This is a contest for depressed people. For people who see no way out. For people who have been abandoned. People whose worlds seem to sad they feel the urge to hurt themselves. People who are considering suicide even. People who are alone.
This will be judged on QUALITY. Make your entry personal, make me feel your distress, whatever it may be. Make it honest and heartbreaking. Edit, edit, edit, and use poetic devices. Make it the saddest thing you possibly can. But have QUALITY, have POETRY in it, not just emotion. Only good poetry will win the trophies and points.
BUT this is not all. This contest is supposed to have you write a piece that will HELP you. So if done right everyone may win, even if only a little.
I will read your entries as they come or as I have time, but I will not comment them. These poems will not be your whole entry. There is a twist.
After I reach a certain amount of promising entries, I will close the contest. Then I will update this page with what you'll need to do next to your piece. Hint: You'll need to add something. I'm not saying what yet though. However, I would really appreciate it if all who enter kept at it and did both parts.
Oh, note that this IS a poetry contest in spite of its therapy experimental side. I will tell you what I truly think of your poem stylistically, too, if I do discuss that topic. If you prefer I not say what I think about your style, put that in your author notes.
So, for this part, just express yourselves (and please try to be poetic and metaphorical and... ?)
Good luck
Note - a special thanks to Beautifulmemory for a generous point donation to this contest
This will be judged on QUALITY. Make your entry personal, make me feel your distress, whatever it may be. Make it honest and heartbreaking. Edit, edit, edit, and use poetic devices. Make it the saddest thing you possibly can. But have QUALITY, have POETRY in it, not just emotion. Only good poetry will win the trophies and points.
BUT this is not all. This contest is supposed to have you write a piece that will HELP you. So if done right everyone may win, even if only a little.
I will read your entries as they come or as I have time, but I will not comment them. These poems will not be your whole entry. There is a twist.
After I reach a certain amount of promising entries, I will close the contest. Then I will update this page with what you'll need to do next to your piece. Hint: You'll need to add something. I'm not saying what yet though. However, I would really appreciate it if all who enter kept at it and did both parts.
Oh, note that this IS a poetry contest in spite of its therapy experimental side. I will tell you what I truly think of your poem stylistically, too, if I do discuss that topic. If you prefer I not say what I think about your style, put that in your author notes.
So, for this part, just express yourselves (and please try to be poetic and metaphorical and... ?)
Good luck
Note - a special thanks to Beautifulmemory for a generous point donation to this contest
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 6, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100
- Final notes: Thanks all very much for entering. I hope writing these has helped you some. I enjoyed reading them.
Contest Winners
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i added the second part.by PersephoneInWinter 60 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 31 3:55 PM 2008. In Personal, Sad
Gold trophy winner
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Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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Year after year and time after time I denied it. Walking through life a fractured piece of who I was.by sweetgirlwa 15 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 8 2:22 AM 2008. In Personal, Pain, Life, Sad, Depression, Sadness, Anger• Viewed by judge.
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Cold icy wind blows over her gray and pale skin. I see your fingers, they're so cold,• Viewed by judge.
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I'm a withdrawn, shy one, I have anxiety wherever I go,by Poetess12 25 lines, on Mar 20 4:43 PM 2008• Viewed by judge.
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Butterfly kisses Shared in dark warmth• Commented on by judge.
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A lonely face
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[[Look over there]]
The darkness of my misery• Commented on by judge. -
Drive away the writhing demons
that cause my tortured soul to weepby MothandRust 25 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 27 4:19 AM 2008• Viewed by judge. -
It’s useless trying To make things rightby nuttynettles 24 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 30 12:39 AM 2008. In Sad, Society, Thoughts, Weird, Dark, Escape, Suicide, Teenage thinking, Teen issues• Viewed by judge.
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bookmarking!
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Great. I didn't think you'd qualify but I look forward to your entry
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hey i can be suicidal
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Everyone can at some point. I just didn't think you were.
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You know this is a great contest...I wrote a poem about this once...it's called " Dear Mr. Therapist."
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Well, my contest doesn'ty allow pre-writes so I don't get overwhelmed with a lot of entries from all kinds of poets not willing to get all the work done. But, I would really like it if you entered
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Do remember that according to Allpoetry rules, if a poem has not yet appeared on Allpoetry then it is NOT considered "prewritten" - as far as Allpoetry competition rules are concerned!
I checked this before I agreed to join!
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Thanks for pointing that out, but I was aware. I just figured that if someone goes through the effort of going back to look a poem on their computer, copy and paste it here, then post it, it probably really means something for them. And, anyway, how am I to check?
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I completly understand!!! sometimes opening a contest that allows prewrites is overwhelming and takes away from the originality as well.
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I actually just switched antidepressants, so I'm in a low spot right now, waiting for my new ones to kick in... good timing i guess.
I'll bookmark and come back asap...
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i think this is an interesting idea. i'll see if i can pull something together for it. <3
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i believe this is an interesting idea, i'll try to.
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i think all works of art are excellent and they should all winner..... good luck thanks for sharing....
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very thoughtful of you
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This is an interesting and creative idea. Usually, I frown on depression poems, especially ones about suicide or self-harm. But this looks like you're trying to do something new with the concept, so I look forward to seeing your entire idea unfold.
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I loved the contest.
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it would not let me edit the preview thing on my poem...but i added the second part. just to let you know because i was not sure when the deadline for the second part was.
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