PWoF is going to use "Poetry Discussion" (this current forum) for its
ten topic threads since it isn't publicly accessible and isn't searched by Google.
All the poems and comments for that day should be posted in the topic thread
for that day and not posted separately.
Each topic will appear simultaneously at all places in the PigPen world.
You have 24 hours from when it appears to write and post your poem(s).
Since your local time varies with your time zone, when it appears depends on where
you live: Your 24 hours starts at that time.
Here's all you need to know:
On Thursday (and the 9 days after that)
these are the times the topic will be posted:
12am (midnight) on the West Coast of the U.S. <---- Seattle
2am in Texas
3am on the East Coast of U.S.
8am in England
3pm in the Philippines
4pm in Japan
5pm on East Coast of Australia
7pm in New Zealand From Thursday Sept 22 to Saturday Sept 24
8pm in New Zealand From Sunday Sept 25 to Saturday Oct 1
and you have 24 hours from when you the topic to write your poem and post it.
From the official rules:
"24 hours is the suggested goal, but you MUST post your poems either before or after you die."
And just to keep you honest: Current list of "pledged" participants:
billy
just mercedes
cvanshelton
ellajam
RiverNotch
eric_never
lizziep
kolemath
dukealien
Achebe
Pdeathstar <------ booby prize* - winner must pay shipping
shemthepenman
Quixilated
UselessBlueprint
*about prizes:
No! There are no prizes because this isn't a contest. Excerpt from Instructions/Description:
PWoF is dedicated to fun, stretching your imagination, and learning. PWoF is NOT a contest.
PWoF is for everybody, no matter what skill level you think you are.
More experienced writers are encouraged to relax, to feel free to experiment and possibly
screw up. (People who write excellent poems, by the way, run the risk of making the gods
jealous and having their liver pecked out by large birds. -- Not officially sanctioned by PWoF).
Officious Obsessive-Compulsive Coordinator Ray
P.S. Copy of PWoF Instructions:
Instructions: 1.Wait for and find topic:
Every 24 hours at 7am GMT starting on Thursday (the Fall Equinox) a new thread will be
posted in the Poetry Discussion Forum since it isn't publicly available and isn't searched by Google.
Look in that forum for the thread: "PWoF Topic for __specific_day__ 2016"
The topic will be there and when you you finish your poem(s) (you can post more than one)
post them in this thread not in another one.
And just when is 7am GMT:
It's 2am in Texas, 8am in London, 3pm in Manila, 4pm in Japan, 5pm in Sydney,
7pm in Auckland, etc. (Sorry Hawaii, you start at 9pm on Wed.)
To find your time Google: 7am GMT in Tokyo (but use your city).
or look it up: Time Zone Map
2.Write a poem (or 2 or more) following the topic at the top of the thread.
Within 24 hours (or as soon as you can) post your poem(s) in this SAME thread.
3.Read the other poems and leave comments (encouraged, but optional).
Everyone is Welcome:
PWoF is for everybody, no matter what skill level you think you are.
(People who think they're not that good are usually better than they think.
People who think they're good are always worse than they think.)
PWoF is dedicated to fun, stretching your imagination, and learning. PWoF is NOT a contest.
More experienced writers are encouraged to relax, to feel free to experiment and possibly
screw up. (People who write excellent poems, by the way, run the risk of making the gods
jealous and having their liver pecked out by large birds. -- Not officially sanctioned by PWoF).
Comments are highly cherished, treasured, appreciated, and loved. They are a big
part of the fun. It's requested that they should be light and encouraging (if you feel
the urge to make a detailed crit., do it by PM). There's an exception for obvious typos,
miss-spellings, and grammar (except for grammar Nazis -- you know who you are).
It is not off-topic to discuss or ask questions about anything to do with yours/others
writing process and the difficulties and joys encountered. (Learning from each other seems
to be as good a reason to do this as any other.)
Feel free to sign up below (optional, as anyone who wants can play).
Questions, Comments, Suggestions, and Corrections are appreciated as well.
Happy Writing!
Bits left over:
rayheinrich (or lizziep in the event of his inability to perform his duties in a satisfactory manner)
is the person doing the topic posting. PM rayheinrich if there is a problem or you have a question.
If we all make our deadline, everybody will post their poems on PigPen at the same time.
(The idea that this could possibly happen is ludicrous, and anyway: while 24 hours is the
suggested goal, the officious rules just state that you must post your poems before you die.
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(09-20-2016, 12:32 PM)lizziep Wrote: So, Seattle will start at 11:00pm on Wednesday?
Oh, I hope I win Deathstar as a prize! I have so many dirty things for him to do
like laundry and vacuuming.
And apparently he comes with boobies now, so that has to be some kind of bonus, I guess
as a matter of fact, I do come with boobies. Perhaps I will post them and they can be one of the prompts
"Oh luscious man meat, on high
nay! Not what lingers between thigh
with three inch areoles that flop
and curly strands of barley crop"
or whatever, I'm sure the TruePoets™ can come up with something better
potentially offensive content
I'm not a panty man, but frankly I'm honored that you'd trust me with your laundry. o.O
(09-20-2016, 06:58 AM)Pdeathstar Wrote: When is it starting
Every 24 hours at 7am GMT starting on Thursday (the Fall Equinox) a new thread will be
posted in the Poetry Discussion Forum since it isn't publicly available and isn't searched by Google.
Since your local time varies with your time zone, when it appears depends on where you live.
Your 24 hours starts at this time:
The rest of the world (wherever that is):
8am in England
3pm in the Philippines
4pm in Japan
5pm on East Coast of Australia
7pm in New Zealand From Thursday Sept 22 to Saturday Sept 24
8pm in New Zealand From Sunday Sept 25 to Saturday Oct 1
and you have 24 hours from when you the topic to write your poem and post it.[/b]
Or to find the time in your city, Google this: 7am GMT in Tokyo (but use your city).
or look it up: Time Zone Map
And In the U.S. where 1 in 5 Trump supporters think freeing "the slaves" after the Civil War was a mistake:
3am on the East Coast
2am in Texas where 64% believe that humans have existed in their present form since the beginning of time.
(And if they could actually read their bible, they'd know they were off by 6 days.)
1am in the U.S. state of Colorado where marijuana is now legal (at last, some good news).
Top 10 Strains of Marijuana in Colorado:
1. Blue Dream
2. Durban Poison
3. Sour Diesel
4. Golden Goat
5. Flo
6. Girl Scout Cookies
7. Mob Boss
8. Northern Lights
9. Green Crack
10. Banana Kush
12:01am, Thursday on the West Coast of the U.S. <---- Seattle
Your 24 hours starts at the time listed for you above.
(09-20-2016, 12:32 PM)lizziep Wrote: So, Seattle will start at 11:00pm on Wednesday?
Seattle starts at 12:01am, Thursday
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Quote:"I think we have a time inconsistency. Or am I wrong? In one place you say that the poem will be posted at 7am GMT
and another place you say it will be posted at 8am "England" but London is 0 GMT.....
Ah! Well, here's the reason for your confusion:
England is on British Summer Time (BST) until the last Sunday in October.
BST is 1 hour later than GMT, hence 7am GMT is 8am BST. (GMT is the same year round.)
To be politically correct, instead of GMT, I should have called it UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)
as this is the agreed upon non-British-centric term for it. (GMT time = UTC time)
Why UTC instead of CUT?:
UTC came about as a compromise between English and French speakers.
"Coordinated Universal Time" in English would normally be abbreviated CUT.
"Temps Universel Coordonné" in French would normally be abbreviated TUC.
Damn frogs, always at it.
Compulsively, Obsessively Yours,
Ray
P.S. While I earnestly tried to take into account everybody's various summer times,
the world's time thingee's are the result of typical human snarling. I promise that any
discrepancies called to my attention will be gracefully received and dutifully rectified.
But all this is folly:
If we all make our deadline, everybody will post their poems on PigPen at the same time.
(The idea that this could possibly happen is ludicrous, and anyway: while 24 hours is the
suggested goal, the officious rules just state that you must post your poems before you die.
And All is Vanity:
Ecclesiastes 2-11:
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher,
vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
What profit hath a man of all his labour
which he taketh under the sun?
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh:
but the earth abideth for ever.
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down,
and hasteth to his place where he arose.
The wind goeth toward the south,
and turneth about unto the north;
it whirleth about continually,
and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full;
unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it:
the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be;
and that which is done is that which shall be done:
and there is no new thing under the sun.
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new?
it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
There is no remembrance of former things;
neither shall there be any remembrance of things
that are to come with those that shall come after.
Am I having way to much f'ing fun with this shit or what?
And may the gods bless billy for adding the P.S. button to our repertoire.
(09-20-2016, 08:34 AM)Achebe Wrote: I'm in provided you're happy with doggerel
And when is PigPen, especially Leanne, not happy with doggerel? Never! Welcome comrade.
(09-20-2016, 11:52 AM)Pdeathstar Wrote:
so the cake really was a lie.
Ah, my two-handed q-ball, be not disappointed.
The cake was NOT a lie.
I've talked with many of the other participants, and we decided, unanimously, to crown you "Most Exalted Booby of PWoF 2016".
And reward you with CAKE at this very moment!
Just walk down these stairs to the basement:
Leanne's waiting down there with your cake:
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(09-20-2016, 05:19 PM)rayheinrich Wrote: To be politically correct, instead of GMT, I should have called it UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)
as this is the agreed upon non-British-centric term for it. (GMT time = UTC time)
Why UTC instead of CUT?:
UTC came about as a compromise between English and French speakers.
"Coordinated Universal Time" in English would normally be abbreviated CUT.
"Temps Universel Coordonné" in French would normally be abbreviated TUC.
Damn frogs, always at it.
Gee, I don't know how anyone could ever find a single part of this even remotely confusing! Pretty straightforward if you ask me.
i must admit, i feel like i'm missing something. this part is throwing me off: "If we all make our deadline, everybody will post their poems on PigPen at the same time." why? i know you say this is practically not going to happen, but even the ideal of everyone posting at the same time doesn't make sense in relation to the stipulations.
1) a thread pops up. [doesn't matter what time it is, it will be the same non-clock/pigpen time for everyone] -- check.
2) we each have 24 hours, from the time the thread is posted, to write and post a poem on point. -- check
from these two premises i cannot get to the "ergo we will all post our poems at the same time."
i am going to presume this simply means within the same 24 hour period, rather than at a specific time. unless i am missing something, and there is a definite deadline that i, due to this misunderstanding, definitely won't meet.
I'm just going to assume I have 24 hours from the time I see the prompt. And if I think of something two days later I'm posting it. I'm taking this project in the spirit I believe it is meant, to inspire some poetry writing and reading. If anyone has any complaints about my interpretation they can send them to me @ lmtfa/idgas..com.
billy wrote:welcome to the site. make it your own, wear it like a well loved slipper and wear it out. ella pleads:please click forum titles for posting guidelines, important threads. New poet? Try Poetic DevicesandWard's Tips
(09-21-2016, 04:34 AM)ellajam Wrote: I'm just going to assume I have 24 hours from the time I see the prompt. And if I think of something two days later I'm posting it. I'm taking this project in the spirit I believe it is meant, to inspire some poetry writing and reading. If anyone has any complaints about my interpretation they can send them to me @ lmtfa/idgas..com.
yeah, that's what i thought. but i also thought there might be more to the rules of the game that i wasn't clear about because of this 'deadline' thing. regardless, it all seems like jolly good fun.
We in NZ go onto Summer Time at the end of this month, and I'm a full day ahead anyway. I'll just post when I see the prompt, and not worry about what time it is, where.
Quote: while 24 hours is the suggested goal, the officious rules just state that you must post your poems before you die.
That's a deadline I can live with.
billy wrote:welcome to the site. make it your own, wear it like a well loved slipper and wear it out. ella pleads:please click forum titles for posting guidelines, important threads. New poet? Try Poetic DevicesandWard's Tips
(09-21-2016, 04:34 AM)ellajam Wrote: I'm just going to assume I have 24 hours from the time I see the prompt. And if I think of something two days later I'm posting it. I'm taking this project in the spirit I believe it is meant, to inspire some poetry writing and reading. If anyone has any complaints about my interpretation they can send them to me @ lmtfa/idgas..com.
Here's all you need to know:
On Thursday (and the 9 days after that)
these are the times the topic will be posted:
12am (midnight) on the West Coast of the U.S. <---- Seattle
2am in Texas
3am on the East Coast of U.S.
8am in England
3pm in the Philippines
4pm in Japan
5pm on East Coast of Australia
7pm in New Zealand From Thursday Sept 22 to Saturday Sept 24
8pm in New Zealand From Sunday Sept 25 to Saturday Oct 1
and you have 24 hours from when you get the topic to write your poem and post it back.
From the official rules:
"24 hours is the suggested goal, but you MUST post your poems before or after you die."
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