It is something that is not done enough...a contest of epic proportions. So here it is. Play the game well, for the stakes are high and the prize is not easily won. And now, for the rules of play;
Up to 2 Entries per player
No sticky caps
Place the option you've chosen in the author's comments
Give me truth
Finally, play well.
Option 1 - Wisdom
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Write me a poem of at least 40 lines for one or more of these quotes. And do it well...I am only doing this category because I myself enjoy writing from the inspiration of a good quote, but it is the easiest of the options, and the most likely to be passed off to a lesser position in the contest unless done extremely well.
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To love another person
Is to see the face of God
-Les Miserables
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ~Francis Bacon
I hope that my achievements in life shall be these - that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered, and that I will have given help to those who were in need that I will have left the earth a better place for what I've done and who I've been.
~C. Hoppe
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
-Mohandas Gandhi
"Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other."
-Carl Jung
"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."
-Goethe
"We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth."
-Mary Antin
"A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side." -Ann Morrow
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Option 2 - Quantity
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Write me a 150 line poem about something that moves you. Anything really. But do your best to avoid 100 one-and-two-word-long lines; put some length and thought into each line.
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Option 3 - Words
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Use one of the two word banks. Every word.
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1.
- Staple
- Retribution
- Single
- Vindicate
- Leverage
- Angels
- Winter
- Silver
- Monuments
- Immersion
- Gentle
- Beauty
- Wrench
- Sunrise
- Demonize
- Access
- Inner
- Seduction
- Heresy
- Perfection
- Groom
- Archaic
- Doctrine
- Gallant
- Subtle
- Dimensions
- Dive
- Attention
- Chaucer
- Golden
- Wild
- Mystery
- Laced
- Cover
- Tide
- Ocean
- Faith
- Adoration
- Terror
- Shimmer
- Reflect
- Visions
- Sweetest
- Drift
- Hero
- Three hours
- Shatter
- Lay
- Crack
- Mirror
- Diamond
- Frost
- Aphrodite
- Mars
- Mediterranean
- Streetlights
- Shudder
- Grace
2.
- Aristotle
- Magician
- Ruby
- Glimmer
- Destined
- Veneer
- Splint
- Tourniquet
- Children
- Emotional
- Finish
- History
- Just
- Listened
- Quaver
- Umber
- Wary
- Years
- Hyperion
- Complacency
- Whisper
- Copernican theory
- Torn
- Seclusion
- Tender
- Wrinkle
- Dew
- Misty
- Drum
- Folds
- Reflection
- Meadow
- Apple trees
- Twirl
- Constant
- Goose
- Bonnet
- Sugar
- Feather
- Grass
- Coward
- Fiddle
- Bubble
- Button
- Blue
- Swirl
- Whimsical
- Tune
- Flutter
Up to 2 Entries per player
No sticky caps
Place the option you've chosen in the author's comments
Give me truth
Finally, play well.
Option 1 - Wisdom
----------------------------
Write me a poem of at least 40 lines for one or more of these quotes. And do it well...I am only doing this category because I myself enjoy writing from the inspiration of a good quote, but it is the easiest of the options, and the most likely to be passed off to a lesser position in the contest unless done extremely well.
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To love another person
Is to see the face of God
-Les Miserables
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ~Francis Bacon
I hope that my achievements in life shall be these - that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered, and that I will have given help to those who were in need that I will have left the earth a better place for what I've done and who I've been.
~C. Hoppe
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
-Mohandas Gandhi
"Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other."
-Carl Jung
"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."
-Goethe
"We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth."
-Mary Antin
"A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side." -Ann Morrow
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Option 2 - Quantity
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Write me a 150 line poem about something that moves you. Anything really. But do your best to avoid 100 one-and-two-word-long lines; put some length and thought into each line.
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Option 3 - Words
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Use one of the two word banks. Every word.
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1.
- Staple
- Retribution
- Single
- Vindicate
- Leverage
- Angels
- Winter
- Silver
- Monuments
- Immersion
- Gentle
- Beauty
- Wrench
- Sunrise
- Demonize
- Access
- Inner
- Seduction
- Heresy
- Perfection
- Groom
- Archaic
- Doctrine
- Gallant
- Subtle
- Dimensions
- Dive
- Attention
- Chaucer
- Golden
- Wild
- Mystery
- Laced
- Cover
- Tide
- Ocean
- Faith
- Adoration
- Terror
- Shimmer
- Reflect
- Visions
- Sweetest
- Drift
- Hero
- Three hours
- Shatter
- Lay
- Crack
- Mirror
- Diamond
- Frost
- Aphrodite
- Mars
- Mediterranean
- Streetlights
- Shudder
- Grace
2.
- Aristotle
- Magician
- Ruby
- Glimmer
- Destined
- Veneer
- Splint
- Tourniquet
- Children
- Emotional
- Finish
- History
- Just
- Listened
- Quaver
- Umber
- Wary
- Years
- Hyperion
- Complacency
- Whisper
- Copernican theory
- Torn
- Seclusion
- Tender
- Wrinkle
- Dew
- Misty
- Drum
- Folds
- Reflection
- Meadow
- Apple trees
- Twirl
- Constant
- Goose
- Bonnet
- Sugar
- Feather
- Grass
- Coward
- Fiddle
- Bubble
- Button
- Blue
- Swirl
- Whimsical
- Tune
- Flutter
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 20, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 2000, Silver: 800, Bronze: 600, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: Wow, talk about an intense contest to judge. It took me quite awhile, simply because I wanted to be sure to read every entry at least 3 times, and since some of the entries were ridiculously long (good job to everyone who succeeded at writing such an epic piece! )it took some time.
It wasn't at all easy to pick the winners, and even harder to determine between who should get first, second, or third. But it's done.
Gold
Happy Birthday Mr. President
Silver
Soul Story - On The Edge of Chance
Bronze
To Acknowledge Yourself as a Whole
Contest Winners
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 2846894, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 2851910, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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"We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are aby B Chandler 52 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 31 1:20 PM 2007. In Contemporary, Thoughts
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There is more to life than increasing its speed.
-Mohandas Gandhiby blueway 40 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 1 8:10 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Would you have any objections if we used the same option but a different suboption???
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Certainly, go ahead.
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okie dokie
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I have one using the same quote but it is a prewrite.You can read it. It called Love of god. I would like to enter it. thank you
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I'm going to have to say no...though I did love the poem, it's only fair that everyone be kept to the no prewrites rule
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Just to let you know Everlasting that I have updated my entry and it is now 150 lines... This should be alright, yes? Check out if you like, mine is Dystopic World if you don't already know! Thanks and best of luck with the judging!
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I am so stoked to win the Gold in this, it was a tough and challenging contest I enjoyed greatly, all the entries were wonderful and congrats to all the winners and poets who entered
Love, C
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