This is my first contest and I hope to get lots of entries. I want only the best work, 1 poem per person.
Rules
-best you can do
-enter only 1 poem
-I don’t care if it is IN CAPS
-I don’t care if you WrIte LIkE ThIs but I can’t promise to read it
-I don’t care about anything other than rule 1 and 2.
Options
1. Society- Problems with society, living in society, enjoying society, anything that comes to mind dealing with society.
2. Friends and Family- Lack of understanding or the safety you find with them, or anything else to do with it.
3. Love- need I say more?
4. Lust- can be erotica, can tie in with love, can be about raccoons (that was sarcasm, but I’ll be deeply impressed if you come up with a good raccoon or other such animal poem and will most likely give you a trophy)
5. deep philosophical thoughts – Can be on any topic, as long as something deep
6. Fitting in, not fitting in. This is your place to laugh at those who are different from you or express who you really are. Honestly, so many people write about being proud of their difference (guilty of that too), we really need someone to write about the pleasures of fitting in
7. Music- Please tell me the artist and the song title if using one for inspiration and the artist if using a song title for a poem title. Or just write about music in general.
8. Depression, anger, or any other negative emotion and whatever caused it.
9. Anything else. Butterflies stuck in honey while bees slowly devour them. Anything. The ones before were simply for those who needed ideas, if you have something other that, feel free to write.
I want good writes. Most likely I will not be able to comment on every one of the poems, but I’ll try to do that before the final judging.
Rules
-best you can do
-enter only 1 poem
-I don’t care if it is IN CAPS
-I don’t care if you WrIte LIkE ThIs but I can’t promise to read it
-I don’t care about anything other than rule 1 and 2.
Options
1. Society- Problems with society, living in society, enjoying society, anything that comes to mind dealing with society.
2. Friends and Family- Lack of understanding or the safety you find with them, or anything else to do with it.
3. Love- need I say more?
4. Lust- can be erotica, can tie in with love, can be about raccoons (that was sarcasm, but I’ll be deeply impressed if you come up with a good raccoon or other such animal poem and will most likely give you a trophy)
5. deep philosophical thoughts – Can be on any topic, as long as something deep
6. Fitting in, not fitting in. This is your place to laugh at those who are different from you or express who you really are. Honestly, so many people write about being proud of their difference (guilty of that too), we really need someone to write about the pleasures of fitting in
7. Music- Please tell me the artist and the song title if using one for inspiration and the artist if using a song title for a poem title. Or just write about music in general.
8. Depression, anger, or any other negative emotion and whatever caused it.
9. Anything else. Butterflies stuck in honey while bees slowly devour them. Anything. The ones before were simply for those who needed ideas, if you have something other that, feel free to write.
I want good writes. Most likely I will not be able to comment on every one of the poems, but I’ll try to do that before the final judging.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 1, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 56, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: Thanks to all that entered, I wish that I could give more points out; there were so many great poems. This was a very hard contest to judge since so many people entered, I am sorry that I took so long to do so.
Congratulations to the winners!
Contest Winners
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There are children dieing / And you’re worried about your clothes. / Are they cool enough? / Do they make you look fat? / Somewhere children are screaming, babies being born on crack. / And yet you complain abou• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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A life of many colors. / Hated by some, loved by others. / A paradise, for a rich man's eyes. / Lust is love in the eyes of lovers. / fake is real in place of mothers. / A violent life till earth's demise. /by yellowrose190 31 lines, 7 comments, on May 29 1:46 PM 2007. In Life, Society, World, Angst, Hate, Thoughts, Rhyme, Song
Bronze trophy winner
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I was sweet and innocent
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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• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 2595000, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Honorable mention
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I am some kind of monster
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I gave you my heart. / You ripped it apart. / I loved you more than life. / Took everything you threw. / I dodged a few, hit by most. / Yes, I love you. / Love you baby. / Come and take me away. / Lby Darkmoments 21 lines, 2 comments, on May 29 8:34 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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She walks alone on broken streets / She's breaking down but isn't weak / Runs away from all her fights / She's just too nice / She's too perfect to be stuck back here / On these roads she lives in fear / She's an• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Into the eyes of the Beast I stared / As we stood toe to toe / Atop the summit of Mount Despair / I, the noble hero / He, the devious foe / Swinging my fists of fury / I landed many a mighty blow / But to my disby MartinArroyo 23 lines, on May 28 1:21 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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I'm gonna have to admit that I'm getting a little bit
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Upon awakening,
I wrestled with thoughts of ambiguous demeanor,by marc creamore 73 lines, 12 comments, on Dec 9 10:52 AM 2006• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I've tasted the tears that you have cried / Felt the pain you said you felt inside / I've paid the price beyond the cost / Where hearts are• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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This is a very true and real poem, it happened to me. I let him go you can't love me and her. ME or nothing I dont play that game.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Do you think of the day at the beach, / when all our dreams seemed within our reach? / Planning our future, hand in hand, / writing "love y• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Sugar when you're in mood / Well drive in the breeze / In the woods / Sugar when you're in mood / I'll ask you a question if I should. / You know we love each other like hell / Our love is not for sale / La• Viewed by judge.
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Passion doesn't want a shy lover's game / It wants unbridled, uncensored love / To happen in a rush, not planned / Spontanaity is bliss /• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Am I dead or am I alive,
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The truth lies / The truth hurts / The truth deceives / Even though we believe it's always right / But the truth is wrong / The truth is not right / As long as it is said at the wrong time / That is why weby freedom4all 13 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 5 9:11 PM 2007. In Thoughts, Message, Freewrite, Teenage thinking• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Nothing to say / surprise surprise / our lips graze passionately / as I calmly diminish / within your embrace / a flawless Hollywood snapshot / conceals the reality / "perfect couple" / they mutter approvinglby gochristyromano 22 lines, 1 comment, on May 31 4:07 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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there i go again / lieing to you / saying i don't care / saying I'm happy / saying i don't love you anymore / I'm just lieing / to you and my self / because i do care / about you / because• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Darkness closes, unrelenting / Silently as I, consenting / Nod to it in affirmation / Of my soul’s capitulation / And, without my remonstraby IlliniGuy108 27 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 1 1:41 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Vibrations skipped ripples of Universe and you came / through rings of planets you navigated / and alone, I waited blue and green for your love / Land surged towards you / ~breasty mountains piqued your interes• Viewed by judge.
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You told me you loved me / What do I say. / You said I haunt your dreams / I cant take it. / You say your main concern is me / I dont worry about you. / I dont want to love you / Its hurtsby JustHolly 32 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 9 12:20 AM 2007. In Love, Sad, Life, Pain, Lost in thought, My own style, Longing, Sadness, Personal.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Waiting and longing for that one last time, / that one last moment, / that last second. / Waiting, holding hanging on. / Why is it so long for this? / For this,• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Come, my love / Into my arms / Come, my heart / Into my soul / Come, my dream / Into my life. / You’ve come my love / Into my arms / You’ve come my heart / Into my soul / You’ve stole my dream / Outby Enchantresses Spell 20 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 11 4:06 AM 2007• Viewed by judge.
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Please will you come on girl take a sec-ond to breath? / Think a-bout what you're do-ing to your-self and me, / Fore you take that leap of faith in-to hopelessness! / We all cARE and try to help you do well in life• Viewed by judge.
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You've so much to offer, / so little time. / They push you aside, / to make room for all the / "pretty" girls, / all the "beautiful" peopleby Beautiful-heartache 75 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 10 4:48 PM 2007. In Self abuse, Sad, Pain, Dark, Thoughts• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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I like pie / pumpkin pie / apple pie / lemon pie / cherry pie / chocolate pie / but the best pie / is pumpkin pieby Travis7 7 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 11 6:06 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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If im not theirs who am I ? where do I belong
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The outburst / bellowing, / shattering all that's fragile / in his orbit. / The silent / release, / at first climbing emotion, / building iby alexandrathegreat 53 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 11 7:06 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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I thought I could never hate someoneAs much as I hate you
My feelings are of anger and pain Of how I feel Toby trace3grls 16 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 14 5:34 AM 2007. In Dark• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
by lostskylark 33 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 21 9:56 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Hmmm. you want society? ill give you society.
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actually, ill try and knock out a couple birds with one stone.
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gahh, i have 3 poems i want to enter, but i cant decide which one, i have a lot of writes about soceity. gimme a few lol.
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hmmm... maybe I'll come back. Meg
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look i entered this contest, and i have sticky-caps, but my sticky caps have meaning, and adds emphasis to my write. my poems called Understand? and it's about love... well a love lost. thanks alot!
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No problem, as long as the poem is good (which it is) I don't care what you do with it.
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I knew you would have many entries doing this type of contest. Looks like your first one is HUGE! Good luck with judging.
Ted E -
I'm honored to have made your finalist's list. Congrats to all the winners!
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GREAT CONTEST, CONTRATS ALL.
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