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Oh, how marvelously poignant the RoTJ excerpt is.

 

Just to be extra-clear, every single word must be from the excerpts? i.e. we can't have any named characters than those that are named in the excerpts?

Also, is it acceptable to use plurals of words that are in the singular, to conjugate verbs, etc?

 

Oh my GOODNESS Vi

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Oh, and more questions

What about homonyms? e.g. can, which can be a verb or a tin can – I imagine we have to stick to the meaning used in the excerpts?

And what about hyphenated words? e.g. scorched-pale, can we use each element separately or do we have to use the hyphenated form?

 

LOL Adding my own question.

In creating the poem, can we use the character's names to show the interplay of emotions and thoughts.

E.g., in the RoTJ passage, Vader and Luke are the focus points.

 

Nope, no word limit!

Yep, free verse is one of the ones listed above, and you're also free to use poetry forms that aren't specifically mentioned in the post.

I agree! That entire scene in the novelization imprinted on me pretty hard when I first read it as a kid, and it was kind of emotional reading it again for the first time in years.

Any character names that appear in those two passages may also appear in your poem, yes!

Yes, every word of your poem must be from the excerpts, so that means no named characters other than the ones that are already there.

In this case, no, because the words must be taken as-is from the excerpts.

As long as the spelling is exactly the same as the original, you can absolutely use different meanings for the words from the excerpts!

You may break apart hyphenated words and use each element individually if you wish.

 

Thanks @ViariSkywalker! And yet another, super-nitpicky question (sorry, I'm making a word list to see if what material there is for me to work with here) – combining these two elements:

... does this mean that I can use "wan" from "Obi-Wan" as the adjective? (no, I didn't think of it on my own, the wordlist maker I used separated it for me )

 

lolll, I forgot Obi-Wan's name was in there. I'm going to say Obi-Wan's name is the exception to the hyphenated words allowance, so no breaking his name up for this.

 

I loved working with the RoTJ passage and have posted a free verse.
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...l-run-challenge.50060962/page-2#post-59115173

 

@ViariSkywalker I hope you don't mind— I've taken the liberty of arranging the words into a list for my own convenience, and I think other people may be interested in using it for reference.

Spoiler: Word List (ALL CAPS, alphabetical, no duplicates)

A
ABOUT
ACROSS
ACT
ADDED
AFRAID
AGAIN
AGAINST
ALL
ALREADY
ALWAYS
AMPLIFICATION
AN
ANAKIN
AND
ANGER
ANGUISH
ANOTHER
ANYMORE
APPARATUS
APPEARANCE
ARE
ARMORED
AROUND
AS
ASIDE
AT
AUDITORY
AWAY
BACK
BALD
BE
BEARDLESS
BECAUSE
BECOME
BEEN
BEFORE
BEHELD
BEN
BENIGN
BESIDE
BETWEEN
BLACK
BLAZING
BLIND
BLOOD
BLOODSTREAM
BOY
BRAIN
BREATH
BREATHE
BREATHING
BRINGS
BROTHERHOOD
BROUGHT
BROW
BURN
BURNED
BURNS
BUT
CAN
CAN’T
CANNOT
CHEEKS
CHEST
CHEW
COLD
COME
COMES
COMPLICATED
COMPOSER
CONTACT
COULD
CRAWLING
CRIMES
CRUELTY
CRUSH
CRYING
DARK
DARTH
DAWN
DEAF
DEAR
DEATH
DECADES
DEEP
DEEPSET
DESTROYED
DESTROYING
DETACHED
DID
DIED
DIRECTLY
DISENTANGLED
DO
DON’T
DOWN
DRAGON
DROIDS
ELECTRICAL
ELECTRONIC
END
EQUIPMENT
EVEN
EVER
EXISTING
EXPLOSIONS
EYES
FACE
FAR
FATHER
FATHER’S
FATHERED
FEELS
FELL
FELT
FESTERED
FINAL
FINALLY
FIRE
FIRES
FIRST
FLAME
FLAMES
FLASHING
FLESH
FOCUS
FOR
FORCE
FOREVER
FORGIVES
FORTH
FREEDOM
FRIEND
FRIENDSHIP
FROM
FULL
FURNACE
FURY
GATHERS
GAZED
GLASS
GLAZED
GONE
GOOD
GOT
GRAND
GUILT
HAD
HADN’T
HALF
HARD
HARDWIRED
HARSH
HAS
HATRED
HAVE
HE
HE’D
HEAD
HEAR
HEARD
HEART
HEAVY
HELMET
HER
HERE
HIDEOUS
HIM
HIMSELF
HINTED
HIS
HOLD
HOME
HORROR
HORRORS
HOTTER
HOW
HUMAN
I’M
IMAGINED
IMPERCEPTIBLY
IMPLODE
IN
INJECTED
INSIDE
INTEGRATE
INTENSIFIED
INTO
INVINCIBILITY
INVISIBILITY
IS
IT
ITSELF
KILLED
KNEW
KNOW
LAKE
LAVA
LEFT
LEIA
LESS
LET
LIE
LIFE
LIFETIME
LIFTED
LIGHT
LIKE
LIPS
LISTEN
LIVED
LONG
LOOK
LOOKED
LORD
LOVE
LOVED
LUKE
LUKE’S
LUNGS
LYING
MACHINE
MAN
MANY
MASK
ME
MEANING
MEANINGS
MEANS
MECHANISMS
MEMORIES
MEMORY
MIGHTY
MIND
MODULATOR
MOLTEN
MOMENT
MOMENTARILY
MORE
MOST
MOUTH
MUST
NERVES
NEVER
NO
NONE
NONETHELESS
NOSTRILS
NOT
NOW
OBI-WAN
OF
OFF
OLD
ON
ONCE
ONE
ONLY
OPEN
OPTICAL
OR
OTHER
OUT
OVER
OWN
OXYGEN
PADMÉ
PAIN
PAINTER
PALE
PALPABLE
PANG
PART
PASTY
PERFECT
PERHAPS
PERSON
PIT
PLAINLY
PORTION
POSSIBLE
POWER
PRISONS
PULLED
PUMP
PUNGENT
RAGE
RAW
REACH
REALLY
RECALL
REGRET
REMEMBER
REMORSE
REMOVE
REPUGNANCE
RICH
RIGHT
RUNNING
SAD
SAME
SAND
SAVED
SAW
SAY
SCALP
SCAR
SCORCHED
SCRAPES
SCREAM
SCREEN
SEE
SEEMS
SEEN
SEIZING
SELF
SENSE
SENSORS
SERVES
SET
SHADOW
SHAME
SHATTERS
SHE
SHELL
SHIELD
SIDE
SILENCE
SIMULACRUM
SITH
SKIN
SKYWALKER
SLAY
SLOW
SMELL
SMELLS
SMILED
SO
SOME
SON
SORRY
SOUNDS
SPACE
SPEAKING
SPEAKS
STILL
STING
STOP
STRAPPED
STRIKING
SUN
TABLE
TASTE
TEARS
TENTATIVE
TESTED
THAN
THAT
THE
THEM
THEN
THERE
THESE
THEY
THINKING
THIS
THOSE
THROAT
THROUGH
TILT
TIME
TIMES
TO
TOGETHER
TONGUE
TOO
TOOK
TOP
TOUCH
TOUCHED
TRAP
TRICKLE
TRY
TURNED
TWENTY
TWITCH
TWO
UNCARING
UNDERSTAND
UNDERSTANDS
UNFILTERED
UNFOCUSED
UNIT
UNIVERSE
UNLIKE
UNTIL
UNTO
UP
UPON
USED
VADER
VADER’S
VENOM
VERY
VIEW
VIRULENCE
VOCABULATOR
VOICE
WANT
WANTED
WAS
WAVE
WAY
WEAKLY
WELL
WERE
WHAT
WHEN
WHERE
WHICH
WHILE
WHITE
WHO
WHO’D
WIFE
WILL
WINK
WITH
WITHIN
WITHOUT
WIZENED
WORLD
WOULD
WRY
YEARS
YES
YOU
YOUR
YOURSELF

 

Not at all, that's so thoughtful of you! Thank you for sharing your list!

 

Week 9! I went with the substitute prompt this week... cause, yeah.

[Firefly] Kessel Run 2025 Revolve

 

Haha, I figured poetry week was coming up. This is such a cool prompt, though, and I love both of those passages! They bring back so many memories. The prequel novelizations were all good, but RotS was just on another level. And the RotJ passage...all of the feels there.

I don't know if I'll actually have time to come up with something, or if it will end up being substitute prompt week, but I definitely want to try and do the poem at some point. And either way, I can't wait to read what everyone else comes up with.

 

I think I need to take the bye week for Week 8.

Do you want bye week entries only posted during Week 11 for simplicity? Or can they be posted earlier if they happen to be done before Week 11?

 

I know, right?? I'll never be over how amazing the RotS novelization is, and I legit started to tear up while I was rereading the RotJ passage in preparation for the KR. And of course I'm glad you like the prompt, since your mention of found poems during the first KR is what reminded me that they were a thing! I had to write a found poem for my eighth grade language arts class, and it was probably one of my favorite poems I wrote that year. Since we're not in a classroom, I couldn't do the prompt the same way my teacher did, but I figured picking a couple of thematically linked passages from SW was a good place to start for the KR.

Oh yes, I hope you do try it even if it's sometime after the KR! I wasn't planning to write one myself (not for these specific passages anyway), but now I'm thinking I might have to at some point!

You can post it anytime between now and the end of Week 11, so if you finish early, feel free to post!

 

https://boards.theforce.net/threads...—ot-rebel-alliance-au.50060980/#post-59106582

Mara and Luke, but Luke needing redemption in this Week 8 entry.

 

Week eight is up: I'll Keep It Safe

 

I can't do poetry, so perhaps I'll work on my bye week fic for next week. Also, what happens when you miss a deadline? Can you still post it? And if so, does it still count towards the final goal or not?

I got to stop leaving these for the last minute, since if it keeps up, I'll get too far behind. I need to go back to working on them shortly after you post the next prompt like I did last year (seemed to work better).

 

Free verse poetry is pretty easy. You just have to break up the lines a little more than usual. Granted, with this particular prompt, there's still the challenge of a limited word list...

 

Week 9 is posted: Order 66. The day after

 

Two Haikus - version about 14 of what I started with though...

Paths

 

If you miss a deadline, you can still post your story, but it will not officially count toward the final goal.

They can be in any order! And you can also mix and match individual words in addition to borrowing entire phrases.

You are free to change the styling and/or punctuation however you wish!