Even the end of the poetry contest was marked with controversy!

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hey there everyone, so i decided to actually give the whole poetry thing a shot and wrote the ending to my own poem! i changed one of your lines ever so slightly laura, sorry :)

She came to EA a sweet young thing
Full of the dreams college kids often bring
She stayed a semester and in all that time
Nothing we did could change her mind
To live her whole life in poverty
To save the world by hugging a tree
So on she went to her next destination
She went next door for some more aggravation
Memos and phone calls and more volunteers
She had to do something to get through the year

She filed and copied and answered the phone
Bothered her friends at work ‘cause she felt so alone
Then suddenly she was saved, pulled out of the fog
By a strange new creation called the glitter glob blog
A blog to her delight she very soon found
Was much more fun than sitting around
A running journal, stories and comments galore
If only she knew what a zonk board was for
Just click a few buttons, type name and address
And just don’t forget to keep hitting refresh

So now thanks to laura this tale is almost through
Katrina almost always has something to do
She has met so many people, from spike to moo
Become a vampire, a monkey, a tree-hugging monger too
The year has flown by and before she can say
She will be going to college about an hour away
A graduate program in environmental policy and management
To pursue her dreams about saving the planet
And she will never forget all the fun that she has had
With all the crazy bloggers that have kept her from going mad

Posted by Katrina at July 16, 2002 06:30 PM

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Katrina!!! I'm impressed!! Did your dad help you?? don't lie!! But you ruined my plan -- i was going to come up with some combination of all the poems, but you kinda did that already, so i pronounce katrina the winner!!!! But since you owe me for the rest of your life, you get zilch!

Posted by laura at July 16, 2002 08:42 PM

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I'm glad I didn't waste my time writing a poem...this contest was not fair!

Posted by Amy at July 16, 2002 09:40 PM

< I thought Katrina's poem was good enough to win so I said so in my next poetic post >

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If the plan all along
Was to read and combine,
Then the contest was fixed,
You'd win all the time.

But Katrina's was good.
It stood on its own.
It only made reference
To each of our poems.

So "Congrats" to Katrina,
"Hurrah", and "Bravo!"
Now if you'll excuse me,
To work must I go.

Posted by spike at July 17, 2002 08:11 AM

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But integration can't have been the point of this chore;
It needed bits from other peeps to not be a bore.
But what if she's more cunning than we ever could guess;
Conspiracy - the theory is what I address.
When one is seekin' something that can weaken the heat,
An entry by the subject at the end can't be beat.
But now we find that those divine can see 'tween the lines;
They see the traps that intercept, avoid all the mines.
Let's end this while it's civil and let's all take a break,
I hope we've learned a lesson - when to give and to take.

Posted by Moo at July 17, 2002 09:58 AM

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So many comments,
So little time.
But I will try to respond,
All in one rhyme.

Combining the poems
Was never my plan.
But to pick just one winner
Could be done not by woman nor man.

All writers were worthy
Of winning the crown.
But after such a grand battle,
No true winner could be found.

And then came Katrina,
For whom the poem was scribed.
And so it seemed fitting
That she get the grand prize.

And then comes Neil
To comment on my moods
And you are all afraid,
But I am no fool.

I am well aware
Of what I can be like
Without coffee or sleep
And staying up late at night!

That which is true,
I do not mind.
It is the falsehoods that make me
callous and snide.

But those who know me
Should realize by now
That sarcasm is my weapon
Unlike moo the cow.

And so sarcasm it is,
I don't mean what I say.
If I actually did,
Those words I'd never say.

If I ever seem sugary sweet,
That's when you should quiver.
Sweetness is an awful curse,
Often followed by the Scorpion's stinger.

I think I've said all I can
This post has me worn out and tired.
There's nothing more for me to say
(Plus I don't want to get fired!)

Posted by laura at July 17, 2002 10:31 AM

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ok so my roommate wanted to contribute too...but she stole this from someone else

She had to do something to get through the year.
So she turned to her friend, that old case of beer.

Beer is for her, beer is for you.
First she'll have one, then she'll have two.
After three or more, she'll find her a whore.
She'll drink till she’s drunk, and even have more.

She’ll get up and dance, She'll get down and dirty.
Then She’ll hit on an ugly guy cause, "Damn, he looks purty."
Seven, then eight, nine and then ten.
The drinking don't stop till the puking begins.

She'll get really tired, be ready for bed.
Then fall on the toilet and bust open her head.
There She will stay till the sun comes up.
We friends will all tell her, "Man you were fucked up!"

"Fuck you!" She’ll say, "I had a good time."
"Until I got naked for quarters and dimes."
"Even that was fun," She'll say with a sneer.
Thanks to her friend, that old case of beer

Posted by katrina at July 17, 2002 10:28 PM

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ok, who was supposed to give katrina the memo about the contest being over??

Posted by laura at July 17, 2002 10:38 PM

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umm......maybe cuz there was no prize.... um.... she didn't know that she won?

at least I'm hoping that's the case.... unless she will just keep posting and posting and posting and posting and posting....

like I do!
man....when will I learn to shut up?

HAH!

Posted by Eva at July 17, 2002 11:34 PM