I just won my first contest and I'd love to share the joy I felt with someone else.
The challenge I put before you is:
Write an abstract poem. Say what you mean with complex metaphors and allusions.
(For examples, check out my poems: Twice is Nice, Amber and Green, Inundated, A Good Word, and Thoughtless Thoughts.)
A hint: Perceptions change everything.
Pick a theme:
a) Getting away from your problems. (Physically or mentally.)
Write about your fears. Make me afraid of them, or help me to understand them.
c) Write from a child's point of view at the wonder that can be found in anything and everything.
Rules:
1. No sticky caps.
2. No internet lingo (u, 2, b, y, lol...ect)
3. Spellcheck is your friend.
4. Put which option you wrote about in your author's notes.
5. Keep it tasteful. Erotica is allowed, but it must be tasteful.
6. Keep swearing down. I'm not a fan of cussing.
7. No prewrites. When I write my abstract poems, they are written in one sitting. Sometimes this makes for the best abstractness. (I still sit down to read my own poetry and am amazed I wrote it.)
The winner will recieve 400 points.
Second and third place will recieve shiny trophies.
Honorable mentions will be in the ending notes.
The challenge I put before you is:
Write an abstract poem. Say what you mean with complex metaphors and allusions.
(For examples, check out my poems: Twice is Nice, Amber and Green, Inundated, A Good Word, and Thoughtless Thoughts.)
A hint: Perceptions change everything.
Pick a theme:
a) Getting away from your problems. (Physically or mentally.)
Write about your fears. Make me afraid of them, or help me to understand them.c) Write from a child's point of view at the wonder that can be found in anything and everything.
Rules:
1. No sticky caps.
2. No internet lingo (u, 2, b, y, lol...ect)
3. Spellcheck is your friend.
4. Put which option you wrote about in your author's notes.
5. Keep it tasteful. Erotica is allowed, but it must be tasteful.
6. Keep swearing down. I'm not a fan of cussing.
7. No prewrites. When I write my abstract poems, they are written in one sitting. Sometimes this makes for the best abstractness. (I still sit down to read my own poetry and am amazed I wrote it.)
The winner will recieve 400 points.
Second and third place will recieve shiny trophies.
Honorable mentions will be in the ending notes.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 21, 2005
- Rewards: Gold: 400
- Final notes: Simply beautiful. I was impressed by everyone's unique takes on my contest. This decision was very hard to make.
Entries [10]
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Listen to the music play brightly
against the streaming lightby Kara Geminii 15 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 7 10:34 PM 2005. In Other• Commented on by judge. -
getting thrashed around smiling all the while
the clock is splintered against the wall• Commented on by judge. -
Just another artist's creation,
That make a mockery of life.• Commented on by judge. -
Ice cream never lasts while the
Sun is high.by Mozambiquel 28 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 8 1:49 AM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Society
Silver trophy winner
• Commented on by judge. -
my charred soul
in helpless remorse• Commented on by judge. -
He's a poet,
giving all the right answersby singingeyes 15 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 19 1:33 AM 2005. In Other• Commented on by judge. -
walking per-say in a fashion bizarre
weird beyond compare• Commented on by judge. -
This steel coffin built on foreign soil,
entombs me with the scent of leather luxury about• Commented on by judge. -
Where the words I hear are what I want
And the things they say are of their ownby General Watson 16 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 19 9:57 PM 2005. In Weird• Commented on by judge.
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Finally!! Something I may be half-decent at!! I'm going to enjoy writing for your contest, and I hope you get plenty of entries, though not so many as that you drown in reading them all...Hehe...-GoR
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this is a good idea for a contest and I did it all in one sitting as you suggested...
and I hope that I got the author comment section right... I chose a)
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Well...so far so good! I'm glad you like my idea and I can't wait to read what you have to offer! ^^ <3
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Thank you for entering! And I'm glad you like my idea. Hopefully, the bit about one sitting wasn't too horrible. I just think its more fun to create and go back to read it days later. After writing a poem like this, you tend to pick up things about yourself you never knew.
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i love this contest idea! i love things that may seem weird to other people but to the person who wrote it, it can carry a deep meaning and is perfectly clear. and the thing with the one sitting isn't horrible, it's the only way i can write. lol. i hope you have fun with this contest, i'm sure you'll get alot of amazing entries!
*jerrie* -
Hmmmm lol how funny u and i are doing abstract contests i wish for the best and hope u get a lot of entries
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Oh, wonderful...I love the idea for this contest. I often find myself writing in pure metahpors that even I have trouble decoding when I go back and read it later. I do plan on entering, but I think I should be more awake...lol.
I'm bookmarking this, though...great contest!
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great idea .. wish I could manage it ..
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Wow thank you for the Trophy. It's been a rough week and you've made me feel a little better.
Patti -
Thank you for the Bronze. Congratulations to all winners!
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I know the feeling. This week is going horribly for me. However, its starting to look up.
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Of course. It was a lovely poem!
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