Dark and Depressing...Please enter

Contest is Over

• Contest was judged on April 6, 2007
• Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 1 people
• Final notes:
  First I want to thank everyone for taking your time in entering,I am sorry that I took so long in judging the contest but I wanted to judge it fairly, honestly and give everyone a honest and true comment on their individual poem.
  
  everyone here has so much talent,it is overwhelming,i wish there were more trophies and awards that I could give out, especially to those in the finalists.
  
  thankyou once again for sharing your poetry and talent with me, (especailly those personal,you are very couragours people with strong and good hearts)
  
  congratualtions to you all.
  all the best
  ~Rebecca~

Contest Winners

1. A much needed revenge.

   I'm only seventeen,
   and I don't claim to be wise,

   by Angierie 29 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 12 12:48 PM 2007. In Personal
   Gold trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
2. Rumors of Angels

   So lost in the darkness
   So far from the light

   by Rakerman1 50 lines, 31 comments, on Sep 13 7:40 PM 2005. In Dark
   Silver trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
3. Daddy's Love For His Daughter

   Standing at the front door,
   A hand resting on the fly wire,

   by Girl With Guitar 46 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 19 1:58 AM 2007. In Freewrite, Personal, Thoughts, Other
   Bronze trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
4. Error: Unable to find finalist item 1677404, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
5. Darkness weighs on me

   Darkness weighs on me
   with heavy breath he delivers

   by Sarah957 26 lines, 19 comments, on Aug 30 4:29 PM 2006. In Personal, Dark, Angst

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
6. Stubborn Mind

   The continuum is clear
   The beginnings belonging to the same end

   by melissamorrison 42 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 20 2:46 AM 2007. In Depression

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
7. Kidnapped by Satan

   by Susan E. Pennycuff 28 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 4 10:21 AM 2007. In Dark

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
8. The Mirror's Image

   by Shadows Mistress 27 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 29 7:16 PM 2006. In Sad, Spiritual, Dark

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
9. Unstable//Uncontrollable

   by babydoll--x 15 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 18 2:52 PM 2007. In Abuse, Sad, Self, Personal., Depressed, Hate

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
10. Pains From The Inside

    by -darkprincess- 23 lines, 12 comments, on Jan 14 11:04 AM 2007. In Personal, Love, Sad, Thoughts

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
11. This World Of Pain

    call him up and say goodbye
    hang up before you hear him cry

    by DrownInImperfection 33 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 4 8:43 PM 2007. In Escape, Pain, Sadness, Sad

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
12. Tears of Ice

    Bitter, twisted and ever jaded
    crying tears of ice

    by LonesomeAngel 29 lines, 26 comments, on May 29 11:32 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal, Angst

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
13. Three Cheers.

    I'll get you back for all you've done,
    Why can't you understand?

    by EmotionlessStranger 31 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 1 5:52 PM 2007

    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
14. Beautiful Bullet

    It was a quick decision with
    Lots of planning

    by oh willoughby 42 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 10 6:18 PM 2006. In Dark

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
15. A living hell

    As it becomes night, and the darkness falls
    I try to hide beneath the covers, locking my door

    by trace3grls 35 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 2 3:09 PM 2006. In Dark

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
16. Broken and Falling

    She's just a broken angel who's drowning in her dreams
    A lonely,lost girl silencing her screams

    by -Tears Of Pain- 25 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 25 11:17 PM 2007. In Sad, Dark, Other, Depression, Depressed, Goodbyes

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
17. Irrefutable Torment

    Irrefutable Torment
    The tears keep building, ready to explode

    by mitchybaby 26 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 24 8:51 PM 2005. In Dark, Angst

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

Entries [119]

• A Poem for Emma.

  I watch in surprise as a tear forms in the bottom of your eye,As you remember the dim past and many bad feelings gone by.For these things h

  by Bazza 12 lines, 31 comments, on Feb 10 5:56 AM 2006. In Hope

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• The pain fades away

  A glisten of steel
  A drop of blood

  by crystaltears16 14 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 23 5:40 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal, Dark

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Lost

  At this moment in time I feel hopelessly and utterly lost,
  I would do anything to hide no matter what the cost.

  by Barely Breathing 18 lines, 16 comments, on Jan 27 5:26 AM 2007. In Spiritual, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• As I Sit Here Alone

  Alone I sit
  Wanting to cry

  by ThankfulSoul 24 lines, 21 comments, on Mar 11 1:06 AM 2007. In Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Depression, My life

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• [ he called me a precocious piece of shit ]

  by deadcolor dreams 22 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 10 11:20 PM 2007

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• The Night

  Echoes softly through the hall,
  whispering pines cast o'er the lull.

  by Patricia Oliver-Jen 16 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 5 11:07 PM 2006. In Other

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Sweet delicious nothing

  And I, in shock, hold one thing dear
  I am not crazy. I saw, I saw

  by Sarah957 34 lines, 28 comments, on Nov 26 1:39 PM 2004. In Abuse, Dark, Angst

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Crystal Tears

  Torn into pieces by your slashing words,
  bleeding next to this road of life,

  by Denierim 44 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 20 4:58 AM 2007. In Thoughts, Dark, Pain, My own style, Longing, Sadness

  • Commented on by judge.
• Girl within the mirror

  Watch the tears trickling down
  Sparkling like diamonds in moonlight.

  by BittersweetPhantasm 17 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 5 6:30 AM 2007. In Dark, Sad, Personal, Spiritual, Life

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Behind the Veil of Bandaged Curtains

  For what reason should I look again?
  If all I'm to see is that i can't have.

  by Touch of Osiris 26 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 17 12:15 AM 2006. In Sad

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Darkness calls me out.

  My heart sits hollow, thumping.....
  an endless litany of
  lub,dub,lub,dub,lub,dub,

  by artis 73 lines, 24 comments, on Feb 10 1:38 PM 2002. In Other

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• To My Bully

  When I see you, I flee
  I hide myself where you can't go

  by Miss DontTouchME 41 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 14 9:16 AM 2006. In Sad, Dark, Angst

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• tick...tock...

  tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock
  rest is nye impossible to reach

  by RhiannonMari 64 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 20 9:13 AM 2007. In sad, lost, trapped, helpless

  • Commented on by judge.
• A Labyrinth of Insane Sanity

  by Susan E. Pennycuff 39 lines, 39 comments, on Jan 21 11:32 AM 2007. In Dark, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Am I Not

  by Susan E. Pennycuff 45 lines, 21 comments, on Jan 20 11:25 PM 2007. In Personal, Thoughts, Dark, Pain, Sad

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• The Soul Within.

  There are sparks of sorrow
  that ignite regret.

  by Shadows Mistress 24 lines, 13 comments, on Mar 12 10:44 AM 2007. In Life, Personal, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Defeated

  I sit looking out the window at the
  birds chirping and  fighting for the

  by Maili Knephthan 39 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 16 4:22 PM 2007

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• The Bogey Mans Come Out to Play.

  by PhoenixsFlight 22 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 9 3:57 PM 2007. In Abuse, Angst, Life, Pain, Personal, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• You Just Came Back For Pitty.

  When Love isn't what it pretends to be.

  by -darkprincess- 38 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 20 9:28 AM 2007. In Dark, Love, Pain, Other, Life, Depression, Lost love, Depressed

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Tonight.

  quiet valley, quiet lake
  green mountains,

  by -darkprincess- 17 lines, 19 comments, on Oct 11 9:03 PM 2006. In Nature, Love, Hope

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Your talons of love

  My vision was blurred by your song
  A devil within your winged beauty

  by Fox-Reaper 25 lines, 13 comments, on Feb 14 6:08 AM 2007. In Dark, Love, Personal, Thoughts, Weird, Life, Pain, My life, Depression, Anger

  • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
• Life Presents a dismal Picture

  Life presents a dismal picture

  by KevinDunn 19 lines, 29 comments, on Jan 28 4:56 AM 2006. In Angst

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• My Hell, Your Fate

  Oh no my sweet
  You won't be leaving soon

  by Trixie08 42 lines, 14 comments, on Dec 16 5:32 PM 2006. In Dark, Angst, Death, Murder

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• The Final Crossing

  by XXStOlEn-HaLoXx 11 lines, 13 comments, on Jan 24 1:39 PM 2007. In Dark, Depressed, suicide

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Death

  Death is you escape
  Your way freedom

  by phantomfan105 18 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 20 3:31 PM 2007

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Why

  by Verdes 20 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 20 6:14 PM 2007. In Dark, Sad, Love

  • Commented on by judge.
• 'I am a lie seeking its truth'

  Days grow weary
  Nights seem empty

  by Annabel Lee 39 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 20 6:29 PM 2007. In Dark, Sad, Pain

  • Commented on by judge.
• Poster Child

  My limbs are made of daggers
  living in a hollow world

  by gasolinequeen 44 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 7 6:25 PM 2007. In Life, Personal

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• My Grandpa

  You were my everything,
  The one that taught me it all.

  by Dorcha Runda 95 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 11 6:07 PM 2007. In Pain, Sad, Personal, Angst

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Inside Glass Walls

  This is about ignoring your own feelings to make others happy.

  by AutumnsFlame 28 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 9 10:22 PM 2007

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Living Dead Girl

  by loveisthemoment 23 lines, 20 comments, on Feb 27 7:16 PM 2007

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• In my dying breath

  by sirspankalot06 32 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 28 10:26 PM 2007. In Dark, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• [ in my empty mansion ]

  i just wrote this a little while ago. it just came to me

  by lostskylark 25 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 4 8:22 PM 2007. In Dark, Personal, Sad

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• If I'd Been Able To Forget

  this is about something that happened to me a while ago....

  by DrownInImperfection 41 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 1 11:34 AM 2007. In Sad, Life, Personal., Depressed, Pain

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• A Widow’s Effect

  Her frantic thrust bound deep into ideals
  Romantic death of deeds she failed to reconcile,

  by resDiscord 14 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 20 2:43 PM 2007

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Leak

  Running water,
  Nerves twitch.

  by Acronym 33 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 22 12:08 AM 2007. In Dark, Love, Sad

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• They'll Love Me When I Leave

  How many miles longer must I walk before i'm seen?
  How many minutes further must i wait before i come?

  by DystopianDweller 13 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 18 10:30 PM 2007

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Save me

  watch over me now
  as my angel within dies

  by Clinging-to-Life 12 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 7 10:11 AM 2006. In Dark

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Death resulting intsrument

  by Clinging-to-Life 29 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 22 11:52 AM 2006

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Silent Dreams, Talkie Nightmares

  Blacklit candles destroying our peace
  Having...opiate dreams

  by secretsquirrely 34 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 18 10:18 AM 2006. In Lyrics, Other

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Cold

  I press this cold hard steel
  against my wrist
  and wonder

  by PuRfekly-Phlaw3d 27 lines, 11 comments, on Nov 21 1:26 PM 2006. In Abuse, Personal, Sad, Hate, Cutting, Sadness

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• This Living Hand

  This living hand,longing to be held
  This living hand,of which nothing much is said

  by Justin3 21 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 2 1:28 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Retribution

  How dare they?!
  They who called me here!

  by kenamra194 23 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 23 6:56 PM 2007. In Dark, Society, Other

  • Commented on by judge.
• A Letter to What's Left

  What do you want from me?
  I gave you my heart, my soul.

  by Vera Jewel 75 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 21 1:52 AM 2007. In Dark, Love

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• blood bath

  read it if you dare

  by war 11 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 24 7:23 PM 2007. In Dark

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Saying Goodbye

  I stood above your grave alone The hope that held me strong no longer reigned.

  by Julianne1234 41 lines, 14 comments, on Mar 7 11:54 AM 2007. In Pain, Sad, Thoughts, Dark, Death

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Depression On The A52

  A depression that flickers from light to dark,
  like a tunnel on a speeding train, a period of dark

  by Vashman 31 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 15 6:58 PM 2006. In Personal

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Overdose.

  Your words are the root of the problem,
  The root of diversity in stability I've cherished for so long.

  by Vashman 47 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 10 6:17 AM 2006. In Love

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• A dark cloud and bright rain

  As this is to that. We all are just pawns!

  by ArmyRangerAngel 23 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 29 9:08 PM 2007

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Trapped (Gold)

  Trapped is a poem that made me think why i wrote it. Everyone who has read it has thought that it was the darkest one i've written.

  by FleetingImage 69 lines, 25 comments, on Feb 26 8:08 AM 2007. In Dark, Sad, Pain, Death, Longing, Anger, Hate, Loss, Escape

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Bulimia

  Her hair flowed like silk through the midnight breeze,
  Faint sounds of whispers followed above the trees.

  by McrSAVEDmyLIFE 26 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 31 5:18 PM 2007. In Abuse, Dark, Life, Pain, Personal, Sad, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Talented Waste

  Don't make your bet on me,
  the most talented waste

  by ejradrenalin 10 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 31 5:18 PM 2007. In Lyrics

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Open Void

  A dark poem of suicide wishes...

  by Dave Martin 32 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 11 1:39 PM 2005. In Dark

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Despair.

  On a sullen starlit night
  I roam around with thoughts

  by ogene 12 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 1 10:40 AM 2007. In Sad

  • Commented on by judge.
• Never

  by Shadow Wind 8 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 17 12:15 PM 2005. In Other

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Stop

  swirling around me
  these noises don't stop

  by GreenKat92 57 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 31 9:49 PM 2007. In gaara, dark, song

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• glowing death

  by Gasp 15 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 1 4:09 PM 2007. In dark

  • Commented on by judge.
• Why should i wait.....when ur still with her???

  Why should i wait,
  when your still with her,

  by angel2007 24 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 1 3:11 PM 2007. In Love, Sad, Life, Thoughts, Depression, Sadness, Pain, Longing, Depressed, Other

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• The Telephone Call

  by GunmanJag 36 lines, 11 comments, on Apr 1 4:57 PM 2007

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Garden of Shadows

  A journey to the Garden
  Where each bud is nipped with rime.

  by NickBlaze 91 lines, 7 comments, on Aug 18 8:55 PM 2006. In Sad, Lyrics, Love

  • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
• The white Light...........

  dark!!!!!!!!
  it's something i've been feeling lately...butno people im not commiting suicide though this whole poem is abt suicide...

  by cute mayoush 51 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 2 3:00 AM 2007. In Dark

  • Commented on by judge.

Comments

• By me, right now

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• 
  morgana raven
  March 20, 2007
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  i think the poem i entered is ok for this contest, if it isnt please let me know, and i will see if i can find another, or write a new one more to what yuo want with the contest.
  laura
• 
  babydoll--x
  March 20, 2007
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  if the poem i entered isnt good enough ill enter another one.
  its called unstable//uncontrollable.
• 
  Akarian
  March 22, 2007
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  holy crap! 116 entries! WOW! Good luck judging them all, maybe you could get a friend to help you or something.
• 
  xcolourxmexemox
  April 2, 2007
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  im pretty sure my poem is ok for this.well i hope so anyway

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