Break The Cliche.....
Break the cliche for 'HEART'
GIVE ME A NEW INSIGHT INTO THE OVER USED CLICHE "HEART"
5 lines min - 15 lines max (nothing under nothing over or DQ)
Earth's Essence
Lightening struck a scarring bolt.
Heavy clouds once poured with rain.
The sun had shined through each storm.
All apart of nature's course,
Now seeds may start to bloom.
Streaming essence
of Earth's
Tracey November 13th, 2006 - there is nature....there is life ....there's a heart.....
FORBIDDEN WORDS.....
YOU CAN NOT USE THE FOLLOWING WORDS.......
*HEART
* LOVE
* BEAT
*RED
*ORGAN
*HEARTBREAK
*HEARTACHE
*HEARTBEAT
*HEARTBURN
*BLOOD
THESE WORDS CAN NOT BE USED IN PLURAL FORM EITHER....
Give me a masterpiece......... something different....... something unique........
A new insight into the over used word 'Heart'
*you may use forbidden word in title
RULES: Normal rules apply..... HM'S DEPENDING ON ENTRIES
- No prewrites sorry
- i hAtE sTuFf lIkE tHiS
- No bashing other poets.
- No hard to read text and background
- There will be HM's depending on entries
- IF RULES ARE NOT FOLLOWED ENTRY WILL BE REMOVED
-5 lines min - 15 max NOTHING UNDER NOTHING OVER
Preliminary Finalists is in no set order.... All entries that qualify with the rules are placed there.... It is used to keep me on track.... every entry is commented on & I judge after a contest is closed....
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 13, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 150, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: Firstly I want to thank everyone for entering 'break the cliche....HEART' contest....
This was another hard contest to judge, every entry had a unique insight of its own... Sooo many creative poems,..... made the final decision even harder....
I wish I could give everyone a trophy, but I can't....
Congrads to the winners.... although everyone is a winner in my eyes....
thank you again
hope the contest was as enjoyable for you as much as was for me.....
keep your pen flowing.....
Tracey
ps.... only the top 3 poems are in order, the rest are in no order...
Contest Winners
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All I want is a connection
between my soul and anotherby Errant Panther 11 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 10 6:47 AM 2007. In Love, Personal, Thoughts
Silver trophy winner
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Arterial walls around my world,
Pumping air into my lonely room.by soldiersoul 13 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 10 8:15 AM 2007
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I was standing alone, using the phone, in the hospital waiting room
When I noticed a girl, who so rocked my world, that I felt a pain in m• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
Standing on the cell wall of existence
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My part that cries for you is missing
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Gold trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [17]
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Comments
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Interesting challenge, got you bookmarked. Does it mean that you cannot use the forbidden words in the title also?
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I'll allow forbidden words in the title
Tracey
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You can't use the word 'organ'....oh my!.....that scotches my pretty write for you then!!
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awwwwww Mr C, You better think of something 'beautiful' for me
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Another interesting challenge
I'll try to entertain the thought
Have a wonderful day, Ken IBT
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i might try if there is room left
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Thank You
Thanks for a wonderful, challenging contest, and the surprise of the silver goblet. Congratulations to all the winners and other contestants, as there were so many wonderful pieces. -
Thank you ever so much for the Gold what a lovely surprise i feel so please with the recognition Thanks
Congratulations to all winners a very interesting contest. 
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