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5000 points winner takes all. Easy stuff.

Hello. My name is Dave and this is my contest.

I don't have a good track record for running contests. Usually people can't comprehend what I'm after, or when they see I want a particular style or genre they go "Oh, that's all to hard" and go elsewhere. So, this is easy.

So, what would I like you to do in order to win five thousand (5000) points?

Simple.......

In whatever poetic form you choose, just write what happened in your life yesterday.

Did you work? Go to church? Tend to farm animals? Chop wood? Sick in bed throwing up with bad runny poos? Had really serious sex? Or just watched TV whilst arguing with your partner. Whatever.

Because I like beat poetry (Bukowski, Ginsberg, Kerouac et al, I may be influenced in my judging if this genre was used. Note .. MAY be, not will be.

If you rhyme? Cool.
Prose? Fine
Free verse? No probs
Cinquain, Haiku, Senryu, sonnet, beat, acrostic ... whatever I don't care.

All you gotta do is put yesterday in a poem.

I'll keep this contest open for a while I reckon. March 17th sound OK? That's a month. Give people a chance to see it, maybe think about it, and maybe wait for a day where it was so good, sad, funny whatever it will make a really nice poem.

So, I don't mind what yesterday you use, just as long as it was a yesterday.

And because I am a very trusting guy and as poets you are all very trustworthy people .. I trust you wont make stuff up ..... Well, I hope not anyway.

I've been on this site for about 125 years now ... I'll be able to pick an obviously bogus "yesterday" .... Or, maybe you did clean lint out of your belly button!

That's it. Undertand? Yesterday. Poem. 5000 points.

Oh, regardless of my spelling in the above ... spelling the words in your poem correctly will go a long way in your chances of winning.

I will have a dictionary

Edit.... Oh yeah ... I'll read your poems but wont comment, because I've noticed when a judge comments on a poem in his/her contest it gives the impression one may be better than another, or to that effect. So, you'll see I've viewed it, but I wont comment ..... I'll leave that up to your fellow poets.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on March 3, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 5000
  • Final notes:
    Hello. My name is dave and that was my contest. The winner of this contest was a no brainer. I have 2 kids, one of whom today went on a dolphin cruise with her grade 5 class. She saw Dolphins, fish maritime relics and other such wonderful stuff, hence the winner. I'm a simple bloke and it's the simple things that keep me in this job!

    The second place getter who gets nothing but a fake trophy goes to a poem written by someone in a lot of pain, but as much as I feel for him, my favourite actor is jack N. And I'm pretty sure I couldn't handle his day! His poem made me smile through his pain.

    The third place getter who gets nothing more than an even crappier trophy than second is made on the following point. I don't know much about art, but I know what I like. I don't understand it, have no idea of how it relates to yesterday, but for some dumb reason I can't explain, I like it. Not my fault. I just like it.

    But the 5000 points goes to the most simple things in life.

    Isn't that how life should be?

Contest Winners

  1. A Day as a Fsh
    Bubble Bubble The fish swim around
    by yellowdolphinE 9 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 17 9:26 PM 2008. In Other, Happiness
    Gold trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]
  2. "...all my troubles seemed so far away."
    You want my day?
    You want my day?
    by dericlee 167 lines, 24 comments, on Feb 16 12:37 PM 2008. In whatever
    Silver trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]
  3. curriculum vitae
    by Virgoan 28 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 21 11:46 AM 2008. In Contest
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]

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  • x-Black-Butterfly-x gold member
    February 16, 2008
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    I...packed a suitcase lol


  • Riftkin gold member
    February 16, 2008
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    You are bookmarked by me.
    As this sounds very interesting.


  • takemypainaway
    February 16, 2008
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    ok.... well what if the story sounds made up but really isnt??? one of my best friends passed away monday, his veiwing was thursday his funeral yesterday.... and i know this doesnt matter but his 21st bday today... so what if you dont belive what really happened... (RIP Daddy Matt)


    • Nogod
      February 16, 2008
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      Oh, just enter it ..... You know what I mean .... EG:

      yesterday I took my ferrari across the golden gate bridge at 200 miles per hour, being chased by cops, while my naked girlfriend was throwing live gerbils out the window and we had the Black Eyed peas as loud as we could so i didnt hear the sirens .. etc etc etc etc

      That type of made up crap .. your situatuion is entirely believable and I am truly sorry for your loss.

      I have been in that situation myself. Sad times, eh?

    • takemypainaway
      February 16, 2008
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      actually forget it.... I wont be entering and not to press upon you because i am totally not like that but i dont think i can enter and talk about heaven because i know that matty is watching from above and i know you said you could even right about going to church but i dont see much point if you dont belive in god sooo... sorry for the rant


  • zillion
    February 16, 2008
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    i was born yesterday. does that count?


  • just rob gold member
    February 16, 2008
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    Some day

    I'll enter.

  • Seeking Peace silver member
    February 16, 2008
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    Don't think anyone would want to know about my yesterday... come to think of it Dave... I don't even want to think about my yesterday... Thanks for the invite though

    Kaz


  • Never Fall in Love
    February 16, 2008
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    Yesterday ... I umm .. uhh... .. hmmm
    I'll get back to you on that one...



    *is still thinking*


  • poetryality silver member
    February 16, 2008
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    Dave,

    I have C.R.S.! I can't remember what happened three hours ago...maybe that's because I was asleep. LOL

    I am bookmarking. That's the only way I'll remember to come back to this.

    I LOVE YOU ♥

    Renee

  • Virgoan
    February 16, 2008
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    I agree, very interesting. Nowadays, I have tons of yesterdays in my sleeve


  • Twisted Fairy
    February 16, 2008
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    Should be easy. I'll enter then. Just got to wait for a non-boring day.


  • M a r l u x i a
    February 22, 2008
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    Today was a day to write about so tomorrow I will write about yesterday.


  • Malabu
    March 3, 2008
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    Question for Dave?
    did your kid write that poem too?

    LOL

    • Nogod
      March 3, 2008
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      LOL .... nope ... courtney has a very slight learning disability .. if she wrote it she would have got the b and d around the wrong way.

      As in .. A bay as a fish.

      I am her babby and she likes dlowing duddles.

      lol.


  • Cinnarry gold member
    March 7, 2008
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    wow, you actually finished a contest...LOL

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