Just as the title states. I'd like to thank 3 wonderful people for donating me the points to start this contest, they'll also be judgers. =]
Any category is fine, rhyme or freeverse, anything goes. Only rules are minimal cursing, no sticky caps, and no bashing other poets' work.
You may use both of the options if you wish to.
Option 1. Wordbank, use atleast 10 of the following words, you may use more though.
Ink, blotched, splatter, stain, abyss, dense, allure, frail, defile, mystic, trauma, tragic, funeral, frantic, twilight, induced, stark, detach, imagination, incoherent, lullaby, delicate, fluttering, shrouded, tangled, hushed, misled, severed, ghostly, desire, perish, lithium, inhabited, obsession, origin, crumble, descend, labyrinth, shrine, seige, hollow, secrecy, flare, destroyed, and merge.
Option 2. Titles, use the title as the title of your poem.
Immunity
Liquid Rose
Fallen Victim
Velvet and Lace
Immortal Wishes
Burnt Love Letter
Small Sacrifices
Crosses and Stitches
Depths of the Broken
Road To Happiness
Heart's Escapade
Field of Needles
Suicide's Mind
Within the Eyes
Beauty of Love
Wrapped In Deceit
Good luck to all who enter. =]
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on March 25, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 13 people
- Final notes: 1st - Suicide's Mind
by getsbetter
2nd - Amaranth
by The Sisters Grimm
3rd - Titanic
by Soul Catcher
Honorable Mentions in no particular order:
Burnt Love Letter
by Cannonsfire
Depths of the Broken
by Sacrificial
Field of Needles
by BabyBun
Suicide's Mind
by RandomGurl09
Heart's Escapade
by Sindelfin
Within the Eyes
by Horizon Paradise
Field Of Needles
by Errant Panther
Darkness Fell
by Vorondwen
Within The Eyes
by Heavenly Angel
Small Sacrifices of suicides mind.
by Romantic Requiem
~Velvet and Lace~
by Black Diamond
Immortal Wishes of a Fallen Victim
by burdened
shaka ((she let me fall))
by narcissus at oasis
Contest Winners
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These stains run down my face like ink scars of a severed cry,• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 2623440, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Imagination cannot even conceive
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The soft green grass of the luscious lea
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A poem about writing a suicide letter(confusing and metaphorical)by RandomGurl09 35 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 2 12:55 PM 2007. In Confusing, Metaphorical, Sad, Suicide, Thoughts
Honorable mention
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The allure of darkness
A frail mind consumed.by Vorondwen 37 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 26 10:14 PM 2007. In Contemporary, Dark, Other Honorable mention
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I love word bank contests!!! they ALWAYS get my muse running!!by requiempoet 71 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 15 8:28 PM 2007. In dark, macbre, a tiny bit gothic in the old sense of the word... Honorable mention
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Hollow shrnies
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by narcissus at oasis 27 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 11 8:16 PM 2007. In Abstract, Love, Contemporary, Other Honorable mention
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Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
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The ink flows smoothly on the paper
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by sweetpearl 70 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 11 9:03 PM 2007. In Legend of Zelda, Dark, Love, Adventure, Sad• Commented on by judge.
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Pages of secrecy lie within her heart.
Shrouded in delicate petals of white lace,by Viyanna Rosemarie 24 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 12 1:33 AM 2007
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by Pointyfoxears 24 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 12 9:42 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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I taste his salt on my lips
drinking up his sorrowby Face of my Innocence 22 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 13 5:34 PM 2007. In personal, dark, love, angst• Commented on by judge. -
Tattered blood leaves a trail of
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Nobody knows what hides behind my smiley mask.
They don't know that the labyrinth of my mindby AmethystStar 11 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 15 6:34 AM 2007. In Wordbank, Contest, Depression, Sadness• Commented on by judge. -
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by starlight--x 13 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 18 2:06 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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scarlet lipstick and black nail polish
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always one foot on the ground
i'm going to take the stepby Chelsea dagger 29 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 24 11:35 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
In the depths of the broken
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In the eerie shadow light of the night,
I watch as the flames lick and flickerby madgirlslovesong 35 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 26 2:44 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
Among the ashes he curls into himself,
he crawls back to his extinguished origins.• Commented on by judge. -
I had to ink the words on my thigh
and watched the blood stain my leg.by Speaking in Tongues 21 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 26 3:22 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
Stable psyche
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this inhabited obsession
the origin crumbledby souls tool 18 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 26 6:00 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
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As I write these words the ink splatters-
Leaving a blotched up pageby NotAMolly 50 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 26 6:32 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
[Secrecy] [tangled] in her [hushed] [imagination.] Tangled as though in a [labyrinth] [inhabited] by [trauma]. Destroyed by [tragic] failurby ashthefantastic 0 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 26 10:01 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Hello, I'm your mind
I know you start to cryby Darkened Seraph 53 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 2 2:03 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. -
How does this scorched dusk gestate
Such softness, such coolness?• Viewed by judge.
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Sounds like a totally kewl contest; have you bookmarked!
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wow! awesome wordbank! Great contest.. hope you get many excellent entries!
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Just wondering when the judging might be finished as the contest has been closed for 2 weeks, I am sure many others besides myself are hanging on a knifes edge. Looks like it will be difficult as many wonderful writes are entered.
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I know...and I'm sorry, a lot of stuff has been going on, with the other judger's. So I'm sorry for any problems that is causing. I hope to have it judged very soon.
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tHANK YOU FOR THE PLACING, I loved the contest. I seen the word back and it just flowed. Congrats to the others, their was some great writes in this contest...GETS
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Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks for the honourable mention. also thanks for hosting this great contest. Take care XxX
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thank you for the honorable mention!! I am stunned that I received anything at all. again thanks and great job to the others!!
~Lovens~
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