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Basically I want you to choose a quote and write for it.




You will find the quotes here:
http://allpoetry.com/skitza

Some examples:

'I started to paint it with small heart.' ~ Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar

'..for..I am..in chains.' - Ephesians 6:20

'...and do not let me face my own ruin.' ~Numbers 11:15

'Your head will collapse,
But there's nothing in it,
And you'll ask yourself..

Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?' ~ Pixies - Where Is My Mind?

"Butterfly, they like you better framed and dry."

"Even dead languages had unquiet graves" ~ Ellen Miller - Like Being Killed

And more...




Tell me in your author's notes which quote you've used.


Thank you.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on June 20, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 150, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 3 people
  • Final notes:
    Thank you all for entering.
    skitza

Contest Winners

  1. Numbers 11:15
    A wail goes rising up, / a lackluster incense. / No food to eat, no sup / their rage became intense. / One man am I, a lonely man / and I a
    by Then 32 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 9 7:02 PM 2007
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. Ideate ...
    "The rest is silence." ~Shakespeare (Hamlet)
    by waydownuponjoy 11 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 2 8:08 AM 2007. In Contest, Contemporary, Loss
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. A Poet Can Paint A Picture
    Listen to the beauty / As it spills all over the page / The wide eyes of a tormented soul / Searching for something to glorify / Yet finding only pain / Abuse and pain pollute this world / But the poet portrays it
    by BarbedWireButterfly 41 lines, 1 comment, on May 31 2:01 AM 2007. In Personal, Angst, Thoughts, Society
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. The poet will die
    Scribble on a barren paper,words which say it all / the truth thus revealed,his mind,his soul and his heart &nbs
    by poetic-enigma21 11 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 9 2:23 PM 2007. In Other, Thoughts, Life
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • patteringraindrops
    May 28, 2007
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    hey ive bookmarked this and am in the middle of writing... cool contest
    p-r
    xx


  • waydownuponjoy
    June 20, 2007
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    What a great contest idea ...

    I thank you for the trophy but more so I thank you for the great idea behind this contest. Limiting words makes for good thought and by the time you sort through all the unneccessary words ... it makes for good poetry. I like your style, joy


  • BarbedWireButterfly
    June 20, 2007
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    thnx for the trophy!