long because the person spent a long time looking for someone. The second stanza is short because the encounter was short and fleeting. The third stanza is long because he had a lot of fewlings from the encounter. The last stanze is short because the SO left as quickly as they came, and now the person feels empty again

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Yukina said: ↑

Dear Diary

I've once seen your play
I don't know why
But With just a simple glance
I've already fall for you

I want to hear your voice
And even to hold your hand
I just want to go near you
But I never just have the courage to

For you shine like a star
even on the darkest night
your light is like the sun
making me feel so warm

as I look in your face
I was thankful to be at this place
Never minding others gaze
Not knowing that I started to daze

Do you believe in destiny?
Or you'll rather choose reality?
Don't say that this is fallacy
For I will love/believe in you till eternity
And will make you mine

PS: #ihatepyoonwatson4thechanceencountertheme

A Fan's Accidentally Encountering the person that he/she will become a loyal fanatic, okay I've also changed the title from fan to Dear Diary

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Osamaru said: ↑

You know what, Na, lets go with this one. It was one of my favorites. Ever have the desires to have something (or Someone) that you couldn't?

The Desire of a Thief
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When I first saw the Treasure
It lit in me a pleasure
one that I cannot measure
when captured by its allure

it lit a hot desire
it lit a burning fire
feelings unknown prior
to any I'd felt before

It took my breath away
it made me want to stay
Heart captive to its sway
And yet Heart and Soul did War

For that which I thought to take
that for which my heart did ache
that which caused my mind to shake
I found another already bore

I then felt a dark temptation
one to step beyond my station
to abandon my foundation
And it shook me to my very core

Wishing to take what wasn't mine
a foot raised to cross the line
mind drunk on yearning's wine
and when I looked, I knew myself no more.

So I but watched awhile
though my throat filled with bile
and forced myself to smile
as a tear fell to the floor
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Siostar said: ↑

A Star encounter (Contest version)

Hello~
For everyone who can't find the right order to read my poem, you need to follow the numbers in the circles or the star to, get the right order. I tried to make the poem so other wouldn't too hard to read, but if even the numbers don't help you, or the words is too small to read. I has a normal version of the in the spoiler under here.

In darkness far away, far above the clouds and seaway.
In the sky they stay, glistering their own way.
But how could I ever stay away?
That was what my heart will say.

Hiding behind a wall of glass, I sway on water and singing jazz.
Fear the world outside of mine.
I lonely await to slowly decline.
Dimly hope a sign of change, I silently stare out the window frame.

Lines of lights, on a starry night.
Dropping on, and continue on.
Stars falls, fall like rains.
Like a dream, let’s dreaming on.

Every story has an end, and so has this dreamy rain.
Then it’s end, I be lonely again.
But the fate has changed, once again.

At least it was send, the star has descend.
By chance we meet, to happiness it leads.

My world make sounds, break and crack.
Shattered shards, and broken glass.
Once the sea, gloomy and dark.
Now outside, it’s seems to spark.
Fly with me, the star remark.
Flying to stars, is how we embark.

Before I knew, I was a star.
They called me for Siostar.

Next is what my poem is about? Well.... let's just say:

The stars is peoples

The star rain is an event

The glass is an unvisible wall

The sea and night is just the surronding

The last line is added for fun~

The rest you can guess yourself~

As for why I wrote a contest version beside the title? That's because there is a original version~ and I was afraid if it can be considered as unfair one
So I has also post it here in a spoiler.

Warning: The poem under spoiler may affect your judgement in the votes.

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Aster Anemone said: ↑

Theme: Chance Encounter

Carrying my shadow
with me alone
I walk the deserts
the seas and moan
escape my lips
and burn to dust

This time that I live
in days and hours
This time that is static
in moments of longing
called life is nothing less than despair

Skies bear witness
of my struggles and wanderings
that I go through
for a timeless moment
in which I will find you

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SilentFyre said: ↑

Crow sees, snake leaves

From far away a snake slithers hither
The morning grey; a darkened noon
On another day a crow praises thunder
The boring day alights anew

From far away a snake slithers hither
Sees falling rain, sees falling leaves
The crow afar still wanders the border
As day and night create a weave

From far away a snakes slithers hither
Still on the trail to find its need
Unfulfilled hope of meat so tender
An emptiness stemming from greed

From far away a crow comes forgotten
A snake in sight, a tail in mouth
From far away a snake slithers hither
Sees crow in sky, and leaves for winter

I seriously had no idea what was going through my head when I started writing this. I just saw the theme and the first words that came to mind were "A snake slithers hither", and I just rolled with it. Tbh, looking at it now I think I may have over complicated the poem (and this might turn out to be a total miss of the criteria), but I can't bear to change it.

To get to the point of this poem, the chance encounter is between a snake and a crow. The snake is gathering food for winter as the season changes and the crow is passing by. They meet by sheer coincidence, but as you may know, chance encounters can evoke some kind of result as we know from stories and what not, but what if it was simply meeting and doing nothing? So that's why this poem ends the way it is.

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LysUltima · Sep 18, 2017

You actually put "Notaitoru" as the title...?
It was just a different way of saying untitled...

LysUltima · Sep 18, 2017

Wait, are we allowed to talk on the tread now that submissions are over?
If not, I'll delete my posts.

Aster Anemone · Sep 18, 2017

Participants can vote for each others poem right?

Osamaru · Sep 18, 2017

Aster Anemone said: ↑

Participants can vote for each others poem right?
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I'd say so, in something like this its normally bad manners to vote on your own, anyway.

Acerleaf · Sep 18, 2017

*swooshes over*
...so do we just tag the person we are voting for, or will there be polls?~

AliceShiki · Sep 18, 2017

Acerleaf said: ↑

*swooshes over*
...so do we just tag the person we are voting for, or will there be polls?~
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https://strawpoll.com/pdxdw6d6

Acerleaf · Sep 18, 2017

brasca123 said: ↑

https://strawpoll.com/pdxdw6d6
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Thank you~

*swooshes away*

Clozdark · Sep 18, 2017

@Pyoo inside your post spoiler submission I didn't see mine and lexangel submission except only author notes part.

Pyoo · Sep 19, 2017

LysUltima said: ↑

You actually put "Notaitoru" as the title...?
It was just a different way of saying untitled...
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oh...

LysUltima said: ↑

Wait, are we allowed to talk on the tread now that submissions are over?
If not, I'll delete my posts.
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well seems like its allowed.. I'll just post the winners in thr 2nd post for easy visuals

Aster Anemone said: ↑

Participants can vote for each others poem right?
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yes sure

Clozdark said: ↑

@Pyoo inside your post spoiler submission I didn't see mine and lexangel submission except only author notes part.
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oh oops. Cause urs are in quote boxes. Thanks for noticing

LysUltima · Sep 19, 2017

Pyoo said: ↑

oh...

well seems like its allowed.. I'll just post the winners in thr 2nd post for easy visuals

yes sure

oh oops. Cause urs are in quote boxes. Thanks for noticing
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It's okay, I stand out from all the other "untitled" that way...

Well, I guess it's too late now to delete things...

Pyoo · Sep 19, 2017

LysUltima said: ↑

It's okay, I stand out from all the other "untitled" that way...

Well, I guess it's too late now to delete things...
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ayes~

Even untitled stands out from those with the theme name --"

LysUltima · Sep 19, 2017

Pyoo said: ↑

ayes~

Even untitled stands out from those with the theme name --"
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True~

Action · Jun 17, 2018

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Pyoo · Oct 2, 2017

Pyoo said: ↑

The polls for the most favourite poem is now open and will continue to be open until October 1st, 2017~

Vote for your favourite poem
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Congratulations @Siostar for being Fan Favourite Poem! Youll receive a prize of 500 Nuffies (or more) on @NUF 2nd Anniversary on October 21st, 2017!

Your most favourite poem (read them all first!)

24 % (6 votes)A Star Encounter by @Siostar

16 % (4 votes)Untitled by @Accidentally

12 % (3 votes)The girl, the leaf and a land of tea by @lexlangel

12 % (3 votes)The Desire of a Thief by @Osamaru

8 % (2 votes)Tale of an Unnamed Traveler by @Butler

4 % (1 votes)The Day I Met You by @J-Mitch

4 % (1 votes)Chance Encounter by @Arcadia Blade

4 % (1 votes)Chance Encounters by @Risus

4 % (1 votes)Notaitoru by @LysUltima

4 % (1 votes)A Passing Moment by @Notaborax

4 % (1 votes)Dear Diary by @Torina

4 % (1 votes)In Search of You by @Aster Anemone

0 % (0 votes)Chance Encounters by @Carm

0 % (0 votes)Untitled by @Nurman

0 % (0 votes)Whispers of the Blade by @Glaurung

0 % (0 votes)Mr. Liar by @Clozdark

0 % (0 votes)Crow sees, snake leaves by @SilentFyre

25 total votes.

J-Mitch · Oct 2, 2017

Congratz @Siostar

Osamaru · Oct 2, 2017

\o/ congrats! Well done!

lexlangel · Oct 2, 2017

Congrats @Siostar !

Accidentally · Oct 2, 2017

Congo~ @Siostar

Bielt · Oct 2, 2017

yay @Siostar !!!
\o/

lets have a party to celebrate!

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