GIVE ME FIVE...
I noticed the passing of a small milestone in my time on AP, and so a contest to note the occassion:
Give Me Five lines or more of verse [five-25 a good rule of thumb]
Free verse preferred- looking for imagery and use of poetic devices and but also individual styles- your unique way of expression is welcomed here.
End rhyme welcome - but looked at carefully-
Five prizes [ more as deserved]
FEEL FREE TO RESERVE A SPOT AND COMPLETE LATER...
PROMPTS:
Photo/art above "El Capitan" by David Meunsch
or any of the five word prompts below:
1. "To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone."
-Suzanne Gordon
2. A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him. -David Brink
3. Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
-Denis Diderot
4. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
-Marianne Williamson, Return to Love, 1992
5. “No one can afford to throw away a penny. If they can they should give it to charity”
Please note or paste the prompt on author's comment box.
Special thanks to the Catalyst for her inspirational collection of quotes
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 29, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 300, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 4 people
- Final notes: The contest GIVE ME FIVE… is over, thanks to all who took part.
My selections for awards are:
Best Poems Are On Steamy Window - Gold Award Winner
Beautiful poetry here, imagery and description so well done and the power of the phrasings and depth of ideas was outstanding.
Northwest Rain – Silver Award Winner
an artistic and well adorned writing on the theme of alone and difference
wonderful use of imagery, very skillful combination of word choices and descriptions.
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Bricks – Bronze Award Winner
True to the prompt a consideration of the way people behave so often adverse to others and how we might use these to helpful advantage, and not fall to pettiness.
[Not in any order of Judging]
Living Alone - Emerald Award Winner
might easily have been bronze too, heartfelt commentary on a stage of life, very well done.
An Elegy For Charlene - Emerald Award Winner
a most touching piece of memory from someone’s heart.
True Being – Emerald Award Winner
a youthful interpretation of the role we must choose in life, very well done.
Silent Lucidity - Emerald Award Winner
Nature and beauty are the themes to illustrate the wonderful qualities we all possess within, if only we could realize; a wonderful voice here of gratitude that would become all of us well.
Thanks to all of the entries, this was not an easy challenge and every writer brought something that I could appreciate and admire. Thank you for making my little milestone more memorable. Until next time, please be safe and well…PK
Contest Winners
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My midnight pane fogs, spreading like a dark plague
to takes the form of your face; the ephemeral profile ~by CarolDesjarlais 32 lines, 13 comments, on Nov 23 9:14 AM 2007. In Thoughts, Sad, Loss
Gold trophy winner
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Some gather bricks of hate, baked hard with
distrust• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
the little girl you were
died all too young.by ecrivain01 31 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 23 8:24 AM 2007
Honorable winner• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
Us people are something complex - worth thinking about.by BonaFidePoet 30 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 28 2:10 PM 2007
Honorable winner• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
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Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [12]
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Astonished, in awe I stand alone
After multiple atrocities in this world• Commented on by judge. -
cut square and true
but forged by weathered hand• Commented on by judge. -
Lost in a whirlwind of confusion
Emptiness takes controlby Addicted to Rehab 15 lines, 10 comments, on Nov 23 2:08 PM 2007. In Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Life• Commented on by judge. -
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him. -David Brink
They wouldn't know what sh• Commented on by judge.
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good contest
good contest.It shows clear instructions. -
Love prompt #4, she is such a wonderful inspirational writer.
Best on this wonderful contest.
mystic -
Oh ty so much , for the isnpiration and for the ocntest... Congratulations to you all and I will be aong to read all of them.
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