ok so it's been a while since i've had my 5 options contest. but i just got a ton of points and i wanna have a good one! so i'm making this a 10 options contest. this will be my 22nd contest by the way. i love contests!!
RULES:
1! NO EROTICA
2! MINIMAL CURSING
3! No FuNkY lEtTeRs unless for option 5
4! PLEASE put your OPTION in the authors notes. normally i'm not too strict on this but with 10 options i wanna know what you're writing on! i'll give a warning, so please fix it promptly or i'll DQ you.
OPTIONS:
-1 ♥ Use the picture above as inspiration
-2 ♥ What is poetry to you? Write about it!
-3 ♥ Have a poem that has won a trophy other than gold? think it can cut the mustard and take home the big one? enter it!
-4 ♥ Write a poem to someone you love. It can be a heart-throb, family, friend, even a pet.
-5 ♥ Write a poem using sticky-caps. i hate sticky caps. but if your poem is really good, then who cares what it looks like!
-6 ♥ If someone came and told you that you had 1 week to live, what would you do? what would you say to the ones you love? write it in poetic form.
-7 ♥ Write a love poem using archaic language
-8 ♥ Write a nursery rhyme or bed-time song for a child
-9 ♥ Use the following quotes for inspiration:
a. "The greatest pain that comes from love is loving someone you can never have."
-Flyy_quotes-
b. "I like to pretend that everything's all right,
because when everybody else thinks you're fine, sometimes you forget for a while that you're not."
-Flyy_quotes-
c. "How can you keep your feet on the ground, when you know you were born to fly?"
-from "Born to fly" by Sara Evans-
d. "It's funny. Cause when it rains, it pours. We have enough money to fight wars, but not enough money to feed the poor."
-Tupac Shakur-
e. "Just think. You could be a big part of someone else's life and not even know it."
-One Tree Hill-
-10 ♥ Use one of the following songs for inspiration, or use one of the titles for your title:
a. "How Forever Feels" - by Kenny Chesney
b. "Little Moments" - by Brad Paisley
c. "Enigma" - by Trapt
d. "I'll Wait for You" - by Joe Nichols
e. "By the Light of a Burning Bridge" - by George Strait
f. "Bring Me to Life" - by Evanescence
g. "Lost in the Crowd" - by Shinedown
h. "My Little Girl" - by Tim McGraw
i. "I'm Holdin on to Love (to Save My Life)" - by Shania Twain
j. "Real World" - by Matchbox 20
ok i gave ya a slew of options, so get to it yall!!
RULES:
1! NO EROTICA
2! MINIMAL CURSING
3! No FuNkY lEtTeRs unless for option 5
4! PLEASE put your OPTION in the authors notes. normally i'm not too strict on this but with 10 options i wanna know what you're writing on! i'll give a warning, so please fix it promptly or i'll DQ you.
OPTIONS:
-1 ♥ Use the picture above as inspiration
-2 ♥ What is poetry to you? Write about it!
-3 ♥ Have a poem that has won a trophy other than gold? think it can cut the mustard and take home the big one? enter it!
-4 ♥ Write a poem to someone you love. It can be a heart-throb, family, friend, even a pet.
-5 ♥ Write a poem using sticky-caps. i hate sticky caps. but if your poem is really good, then who cares what it looks like!
-6 ♥ If someone came and told you that you had 1 week to live, what would you do? what would you say to the ones you love? write it in poetic form.
-7 ♥ Write a love poem using archaic language
-8 ♥ Write a nursery rhyme or bed-time song for a child
-9 ♥ Use the following quotes for inspiration:
a. "The greatest pain that comes from love is loving someone you can never have."
-Flyy_quotes-
b. "I like to pretend that everything's all right,
because when everybody else thinks you're fine, sometimes you forget for a while that you're not."
-Flyy_quotes-
c. "How can you keep your feet on the ground, when you know you were born to fly?"
-from "Born to fly" by Sara Evans-
d. "It's funny. Cause when it rains, it pours. We have enough money to fight wars, but not enough money to feed the poor."
-Tupac Shakur-
e. "Just think. You could be a big part of someone else's life and not even know it."
-One Tree Hill-
-10 ♥ Use one of the following songs for inspiration, or use one of the titles for your title:
a. "How Forever Feels" - by Kenny Chesney
b. "Little Moments" - by Brad Paisley
c. "Enigma" - by Trapt
d. "I'll Wait for You" - by Joe Nichols
e. "By the Light of a Burning Bridge" - by George Strait
f. "Bring Me to Life" - by Evanescence
g. "Lost in the Crowd" - by Shinedown
h. "My Little Girl" - by Tim McGraw
i. "I'm Holdin on to Love (to Save My Life)" - by Shania Twain
j. "Real World" - by Matchbox 20
ok i gave ya a slew of options, so get to it yall!!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 2, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 7 people
- Final notes: wow thanks everyone for all your entries! i really didnt expect to have this contest be over in a day! there were sooo many great entries, i ended up adding like a bunch of HM's. this is the hardest contest i've ever judged. thanks for some great poetry!
Contest Winners
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This is the poem I wrote for my best friend, because she dreamt of a song with this title.by masky 18 lines, 112 comments, on Feb 23 10:51 AM 2007. In Friendship, Personal, Life, Hope, Society, My own style
Gold trophy winner
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There are so many things I cannot speak / If I verbalize them I will become weak / So many things I dont dare utter aloud / So many thingsby staticxpoet 55 lines, 10 comments, on Jan 27 7:39 PM 2008. In Romance, Lost love, Sadness, Longing, Lyrics, Pain, Sad, Life, Love, Break u
Silver trophy winner
• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 3140622, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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I just found out I only have a week to live• Commented on by judge. [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 3213320, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Painting PiCtUrEs with his WoRdS.
That were AcHiNg to be set F r E e.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
The ticking of the clock fades As time ceases to flow• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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it should be from within your soul, come from the depths of your heart.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [30]
1 - 30 of 30
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I have a pocket full of quarters and no place to go
My heart aches and I feel lowby xXxWorthlessxXx 9 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 13 9:12 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Scaring my tattered soul
Is my sadness that contains meby DeejayQuik 16 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 25 3:44 PM 2005. In Dark• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
There's little moments where you and I are together,
But I know this was meant 4 years later forever.• Commented on by judge. -
Let the soft rain fall upon us from• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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The path I walk
I don't walk aloneby Mujina 18 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 2 12:39 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
It's about a guy who finds out that his crush has already a boyfriend.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Under all that makeup / Lies a girl / With dreams the size of an ocean / And a perfect world / Under all that makeup / Lies a heart of stonby xCandieKissesx 38 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 31 2:04 PM 2007. In Personal, Spiritual, Life, Other• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Let the world sleep when you are sad, let the world put out your fires when you are mad
Remember, tomorrow's yet to come, and I'll still b• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
You always go through life walking on one path Until it splits into two making you have to chooseby Teenage poetry 19 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 2 1:27 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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She looks out across the town, / And smiles at its beauty, / She no longer has the frown, / That has troubled her face for years, / She wonby xXEndless-PainXx 12 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 24 10:19 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Tingling sensations / of rich sapphire / radiant, / &nbsby kiwikrazi37 7 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 2 1:44 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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"Lost in the crowd"
Unattractive,not appealing• Commented on by judge. -
Decisions we need to make on life• Commented on by judge.
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Hold me now; I know it’s the time for me to be gone, / I feel somehow, your warmth within my cold bones, / Like seizing the waterfalls undeby LordSam 17 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 31 11:05 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Her touch was soft as velvet Her sound was of loveby celestial 15 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 2 2:36 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Went out with my family, / to a movie. / I thought it was funny- / my mother thought it was "groovy". / Then we went out to eat, / nothing fancy. / We had fun, / laughing at stories of a dog that can't see,by RisingTideofChrist 58 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 25 5:22 PM 2007. In Family• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Blue--
eyes Atlantic blue• Commented on by judge.
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ohhh this looks promising! I'll be back, I'm sure.
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Uhm question?
Rule three (3) says no FuNkY lEtTeRs
Yet option five (5) says use sticky-caps
Uhm aren't fUnKy LeTtErS the same as sticky-caps?
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haha sorry o forgot to fix it! nor sticky caps unless for option 5
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How many can you enter? I see a lot of options I like.
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I entered a poem with sticky caps... I followed the rules and broke them.
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Hey, you know you have it so only 25 people can enter... Can I reserve?
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sure u can reserve, just enter something saying it's a work in progress of you're going to enter something, you know how to reserve i suppose!
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Just My Luck
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Thanks for the HM! Congrats to the winners! FAH
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Excellent Entries everyone
There was excellent entries in here I hope there's another contest soon.
Marianne
Congrats all, everyone is a winner!
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