Read • Contests • Groups • Learn • Forums • Store • Help
 

Your Favourite Poet and You...

Okay here are the rules, if they are not followed then you will be DQ... I reserve that right as well as some others...

1st Rule: Your entry must be your version of another poets poem... so for example, my favourite poem is Edgar Allen Poe's, The Raven... so i paste two or three lines of his at the top of the entry to let the judge know what the poem is and then i write my version of it... If it is a copy of the original you are DQ... this must be unique but using the original theme of the famous poet.

2nd Rule: It must be between 15 to 30 lines... any less any more it will be removed without warning...

3rd Rule: Please follow the rules, lots don't and i just get annoyed with judging your work then...

Thank you for entering...

LCT

(eg)

Quote the Raven, Nevermore...


As i walked apon the landing of my heart i could hear beat...
I heard the shriek calling of the name that sounds so sweet...
To hear her name bounce to and fro from wall to wall to door...
To hear my angel of the sea... calling forth forever...
Lenore...

(THIS IS MY EXAMPLE FOR YOU OF WHAT I MEAN)

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on July 23, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 300
  • Final notes:
    Okay this was hard but these three shone out... i loved the sea it reminded me of being at home and watching the ocean during my depression. The Road to Take i believe complemented Robert Frost well and i enjoyed the sonnet... outstanding poems that deserve a platinum or wood medal if such exsisted are Eldorados Angel and Inamorato... i enjoyed these poems very much and were contenders in my final final descision... thank you all for taking part... i hope to write comments soon. Wishes and Peace. LCT

Contest Winners

  1. The sea
    " The shattered storm has left its trace / Upon this huge and heaving dome, / For the thin threads of yellow foam / Float on the waves like
    by TishPish 23 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 22 6:38 AM 2007. In Contest, Thoughts
    Gold trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]
  2. The Road To Take ...
    A Parody on "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
    by waydownuponjoy 31 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 9 5:50 AM 2007. In Contest, Humanity, Inspirational
    Silver trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]
  3. Sonnet LVII
    "Being your slave, what should I do but tend / Upon the hours and times of your desire? / I have no precious time at all to spend, / Nor se
    by Brian A 19 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 9 5:56 AM 2007
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]

Entries [11]

1 - 11 of 11
  • True love..
    Should you know what to do,
    when time is there, like the summer season falling in
    by Wolf Mistress 37 lines, 14 comments, on Jan 20 1:45 PM 2007. In Love, Nature, Hope, Contest
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Destiny
    by Bad Bill 22 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 9 6:35 AM 2007. In Pastiche, tribute
    • Viewed by judge.
  • Allan Poe
    do you want to know
    what inside you grows
    by Tefnut 13 lines, 6 comments, on May 14 9:38 AM 2005. In Other
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Eldorado's Angel
    "See the ground / No spot be found / You silly little shadow! / But ," Said I / To No Reply / My heart beats so shallow / For I looked so long / Yet To be wrong / This Place Of Eldorado / Does Not
    by Fey Absinthe 32 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 9 3:31 PM 2007
    • Viewed by judge.
  • Killing My Family's Dog
    I picked up our dog with her crippled legs - / inside her knees, ripped shredded / muscles, more cellular much than organs. / I drove four
    by krilpa 40 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 26 9:32 PM 2007. In Personal, Sad, Dark, Pain, Death
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • That Black Day
    Life has lost is shine, lost that spark / Since she have gone on. / What meaning is life if / She is not there to share it. / She is carrie
    by writer-of -poems 41 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 28 4:19 PM 2007
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite

Add a comment

    : Comment:

Comments


  • Porcelain Princess
    July 9, 2007
    Edit | Reply
    I believe it's "Quoth the raven", not "Quote the Raven". I also believe that 'Nevermore,' should be written as I have just written it. If you're going to quote another poet's work, especially a writer like Poe (a writer that most people know), you should do research and try to get it right.


  • Melodies
    July 9, 2007
    Edit | Reply
    Oh, it is YOU, my Lord Commander Thom! My best and bonniest good wishes to you in running this fine contest! How lovely and smart!

    Melodies, your Lady of the Lake!


  • TishPish
    July 24, 2007
    Edit | Reply

    Thanks a million

    Thank you sooo much.. I love my gold, to have only been here as few days and recieve something like that is amazing.. Im glad you enjoyed my poem so much.. =]