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Best.Korea

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#4936

North Korea vs USA Poetry Battle

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Publication date: 09.13.2023 11:07PM
Last updated date: 10.25.2023 12:42AM
Type: Standard
Number of rounds: 3
Time for argument: Two weeks
Max argument characters: 10,000
Voting period: One month
Point system: Multiple criterions
Voting system: Open

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the_quiet_poet9

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I use North Korean poetry. You use USA poetry.

Round 1

Best.Korea

09.16.2023 12:02AM

Pro

Song of Kim il Sung

Bright traces of blood on the crags

Of Changbeak still gleam

Still the Amnok carries along

Signs of blood in its stream

Still do those hallowed traces shine resplendendly

Over Korea flourishing and free

So dear, to all our hearts

Is our General's glorious name

Our own beloved Kim il Sung

Of undying fame

Tell, blizzards that rage

In the wild Manchurian plains

Tell, you nights in the forests deep

Where the silence reigns

Who is the partisan whose deeds are unsurpassed

Who is the patriot whose fame shall ever last

So dear, to all our hearts

Is our General's glorious name

Our own beloved Kim il Sung

Of undying fame

He severed the chains of masses

Brought them liberty

The Sun of Korea today

Democratic and free

For the twenty points united we stand fast

Over our fair homeland the spring has come at last

So dear, to all our hearts

Is our General's glorious name

Our own beloved Kim il Sung

Of undying fame.

the_quiet_poet9

09.16.2023 09:08PM

Con

A Nation's Strength

What makes a nation’s pillars high

And its foundations strong?

What makes it mighty to defy

The foes that round it throng?

It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand

Go down in battle shock;

Its shafts are laid on sinking sand,

Not on abiding rock.

Is it the sword? Ask the red dust

Of empires passed away;

The blood has turned their stones to rust,

Their glory to decay.

And is it pride? Ah, that bright crown

Has seemed to nations sweet;

But God has struck its luster down

In ashes at his feet.

Not gold but only men can make

A people great and strong;

Men who for truth and honor’s sake

Stand fast and suffer long.

Brave men who work while others sleep,

Who dare while others fly…

They build a nation’s pillars deep

And lift them to the sky.

- William Ralph Emerson

Round 2

Best.Korea

09.16.2023 10:36PM

Pro

Song of Kim Jong il

Mount Paektu reaches across

To shape our beautiful land

Cheers resound all over the land

Hailing our dear General

He is the leader of the people

Carrying forward the Sun's cause

Long live long live General Kim Jong il

All blossoms on this Earth

Tell of his love warm and strong

Blue East and West Seas sing

His exploits in their song

He is the artist of great joy

Glorifying the garden of Juche

Long live long live General Kim Jong il

Socialist cause he defends

With iron will and courage

He raises national honour

Far and wide throughout the world

He is the champion of justice

Standing for independence

Long live long live General Kim Jong il

the_quiet_poet9

09.22.2023 10:04PM

Con

The American Flag

When Freedom, from her mountain height,

Unfurled her standard to the air,

She tore the azure robe of night,

And set the stars of glory there:

She mingled with its gorgeous dyes

The milky baldric of the skies,

And striped its pure, celestial white

With streakings of the morning light;

Then, from his mansion in the sun,

She called her eagle bearer down,

And gave into his mighty hand

The symbol of her chosen land.

- Joseph Rodman Drake

Round 3

Best.Korea

09.24.2023 11:15PM

Pro

Chollima On The Wing

Ehe...eyacha

Eyacha!

The new hill of Communism can be seen over there

The worker's party has ushered in a new age

Lets show the entire world the spirit of chollima

Lets go, lets go faster, riding on the chollima

Lets advance the seven year plan

The soldiers of the worker's party united as one

The shining new victory is calling us

Lets go, lets go faster, riding on the chollima

Lets raise a new miracle through creation and innovation

A new day for national reunification is dawning

We are running through decades in one day

Raise the fire of construction and production

Lets go, lets go faster, riding on the chollima

Lets create a happy paradise for ten thousand generations

Ehe...eyacha

Eyacha

Lets follow the flag of the worker's party!

(Chollima is a winged horse from North Korean fairy tales)

the_quiet_poet9

09.25.2023 12:42AM

Con

The Flower of Liberty

What flow'r is this that greets the morn,

Its hues from heav'n so freshly born?

With burning star and flaming band

It kindles all the sunset land:

O tell us what its name may be,

Is this the Flower of Liberty?

It is, it is the banner of the free,

The starry Flower, the Flower of Liberty!

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Best.Korea

09.14.2023 12:06AM

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@the_quiet_poet9

Well, I will use North Korean poetry, written by North Korea, in English language. Its adapted a little to sound good in English, but translation is on point.

Now, you are free to use USA poetry or write as USA. I guess as long as its related to USA in some way, it is fine. I dont have strict rules on this one, anything goes.

the_quiet_poet9

09.13.2023 11:27PM

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@Best.Korea

Does "use North Korean poetry" and "use USA poetry" mean that we use poetry that those countries wrote, or write our own?

Best.Korea

09.13.2023 11:08PM

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@the_quiet_poet9

Hey, you are a poet. You might like this.