Hello, Everyone!
I haven't held a contest in awhile, and since I don't have many inspirational thoughts for poetry going on at present, I think God decided to inspire me with a contest idea!
I was browsing through the newest contests myself, and I noticed the title of a contest- "I Want Erotica", it said...
... And I thought to myself, "If they want it, why don't they just go to that category!- that's what it's for! Why do they have to make others come to them with such trash?"
Well, since there's so much of that trash out there on this site, I decided to inspire the opposite!
In Philippians 4:8, God gives an outline for the kinds of things we're supposed to dwell on: truth, honestly, justice, purity, loveliness, things of good report, anything virtuous, and anything praiseworthy. THESE are the kinds of things we should think on. Let's highlight that thought of purity in this contest...
I do not require the poems mention anything about Christianity, but I do ask that you stick to the theme of the contest. These poems or writes may be anything that inspires purity and innocence in your thoughts or in the thoughts of others.
I do have a few rules:
(1)Stick to the theme
(2)Do I have to ask for no sticky caps? I'm a plain Jane myself.
(3)Purity of language required, as well (= no cussing!)
(4)Nothing too long... I believe that some of the best messages can be summed up in a few lines. However, if you would like to enter a story of some kind, I'll say two 8x11 pages-worth of script, and that's all!
(5)If purity in marriage is your theme, use discretion in your details please... some of us haven't been married yet!
(6)Don't feel that this has to be strictly about purity in love... it can be purity in vegetables if you want!
(7)HINT: I LOVE FORM POETRY AND RHYMING... ESPECIALLY THE FORMS IN WHICH MY POEMS HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY WRITTEN.
"The Goods":
First Place- Gold Trophy and 300 pts.
Second Place- Silver Trophy and 200 pts.
Third Place- Bronze Trophy and 100 pts.
Honorable Mentions- 50 pts.
Sorry, no prewrites- I'm only allowing 30 entries...
HOWEVER... IF you think you have something I'd REALLY LIKE, if you send a link to me about it, I may just give you some points anyway! (Or, applaud it, at least!)
SO... Have fun thinking some clean thoughts!
I haven't held a contest in awhile, and since I don't have many inspirational thoughts for poetry going on at present, I think God decided to inspire me with a contest idea!
I was browsing through the newest contests myself, and I noticed the title of a contest- "I Want Erotica", it said...
... And I thought to myself, "If they want it, why don't they just go to that category!- that's what it's for! Why do they have to make others come to them with such trash?"
Well, since there's so much of that trash out there on this site, I decided to inspire the opposite!
In Philippians 4:8, God gives an outline for the kinds of things we're supposed to dwell on: truth, honestly, justice, purity, loveliness, things of good report, anything virtuous, and anything praiseworthy. THESE are the kinds of things we should think on. Let's highlight that thought of purity in this contest...
I do not require the poems mention anything about Christianity, but I do ask that you stick to the theme of the contest. These poems or writes may be anything that inspires purity and innocence in your thoughts or in the thoughts of others.
I do have a few rules:
(1)Stick to the theme
(2)Do I have to ask for no sticky caps? I'm a plain Jane myself.
(3)Purity of language required, as well (= no cussing!)
(4)Nothing too long... I believe that some of the best messages can be summed up in a few lines. However, if you would like to enter a story of some kind, I'll say two 8x11 pages-worth of script, and that's all!
(5)If purity in marriage is your theme, use discretion in your details please... some of us haven't been married yet!
(6)Don't feel that this has to be strictly about purity in love... it can be purity in vegetables if you want!
(7)HINT: I LOVE FORM POETRY AND RHYMING... ESPECIALLY THE FORMS IN WHICH MY POEMS HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY WRITTEN.
"The Goods":
First Place- Gold Trophy and 300 pts.
Second Place- Silver Trophy and 200 pts.
Third Place- Bronze Trophy and 100 pts.
Honorable Mentions- 50 pts.
Sorry, no prewrites- I'm only allowing 30 entries...
HOWEVER... IF you think you have something I'd REALLY LIKE, if you send a link to me about it, I may just give you some points anyway! (Or, applaud it, at least!)
SO... Have fun thinking some clean thoughts!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 19, 2006
- Rewards: Gold: 300
- Final notes: I must apologize to all of you- I wasn't able to judge this contest as decisively as my last few because of time constraints. However, I did read every entry, just so you know!
The entries I picked for trophies and honorable mentions seemed to stick to the theme the best, without making the thought of purity swing too broad to capture- that is why I picked them.
1st- Memoirs And Battle Scars, by The Messenger
2nd- Pure Water, by melphleg
3rd- Purity in it ALL, by kkatie55
HM- Motherlove, by AliceinPoetryLand
HM- Virginity? For Sale?, by SoS
HM- Outside, by cheese is good
HM- Sewer?, by WordGoddess
I'll send your points A.S.A.P.!
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It was a day; much like the last,
My head was twisting; a blast from the past,• Commented on by judge. -
Held protectively in her womb
For nine monthsby AliceinPoetryLand 16 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 9 3:40 AM 2006. In Love• Commented on by judge. -
Showing the highest courage
Sacrificing his life for his enemies• Commented on by judge. -
Silent solitude sooths sunken soul
Peaceful pause places pure pleasure• Commented on by judge. -
It bid me drink of water clean and pure
For no other desire could satisfy.• Commented on by judge. -
about a little girl playing in a gardenby mmmmmcheeseisgood 6 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 11 10:14 AM 2006. In Personal• Commented on by judge.
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a sprout spreads it leaves
against the morning dew• Commented on by judge. -
It starts with the children
You must led by exampleby AliceinPoetryLand 22 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 17 4:29 AM 2006. In Hope• Commented on by judge. -
I finally came down from my confused cloud
To find the eyes of an angel beside me• Commented on by judge. -
Crisply lying in wait,
Mortal enemy at it's side,• Commented on by judge.
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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I have a poem called the giving deed... a pre write, I don't know if this is something that might pass the "pre-write" test or not. -
about time sum1 makes a contest like this... i have a pre-write i hope you would consider for this...its called pray..... its about the flood the great purification god saying enough is enough and purifying us with the flood. im not sure if it passes but....if you could i would i apreciate it
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This is a great idea for a contest. I, too see so many contests wanting erotica and you never ever see anything about purity as if it doesn't matter to anyone. I hope that you get a great turn out! I must admit that I've never written a poem about the topic of purity, but now I am inspired. So thank you for that.
Safely hidden in the darkness,
~ The Rocker who lost all..but gained eternal life
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I hope I have time to come up with somethng for this as well as read some of the entries. This is a wonderful (and I'm sure God inspired) idea.
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I just entered on for oneof my groups on a similar topic but I do wish yougood luck with your contest.
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I think the outline of this contest is good, but I think for most people this would be very hard to do, because I don't think you could write about, sadly, anything on earth. It seems like nothing is pure these days. My name means pure, but I must say that I am not. Too many (for lack of a different word) sins on this earth.
I hope people come up with something acctually pure. I could use some inspirational hope. -
Sounds like a good contest... but unfortunately i wasn't inspired by it!!!!!!! I honestly hope I didn't waste your points!!!!!!! I wish you the best of luck in entries and judging!!!!!!! Rock On!!!!!!!
xoxo
Meg
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Hey, u have chosen a pretty pretty praise-worthy theme for the contest! I'll keep an eye on the entries, for "I WANT PURITY", indeed and desperately.
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Ummmm........
One man's trash is another man's treasure, LOL. The world is not created in colors of black and white. Don't get me wrong, it IS a wonderful idea for a contest. I just don't understand why you want to put down people who do erotica. You simply don't have to go there, not that I go there often myself. I feel that your purity is slipping into self-rightousness, and I simply can't get inspired by people who set themselves up as better than others .
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good idea
good idea for a contest good luck. -
There's a lot to be said for virtues...truth, trustworthiness and the rest of Phil. outline...
Great Idea...Hope ya have a lot of entrants.. -
There's a lot to be said for virtues...truth, trustworthiness and the rest of Phil. outline...
Great Idea...Hope ya have a lot of entrants.. -
Great contest,
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well its purest bible verse about a VERY pure guy. heh
allpoetry.com/Poem/2141056
here's something hope you get to read it. if you like it does it go into the contest?
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umm I think you inspired me. Let me know if I entered too many. I'll remove them from the contest.
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I agreed with you until you started calling the other contest "trash"
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I was wondering, is free style alright, I mean, do we have to write in form and rhyiming or can we write without it. I have a good idea for this contest, but I don't do too well on that part-form and rhyme-I was just wondering. Thanks and God Bless!I love the idea of this contest by the way.
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"I just don't understand why you want to put down people who do erotica..."
If you'll read carefully, I put down the erotica, not the people who hold the contests for it. I only questioned why they did. Questioning someone is not insulting them.
Also, I didn't claim perfection when I started my contest, which is probably one reason why I did. There's such a need for purity! -
I'm sorry if what I said offended you, but please be sure you're reading the statement correctly- I called the erotica itself trash, not the other person's contest.
I truly believe that stuff rots your brain! Seriously- what kinds of things does getting into that stuff lead to?= divorce, incest, rape... not very virtuous turnouts. -
I'm disappointed that you just seem to want to use this as a forum for pushing your beliefs on others. I do not fault you for having your beliefs, but I am puzzled why you feel the need to blather about how erotica is trash that rots your brain and causes divorces, incest, and rapes. It is not any type of writing or media that causes those things, it is people. Plain and simple. I love the concept of purity, and there are some fine poems written for you here. I enjoyed reading them and would have commented on several but why should I upstage the contest holder? I'm sorry I wasted my time writing a poem for your contest since you were not kind enough to even comment. You might wait to hold a contest until you can give it the proper attention next time.
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I'm confused. Your notes say "Pure Water" won the silver, but the silver was given to "Pure Love."
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