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Seven or fewer lines!!

Each poem has to be seven or fewer lines!!

Rules:

1) No erotica

2) No swearing (whats the point??)

3) No cutting or super dark

4) No StIcKy CaPS

Follow theese rules or I will DQ.

I can't wait to see what great poetry comes out of this contest!! Best of luck in my contest.

- Trueheart

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on May 20, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 35, Bronze: 20
  • Final notes:
    Thank you so much to evevryone for their GREAT entrys. It was a lot of fun to read them. You are all great poets. Thanks for entering and congrats to the few who won. Thanks once again and have a great day!!

Contest Winners

  1. Here we stand in the stormy rain, / It's my time to take you away from all the pain, / I hold your head so close to my heart, / I have alwa
    by Death By Moonlight 8 lines, 1 comment, on May 18 3:03 PM 2007. In Love
    Gold trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]
  2. Error: Unable to find finalist item 2980060, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  3. When it comes down to the wire / ~ / You must step up your desire / ~ / And flow beneath the fire.
    by 2lullabyhaven 4 lines, 6 comments, on May 18 2:19 PM 2007. In Thoughts, Life
    Bronze trophy winner
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Entries [23]

1 - 23 of 23
  • Hey, hey
    Why don't you go out and play
    by Hello Love Goodbye 7 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 28 11:16 AM 2006. In Sad
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • he is; perfect / / to me / / like sonnets to shakespear / / love.
    by Excul 6 lines, 3 comments, on May 9 3:37 PM 2007. In Personal, Love
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • My heart weighs heavy in my chest. You mean so much to me. / You know, my darling, you're the best. I need you, can't you see? / But you look through me every day. To you, I don't exist. / I'd be lying if I said, my dar
    by BillyClyde 8 lines, 1 comment, on May 18 2:43 PM 2007. In Love, Hope
    • Viewed by judge.
  • This ought to be a dream. The smiles, the laughs, the walks with the dog. / This feels so right but I’m so scared I’ll wake and this beautiful dream will be lost. / So in love with you, always on my mind, my one and only
    by meowmeow 7 lines, 1 comment, on May 18 2:39 PM 2007. In Love
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • All the hurts and disappointments / I have experienced in my life / become a compilation of nothingness / I have seen the highest heights,
    by Soulful Woman 11 lines, 5 comments, on May 18 3:53 PM 2007. In Love, Message
    • Viewed by judge.
  • garden salad
    growing in the hot
    by sheltered 7 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 22 8:01 PM 2007
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • by Billbard 6 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 31 9:08 AM 2006. In Love
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • To fade away in the forgotten memories. / To disappear in the shadows . / To be in a crowded room yet feel all alone. / To have a voice, yet only silent words are spoken. / I long to escape to the light and en
    by th3sl4y3r 4 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 27 2:20 AM 2007. In alone, life, love, death, thoughts, personal
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • If I had to chose
    Between everything I have
    by Crazy-Dan 7 lines, 14 comments, on Feb 2 5:54 PM 2007
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • In the branches of a scented lilac tree,
    Emerges the song of birds in unison
    by celestial 4 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 10 12:30 PM 2007. In spring, nature, birds
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Alone, In darkness, / Scared of fate, / Will I make it at this rate? / My friends are dropping all around, / their so young ...Where are th
    by Free1977 6 lines, 1 comment, on May 18 11:16 PM 2007. In Life, Love, Nature, Other, Pain, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Weird
    • Viewed by judge.
  • Your eyes, this morning, made my heart miss a beat, / so large and blue and innocent. / Framed with lashes that sweep your cheeks. / It`s sad that childhood is trancient. /
    by Dixie 6 lines, on May 19 4:44 AM 2007. In Personal
    • Viewed by judge.
  • by Shenton 4 lines, on May 19 7:31 AM 2007
    • Viewed by judge.
  • by Olivias Violin 7 lines, 2 comments, on May 19 12:26 PM 2007
    • Viewed by judge.
  • Poem of definition
    Form inspired by George MacDonald
    by heismysong 12 lines, on Jan 5 5:10 PM 2007. In Thoughts
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Our mark is left by the footprint of our paths.
    by intanglio2ring 5 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 7 2:54 PM 2006. In Society
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • by Malabu 9 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 6 10:44 PM 2007. In Innocence and beauty, spiritual
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • All the moon mist fogs my loving eyes / when go down alleys in which I hear faint cries / I hear a lire playing from deep inside. / It plays to each treading step I take / Halting, before each mistake... /
    by Trueheartforlife 7 lines, 15 comments, on May 20 7:34 AM 2007
    • Viewed by judge.
  • In my dream, / Explanations could not define. / Everything, at that moment, / I was not sad, / But somehow, / I was not happy.
    by pemaquid 5 lines, on May 19 10:06 PM 2007. In Contemporary, Life, Thoughts
    • Viewed by judge.
  • I found you when I needed you! / You were hiding / In the corner of my eye… /
    by arafura 3 lines, 5 comments, on May 20 1:19 AM 2007
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  • TexasMomma
    May 18, 2007
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    question

    can we enter more than one


  • Malabu
    May 20, 2007
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    Its people like you

    who ruin contest integrity on this site..giving friends trophies is not honrorable
    Contest Winners
    Dry Tears
    Standing on the edge of the road watching you go / Drive over the hill and into the snow / I stand trying to be bold / But tears are storie
    by Trueheartforlife 4 lines, 25 comments, on May 7 5:39 AM
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]