Creative Corner

@WarriorofEarth [columns][size=4]"Hope and Katherine, what beautiful names, just like mucus to my ears!" The little clouded mith smiled graciously at the two entrants as she reviewed their forms. "I'm Mistress Mith, and I always find festivals so exiting, don't you? All the hustle and bustle and muscle...oops!" She hid behind her hand with a little giggle as Cedar passed by shouldering a heavy trunk of prizes. "Well, everything looks fantastic, fabulous, and flabbergasted. Don't forget to pick up your [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/1#post_46718316]Poet Certificate[/url] as you go! You can each get a copy, but they will contain all the entries from your clan (i.e. WarriorofEarth). If you have any difficulties, please contact @Paintminion."[/size][nextcol][img]https://imgur.com/JxBlJZf.png[/img][/columns] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/671141/67114058.png[/img][nextcol][size=4]As the two dragons turned to go, Mistress Mith reached out to the Skydancer, Hope. "Pardon, but a word? Actually, it's a syllable. An extra one. On the last line of your practically perfect poem. There can only be five syllables on the last line of a haiku. It won't do for Uncle Opa to see it like that. He's our professional patroller of perforation and punctuation, you know!"[/size][/columns]

[center][size=5][b]We Have A Winner![/b][/center] [columns][img]https://imgur.com/2MzM7gp.png[/img][nextcol][size=4]Uncle Opa intercepted Cedar as they were stacking the Prize Chests at the back of the Poetry Tent. "Hmm-hmmm. Looks like we have our very first entry, Cedar!" Uncle Opa's eyes rarely, if ever, left his clipboard. "Oh, sweet! Always a good omen. Let's keep those entries keep coming early and often!" When there was no reply, Cedar looked up from their work untangling trinkets in a hatbox. "Was there anything else, Uncle?"[/size][/columns] The ancient mith seemed surprisingly at a loss for words. He gazed about at the boxes and trunks of prizes, nervously tapping his clipboard. [columns][size=4]Cedar's antennae twitched as a light went off in their head. "Uncle, why don't I gather a few items for a Surprise Prize? It takes a certain kind of bravery to be first, even if it's just a poetry contest. In fact, I saw something just now..." Cedar began to rummage. "Hmm, ah yes! Splendid Idea! Glad you thought of it!" Uncle Opa looked relieved to be so well understood. "You must be busy. I'll leave you to it, shall I? Hmm-hmmm. Yes."[/size][nextcol][img]https://imgur.com/DsVGEYy.png[/img][/columns] [center][size=5][b]We have our 1st Entry!![/b][/size][/center] Congratulations to @sockmonkeygerald for logging in their first poem mere minutes after the contest opened! We'll have you know, the early bird gets a lot more than worms here! The Windsinger sees to that! [center][item=encouraging quill][item=royal cape][item=whirlwind crown][/center]

(Wait how early did I--okayyyy got up earlier than I thought then :) Thank you [s]precious miths want to come home with me[/s] honored event runners, my pleasure to participate! [emoji=spiral happy size=1]

@Storygeek [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/62652628][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/626527/62652628.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] "Whoopsie sorry there we go fixed! Butterfly Effect thank you!" The spiral beams as he tucks away his lovely new quill with a flourish. [/columns]

[center][color=#13420c] Isabella smiled fluttering. [img]https://i.imgur.com/uzLeT5E.png[/img] "[i]A new day. How lovely[/i]."

[I]Dimitra hurried up to the miths, a small smile on her nervous face. Perhaps poetry was not her strongest point, but when Dancer had told her about the lucky charms category... Well, it had seemed so perfect! Anyway, she was here now. What harm could it do to try? Taking a breath of confidence, she held up her poem.[/i] [I]'Hello little Miths! I'd like to offer up a poem to the Wind!' Judges: @Sinjin @Storygeek @SunnyShowers [/i] [b]FR Player Name:[/b] Fennecfox21 [b]FR Player ID#:[/b] #521233 [b]Dragon Poet's Name:[/b] Dimitra [b]Dragon Poet's ID#:[/b] 67770924 [b]Dragon Poet Image:[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/67770924][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/677710/67770924_350.png[/img][/url] [b]Entry Category:[/b] Lucky Charms [b]Entry Title:[/b] The Lantern Ballad [b]Entry: [/b] Dimitra's lanterns lead the way, Ethereal providers of light. Steps along a sunbaked ledge, Cool in the dark of night. The journey is winding and dangerous, Fraught, With such an ominous looming, Thought. That if she falls- And then she slips! A desperate cry, Upon soft lips. Yet bathed in gentle candlight, A foothold hidden by the night! Steady steps she takes from now, Till the dawn thus ends the fright. The journey is over, She's safe now and sound. Her lanterns have saved her, And Dimitra is proud.

[I]Hello little Miths! I'd like to offer up a poem to the Wind! Judges: @Sinjin @Storygeek @SunnyShowers [/i] [b]FR Player Name:[/b] GrimdarkRoxy [b]FR Player ID#:[/b] #167630 [b]Dragon Poet's Name:[/b] Waltz [b]Dragon Poet's ID#:[/b] #13926889 [b]Dragon Poet Image:[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/13926889][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/139269/13926889_350.png[/img][/url] [b]Entry Category:[/b] The Butterfly Effect [b]Entry Title:[/b] Like Moths to a Flame [b]Entry: [/b] An uncertain heart left behind on darkest days for fear of the light

@Sinjin , I have a question: does the poem have to be written during the duration of the competition? I'm considering entering an older poem of mine, or a translation of another older poem of mine.

@Krawald [columns][img]https://imgur.com/2MzM7gp.png[/img][nextcol]"Hmm-hmmm, let's see..." Uncle Opa consulted his clipboard, flipping through pages until he ran out. "Nothing in the rules...hmm-hmmm." He finally looked up. "There appears to be no restriction as long as the poem falls into the theme of the applicable category. So by all means, dust off your missive and let's have it then!" "That said," here he peered over the top of his pince nez, "if the poem was previously entered here in a previous Jamboree, well now, that would just be bad form. The Windsinger doesn't care for re-runs."[/columns]

[I]Hello little Miths! I'd like to offer up a poem to the Wind! Judges: @Sinjin @Storygeek @SunnyShowers [/i] [b]FR Player Name:[/b] cartographic [b]FR Player ID#:[/b] 434197 [b]Dragon Poet's Name:[/b] Balerin [b]Dragon Poet's ID#:[/b] 67908015 [b]Dragon Poet Image:[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/67908015][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/679081/67908015_350.png[/img][/url] [b]Entry Category:[/b] Lucky Charms [b]Entry Title:[/b] Small Pebble [b]Entry: [/b] A small gray pebble, Found on a distant shoreline, Is my gift of luck.