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Picture Inspiration Running 5 Days Only!

Write a poem inspired by the picture above. Either make it about the picture or something related to the picture. What comes to your mind when you look at it?

Prewrites are alowed as long as they fit the picture
Sticky Caps are OK! (Probably the only contest that I hold that they ever will be alowed in)
Cursing ---> OK!
Erotica ---> If you can pull it off, GO FOR IT!

No real rules, just write!

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on July 29, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 300
  • Final notes:
    This contest was another contest of mine that was difficult to judge! I really really liked the three chosen winners and congrats to the Gold trophy winner who recieved 300 points. Thank you all for an enjoyable contest and for entering with such great writes!

Contest Winners

  1. Dirge
    It swelled and colored up
    It picked it out a grave
    by billpoet 36 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 20 9:53 PM 2007
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. Nature Versus Technology
    by AliceinPoetryLand 19 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 23 9:47 AM 2007
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Dancing in the Moonlight.
    A true story experienced during a trip to China on the Li River which flows through Guilin, regarded as one of the most beautiful places on
    by Bazza 42 lines, 77 comments, on Jan 30 6:27 PM 2007. In Love
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

Entries [14]

1 - 14 of 14
  • my favorate sun
    its late, i stare out my window, the sound of cars rushing, the smell of rain / the doorbell ringing in my ear, i answer to find your smiling face / you grab my hand and we run together, we never stop, we never look back
    by kitkat92 24 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 20 1:51 AM 2007. In memories
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Power
    Ignoring the power / of the sun, / man invents his own system / and drapes / a network of power lines / across the land / to light his home
    by Shenton 10 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 20 1:56 AM 2007. In Life
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Dream
    The silver wisps of knowledge,
    we will never understand,
    by isisspirit 17 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 15 3:31 AM 2005. In Spiritual, Society, Nature
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • The Sun
    Early in the morning i sit and stare. / in a matter of minutes the sun can break through, / the coldest, darkest, darkness. / nothing can keep it away, down, or even hidden. / what you see is what you get, it
    by Rosewolf 19 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 20 4:12 AM 2007. In Hope, Life
    • Commented on by judge.
  • rape
    gargoyle monsters stride the land / kissed by glowering sun / power leeches from the hands / of those flagitious feral rapists / silently p
    by quantumsurveyor 7 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 20 5:29 AM 2007. In Emo, Message
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Missing you
    I see the sun in your eyes, / It makes me want to kiss you, / I feel it's warmth on my back, / I don't ever want to miss you.
    by adarkling 3 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 14 10:59 AM 2007. In love, missing, feeling, thoughts.
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Criminal Sky
    by WillAlwaysLove 26 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 20 12:48 PM 2007. In Adult, Love, Life
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Golden Wake
    golden rays awaken me / electricity silences me / miraculous beings / dance overtop my cerebellum / I am cascaded down / into forgotten rev
    by amaranthine lover 20 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 23 10:54 AM 2007. In Dark, Contemporary, Fantasy, Abstract, Contest, noguest
    • Commented on by judge.
  • How could you show me the way? *an anti-war song*
    How could you show me the way? / I said how, when my trailer cant even say / And the wheels, they wont start rollin' / Till the moon rises
    by Southern Twilight 36 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 25 8:22 PM 2007. In Thoughts, Life, Lyrics, Society, Other
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • an albeit arc welder ...
    Oh God / we did this, we did that / we did everything to make this cosmos succumb / It was you backside rescuing the life of this globe / t
    by PrabhuDayal Khattar 14 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 18 8:36 PM 2007. In Spiritual, Nature, Life
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite

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  • crimsondew
    July 20, 2007
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    A very pretty picture!


  • AliceinPoetryLand gold member
    July 29, 2007
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    Oh thank you so so much for the silver I am so very thrilled!
    Congratulations to the other winners and thank you for hosting this contest
    Gaylene