I've been feeling like shit lately, and everything is just...really messed
Show me what real misery is. Go as dark as you possibly dare to. Any topic, as long as it's dark and provokes emotion.
Rules:
-Freeverse preferred, but if it rhymes, better make it good
-Comment on every entry not guaranteed, sorry, but I've got school
-no more than 30 lines, more or less, kay? I've got a short attention span (EDIT: screw the line limit, you guys are amazing)
-don't type like a retard (LiKe ThIs oR msn/im chat)
-gore is fine, but no R rated stuff please
Show me what real misery is. Go as dark as you possibly dare to. Any topic, as long as it's dark and provokes emotion.
Rules:
-Freeverse preferred, but if it rhymes, better make it good
-Comment on every entry not guaranteed, sorry, but I've got school
-no more than 30 lines, more or less, kay? I've got a short attention span (EDIT: screw the line limit, you guys are amazing)
-don't type like a retard (LiKe ThIs oR msn/im chat)
-gore is fine, but no R rated stuff please
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on March 2, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 60, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: Oh man....109 entries? SO not expecting that! And the quality of all the poems blew me away The top poems here are based on what I could relate to.... but to be completely truthful? Everybody's poem was waaaay too amazing, and I'm just sorry I don't have more points! lol, thanks for entering everyone!
Contest Winners
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Anger, pain, sadness - some of the many effects of depression from a personal view.by redmarkonthewall 8 lines, 16 comments, on Feb 21 8:04 PM 2007. In Pain, Personal, Anger, Hate, Depression
Honorable mention
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Faults to spill
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the cold stainless steel rain pierces through my flesh
consuming my eternal sunshine until there is nothing left• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Entries [75]
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Head bleeding, eyes swollen
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I sit quietly and write All I love and all I hateby HaileeDear 24 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 17 9:05 PM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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i know that if i tried to explain
it would only make things worseby HaileeDear 40 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 21 8:20 PM 2007. In bulimia• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Walking down the street,
Not caring about the cars.by Nicotine Eyes 15 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 17 6:08 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Nothing can replace the human touch, warmth...• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Come...come...my sad child...who dare did this to you... Come...come...and play with me...and tell me your pain...• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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The sorceress was as frightened as she had ever been. This was the toughest lesson yet. The Master had brought her to a battlefield where a• Commented on by judge.
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Alone in dark betrayal,
The images are crimson,by Mow 31 lines, 11 comments, on Feb 4 6:13 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I hit the wall in frustration
I'll hate until the end of timeby ProvehitoInAltum 49 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 19 9:32 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
I am merely an illusion, A play-thing for your mind.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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This pain, I wish was never mine
It's lukewarm you see...• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
You’ve been caught in another lie,
Don’t even try to hide.by La Tua Cantante 33 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 8 8:08 PM 2008. In Pain, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Life, Dark, Mad. Cursing Is Within It.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
cold dark night
sudden noise frightby jezz 52 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 17 7:35 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Don’t ask me how I’m doing; It feels like I’m dying here; so leave me alone.by rhymetimelt58 39 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 21 11:07 PM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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by Simply Simple 69 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 10 5:10 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by Simone Brooklyn 18 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 21 4:07 PM 2005. In Hope• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Broken pieces of heart,
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Lord of the Forsaken
Upon a Throne of Bones• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
There is plenty of anger inside of me
Feeling hunted striped to the boneby Sweetangelgrace 27 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 1 3:01 AM 2006. In Angst• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The blood,
It pours,
From Skies and Skins and many more,by Ella-Execution 35 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 19 4:33 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
From his lake of fire the grim reaper is taunting
He has sent his army of demons to apprehend me
Those wraiths of my past are forever haby LanguishedLad 28 lines, 15 comments, on Feb 5 1:51 AM 2008. In Dark• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Sitting by herself all alone in a small room
she doesn't know what to doby xXLifelessLindseyxX 36 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 21 10:33 PM 2007. In Dark, Depression, Escape, Suicide, Emo, Teen issues• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I ran to the one place I could be alone
I slammed the door to my roomby alandriel1138 45 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 22 10:47 AM 2005. In Personal• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Feeling that emptiness overwhelming me, again.
Thinking of the times back then,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I watch as the world passes me by
And I become engulfed in darknessby duckonahockeypuck 15 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 22 9:58 AM 2006• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
In truth, I lie, I feel the burn, escaping nothing, yet pulling away. Soaked to the bone, stagnant, I stay. Watched from afar, sensing theirby Leloo 5150 8 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 10 8:11 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I the one, the one with the voice, the
voice of reason, the voice of misleadingby Leloo 5150 22 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 10 9:04 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Ever feel trapped?
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its a place thats so far gone
misery is left at the doorby acari27 50 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 27 1:20 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
Tears overwhelm my face
The pain seems everlasting• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
My heart crumbled into your coffin
as you promised to live forever• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by OneChance2Live 30 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 22 3:33 PM 2008. In Other• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I stood in the dirt at the peak of the hill And watched the Heavens come crashing down• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I am the murderer who slips away. Like cancer I radiate through the infants, the elders, the strong, the weak. The only prejudices I display are absolute. My presence creeps through air with gagging thickness. My caress is sq• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Like wolves in the freezing wastelands / Spittle drizzles from the mouths of the primal gods / Knuckles fall like the snow from the sky / Iby TerrorAndHubris 8 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 22 11:44 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by scarletstains 21 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 27 5:53 PM 2008. In Dark• Commented on by judge.
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An action of horror,
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His hands, they
burned me.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Scarlet lips drawn back to snarl, and I don't Know what I asked, I turn the hourglass on its• Commented on by judge.
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Can you feel the pain radiate from me?
Caused by heartbreak and missery.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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Is it one netry per person or can we do more then that?
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More than one is fine, but ehh, don't hog all the space lol.
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Thank you very much for the bronze
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thank you so much for the silver! (and the points
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Wow thanks so much for the gold! Most unexpected. Glad you enjoyed it
Congrats to all the other winner to. Great contest
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