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the rose that grew from concrete

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?

Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk with out having feet.

Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air.

Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared.

by Tupac Shakur

write me something as inspiring or as beautiful as the idea of a rose growing from concrete

i dont care about style or form im looking at the hidden beauty of the piece altho it has to be well written

so clear yeah a beautiful poem about an inspiring thing ok

rules
1)No TyPiNg like that it is annoyin
2)not to long im looking 4 something between 20-50 lines
3)if it is 2 long i wont bother reading cos i cant keep concentration that long lol
4)sorry bout the low points its all i have
5)have fun

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on May 22, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 50, Bronze: 17
  • Final notes:
    thanks 4 the entries

Contest Winners

  1. Error: Unable to find finalist item 2944598, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  2. Silver/sm...Flower In the Log
    a fishing trip to remember / trolling along in a small jon boat / on a beautiful sunny day / hoping to catch fish for supper / in this larg
    by A floatingleaf 21 lines, 2 comments, on May 18 7:11 PM 2007. In silver, Contest, Nature, Inspirational, Personal, Life
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. From Appalling To Alluring
    Behold there, / The heather concrete is broken. / There is a tale that isn't spoken. / Silent, / Not noticed at all, / What is it that you see, / When you walk the secluded sidewalk? / A blood red rose, / Tha
    by Ignis Corpus 19 lines, 3 comments, on May 8 5:39 PM 2007. In Life, Thoughts, Other, Nature, My own style, Contest, Message, Freewrite
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]
  4. rose , a thing of beauty
    the humble rose. / / our english flower / / stridently blooming / / will never cower / / pleasing us yearly / / with visual majesty / / will conquer concrete / / if it has to be / / ma
    by Pete Greenslade 32 lines, 4 comments, on May 8 5:15 PM 2007
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]

Entries [7]

1 - 7 of 7
  • the not so ugly
    she grew up frown upon / nothing but a pawn in the life of her family / ugly was thought she was but in the years to come she blossomed / blossomed into well hid beauty / and as she grew the family saw and hid it from
    by MistressAkasha 28 lines, 2 comments, on May 8 5:43 PM 2007. In Freewrite
    • Viewed by judge.
  • Decaying Blossom
    Bound to darkness, / she suffered the wrongs / that chained her tight / to endless misery. / / With bloodied tears / her heart turned to stone, / she would stay / forever alone, / unable to trust the / fl
    by Naraku No Hana 40 lines, 4 comments, on May 12 4:25 PM 2007. In Love, Pain, Sad
    • Commented on by judge.
  • stretch of peace
    by wolfspiritguide 19 lines, 3 comments, on May 14 11:11 AM 2007
    • Commented on by judge.
  • The Dove
    The world always seems so cold / The days seem longer than they did before / The nights seem colder and the wing echos loudly / The soft wh
    by Redtearstains 25 lines, 1 comment, on May 21 11:59 AM 2007
    • Commented on by judge.

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    May 8, 2007
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    well I'll enter if I get an idea but I'll tell you between laramie wyoming and cheyenne wyoming is a state tourist stop thing called lone tree. Same idea as the rose in the crack in the concrete but its between two stones that are cracked but not all the way through dirt blew in over the years and enough was there for the tree seed to grow.