OK this is an options contest...... so here's the options
1. This is a bigg one! Write about alcoholism. what it's like to be a drunk. how it effects your family and you as a person. how you over came it. how much it hurts to watch friend or family go through it. no humor here. not a funny subject.
2. Football. Football as it is in small towns. Life. write about the glory days. the hard times and friday nights. (bonus)
3. Cowboys. As always I'm looking for quality poems about cowboys. let's go with rodeo cowboys this time ok? (: write about your favorite cowboy. or cowboys in general. real cowboys people not John Wayne.
4. Fear write about fear. your fears. fear in general. anything about fear. try not to be to dark.
5. Failure. write about failure. how it makes you feel. try to keep it general. this is an easy one to use medephors with. NO CUTTING or SUICIDE.
6. Loss. Write about the loss of a good friend or family. show me how close you were. remember the happy times.
7. tell me about a guy/girl you love but only watch from afar. some one you are curious about and want to be friends or more with but somthing is stopping you.
8. Pink ribbon. write about someone fighting breast cancer. or a survivor. write about their will.
*A friend recently lost his mother to breast cancer but she fought for four years when they only gave her three months.
9. Coldness. write about someone shutting you out. or shutting someone out. or you shutting someone out. another great metaphor one.
* I switched schools this year and I don't get to see my friend very often and we had been talking on the computer but recently he's been shutting me out.*
10. Word bank. I've never tried this but I might as well.
Use at least 5 words from he list.
soft
tender
cold
evil
horses
running
freedom
love
hate
why
sale
beauty.
11. Songs. use the line listed to base your poem.
"I'll bet she's beautiful, the girl he talks about"
"Big Timing in a small town"
"I just got back from hell"
"so fuck you I make my own plans"
"born country"
12. South/redneck/country. Write about the country. living there. loving it. what is it. why are the people so different.
OK Ya'll that's all for now. hope you have fun and write great.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on May 8, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 50, Bronze: 40, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: This contest was AMAZING! sorry it took me so long to judge and I'm very sorry if you didn't get a comment but I didn't get it done before my show season started and now I just don't have time. The entries where all great. It turned out some wonderful poem, all full of emotion. Congrats to the winners and thank you ALL for entering.
Contest Winners
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Frank Duce
Saddle Bronc
Championby apoeticinjustice 36 lines, 16 comments, on Dec 2 10:27 AM 2006. In Other, Personal, Dedication, My life, Cowboy Poetry
Gold trophy winner
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A poem about a Great Bullriderby Lactar Wolfgang 19 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 16 7:16 PM 2007. In Life, Other, Personal
Bronze trophy winner
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DAY TO DAY LIFE IN THE CITY
IS GETTING THIS COUNTRY BOY DOWN• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 2837582, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Day after day of getting inebriated until the sun came back up
An endless web she's weaved herself into and now can't escape• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
The phone is ringing, but nobody is home
I check instant messanger and you are not onby CalmBeforeTheStorm 27 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 23 8:46 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
My town only has 224 people.
But you can bet I love it here.by sarahwantstostaple 20 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 23 6:14 PM 2007. In life• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
i'm sorry
you don't deserve this• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Honorable mention
Entries [36]
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Remember when, like lizards we panted in the shade of rocks?• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Blow a kiss as a forever goodbye
As I fill the world with my painful outcry.
by NickelleteXninja 21 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 10 9:46 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
Crimson drips from her eyes, his bitter words sting
Anger and violence are what his daily habit will bring• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I see you everyday and hold back my tears.
I just smile like everything is okay.by Lightless Angel 19 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 31 10:39 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Is a stranger a friend you haven't yet met... or could they be an enemy?by AutumnsFlame 41 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 17 5:40 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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I am currently storing all of my
hope and dread and longingby AlternateCandidate 12 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 10 10:13 AM 2007. In Life, Pain, Personal, Family• Commented on by judge. -
Move forward when you fear most
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My dad, the alcoholic,The one that you don't see,My dad, the alcoholic,The oneby Psycho Jess 22 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 5 7:20 AM 2005. In Sad• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Should i speak about it,
The day or night, maybe just a little,• Viewed by judge. -
Every Friday the whole town would gather to one place,
the gridiron.by A Leper Messiah 10 lines, 54 comments, on Apr 14 5:14 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
A bit about the hobbie girls football i like and a match we had a bit agoby Rockin - Rainbow 14 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 10 11:31 AM 2007. In Thoughts• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Brown eyed girl of this small town
Wasn't enough to keep him around.by WayWithWords 28 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 23 11:44 AM 2007. In Life, Sad, Thoughts, Pain, Friendship, Longing, Lost love, Romance, Depressed• Commented on by judge. -
I took a wrong turn the other day,
ended up straying far away,by Faithless Angel 43 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 23 1:36 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. -
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by EmmaDilemma93 73 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 29 5:08 PM 2006• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Her once tender and beautiful heart
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Lost in this world
Giant sized conflicts masked• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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Tender hopes sprout on spring tunes
wavering mind catches the immovable train• Viewed by judge.
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Chose otion #4
I chose option #4 Fear, as these are my thoughts on this subject. -
I am submitting a poem in your cowboy option. It is not one of my best poems but it fits into this contest. I wrote it at is from the heart thank you
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Good options
Hey great options for a contest, like how you've got such a wide variety of things to choose from. Good luck hosting, hope all goes well.
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Hey guys anyone with a poem marked adult pls unmark it just so I can read it. Thanks.
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I chose option 4 as well.
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