Hi Brilliant Poets!
The lovely and talented Wendy (Perfectimperfection)
and I bring you a contest with 2 wonderful options
Option 1: PHRASE BANK
Use at least 6 of these phrases in your poem
DO NOT USE THEM AS YOUR TITLE...
(list phrases used in comments please)
wilted into deception
tainted remnants of yesterday
crystalline sunrise
forbidden bursts of blue
waltzing through echoes
framed confusion
stranded evolution
dreaming love to life
layered consciousness
another petal down
hearts afire
frozen between syllables
in silken wishes
shimmering in silence
like crystal memories
lost in dreams
as stars softly fade
spoken in vain
only in dreams
hearts don't lie
when eyes dance
that one Summer
~OR~
Option 2:
Let one of these Song Quotes inspire you:
(List the quote in comments PLEASE!)
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'Though dreams can be deceiving
Like faces are to hearts
They serve for sweet relieving
When fantasy and reality lie too far apart...'
- "Slow Like Honey" by: Fiona Apple
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'Here in the dark
Where I dream myself to sleep
I feel my heart as timeless
As the carving on the stone...'
"Sky is Falling" - by : Beth Hart
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'I love the time I'm in between
The calm inside me
In the space where I can breathe
I believe there is a distance I have wandered
To touch upon the years of
Reaching out and reaching in...'
"Elsewhere" - by: Sarah McLachlan
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'Tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start
Running in circles
Chasing tails
And coming back as we are...'
"The Scientist" - by: Coldplay
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'Excuse the mess, I didn't see you from behind
I caught a glimpse, but the reflection's only mine
It's almost like I'm paralyzed and locked outside myself
What I don't need is to concede because I won't be someone else
I am not perfect and I don't claim to be...'
"Better Version" - by: Shinedown
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'Heard ten thousand whispering and nobody listening. Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughing. Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter.'
"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" - by: Bob Dylan
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'Send me dead flowers to my wedding and I won't forget to put roses on your grave.'
"Dead Flowers" - by: - The Rolling Stones
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'...And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.'
"The End" - by: The Beatles
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'Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin, dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely within. Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove, dance me to the end of love.'
"Dance Me To The End Of Love" - by: Leonard Cohen
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RULES:
- put the option in your author's comment
- NO cutting or abuse
- NO hard core erotica or overuse of profanity
(sensual is beautiful and welcomed)
- NO whining about options or results please
- NO bashing of us or other poets in this contest
- Use spell check ...PLEASE
Have fun!
Wendy & Lynda
The lovely and talented Wendy (Perfectimperfection)
and I bring you a contest with 2 wonderful options
Option 1: PHRASE BANK
Use at least 6 of these phrases in your poem
DO NOT USE THEM AS YOUR TITLE...
(list phrases used in comments please)
wilted into deception
tainted remnants of yesterday
crystalline sunrise
forbidden bursts of blue
waltzing through echoes
framed confusion
stranded evolution
dreaming love to life
layered consciousness
another petal down
hearts afire
frozen between syllables
in silken wishes
shimmering in silence
like crystal memories
lost in dreams
as stars softly fade
spoken in vain
only in dreams
hearts don't lie
when eyes dance
that one Summer
~OR~
Option 2:
Let one of these Song Quotes inspire you:
(List the quote in comments PLEASE!)
____________________________________
'Though dreams can be deceiving
Like faces are to hearts
They serve for sweet relieving
When fantasy and reality lie too far apart...'
- "Slow Like Honey" by: Fiona Apple
____________________________________
'Here in the dark
Where I dream myself to sleep
I feel my heart as timeless
As the carving on the stone...'
"Sky is Falling" - by : Beth Hart
____________________________________
'I love the time I'm in between
The calm inside me
In the space where I can breathe
I believe there is a distance I have wandered
To touch upon the years of
Reaching out and reaching in...'
"Elsewhere" - by: Sarah McLachlan
____________________________________
'Tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start
Running in circles
Chasing tails
And coming back as we are...'
"The Scientist" - by: Coldplay
______________________________________
'Excuse the mess, I didn't see you from behind
I caught a glimpse, but the reflection's only mine
It's almost like I'm paralyzed and locked outside myself
What I don't need is to concede because I won't be someone else
I am not perfect and I don't claim to be...'
"Better Version" - by: Shinedown
_______________________________________
'Heard ten thousand whispering and nobody listening. Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughing. Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter.'
"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" - by: Bob Dylan
________________________________________
'Send me dead flowers to my wedding and I won't forget to put roses on your grave.'
"Dead Flowers" - by: - The Rolling Stones
________________________________________
'...And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.'
"The End" - by: The Beatles
________________________________________
'Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin, dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely within. Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove, dance me to the end of love.'
"Dance Me To The End Of Love" - by: Leonard Cohen
________________________________________
RULES:
- put the option in your author's comment
- NO cutting or abuse
- NO hard core erotica or overuse of profanity
(sensual is beautiful and welcomed)
- NO whining about options or results please
- NO bashing of us or other poets in this contest
- Use spell check ...PLEASE
Have fun!
Wendy & Lynda
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on June 24, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 425, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: Wendy and I enjoyed your entries very much
We came to an unanimous decision on the winnes, and we would like to congratulate them and thank everyone for your wonderful entries!
Until next time
Lynda & Wendy
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Contest Winners
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by jasminerose 36 lines, 24 comments, on Jun 19 11:29 PM 2007. In Life, Phrase Bank
Gold trophy winner
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I once was waltzing through echoes, / no ear to hear the sound / of blossoms shedding their beauty; / shimmering in silence of scorched earth, / they dropped another petal down / to be frozen be• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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I remember that one summer, / when we sat scrawling chalk hearts / onto one another. / Only to watch them melt / like crystal memories washed in reality. / We became frozen between syllables, / shimmering in silenby Fug-azi 32 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 20 3:40 PM 2007. In My own style, Thoughts, Lost love
Honorable mention
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I remain silent held hostage in the taintedremnants of yesterday,When you l• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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Excuse the mess,
I didn’t see you from behind
I caught a glimpse,by Meaningless-Routine 35 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 11 5:45 PM 2007. In Lost in thought...• Commented on by judge. -
Tainted remnants of yesterday / spill through her window looking for answers / frozen between syllables her sentences bring icy hope / as the wind begins to blow / forbidden burst of blue rain pours down• Commented on by judge.
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The Last Waltz I play that same old music yet again,• Commented on by judge.
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The fragile soul of a child is lost. / Waltzing through echoes of a father's voice, / that is slowly fading into a never ending sky. / Only• Commented on by judge.
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Standing alone like a single rose wilted into deception / I face the lonely days of crystalline sunrises / My red petals shown only by the• Commented on by judge.
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Wow!!
What a Picture!!!
Wonderful Inspiration here Ladies...
Hehe
Love that picture...Have You bookmarked
See what I can do for this one
Best wishes to all
Many blessings too
and much love~ Desire~*~
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great, my friend!!! Please do come back and enter!!!
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The inspiration is SO beautiful
I'll try and put something in, I really will! -
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please do!! We can't wait to see ya back
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please do!! We can't wait to see ya back
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You better!
J/K
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Oh Crap ... Missed it, sorry sis I really did intend to enter
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Thanks for the contest and the HM, well done winners! La x
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well, congrats to all the winers, all three ladies extremely well suited for the job. I take my hat off to you, well done.
And as a footnote, important to me even more, if you read the gold winner and My own write, get this one thing straight, I never read or reviewd that piece until after the contest was judged, so any similarities were completely poetic minds thinking along the same lines.
Gold members know we can see who looked when, and this will confirm that.
So we have double minds too, not just double lookalikes. Just to clear any nasty thoughts, I found it interesting all the same.
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Thank you for the honorable mention and congrats to all the winners!
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Thank you for hosting & for the silver trophy & points, my Friends...Congratulations to jasminerose, Carol & all the other fine writers represented here...Be well, Poets & Scribes... Wanda
"Elsewhere"
http://www.allpoetry.com/poem/3069728
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