Ok. simple enough contest. I am celebrating my first year with AP on 9th of June so I want you all to enter what you feel is your best ever poem. It can be a fresh or pre-write. I don't mind, just make it your best.
Rules.
No chat speak.
No profanity.
No erotica (sorry)
No Dirty Pretty ( sorry, it's just not for me )
No less than 3 lines, no more than 150 or so please. (Those of you already entered are exempt from this rule )
Enter as many times as you like with as many different subjects as you like.
Ok, what are you waiting for. Go... Get writing !!!
Rules.
No chat speak.
No profanity.
No erotica (sorry)
No Dirty Pretty ( sorry, it's just not for me )
No less than 3 lines, no more than 150 or so please. (Those of you already entered are exempt from this rule )
Enter as many times as you like with as many different subjects as you like.
Ok, what are you waiting for. Go... Get writing !!!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on June 17, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50
- Final notes: Firstly let me apologise for taking so long to judge this but I have been suffering from severe back trouble. Secondly I want to thank everyone who entered this contest, There were so many excellent poems but I feel those I picked to win were the ones which spoke to me the most.
1st place : Lookaway tears
2nd place : Within your storm
3rd place : Pennsylvania Avenue
These 3 poems all held very powerful messages that I found hard to erase from my mind when judging.
Many thanks to all of you for entering. I lok forward to seeing you all in another contest soon
Claire
Contest Winners
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I am here within your storm
Relieving what you endure
Be your lighthouse through the nightby SarahD 35 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 11 4:28 AM 2006. In Support, care, friendship.
Silver trophy winner
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There’s a place where true poets go,
To tell their tales though poetry,by LadyInRed55 25 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 12 11:00 PM 2005. In Other• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Bronze trophy winner
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Someone asked me who my hero was. Is it Avril,Brittany spears, Christian? I shoke my head and said no my parents.by without the night 59 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 11 4:27 PM 2007. In Life, Love, Personal, HAPPY!!!!!• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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If i told you i cried today would you care? / If i told you ill die tomorrow if your not here,would you care? / If i told you,your granted• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Her to Him
Always I’ve thought of us togetherby MerelyMadness 20 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 20 3:51 PM 2007. In Romance• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
A vastless sea of white lies befor me
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While accepting the Nobel Prize in 1960, the poet St John Perse said :"it is enough for the poet to be the guilty conscience of his time."by marc creamore 198 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 12 10:03 PM 2007. In Society, Sad, Personal, Thoughts• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Our race has been run~ / the countdown's begun; / so little time left, / too late to keep you safe from harm. / It starts the moment you're• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I / There are a nation of people, / Who try and stand for right. / But the darkness of their world, / Blindly they fight the fight. / They• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Looking in the mirror, / At my brightly painted face. / I know its just a job, / To pay rent for this old place. / I'm preparing myself for• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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The gypsies eyes spoke of a life, / Where tears were danced away. / Singing songs on winds of cheer, / They brightened everyday. / The gypsies hair spoke of a life, / Where every day is free. / Dancing on the• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Pleasure drips from my twitching lips. / My victim lays in a blood. / He's eyes still begging for life, / As its mixing with the mud. / My heart beats at my ear drums, / As I watch life ebb away. / The blood• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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See how beautiful she is?
Her head held highby Trixie08 18 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 21 5:49 PM 2006. In Contemporary, Dark, Life, Message, Lost in thought, Sadness• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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The midnight sky, black as the ink, / That drips from my writing quill; / My mind is blank, so tormented; / My lips remain so still. / Broken and beat, mind and soul; / Flames baptize my hell. / Unspoken wordby yellowrose190 25 lines, 11 comments, on May 31 4:22 PM 2007. In Dark, Deep, Rhyme, Weird, Pain, Personal, Thoughts, Writers Block• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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She waits for her pain to be taken away from her / Like a dove in the wind, it pulls itself from her temple / And floats above her chest /by wonderbandalice 16 lines, 13 comments, on May 30 4:59 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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The pen is / A wepond / That can / Strick any / Where in the world / No matter where / It is fired / So use it / wiselyby writer-of -poems 8 lines, 1 comment, on May 4 9:35 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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What right do you have...
To throw her on the gravel;by LittleDecoy 33 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 19 8:44 PM 2006. In Other• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I sit. I wonder / With the hope slowly draining away / of tomorrow being a better. / The screaming intensity claws at my ears / as I cringe• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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A killer I will be / But only when the time comes / I look out and see all there is / All I've become / I run away, I'm afraid / Of what crby NickelleteXninja 31 lines, 21 comments, on Jun 1 11:35 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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A kiss on the lips, a mark on the neck / Never stopping, marks to wreck / A nibble on the ear, a kiss on the cheek / Touch so firm, knees tby NickelleteXninja 22 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 3 12:03 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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A monument of vanish able pieces / Made of ashes to blow away / No solid sides to hold them down / Downgraded by society as useless dirt /by NickelleteXninja 18 lines, 6 comments, on May 30 1:19 PM 2007. In Personal, Sad, lost in thought, metaphoric• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Lost in yesterday as an unwanted phase
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Sitting under the old willow tree / Oh, such old memories / You and I sitting, enjoying the summer sun / You and I, joined as one / The willow tree / Speaks to me / It's long branches and flowing leaves / Blow mby erininthesky 65 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 6 7:52 AM 2007. In Nature• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Boy, me and you have the same disease
It takes us over, makes us weakby erininthesky 15 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 19 10:12 AM 2006. In Dark• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Plaguing your thoughts
Sickening your mind• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
My heart lay shattered... / Left to burn in the fire.. / I can't bear to think of you in her arms / I wish I knew what i had done wrong.. / Why are these tears on my face even after so long? / Many stiches are needby ProudMomma 21 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 3 8:38 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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You look in the mirror and tell yourself / I can be just like her... / You go to the salon / Trying you hardest to match her. / One person you miss is / The beautiful yet unperfect girl / In the reflection of yby ProudMomma 21 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 3 9:28 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Laying in a field of wild flowers / Looking up at the midnight sky / Imaging myself laying by his side / Looking into his baby blue eyes /by ProudMomma 23 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 4 11:11 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Remember the day you kissed me / How it made you feel / Like a spark of fireworks / That very moment felt like / It was meant for you and Iby ProudMomma 26 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 5 2:08 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I look into the mirror / All i see is confusion / A lost little girl trapped in my body / A caring teenager left behind / A trapped young wby ProudMomma 14 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 3 12:41 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Your voice I will never hear / you face I will never see / God taken you from me before I even knew you exsisted / Evil and Cruel / Taken her life / Into your hands / A gental smile / A golden touchby ProudMomma 47 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 3 1:10 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Death, little by little / A wound from grave treason / Stung me, I am brittle / Now I lost a reason / Slow, it penetrates / The deepness ofby Luciferschild 26 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 8 9:51 AM 2007• Viewed by judge.
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What is love?
It’s a word I hear too oftenby The Lone poet 30 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 12 7:43 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Loving him isn't easy,
as much as I hate to say it.by live and let live 20 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 23 8:31 PM 2006. In Love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The kids stare in wonder at the disappearing ground,
As the winter season comes right around.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Acting helps the world to see
The type of person you're trying to be.by live and let live 9 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 13 9:01 PM 2006. In Weird• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
We’re all [nocturnal fiends] in this twisted generation / We’re all living dreams in the dead of [night population] / Coaxing these [facts of life] toward us so wby Inverted-Hearts 24 lines, 8 comments, on May 17 9:10 AM 2007. In Society• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Congrats on your first year on AP!!!
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Just a note to congratulate you on your first year on AP..the time really flies.
Will see what I can enter for your contest. You are going to be real busy judging with all the entries..
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congradulations on your first year on AP, I have yet to be here that long...but i'm sure i will be i love this site!!!!! i'm gonna have to go look at some of your poetry!!!! There are tons of entries and your gonna be real busy...but i bet they are all great!!!!!
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thanks for hosting and commenting on my poems, and congratulations to the winners!
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First off....thank you sooo much for this opportunity to enter and show a message to the world ~
I just read C's Gold winner.....and it gave me chills ~
Well done on Judging ~
Thank you for the Bronze as well ~
I am pleased you found something in this write as I did when penning it to parchment ~
May you be blessed for having such a sensitive Heart to what is reality in this world ~
Thanks to everyone who came out to support this contest!
God bless,
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Thanks so much!!!!! Another trophy - they make me feel so special!! You are a truely wonderful contest holder
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