I have been so depressed lately. Since misery loves company, please give me some depressing poetry.
Please use imagery and metaphor.
No purple prose.
No pedestrian rhyme.
Please use imagery and metaphor.
No purple prose.
No pedestrian rhyme.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on October 16, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 40, Bronze: 35, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: This was a tough one to judge. So many of the entries splayed the writers emotions out on the page, and I thank you all for sharing those personal things with me.
The winning poems are all exceptional. It was hard to decide what order to put them in because they are all very high caliber.
Contest Winners
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I dont' want to be another could have been, a streak of rust down your worn cheek,by bonjourbunnie 7 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 25 8:46 PM 2007. In personal, sad, metaphorical, fantasy, life, love
Honorable mention
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Faded pictures of the past / turn to ash in my hands.by Misfortune 38 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 6 8:01 PM 2007. In Depression, Freewrite Honorable mention
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Gold trophy winner
Entries [30]
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Wreckage
It's the train wreckby NoUseForAName 18 lines, 5 comments, on May 8 9:05 PM 2006. In Other• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
You fall in, you have no choice.
Sinking.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Veins swelling
Hearts eruptingby Clinging-to-Life 34 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 26 10:20 AM 2006. In Dark• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by Olivias Violin 21 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 27 11:05 PM 2007. In Sad• Commented on by judge.
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Misery enjoys company (soul asylumn misery) and Misery is my friendby LanguishedLad 25 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 24 1:10 AM 2007. In Personal• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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She felt cold hands
through the clouded windshieldby Carly Pop 19 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 5 8:43 AM 2007
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Don't let me wonder, if I tried I might Go back to that thing I was, hey, there Heby Deacon Kane 28 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 11 5:18 AM 2007. In Angst• Commented on by judge.
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You play with my heart as you pull the loosened thread of my solo heartbreak, Every pull making me fall farther,• Commented on by judge.
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Sleeping
Deeplyby Moonlight Complex 23 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 15 4:17 PM 2006. In Dark• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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But the ball dropped like my stomach
when you told me you were gone
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Just one more pill of these anitdepressants..
Just one more puff of that bowl..by NothingSpecialHere 48 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 20 1:31 PM 2006. In Sad• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
It's not as if you've noticed,
When I've run away before.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
How strange to be mysteriously drawn,
to the light that could kill me the beautiful dawn.by Audric Beaumont 54 lines, 27 comments, on Apr 13 2:30 PM 2006. In Dark• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Same old conditions, masquerading as addictions
holds your hands over the fireby awannabepoet 44 lines, 12 comments, on Oct 11 7:53 PM 2007. In Sad, Personal, Pain, Life, Depression, Sadness, Depressed, Personal., Spiritual• Commented on by judge. -
Views astray, coming across the shadows bare. Eyes of clay, clouded through the sightless glare.by SpoiledWrott10 37 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 11 8:56 PM 2007. In Contest• Commented on by judge.
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I feel so alone. / I just want to cry. / This feeling makes me want to die. / I try to go into the light but its so far away. / The darkness it just wants me to stay. / Since everyone ignores me I say okay. / I'm• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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i got drunk
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by agazeley 48 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 11 10:09 PM 2007
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It's a little too late.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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The days get longer The nights get shorterby neverleaving43 15 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 11 5:57 PM 2007. In Sad, Dark, Pain, Depression, Teenage thinking, Teen issues• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Danna what is a purple prose?
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Purple prose is prose that is so overly extravagant, ornate or flowery as to break the flow and draw attention to itself, or as I like to put it, prose that looks like it was vomited up by a thesaurus.
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Can I enter two?
I entered one a while back, but I just wrote another and I don't know which one to keep! -
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Sorry, one entry per person.
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I,m not much into misery but if you wan't something to lift you up i will write something just for you sincerely brad...
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Awww, thank you! I will look forward to it.
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Perfect timing
Had me a little something I needed to put down on virtual paper and what better day than today. -
misery
i'm depressed myself and have written many poems about it.hope you like it and that it darkens your soul -
Thankyou so much Danna..
Isn't great to wallow in misery sometimes 
Congratulations to everyone... xx
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