Iron Poet V

[Vaynor]

Welcome to Iron Poet, round five.
Rules

1) Only the first 16 respondants expressing a desire to compete will be the contestants. It IS a first come, first served basis.

2) The contest will consist of a number of rounds pitting 2 randomly determined authors against each other until only one contestant remains (winner).

3) Each matchup will be given a theme, picture, article, subject, or other criteria to write on, and the poem submitted must match this as much as possible. Stricter following of prompts may help you win.

4) The winner as determined by a panel of judges will advance to the next round.

5) In case of a judge or judges not posting judgments in a timely manner, I will adjudicate and determine the winner.

6) The poems will be limited to 1000 words with a 50 word minimum

7) The entries will be poems. All forms of poetry are acceptable, as long as they meet the required word lengths. If your chosen style is too short, you are free to make two of them, i.e., you may make a limerick with 48 words, then add another limerick, still following the same theme, to reach the required word length.

8) All posted deadlines will given in as much time zones as possible, as labeled.

9) No late entries will be accepted. If you don't post or fail to post by the deadline, you will be disqualified. A 5 minute grace period is allowed. You have one freebie per contest, use it wisely. This allows you to be up to half a day late with your poem (no more).

10) If your entry does not include the article(s) and the picture(s), you will most likely lose because of it, however this will not disqualify your poem, as poems are judged on best use of the prompts.

11) The judgments are final. What the judges decide is how it is.

12) The entries will only include content suitable for the Playground.

13) I will rule on anything I have forgotten or needs clarification which is brought to my attention

14) The contestants will have 1 week (roughly) from the bracket posting to get their entries posted.

Participants:
1. Vavaara
2. Jibar
3. Gemflower
4. Elvaris
5. Truemane
6. ZRS
7. Ravyn
8. Zeratul
9. Sewer Bandito
10. Brickwall
11. Helgraf
12. Flame Master Axel

Judges:
1. Phoekun
2. Amotis
3. Rubakhin
4. Alarra
5.

[Amotis]

I'll participate, not sure what yet. But I think truemane's IA rules are most excellent and I would sure like to see some of them integrated into the IP rules.

[Felixaar]

Ill participate as contestant.

[Jibar]

I'll give this another go.
This time I won't be late, promise.

[PhoeKun]

I'm just going to hope everything doesn't fill up while I make up my mind what I want to do...

[Devigod]

I'll compete. (I just hope I make it past the first round :P)

[Elvaris]

I'm in as a writer.

[truemane]

I want to be involved. But as always, I worry about the judging. So I'll tentatively declare as a writer, but I'll probably change my mind if there arne't enough judges.

Then again, if IP III is any indication, I won't make it past the first round anyway. And I can jude after that.

[PhoeKun]

I've decided to judge. Someone has to...

[ZombieRockStar]

After sitting out the last one, I guess I'll throw myself in as a poet again.

*throws self in*

[Ravyn]

Entering as poet. This should be fun.

[zeratul]

Your friendly neighborhood Zeratul will be writing again.

[Amotis]

I think I'll judge this contest. You can put me down as one.

[rubakhin]

I can judge!

[Sewer_Bandito]

I'll give this a try as a contestant. It'll give me something to do.

[Brickwall]

I'll be a poet. Without rubakhin or Alarra to oppose me, I might easily crush you all!

[Helgraf]

Ah hell. I suppose I can try again.

[The Extinguisher]

I'd like to try this.

Sign me up as a poet

[Vavaara]

Oh! I'd been wondering when the new one would start! Totally in as a poet!

[Ravyn]

You're awfully confident, Brick. Are you sure you don't have any competitors you consider your equal?

[PhoeKun]

Oh, pay him no mind. It's just Bricky, after all...

[Alarra]

I would like to sign up to judge this time.

[Jibar]

You're awfully confident, Brick. Are you sure you don't have any competitors you consider your equal?

Oh, pay him no mind. It's just Bricky, after all...

Asking if Brickwall is confident is like asking if Tiggers are bouncy,
Or if Cat-Muffins like Pringles.

[Vaynor]

Asking if Brickwall is confident is like asking if Tiggers are bouncy,
Or if Cat-Muffins like Pringles.

Are Tiggers bouncy?

[PhoeKun]

Are Tiggers bouncy?

Well, the wonderful thing about Tiggers is Tiggers are wonderful things.

But yes. Their tops are made out of rubber, and their bottoms are made out of springs, after all.

In addition to being bouncy, Tiggers are also trouncy, flouncy, and pouncy. And that's as far as my memory goes into my childhood...

edit: more importantly, do cat-muffins like Pringles?

[Alarra]

Doesn't everyone?

[Jibar]

Doesn't everyone?

I believe that falls under the perview of your conundrums of philosophy.
Though yes. Everybody does. Especially Cat-Muffins, who like paprika flavour.

[Vavaara]

Haikus are great fun

But sometimes don't make much sense

Refrigerator

[Helgraf]

Well, the wonderful thing about Tiggers is Tiggers are wonderful things.

But yes. Their tops are made out of rubber, and their bottoms are made out of springs, after all.

In addition to being bouncy, Tiggers are also trouncy, flouncy, and pouncy.

fun fun fun fun fun
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is I'm the only one.
I'm ... the only one. <purr>

[Amotis]

Almost there guys, 3 more poets and 1 more judge!