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OK This is my first contest and i'm very excited about it

I really like dark poetry so I'm asking for your basic sad,pain,cutting,suicide,destruction poems
I can never get enough of it so give me all your sorrows

enter as many times as you like!

Things I like to see
-Rhyme
-Rhythm
and meaning
I like a good flow!


prewrites are allowed

Rules
1. no sticky caps
2. You must comment one
of my poems and
(I will comment all entries)
3. must be original
4. keep curse words to a minimum


and That is all!

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on July 31, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 50, Bronze: 10
  • Final notes:
    Ok so this contest was insane so many entries my head was screaming and my hands acking but i managed to read all of your amazing work I must say i was quite amazed by some of the things that were put together here unfornatly i wasn't able to comment every poem because it was much to difficult I want to thank you all for your comments and support on my poetry it really meant alot to me so thank you all very much and congrats to my winners!

Contest Winners

  1. Error: Unable to find finalist item 2107189, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  2. Is life strife rife where favoured few waste privileges rare, compared to most who struggle through misfortunes most unfair ?
    by Jonathan ROBIN 52 lines, 527 comments, on Mar 17 5:35 AM 2005. In Sad, Society, Life, Thoughts, Pain, Dark, Depression, Sadness, Depressed, Suicide
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. Error: Unable to find finalist item 2851730, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  4. Power in Pain...fears expressed and pain revealed.
    by Twilight4Eternity 40 lines, 11 comments, on Feb 21 10:46 PM 2007. In Dark, Personal, Thoughts, Sad
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  5. For everything you did to me, karma will come and eat you. / Through me, karma will work, and you will get what everyone gets from me. / Li
    by MistressAkasha 50 lines, 6 comments, on May 21 2:38 PM 2007. In Dark, Life, Pain
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  6. Your words are the root of the problem,
    The root of diversity in stability I've cherished for so long.
    by Vashman 47 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 10 6:17 AM 2006. In Love
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

Entries [154]

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  • When I sit in the rain I feel no pain. / It washes my tears away... / And yet I bleed so endlessly / A lifless color pours from me.
    by Anfractuous 3 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 15 1:16 AM 2007. In Other, Thoughts
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Clouds of darkness / World of hate / A shadow late to wake / I open my eyes... / &nb
    by Anfractuous 10 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 15 1:31 AM 2007. In Sad, Dark, Thoughts
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • by bdean2020 67 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 16 7:00 AM 2007. In Lyrics
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • leave me in the gutter / with the clutter / of the streets / leave me with the broken / the defiled / the diseased / leave me with your hea
    by Luna Shadow Cat 14 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 29 12:19 AM 2007
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Every Day go's on 4 ever it seems like it will never end / why did god or who ever create me y couldn't they have made me some one als / i hate the way i look the way i laugh the way i talk i hate my self / all th
    by hells-angel13 6 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 29 12:25 AM 2007
    • Commented on by judge.
  • by MistressAkasha 35 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 13 8:19 AM 2007. In Dark
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • my lil sister jump rope. / just enough length. / just thick enough. / how can such a pretty child toy be capable of commiting something so ugly? / but it can, and its useful. / i steal it from her bedroom. /
    by MistressAkasha 32 lines, 2 comments, on May 21 4:45 PM 2007. In Dark, Death
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • A laugh, A smile. / I haven't seen you in a while. / Once sunny, once bright. / Now you've became as black as night. / Full of joy, full of hope. / Who would know thats the way your body would float.
    by MysticalxMari 37 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 29 12:28 AM 2007. In Pain, sad, personal, dark, suicide, tears, poems
    • Commented on by judge.
  • by Fim Fivver 49 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 25 8:08 PM 2007. In Dark, Weird, Adult, Contemporary, Death, My own style, Abstract, Freewrite, Beat
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • The pain is the only thing I can really feel, / the only reasurance this nightmare is real... / the ache is all that really fits, / I have taken to many horrible hits.... / I dream of clear wrist when I slee
    by glamour guts 34 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 26 3:03 AM 2007. In Angst, Emo, Sadness, Anger
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • I have a feeling , which keeps me reeling / Applications pending , all waiting to become / Not realising what is in the waiting / Becoming was left to the chatter / when small minds discussed how to batter / ru
    by raouldaggermark 16 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 27 2:39 AM 2007. In Abstract, Spiritual, Freewrite, Humanity, Dark, Self
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • how else do they / smite the fleeting / content alluring / street smiling / craft failing / truck speeding / tyres screeching / children playing / mothers praying / unrest slaying
    by raouldaggermark 28 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 27 3:20 AM 2007
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • There have been countless times / That I have gone insane / Using my blade / To extend the pain / I have sinned many times / And many times
    by Asylaarix 53 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 25 3:07 AM 2007
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • My only refuge, / My sanction of lies. / Now my prison, / In which I'm promised to die. / "Convince me, / To stop before it's too late. / Convince me, / It's not my destined fate..." / Flourescent li
    by ObliviousReality 42 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 29 12:52 AM 2007. In Personal, Sad, Dark
    • Commented on by judge.
  • life is fun...so i was told... / as i lie in my bed,thinking of my past, / a pain swells up,how long will this last? / i think about u,and
    by xXxtyxXx 20 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 14 7:58 PM 2007. In Sad, Personal, Love, Pain
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Darling;; / Don’t you realize that I don’t like it / When I see the blood stains on your sleeves? / Baby, I can’t remember the last time you smiled, / (You know, like you used to when w
    by SarahEatsAirplane 70 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 27 10:12 PM 2007. In Angst, Sad, Pain, Dark, Life, Love
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • by Rainy Days 15 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 29 1:50 AM 2007. In Dark, Pain, Sad, Not Personal, Suicide
    • Commented on by judge.
  • A song that i don't care to explain except in person.
    by Lady Nightshade 44 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 5 6:17 AM 2007. In Lyrics, Other
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • x.
    False realities
    by Vashman 43 lines, 16 comments, on Apr 5 6:38 AM 2007. In Pain, Sad, Dark, Death, Depression, Sadness, Lost love
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • A depression that flickers from light to dark,
    like a tunnel on a speeding train, a period of dark
    by Vashman 31 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 15 6:58 PM 2006. In Personal
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • by Lord Merlynn 114 lines, 21 comments, on Jun 20 4:21 PM 2007. In Adult, Dark, Fantasy
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • by Logans-Mommy 24 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 23 9:35 AM 2007
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • My life was over I could feel
    by tawk 42 lines, 57 comments, on Jun 24 5:46 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal, Spiritual
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Edged words rumble on over the one to blame / Having my soul left for the unknown slain / An unforgiving lord drowned me into infestation / Will I be stuck in the truth everlasting evasion? / Will I know the vivid ya
    by LordSam 30 lines, 15 comments, on May 27 1:06 PM 2007
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • by Dmonik 12 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 29 10:56 AM 2007. In Adult, Dark, Sad, Pain, Suicide
    • Commented on by judge.
  • What is this feeling do sudden and new. / Where did these marks come from and this sense of death? / Where did it all go? / The laughter,the smiles,now all twisted with lies. / Im sure i want to die tonight. / /
    by without the night 13 lines, on Apr 25 9:09 PM 2007. In Sad, Personal, Dark
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • I never thought i'd die alone / I laugh the loudest who'dve known. / False dreams are caught up / in a world now settling on reality. / /
    by without the night 37 lines, 4 comments, on May 9 12:36 PM 2007
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  • it just sorta came to me. after hearing mcr's song helena
    by without the night 31 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 10 10:19 PM 2007. In Dark, Pain, Personal, Society, Sad
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • As I hold the blade in my hands
    I think of why I'm doing this
    by Big Hearted one 18 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 8 9:56 AM 2006. In Dark
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • i bleed less with every breath
    watch the ceiling turn to black
    by Logans-Mommy 20 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 20 12:30 PM 2006. In Abuse, Love, Angst
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • by Saosin 4 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 4 5:05 PM 2007. In random
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  • by Saosin 14 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 28 4:34 PM 2007
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  • by Saosin 16 lines, on Apr 2 7:18 PM 2007
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  • by Saosin 24 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 13 5:18 PM 2007. In Lost love, Sad, Pain
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • by Saosin 16 lines, on Mar 14 2:48 PM 2007. In Sad
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • by Saosin 38 lines, 2 comments, on May 21 8:44 PM 2007. In Abuse, My life, Depression, Sadness, Emo, Angry
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • by Saosin 15 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 15 4:52 PM 2007
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  • by Saosin 15 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 24 4:27 PM 2007
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  • by Saosin 11 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 19 7:29 AM 2007. In Sad, Life, Pain
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • by Saosin 10 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 14 2:56 PM 2007. In Lost love
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  • I stood above your grave alone The hope that held me strong no longer reigned.
    by Julianne1234 41 lines, 14 comments, on Mar 7 11:54 AM 2007. In Pain, Sad, Thoughts, Dark, Death
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  • The rain slowly washes my face / My blood is mixed with water / The red eyes reveal my fear / I try not to shed another tear. / You have le
    by Alexiel90 14 lines, on Jun 19 4:51 AM 2007. In Pain, Dark
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  • A chill runs down my spine / My heart is shattered in shards / Oh,dear angel of mine / Why have you told me lies? / You call my name slowly again / And I feel my blood cold / I want you to feel my pain / Yo
    by Alexiel90 15 lines, on Jun 19 5:00 AM 2007. In Angst, Sad
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  • The shadows slowly have vanished / The walls are covered in blood / I'm broken,hurt and now banished / From this world I never understood. / Tears with blood fall on the floor / I feel like I'm about to fall
    by Alexiel90 9 lines, on Jun 19 5:01 AM 2007. In Dark, Pain
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • I once was a small child forgotten in a room
    there was never nowhere to go, Mom had left us on our own
    by whitecities 23 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 9 10:11 AM 2007. In life
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  • I'm angry right now, wouldn't you be? / But I still want you to know what you mean to me, / I know you won't read this, now that you're dea
    by Ilma 33 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 27 5:21 AM 2007. In Death, Grief
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  • It's the fastlane, / We've all got the ticket / And we're using it up fast, / And the faster we go, / The harder we'll crash. / Let's drag that razor / Right over our skin, / Lets build momentum / Befor
    by SixtySevenMustang 24 lines, on Jul 3 2:11 AM 2007. In Personal, Weird
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  • this is who we are / future past present / imperfection / a car crash / damn you look pretty burning / i'd try to catch you / but it's not worth my time. / abstraction, / lovely shards of hate and greed / t
    by Trinsa 11 lines, on Jul 3 3:07 AM 2007. In angst, other
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  • Guilty / Why'd I try / It made things harder / More pain to hide / It was stupidity / Trying to take my own life / Numb / Gave the razor a whirl / The pressure on my skin / The cut / The blood / I
    by ShadowsOfControl 53 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 1 1:08 AM 2007. In Personal, Life, Thoughts, Dark, Pain, Contro, Depression, Sadness, Self Harm Suicide
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  • i look into my mirror / and i hate what i see / the disgrace on the other side / just simply cannot be me / / i pick up my scissors / and
    by figment. 36 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 29 5:27 PM 2007. In Dark, Life, Pain, Personal, Sad, emo
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  • another fight / supressed by awkward silences / and slammed doors / my mind is racing / why can't they just understand / they act they know
    by figment. 41 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 15 10:17 PM 2007. In Angst, Dark, Life, Other, Pain, Personal, Sad, Thoughts
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  • blindly i think out the thoughts of my nightmares / in a blank stare into nothingness / i try ever desperately to make sense of things / th
    by figment. 35 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 16 11:50 PM 2007. In Pain, Personal, Sad, Other, Life, Thoughts
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  • im giving up
    thats the simplest way it can be said
    by figment. 9 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 18 5:07 PM 2007. In Dark, Life, Love, Pain, Personal, Sad, Thoughts
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  • What's happening to me / Why is there so many people surrounding me / What has my life come to / I've always said that you learn from your mistakes / But this time it's different / This time I've made one to ma
    by The Hardest Goodbye 42 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 6 2:32 PM 2007. In sad, life, pain, society, other
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  • Don't know what to do / or even what to say / mind's like a raging thunderstorm / getting worse with every day / Built a wall around my soul / to keep my anger sealed up tight /
    by tarrat0421 20 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 5 4:29 PM 2007
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  • I tighten up my arm and then i squeeze to make a fist
    And I stick it to my skin and cut deeply in my wrist
    by Shannon62875 63 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 2 11:01 PM 2006. In Dark
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  • Staring through the black of night, / Hoping for a peaceful fight. / The blind are seeing everything, / The hellish light that we will bring. / So while i wait for Satan's call, / I sit here dead, in Heave
    by Lost Memory 5 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 16 10:26 PM 2007. In Dark
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Standing in the dark
    Alone
    by The Believer 84 lines, 25 comments, on Nov 12 4:44 PM 2004. In Other, Love, Dark
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  • Those words he spoke / Those words I heard / Cut deep into my skin / Into my soul,into my heart / Hurting me with with every vengence in it
    by lexie like woah 24 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 19 4:14 PM 2007
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  • In this life an optimistic young man sleeps in the dirt.
    by Time is real 0 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 18 6:02 PM 2007
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  • A razor sits beside me
    beckoning my name
    by XsweetpeaX26 25 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 13 8:42 PM 2004. In Dark
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • I hate this world
    And what you've begun
    by Forlorn Dreams 15 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 12 4:51 PM 2006. In Abuse, Dark, Angst
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • I wish I were pretty
    I wish I were thin
    by Forlorn Dreams 19 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 10 10:31 PM 2006. In Sad
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • it was a dark
    and stormy night
    by Forlorn Dreams 52 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 12 10:27 AM 2006. In Weird, Dark, Angst
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • by getsbetter 29 lines, 54 comments, on Mar 8 1:38 PM 2006. In Other, Dark, death
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • O incestuous beast thou eats my flesh. / A pestilence immune / That sleeps with snakes. / I have seen the lifeless eyes of the human farmer and was unscathed. / Yet your eyes are mine own. / A porth
    by nerd42189 21 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 20 7:02 PM 2007
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  • I have walked over mountains and through valleys. / Swam rivers and oceans and yet i trek. / I walk with scabs and scars, / ney wounds for they have not healed / they bleed and dont let me dream. / For I have f
    by nerd42189 13 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 15 5:13 PM 2007. In Dark, pain, spiritual, hint of hope.
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Dreaded pain and agony / Why have you forsaken me. / Blessed are those that call you their friend. / I want my tears to flood the world / My grief to become nightmares / My pain to shatter hope. / I wa
    by nerd42189 15 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 20 8:55 PM 2007
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  • The fight of good and evil / lives in our hearts and souls. / Its seldom seen anymore. / It has now disapper since the day I was born. / The moon and sun, my soul. / An eclipse / Polar opposites in on
    by nerd42189 16 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 20 8:44 PM 2007
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  • Staring at these reddened walls, / Covered in my blood. / Floating through these darkend halls, / I hear another thud. / I see you standing
    by Lost Memory 18 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 21 6:39 PM 2007. In dark, other
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  • We went past a stately dome
    Clicked our heels and wished to go home
    by Georges 33 lines, 40 comments, on Sep 19 7:10 PM 2005. In Spiritual, Dark
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite

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  • xoxohorses13xoxo
    June 29, 2007
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    i would love to win a contest but this isnt my style sorry!!!!!!!=(


  • Rainy Days
    June 29, 2007
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    Can we enter more than one poem?


  • DenyMyLove
    July 23, 2007
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    Wow!!!! 158 entries!!!! That;s alot especially for a first contest!!!! I honestly do not envy you having to judge this! Good luck!!!!


  • ArmorXForXSleep
    July 23, 2007
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    Actually now it's 180 and i'm freaking out holy shit but I'll do it


  • Lady Blood Bound
    July 23, 2007
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    i have one called scars

    hey my poem scars would match in this catagory perfectly


  • God is my reality
    July 23, 2007
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    Hey, I love dark poetry, It makes you think, but I like having some uplifting poetry, just so i don't stay down


  • Koz
    July 25, 2007
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    who won???


  • Twilight4Eternity
    July 31, 2007
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    Thanks

    wow, out of all these entries and I ranked fourth? thats awesome. I'm so glad you liked my piece. Maybe I didn't get a trophy or honorable mention, but knowing how many entries there were and that I placed in the top 6 is pretty amazing. Thank you so much!


  • SMGriffin
    July 31, 2007
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    Holy Crap - I can't believe you actually managed to read all the poems to judge this. Congradulations. I think YOU deserve a trophy for that!

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