I want a lot of poems...

Contest is Over

• Contest was judged on February 21, 2008
• Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 300, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 24 people
• Final notes:
  I really liked all of the entries in this contest... It was really hard to judge this and I want to thank everyone for their entries and hard work. I want to say that if I could give everyone a trophy for their entries I would, but I can't. You all deserve one.
  ~Maria

Contest Winners

1. Error: Unable to find finalist item 2790338, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
2. ♥Serenidad♥

   by OurxBeginning 14 lines, 11 comments, on Apr 24 5:49 PM 2007. In Personal, Love
   Silver trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
3. Alcanzar la Luna

   Esperanza de conseguir la vida
   Para todos los muertos

   by silver-X-lining 38 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 20 3:35 PM 2008. In Spanish, hope, life, inspirational, message, espanol, esperanza, la vida, inspiradora, mesaje
   Bronze trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
4. Error: Unable to find finalist item 3910095, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
5. Error: Unable to find finalist item 3879191, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
6. The Thunderstorm

   Thunder crashes around me
   the wind rips at my soul

   by Liberius 52 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 14 1:15 AM 2008. In Personal, Nature, Self, Escape, Abstract
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
7. Like Architecture

   by zochit2me 46 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 20 7:05 PM 2008. In Thoughts, Love, Personal, Longing
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
8. Age wins.

   by foreverxnow 21 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 3 11:27 AM 2008. In Age, Thoughts, Message
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
9. Eelamme

   If only these subtle sayings sank deeper
   Into the atmosphere, and into your mind;

   by BurnFace 25 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 4 7:57 PM 2008
   Honorable mention

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10. I Want What They've Got!

    by SilverButterfly 25 lines, 32 comments, on Oct 28 4:23 PM 2006. In Love
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
11. Error: Unable to find finalist item 1640107, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
12. Error: Unable to find finalist item 1640000, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
13. Teenage Guys

    From afar, they're charming
    seas of jade. But close up,

    by dannyblues 7 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 7 2:59 PM 2008. In Personal, hope, life
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
14. Way Back Then

    The year is 1900's
    Victorian era

    by pruedence 83 lines, 187 comments, on Jan 5 3:41 PM 2008. In Other, Thoughts, Fantasy
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
15. Within The Thick Fog

    by pruedence 78 lines, 147 comments, on Apr 14 4:31 PM 2007. In Adult, Dark
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
16. MS's Sword

    MS's Sword
    Multiple Scolrosis is MS, I deal with it daily.
    30yrs and going. This is just an expression of how at times I feel lost in a f

    by pruedence 28 lines, 61 comments, on May 14 11:28 AM 2002. In Personal
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
17. Error: Unable to find finalist item 3583190, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
18. Did You Love Me Once?

    Did you love me once? Maybe for a minute?

    by Alittle2lost 142 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 3 8:03 AM 2008. In Life, Love, Personal, Contest, Thoughts
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
19. Blood Red Rose

    I was sent a blood red rose,
    and it wasn't in the form of love.

    by Noir mariposa...x 28 lines, 13 comments, on Jan 7 7:14 AM 2008
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
20. *My Darling*

    My Darling, How are you on this

    by Noir mariposa...x 39 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 30 12:16 AM 2007
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
21. Carpe Diem

    Savour every moment
    as if it were your last.

    by shortyjo 28 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 14 8:48 PM 2003. In Other
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
22. unfullfilled

    by tigress3737 20 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 31 10:37 AM 2008
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
23. To love a soldier

    A soldier is told that he must leave
    No time to waste asking why

    by krymsin kyss 61 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 26 11:14 PM 2007. In Love, Personal, Sad
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
24. Mmmmmmmmmm

    by Jonathan Wikkins 71 lines, 28 comments, on Oct 30 1:22 PM 2001. In Erotica
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
25. Overrated Goodbyes

    there's no such thing as happy endings
    cause your life was cut too short

    by breakdown-beatdown 97 lines, 27 comments, on Dec 22 10:14 PM 2007. In Loss, Goodbyes, Lost love, Lyrics
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
26. Seduction

    Looking deeply into my eyes
    Causing this urge between my hips

    by tala18 183 lines, 14 comments, on Nov 29 1:21 AM 2007. In Thoughts, Happy, Love, Experiece
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
27. Error: Unable to find finalist item 1638169, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]

Entries [125]

• unknow***

  by Stormy Days 14 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 1 12:32 AM 2008. In Thoughts

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• [ Falls are deep, jumps are not ]

  Falls are deep, jumps are not
  I want to keep more in my heart;

  by Kiddy 19 lines, 16 comments, on Jan 16 1:46 PM 2007

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• Ambitious

  When I have lean't to read and write, I will be very bright.

  by maralisa 22 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 6 5:41 AM 2008

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• Fluffy dreams

  candy floss sky's pass me by

  by maralisa 10 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 22 1:43 AM 2008. In Love, Humor

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• I Choose You...

  This choice I made, this night,
  is a choice I have made,

  by Jonathan Wikkins 51 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 29 7:42 AM 2004. In Love, Life, Personal

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Live and Die

  Sitting in the classroom Music playing throughout the ears of little ones

  by wanderingstarlet 31 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 1 12:21 PM 2008

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• Forgotten Billboards

  If you find me missing, I will be comissing,

  by W B Burkholder 22 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 30 10:40 PM 2008. In Society, Thoughts, Life, Dark, Personal, Pain, Other

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Back

  All those things you did,
  I just wiped them away,

  by Anguas-Confusion 78 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 4 10:23 AM 2008. In Personal, Love, Life

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Farewell

  To bid you farewell, Would mean to let go,

  by Anguas-Confusion 18 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 4 10:38 AM 2008. In Contest, Prompt, Love, Heartache, Pain, Sad, Personal

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• Before

  Life was better then,
  Not a care in the world,

  by Anguas-Confusion 21 lines, 16 comments, on Oct 15 1:08 PM 2007. In Personal, Abuse, Life

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• wreckage

  by Porcelain Princess 31 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 27 5:26 PM 2008

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• .. and I blame myself

  by Kimojuno 43 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 4 11:03 AM 2008. In My Mind, Sad, Society, Personal, Lyrics, Thoughts, My Own Style, My Own Mind

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Tears

  My face stained with tears My heart stopped in its place

  by Anguas-Confusion 35 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 2 6:41 PM 2007. In Personal, Life

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• Love?

  Smiling but never happy,
  Crying yet never sad,

  by Anguas-Confusion 18 lines, 17 comments, on Oct 17 9:22 AM 2007. In Personal, Sad, Love, Life

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Encounter

  Focused on living
  It all ends in death

  by Anguas-Confusion 18 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 17 9:43 AM 2007. In Life, Personal, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Promise

  A promise lives within you, Do you know how far we've come?

  by Anguas-Confusion 21 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 15 4:44 PM 2007. In Sad, Personal, Love, Heartache

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Atrophied

  by ilovemygrape 17 lines, 9 comments, on Jan 16 9:33 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Society

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Winter is my Mistress

  Winter is my mistress, her pure white keeps our secret, Innate and comforting, our furtive but celebrated affair,

  by ilovemygrape 24 lines, 14 comments, on Aug 15 6:14 PM 2004. In Love

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Internal Dreams

  Empty eyes and hollow skin.
  Expressions mask the voice within.

  by shadow-cry 24 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 18 8:58 AM 2007. In Dark, Death, Suicide

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Final Countdown

  10th December 2007(Night) Another night is going on,

  by Romily 41 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 11 1:18 PM 2008. In Love, Hope, Life, Thoughts, Sad, Pain

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Mi Amor, Is It A Game?

  I wish you could see
  What you are doing to me

  by tazz wolf 25 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 12 2:58 AM 2006. In Sad, Personal, Love

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Valentine

  Do you ever wonder
  What it would be to hold love inside your hand?

  by a-face-in-the-crowd 19 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 3 11:24 AM 2008. In Hope, Love, Happiness, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Blonde at a Funeral

  A blonde lady in a veil
  Appeared at the funeral

  by Judith Chandler 25 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 3 4:36 PM 2008. In Contemporary

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Come What May

  One but one love that tells me I am the one I am the one to hold your hands

  by Romily 21 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 28 7:51 AM 2008. In Love, Pure Love

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Making Snowflakes

  Thinking about Winter

  by a-face-in-the-crowd 11 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 11 3:57 PM 2007. In Nature, Happiness, My own style, Lost in thought

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• My Lullaby

  Softly softly Sing me my lullaby

  by a-face-in-the-crowd 17 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 3 2:17 PM 2008. In Love, Hope

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Grown

  I've grown tired of this place. I've grown accustomed to your brainwashing. I've grown sick of being lied to, being held back because of yo

  by Donovan 0 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 23 11:59 PM 2008. In Life, Personal

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Your Book

  It's a shame what a woman can do to you.

  by Donovan 0 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 31 11:40 PM 2006. In Love, Sad, Personal

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• When Love Is Not Madness, It Is Not Love

  Cuando amor no es locura, no es amor.
  Love deranges the senses to a fevered pitch,

  by Elfin 26 lines, 17 comments, on Feb 7 3:08 PM 2007. In Love

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• Heartbeat

  I want to be your cardiologist. Clearing your valves and arteries of past relationships that could cause an attack. Performing open-heart s

  by Donovan 4 lines, 14 comments, on May 30 5:16 PM 2005. In Love

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• Imagination from Dusk to Dawn

  Till dusk to dawn, till the last wind flow between the wood
  Let our heart flow like the sudden cascade of sparks.

  by Romily 23 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 10 12:32 AM 2008. In Love, Fantasy

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• With Me, See The World

  Have you ever counted stars with someone besides you?
  Have you ever break down waves under your feet

  by Romily 24 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 25 6:08 AM 2007. In Thoughts, Love

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• Heart of a Love Sick Fool

  Winter, spring, summer, and fall spending my time at Cupid's bar

  by Deadmans Heart 22 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 6 10:00 AM 2007. In Love, Thoughts, Personal

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• reality check

  twisted hearts take shattering blows, the pain never stops, it only slows...

  by loving 14 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 15 10:20 PM 2007. In Thoughts, Weird, Life, Personal

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• relief

  invite the raven to
  pluck out your eye

  by carole21 3 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 6 8:43 AM 2008. In Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Mirror Girl

  My imagination went for a spin. option I
  Im sorry its not really a poem , but a vague story..type thing lol...

  by Taintednightengale 24 lines, 3 comments, on May 10 6:25 PM 2006. In Sad, Dark

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Snapshot of a crackpot

  Fire rages
  deep within-

  by Floorboards 23 lines, 48 comments, on Jan 28 10:00 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Society, Personal

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• My promise (Dedicated To Jack Boyle)

  When the sky turns green
  And birds won't fly

  by TheAshtrayGirl 23 lines, 56 comments, on Dec 12 2:00 PM 2007. In Life, Thoughts, Nature, Love, Spiritual, Weird

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• Can You Even imagine? *WARNING! NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!*

  by im not broken 53 lines, 10 comments, on Feb 2 10:23 AM 2008. In Dark, Pain, Sad, Death, Lost in thought, Emo, Abstract, Loss, Suicide, Adult

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• Let Your Body Be A Canvas For My Blade To Paint On

  by Clinging-to-Life 29 lines, 11 comments, on Jan 7 3:21 AM 2007

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• The change must always come from within

  I could let myself get caught in the tide
  or allow my body to be blown-

  by Floorboards 41 lines, 103 comments, on Jan 3 9:21 AM 2008. In Nature, Society, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Will The World Ever Change?

  How we all treat life

  by zhaniswolf 34 lines, 13 comments, on Feb 4 12:53 PM 2008. In Society, Life

  • Commented on by judge.
• Echoed in Mutual Disgust

  We watch them burn
  Alive, yet hardly so…

  by Rin 31 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 3 4:46 AM 2008

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• The Sun when it Comes

  Flowers make graves more homey, But mine shouldn't be so.

  by samueldouglas 10 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 24 8:14 PM 2008

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• I want to be kissed

  I want to be kissed. I want to be kissed with passion

  by CurvyDiva18 54 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 4 1:59 PM 2008. In Love, Personal, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge.
• Movement that catches eyes

  turn it over before the death runs
  runs right off the page

  by cordova 23 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 22 11:32 PM 2008

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• August

  The quiet rustling of pages, Or the silence of the room,

  by Condemd RyeZing 23 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 4 3:44 PM 2008

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Virginity

  by Tortured Poet 33 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 4 3:54 PM 2008. In Erotica, Contest, Adult, Love, Personal, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge.
• nod and grimace

  aw eh
  I claw my way through you

  by Annexed Josephine 34 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 11 5:30 AM 2008. In bash, heads, cement, bricks, wall

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Untitled: Dream

  When my mind sails, and dreams of dreams,

  by Liberius 30 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 14 1:13 PM 2008. In Dream, Love

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• In a Land, In a Dream...

  Long story. I have two lines and it is Three am here. I am tired. Hopefully you get it and you like it.

  by Liberius 34 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 11 2:16 AM 2008

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• Untitled: Infatuation

  The night was young The stars gleamed in her eyes

  by Liberius 22 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 29 2:44 AM 2008

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Heartbreaker

  He breaks her heart a thousand times. Each and everytime he calls.

  by kimbles 38 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 4 5:32 PM 2008. In Personal, Love, Life, Pain

  • Commented on by judge.
• Where Are Your Children

  A grand child came to me. "Grammy where are your children?"

  by mcheadle 17 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 4 5:56 PM 2008. In Hope, Humor, Life, Love, Personal, Nature

  • Commented on by judge.
• It's easier

  It's easier for me to tell a piece of paper who I am.
  Instead of telling my best friends.

  by crazygirlwithapen 17 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 4 6:28 PM 2008. In Life, Personal

  • Commented on by judge.
• Braille.

  by Lady Ireland 17 lines, 39 comments, on Aug 20 9:21 PM 2007. In Adult, Love

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Cry every raindrop.

  by Lady Ireland 21 lines, 27 comments, on Sep 23 4:50 PM 2007

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Chasing sundown's

  We wore a path
  chasing sundown's,

  by Lady Ireland 15 lines, 25 comments, on Jan 16 8:08 PM 2008

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Boogie Streets

  by dstreetpoet 41 lines, 10 comments, on Jan 24 7:30 PM 2008. In Lyrics, Dark, Fantasy, Addiction, Obsession

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Smokey's Gift

  A warm summer morning I was
  outside playing

  by Puppydog 63 lines, 26 comments, on Feb 2 8:32 AM 2008. In Life, Nature, Personal

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• running scars

  Left behind, it was easy enough to forget her once she was out of sight. / The challenge in her eyes pounded out by his soft words and gent

  by magneticblue 10 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 11 3:57 PM 2007

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• The Day of Love

  Valentines is a day of love
  The greatest gift from God above

  by Shining for You 28 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 30 2:13 PM 2008. In Contest, Love, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite

Comments

• By me, right now

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• 
  cricketjeff
  February 4, 2008
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  I can do you anything from 2 3 5 or 6 but not if I get a trophy just for entering it :-)
• • 
    love my jose luis
    February 4, 2008
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    I don't know how many trophies there will be yet, but last time i did a contest like this I had over 100 entries... so that depends... it should be fun... there are already quite a few entries for this contest.
    ~Maria
  • love my jose luis
    February 6, 2008
    Edit | Reply
    like I said in my last comment... There will be a lot of entries... I already have 145 and it's not even half over... I think that there will be a lot more entries to come... I know I'm thinking maybe about 15 trophies... It's still going to be a competition.
  • • 
      cricketjeff
      February 6, 2008
      Edit | Reply
      In that case I've bookmarked you.
    • • love my jose luis
        February 6, 2008
        Edit | Reply
        thank you so much... right now my goal is to have the biggest contest on allpoetry... I think that I've gotten a pretty good start
• 
  pappacass
  February 4, 2008
  Edit | Reply

  How many poems per person?

  just curious
• • love my jose luis
    February 4, 2008
    Edit | Reply
    you can enter as many as you want... just make sure they are original, I really don't like poems that aren't original.
• 
  longlife
  February 12, 2008
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  I think you had a pretty good turnout. LOL right now when im commenting there is 194. VERY good turn out!
• • 
    love my jose luis
    February 25, 2008
    Edit | Reply
    Yup, 216 entries at the end.
• 
  poetryality
  February 12, 2008
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  My goodness! You have over 200 entries already!
  
  BOOKMARKED!
  
  Much Love ♥
  
  Renee
• • 
    love my jose luis
    February 25, 2008
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    216 entries when my whole contest was over...
• 
  Bleeding On Paper
  February 13, 2008
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  3. I like dark poems but only if they are done tastefully...
  
  
  tastefully?im confused ,beause you see i am an idiot and have know idea what you mean.
• • love my jose luis
    February 25, 2008
    Edit | Reply
    Sorry about not getting back to that commetn faster... you know no suicide poems like...
    
    Cut my wrist
    And black my eyes
    I am emo
    Hear me cry
    
    You know it kind of lacks talent in my opinion
• 
  Sir Squigglim
  February 17, 2008
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  uuhmm... wow. nice contest... nice turn out.. some are rather odd though dont you think?
  
• • love my jose luis
    February 25, 2008
    Edit | Reply
    some were odd, but i liked the blend of different kinds of work and all the different levels of writers and you know all of that.
• 
  silver-X-lining
  February 21, 2008
  Edit | Reply
  wow, you got a lot of entries...
  thank you for my bronze!
• • 
    love my jose luis
    February 25, 2008
    Edit | Reply
    you are very welcome for the bronze, you really deserved it.
• OurxBeginning
  February 25, 2008
  Edit | Reply
  Thanks for the silver trophy and the points. Congrats to the other winners as well.

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