CONTEST!
This contest is for people to experiment with a more modern writing style (think e e cummings) or a lyrical style (think sylvia plath) or possibly even to emulating the style of Eliot.
With these styles in mind, I will give you the rest.
Incorporate the following lyrics pieces (or part of a piece
) into your poem
(these are all Tori Amos lyrics or songs she has covered.)
Use more than just one phrase.
*She said she’d stick around until the bandages came off.
*your peppermint breath gonna choke him to death, daddy! Watch your little black sheep run.
*girls you’ve got to know when it’s time to turn the page, when your only wet because of the rain.
*Figure it out, she’s a good time fella too bas the burial was premature, she said and smiled.
*I run off where the drifts get deeper. Sleeping beauty trips me with a frown.
* I know she’s playing poker with the rest of the stranglers calling for my soul
*Bobby’s collecting bee’s and hammer’s, he used one on me
*She’s convinced she can hold back a glacier, but she couldn’t keep baby alive
* how many fates turn around in the over time? Ballerina’s that have fins that you’ll never find.
*tuck those ribbons under your helmet be a good soldier
*I escape into, your escape into our very favorite fears cape it’s across the sky and across my heart and I cross my legs oh my god.
*first my left foot then my right behind the other pantyhose running in the cold.
*first my left foot then my right behind the other breadcrumbs lost under the snow.
*tuck those ribbons under your helmet, be a good soldier
*dripping with blood and with time and with your advice, poison me against the moon.
*brides in veils for you we told you all of our secrets
*we scream in cathedrals, why can’t that be beautiful
*Thought I’d made friends with time, thought we’d be flying. Maybe not this time.
*I see you there with a rose in your teeth, just one more thin gypsy thief
*Jane came by with a lock of your hair. she said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear
*I Hear the west wind whisper my name
* But what if I'm a mermaid in these jeans of his with her name still on it
*You treated my woman to a flake of your life and when she came back she was nobody’s wife
*I remember yes in my peach party dress no one dared no one cared to tell me where the pretty girls are those demigods with their nine-inch nails and little fascist panties tucked inside the heart of ever nice girl
*It was me and a gun and a man on my back and I sang "holy holy" as he buttoned down his pants
*A little dust never stopped me none, he liked my shoes I kept them on.
*the girls were dancing she was coming of age
*the sun on your face, I’m freezing my frame
* Of course I have beneath my raincoat, I have your photograph
* you said you race from Langley pulling me underneath a cherry blossom canopy
*how did it go so fast, you’ll say while we were looking back and then we’ll understand we held Gold dust in our hands.
* gas lights glow in the street, twilight held us underneath her palm as we walked along
Write “I can scream as loud as your last one” in the comments box and IF you used lyrics of hers (TORI'S ONLY!!) that are not on the above list include the segment and the title of the song it came from.
Rules:
1. no shitty poems
2. if you write a shitty poem I maintain the right to remove you from the contest
3. No chat speak
4. NO RHYMING unless I approve you (IM me for this option.)
5. no sticky caps.
6. no old english
7. you can enter as many times as you want!
I will close this contest whenever I see fit.
that's it
good luck. You'll need it.
This contest is for people to experiment with a more modern writing style (think e e cummings) or a lyrical style (think sylvia plath) or possibly even to emulating the style of Eliot.
With these styles in mind, I will give you the rest.
Incorporate the following lyrics pieces (or part of a piece
) into your poem (these are all Tori Amos lyrics or songs she has covered.)
Use more than just one phrase.
*She said she’d stick around until the bandages came off.
*your peppermint breath gonna choke him to death, daddy! Watch your little black sheep run.
*girls you’ve got to know when it’s time to turn the page, when your only wet because of the rain.
*Figure it out, she’s a good time fella too bas the burial was premature, she said and smiled.
*I run off where the drifts get deeper. Sleeping beauty trips me with a frown.
* I know she’s playing poker with the rest of the stranglers calling for my soul
*Bobby’s collecting bee’s and hammer’s, he used one on me
*She’s convinced she can hold back a glacier, but she couldn’t keep baby alive
* how many fates turn around in the over time? Ballerina’s that have fins that you’ll never find.
*tuck those ribbons under your helmet be a good soldier
*I escape into, your escape into our very favorite fears cape it’s across the sky and across my heart and I cross my legs oh my god.
*first my left foot then my right behind the other pantyhose running in the cold.
*first my left foot then my right behind the other breadcrumbs lost under the snow.
*tuck those ribbons under your helmet, be a good soldier
*dripping with blood and with time and with your advice, poison me against the moon.
*brides in veils for you we told you all of our secrets
*we scream in cathedrals, why can’t that be beautiful
*Thought I’d made friends with time, thought we’d be flying. Maybe not this time.
*I see you there with a rose in your teeth, just one more thin gypsy thief
*Jane came by with a lock of your hair. she said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear
*I Hear the west wind whisper my name
* But what if I'm a mermaid in these jeans of his with her name still on it
*You treated my woman to a flake of your life and when she came back she was nobody’s wife
*I remember yes in my peach party dress no one dared no one cared to tell me where the pretty girls are those demigods with their nine-inch nails and little fascist panties tucked inside the heart of ever nice girl
*It was me and a gun and a man on my back and I sang "holy holy" as he buttoned down his pants
*A little dust never stopped me none, he liked my shoes I kept them on.
*the girls were dancing she was coming of age
*the sun on your face, I’m freezing my frame
* Of course I have beneath my raincoat, I have your photograph
* you said you race from Langley pulling me underneath a cherry blossom canopy
*how did it go so fast, you’ll say while we were looking back and then we’ll understand we held Gold dust in our hands.
* gas lights glow in the street, twilight held us underneath her palm as we walked along
Write “I can scream as loud as your last one” in the comments box and IF you used lyrics of hers (TORI'S ONLY!!) that are not on the above list include the segment and the title of the song it came from.
Rules:
1. no shitty poems
2. if you write a shitty poem I maintain the right to remove you from the contest
3. No chat speak
4. NO RHYMING unless I approve you (IM me for this option.)
5. no sticky caps.
6. no old english
7. you can enter as many times as you want!
I will close this contest whenever I see fit.
that's it
good luck. You'll need it.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 25, 2005
- Rewards: Gold: 400
- Final notes: Second and third places are really a tie but I flipped a coin and that's how it turned out. (sorry if that pisses you off, you both get the same amount of points)
thanks again all who participated!
Entries [7]
1 - 7 of 7
-
Bobby’s collecting bee’s and hammer’s, he used one on me
And so did the devil• Commented on by judge. -
• Commented on by judge.
-
by angelofcleansheets 52 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 11 11:08 AM 2005. In Personal
Gold trophy winner
• Commented on by judge. -
• Commented on by judge.
-
Satie’s Gymnopedies to soundtrack you in the shower
do you feel my gaze through the steam?by Gregor Samsa 47 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 12 6:49 AM 2005. In Love• Commented on by judge. -
• Commented on by judge.
-
i touched a sinner
andby SunshineBaby 35 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 24 8:08 PM 2005. In Weird, Other, Dark
Bronze trophy winner
• Commented on by judge.
Silver trophy winner
Add a comment
Comments
1 - 14 of 14
-
Meg will this still run? Tony.
-
o.0
-
this looks really nifty, but i found it too late. i'm sorry.
-
Gah! I love cummings, I love Plath, and I LOVE Tori! What's the entry limit?
-
Grr I was about to enter!!!
-
I'm sorry! I thought i had written JULY 30th, not june!
enter freely! -
sorry! I accidentily wrote tghe closing date for JUNE 30th, not JULY!
you can enter as many times as you want. -
ooooh I love every aspect of this contest. I'll be back to enter soon
Lea -
hey,
just dropped by to say this is so inspiring to me I may just enter again
that is when my daughter isn't playing her kiddie piano and singing at the top of her lungs LOL.
-
oooh, I entered, what are you gonna do now? huh!?
I want some. I should go get some. hooray for me.
-
Oh! I just saw your advertisement in the Fans of Tori Amos group, and had to be sure to check this out! You really caughht my attention, here, and I am going to try and enter within a day or so.
- Jaye S. -
I was listening to Siren today. I love it when she says "coquette". It's great! Tony.
-
thanks for the silver
-
Thank you so much for the bronze in your contest! I had so much fun with the lyrics and trying to write in the style of E.E.Cummings!
Thank you and thanks for a great contest too.
Wishing you many perennial dreams...
Adding your comment:
1 - 14 of 14
