1000 points: The Grim Reaper

Contest is Over

• Contest was judged on February 2, 2007
• Rewards: Gold: 800, Silver: 125, Bronze: 75
• Final notes:
  
  
  Wow, thank you all for your awesome entries. You made this a very difficult contest to judge! And thanks you to all who did some editing on behalf of my suggestions, your efforts did not go unnoticed.
  
  And the winners:
  
  
  Gold: Sleep Eternal
  
  Silver: Death's Call
  
  Bronze: Song of your Salvation
  
  
  Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!
  
  
  
  Thank you again for your entries.

Contest Winners

1. Sleep Eternal

   purpose deems his soul be hallowed
   as it deems you die alone.

   by JM Kenyon 28 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 1 7:00 PM 2007. In Dark, Thoughts, Other
   Gold trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
2. Death's Call

   Death’s Call
   Death came for me on saturnine wings

   by Elfin 22 lines, 13 comments, on Feb 1 5:22 PM 2007. In Dark
   Silver trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
3. Song of Your Salvation

   Pretense veils a fickle past
   In arid whisps of tales untold

   by laughingstock 36 lines, 15 comments, on Feb 2 1:52 AM 2007. In Dark
   Bronze trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
4. Life's End

   He waits for us all
   In life nothing's surer

   by AliceinPoetryLand 61 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 24 6:17 AM 2007

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
5. Error: Unable to find finalist item 2554334, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
6. Tall, Dark Stranger

   Tall, dark stranger,
   At my door.

   by Shiro Okami 31 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 1 2:49 PM 2007. In Dark, Weird, Thoughts

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
7. You lose! (Dark)

   He walks within darkness called "Hooded death"
   a glow in those eyes and a chill on his breath.

   by getsbetter 27 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 31 2:53 PM 2007

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
8. The Grim Reaper

   by Shenton 31 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 22 6:13 PM 2007. In Life, Death

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
9. Error: Unable to find finalist item 2579486, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]

Entries [23]

• Watch That Last Steppe!

  by Vagabond 129 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 22 7:27 PM 2007. In Humor, Death

  • Commented on by judge.
• As the Stranger Walks

  As the cold wind blows
  Away from the east

  by Sleeping Sandman 64 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 22 7:31 PM 2007. In Dark, Fantasy, Death

  • Commented on by judge.
• Cheaters

  Hate was turning his home into a place of pain.
  Ate some of her dinner through clenched teeth as a car rolled away outside

  by SonofSparta100 22 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 22 8:38 PM 2007. In Dark

  • Commented on by judge.
• Death's Directions

  Here I am laying in a pool of blood
  there is the reaper waiting for me

  by Maili Knephthan 23 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 24 10:54 AM 2007

  • Commented on by judge.
• Rather Grim Thoughts

  As I lie on my death bed, I start to wonder
  Will he come up from hell, or down with a thunder?

  by nitomatik 20 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 24 11:13 PM 2007. In Thoughts, Dark, Death

  • Commented on by judge.
• Kill Count: 1,000,000

  by MagicaI 18 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 26 9:44 PM 2007. In HIYA (wait this is the category box xD ), Angst

  • Commented on by judge.
• Not Knowing.

  Chatty and bright that day
  So much to hear and plenty to say.

  by annamoy 17 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 28 2:03 PM 2007. In Sad, Life, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge.
• Chaos vs Order

  The eternal struggle.

  by xandercheerios 43 lines, 16 comments, on Jan 29 2:30 PM 2007. In light, dark, death

  • Commented on by judge.
• Deepest Debt

  Do you fear the reaper?
  That eternal time keeper,

  by Imposing Snail 18 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 1 12:27 PM 2007. In Dark, Life, Death

  • Commented on by judge.
• Death...Gone

  He's left me alone
  With no way out

  by AnorexicShadow 13 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 1 2:13 PM 2007

  • Commented on by judge.
• Only Born To Die

  There’s so much cruelty in this world,
  We find ourselves asking why?

  by lilrochick 29 lines, 17 comments, on Feb 1 4:44 PM 2007. In Dark, Life, Sad, Pain, Death

  • Commented on by judge.
• Chorus of the Dead

  Only when I sleep do I hear
  Their song.

  by Dave Martin 40 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 1 10:05 PM 2007. In dark, death, spiritual

  • Commented on by judge.
• Who I Am

  by Crimsonwings 36 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 1 10:32 PM 2007. In Spiritual

  • Commented on by judge.
• The Whisperer

  Here It Is Finally My Last Stand.                  I Hear The Whisper In My Ear, Time To Go.&

  by Dreamer6872 0 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 1 10:34 PM 2007. In Dark, Other

  • Commented on by judge.

Comments

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  dying-gothic-roses
  January 22, 2007
  Edit | Reply
  just curious does it HAVE to be about the grim wreaper...as in mention it in your poem...??
  
  xX*Cheyenne*Xx**
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  dying-gothic-roses
  January 25, 2007
  Edit | Reply
  ok i have an entry...ill post it later
• 
  Summer Breeze
  February 1, 2007
  Edit | Reply
  It's a shame I can't enter it; but if you like this type of poem, try this oldie of mine (http://allpoetry.com/poem/2244620), It would have been perfect in repesenting the death in physical form. Anyway, great contest... ...
• JM Kenyon
  February 2, 2007
  Edit | Reply
  Thank you so much and congratulations to all others who were inspired to write something they like as well. I had a great time writing this and so glad that it was liked as well. s and best wishes always... ~Genie~
• dying-gothic-roses
  February 3, 2007
  Edit | Reply
  aww that sucks...i cudnt go on for a while soo i missed the deadline to enter my poem
  still check it out tho lol
  
  http://allpoetry.com/poem/2591800
  
  xX*Cheyenne*Xx**

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