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Originally Posted by Jayne Osborn
Peter,
There are no hard and fast rules, as such, for The Speccie comp (apart from 16 lines max and keeping to the theme), though to "re-write" a poem would seem to indicate that a parody is called for, in my opinion. But you don't necessarily have to keep to the original rhyme scheme!
I would suggest that you submit your Killarney entry as it is; you can always offer Lucy an alternative version as well  |
Thanks to all for the advice. Maybe I'll leave Killarney for now. Would I get away with the non-rhyming fourth line below, or am I being a bit too smart?
Go, friendly bombs, and rain on Seoul
and everywhere from pole to pole
not under the direct control
of Kim Jong-un.
The world will pay for its aggression
towards our freedom of expression.
There’ll be no mercy or concession
from Kim Jong-un.
Our glorious guns will raze the earth
from north to south and round its girth,
provoking most magnificent mirth
in Kim Jong-un.
Then our benevolent paradigm
will rule unto the end of time.
No mortal word is fit to rhyme
with Kim Jong-un.
Maybe if I submitted under the alias Kim Jong-un?