Hello all.
despite this being my first contest ive got some decent points on offer and im sure most of you will want to get in on this!
ok i know this could be a little difficult for people because i havn't got any of my own work on so people may not have an idea of what i want.
theres no limit's to entries so this is a really open contest.
i would like a more minimalist approach to writing. rhyming would stand less of a chance of winning. unless it was really good and the rhyme was irrelevant to the actual poem.
the topic can be literally be about anything. im looking at the craft and work gone into the poem.
i would also prefer the poems to be serious looks at their topic's. humour can be entered but will not stand much chance.
this will be an anonymous competition.
a change, im having to bring a slight restriction. please no lyrics or erotic poetry.
Thank you.
despite this being my first contest ive got some decent points on offer and im sure most of you will want to get in on this!
ok i know this could be a little difficult for people because i havn't got any of my own work on so people may not have an idea of what i want.
theres no limit's to entries so this is a really open contest.
i would like a more minimalist approach to writing. rhyming would stand less of a chance of winning. unless it was really good and the rhyme was irrelevant to the actual poem.
the topic can be literally be about anything. im looking at the craft and work gone into the poem.
i would also prefer the poems to be serious looks at their topic's. humour can be entered but will not stand much chance.
this will be an anonymous competition.
a change, im having to bring a slight restriction. please no lyrics or erotic poetry.
Thank you.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on January 23, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 75, Honorable mention: 7 people
- Final notes: Well i bring to a close an epic contest, it really has being a big work commitment to read and comment on these poems.
Again i would like to thank anyone and everyone that entered. Every single entry made this a contest.
There was some strong poems that didn't make it to the finalist list, and some that didn't make it to the top ten aswell. I saw hardly any attrociously weak poems, some were naive, immature or even under revised. but apart from a small number, none were completly awful.
ok, i would like to break down the finalist list, the top 12 are in order. 12 down to the winner, 13 to 25 are not ordered, apart from entry date, so dont use 13 to 25 as an indicator. 11 & 12 would of received honourable mentions but either theres a limit or i cant add more after the contest is over im not sure. 6 - 10 all were contending for green trophies. 5 - 1 were all contending for the Medal's. 'Captured in Seconds' and 'Mime' were very close to getting medals. And the gold medal between 'Summer Interlude' and 'The Hearth' was unbearable to judge.
i feel i have chosen the best poems here to my taste, the top 25 in the contest, to the top 12 to the top 3.
Thank you for taking the time to share your work with me.
Contest Winners
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by astralshepherd 37 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 28 12:02 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal, Hope
Gold trophy winner
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Icelanders still read instead of just watching television.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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by -Ink Artist- 41 lines, 72 comments, on Nov 9 3:33 PM 2006. In Contemporary free verse, Humanity, Society, Thoughts
Honorable mention
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I turn my eyes
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by jacks insanity 32 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 21 10:32 AM 2006. In Adult• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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I stand.
Head up high.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 2464455, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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by brightraven 9 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 29 12:10 PM 2006. In Contemporary• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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A love built on lies
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by Poet-of-the-shadows 9 lines, 10 comments, on Nov 12 7:15 PM 2006. In Other• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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I watch Asylum Seeker leave his 'home'.
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I adore the texture of love.by Christian05 31 lines, 13 comments, on May 13 7:07 PM 2006. In Love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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what happens
when youre olderby RyanosaurusWrecks 41 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 24 9:04 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [107]
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by shastadaisey123 16 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 11 9:36 AM 2006. In Spiritual• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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He was saught after
And pained forby OutsideTheCircle 54 lines, 13 comments, on Dec 28 8:04 PM 2006• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I set my sights on higher wings
and leave behind those made of gold• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Today’s great undead poets,
awash in the internet sea,by jjbreunig3 23 lines, 30 comments, on Oct 29 12:03 PM 2006. In Hope• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Time has stopped and I am the oblivion ~
a ship lost at the end of the sea,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
See what you think!by Yours-To-Have 56 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 2 8:45 PM 2007. In Personal, Love, Death, Sadness, Lost love, Depressed, Romance, Loss, Teenage thinking• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Sweeping round the contours of your face• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
this poem consists of an abcbdc ababcc abcdace abab ababcde aabbc pattern, it's a song but the choruses are not all the same they only sharby KeeperOfTheNight 51 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 13 10:59 AM 2006. In Dark• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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All your sins will be publically exposed,
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In my heart
There's a room where I lock myself away.by Flater 420 10 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 3 9:33 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Join me on my bed of razorblades
Rusty and bloodiedby PaperChainHearts 25 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 6 12:37 PM 2006. In Dark• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
It's always hard to look into the mirror,
and watch the tear silently stream down my face.by sad green angel 43 lines, 16 comments, on Dec 17 11:22 PM 2005. In Sad• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Tonight I walk home,
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I Feel.......
by Tia Avallone• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Crying is invented for everyone to use
Tears are made to looseby Perplexed in Love 18 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 15 8:14 PM 2006. In Teen issues, Depression, Message• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I started out
happy as can beby Tk09 40 lines, 26 comments, on Dec 14 10:49 PM 2006. In horrifing, Sad, Dark, Sadness, Depressed, Teen issues, Loss, Teenage thinking• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
He lives in the shadows of the unknown
He has no place of his own.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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3-ways…
Tolerate evils are abetted to sins.by cauchy3 34 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 9 3:55 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
The sun had seemed to go away
All I saw was white• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The plants are advanced in their ways
of managing to stay unnoticedby whitelight00 28 lines, 1 comment, on May 18 5:53 PM 2006. In Other• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
do you wish you could just fall asleep in the mix of it all
to close your eyes and end up somewhere elseby dreamweaver08 18 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 10 8:14 PM 2006• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Weep Not
The tears, the sorrow overwhelming,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Prior to this State of Affair
once blessed in Sovereignty and Supremacyby crimson rose 247 18 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 8 9:03 PM 2007. In Dark, Contemporary, Life, Society, Thoughts, Personal• Commented on by judge. -
You just have to read.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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It's indescribable how much she longs
to remember what sleep tastes like.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
am i your little
secret, to be securelyby ms-vengeance 47 lines, 13 comments, on Aug 15 6:59 PM 2005. In Personal• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
You can paint a smile on my face
on the inside I can’t stop crying.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
"You're so fuckin stupid!"...• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I scritched scratched tough love into your story
Your name became a curse dripped from my lips
with pale toxicity.by gasolinequeen 55 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 4 12:15 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Tears slide down as the piano keys start again
Never do I try to regain the love I lost• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I once was a small child forgotten in a room
there was never nowhere to go, Mom had left us on our ownby whitecities 23 lines, 18 comments, on Jan 9 12:24 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
the darkness, the fear, inside me
of what will come next• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
sweetdreams my angel go to sleep
please don't be sad do not weep• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
WRITTEN 5/20/06• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
His mama used to
buy him red balloons• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
What is there in our minds that we see
Is it the magic that seems so real to me• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
So many people roam down destruction Route,
Some get lost, not finding their way out.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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So quick to see,
and yet so blind.• Commented on by judge. -
BILLY NO-MATES
funny i think, with a bit of sarcasim thrown in• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I dont want to live without you here...by katrocker92 38 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 21 10:29 PM 2006. In Love, hope, sadness, life, other, confused feelings• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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In my mind I have a picture of you, quaint and pristine perhaps to good to be true
Your gait exemplified, you eyes like pools of light• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Suburban Hell, the emaculate Stage
to be read like a book, page after page• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Amber rays of light grace my face.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I'll fight with a whippings will
And appear to be with rage• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Again I walk the streets
unveiled and indiscreet;by Carly Pop 13 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 14 1:13 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
Farewell,
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Dance down the rainy street with dripping feet
from the gasoline rainbows youve been stomping onby coin operated benji 20 lines, 10 comments, on Dec 14 12:48 AM 2006. In Love, Goodbyes, Teenage thinking, Happiness, Escape, Life• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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not a rhyming poem but a message to all women. there is more to you than surface...a wild woman desperately wanting to be free!!• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Drowning in this sea of green
Putrid in it’s essence
The company surrounding is obscene• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
My mama told me...
that everything always happens for a reasonby Babyboo1607 9 lines, 14 comments, on Jan 2 11:29 AM 2007. In Contest, My life, My own style, Family• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
drip drop
down my cheekby undyingservent 23 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 16 1:02 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I think I'm gonna' enter a new piece. Gimme a little to think.
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you stated that we can enter s many as we like , yet we are only allowed to enter one.
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i said theres no limit's.
meaning im not really asking people for a special specific type of poetry.
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ahh...the beauty of tons of entries in an open contest worth decent points.
be careful though...the first week i entered all poetry i made about 2000 points [im not bragging...i was just addicted]
so i had a 2000 point [1000/600/400] open for any 'amazing poem' contest
woweee...
my judging partner [who probly only judged like 20 of them...and i ended up doing them all anywayz...but oh well i still love her] made me cap it off 2 weeks early at 250 entries
it was fun.
so have fun judging.
and be careful.
things can get dangerous around here ^_-
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it is locked into one entry...the 'newer ones replace older ones' feature is on.
that makes it hard.
i suppose i will submit my most beautiful peices.
though it is not simple.
and it uses rhyme.
though it is very serious.
and it is a passionate work of my love.
please message me if you begin to allow more entries.
-thanks
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Damn Normy, you might want to close the contest early... how the hell are you going to judge 132 entries?!?!
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FINALISTS
ok, so i have gone through all the submissions entered as of 14:36 GMT 18th january. i have got a shortlist together of about twenty poems that i liked. these will be the ones i will judge the overall contest on. of course new entries can be submitted and i will still be reading them up to the final date. this is just so i can get the shortlist ready. the top ten will recieve honrable mentions and trophies.
thank you once again for entering your poems in.
p.s.
i havnt actually judged the contest yet so don't ask! -
I found out about this and tried
but it seems I was not able to put my The anatomy of philosophy in. If I did and I just cannot see it, please let me know since it is one of my best poems. Thanks for this contest.
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I just want to give you props for keeping track of all of these entries! Thats fabulous! 188! You should be really proud!
I think Ill enter, seeing as how obviously fab you are!
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Dangit! I missed entering by thrity seconds! crud!
This saddens me...
Im sorry, I really did want to enter!
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I entered a poem, yet I don't see it.
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Wow...thank you!
With so many great entries, it was a lovely surprise as well as a great honour to be selected for an HM in your contest.
Thank you so much, and congratulations to all the winners and place-getters. You all did a sterling job with your entries. Keep those talented pens moving!
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wow not even an honorable mention for your dear butterfly? Ouch...
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Hey, thanks for throwing me in with the finalists! I'm glad you liked the poem, and thanks for hosting a contest that, for once, accepts pre-writes. lol. Congrats to the winners.
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thank you very much for the hm, i'm delighted,
cheers,
floorboards.
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Thanks for the HM!
I truly appreciate the recognition! Congrats to the winners and other HM's!
~Lori
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