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I completely stole this idea from a contest Danna is having. Her contest is a little different but same idea...
Give me one amazing stanza
(a piece of a poem you have written or just a piece of a poem you might write someday)
Now, if you want to win, you will keep the following things in mind:
Hint #1
I don't want a play on words. For instance, nothing pithy like "You held it against me when I told you, you had a beautiful body". (It's hard to come up with good examples but I don't want that kind of thing for this contest.) I don't want corny. ugh!
Hint #2
Less is more. Keep the metaphor simple. Don't just jam five metaphors into one stanza. It distracts from the impact of one good metaphor.
Hint #3
KISS... Keep it simple Stanly. (trying to be nice here) Do NOT try to impress me with big words, etc. Just simply write how you would normally talk and use the metaphor to impress me. (find a unique way to say something simple)
#4 I am adding this one after reading some of the entries. Please NOT TOO WORDY. I hate wordy. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease! The winning stanza will not be wordy. That being said... it still needs to feel like it means something. sigh... I can so get lost in the wordiness sometimes... like I'm drowning.
#5 I had to add this one after reading the entries too. I DON'T WANT A POEM... just a tidbit.
If you take these FIVE hints and follow them, you will be in the Preliminaries for sure. If you have no chance of placing, I may let you know so you can try again.
If it's real bad, I may not even bother.Good luck!
Keep it anonymous as you can. Don't respond to me or give me hints as to who you are. I hate that. I am going to pick the one that makes me feel the most so it's really just about knowing what I like. If you don't win, it doesn't mean yours wasn't amazing or I don't like you, etc. It just wasn't my favorite of the ones presented. It's about MY taste... it's MY contest.
In other words, it's subjective... all about ME. Nothing personal. Get it?Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on December 31, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: Great job everybody!
Contest Winners
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by Idle Mind Wondering 14 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 27 12:39 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
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How we edit our life story, what we publish and what we hide in the footnotes, say alot of who & what we are• Commented on by judge.
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I am tired of angsty ants walking on white walls• Commented on by judge.
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I crept alongside the mist of mind
where knowledge doesn't know sufferingby LadyLavender 4 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 27 9:33 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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How does one submit a stanza from a pre-written poem? I presume there's a method of transferring part of a poem from one area of the site to another, but I don't know how. Would it be OK to submit a pre-written stanza as if it were new and giving that stanza a new name?
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lol... you could copy/paste it. Or, it's supposed to be short so just retype it... or just write a new little piece of a poem. I don't care. Doesn't matter if it's new or old or neither. I'm easy... well, poetrywise anyway.
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I'll gie it a try... wrote something today and it's one big sentence, though written in 9 short lines...
If you don't like it, boot it
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If you're referring to the black thing with white lines, no hun, that's my shirt
lol 
It's not my lil bundle of joy - It's my sister's first child - Noor I'm going to spoil the crap out of her unfortunately, but I can't help it 
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Well, as Uncle, that is your job!
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And I'm secretly going to learn here some dirty words too
lol
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Well, it's a dirty job but somebody's gotta do it. Mine learned from riding in the car with me. lol That's where they tend to slip right out.
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I know those slippery moments I have them about... 50 times a day 
I should wash my mouth more with brown soap I guess
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What a cool idea! Now to look through those half written poems and see if there is anything worth entering.
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