Ok. For some time I've been wishing to speak out about the cruelty and injustice in the world and to try to make a small change in this messed up society. I am a true believer in human rights and I believe that wars are useless.
That's why what I want you to write about are all the negative crisis that are going on today such as:
* the racism that is going on in Italy against Romanians;or racism agaist Muslims or Middle Eastern people in America
*the tyrannical dictator in Burma who put demonstrators in jails, killed a couple of them during questioning and others were killed during the protests by the army;
*the extremists that won the elections in Switzerland, and they want to throw all immigrants out of the country-including the legal ones- because they say that the immigrants are the reason for all the bad things going on-doesn't it reamind you of the Nazi?-;
*in Belgium the Flemish want to break away from the French speaking people that are also living in Belgium.
*the crisis from Darfur
*the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and any other wars
*the cruel things that are going on in Israel between the Palestinians and Israelis
*anything else that you know about that is really unjust or cruel or that makes society seem 40 times as evil as it seems
An example of what I want is one of my own poems, "When will we learn"(no, you don't need to read it unless you want to; it's just a clarification) http://allpoetry.com/poem/3597688
I expect you to take a strong stand against the bad things that are going on around the world.
You can curse, you can basically bash any governments and/or government officials.
You can write your poem in free verse as well as in rhyme. I accept short stories as well.
There are no rules, except to show through your poem that you want to make a change in this society.
Oh, and I will add more points as soon as I can. I promise. And I will comment the entries whenever I have time, as Honors Science homework is taking most of my time during the week.
Thank you,
Liana
UPDATE:Special thanks to Laura Lamarca for the 400 points she donated to this contest!
That's why what I want you to write about are all the negative crisis that are going on today such as:
* the racism that is going on in Italy against Romanians;or racism agaist Muslims or Middle Eastern people in America
*the tyrannical dictator in Burma who put demonstrators in jails, killed a couple of them during questioning and others were killed during the protests by the army;
*the extremists that won the elections in Switzerland, and they want to throw all immigrants out of the country-including the legal ones- because they say that the immigrants are the reason for all the bad things going on-doesn't it reamind you of the Nazi?-;
*in Belgium the Flemish want to break away from the French speaking people that are also living in Belgium.
*the crisis from Darfur
*the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and any other wars
*the cruel things that are going on in Israel between the Palestinians and Israelis
*anything else that you know about that is really unjust or cruel or that makes society seem 40 times as evil as it seems
An example of what I want is one of my own poems, "When will we learn"(no, you don't need to read it unless you want to; it's just a clarification) http://allpoetry.com/poem/3597688
I expect you to take a strong stand against the bad things that are going on around the world.
You can curse, you can basically bash any governments and/or government officials.
You can write your poem in free verse as well as in rhyme. I accept short stories as well.
There are no rules, except to show through your poem that you want to make a change in this society.
Oh, and I will add more points as soon as I can. I promise. And I will comment the entries whenever I have time, as Honors Science homework is taking most of my time during the week.
Thank you,
Liana
UPDATE:Special thanks to Laura Lamarca for the 400 points she donated to this contest!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on September 9
- Rewards: Gold: 480, Silver: 300, Bronze: 150, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: Sorry about the delay folks, due to such a volume of entries it took a while as i'm sure you understand.
Thanks for entering!
Contest Winners
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spitballs from the balcony
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We live in a time of electronic revolutions. Times where a research report doesn’t require a trip to theby LadyJuliet 57 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 16 7:55 AM 2007. In News, Shootings, government, Life, Time
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War Is Easy To Tolerate, When It's Just Statistics Terrorist. Terrorist. Terrorist.by PaperHurricanes 52 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 10 10:00 PM 2007
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people discriminating others for their faiths and creeds, the war in israel is wrong.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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These children cry for help
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This conflict that tears us apart / Is it neccessary i say / No its not / We're fighting a war just to fight / A war we've lost already /by SomethingPoetic 42 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 24 11:03 PM 2007. In Society• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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Mother and father have left
quite unexpectedly.by johnswails 47 lines, 19 comments, on Nov 16 8:05 AM 2007. In Life, Society, Politics, Spoken Word• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
The swine who touch these women
their dirt transmitted throughby quantumsurveyor 46 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 24 9:06 AM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
Blood on the street, blood on the hands. Blood on the clothes of an innocent man.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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Bleeding the exotic flavors and aromas-
Of the many dead that lay in the fields there.
by angela.di.carta 36 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 4 10:10 PM. In contemporary, dark, life, war, society, food• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
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Frightened children weep,
stolen from their sleep.by Freed by Mercy 40 lines, 30 comments, on Sep 27 10:53 PM 2007
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Cluster of people is not a society. But when it is formed with a purpose,by Sandip Saha 16 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 26 2:42 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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God is neither kind nor cruel,by Sandip Saha 28 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 31 1:52 AM 2006. In Spiritual• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Remembering VA Tech.by LadyJuliet 49 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 15 9:41 PM 2007. In Shooting, Murder, Violence, Violent Crime, School, VA tech.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Absolute Atrocity describes the Middle East
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God save the children of the worldby Angelo di Luce 21 lines, 11 comments, on Nov 25 2:48 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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So long ago, in a perfect garden paradise, we wanted to govern ourselves,by CranberryPrincess 30 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 11 7:18 AM 2007. In Politics, Freedom, War, Pornography, Abortion, Controversial, Drugs, Alcohol, America• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Industry of Greed
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Falling angels of peace
Peace was your life, peace your aim• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
the tempest's bosom• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Somebody, somewhere sits in a corner and cries.
Her whole life she's been beaten and known nothing but lies.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Soldiers in formation One by one they fallby Short but cute 28 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 25 9:31 AM• Commented on by judge.
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Can we live inside these walls?
The one's we've built so strong and tall?• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
And I have an "American Dream",
But it involves black masks and gasoline,by shadowskill 32 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 22 3:21 PM 2007. In Life• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Instead I just treat and release them every day
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Standing in a pool of your own blood,
You fall to your knees, tears flowing freely downward.by Calingaladha 22 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 7 7:25 PM 2007. In Dark, Weird, Flames, Apocalypse, Damned, Hell• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
No wherewithal
to reclaim my freedom.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Born so deep into the ground,
To catastrophe their fragile lives bound.by PonyPride 23 lines, 11 comments, on Jan 4 9:26 PM. In Black History Month• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Innocent... immortality fades as the people who brought you here leave you alone..by krystalklear 16 lines, on Jul 25 4:59 PM• Viewed by judge.
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sheltered by shame seasons change the same• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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God did not intend cruelty For all of his mankind• Viewed by judge.
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Oh rise above the raindrops that fall upon oil stained streets,by marc creamore 81 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 13 9:14 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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with all their strength and their courage
they take a stand in the midst of dangerby My Obsession 42 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 16 10:33 AM 2007. In Message, Dedication, soldiers, surviving, strength, pain, lyrics• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Why does everything always have to be so complicated?
Is nothing ever enough.by Deviant20Angel 25 lines, on Feb 4 9:25 AM• Viewed by judge. -
Crimson washes over their putrid faces, they will notby HerAirman 42 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 9 9:20 PM. In resistance• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Because we stand in peace, waiting to be heard.
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The tree talks to me like it has something to say, as if it had seen war like it was yesterday. The tree tells a story with its lines engraby WakingRose 28 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 4 6:32 PM. In Life, Sad, Pain, Society, Death, Depression, Sadness, Message, War, Goodbyes• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Does love really thrills? are you sure it never kills• Viewed by judge.
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Taking that the morals of man
Changed to killers now you canby bigwill689 41 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 3 12:13 AM 2006. In Lyrics• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
How long will take the healing, after the fight is done. Will he come home head together, or America's forgotten son.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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We view the bomb's mushroom cloud,
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Soldiers of fortune all lost in the war
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Infidels For far too long• Viewed by judge.
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The time has come,
the hour near.by Nebilim 60 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 12 7:09 AM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Can he see the light? I think not. For his youth now blinds him, truthby ProvehitoInAltum 47 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 23 9:53 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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not a battlefield this is a village street,• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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My Anger's Kept me Alive: I wish I could understand why,everyone seems content to lie.• Viewed by judge.
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This is a great contest. So great, that I have a burning desire to submit more than one thing. Would you consider making it possible to enter more than once?
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sure. submit how many entries you want.
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I tried but it just kept replacing the one I had already posted because there is suposed to be only one per person.
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try it now.
sorry, I thought I clicked the thing to allow more than one entry per person.
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You've stuck a nerve, Liana. I don't envy you having to sift though all this heartfelt poetry with a load of science homework at the bottom of it! Best wishes with your contest,you seem to have stirred up the whole AP website!
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Thank you!I've just observed today that there are 61 entries! I never thought it will get this far with this contest!I don't know how I'm going to judge the contest!
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So much injustice in the world
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Great Contest...
Well I entered more than once, and it kicked out my original entry for your contest. So I had to re-enter the original. But I would put more in if allowed? -
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You can enter as many poems as you want.
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I hope you like mine...its hard to tell a poem that emo...but that me...good luck
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Shocking picture, congrats on all the entries!
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People Died Getting Here
but Iraq and Afghanistan will be a lot better off as nations for our intercession and involvement. Terrorists, who have been around for decades, have just lost two important sanctuaries to practice their deadly arts. The medical, educational, electrical and hydro infrastructure that we are building in these third world countries will bring them up to second world standards. There are millions of people in other countries that would give their favorite appendage for us to come and liberate them as well. Indiscriminate war is an evil, to be sure, but I think that there is a place in society for liberational conflicts. Man, the essential being, yearns to be free. Let the dictators and tyrants cower in fear wondering if they're going to be next. -
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Well put, Jim. Couldn't have said it better myself. The world can often be compared to a playground. (Most adults are just children with bigger vocabularies, anyway.) Somebody needs to stand up to the bullies. It might as well be us (and usually is.)
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Jim thank you for saying this I am reading some and wondering about some things.
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The only thing we have liberated them from is corporate control
of their oil. Who would you personally have die for that. Clearly "we the people" have gained nothing. Funny how all those thankful liberated folks want us to leave. -
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Amd ignorance amazes me. I spent time over there and its a little more the opposite they like us there because we provide protection they they never had before, services that they never had before, and the soldiers spending their money on stuff like food and calls home are a tremendous boost to their economy so please take yopur ignorance somewhere else.
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Which comment was that?
And speaking of ignorance you might want to check your spelling. My ignorance is mine and I may expose it anywhere I wish. We all may, as you have so aptly proved.
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Perfect contest. People need to be aware of the things you mentioned up there. Don't forget about the prisoners in Guanatmo Bay prison. (Yeah, I'm sure I spelled that wrong.) As a member of Amnesty International I work hard for human rights so this is a very big subject to me. I want to thank you for being concerned and having this contest. Check out Amnesty's web site to find out what you can do to help. Right now there is an online patition to help free the prisoners. Amnesty also works on the Burma case (as does my chapter mostly) and more recently Darfur. The week of March 30st- April 5th is a student action month so... yeah! Thanks again.
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A very good article on guantanamo in the rolling stone i remember.
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haha wow. you might need some help judging this, you have over one hundred fifty or so poems--i think--that haven't been viewed. i've never had anywhere near that many in a contest. that's pretty awesome. lol. great contest.
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The reason why there are so many enteries is that this contest was posted last year 2007.
still the poems have not even been viewed. Wonder if it has anything to do with the author of the contest being 16 or mabe 17 by now. Mabe she is just too immature for her own contest.
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i know your looking for human rights but i happen to have stuff on injustice that isnt just a human thing i entered it hope it works
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i have entered your contest but can't see my poem on
your contest page. If I can't find it. Who can except those who are looking for my work personally?
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Have fun reading all of these yeesh.
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what a moving contest!!! bookmarking!
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Just Wondering--
Why did you DQ my entry, "As My Lord Commanded"? Certainly, it may have seemed a bit harsh, but it does deal with the mainstream news' lack of attention on imporatant issues such as the ones you've stated which are emphasized in its last line.
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aa! i had a really good pre-write but it is on the other commy...and that has crashed so i can't get to it at the minute...aa! that is so frustrating..
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the volume of entries was BECAUSE of the delay in judging and ending the contest, you really cant use that as an excuse. Im sorry to have complained about this to the moderators, but Ive sent you messages and you didnt respond, and a years just too long, some of your entrants may have passed away by now...i just had to SPEAK OUT!
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Wow. It's such an incredible honor to win gold out of 242 entries... thanks so much.
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Liana,
I thought about entering this contest but didn't because the basic premise in your description was wrong. You first say "wars are useless", then lament all the evil things that are happening in the world, mentioning the Nazi's, etc. Stopping the Nazi death machine was a good thing and it required a war to accomplish. There are times when wars are very useful. There is immoral violence (what the Muslim terrorists) do, and moral violence (us stopping them from doing it.) If there were no non-pacifists to fight evil men determined to kill everyone unlike themselves, then those men would accomplish their goals. Wars are sometimes wrong, but there are times when they are fought to stop human rights abuses, so if you are truly a human rights activist, I hope you rethink your position that all wars are wrong. Thanks.
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