# The great poetry showdown has a winner! **URL:** \ **Category:** Fun & Games\ **Tags:** gravedig\ **Created:** [October 13, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277 "2009-10-13T14:42:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dragonbones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dragonbones/32/1125_2.png) [@Dragonbones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dragonbones)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/21 "2009-10-14T04:31:21Z")
> [@jimipresley](#): > > Shite. It seems that every time I add someone to the poll, the previous votes disappear. Well, someone who’s already voted may want to change their vote once they see they have new choices, so that doesn’t seem to be a problem to me. If you’re serious about a poll, you want to collect the candidates before polling begins, no? ---
**Author:** ![jimipresley](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/jimipresley/32/102867_2.png) [@jimipresley](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/jimipresley)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/22 "2009-10-14T04:35:29Z")
> [@Dragonbones](#): > > [quote=“jimipresley”]Shite. It seems that every time I add someone to the poll, the previous votes disappear. Well, someone who’s already voted may want to change their vote once they see they have new choices, so that doesn’t seem to be a problem to me. If you’re serious about a poll, you want to collect the candidates before polling begins, no?[/quote] Cool. Suggestions for a time-frame? ---
**Author:** ![zender](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@zender](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/zender)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/23 "2009-10-14T04:40:31Z")
Ten days sounds fine. It didn’t take me long to write mine. Erm . . . Some people might feel slighted if they submit a poem but aren’t included in the poll. :neutral: ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_McCoy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_mccoy/32/175310_2.png) [@Dr\_McCoy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_McCoy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/24 "2009-10-14T04:42:12Z")
What rhymes with jimi? ---
**Author:** ![zender](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@zender](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/zender)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/25 "2009-10-14T04:44:10Z")
Gimme rimmy ---
**Author:** ![jimipresley](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/jimipresley/32/102867_2.png) [@jimipresley](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/jimipresley)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/26 "2009-10-14T04:47:40Z")
How do people feel about submitting more than one poem? I’m going to change my original entry. ---
**Author:** ![zender](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@zender](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/zender)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/27 "2009-10-14T04:54:41Z")
Uh, I feel like I’ve already done my work, but some might need a few tries to match my brilliance. (Note: I’m currently winning with 100% of all votes tallied! 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![jimipresley](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/jimipresley/32/102867_2.png) [@jimipresley](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/jimipresley)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:12am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/28 "2009-10-14T10:12:01Z")
OK. As Moderator of the GREAT POETRY SHOWDOWN, I have amended the rules. Don’t ask WHY. Just live with my omnipotence. First Amendment: Only one poem per poster. Second Amendment: You may edit/replace your poem at any time before November 14th, 12PM Taipei MEAN time. Third Amendment: Votes will only be valid if cast after this deadline. Fourth Amendment: Wake up, slackers. You have nine days to cast your pearls. Do so wisely. ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@Chris](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:14am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/29 "2009-10-14T10:14:48Z")
The cat Sat On the mat. ---
**Author:** ![sandman](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sandman](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/sandman)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:16am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/30 "2009-10-14T10:16:26Z")
![](http://images.etsy.com/all_images/e/efd/08c/il_430xN.6157143.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jimipresley](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/jimipresley/32/102867_2.png) [@jimipresley](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/jimipresley)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/31 "2009-10-14T10:20:02Z")
[quote=“Chris”]The cat Sat On the mat.[/quote] Cheating. Plagiarism. Take two weeks out to contemplate what you’ve done. ---
**Author:** ![jimipresley](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/jimipresley/32/102867_2.png) [@jimipresley](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/jimipresley)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:21am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/32 "2009-10-14T10:21:40Z")
> [@sandman](#): > > ![](http://images.etsy.com/all_images/e/efd/08c/il_430xN.6157143.jpg) That’s a fucking fruitbowl, man. Not as severe an indiscretion as Mr Chris’ so I’ll allow you a haiku. ---
**Author:** ![sandman](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sandman](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/sandman)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:24am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/33 "2009-10-14T10:24:38Z")
Its NOT the Great Pottery Showdown? Blue-glazed ceramic fruitbowl Chills the heart’s cockles And ends the quest Undone I am. ---
**Author:** ![Fox](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Fox](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Fox)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 11:21am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/34 "2009-10-14T11:21:04Z")
Here’s an oldie for you Jimi. Is that cheating? Plus I don’t really know if it qualifies as a poem. Luck They call it night rain; the hushed nocturnal clatter of mahjong tiles being shuffled. At 2am, it’s the final remnants of the cacophony; the muffled sound of souls fishing for luck. It floats in through my window from the surrounding apartment blocks. They’ll need that luck tomorrow when they spill out onto the streets devoid of footpaths. Here you enter the world like you entered life; right smack bang in the middle of all the action. Luck is your armor; a thin force-field of good fortune that can rot, leak and even invite mishap if not charmed by audaciousness. It can’t be cornered or even netted; and a river of woe flows through those who try, for luck is a treacherous bitch of a master that thrives on the bait and switch. Yet thus charmed by those of bold vision, should their minds remain open and their will remain their own, luck turns serendipitous – a left field source of love and discovery with answers to questions not yet asked, a wormhole into the unknown unknowns. So be brave, daring, intrepid and audacious. Yes, charm that mother madly. Step out into the world of no footpaths. Make your own way. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![jimipresley](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/jimipresley/32/102867_2.png) [@jimipresley](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/jimipresley)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 11:22am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/35 "2009-10-14T11:22:32Z")
Mr Fox enters the fray! Game on! :bravo: ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_McCoy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_mccoy/32/175310_2.png) [@Dr\_McCoy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_McCoy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/36 "2009-10-14T12:18:32Z")
[quote=“sandman”]Its NOT the Great Pottery Showdown? Blue-glazed ceramic fruitbowl Chills the heart’s cockles And ends the quest Undone I am.[/quote] I was going to put up a picture of a tree, but nobody would believe I made it. ---
**Author:** ![jimipresley](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/jimipresley/32/102867_2.png) [@jimipresley](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/jimipresley)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/37 "2009-10-14T13:42:37Z")
[quote=“Dr. McCoy”] I was going to put up a picture of a tree, but nobody would believe I made it.[/quote] Post a poem. I know you have some. ---
**Author:** ![Funk500](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/53a042/32.png) [@Funk500](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Funk500)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/38 "2009-10-14T13:51:39Z")
Punch the monkey The flatulence should remain blazed I ask why? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_McCoy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_mccoy/32/175310_2.png) [@Dr\_McCoy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_McCoy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/39 "2009-10-14T13:55:16Z")
[quote=“jimipresley”][quote=“Dr. McCoy”] I was going to put up a picture of a tree, but nobody would believe I made it.[/quote] Post a poem. I know you have some.[/quote] I don’t have any poems. But I have some exquisite modern art that I offered to let a Forumosan purchase, any Forumosan, and didn’t have any takers. So the offer was rescinded. ---
**Author:** ![sandman](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sandman](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/sandman)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277/40 "2009-10-14T14:05:58Z")
Kiss your pockmarked, centuries-old face, Your smacked-out junkie lips In the bone-chilling cold of the subterranean cast concrete, Bastardized by the profane ineptitude of the disadvantaged With still the hard cold skag-cash that could not have been Better spent. Still I get a hardon and my mind swoons. Your goose-pimpled thighs run rough under my chapped hands, But I care not. I’m getting my hole. I can feel it. I can taste it. Smell. The last night’s hair gel and mascara run down my cheeks And I taste it like a bitter miasma of things I should have done (Had I heeded my parents’ advice) And I revel in the utter revulsion, The utter awareness that I’m in the Moment And you’re not. [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277.md?page=1) [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-great-poetry-showdown-has-a-winner/54277.md?page=3)