Suddendeath poem challenge, this week features the letter D!
By Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
Centralia, Missouri
January 16, 2016 9:13am CST
This week’s suddendeath poetry challenge is here! The rules are as always, simple (and fluid). Use all the words listed (you can change the tense if you need too, or make something plural), write it in poem form (do NOT care what kind of poem), and try to write it in either one sitting or under an hour. The ONLY reason I put time limits in on this is because it is supposed to be natural, fun, and spontaneous. Don’t labor over it, don’t stress. Just write and go on.
Today’s words are: dregs, dice, damp, defiant, dauntless. Yes today is the D challenge. Why D? I have no idea, because. Because is a good reason right? Below is my response to my own challenge.
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The dregs of the dice roll,
Sit in front of me.
Winning was my goal,
Losing not my plea.
Damp and defiant,
Time keeps moving past.
I wish my luck Compliant
But know I’m losing fast.
Dauntless on I’m trudging,
Rolling for the win.
Hoping the scales will be budging
And to my luck will spin.
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8 responses
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
16 Jan 16
The dregs of life fell on my head,
As soon as I got out of my warm comfy bed.
Life isn't fun, so defiant I'll be,
Don't put me down or yell at me.
In my damp lonely basement time flies by,
It's just Monopoly, fake money the dice and I.
I am fearless, dauntless and my own boss,
It you don't like me, its your own loss.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
16 Jan 16
@Abbygreenhill This is great, I loved it. Very clever.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
16 Jan 16
oh I love this one, might be one of my fav's! I love..well all of it, can't even pick out a favored line
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
16 Jan 16
lol, that's part of the challenge, forcing yourself to write even when it's out of your comfort or common zones
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
16 Jan 16
This kind is much easier for us non poetic people to write.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
16 Jan 16
@Jessicalynnt @AbbyGreenhill I like my poems to tell a story, and I have a hard time thinking of a story to encompass these words.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
20 Jan 16
just about to post my reply on this - just done the previous challenge too which I'll post soon
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Jan 16
oh nice! I wondered if you would, and glad you are!
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@TypicalRussian (747)
• Budennovsk, Russian Federation
19 Jan 16
HoHoHo. +1 to stupid poems
The dregs of tea
Have i for dinner
Defiant flee
Bites my breadwinner.
I'm only seven
Playing dice.
My aunt from Devon
Isn't nice.
Dump wooden window
Means hard rain.
Poor dauntless gringo
Dreams of Spain.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jan 16
+2 for making me chuckle, loved it!
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@KristenH (33363)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
17 Jan 16
Great poetry challenge Jessa. Here's my early morning take on the challenge.
With a little luck and a shake, it was time to roll the dice,
Unfortunately for me, it had landed on a pair of snake eyes,
The lowest number of this draw, the dregs of a losing bet,
When I was just getting started, this is something I can forget.
Outside, it's so damp with precipitation of a heavy rainfall with thunder,
Better to be safe than sorry when gambling's an addiction you're under,
Best to quit while you're ahead, don't be so defiant when you're stuck,
Break the code and do it for fun, when you should have dauntless luck.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Jan 16
Oh I loved it! Tells a very nice little tale!
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Jan 16
@KristenH which is one of the reasons I like doing this. It forces us to set down the inner editor and just GO.
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@KristenH (33363)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
17 Jan 16
@Jessicalynnt Thanks Jess! Off the top of my head, no less...
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@sallypup (58211)
• Centralia, Washington
20 Jan 16
Folks claimed my hair was a dreadlocked snafu:
that was me sniffling my dice
sat in that barber's chair, defiant,
the dregs of an eight kid family
my head damp, dauntless and consigned
I stared out at shoppers
attempting to be deaf cause I wanted me and only me.