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[Majestic7]

Hello, dear proletariat. I wanted an excuse to support indy games that don't get enough attention right now, so I'm giving away a copy of Stellar Monarch and a copy of Starsector. The requirements for thee is to post a dwarven space poem or a communist space poem. If you can't do poetry, just do a haiku, those are easy.

Mention in your post whether you want Starsector or Stellar Monarch. If you apply for both, the price is two poems. Terrible, I know. That must be the Vogon in me.

The winners will be chosen and the games given 2nd of May. Stellar Monarch will be a Steam gift, Starsector a private message with the key code. No escaped lunatics qualify, they miss you too much in the asylum.

[JimboM12]

I can't think space communists or any kind of communist without instantly thinking of the Soviet Union anthem, so please read this in a similar style of the first 30 seconds to 1 minute of said anthem. So it's not really a poem, but dammit, I'm overtaken with the Glorious Union pride!

For reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs

Spoiler: "For the Glory of Mother Armok and the Union of Beards and People, Striving for the Stars." (click to show/hide)

Tsiolkovsky and Urist, work-ing to-get-her!
United forever, forever in friendship!
Striving to be first, to be first in the ae-ther!

Glo-ry, glo-ry to Urist and all! (all should be dragged out slightly)

For the Strength of the people; the strength of the union!
The mighty Republiks will live ever endure!
Human and dwarf! In this glor-i-ous commun-ion!

Glo-ry, glo-ry to Human and all!

Reaching out bold-ly, out~ in the dark-ness, all side-by-side~!
The dream of two people, their fortress secure!
Beards, beards in-fla-ted with great pride!

Glo-ry, glo-ry to Armok and all!

With shoul-der to shoulder, we all love in labor~!
Our great Mc-Lenin led~ us; neighbors and more~!
The great Bearded Union lives through the ages!

Long~ live our Bearded Motherland~ Built by the People's Mighty Hand!

Pra-ise, praise to the people!
Pra-ise, praise to Armok!
Pra-ise, praise to the union!

*places fist against chest* tear rolls down cheek

the people can choose what game i receive for my contribution to the state after conferring with the official political officers of the state, they have chosen starsector. i must create the glorious union with my own hands.

*Edit: this is an ongoing project if i come up with any better ideas for the glorious anthem. updated to revision 2.
I'm focusing too much on dwarves and communism because those go so well together, and i'm trying to shoehorn space in there. if you think it still qualifies, cool, but now im just doing it because its fun and because i believe in the union.

[Silleh Boy]

I don't want to enter - just share the first thing that came to mind when I took a peek at this.

There once was a dwarf called Urist,
And in the mountains he flourished,
'till he looked up to the sky
proclaimed "One day i'll fly!"
yet died making a rocket, malnourished.

[Radsoc]

From May to October
From Earth through Ark
When winter is over
We build us a new embark
Past stars blue and red
Passing Lumumba and Gagarin
After years one hundred
A new world is dawnin'!

[Rilder]

There was an attempt.  Sign me up for Starsector.

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Look up and into to the skies, Oh Comrade
Do you not seek our kind to rise? Oh Comrade

Would you rather squabble over petty wealth
And live in a world fallen to filth
Or seek an boundless bounty
While working toward true equality

Would you suffer evermore a meager wage
Doomed till grave upon this Earthly cage
Look beyond the screen of your computer
There is possible a more wondrous future

The oligarchs claim it is not possible
That denying human greed is illogical
You dear worker are the one to decide
To choose or not an existence more dignified.

Look up and into to the skies, Oh Comrade
Will you not seek our kind to rise? Oh Comrade

--

Edit: I kinda had more flowing through my head so might as well sign up for Stellar Monarch as well.

Stop one moment my dearest friend
Permit a soldier a rest here at the end
For it seems we have finally won
Though I feel as if I may be done
Mourn not for I see my work complete
Our Union's triumph is not bittersweet
With one glance around before I die
My eyes catch the light of this once distant star
Shining upon this wondrous sky
Out here with our Earth so far
I know not of Gods nor afterlife
but as I look onward, I see paradise. 

[BuriBuriZaemon]

Due to my poor creativity, I'm going with a haiku. The context is a dwarven civilisation has run out of minerals on their home planet and commissioned a mission to explore nearby asteroid fields. On this mission, the dwarven cosmonauts are allowed to carry their pet cats with them as companion. During the launch day, not used to being so far high off the ground, they get nervous and are surprised that their cats, on the other hand, remain calm. To remedy their fear of height, they have the vessel's cargo hold stocked with alcohol.

Main thrusters all go
Past the old mountains we soar
The cats seem content

Please sign me up for Stellar Monarch. Thank you for your generosity.

[Majestic7]

Bumping for great justice, reminder that you have 24 hours left to take part in the competition.

[AlStar]

I'm not much of a poet, so I'll give the Haiku a try.

Iron walls, flying cave
Gemstone stars shine in the night
Endless new domains.

I'm going to try for Starsector - thanks for the opportunity!

edit: What I am is a writer (usually of shorter things.) This can count as my Starsector entry, if it turns out to be better than the Haiku,

Spoiler: A Short Story (click to show/hide)

As the hatch opened, Urist’s nose curled in disgust. Sewer reclamation pipe, again. It was never the pipes that fed the dwarven wine fountain up in the atrium that corroded through. Tucking his braided beard over his shoulder before plunging up to his ankles in vile filth, Urist briefly fought against nausea. It had gotten easier over the seasons (if such could be said to exist on a hollowed-out chunk of steel, hurling through the depths of space), and Urist could remember the time when he was but a lowly novice, faced with his first leaking pipe. That one had been carrying steam, and he had suffered burns all over his body. Medical care had been sketchy back then too, since the doctors had been just as green as he was - liable to cut off a finger when all they'd been tasked with was to splint a leg.

Theoretically, all the jobs were assigned by merit - each dwarf doing his best for the betterment of all... but Urist had his suspicions - after all, how was it that all the nobles had ended up testing that wine fountain, assisted by the women with the comeliest beards? Why, the beard on one of them, with its elegant blonde curls... well, it didn't even bother thinking about (although it did help keep one's mind away from the fact that you were walking in sludge.)

Later, Urist admired his fine repairs of the pipe, menacing with spikes of copper. It was good work - perhaps even a masterwork. Whistling tunelessly, he stepped out of the cramped service tunnel into the (also cramped) walkway beyond. His boots would doubtlessly leave a disgusting trail of filth which the cats would track throughout the entire ship... maybe all the way up to that damn fountain... and that thought made Urist happy.

Edit: And done. Minimalist, but I'll take it.

[Majestic7]

Thank you for participation, everyone. It was surprisingly hard to find a favorite, so I chose two I liked best for each category and flipped a coin. As a result, Starsector goes to JimboM12 and Stellar Monarch to Rilder.

[JimboM12]

Thank you for participation, everyone. It was surprisingly hard to find a favorite, so I chose two I liked best for each category and flipped a coin. As a result, Starsector goes to JimboM12 and Stellar Monarch to Rilder.

Glory for the Union

to be honest, i had a rough outline for a soviet dwarf union for a long time, i just kind of threw space in there because it was part of the perimeters. thank you for the contest and the fun. glory to bay12.

[Majestic7]

I sent private messages to the winners, I hope you got them.

[JimboM12]

I sent private messages to the winners, I hope you got them.

i did, thank you comrade majestic

[Rilder]

Woo, cheers Comrade!

[a1s]

Aw, I missed this. I guess I'll do one for the !!fun!! of it.

Spoiler: One for all (click to show/hide)

"It's all for one", my captain said,
"is space, and one for all"
his helmet shone a morning red
in rays of sun so small

It's hard to blame society
That's billion miles away
when their advice's variety
comes in on a delay

The only people who can help
and same expect from you
are those [there are no rhymes for "help"]*
with whom you share a crew

There's not a thing you would deny
these men in times of need
a
a bandage when they bleed

It's been some years since my depart
For space is fair, but harsh
but yet I keep them in my heart
with whom I've been to Mars

And still whenever people ask
"what sense is 'one for all'?"
I say that in our heavy task
there is no better call
(*) except "kelp" and "yelp". And I'm not even sure that last one is a proper word, or just onomatopoeia.

Ok, that came out a little more pompous than I expected, but I'm rusty.