Update... Sorry, I can't really be online to read your entries but thanks to everyone who entered so far... I will be reading the entries offline and will comment on the if I get the chance...
Thank you!
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Hey there...
"Nimm dir Zeit und dann das Leben,
Fahr vorn Baum und nicht daneben!"
Translation (loosely):
"Take time and then your life,
Hit the tree and don't miss it!"
It is sad but many people - especially young - bring their lives to an end, often in a painful way.
This contest is all about suicide - just to stop it!
Sorry, I know no one likes them, but here they are:
RULES:
- don't hurt,... any other poet/ess
- don't write how someone kills him/herself but how bad he/she feels and how he/she decides not to die after all
- or you write something to bring someone back to life
- no adult, erotica, and too hard things - hey, I'm only 15!
I will see how many points you will earn for each trophy later...
Now just write something - and stop suicide!
Joey
Thank you!
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Hey there...
"Nimm dir Zeit und dann das Leben,
Fahr vorn Baum und nicht daneben!"
Translation (loosely):
"Take time and then your life,
Hit the tree and don't miss it!"
It is sad but many people - especially young - bring their lives to an end, often in a painful way.
This contest is all about suicide - just to stop it!
Sorry, I know no one likes them, but here they are:
RULES:
- don't hurt,... any other poet/ess
- don't write how someone kills him/herself but how bad he/she feels and how he/she decides not to die after all
- or you write something to bring someone back to life
- no adult, erotica, and too hard things - hey, I'm only 15!
I will see how many points you will earn for each trophy later...
Now just write something - and stop suicide!
Joey
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on May 11, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 250, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 15 people
- Final notes: Hey everyone!
I started this contest and thought "Well, I'll get like 20 entries when I hold this contest for months..." - on the first day I got TEN and now, at the end, I even got FOURTY-SEVEN! It was the hardest contest I ever had to judge. I spent hours judging, read, reread and reread every poem. And I finally made my decisions!
Below is something to thank you all again: I wrote a poem that contains a line or phrase of each of your entries.
Stop suicide!
Here are the winners:
Gold -- Thoughts
Silver -- Kicking The Bucket
Bronze -- Inhale life, the alternative is.........
HM (100 points) -- My pathetic plea
HM (75 points) -- Trembling
-- Stormy Seas
-- Left behind
-- crazy i think
HM (60 points) -- Tonight
HM (50) -- Suicide
-- Because giving up is forever
-- Death You Are Dead!!!
-- Save me
-- Whatever You Do, Don't Do It
HM (30 points) -- Hasn't anyone ever told you?
-- alone and afraid
-- Life
-- Suicde - Just Stop! Don't take your life Yet!
Thank you!
Now here's my poem:
STOP SUICIDE
Save the life!
You have heard this sentence so many times.
You did never believe in it.
In your eyes
Life is such a confusing state
That makes so much fucking sense.
You hate everything.
You hate the birds
That sing their happy songs every day.
You hate the sun
That shines happily when you're sad.
You hate yourself,
And you do not even know why -
The words just don't exist,
To explain.
You are special,
No matter what anyone says.
Sure, you hiss,
And laugh thus evil laugh.
You always do to hide yourself.
Life is good each and every day,
And you know that,
You just do not want to see.
You're searching for something
In the broken pieces of yourself...
But what you're looking for
Is lost inside,
Deep inside yourself.
It's the miracles of life.
You have totally forgotten them,
And you don't know what to do.
You close your eyes,
Hoping it's all a dream.
But as you open them again,
You're standing there,
Still undecided,
Still living,
And you still cry,
Knife in hand.
You want to live no more,
But you don't dare.
Damn chicken!
Just make your fucking decision
And take your life!
Why?
Simply because you can,
Because it seems to be a good choice.
Because things don't come easy,
Because pain is good.
Because family, friends, and the like
Don't care about you.
Because it is all your fault,
Because you are the enemy.
But can't you see?
You are your OWN enemy!
It's your life to live!
When there's an endless life with no where to begin -
Just find your own beginning!
Try a step to start a new life,
And don't give up...
Will you see this
Just before you die?
Will you remember?
The skies are dark and grim,
And so is your soul.
Flames of damnation are burning you down,
Sleepless nights
Steal the rest of the power
That had remained in your body.
The day is shining into the night,
And time passes by,
Day by day,
And you just can't do it.
But you want to.
Are you sure?
So many unsaved souls lost to suicide -
Do you really want to be one of them?
If you want to, just say goodbye,
And leave.
But if you don't,
If you think that
Suicide is not the answer,
That it's just stupidity,
Take my hand...
Come back to me...
I will lead you,
I do care...
You think there's no cure for suicide,
But we can make it through,
We Are One!
I will pick up the pieces of your
Fractured frame of mind,
And compose them again
For you.
We can extinguish the flames,
We can make the sun appear -
You just have to want to
Live your life.
Why?
Because if you let the black arms of suicide
Embrace you,
It will control you.
Don't dream to be an individual,
Just be one.
Why?
Because giving up is forever.
Because you can change your life.
Has no one ever told you?
It was YOU
Who made the decisions.
Made the decision to give up, not
To live anymore.
That is all
You thought you could do right.
But the next time
When you close your eyes,
And you open them again,
I'll be there for you,
You just have to see...
And you will never again think about suicide.
Josi R.
10/05/07
Contest Winners
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Is suicide the answer? Or even AN answer? I think not! Keep in mind though that Death is always nearby.by redmarkonthewall 223 lines, 60 comments, on Feb 23 11:37 PM 2007. In Life, Death, Suicide, Anti-Suicidal, Depression, Pain, Sadness, Message, Hope
Silver trophy winner
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Tiny babies scraped fresh
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there's blood in the bathroom sink
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Live for today
live for the next breath• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 2842413, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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You have lived your life in one black cloud
Dragging and shuffling your feet• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 2778422, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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The girl looks at herself
Knife in hand• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
Has no one ever told you, life
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Love the life
It is a sweet flower• Viewed by judge. [remove]
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
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You are special no matter what anyone says
God loves you even if noone else doesby Twins 4 me 13 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 11 2:20 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
I hold the weight of the whole world on my shoulders,
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I have become a host.
I am not this body.by MotherMachineGunn 44 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 15 11:38 PM 2006. In Dark• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I'm crying
As this rain pours down around meby JulietteArielle 47 lines, on Apr 12 5:26 PM 2007. In Suicide, Death, Pain, Depression, Friendship, Sad• Viewed by judge. -
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I'm hurting
I'm cryingby Redtearstains 32 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 22 2:54 PM 2006. In Dark• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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this is the olympics of life
I’ve been in trainingby dustookie2 92 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 23 7:09 PM 2007. In Pain, Other, Society, Thoughts, Sad, Suicide, Teen issues, Message• Viewed by judge. -
I married a man who almost committed suicide / only a few months after becoming his bride / every day I wasn't sure if he would be dead / sby Carly Pop 18 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 24 4:18 PM 2007• Viewed by judge.
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so sadly / so many end life way too soon / / from judgement unjust / and because of the fools / / no one thinks that their words / can go down so deep / / when in all realityby lost-in-yesterday 44 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 24 5:27 PM 2007• Viewed by judge.
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this poem most ppl would think is just about someone who cuts thereselve. But your wrong, it's about me telling someone that they shouldn't do it but they do an• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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How to stop suicide
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burning like the devil's curse, / i fall into an endless warp, / and like the pain i felt for you, / i become victimized and truly misused, / but how can i tell you this is not what i want, / to be treated• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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As I reach up into the skies
I feel the gentle rain in my eyes,by poetry goddess08 32 lines, on Sep 15 2:34 PM 2006. In Personal• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I have tried to do it / I know that it was bad. / But I didn't think I would pull through it, / And daddy was always mad. / / And so I put that blade to my wrists, / And cut till I felt no more, / That is whereby Punkrocking-goonie 18 lines, on Apr 27 1:23 PM 2007• Viewed by judge.
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time passes by second by second
the sun rises and dies• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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if only you knew the world...the idea is a good one though, but ideas can't stop the pain...
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We can try at least...
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Hmm, can't say I agree with this.
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Thee Heart of my Soul Opens for Spiritual Healing
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thank you so much for the honorable emntion, it means a lot to me that you liked my piece.
God Bless,
OnlyInMyDreams -
Thanks!
I'm honored and humbled to recieve the Gold. There were some fantastic writes in this contest and if any of these help even just one person what a great success this has been. I give you kudos for this contest and for bringing to light this dark topic. Thanks again and Many Blessings, FAH -
thanks for the HM and the extra pointS!!! much appreciated. good luck to you in the future!!
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