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Shooting Stars and Eyelashes

Salutations ladies and gents.

Lets go over the rules first, shall we?

- NAME IN AUTHOR'S NOTES
- NO punctuation
- NO kindergarten language [that means no cliché dirty pretty]
- ONLY poetry or prose. No lyrics or short stories.
- NO religious poems
- NO rhyme
- Left aligned
- Let your heart open up like a vortex and sing


Write about something that you miss and wish you still had.

Be genuine
Make it creative
Dig deep within yourself.

[HINT: please don't use the word 'miss' or 'wish' in your poem]



--I'm saying how I feel about your poem. Please don't cry if you can't take honesty.--



I want beautiful words.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on September 10, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 300, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 8 people
  • Final notes:
    Sorry this took so long to judge, I've been a busy bee.

    Thank you to everyone who entered my contest and opening up about some touchy subjects. You were all amazing.

    hugs and bites

Contest Winners

  1. Error: Unable to find finalist item 3258390, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  2. I peeled my mind of the side of the head
    That recollects ripped off dregs
    by Lauren Noir 29 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 12 3:41 PM 2007
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. I remember you
    like a ghost
    by Lj- 26 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 22 2:33 PM 2007. In Thoughts, Personal, Pain, Sad, Weird, Life, Love, Fantasy, Contemporary
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. ripped out yawning hole / can't stitch together the ragged edges / burning chest / empty head / hollow i lack my filling / sucked dry / cru
    by mendacity 21 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 31 4:49 PM 2007. In Pain, Personal
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. by love.elizabeth 20 lines, 7 comments, on Aug 1 7:58 PM 2007. In prose
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. by DrunktankLullaby 15 lines, 12 comments, on Aug 1 11:42 PM 2007. In contest, memories, personal, life
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  7. dust made me shades
    darker,
    by CarCrashHumor 32 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 2 10:13 PM 2007. In Personal
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  8. by zillion 61 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 12 5:34 PM 2007. In life
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  9. pen poised
    pressed to the page
    by ParadoxFry 20 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 22 6:53 PM 2007. In muse, inspiration, lost, loss, thoughts, feelings
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  10. Digging clawing scratching for hope None is evident
    by TeChNoWC 59 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 7 10:33 PM 2007
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

Entries [18]

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  • Through so many heartfelt moments, / my tears fall as my heart aches / that you are not here with me. / The precious moments / in your life
    by pattyann4500 29 lines, 15 comments, on Jul 31 1:54 PM 2007. In Love, Sad, Personal, Pain, Hope
    • Commented on by judge.
  • We could sit in the long grass / swaying in square patterns like our picnic blanket / that itched our soft skin / gliding together as we blow bubbles into the sunlight / churlishly giggling / sending whisp
    by Moonshinesuicide 34 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 31 3:46 PM 2007
    • Commented on by judge.
  • ladies and gentlemen
    here it is
    by Logans-Mommy 22 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 31 9:51 PM 2007
    • Commented on by judge.
  • This life I don't fit into, where it's foolish to dream
    To play make-believe, to see shapes in the clouds
    by iamlost 14 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 3 1:43 AM 2007
    • Commented on by judge.
  • you said you couldnt live your life without me being somewhere near
    by x meerz 37 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 6 9:49 PM 2007. In personal, memories
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Somewhere long after soon I became spellbound
    by Nightmare-Anatomy 28 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 7 1:02 PM 2007
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Maybe it hasn’t hit you yet
    I hope you will see it soon
    by bat-bogey 52 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 13 3:26 AM 2007
    • Commented on by judge.
  • The thing I need the most,
    is the smell of my Mommy's hair,
    by Assisted-Suicide 27 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 13 9:17 PM 2007. In Sad, Life, Personal
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Watching my own funeral from behind a broken stone
    While who I once promised myself to has his knuckles locked
    by BenziRae 28 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 13 9:41 PM 2007
    • Commented on by judge.

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Comments

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  • grass
    July 31, 2007
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    consider this jazz bookmarked.


  • DevinCora
    July 31, 2007
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    I hope to come back to this contest!!!! It really looks interesting!!!!!


  • ea silver member
    July 31, 2007
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  • suup jordan
    July 31, 2007
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    rhyming poetry is beautiful.


  • Confetti Fairy-x
    July 31, 2007
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    ooh i want to enter, might not be able to for a while but will try to before it closes...remind me.

    lol "No religious poems"... people might not like that, i merely said that i didnt think the quote someone chose from my last contest was meant in a religious way to someone who wrote a religious poem on it... and they said i was being prejudice!... religion is stupid though so i think you're right and i'm putting that in the rules for my next contest too!

    btw i love and miss you muchly... xxxxxx

    • bird-mad girl
      July 31, 2007
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      HAHAHA! That's ridiculous! And I do think religion is stupid too. I live in the south now and it's known as the bible belt of the u.s. Argggg. I tell everyone I'm a jewish lesbian or an atheist extreme [and that I am!]

      I love you and miss you too fairy pie


      • mendacity
        July 31, 2007
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        but the bible belt is so amusing. especially the baptists. i mean, you know why baptists don't have premarital sex, don't you? [because it leads to dancing].....i've lived in the bible belt all my life. but there are still interesting people here, and i find them all the more fascinating because they haven't fallen prey to the mundanity of the masses.


        • CarCrashHumor
          August 2, 2007
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          haha... that's not why baptists don't have premarital sex....

          some of the reasons are to avoid heartbreak [which if you're married, it's a commitment so it's not as emotionally risky], save it for their future spouse so they're both "pure" or whatever when they do have sex, and within marriage they have both emotional and physical needs met... also fear of pregnancy or disease, and to avoid guilt [which sometimes non-religious people still experience.]

          I for one am for abstinence....... heh, but . that doesn't hold any weight with me apparently.
          but that's beside the point.. <(-_-)>

          that just caught my eye though when I saw that was their reasoning... maybe some individuals have said that, but I'm sure that's not what Baptists on a whole believe.

          • mendacity
            August 7, 2007
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            Okay, look, it was a joke. I had no intentions of promoting close-mindedness or promiscuousness or even misconceptions of Baptist doctrine. I have a pretty good grasp of Baptist doctrine, trust me. I also understand that those in favor of abstinence have some logical and valid reasons. I was just poking fun.


        • ea silver member
          August 3, 2007
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          "Dancing is the verticle expression of a horizontal desire" -- Ambrose Bierce, [The Devil's Dictionary]


      • ea silver member
        August 1, 2007
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        I'm writing you a rhymer now, baby.


  • love.elizabeth
    July 31, 2007
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    Blates entering babe.
    <3
    x


  • AshliiAsphyxiation
    July 31, 2007
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    like you didnt know im entering dollface

    xoxo

  • CarCrashHumor
    August 2, 2007
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    KENDAL.

    ergh!

    I just spent like an hour trying to come up with something. I finally chose the topic i want to write about... but I can't write.

    it's pissing me off.
    I think I'm retarded.
    [maybe.]


    • bird-mad girl
      August 3, 2007
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      lol
      I'm sure that I'll love it, don't worry darling, you never cease to amaze me ♥

      xxx


  • CarCrashHumor
    August 2, 2007
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    well i tried.


  • dubiety
    August 13, 2007
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    I like

    I like the picture and the rules are good, but to me this contest is similar to all the others because it is about something you miss and wish you still had. But good luck judging, b.


  • Bas
    September 8, 2007
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    write about something you wish and still had but can't use those words ? i thought about it until i seen that you like to bash christians and if your not a beleiver of god than you live for satan theres nothing inbetween its heaven or hell and as far as religion its just a man made word , there are hundreds of kinds of religions i guess that is why some people don't like it , once you know the real truth about god and not just religion you may understand someone better , its more spiritual than just someone preaching to you in a sermon , i do not like to think of someone going to hell for eternity but theres only about 1 tenth of 1 percent of the people who has ever been born that will make it into gods kingdom , its a hard road to live but it takes discipline and faith to make it , just thought i would try to put the word religion into some kind of perspective for you who do not realy understand how the spirit of god works


  • CarCrashHumor
    September 10, 2007
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    thanks for the HM and congrats to the winners!


  • zillion
    September 10, 2007
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    Thanks for the HM


  • Dienush
    September 11, 2007
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    Wow, thanks so much for the gold! I wasn't expecting that.

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