What I'm looking for:
- Your best poem from 2007
- One poem per person
- No entries from my favorites please nor from poets that have won trophies in any of my previous contests
- NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN ENTERED IN OTHER CONTESTS!!! (I will remove if you do). By this, I mean that when I view the entry, there are no other contests listed there. I don't care if it has been entered elsewhere and even won a trophy, as long as all EVIDENCE of this is removed from the entry.
- NEW RULE: No more than 50 lines please
I will critique honestly.
I like metaphorical, free verse poetry. I will accept rhyming poems, but it better be done well!
Open until Friday. Points may increase depending on merit of entries, and I may add honorable mentions.
- Your best poem from 2007
- One poem per person
- No entries from my favorites please nor from poets that have won trophies in any of my previous contests
- NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN ENTERED IN OTHER CONTESTS!!! (I will remove if you do). By this, I mean that when I view the entry, there are no other contests listed there. I don't care if it has been entered elsewhere and even won a trophy, as long as all EVIDENCE of this is removed from the entry.
- NEW RULE: No more than 50 lines please
I will critique honestly.
I like metaphorical, free verse poetry. I will accept rhyming poems, but it better be done well!
Open until Friday. Points may increase depending on merit of entries, and I may add honorable mentions.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on January 4, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 300, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 6 people
- Final notes: Thank you all for such wonderful entries!
I was surprised that about half of the submissions were rhyming poems even though I said I preferred free verse. I don't think any trophies were given to rhyming poems, not because they weren't good, but they didn't blow me away with any original rhyme schemes or extraordinary diction.
As far as the winners are concerned, I was looking for the "best of the year" as you know, and though all the entries were good in their own right, only my gold, silver, and bronze winners were what I would call some of the best I've read this past year. I was almost not going to award any HMs but I caved in as those six poems stood out to me and I thought were deserving.
Thanks again. Hope you all have a great 2008 filled with love, happines, and of course poetry!
Contest Winners
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A poem bubbles in me,
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Pulling down the veil / thrown negligently earlier on / over a morning which took so long to create. / You opened your eyes / and your rais• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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There is a quiet place I call the High Lonesome,
where chinook winds caress my heart and• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
Standing before us: / the promise of painless life, / dreams neverending, / death destroyed by its own hand. / “Cross over the gate,” / the• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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- Error: Unable to find finalist item 3666304, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Revision of the poem "The Jeweler• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [22]
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by Cari Cullen 113 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 29 1:13 AM 2007. In Love, Life, Pain, Adult, A movie, Dragon Heart• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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To dream about you is so unfair.
Sweet temptation; something I can't have.by VanGoghNights 15 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 2 11:01 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I saw her in the studio Just the other day• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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But still,
The dragon slumbers.by Moonlight Complex 38 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 30 8:51 PM 2007. In personal• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
In a mental, physical, and emotional way
I live with pain every day• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
This was a time when heroes thrived.
When wonders happened all too often.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
You gave me the gift of life.
You feed me well to build my strength.by maralisa 17 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 29 5:54 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Crimson tears streak down my face. / Runs like water to my bass. / Inside a fire slowly dies. / Making the crimson tears I cry. / Sucking l• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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As the earth slowly rotates
As life carries on...by z etoile 0 lines, 26 comments, on Dec 14 6:33 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
theres to many playas in this world / theres to many broken hearts / theres to many new born baby girls / whose parents are falling a part / theres to many people with hearts of hate / to cruel to understandby EterNaL-dArkNesS 37 lines, 4 comments, on May 18 3:42 PM 2007. In Life• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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A PoeTease knowing you better can be like when not making a typo ha-ha...
hello, I am curiosly caught by "Nothing that has been entered in other contests" as to whether you might mean none that are currently joined elsewhere -- or actually should be a piece that was always on the side of such shows ~
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I'm hoping to read from poets that I haven't before; hence the no favorites and no trophies from me rule.
By "Nothing that has been entered in other contests", I mean when I view the entry, there are no other contests listed there. I don't care if it has been entered elsewhere and even won a trophy, as long as all evidence of this is removed from the entry. I've already had to remove entries from those who cannot follow these simple rules. -
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no more energy guessing
combed message well
much clearer by "evidence"
thanks,
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thank you for honorable mention
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Wow! I am very honored to have won this contest. Thank you very much for hosting this contest, and for the gold. I appreciate it very much. Congratulations to all the winners.
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