Hello Contestants! 12/7/07
Just wanted to give a little heads up. I am reading though the poems to pick the winners and I just added 3 HM's, so now there will be 6 awards given.
I've already gone through the poems that I think deserve something. So by Saturday evening we will have winners, maybe even earlier.
Thank you for entering!
~)O(~Nicolette Everett~)0(~
Take Me Back to the 20th Century Wars
**In honor of my grandfather and Uncle Walley who where in World War I, my other uncles who followed in other wars, and the rest of my family and friends who have served and are.**
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I do not just mean wars that were USA connected, if you want to write about other wars. I will love that.
This is in celebration not of the wars, but of the people who fought in them.
I want to feel emotion and see depictions through your words. Let me feel that you honor the men and women who fought in them. Or that you honor yourself and your fellow soldiers.
Rules:
~Regular AP rules apply.
~I don't want to see bashing of the wars, I don't like any of the wars either, but I still honor the men and women who where in them.
~They can come from any point of view/perspective. You can speak as if you where that solider being in the war (even if you were or weren't).
~Just be respectful.
~Really looking for imagery, metaphors, what they went through, seeing the war(s) in my minds eye, and feeling it.
~I want newly written poem's, but pre-writtens are alright too.
I'll be adding points for HM's as soon as I can. And I will comment on all poem's, but probably not till the end.
Try your best!
~)O(~Nicolette~)O(~
Just wanted to give a little heads up. I am reading though the poems to pick the winners and I just added 3 HM's, so now there will be 6 awards given.
I've already gone through the poems that I think deserve something. So by Saturday evening we will have winners, maybe even earlier.
Thank you for entering!
~)O(~Nicolette Everett~)0(~
Take Me Back to the 20th Century Wars
**In honor of my grandfather and Uncle Walley who where in World War I, my other uncles who followed in other wars, and the rest of my family and friends who have served and are.**
....
I do not just mean wars that were USA connected, if you want to write about other wars. I will love that.
This is in celebration not of the wars, but of the people who fought in them.
I want to feel emotion and see depictions through your words. Let me feel that you honor the men and women who fought in them. Or that you honor yourself and your fellow soldiers.
Rules:
~Regular AP rules apply.
~I don't want to see bashing of the wars, I don't like any of the wars either, but I still honor the men and women who where in them.
~They can come from any point of view/perspective. You can speak as if you where that solider being in the war (even if you were or weren't).
~Just be respectful.
~Really looking for imagery, metaphors, what they went through, seeing the war(s) in my minds eye, and feeling it.
~I want newly written poem's, but pre-writtens are alright too.
I'll be adding points for HM's as soon as I can. And I will comment on all poem's, but probably not till the end.
Try your best!
~)O(~Nicolette~)O(~
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on December 8, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: Hiya!
I never thought this contest was going to be this hard to judge, but it definitely was.
A lot of your poems where just amazing and wonderful reads. They all had what I was looking for and they where all creative and respectful of the soldiers and the people who where caught in the wars as well.
Thank you to those who won and didn't win for entering my contest. I am very blessed in having been able to enjoy these wonderful writes.
I hope that all of you continue to keep writing and enjoying the written and spoken words. And just keep at it.
Hope you one day read my poems and come back to enjoy other contest's I'll be putting up by entering your wonderful poems again.
~)O(~Nicolette~)O(~
Contest Winners
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Sick and alone the old man died
His life on earth now is through• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
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by pearl-dragon 63 lines, 39 comments, on Aug 22 8:01 AM 2007. In Dedication, Personal., War
Honorable mention
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Hawaiian songs float in gossamer soothing notes through the air, scent of fresh cut pineapple and sea blend in dawn's nostrils,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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their eyes are terrible: fear, resignation, terror, hopelessness.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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Guilt seen through the haze of a thousand sunsets
is as fresh as today's momentby Uncle Jimmy 25 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 12 1:39 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
~WW2~
Those not so unsimiliar• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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by Shenton 27 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 20 6:15 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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A fool, still loving you deeply.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I note that you are only interested in those wars in which the USA was involved! There were others, you know!
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Those where the ones that came to mind. And I'm also just going with 20th century for now. I'm gonna go backwards in centuries. But I do know of others. I wasn't really picking from US ones either.
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Yes, I too am referring to 20th century wars... What about, for example, the Boer War, the Spanish Civil War, the Israeli 6-Day and Yom Kippur Wars, the Falklands War, the various wars generated by the Russian Revolution to name but those few of them which had a long-term effect on the world situation as a whole?
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Yea, I remember learning about some of those. I'll add 'em to the list.
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Now this is an interesting concept.
Even though I don't think I'll be able to write for this contest, I'll stick around to see the results.
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The poem I submitted may not be directly related with the theme yet it possesses a feeling that people involved in a war may get to experience.
I don't mean to win recognition at all. I simply wanted to share my poem with you.
Feel free to remove it if you consider it's out of place.
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