Attention all poets and creative writers! It's time to write to win!
It's time to join in and write a little poem for your chance to win some STEEM or SBD! Round 4 of Season 13 of my WILD & STRANGE Contest has officially started! It’s time to put your pens to page and print your prose! The GRAND PRIZE for this round will be the liquid post payout from this post. Are you ready?
Here is the progression that this contest follows.
ROUND 1 = PHOTO – Take a photo to enter – COMPLETED
ROUND 2 = ART – Use winning photo from Round 1 to make a piece of art – COMPLETED
ROUND 3 = MEME – Use winning art from Round 2 to make a meme – COMPLETED
ROUND 4 = POETRY – Use winning meme from Round 3 to make a poem - STARTING NOW
ROUND 5 = SONG – Use winning poem from Round 4 to make an original song.
SEASON 13 SO FAR
@fatherfaith
In Round 1, @fatherfaith won the photo contest!
It was his winning photo that provided the inspiration for the artwork in Round 2, which lead to this winning artwork from @macodi1. This became the base for the MEME contest in Round 3.
THE ROUND 3 WINNER IS…
@japhofin8or FOR THE WIN!
There were a couple that stuck out last time, but this one took the win. I think that it represents a lot of what is possible, and I am looking forward to reading the poetry that it inspires.
NOW WHAT?
Now, it is your chance to write a poem based off of the winning meme from @japhofin8or. Use that amazing meme for inspiration and write your poem! There is no need to have participated in any of the previous rounds. Steemians can jump in on this one any time that they want! The "Official Rules" are below.
Here are the rules for Round 4:
- Create an original poem based on the winning meme from @japhofin8or.
- The poem must be at least 8 lines long.
- The poem must rhyme in some way.
- The poem will be used as lyrics for a song next round, so you may want to keep that in mind.
- Enter original work and provide your entry in a reply to this post.
- You can still make a post out of your entry, but your post does not count as an entry, only your reply.
- Keep everything kid-friendly and G rated.
- You must enter prior to the post payout from this post.
- By entering, you are giving me full permission to use your entry however I wish.
Until next time…
Don’t waste your time online, invest it with steemit.com
You meet new people and put a smile on your face.
You never knew how much giving you could do right now,
Until you've met some great steemians that showed you just how.
Steemit is more than a place that will just help you to learn,
Amazingly it is also a home where many good people can earn.
If you work as a team and remember this as you get paid,
When life gives you steem - make steem-aid!
My entry is on behalf of Play 4 a Newbie Challenge. All proceeds will go to a newbie Prize Pool and hopefully you will get other players to join in your game too!
Great! Thank you!
Thank you for this awesome contest... I love the creativity and how you make it progressive!
@papa-pepper this is such a wonderful Contest. Thank you for providing inspiration to create something cool. Upvoted, resteemed, twitted and shared!
@fatherfaith @macodi1 and @japhofin8or, I am so impressed with y'all's winning entries.
You too have inspired me. Thank you!
Link to my poem post
Cool! Nice entry!
Thanks
WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU STEEM, MAKE STEEM-AID
Am going in, am going in, leggo!!!
Never give-up, never break-up,
Let us look-up, while we hold-up,
Not just standing,but setting standards,
Life can only get better,only if we change the manner, with which we look at the matter,
Life is gonna throw us up, life is gonna throw us down,
Life is gonna kick us to the face and tell us to quit in all facets,
Hell yes,the best things in life are never free,
So we keep our heads up even as we keep our hopes high,
Hoping for the best, yet expecting the worse,
knowing that when life gives us lemon, we gonna make lemonade,
And when life gives us steem, we gonna make steem-aid,
For we all need each other to break-through,
Making waves and paving ways,
Just like a recoil of a gun,
I need you to pull through and you need me to create impact.
So we never quit STEEMING, but only AIMING,just to make STEEM-AID.
I am @desmoniac
Story of a long, long day gone wrong,
Time and tide of the blockchain so pucker up,
What better way to make things right?
You've got Steem, so try to spread the light,
I don't know what you're after, but you know what they need,
So give out some steem-aid, you ought to take the lead,
Life blows some hot steam, don't exit or be deplete.
You don't have to wait, just gotta give some aid.
Oh my, I will join!
When life gives us Steem, we can make Steem-Aid
Getting Steem is oh so amazing.
Having lots of it is such a great feeling.
You earn it, win it, and get it from sponsors.
Uniting with strangers can make us all winners.
Definitely Steem can change lives.
Truly it may save you from random tools and knives.
Steemit is great when we all make Steem out of it.
Steemit is the "magic" Steem making thing.
Steem is for you and me.
Steem is for everybody.
Oh Steem, you can be our Steem-aid.
Steem is Steem-aid from Steemit mates.
Galing ahh :) :)
Hahaha try lang.
Oh, I LOVE that meme! Well done @japhofin8or!
incredible competition, I'm sure the winner will work hard to be the best, thank @papa-pepper
Interesting Sir!
I'm reading about this to full details for the first time. It's a nice idea.
I want to ask if I can join or participate considering that fact that i'm to do none of the round
Well done Papa pepper .you are really a great encourager.
Congratulations to the winner of round 3 @japhofin8or. I love the caption for the meme.
Thanks papa for putting up this contest
Congratulations to you too, again bro. What a nice caption (meme), he gave the artwork. Congratulations to you all.
This will be great am ready to go for the contest. @papa-pepper thanks for today am so grateful
When life gives you lemon, make lemonade we have said
So, when life gives you steem, kindly make steem aid
Most times you don't get the fair price for what you have paid
Look at little children, on concrete they laid
With no mothers to tend their beds or a maid
Many lost souls out there, with little or no hope
With a little bit of our help, they will cope
So they wouldn't have to go around, selling dope
They seek and yearn for love and attention
So they wouldn't have to end up in detention
Every little bit can always help their situation
With the power of Steem, they can get an education
They say we can give without loving
I know, we can't love without giving
Let the little children and all, come to us believing
Let us with steem aid, give them some cool aid.
Congrats @japhofin8or
My entry
I used to think of when "like's" will you value
I tried so many socialnetworks
The more"like's" i got, the more ads i recieved
I thought i was enjoying, only for the social site to sell out data to big companies
They make profit while i got ads
When steemit and i found each other
Their like's give me value
Even if the like's are not big
Atleast, no ads
Steem -value for value
When life give you steem
Make steem-aid
Steem aid can give value to kids in street,kids in ophanage homes, kids with disabilities.
Remember, what makes you successful steemian is not the amount of sbd or steem in your wallet.
But the value and help you rendered.
Steem -"value for value"
You have won again in the field of life, I have had your timely consolation in my agony, I do not know how to thank so much help to the family, you always find the vehicle that protects and guides us. The look is not seen your presence is still active, from the sky to the ground all that dominates it, even to our suffering you get medicine, I already read that verse is defined without lies, for you is a pleasure in children joy, like a rooster to his chick every moment protected, so you will always be victorious day by day, with courage and without scruples protect your abbey.
Wow what a Contest @papa-pepper. Fantastic photo, meme,art winners from those Steemians ! Very talented and well deserved :)
Iam not much of a poet but I'll definitely throw in my Full Vote to sweeten the pot. Thanks for doing this.
Btw, I wrote a post at my Blog earlier today. Hope you don't mind but I mentioned you as an Example. Only in a good way, don't worry ;)
Thanks @papa-pepper! This season is sending out the most positive message I have seen in the contest so far and I'm glad I could be a part of it. I can't wait to see how the message is forwarded through the poetry round. Good luck to everyone!
this is very good, congratulations for the winners.
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to @Papa-pepper for organizing this amazing contest to help people. You are honoured sir @Papa-pepper I will definitely join the next season and I will win all rounds
Dear friend, should the poem be strictly in English? or can it be signaled in another language such as Spanish?
"When Life Gives You Steem - Make Steem-aid"
Winning steem is a great reward,
But giving part of them is more rewarding,
Let's support creative and talented people,
people who do original work,
that they give the best of themselves in each word,
so try to change the world,
educate with our ideas,
If life gives you lemons you have lemonade,
When Life Gives You Steem - Make Steem-aid
by @luisveco88
Everyone is treating like a family
A success of one
Is a success of everyone
Hand in hand reaching the top
Until everyone will be able to go up
That's why when steem is high,
Let's go make steem-aid! :) :)
When Life Gives You Steem-Make SteemAid
Steemit is a wonderful platform
Suddenly in life that gives steem aid
To the poorest people makes happiness
Earning and learning in steem surprise!
Streaming in the meadow of dreamin
Steem that mostly prople scream
Steemit that made people steeming
No wonder just like a sound of silence
Thank you @papa-pepper for a poetry challenge.
"Official Rules", states:
The poem must rhyme in some way
But what of Haiku?
When life hands you Steem
The teaching of others seems
A benefit too
Lol great game!! Here's my somewhat rhyming entry
I find verses that rhyme easier to turn into song lyrics, so I hadn't thought about the haiku before.
Steemit is hard when we don't get paid
but, when life gives you steem you should make some Steem-aid
meet some new friends and have a little fun
soon you will see you aren't the only one
You will quickly learn, Steemit is more than just money
I love my fans like bees love honey
you will too if you just engage
hey, look at that -we just got paid!
Steem-aid, Steem-aid is better than lemonade
when life gives you lemons, make a recipe for a post because you will soon see that your friends here, matter the most
Mic drop
I am playing on behalf of the Play 4 a newbie challenge.
https://steemit.com/contest/@elrhey/papa-pepper-s-wild-and-strange-contest-season-13-round-4-poetry
make steem-aid
When life gives steem, I think you should make steem aid
Yeah you should touch lifes around you when steem pays
We only got one life, there are no replays
So what we do here should really matter at the end of the day
Just look around you and find life's to touch
Just do it in your little way it doesn't have to be much
If you notice there's a need you can solve, do that
you've truly given when you give to whom can't pay you back
It's a blessing to be in a position to share
Alleviate a pain and take away despair
superheroes are not fictions, they are around
you can be one when you take a frown and turn it upside down
we are put on this earth to spread love
to lend a helping hand to someone who's got it tough
so please look around you cauz there are things you can do
you're not just doing it for them you're also doing it for you
Here's my entry...
If you know the fragrance of felicity and her hometown,
Then, you'll know the colour of our tears as they drop down.
If you know we lived in our neighbour's cooking pot; battling day and night with jumbo rats for some broth,
Then, you'll perceive the degree of our burns and cut.
Now, it's Raimat's time to steal the moment with her smiling Hijab as well as-
Ada won't stop grinning at that black flasher.
Since you know the smell of rice and stew, and you've seen pictures of our home where we were reared and bread,
Then, you'll know it's high time we started steaming (steeming) our pains in the air to make steem-aid.
THE END
Raimat is a name answered by an Hausa girl
While Ada is a name answered by an Igbo girl.
The poetry was written with Nigerian Setting i.e Nigerian culture and tradition.
Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba are the three major tribe in Nigeria.