Hey, I just felt like holding a contest, soooo... here it is! I'll give you a few options and you give me a poem or two.
Option 1. A poem about something or someone you love.
Option 2. A poem conveying a moral
Option 3. A haiku (5,7,5 syllables)
Option 4. A poem about school
Rules
1. CHECK GRAMMAR AND SPELLING
2. NO CUTTING, SUICIDE/KILLING OR ADULT THEMES/CONTENT
3. PREWRITES ARE ALLOWED!!!
I will comment on EVERY poem entered. If I haven't commented on your poem, I haven't read it.
Option 1. A poem about something or someone you love.
Option 2. A poem conveying a moral
Option 3. A haiku (5,7,5 syllables)
Option 4. A poem about school
Rules
1. CHECK GRAMMAR AND SPELLING
2. NO CUTTING, SUICIDE/KILLING OR ADULT THEMES/CONTENT
3. PREWRITES ARE ALLOWED!!!
I will comment on EVERY poem entered. If I haven't commented on your poem, I haven't read it.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on June 5, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 120, Bronze: 60, Honorable mention: 7 people
- Final notes: This contest was great! I enjoyed reading all of the poems and thank all of you for entering.
Contest Winners
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by Corey Harvard 14 lines, 85 comments, on Oct 14 1:10 PM 2006. In Italian Sonnet, Societal, Inspirational
Gold trophy winner
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I think this might strike deep in you
I'll sing it either wayby Russian Red 27 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 5 9:49 PM 2006. In Lyrics, Personal, Love
Bronze trophy winner
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When my days are dark
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Solitude is sheet music
written as calligraphic images• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Silver trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [60]
1 - 60 of 60
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by -Ink Artist- 41 lines, 72 comments, on Nov 9 3:33 PM 2006. In Contemporary free verse, Humanity, Society, Thoughts• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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/ / When you came to us twelve years ago / You were a ball of wool / A toddler barely one month old / A breast sucking babe / And always full of play. / You took some time to shed / Some of your naughtiness• Commented on by judge.
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I wrote you a poem once a long time ago. / It spoke of the passion and the love I had for you. / Such feelings I thought I would never know. / This I knew was true. / / Something changed in me, / And I think you• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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THE STORY OF GINGER
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What a death to die• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Look in the eyes / I smile each time / a new light has come / you make me want to hyme / / Falling asleep / wrapped all up in you / forgetting the days / when my skys weren't so blue / / telling you a seby bisexual-baby 43 lines, 2 comments, on May 10 6:25 PM 2007. In Love• Commented on by judge.
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Sitting here on my ass
Suffering the boredom of science class• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I'm fighting a war with a love more dearly loved than me, Because the kiss of heroin is tastier than my lips, / And he's sure that I can'tby Earthmagick 32 lines, 12 comments, on Aug 29 1:40 AM 2003. In love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I long to merge myself in you
And lie with you all my last long night,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
L ooking at the ice at the bottom of the glass
E very minute wishing summer would lastby lovelight05 22 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 21 9:35 AM 2007. In Rhyming acrostic• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
This is the land of the free / But some don't want us to be / This Land is for my kids, who mean more than life to me / Thats is why i want• Commented on by judge.
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My feelings grow much stronger each time I think of you,
The way you smile and those things for me you do.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The farmer sows seeds
beneath the ground he's worked so hard upon.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
'If God Said It We Can Believe It' / / A lot of folks read 'The Bible' / and still fail to believe it. / It is such a grave shame, / cause God' never teasesby Shirley Shaw 38 lines, 3 comments, on May 11 10:45 PM 2007. In Spiritual, 'Gods' Love, Believe What he Says, It Will Come To Pass......• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Glittering flowers would wink at me,I sought refuge in the Gulmohar's shade.by Raazi 45 lines, 4 comments, on May 5 2:28 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Let us fall into a bed of roses
Where we can feel the softness of the petals brush against the feelings of excitementby silencethequestion 39 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 9 9:59 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Sitting Here Day By Day,
We All Wonder,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
As it moves away, let it take a week.
A year, a century, and even a millenium too.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I look at my clock and notice that its late, / Thinking to myself only four days left to that date. / Five months seems like a lot, / It started when the wind was breezy and the temperature was hot. / You kept• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I lay awake, / early in the morn / wondering why / you left me so torn / with the knowledge that / there's nothing I can do, / nothing I caby lexie like woah 18 lines, 19 comments, on May 20 8:19 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Words speak louder than thoughts. / Actions speak louder than words. / Truths fly high above thoughtless birds.by XChrisUnknownX 2 lines, 6 comments, on May 5 11:03 AM 2007. In Thoughts• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Sitting together / It all seems to be perfect / Please don't let this end• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Carve your name on my wrist with a blade / Doused in ink your name won’t fade / Away with time, forever it’s there / Like the nagging sense of fear of which I’m always aware / Of your presence getting stronger with ev• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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What is in my beating heart for you, / as I attempt to pen words befitting, / a woman of beauty and talent true, / to whom the words 'The Lby Cerulean Sunrise 26 lines, 26 comments, on May 1 4:42 PM 2007. In Love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Tonight I plucked a star from the night sky / And held it in my hand / As I studied it through my mind's eye / Admiring the little sparkling specks of wonder / Encrusted all along the edges of my / Own little pieceby MartinArroyo 18 lines, 2 comments, on May 28 1:19 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Nat'ral colors help / Your life foretell the seasons / O! most pleasing one• Commented on by judge.
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I look at the pictures of us together
and i see you in my life forever.by bloodyknife 27 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 9 6:27 PM 2006. In Love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Your shadow plays in day’s twilight / Racing across country side roads / Right before the grasp of night / I see your sunset blue eyes glow / I cannot love someone like you / A mystery encased in stone and ski• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Highschool / A warzone / An everyday battle to survive / The freaks stick together / We survive by leaning on one another / Crying myself to sleep everynight / Because of things you said / Highschool / A warzoby erininthesky 20 lines, 2 comments, on May 25 11:15 AM 2007. In Teen issues• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I could show you the world / Take you higher and higher / Lost in the depths of our future, / Lost in the realms of forever. / I could show you everything / Everything you wish to be / Everything, you and me / I• Commented on by judge.
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Waves of farewell,
Calls of 'goodbye',
Retreating footsteps.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I still can’t help loving you,
I will leave if you tell me to,by Moogoo 15 lines, 15 comments, on Dec 7 10:13 AM 2006. In Sad, Pain, Depression, Emo, Depressed, Lost love, Lost in thought, Teenage thinking• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
So I find myself lost again. / Needing a close friend. / To help me though the pain. / But I can't help but restrain. / The feelings I have inside. / The ones I try so hard to hide. / The sorrows and hby Poetic Rage 27 lines, 13 comments, on May 26 11:35 PM 2007. In Dark, Fantasy, Hope, Humor, Life, Love, Other, Pain, Personal, Sad• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Lilly, blond baby girl / Always happy never cries / Shows joy in your eyes /• Commented on by judge.
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Laughter.
Staring eyes.by The Void 32 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 9 12:49 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
out of the notes / / / out of the notes / that's what she said\ / getting me wet / better 've stayed home instead / cause all that she said / out of the notes / and that was a dead end / like a silly pby yassmin 37 lines, 2 comments, on May 7 10:00 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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This world that we live in is rife and replete with / Amazements and treasures of marvellous style. / But none of these wonders could hopeby IlliniGuy108 34 lines, 5 comments, on May 26 7:21 AM 2007. In Love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I think haikus are / so, so, so, so, so, so fun! / Yay! That worked so well!• Commented on by judge.
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She stands there with others, white hair and white coat
Her beauty has gone long ago, it has vacated and eloped• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
If there is reason to live / I know it is this: / To love, to give, / And dance in eternal bliss. / If ever there was a reason why, / To look into her eyes, / To hold her below a black velvet sky, / Withoutby Silverblade 30 lines, 14 comments, on May 29 5:41 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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She follows like a little cloud / Always just a bit too loud / But she is really oh so cute / Though something seems wrong, oh shoot / It i• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I've got something to say, little sister, so listen here
I love you more than life and I want this clearby Earthmagick 35 lines, 11 comments, on Aug 21 2:43 AM 2003. In Love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I hate to be so sentimental / but it's just the way I feel / I want to be honest with you / I can't help it / I have to put it all on the line / so I won't lose you / I'm putting / my heart / my mind / my s• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Call me crazy, call me insane
But mostly call me yoursby Megan Awesome 19 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 20 6:09 PM 2006. In Love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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