JCF Poetry Slam

[Odin]

Since this technically falls under art (literature is an art) and it's not Jazz related, post your poetry here. Free verse, sonnets, quartrains, hell, even haiku, post your work!

Here's a poem I wrote while bored out of my skin in in-school suspension, for my love. :3

Constants

300 million miles from Sol
To Earth, a measurement known as AU,
Density equals mass over volume,
An equation, constant as I Love You.

Fibonacci, primes, perfect squares, and i,
Logic and numbers that stay and hold true,
Things that will never change, though some may try
To debunk the constant of I Love You.

Also, don't be shy to post yourself reading the poems. Poetry is best experienced while read aloud. And this coming from a guy who can only stand poetry from Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, and Ogden Nash.

[Caffne]

Poem? Oh really?
A mockery of justice,
hidin' behind stuff.

Cold hearted haiku btw.

[Fawriel]

Oh, I see... I was expecting a contest. I wonder whether it would be possible to have a real poetry slam in a forum like this... Granted, I'm not entirely sure how a poetry slam works in real life. I've only been to one that wasn't so much a poetry slam as a bunch of hilarious awesome people performing artistic stand-up comedy. A real poetry slam is sort of like a rap battle without the dissing, right?

I'd love to read out some poetry, but I don't have any recent poems to present.

[Stijn]

Ok, poetry contest. I donate 5 euros to the paypal account of the writer of the best poem. Prize only goes if there are at least 7 entries (1 entry per contestant). Judge is probably me, but if anyone got a better idea feel free to suggest.

Inspirational keyword: summer breeze. But feel free to deviate!

[n00b]

n00b's totally awesome entry:

I was facing an utmost delusion,
Peaked at its impeccable illusion,
A breeze thought from Summer's heart,
Was instead a passerby's fart.

[Xobim]

Summer breeze
makes me freeze
so I had to squeeze
a lemon

(totally un-serious not-entry BTW)

[Odin]

I didn't really mean this to be a contest or anything, just an invitation for fellow JCFers to post their poetry (since I seem to have a passing interest in it now). I'm expecting stuff from Violet especially.

[Stijn]

No, of course, I'm not trying to hijack your thread or something. Just trying to encourage people to post poems here, since I think it's a great idea, and contests in the art forum are cool :)

[Erik]

Literary masterpiece.

(-) the police
Coming straight from the underground
A young (-) got it bad 'cos I'm brown
And not the other color so police think
They have authority to kill a minority

Well (-) that (-) 'cos I ain't the one
For a punk (-) with a badge and a gun
To be beaten on, and thrown in jail
We could go toe to toe in the middle of a cell

(-)ing with me 'cos I'm a teenager
With a little bit of gold and a pager
Searching my car, looking for the product
Thinking every (-) is selling narcotics

[Odin]

No, of course, I'm not trying to hijack your thread or something. Just trying to encourage people to post poems here, since I think it's a great idea, and contests in the art forum are cool :)

I know, I was just saying. I think contests are cool as well.