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Wow I Actually Caught the Writing Portion of a Writeoff For Once
Note: This poem contains an expletive. I have looked all over the Writeoff site and can't actually find the rules anywhere. If expletives are not allowed or you consider it in poor taste, please read the censored version of this entry I have provided below the original. This message should not be considered part of the poem.
There once was a writer of horse
Who missed when Writeoffs ran their course.
By chance though tonight he
Timed everything rightly,
And hopes that this poem you endorse.
Yes, winning this round would delight me:
A feat that I wouldn't take lightly.
I feel no remorse
Saying it'd be the source
Of pridefulness—albeit slightly.
Oh fuck, there's a prompt! I forgot we're
Supposed to write about cold water.
I feel as though splashed
By a frigid ice bath.
(Though hell, that sounds swell for an otter!)
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There once was a writer of horse
Who missed when Writeoffs ran their course.
By chance though tonight he
Timed everything rightly,
And hopes that this poem you endorse.
Yes, winning this round would delight me:
A feat that I wouldn't take lightly.
I feel no remorse
Saying it'd be the source
Of pridefulness—albeit slightly.
Oh yeah, there's a prompt! I forgot we're
Supposed to write about cold water.
I feel as though splashed
By a frigid ice bath.
(Though hell, that sounds swell for an otter!)
Given that this is the only poem in this round of the Writeoff that has an expletive, and Super Trampoline explicitly asked about expletives in the Writeoff Discord server, I'm guessing he wrote this.
Wait.
Oh.
Oops.
Wait.
Oh.
Oops.
Expletives are fine, unless they're excessive and gratuitous.
A limerick, and one that doesn't keep to the rhythm of one, though it's one of the more commonly abused poetic forms in that regard anyway. Some of the rhymes are a bit forced as well, but as a piece focused on exactly what it says in the title, it does its job. It's not the first time someone's done a meta piece about the write-offs, and I'm pretty sure I've even seen a similar sentiment before. Not bad.
A limerick, and one that doesn't keep to the rhythm of one, though it's one of the more commonly abused poetic forms in that regard anyway. Some of the rhymes are a bit forced as well, but as a piece focused on exactly what it says in the title, it does its job. It's not the first time someone's done a meta piece about the write-offs, and I'm pretty sure I've even seen a similar sentiment before. Not bad.
Convivial versification
Can spur our distraught congregation
To fight to unite
As we strive to write tight
Within times of excessive truncation.
Can spur our distraught congregation
To fight to unite
As we strive to write tight
Within times of excessive truncation.