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Ensnarement of Sorrow [ a dark poetry contest ]

........Hello, and welcome to Ensnarement of Sorrow. This is the fourth dark poetry contest I have judged, and if the last three are any indication, I won't be disappointed with the work you submit. If you believe your piece ensnares a shard of the darkness of the human soul in any shape or form, I would be honored to read and judge it.

===The rules are as follows. Please , no:

.....1) StIcKy CaPs ... I don't like reading them.

.....2) Bashing ... we're all friendly here :]

.....3) Plagerism ... of course.

.....4) Short stories . I'm sure they're well written, but I'm afraid I don't have time to get around to reading anything so lengthy.

==And now, here are some options ~

...(if you don't want to use them, that's fine. Also, these options are from a previous contest as I found I liked the content)

```1)Using any dark picture you like , write a poem about it. It could describe the subject, tell a story, or anything else you want to do with it.

```2)Fear . What is it that makes you scream in terror when the sun sinks and the shadows begin to creep across the walls?

```3)Anger . A personal wrong? A burning rage. What is it that fills you with fury?

```4)Emptyness . Gone numb, and yet the chemicals keep pouring over your skin like liquid fire. What are the reasons?

```5)Revenge . What has been done to you, and what pain do you desire to inflict?

```6)Word Bank- as per usual, please choose a minimum of 10 words from the list... [you may use any tense or form of the word]

~1. chronic

~2. dreadful

~3. lifeless

~4. abyss

~5) tranquil

~6) vilified

~7) lacerations

~8) venom

~9) grotesque

~10) hideous

~11) poison

~12) injection

~13) malice

~14) obsequious

~15) spite

~16) glorify

~17) rotting

~18) devour

~19) incinerate

~20) limbs

~21) sadist

~22) roses

~23) dredge

~24) clutching

~25) sanctuary

```7) Author's choice (be creative)

===With that said, thank you for entering and best of talent to you all in the contest!

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on August 22, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 45
  • Final notes:
    Congrats to all

Contest Winners

  1. the room
    free form
    by Amera 36 lines, 23 comments, on Jul 11 12:10 AM 2007. In Dark, Free Verse
    Gold trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. Judging Evil
    by Tattboyspet 34 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 18 3:09 AM 2007. In Adult, Dark, Thoughts
    Silver trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]
  3. Rotten Scamp
    by Ankeeta 32 lines, 21 comments, on Jun 24 11:35 PM 2007. In dark, personal, secret, life, love, sad, pain, reality, truth, Adult
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Ghost of Spilled Ink
    I am the ghost of spilled ink / From many centuries past / I know all your secrets / I can make your horrors last / Though I have no voice
    by wolfcub 43 lines, 18 comments, on Jul 30 2:52 AM 2007. In Dark, Pain, Thoughts
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]

Entries [38]

1 - 38 of 38
  • [My Darkness]
    by My Darkness 24 lines, 15 comments, on Jun 3 10:07 AM 2007. In Personal, Life, Hope
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Chapter Thirty Six (Cursed Black Rose)
    Showering in black it sits all alone, / Encased in glass a rose bleeds from its thorns, / Decaying in the light upon the pedestal of stone, / Wilting away the dying flower mourns / / Flames engulf the palace scorch
    by Absence of Light 44 lines, 5 comments, on May 10 1:05 AM 2007. In Dark
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • the Contract
    He went down to the Crossroads
    For he had a twelve o clock date,
    by Poetdontknowit 28 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 20 10:39 AM 2007. In Dark
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Baptise Me In Cyanide
    One of my darkest songs about redemption.
    by Lady Nightshade 44 lines, 19 comments, on Apr 18 5:26 AM 2007. In Lyrics, Dark, Spiritual
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Lovely No Life One
    I strung him up with his own hair
    I cut into his flesh with the tiniest knife
    by Teufelstamme 91 lines, 12 comments, on Dec 13 8:37 PM 2005. In Love, Dark
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • She just can't
    She can’t see, her with eyes full of liquid
    She can’t breathe, gasping for air
    by EvErLaStiNg DeSiRe 49 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 9 9:57 PM 2006. In Abuse, Love, Angst
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Reality
    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
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Golden Bells and Poverty
    Refugees near church’s doors all perish / but all eyes turn away as it’s bells toll / made of gold that it’s holy men cherish / from offerings the working class once stole / The beggars came to drag away the dead
    by Intravenous Jesus 17 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 3 10:04 PM 2007
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • The Dark Shadow That Covered the Bastard
    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
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Release My Inner Demon, Father
    Is this my time to fall again / With my ambitions fading into the night / Are you going to pull my will from my heart / And clip my wings so I can't fly? / You try so desperately to shatter my life / Father, do
    by DancingShadowCorpse 60 lines, on Jul 18 6:14 PM 2007. In Dark, Thoughts, Fear, Anger, Inner Demon, Personal
    • Viewed by judge.
  • Dark Soul
    Pull me in all directions
    twist my soul apart
    by vierna 33 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 22 3:23 PM 2006. In Personal
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Depression
    Sitting in complete darkness / Tears on my paper / Wondering what will happen to me / Now and later / Why depression / Why all this pain /
    by ItalianRebelRoOcker 66 lines, 17 comments, on Jun 24 12:19 PM 2007. In Sad, Pain, Depression, My life
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • I Need Beauty
    beauty / a pale silk gown / watch as the blood drips down / feel the need / pain / like to see / pain / like to cause / pain / like to be / pain / beauty / a yellow ribbon / suck life from the living
    by manunkind 36 lines, on Jul 18 1:34 AM 2007
    • Viewed by judge.
  • Perpetual Torment
    by Glasyalabolas 44 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 18 7:59 AM 2007
    • Viewed by judge.
  • "Candice"
    Only fifteen, a frail little thing, / being a sex toy for her step father. / also molested by her mother, / no way out, no help in sight. /
    by TexasMomma 17 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 18 2:24 AM 2007. In Abuse, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Life, Pain
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Painkillers (from when i was young)
    I got joys that were like painkillers
    by HangingSoul 12 lines, 15 comments, on Feb 19 12:26 AM 2006. In Personal, Society, Angst
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Hurt and hiding
    You pushed me so far that I fell / so far that I cried in pain every / night when no one was around / people knew you just so perfect / they pulled the masks over and / they never noting was wrong / never believin
    by Followthebutterfly 23 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 14 5:27 PM 2007
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • I sit, I stand, I turn
    I sit here, listening / Sufficating in the cold / My life, a whisper / Floating on the winds of time / I sit here, he's nearer / Blackened wings upon me / My life, disaster / A blame that is only mine / I
    by DewOrNot2Dew 27 lines, 1 comment, on May 14 10:12 PM 2007. In Dark
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • My First...
    Not what you were expecting...for the given title.
    by LolaUnscripted 18 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 13 11:49 AM 2007. In dark
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • One Week
    It starts with ONE minute / Of lying wide awake. / Then TWO-THREE hours / Of twisting and turning. / I'm kicking methadone cold turkey, / B
    by Anastasiya 38 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 18 11:48 AM 2007. In Drugs, Addiction, Insomnia, Personal
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • ♥♥7/14/07♥♥
    No Lines / Im fixated / out of my mind / im sedated / Just Let go / Im dieing / Keep strong and ahold / oh god im trying / My feet are tied
    by Doom Fridge 32 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 17 10:17 AM 2007. In Sad, Angst, Thoughts, Weird, Dark, Hope, Life, Love, Pain, Other
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • [ i cant take it anymore ]
    i cant take it anymore / the hurt the pain / there is nothing left to give / how many times / how many times are you going to come after me / never knowing what your going to do next / trying to play
    by dorklover259 17 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 27 1:04 PM 2007. In abuse, pain, dark
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Rejoining the dead
    If I went now, would you care / Dead in a classroom, with the walls bare / Completly forgotten in this unforgetting time / Now would be the
    by Harbinger of Death 28 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 9 3:13 PM 2007. In Pain, Dark, Teen issues, Suicide
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Sweet Abyss
    So bad the pain. / Why bother with it? / Release into the sweet abyss. / Let go of dreams and hopes. / No one cares. Why bother / with the
    by VampQueen 56 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 13 11:38 PM 2007. In Dark, Suicide
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • My Final Request
    Night after night until the moon hits peak / on one very night i look towards the sky and seek / an answer to why i was left this way / why you are no longer here today / i raise my glass and sit in silence / rememb
    by ArchAng3L999 41 lines, on Jul 29 2:01 AM 2007. In love, dark, sad
    • Viewed by judge.
  • deflation
    Memories from my imagination rebel / Feelings from my creation revel / And I crave to fly too far. / Remains from my relations dwell / Desires from my infection freeze in hell / And I call for the end of this
    by LordSam 27 lines, 7 comments, on May 22 2:41 PM 2007
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Curl up and Kill love
    Champagne glasses tinted crimson / Blades of silver blood shot red / Sipping slowly at Grims ears / Wiping away scattered tears / Swirling
    by NickelleteXninja 29 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 15 5:31 PM 2007. In Personal
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Empty
    When your sweet words / Were brutally slaughtered / By a grotesque silence / I found myself, / Once again... / The scarce light / Hangs on limply / To the slits on the blinds / As
    by T-106 36 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 21 9:05 PM 2007. In Personal
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • The Fight
    I feel the darkness / Inside me / I can feel it growing / And trying / To escape my control / Three parts anger / Four parts pain / Six par
    by DarkWind 92 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 24 10:07 PM 2007. In honor
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Revenge
    by Forlorn Dreams 29 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 5 10:47 PM 2007. In Dark, Angst, Love
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • Revenge
    Can you see me in the dark
    in the place where shadows turn
    by poetsruletheworld 27 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 18 6:59 PM 2007. In Dark, Weird
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite

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