(If you're in love, my other contest has fewer entries, .: greater odds of winning).
You have a blank cheque for this one.
Give me something you actually want to be read.
Any genre, any style, any length. The controversial, edgy, underground and/or erotic is as welcome as the politically correct and/or conservative.
How-ever, the poem I like the best wins - and there's a good chance your treasure could be my trash.
I reserve the right to remove poems at random.
Some great poetry will be removed without explanation; I just might not be in the mood for your masterpiece.
I'm only allowing one write per person, so try and view removal as a second chance to enter something else.
Wether or not I have commented on your work after viewing does not increase or decrease the odds you'll win.
If I think I'm going to remember a poem anyway, I'm sometimes too lazy or forget to add you as a finalist. Sometimes I use the "short list" as more of a "I need to remember to read this again list".
Cheers,
=> Jess
You have a blank cheque for this one.
Give me something you actually want to be read.
Any genre, any style, any length. The controversial, edgy, underground and/or erotic is as welcome as the politically correct and/or conservative.
How-ever, the poem I like the best wins - and there's a good chance your treasure could be my trash.
I reserve the right to remove poems at random.
Some great poetry will be removed without explanation; I just might not be in the mood for your masterpiece.
I'm only allowing one write per person, so try and view removal as a second chance to enter something else.
Wether or not I have commented on your work after viewing does not increase or decrease the odds you'll win.
If I think I'm going to remember a poem anyway, I'm sometimes too lazy or forget to add you as a finalist. Sometimes I use the "short list" as more of a "I need to remember to read this again list".
Cheers,
=> Jess
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 1, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 177, Bronze: 100
- Final notes: This contest was ridiculously hard to judge. The final running wasn't even just within the finalists, so well done to everyone.
I have to be honest and say with another contest, exams and 85 of you on the go I can't guarantee all of you comments - but when I do have time to go through and comment poetry I'll be coming back here first.
I'm going to have to be more closed ended with my next contest, I think .
=> Jess
Contest Winners
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A rogue gardener
plants incidental apple seedsby Floorboards 21 lines, 48 comments, on Oct 9 4:12 AM 2007. In Society, Life, Metaphor.
Gold trophy winner
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laying across a flat rock
her fingertips slid along the time worn edgesby shadowlyn infinitas 38 lines, 11 comments, on Oct 2 7:38 PM 2007. In Dark, Thoughts, Escape
Silver trophy winner
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I think you’ve lost
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Butterflies have looks to kill, like ants on picnic tables.by Blueisacolour 15 lines, 12 comments, on Oct 14 5:24 AM 2007. In Thoughts, Life, Personal, Other, Spiritual, Abstract, Depression• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 3493210, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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your fingerpaint arms sing me stories of playtimes,by Macey Muse 42 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 29 4:07 PM 2007. In Society• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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by wonderbandalice 18 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 13 6:20 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 3295698, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Slow-motion grimaces and incomplete words
are all that my so called friends have to offer.by Wrozes Thorne 28 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 5 2:45 PM 2007. In Personal, Love, My own style, Angst, Contest, Abstract• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
Squalor and damnation
In eyes of livid light,by karmicanomaly 15 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 10 3:41 AM 2007. In Humor• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 3487344, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 3545504, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [48]
1 - 48 of 48
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/ Sweet sensations / Origin of my temptation / You call me sweet / But you are my provocation. / Turkish delight make me feel right / Withby Nermin Nazim 10 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 30 2:33 PM 2007. In Love, Personal, My own style, Dedication• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Surrounded by the brilliant fire
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Life was daddy’s warm embrace, her toys and dolls surround,by jc-love-et 43 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 14 3:20 PM 2007. In quotes• Viewed by judge.
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Empty. The shopping cartby DeadlyTurnip 29 lines, 12 comments, on Oct 11 6:56 PM 2007. In Sad• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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In a world full of talking, all of the drama, and alot of broken hearts One year of highschool, ad your world just falls apart.by Stereotypical 14 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 8 11:56 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Stick the violet
pull out the owl.by funny girl 5 lines, 19 comments, on May 25 1:01 PM 2005. In Weird• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
In my fragile heart,
You have put a crack.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
In the back room of your local club, The manager loads up on wine and tylenol drugs,by Southern Darling 60 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 8 3:43 PM 2007. In Society, Lost in thought, Lyrics, Jazz/Blues• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Morning sun's finger caress the back of my neck
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There is something strangely satisfying
About sweeping leaves in the wind.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I wanted you to hold me
even if it was just for one nightby Kristin Melissa 22 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 24 7:54 PM 2007. In Love, Thoughts, Sad, Lost in thought, My life, Teenage thinking, Teen issues• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
never be mine, or i will never be able to see• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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None of us have ever seen the truth behind these cheap fassades.by masky 13 lines, 40 comments, on Sep 24 9:33 AM 2007. In Weird, Thoughts, My own Style, Lost in thought• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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They all have secrets, kept well hidden behind a smile or
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Born way up on a mountain so high
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It's not O.K. / To speak to me / Emotionlessly / To rape my mind and body / Endlessly / To walk and talk with me / And lead me the wrong wa• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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With eyes wide open fixed in glaze
On ledge with lizards lies a snake;by liquidmindforever 34 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 5 3:20 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
You can pretty much tell if a friend, is for real or not,by Shirley Shaw 52 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 14 1:42 PM 2007. In Life, Society, Phony Friends, Personal, Hurt, Pain, Sad, Distrust, Un-real....• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Memory's come and go.
So much I need to know.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I watch you lay across the sullen willow tree limbs
such a cold empty asylum that fills your mind• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
August 9th 1994. We were on our way home from the grocery store. Just my mom and me. My dad is at home. He never leaves. Just he and his case of beer. My mom had to work two jobs just to make up for his lack of one. She was aby PoeticallyTintedSml 59 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 28 12:39 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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I'm staring at your picture, and wondering where you are,by groovychick1017 41 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 15 3:25 AM 2007. In Lyrics• Viewed by judge.
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No fix today to allay the yearning
for one drop of word to feed the fervour one more day.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
For in the night, the label's peeling
And the Night Hawks see through frozen glass.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
This poem describes my undying desire to be with this boy.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Disjointed images
flitter across my mind• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
They feed her / happiness / the way she feels / they feed her / anger / a new rage, / they feed on her / heart / and crippling / body,• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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