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To be fair, any politician worth their salt would use any tool available to them to know the outcome of a decision before they made it. The issue checker sites are really no different than statistics or aids. | |||||
here's my uefa finals predictions!! Borussia Dortmund will play Madrid in the last dance of Reus. Now, will they dethrone Belligoal on home soil? I don't know. For now, I will go 2-1 Madrid. Next up is Olympiacos against Fiorentina. Idc if it is UECL, I am doing this before UEL. I believe it'll be a win for the Greeks. Simply been doing better. But I expect Fiorentina to put up a good fight. 2-1 for the Greeks. Lastly, Neverlusen against Atalanta. Will be hard for a dethrone. They'll have them in the first half. But like any Leverkusen game, they will somehow win in the second half. 3-2 for Xabi. Bournemouth report will come later... | |||||
Hi friends, your ambassador from Forest here; just popping in to let you know about the poetry competition which is currently running, which any of you are able to join if you so wish. it runs until the 21st of may and results will be released on the 26th. more details in the dispatch below: . . .  Forest Poetry Fantasia . . .
Poetry has been a form of sharing stories since the beginning of time. In the 3rd millennium BCE, the oldest surviving poem was written - "The Epic of Gilgamesh". This ignited a spark which led to some of the most famous poems ever, such as Homer's "The Odyssey" and "The Iliad", being written. As empires fell and new languages were developed, poetry remained an integral part of culture. Poetry became a way of recording history and sharing tales of gods and goddesses. Poets would often share their epics at large gatherings and festivals where hundreds of people would come to listen. Throughout time, poetry has continued to be a way of bringing people together, particularly in the Roman times when poems would be recited in front of thousands in famous amphitheatres. Fast forward a few thousand years and poetry has evolved from the epics of old to the shorter forms which we know and love today. It's these shorter forms which we are celebrating in this competition. We invite everyone across the NationStates community to channel their creativity and let their imagination run wild! Format - The competition shall start on 5th May - Participants have until the 21st May to submit their poems - The results will be announced on the 26th May Categories - Haiku - A Haiku is a poem that comprises of seventeen syllables across three lines. With line one having 5 syllables, line two 7 syllables and line three having 5 syllables. - Although Haikus traditionally are about the natural world, your Haiku can be about whatever you wish - Freeverse - A freeverse (or freeform) poem is a poem that has no set structure or length, no consistent rhyme scheme and no set metrical pattern. In other words, you can do whatever you like! - Your freeverse poem can be about anything you like! This is more of an open category for you to let your thoughts run wild - The Environment - This can be in any form you want! The choice is entirely yours! - The only requirement for this category is that it must be about the environment. You could write about anything from forests to mountains, from pigeons to cheetahs! It's completely up to you! Let your imagination run wild! - Vision - Again, this can be in any form you want! The choice is entirely yours! - The only requirement for this category is it must be about vision. This is a broad topic so let your imagination run wild! You could write about what you see, visions of the future, how lucky we are to be able to see, perhaps even Eurovision! There are no constraints and with such a broad topic, I'm sure you could write a moving poem... Submissions - Participants can submit a maximum of 5 poems across the 4 categories - However, each participants may submit only 2 haikus - Participants do not have to submit all their poems at once. You can submit them one at a time if you so wish! - To submit a poem(s), participants should telegram Forest Poetry Judge. You can either attach a dispatch with the poem(s) in or write out the poem(s) in the telegram - either is fine... - All poems shall be proudly displayed in a dispatch throughout the event - The deadline to submit poems is 21st May Judging - All poems shall be judged based on three criteria by a panel of 7 judges, comprised of forestians and foreign trees alike... - Each of the three criteria shall be marked out of 10, with each poem receiving an overall total out of 30. The criteria are as follows: - Effectiveness - How effectively is the point gotten across? - Thought - How much thought has been put into writing the poem? - Resonance - Has the writer thoughtfully used literary techniques to make the point more meaningful? Judges We're still waiting on confirmation from a few judges from our embassy regions but here are the judges we have so far -
Rules
As with all great writing comes a few rules... - Participants must write the poems themselves. NO AI SHALL BE ALLOWED, it won't help you anyway and ruins the point of the event... - Do not plagiarise the work of others - Keep all writing PG-13, in line with NationStates's T&Cs - And most importantly, Have fun!
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Gotcha! No, I'm fascinated by Taoism and wanted to make a nation that focused on those values, that's all. | |||||
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