Ladies and Gentlemen~
Welcome to my last contest on AllPoetry.
That's right... as many of you know, I am a host for the PO' contests, and our host, Arkbear, is starting his new poetry website, destinationpoetry.com, and I have been invited to be a moderator there.
However, between allpoetry, destinationpoetry, poetic constellations, my school's newspaper, school, and The Lord of the Rings Online, there just isn't enough time of the day.... so I shall be leaving AllPoetry and Poetic Constellations, and take up a moderation position at destinationpoetry, which will be launching shortly after the new year.
This was a very hard decision to make, but I feel that it is for the best.
Without further ado, let me get to your options.
1. Phrase Prompts:
Quand j'ecris l'historie de ma vie...
(when I write the story of my life...)
Je t'aime encore ... comme dans une chanson banale
(I love you still ... like in an old-fashioned song)
Ca ma fait bizarre, mais je su vecu
(It's been strage, but I think I survived)
2. Music Prompt. Be inspired by any song from any of the musicians below
(please leave the artist and song in your author's notes)
Celine Dion (Bonus points for the songs "Vole"/"Fly", "On Ne Change Pas" "This Time" "Alone" "Taking Chances", "S'Il Suffisait d'Aimer" and "Et S'Il N'En Restait Qu'une")
Cher (Bonus points for the song "A Song for the Lonely")
Annie Lennox ( Bonus points for the song "No More I Love Yous")
Jean-Jacques Goldman (Bonus points for the songs "Les Choses" or "Quand Tu Danses")
Il Divo (Bonus points for the song "Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore")
Enya (Bonus points for the song "Only Time")
Eva Cassidy (Bonus Points for the song "Fields of Gold")
Martina McBride (Bonus points for the song "Wild Angels")
Cyndi Lauper (Bonus points for the song "Time After Time")
3. Languages - Write a poem in one of the following languages. Include translation in your poem body:
French
German
Italian
4. Pick your own photo, and write a poem. Include the picture with your poem.
5. Quotes - Pick your own quote, and write a poem for it.
6. Write a poem that alludes to J.R.R. Tolkien's works
More shall be added
7. "Seasons of Love"
Use the song, from Rent, or just the phrase as a promt
or, the quote I've set below:
How Do You Measure The Life
Of A Woman Or A Man?
In Truth That She Learned,
Or In Times That He Cried,
In Bridges He Burned,
Or The Way That She Died?
Rules:
Put your option in your author's notes.
No swearing
No heavy erotica. Sensual is fine.
LEGIBLE BACKGROUNDS!!!
I've found friendship and love from so many people on this site, and I will carry all of you in my heart... definately.... if you would like to contact me in the future, I shall be very prominent as a mod on DP...... also, if you would care for it, message me for my email or school address (the address I give to folks on the internet ;) )
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on March 10, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 300, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: In a contest like this, it's so hard to pick trophy winners... but in the end, I chose the poems that touched my heart the most...
the contest for Bronze was very tough... as many of the poems deserved it.
Thank you all for entries.
I have to apologise about how long this contest has taken. I have been on and off allpoetry since december, doing very little. It doesn't help that my school has recently blocked allpoetry (the last website I had to suruvive their purges).
Life has been a challenge... and I've had to make some decisions, that I will spend the rest of my life paying for. But I don't regret any of them. Not a single one
thank you all for your entries.
*hugs*
Contest Winners
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Elf towers silhouette a cobalt sky
in the Northern Marches of the Shire;• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 3734790, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Being family means more than just smilesby Heavenly Angel 26 lines, 13 comments, on Jan 3 9:33 AM 2008. In Personal, Family
Honorable mention
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Option 3- a poem in German• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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5. "The purpose of the artist is to make people aware of their own existence."• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Francais:
Commet peut je mesurerby FlamingoCroquet 32 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 16 11:05 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [22]
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In old or new, my heart still beats• Commented on by judge.
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by same ghost 26 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 16 7:23 PM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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The world now a days
Is all about the winningby Kiryuuofloveandhate 15 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 14 8:22 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
Here I am. Standing on top of the world...• Commented on by judge.
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At the end of a long life You soon begin to realizeby mydnyteharvest 23 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 5 7:33 PM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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The grass was grown and cut. The wind brought Winter and the snow brought Spring,by OhNoChastity 44 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 5 8:44 PM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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The Ring, the precious Ring, has been lost forever.
The taint on my mind has been destroyed, yet I still yearn for it.by MikeLondon 112 lines, on Feb 22 4:44 PM 2008. In Weird, Thoughts, Spiritual, Society, Sad, Personal, Abuse, Contemporary, Contest• Viewed by judge. -
There have been long nights lying awake /
moonlight casting unfamiliar shadowsby violetrose 32 lines, on Feb 22 8:55 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. -
Shades of old colonial times come ringing to my ears
the drum beat beckons all of us• Commented on by judge.
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wow i had no clue
so my son is leaving, huh?
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When things aren't working out, things have to change... I've been feeling so stressed out over everything... I'm putting time into LOTRO, I'm trying to manage a newspaper, I'm trying to be active on AllPoetry and Poetic Constellations, and throwing DP into the mix is going to make things almost impossible.... and my grades are horrible, and I'm trying to get into a UC school... and something's gotta give.
I'm just moving out of the house... but we still have sunday dinner and phone calls
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It will be a shame to see you go, my dear friend. I'll see what I can think of, since I love Il Divo! Farewell, my fellow poet, and I wish you the very best in your future.
Love and light always,
Laura
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Sometimes, life just calls for a change
And I would love to see an entry from you
Best Wishes~
Zach
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Didn't you just find an AP girlfriend though?!
Well, good luck I guess. I can't see how you wouldn't have time to pop in from time to time though. -
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I shall definately pop in from time to time... but I won't be leaving any new messages, or be active in any groups... I'll just be flitting in and out.
Thank you for dropping a line~
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Ah, and my GF and I are talking... she may be making the move to DP with me, and if not, we still have messanger and MySpace.
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YOUR LEAVING ??
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sorry to hear you are leaving.
best wishes for the future
dan
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Clever Contest Bubba ~
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I'm so sorry to see you go, hun. You do what's best for you, though. Get those grades up - work hard!
Your future is number one. You have a bright one ahead of you.
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sad to see you leave but best wishes!
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I feel it's for the best as well.
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I have Celion Dion New album taking chances could I write about one of those songs?
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absolutely that has to be one of her best albums yet
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Oh I did wish to enter but I daresay I can't write about any of the options very well at all...
I do wish you luck with your entrants brother dearest
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A great COntest.................
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aww crap...yesterday I started writing a poem in French...I wanted to enter...shoot
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sorry to have gotten here too late...hope all things work out well for you.
blessings and best wishes, astralshepherd
~r.
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Ahh I love the song "Seasons of Love". We're doing it in our school choir
Ahh, hell, I love Rent altogether!
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Wishing you all the best in whatever you decide to do. One can't do everything, and right now marks are very important. You don't want to regret it all later and wish you would have tried harder.
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Thank you so much for the honorable mention and congrats to all the winners
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