Conquer Club

1. There is a poetry-writing competition, where you can privately submit your poem to a judging panel of mods and admins.
2. There is a facebook-building competition, where you can post your poem on CC's Facebook page, and score points by gathering "likes".
3. There is a recitation competition, where you can record yourself reciting the original poem, and demonstrate your dramatic talents.

waauw wrote:Can we also write a rap-song? That's kind of like poetry.

jgordon1111 wrote:Waauw little recognized fact, William Shakespeare was one of the first rappers, he just didn't use a heavy Base musical backdrop for his raps.

thegreekdog wrote:Seriously weak guys. Maybe pick a different poem or something.

riskllama wrote:

thegreekdog wrote:Seriously weak guys. Maybe pick a different poem or something.

ok, do you know any other good WW I poems?

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.

Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.—
Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.

tzor wrote:

jgordon1111 wrote:Waauw little recognized fact, William Shakespeare was one of the first rappers, he just didn't use a heavy Base musical backdrop for his raps.

Not to mention the works of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert during the Victorian era.

jgordon1111 wrote:

tzor wrote:

jgordon1111 wrote:Waauw little recognized fact, William Shakespeare was one of the first rappers, he just didn't use a heavy Base musical backdrop for his raps.

Not to mention the works of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert during the Victorian era.

Sry Tzor, topic made me think of saint Crispin day speech. I do realize I left many great poets out.

Btw Duk ask razor to see my submission for this topic.

thegreekdog wrote:Seriously weak guys. Maybe pick a different poem or something.

jgordon1111 wrote:

tzor wrote:

jgordon1111 wrote:Waauw little recognized fact, William Shakespeare was one of the first rappers, he just didn't use a heavy Base musical backdrop for his raps.

Not to mention the works of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert during the Victorian era.

Sry Tzor, topic made me think of saint Crispin day speech. I do realize I left many great poets out.

Btw Duk ask razor to see my submission for this topic.

Dukasaur wrote:

thegreekdog wrote:Seriously weak guys. Maybe pick a different poem or something.

Are you serious? This is the universally-recognisable Great War poem. There may be other good ones, but most will be known only to specialists.

jgordon1111 wrote:

tzor wrote:

jgordon1111 wrote:Waauw little recognized fact, William Shakespeare was one of the first rappers, he just didn't use a heavy Base musical backdrop for his raps.

Not to mention the works of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert during the Victorian era.

Sry Tzor, topic made me think of saint Crispin day speech. I do realize I left many great poets out.

Btw Duk ask razor to see my submission for this topic.

I'm not interfering in the judging process. If you sent it to Razor, he will see it.

jgordon1111 wrote:On reflection I see your position, and withdraw my suggestion it was bad form of me to mention you look at it, my apologies.