Dashboard Lights:
Sticky. Gritty.
False, fancy, Nancy or true
Retentive
Inventive
Pale shades
Of your black and blue.
Irrelevant and hard to put down
A trigger squeezer
That short-circuits your eyeballs
And teases every last
Drop
As it milks you.
Spun-shone gold thread awaits you
Sublime the touch of it
And like a poem:
Almost always just a little out of reach,
But very willing to taste...
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Guidelines:
Read above poem. It is a puzzle – it is all the pieces of the kind of poem I want you to write. Interpret the pieces as you see fit and write a poem that you think solves the riddle. This is a very subjective exercise and I'll be judging on the most creative solution. Feel free to use the author's comments to explain your solution, how you interpreted the above.
Rules:
No spelling errors, typos, sticky caps, internet chat/abbreviations etc
Two entries per contestant
15 to 25 lines
Sticky. Gritty.
False, fancy, Nancy or true
Retentive
Inventive
Pale shades
Of your black and blue.
Irrelevant and hard to put down
A trigger squeezer
That short-circuits your eyeballs
And teases every last
Drop
As it milks you.
Spun-shone gold thread awaits you
Sublime the touch of it
And like a poem:
Almost always just a little out of reach,
But very willing to taste...
~
Guidelines:
Read above poem. It is a puzzle – it is all the pieces of the kind of poem I want you to write. Interpret the pieces as you see fit and write a poem that you think solves the riddle. This is a very subjective exercise and I'll be judging on the most creative solution. Feel free to use the author's comments to explain your solution, how you interpreted the above.
Rules:
No spelling errors, typos, sticky caps, internet chat/abbreviations etc
Two entries per contestant
15 to 25 lines
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 29, 2005
- Rewards: Gold: 500
- Final notes:
What great entries – I liked the individual interpretations I was presented with. This was not meant to be an exercise in straightforward thinking, nor did I want a simple regurgitation of the words and concepts in my original poem. The place receiving poems, I thought, really dug what I was getting at, and delivered the sort of result I was expecting – ie something completely unexpected...
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the trigger I need to squeeze
a baby unto his mother's hug• Commented on by judge. -
Bruises heal ever slower, remember that.
A thirst she couldn't quench killed her.by hahaimdead27 38 lines, on Aug 9 10:16 PM 2005. In Weird• Commented on by judge. -
only took a smoke to write...a full smoke• Commented on by judge.
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Your stare, gaping vacancy
Elusive…by brentsrich 19 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 22 9:43 PM 2005. In Angst• Commented on by judge.
Silver trophy winner
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this looks challenging and interactive. will book-mark this and ponder over this over the next few days. hopefully, my muse would be cooperative so that i may jump on the bandwagon and have fun
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Ummmm, I think the need for mega brain food is needed for this one...looks interesting, but may be a little to much for me to come up with your riddle answer and to put in poem form.....but good luck with the contest.
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Wow, that write was quite interesting, sounds like a very challenging contest. Not so clear on the style and what you exactly want, I just may be brain dead, but I don't see any puzzle within the poem, I don't get it and I'll have to read it again to see if it becomes clearer, so then maybe I can come up with something to enter.
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Hmm, to be honest, there is no set style or "exactly" about what I want - it is not about what I see in those words, what matters is what YOU see, how you interpret the concepts in the poem above - I have just given words and phrases in the hopes they make you think. I do know I want entries to go above and beyond the mere words that you see and look instead for concepts and styles.
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I always love your contests. You have a fresh take on things and I think I may try something for this contest. And yes, I'll actually enter it this time. Love the idea here.
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Please; show the people what to do!
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Gorgeous contest. Like the beach at night. I have an entry! Yippee!
trick -
clever and intriguing and intimidating.
it's too bad i'm so bad at writing poetry freely enough to enter contests - at writing about just any old thing suggested, instead of some hidden inner table of contents. -
Interesting and intriguing, I will have to bookmark it and see what I can come up with.
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wow, pretty interesting. and intriguing. with the advent of writer's block, i'm not sure if i can come up with an entry, but i'll try. good luck with the contest.
Keep writing
Kannika -
Oh... very sweet little idea! ^^-^^ I like this. It kind of sounds fun! If I can unbury myself from all the other obligations I have going right now... I'll come back to this for sure!
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Damn Odyssey -- your contests are as intriguing as your poems! I am delighted you called my attention to this exercise. I will try and put my thinking cap on and produce something, time permitting. The only catch here is that some words in Australia don't quite have the same meaning as they do here in California, and vice verse
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Yeah, I got to agree with Monte above...what about South Africa, lol?? You really posted a poetic challenge here....I would have to dig deeeep for this one! Bookmarking this and hope my brain and my muse love each other enough . This will be very interesting!
~ Nicolette
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lol, that's not a catch - but rather part of the fun.
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I have been reading over and over this I only just remembered I got this from the featured board for commenting on I am quite fascinated I do love a great mind tease and this is sure to satisfy the treat hmmm maybe i will maybe I won't but a most clever (ingenious actually) idea.
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Oh wow oh wow. I can honestly say I've never seen a contest like this before but its such a good idea!!! It took me a few reads of your poem to develop an idea of what I think you want in response but I've got there and will try my hardest to work on a little something.
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Sounds like a rip off of "Paradise By The Darkboard Lights".
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I love the song mentioned above... This is clever... but I do say hard work... very, very, very hard work. I am going to bookmark this, and come back to it tomorrow when I have the energy, and try to sift through the poem and write something. Very best of luck with this brilliant contest!
~Andrew -
I like to make people work hard. Very very hard.
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oh I do believe you are still winning our comment race...
peace
Chris -
Well well, there is some good competition in this. I haven't forgotten about it, and am in the process of judging...
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Thank you! I'm recklessly in love with Judas Denied's poem and am delighted that it got gold. This was a wonderful contest. I'm going to be looking for more like it. And I like the new name. ^^
trick -
"recklessly in love" - she would adore that. I too am in love with that poem, it is a beauty.
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thank you .. I hope JD .. gets to see that gold.. sooner rather than later.. great contest.. I loved the words you chose as inspiration..
congrats to all who entered.
~~Lisa/whim
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