A Letter to Them Vocal Judges
A lighthearted pity-party by an exhausted ninth grader.
*Author's note: This entire thing is one big joke. I say all this with the most lighthearted of comments. This is meant to be a funny work of almost-fiction portraying my inner child that gets pouty when I don't get what I want. I mean no offense to anyone. Enjoy, because this is go'n be a wild ride.*
You have GOT to be kidding me.
If you know me, you know me. (Or you know me on Vocal. Most of my opinions would get me kicked off of here if I ever inserted any of them.) It says in my bio that I write FREE-VERSE poetry. FREE-VERSE.
Free-verse poetry is something I just recently learned about, thanks to a recent Top Story. (When I say "recent," I mean from, like, two weeks ago. My idea of "recent" is very... peculiar.) It's poetry. It's writing. You don't have to rhyme, you don't have to follow a rhyme scheme-- no weird ABBABC-type thing. Just poetry. Just feelings. Just whatever comes to mind.
Free-verse poetry has really taken away my fear of writing poetry. I am terrible at finding rhyming words that make sense and correspond with the story that I'm trying to tell. I like repetition as a poetic thing, and I like alliteration as a poetic thing, but I cannot follow or create a rhyme scheme. Ever since I heard about rhyme schemes when I was in third grade, I have stayed away from them however I can. They confuse me far too much. I just don't understand them.
Now, I think the Vocal moderators who have been looking at my recent memorials & sad poetry pieces have noticed that I do not rhyme. I cannot rhyme. I cannot follow a rhyme scheme. It confuses my ears, my brain, and my mind. I am amazed at other people who can follow a rhyme scheme because of my complete lack of understanding of all the ABBABAX (where did the X come from? Yeah. That's what a rhyme scheme looks like to me.). The Vocal moderators looked at my poems, and when we cry, MATTER, balloon (my personal favorite), and all the others, and they thought, "How can we sabotage this young writer in every way possible? How can we just absolutely destroy her idea of writing poetry? How can we rid her of her privileges to make free-verse poetry and make her feel very horrible?"
Then they cooked up a horrible scheme.
"Oh, I know! Let's make a Challenge where the poetry has to rhyme!" And their evil laughs echoed around their secret underground hideout where they plan out everything that they're doing, most of which is ways to torture me and my plans for writing by not choosing my stories to be Top Stories or winners for Challenges.
I told ya this was a pity party. A pity-me-party scheduled by a high-schooler who finished her homework an hour ago and saw this new Challenge and just exploded when she saw the rules.
You get what you get and you don't throw a fit. Unless you're me. I am an exception.
I just find this whole thing hilarious. It's so ironic. I just started free-verse about a week ago, and the Vocal team decides, "Hey, buddy, how about we just make a Challenge with poetry that must RHYME?!"
It's no coincidence. I just know they're plotting against me. I can feel it in my bones. Why else would they suddenly create this Challenge that requires rhyming for every entry? Just out of pure curiosity? Just because they want to see the results?
Noooooo. I don't think so. The Vocal judges are just plotting my literary demise at this very moment. I should've seen this coming!
Oh well! You just try to get me to write & fail at rhyming poetry, Vocal team! I'll continue on with my free-verse! I see through the lies of the Jedi! (If you know, you know.)
I'm never writing rhyming poetry for a Challenge. Never. See if you can top that, Vocal. Hah!
...Warm regards,
Chloe.
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Comments (26)
Great Congratulations on Topstory ! i couldnt stop to rhyme so i started write something different finally it stopped its funny to read You in contrast to my own experience!
Who doesn't love to rhyme. So much fun, well at least you have fun just doing you. TS for a non rhyme which is to be a rhyme. Yep, such fun, doing it your way is the best way. Kudos.
I object!! Lol. Good one. Congratulations
Congratulations on your Top Story
I love your sense of humour! This was a great read and very deserving of a Top Story.
Omg this is a RIOT! Thank you for writing this! Well done!
Oh my gosh, this made me laugh SO hard. It's super relatable too. Free-verse is my main avenue for poetry, though branching out into other genres has been fun, I admit to banging my head against my desk repeatedly when trying to find the right words to rhyme. I'm really happy to see this on the front page. Congrats on the top story, and cheers to your future free-verse poetry endeavors!! <3
This was hilarious! Really enjoyed the lighthearted nature of this, whilst also feeling for you on the challenge! 🕊️❤️✨ great work and so glad for you this got top story!!!
Haha love this. I do have to confess 99% of my poems are free verse and also rhyming lol Well written
LOL, congrsts on a hilarious and relatable Top Story! There are sites out there, I know you didn't ask but couldn't help but direct you that way, that can help you find rhymes. Loved this anyway!
I see your point about being more flexible when free-versing! Personally I used to pretty much dislike free verse poetry (I was like: where's poetry here, huh?). But then at some point I came across some good examples of good unrhyming poems and had to change my opinion on the whole thing. But usually when I write a piece I prefer it to rhyme (tho I (almost) never follow any specific rhyming scheme. Screw all this scheming. Also I think I don't like poetry at all (keep wondering why I keep writing/reading it).
Very interesting perspective. I grew up in time where poetry rhymed and its in my blood.
Love it but unfortunately for me, I know no other way. In school, our instructor was a rhyming addict and that's the way she taught. I often wondered if she slept rhyming. "Rhyme and meter! Meter and rhyme!" She was a tough teacher but I did get an A+ in class, so there is that. I should REALLY try to learn free verse.
Did you ever watch SM:TV Live? Wonky donkeyyyyy......
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Hey, uh, check out thesaurus, rhyme zone, how many syllables, and dictionary dot com. I use the rhyme zone all the time for help with certain gimmicks.
Haha Chloe! You are dope, and you remind me of my younger self. I was a Lulu publisher too ☺️ I’m the opposite–I love rhyming, and in the grown-up “literary” world of poetry, rhyming is not very cool anymore. But who cares right???! Here’s to being yourself 🫶🏼🙌🏼
Lol, you can do it!!! I also get confused at the specific structure of some rhyme schemes. When I read that you can use any for this challenge, that must mean it can be a free verse rhyming poem (If that's a thing). Can't wait to see what you come up with if decide to enter. My advice, read a ton of examples to get more comfortable. Congrats on your Top (rant) Story!
Hahaha - this is excellent; we've all seen a challenge on here and though 'oh man, this one was MADE to upset me' 🤣 I try to see them as challenges to help me improve, but every now and then I throw myself a pity party too!
🤣🤣. I love rhymes but I do see what you mean haha
Ha ha! Me, I kind of like being given exercises I wouldn't have chosen for myself. That's the fun! They're definitely plotting against us though....
Came back to say congratulations! 🎂🎆🎉
i had some good words and lessons from your story keep it up. good luck
😂😂😂 I love your take on the challenge. For me, honestly, I love rhyming poetry! I've written so many poems and they're mostly rhyming. I think I wrote maybe 2 or 3 free verse poems, but I honestly don't understand how to write them, I just tried to write a concise story (so I'm not even sure if they are poems 😅). I'm actually looking forward to this challenge! We're basically the polar opposites here 😂
Hahahahahahahaha you're hilarious! But this was relatable because although I've written a few rhyming poems, I feel they're so difficult!