UPDATE: PLEASE!!!! " I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR DETAIL ABOUT THE ABUSE. I WANT TO HEAR HOW YOU OVERCAME"
If you are not in the healing stage yet here is the link to a contest for you:
http://allpoetry.com/contest/show/2346294
I have started a group for survivors of domestic violence.
What I want here are poems from survivors stating why they are a survivor. My poem Battleship Steel is an example. {Not required to read.}
http://allpoetry.com/poem/2615492
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/iamasurvivor/
this is the link to the support group i am starting online. feel free to click and check it out but remember i am just now getting it set up.
If any entries sound like they are focused on bashing the abuser, they will be disqualified without hesitation. If you are d/q'd for this reasong I will send you the link to the appropriate contest I am running. It is not an insult on your writing, it just needs to be in the right contest.
As this is about support in recovery it would be nice if you commented on the other entries. {Not required but would be nice}
I only want hopeful poems as this is about recovery.
Use spell check and punctuation please.
Play nice with others.
Keep it clean.
Men as well as women suffer abuse so this is open to both.
You may enter a prewrite if you are a survivor and have one that is fitting.
I will comment on every poem. Even if I receive 1000. That would be nice to know there are that many survivors on here.
As I have put a lot of points on this I want to see poetry/prose worthy of winning as you are worthy of writing such about yourself.
Thank you for entering. If you enter and wish to join the support group you may click here to do so.
http://allpoetry.com/group/show/There%20IS%20Life%20After%20The%20Abuse
REMEMBER: SMILE YOU ARE WORTH IT!!!
{please put your name in the author comment box as we have nothing to hide/be ashamed of--i will still judge fairly} if there is some reason you do not want to do this, im me and it will be ok. i just do not want us to hide as survivors.
If you are not in the healing stage yet here is the link to a contest for you:
http://allpoetry.com/contest/show/2346294
I have started a group for survivors of domestic violence.
What I want here are poems from survivors stating why they are a survivor. My poem Battleship Steel is an example. {Not required to read.}
http://allpoetry.com/poem/2615492
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/iamasurvivor/
this is the link to the support group i am starting online. feel free to click and check it out but remember i am just now getting it set up.
If any entries sound like they are focused on bashing the abuser, they will be disqualified without hesitation. If you are d/q'd for this reasong I will send you the link to the appropriate contest I am running. It is not an insult on your writing, it just needs to be in the right contest.
As this is about support in recovery it would be nice if you commented on the other entries. {Not required but would be nice}
I only want hopeful poems as this is about recovery.
Use spell check and punctuation please.
Play nice with others.
Keep it clean.
Men as well as women suffer abuse so this is open to both.
You may enter a prewrite if you are a survivor and have one that is fitting.
I will comment on every poem. Even if I receive 1000. That would be nice to know there are that many survivors on here.
As I have put a lot of points on this I want to see poetry/prose worthy of winning as you are worthy of writing such about yourself.
Thank you for entering. If you enter and wish to join the support group you may click here to do so.
http://allpoetry.com/group/show/There%20IS%20Life%20After%20The%20Abuse
REMEMBER: SMILE YOU ARE WORTH IT!!!
{please put your name in the author comment box as we have nothing to hide/be ashamed of--i will still judge fairly} if there is some reason you do not want to do this, im me and it will be ok. i just do not want us to hide as survivors.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on May 1, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100
- Final notes: i would like to thank everyone who entered this. in the rules i stated:
{please put your name in the author comment box as we have nothing to hide/be ashamed of--i will still judge fairly} if there is some reason you do not want to do this, im me and it will be ok. i just do not want us to hide as survivors.
this is left out in so many writes. i hope you add it as you truly are worth the acknowledgment of being a survivor.
i have begun to notice that these contests are hard to judge as i feel like i am saying one's pain is worse than anothers and this is not the case.
thank you again for your entries and congratulations to everyone!
smile: you are worth it!
viyanna rosemarie
Contest Winners
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 2815702, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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We have abused the common man
Caged him, cursed himby Sylvyrwyng 23 lines, 29 comments, on Nov 28 10:16 AM 2005. In Personal, Other, Love
Silver trophy winner
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Never again will your hands harm me,
I shed no more tears for you this day.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Bronze trophy winner
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For every hit that you struck true, / For every room you threw me through, / For all the scars you left on me, / For every lie that I couldn't see, / I thank you. / / Every night I couldn't sleep, / Every tearby Onionducks 66 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 3 9:44 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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How Quick To Forget
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I walk by my mother evey day
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by Crippled Anger 24 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 6 10:35 PM 2007. In I love life!• Commented on by judge.
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Stain glass pieces every where broken and bare.
Who can fix what is broken .by LIve For Today 52 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 11 6:10 PM 2007. In spiritual hope love thoughts contest• Commented on by judge. -
This is also for my group, The Titles Challenge Group.
My life I've taken back today
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to all out in the cold of despair
who know not why it is• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
As we knelt to pray with the priest, / he knowing thereof nothing, / I prayed that he would stay longer, / for I felt safe. / He left, and it all began again, / yet in my heart• Commented on by judge.
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Life once filled with turmoil,
A rebellious past strip bare.by exoticbeaches 23 lines, 13 comments, on Mar 15 2:45 PM 2007. In Personal, Love, Sad, Life, Hope, Spiritual, Contemporary, My life, Depression, Emo• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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Lying on the ground / looking up at the / shining stars... / Wondering if you’re / proud of me.. / / Wishing that I can / see you.. / Someday I will. / / One day I’ll be / with you...Jesus / what a wby lisaparks2009 19 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 25 7:34 PM 2007. In Spiritual• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Imagine being pushed to the brink / To sink down so low you pop 2 pills and drink / Without thinking your mind shrinks / There's a rift in your heart and your alone / and lonely thinking that you'll do the unholyby maybememories 42 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 25 6:30 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Good luck in your contest, Raven Judge! :-)
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Viyanna, This is a great contest. The work you do is so wonderful. Keep it up!
LisaMarie -
Good for you for holding this - many can share their experiences on this topic, I am sure, Very therapeutic for some too, as it is something many have not shared before. Proud of you for doing this my granddaughter..
Granny -
Stupid question:: Do we need to be a member of the group?
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hey, great concept...I don't have anything I could enter (i've never been there myself) but props to you for the concept!
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May I please enter a prewrite? Just yesterday I wrote a poem about my rape. I have just gotten passed feeling the guilt and shame of it. I really want others to read my poem and know how much therepy and other people really do help, and the bad feelings can be overcome.
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This is a wondeful contest you are hosting. I dont know about domestic violence..I am a survivor of physical, emotional abuse from childhood.
I hope this reaches the people that need this..
Blessings
Soulful Woman
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This is a beautiful idea..
I.. want to enter this. I am only 15, and not quite out of all the situations, but I want to write about what it will be like when everything is ok again
It's a great thing to do, xxxx
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It is so great that you are doing this. I imagine this will help a lot of people.
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Ok...this contest is about how you survived the abuse and NOT about the abuse itself. Tell us how you overcame it. We want to feel stronger and better after reading... not like slitting our wrists
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Viyanna, Thank you for hosting this very special contest, it speaks loudly and I hope that any and all who read the entries will heed the words. My heartiest congratulations go out to the winners and all who participated. In my heart everyone here is a winner. You should all take a bow for a job well done. Love and God bless all, always, Joyce
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