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Mire of Malady [a dark poetry contest]

........Hello, and welcome to Mire of Malady. This is the second dark poetry contest I have judged, and I am very excited after seeing how gorgeous the last poems were to do it again. If you believe your piece ensnares a shard of the darkness of the human soul in any shape or form, I would be honored to read and judge it.

===The rules are as follows. Please , no:

.....1) StIcKy CaPs ... I don't like reading them.

.....2) Bashing ... we're all friendly here :]

.....3) Plagerism ... of course.

.....4) Short stories . I'm sure they're well written, but I'm afraid I don't have time to get around to reading anything so lengthy.

==And now, here are some options ~

...(if you don't want to use them, go for it)

```1)Using any dark picture you like , write a poem about it. It could describe the subject, tell a story, or anything else you want to do with it.

```2)Fear . What is it that makes you scream in terror when the sun sinks and the shadows begin to creep across the walls?

```3)Anger . A personal wrong? A burning rage. What is it that fills you with fury?

```4)Emptyness . Gone numb, and yet the chemicals keep pouring over your skin like liquid fire. What are the reasons?

```5)Revenge . What have you done, and what pain do you desire to inflict?

```6)Word Bank- as per usual, please choose a minimum of 10 words from the list... [you may use any tense or form of the word]

~1. chloroform

~2. limbs

~3. hollow

~4. conformity

~5) jealousy

~6) vilified

~7) drenched

~8) venom

~9) grotesque

~10) hideous

~11) poison

~12) rage

~13) horror

~14) obsequious

~15) cruelty

~16) glorify

~17) rotting

~18) devour

~19) destroy

~20) amputate

~21) gush

~22) violets

~23) dredge

~24) respite

~25) sanctuary

```7) Author's choice (be creative)

===With that said, thank you for entering and best of talent to you all in the contest!

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on March 22, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 35
  • Final notes:
    And the winners are:


    A Labyrinth of Insane Sanity
    by speakingup4kids

    Dark waters hide secrets.
    by artis

    Lucifer's Testimony (Macbeth Witches)
    by senkura

Contest Winners

  1. A Labyrinth of Insane Sanity
    by Susan E. Pennycuff 39 lines, 39 comments, on Jan 21 11:32 AM 2007. In Dark, Thoughts
    Gold trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. Dark waters hide secrets.
    The ocean at night
    without light
    by artis 69 lines, 19 comments, on Feb 21 8:46 AM 2002. In Other
    Silver trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. Lucifer's Testimony (Macbeth Witches)
    Hell's damnation doth duly throw,
    These wiccan powers to and fro,
    by Senkura 26 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 14 9:05 AM 2006. In Dark
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Seeds Of Despair!
    Pierced by the razors
    edge of darkness.
    by darell 24 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 16 4:09 PM 2007. In Angst, Dark, Sad
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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  • lilacgold
    March 9, 2007
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    I don't mean to pester, but when are you going to judge? Because the competition closed 12 days ago and you haven't even put up preliminary finalists yet...


  • gasolinequeen
    March 16, 2007
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    Right, I should have posted my reply on the main page so I'll go ahead and do that now... I do apologize for the delay. There was a recent death in the family and things have been difficult. I'll get to it before the 21st so I'll ask you all to be patient with me. Thank you very much ^_^


    • Sokarjo
      March 22, 2007
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      Never really understood why people get impatient... I just go on writing poetry and let the judge get to it when they can. But I'm very sorry to hear of the death in your family... best wishes to you and yours.


  • Sokarjo
    March 22, 2007
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    Congrats to the winners.

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