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eleven poets wanted

11 poets, please pick a word bank.

Your poem will be 100 WORDS or less.

Reserve, and title your entry with the word bank you’ve chosen.

Once ALL places are filled you may change the title IF you put which word bank you used in your author notes.

One word bank per person, no word bank may be used twice.

All words must be used, although tenses, plurals, etc may be changed.
Spellings may also be changed to suit your American-ness etc.

If you change your mind about writing a piece, please remove your entry so another poet can take your place.

I apologise in advance if I do not get to critique your entry.








Word Bank One:
rosemary
tarnished
wool
subtle
conundrum
needles
weedy
red-brown
pendulum
rhododendrons


Word Bank Two:
onyx
liquor eyes
surrounded
splash
shoulder
reciprocal
insidious
secret
focus
postmodern


Word Bank Three:
high heels
shrapnel
tarot
mock-pink
limbs
string
mannequin
plastic
parenthesis
enamel


Word Bank Four:
womb
china dolls
brewing
plagiarism
delve
swarm
gutter
scatter
ochre
balconies


Word Bank Five:
locus
vermillion
reflection
imitation
resilient
human
bird bones
anonymous
prayer
question


Word Bank Six:
cosmic
spewing
yolk
flesh
gravity
phosphenes
scarlet purple
momentum
sucking
haiku


Word Bank Seven:
spectrum
photographs
banister
sun-soaked
clockwork
cul-de-sac
crossed
wrought iron
clothesline
guitar strings


Word Bank Eight:
taut
antiseptic
thumb
weeping
saliva
dial tone
binary
concrete
dusty cupboards
catatonic


Word Bank Nine:
history
blind
paws
weave
half-dozen
halogen
slippery
staunch
monolith
moonrise


Word Bank Ten:
handspan
hatboxes
haywire
mousetrap
trampoline
triple
indigo
magnetic
minestrone
angle


Word Bank Eleven:
avalanche
answers
morph
mediocre
cobalt
leafless
frozen
united
push pins
palm




xx

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on December 11, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 300
  • Final notes:
    Congrats to all

Contest Winners

  1. Error: Unable to find finalist item 3593794, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  2. Doll (Wordbank 3)
    She slipped on high heels.
    Her limbs ached to be
    by BeautifulChaos 19 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 9 9:55 PM 2007. In Abuse, Life
    Silver trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]
  3. WORDBANK[SIX] a magpie
    Her imaginary portait
    somehow reminds me of baby's breath
    by LadyAmalthea 55 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 11 9:02 PM 2007. In Life, Spiritual, Wake Up
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]

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