Here we go: the final installment of my anti-wordbank series. Your genre this time is...ANY. Any style/form/length as well. But there’s one catch: this anti-wordbank will be the most comprehensive yet.
Starting with 1500 pts. Additional awards to be added. Thanks to my co-judge, Keyser Soze, for donating 500 pts.
Below is a list of words that you are NOT allowed to include in your poem. I also mean not to include the plural form or any variation of the word.
- Nothing
- Something
- Everything
- Life
- Death
- Night
- Day
- World
- Free
- Fall
- Sky
- Hate
- Love
- Dark
- Sad
- Happy
- Man
- Dream
- Broken
- Cry
- Heaven
- Hell
- Blood
- Believe
- Hope
- Peace
- Thought
- Word
- Meaning
- Understand
- Body
- Feel
- Touch
- Heart
I am also expecting you to omit entire parts of speech:
- NO personal or possessive pronouns (I, me, he, she, you, it, they, her, him, us, mine, yours, hers, his, its, ours, theirs)
- NO coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet)
- NO adverbs ending in –ly.
Starting with 1500 pts. Additional awards to be added. Thanks to my co-judge, Keyser Soze, for donating 500 pts.
Below is a list of words that you are NOT allowed to include in your poem. I also mean not to include the plural form or any variation of the word.
- Nothing
- Something
- Everything
- Life
- Death
- Night
- Day
- World
- Free
- Fall
- Sky
- Hate
- Love
- Dark
- Sad
- Happy
- Man
- Dream
- Broken
- Cry
- Heaven
- Hell
- Blood
- Believe
- Hope
- Peace
- Thought
- Word
- Meaning
- Understand
- Body
- Feel
- Touch
- Heart
I am also expecting you to omit entire parts of speech:
- NO personal or possessive pronouns (I, me, he, she, you, it, they, her, him, us, mine, yours, hers, his, its, ours, theirs)
- NO coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet)
- NO adverbs ending in –ly.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on March 31, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 700, Silver: 500, Bronze: 300
- Final notes: Thanks to all who entered and rose to the challenge. You're braver than I would be! It was tough to choose the winners. Lots of great entries but these really stood out to us. Congratulations!
Contest Winners
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Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Entries [11]
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Starlight dances among the obsidian expanse Illuminating each illusive shadowby ChildeOfChaos 7 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 17 10:46 PM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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Empty praise,
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Hear the sweet sound of ethereal voices
Singing across the deep expanseby wolfcub 25 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 30 9:14 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
by twilight seduction 14 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 30 11:14 PM 2008. In Weird• Commented on by judge.
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WHOA! hmmm... well at least i have 13 days!
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Oh, I know you can do it.
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lol, i am not sure if i am capable of this.
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I know. I'm very demanding. If anyone can do it though, you can
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thanks for this contest. It was hard and a real challenge, but I loved working on it. Cheers.
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um...to sum this up in one word...HARD! i love the idea, don't think i can do it. good luck.
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wow! i'll enter tomorrow when I have more time! this should be a challenge!
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very different idea I like it
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Thank you for the wonderful honor of silver. I was so pleased that I entered this contest, for the challange and for the fun. Thank you for presenting an open and positive environment and for being a wonderful judge. Cheers.
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