Where does your mind drift to when you are relaxed and not thinking of anything in particular? Do you ever find yourself driving on a stretch of road, hundreds of miles away? Or back in the house you lived in when you were twelve? Or walking beside a lake from a vacation you took ten years ago? Where does your mind take you? Show it to me. Use imagery and metaphor.
No pedestrian rhyme.
No purple prose.
Show, don't tell.
Imagery and metaphor are what I look for. If you enter something without imagery and metaphor, you will have no chance of winning.
No pedestrian rhyme.
No purple prose.
Show, don't tell.
Imagery and metaphor are what I look for. If you enter something without imagery and metaphor, you will have no chance of winning.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on February 11, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 40, Bronze: 35, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: This contest brought some great entries. I enjoyed reading them all. Thanks to all who entered.
Contest Winners
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I get out of my van One Friday morningby The Hermit 64 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 28 12:50 PM 2008. In Sad, Thoughts, Happiness, Depression, Fantasy
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Spores of thought drift aimlessly, caught by every breeze that blows• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [18]
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I think I’ll sit myself down / Here in this comfortable chair. / I’ll let my mind wander / Just any old where. / I’ll see where it takes meby CelticQueen 39 lines, 7 comments, on May 16 1:14 PM 2007. In Personal, Thoughts, Lost in thought, Contest, Escape• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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The accusers are the envious
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I am whirling, like a boomerang I return from where I started.
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Standing in trance near the ocean… Overflowed by the water, hypnotising waves• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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There is a fence, this fence will not move.
I cannot jump over this fence, so I will look for another way.by iamthelizardking 43 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 23 2:21 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Should I curse cruel Romulus and Remus,
did demons furnace this euphonious hell,by Soloneili 23 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 28 9:46 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
Could I travel to the end of my imagination
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My mother is smiling at me in blackby alexandrathegreat 67 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 29 5:14 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Personal, Love, Life, Thoughts• Viewed by judge.
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I knocked on the window of her little kitchen house
Three sharp raps,by Lady Ireland 64 lines, 29 comments, on Mar 23 10:08 PM 2007
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The past will haunt me forever...i know i can't escape...though there's something that i will treasure and never regret....by hikaru9293 26 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 26 1:14 PM 2008. In My own style, Loss, Depressed, Thoughts, Dark, Pain• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Take me away! Let my empty heartby Thedamned77 24 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 1 3:56 PM 2007. In Thoughts, Hope, Fantasy, Passion for Writing• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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here we lie
we died on a cold june mornin
blood frozen eyes peeled
here we lie -
what if my mind drifts like an unending chain of thoughts that grabs one idea from another, one thought from another, one bit from another and delves into the past, or the future, or never-happened hullabaloo, to weird irrelevant things?
now how on earth do you put such abstractness onto paper?
my mind be weird... but i love it!!
i wanna cuddle my mind..
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