So recently, interestingly twisted things have been happening to me. I've broken off horrible ties that drug me down, and some things I'm clinging to more than ever even though they're fading away from me.
It feels like I'm just standing here as the people I want more than anything to be close to are shrinking away to live their own blissful lives. So I'm stuck here, reaching out, stabbing blindly in the air in an attempt to grab a piece of them to hold on to, while they're standing far off in the distance laughing at my blind attempts to cling to happiness.
Elaborate on that for me. I want to feel abandonment, loneliness, false hope, loss, regret...
Tell me a tale of solitude. Everything else in your life is moving and you're standing still. With you in slow motion and the rest of the world in warp speed, I want you to tell me how it feels. Make me relate. Make me feel. If you can make me cry, that would be great. The hardest thing is to want desparately to cry but not have the strength in you to tear up.
Paint me a picture of things you remember, things you regret, things you miss, as if they are all ashes of blissful memories that you want so desparately to cling to.
***Imagery is key***
Rules:
No Sticky Caps
I'll make it new poems first, but pre-writes towards the end.
Put "Things we lost in the fire" in your author's notes so I know you read these rules.
Keep it anonymous. I hate it when people have their names in their author's notes.
I don't care how vulgar or obscene, as long as it evokes emotion, but please nothing too extreme.
I want imagery.
Thank you for your entries.
All my love, DxD
It feels like I'm just standing here as the people I want more than anything to be close to are shrinking away to live their own blissful lives. So I'm stuck here, reaching out, stabbing blindly in the air in an attempt to grab a piece of them to hold on to, while they're standing far off in the distance laughing at my blind attempts to cling to happiness.
Elaborate on that for me. I want to feel abandonment, loneliness, false hope, loss, regret...
Tell me a tale of solitude. Everything else in your life is moving and you're standing still. With you in slow motion and the rest of the world in warp speed, I want you to tell me how it feels. Make me relate. Make me feel. If you can make me cry, that would be great. The hardest thing is to want desparately to cry but not have the strength in you to tear up.
Paint me a picture of things you remember, things you regret, things you miss, as if they are all ashes of blissful memories that you want so desparately to cling to.
***Imagery is key***
Rules:
No Sticky Caps
I'll make it new poems first, but pre-writes towards the end.
Put "Things we lost in the fire" in your author's notes so I know you read these rules.
Keep it anonymous. I hate it when people have their names in their author's notes.
I don't care how vulgar or obscene, as long as it evokes emotion, but please nothing too extreme.
I want imagery.
Thank you for your entries.
All my love, DxD
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on January 26, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 350, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: I'm so sorry this took me so long to finally close. There were just so many great, moving entries that I kept re-opening it rather than finish it and end it. You all were so great. There were some pieces in here that made me cry, some laugh...so much emotion. Thank you all for your wonderful entries and patience.
Well done my loves, and good luck in all you do.
<3 All my love, xDarlingxDisasterx
Contest Winners
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I remember shrinking down into a tiny knot,
tied to the edge of her closed grave,• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
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
Silver trophy winner
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I sat alone tonight, pondering the world,
Thinking about what’s right, about how my life’s unfurled,by freedomnessa 28 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 13 11:14 PM 2006. In Love, Personal, Sad
Honorable mention
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You said you wished you were me,
That day.by PerfectTonight 42 lines, 40 comments, on Oct 19 2:08 PM 2007. In Friendship, Death, Pain, Love, Addiction, Loss, Closure Honorable mention
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My pen is bleeding on the paper,
As love is bleeding in my heart.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
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Like shattered windows,
Their broken stares,• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
Those eyes... Those are what caught meby Of Dust and Ashes 52 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 10 11:29 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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each day drags by, each moment will pass,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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monday through friday
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The dead walking each and every day through life...by Sacrificial Love 50 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 11 10:01 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Here are starless skies
pasted of everything from my skin and bones• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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I feel alone alot.I wish he wouls come and help.But he rarely does.Time and distance kills me.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I trudge through each day Alone in my life• Commented on by judge.
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A trip on the tipsy side Drowning sorrows from the outsideby NickelleteXninja 19 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 3 2:54 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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So what of the sun, and the midsummer sky,
And the memories precious, yet foreign to you?• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I watch you leave me and there is nothing I can do
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by Saturninity 134 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 10 7:16 PM 2007. In depression, angst, thoughts, other, pain, personal• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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They say everything happens for a reason
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Loves a past tense statement
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so many promises that we had made
amazing how they started to fade• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
My house burnt down when I was about 10. I come from a family of 9 children. We lost everything that day, including our cat who was on a bby Prison of Lyme 35 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 25 3:56 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Gods it hurt to see you Inside that perspex tomb,by georgie 45 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 17 2:28 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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When the world grows darker
And flames consume each part of me• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Stop
I can’t stand the constant changeby travis34dietC 14 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 16 1:06 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The forever changing colours• Commented on by judge.
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there used to be a time, where i though that me and my freinds• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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My dear friends… What do you remember of me?by Slinky-milinky 30 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 7 3:30 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Within the shade / of your outstretched branches / gripping bushels / to keep me / from the moonlight and sunlight / of these numbered daysby greenewhiplash 78 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 3 7:53 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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10:00am leaving Detroit to Toronto
10:10am leaving Detroit to Denverby AaronReed 14 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 7 9:33 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
When you remember the past; You think of times long gone.• Commented on by judge.
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A drawn out battle Fought deep in the realm of my mindby Improv Machinery 53 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 7 1:30 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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I feel the empty kisses on my cheek from yesterday,
a plastic smile to fool the world, that I'm okay.by Carpe Noctem 23 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 5 8:49 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
smiles on an empty slate pretendby timburtonbabe 84 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 7 7:11 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Just a drop of water in an endless sea. A lonely face in the City Of Sin• Commented on by judge.
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There it is, that feeling,by RIP-sanity 26 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 25 8:03 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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I wonder if you know how hard it is to look at your lovely face I wonder if you know how my heart beats faster when you remove that lock of hair from your faceby reservedforgreatness 45 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 25 2:04 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Call it off. Son, these boots you must walk in.by underdog529 17 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 25 2:14 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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She huddles in the shadows, fumbling with a packet of cigarettesby travis34dietC 21 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 23 8:45 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by BermudaHighway 93 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 5 11:38 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by O b l i v i o n 84 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 25 4:27 PM 2007. In Personal• Commented on by judge.
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Thoughts tinkling through my head,
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Waiting outside their window I stand
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by dressedinpoetry 21 lines, on Nov 25 10:40 PM 2007• Viewed by judge.
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An old man sits and waits
His heart, heavy with sin, struggles to beatby Luciferian Aeon 24 lines, 16 comments, on Sep 17 1:33 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
what if the world wasn't real,
what if the words spoken were lies,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Standing on the bridge, Cold dank night,
Looking down onto the piles of litter and broken glass,by georgie 18 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 20 11:41 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The most memorable thing about Dan were his
shoesby DreamingNightmares 52 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 11 8:50 AM 2007. In Friendship, Sadness, Goodbyes, Pain• Commented on by judge. -
She knows she isn't alone,
But she can't help but think it.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
i reach out but no one grabs my handby Iris Doyle 23 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 11 7:17 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Receding yellow tunnel hallway, Faded paint, cracked flooring.• Commented on by judge.
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Untouched, / Unclean, / Unmarked, / Only from what you see. / Damage skin deep. / You got the best of me... / Every time I was over powered... / You won, I lost...• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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In this utter darkness I sleep. I want to awake and move into the light.by Kikuneechan 25 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 25 6:39 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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The truth is in the fire.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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minds produce words about things.
humans describe relationships and people.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Cloaking her New England temperament:
gray overcast day. Clouds ripple pastby liquidmindforever 39 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 12 12:19 PM 2008. In Dark, Nature, Spiritual, Thoughts• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Beyond the mascarade of time
men and women like subtle addictions...by liquidmindforever 62 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 10 10:03 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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sad
kind of bad timing since the california fires started maybe someone could write about those poor souls who lost everything they owned
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ooh I think I could do something for this.
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wow...that's exactly where I am in this life...
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are you gonna end this anytime soon? I am tired of seeing this one up lol
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MOON THROUGH THE MIST
I've entered your contest but I cannot find my entry MOON THROUGH THE MIST. I wanted to add
"THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE" in the Author's NOtes
but it wouldn't take. Just letting you know that
I read the rules and attempted to do so but I cannot control the panel that registers the entries.
Hope you read this!!! -
Beyond the Mascarade of Time
Entered this poem and am unable to get into it as it doesn't show up here and am unable to place
THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE. Letting you know that
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This is starting to piss me off
seriously if you dont feel like judging it let the web site take 100 of your points.. You have had this up for like 4 months now its a two week deal not 4 months
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