Shadow and Light poetry |
Jack Daniel’s failed Intervention 100 words Sam Adams Was drinking alone In the infamous Cosmos Bar, In Bangkok, The city of lost angels. Twenty drinks too sober He barely noticed The naked ladies Dancing on the stage. On his table He had a bottle of Jack Daniels Along with a bottle of Johnny Walker And five bottles of Singh beer. Drinking his way to hell Following the advice Of the old song “One bourbon, one scotch And one beer.” That played on In his lonely head, This was his usual Friday night Routine Just another pathetic loser Drinking in the Cosmos bar. The barmaids Left him alone He never paid them No attention anymore. He was there To make love to his booze bottles, the booze bottles, were his only friends. That night, About 0 dark hundred He looked up. Saw the bottle of Jack Daniels Had somehow transformed Into that of a younger version Of Sam Adams. The figure announced, That he was the spirit Of Jack Daniels And had a message For Sam Adams. “Master, It is not my place To complain But you are Drinking a bit too much. Twenty drinks a night For the last few weeks, Don’t you think? You are so far gone You don’t even notice The naked ladies Anymore. They and I all want you To quit This one-way ride Down the hell hole. Put down the bottle Go home with Khun Lek Who will help you forget What you need to forget. If you continue drinking tonight, The only destination is death My friend the Grim Reaper Has your ticket Ready for redemption. So, stop drinking “ Soon the other bottles In front of him Started talking to him Pleading with him To just stop drinking. He started out Convince he was going mad The barmaids stared At the unholy sight, As the bottles in the room All came alive, And began chasing Sam, Out into the busy street Where a bus ran him over, Died on the spot. Thus ended Sam Adams’s Last binge In the city of lost angels. Welcome to the Personify Writing Contest! From its name itself, this contest will highlight your prowess in personification. One simple rule is to make a thing or an object ALIVE. Give it an emotion, an ability to talk, and a feeling to express what it'd been hiding and wanting to tell us human beings. Its emotion may vary according to how you word your piece. It could be depressed, ecstatic, sad, angry, anxious, or even vengeful. You have the liberty to choose its emotion. Extended rules to put this forum in order In a static or book item, write something about the Object of the Month. It could be in the form of poetry, a rant, a letter/message, or some kind of declamation piece. Imagine yourself to be this object and write your message for us humans. Use the first person point of view. Make your piece brief with a word count of not more than 500. Don't forget to add a word count to your item. Properly rate your content based on Writing.com's "Content Rating System (CRS)" . Entries with 18+ ratings are accepted provided that it doesn't show hints of foul words, cursing, sex, and affection with the inanimate object. Keep forum posts clean for everyone. This is a monthly contest that opens every first of the month and closes on every end. The host may or may not review your piece and all submitted pieces can be edited until the closing date. Only one entry per person per month. We reserve the right to hold prizes if there are not enough entries. All qualifying entries for the current round will be carried over to the next. One winner will be awarded if there are only 3-5 entries, two winners for 6-9 entries, and three winners plus honorable mentions if more than 10 entries. Entries non-compliant with the aforementioned rules are considered non-qualifying. Judges' decision is always final and irrevocable. |