Nicolette, Tara and myself have written poems about skin.
They weren't written to any contest, it just happened.
You can read them here below.
Now what we look for is, how men would be inspired by
the same subject.
Yes, this is a contest only to the male crowd of AP
Show us how our poems inspire you.
Blend the three of them and give us a new skin.
Rules:
- No poems with more than 15 lines
- Left alignment
- Simple background
blind reading upon skin
(by Mari)
gently, his eyes
undress my thoughts
and read my words
before they sink in the black ink
he tastes the vowels
on the tip of my tongue
breathes each syllable
when inhaling my scent
and weaves verses
on my bare skin
a wish, literally spoken
(by Nicolette)
fingers at the tips
of words, full sentences
rubbed against the skin
of your name –
daily,
inside sound,
trembling in articulations
of bodily language
handwriting
(by ardentMarch)
He writes a
poem on my cheek
with his fingers,
a gentle poem
tracing my skin -
lightly;
a love poem.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 9, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 4 people
- Final notes: A note from Tara:
I enjoyed reading and commenting on all the poems, but declined to participate in the judging process.
Still, we already had each our choices, and after 178 IM's (women talk a lot) we came down to this result.
All the entries were great, and we thank you guys!
Contest Winners
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contest poem:
'trace a word' she saysby windhover3 16 lines, 26 comments, on Apr 3 12:57 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Nature
Gold trophy winner
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Your pale beauty takes my eyes
your snow white binding calling me• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Silver trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [18]
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Your glistening bronze hue
combined with perfect featuresby honestlylost 19 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 25 10:28 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
A tender stroke stretches across pale canvas
Shifting side to side painting a portrait of affectionby Arsonforallages 5 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 25 7:24 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
by quantumsurveyor 19 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 25 5:55 AM 2008. In Love, Personal, Thoughts, Almost Erotica, Contest• Commented on by judge.
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by Sir Ima Cucumber 49 lines, 16 comments, on Mar 26 3:28 PM 2008. In Humor• Commented on by judge.
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When he is with her His eyes become Tiffany lamps, shining with the soft, luminous gold ofby RadioPJ 15 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 31 12:03 PM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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Comments
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i did one the other day about ripping it off
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that was only supposed to be your clothes, Ian.
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beautiful
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Ok, that is eerie how you all unknowingly pretty much wrote the same poem.
It'll be interesting to see just which poem you pick and why. What do you exactly mean by "give us a new skin?"
I thought Chasingthedays's comment was funny...and it was after all, a very male way of looking at this contest.
Good luck with the reading and judging. I hope you get lots of quality, original entries.
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Thanks! I'd enter myself, as usual, but this time only for guys. Are you coming?
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a beautiful contest idea, Mari..thanks for inviting me to join you..
I am looking forward to reading all the entries...
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This looks great, Mari - thank you for inviting me too. Hope we get many "skins" to read!!
~ Nicolette
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bookmarked
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have decided to write a very long, formatted poem with a nice heavy iambic pentameter gallop all right justified, and about two people holding hands, wearing gloves, fully clothed in a space ship
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and and the back ground will be flourescent sparkle pink with big floppy grey gloves with tan bunnies on them
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beautiful....absolutely beautiful, Moqui...can't wait...lol
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Nic will love it
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Bookmarked
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Hah! I'm guessing if Nicolette realizes I discovered this contest, she's going to implore you change it's title. I have a way of bringing the worst to such imagery, and she's one of my favorite people to torture with such deviancy when I do
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man. now i want to be man. lol.
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no you don't lol
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yesh i do!!! lol
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That is it, we need to talk
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I wrote undressing
into the sentence of her cheek
traced her articulations on my tongue
I wove her trembling language
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thank you...
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no, thank you I like the contest idea. It actually inspired two poems outta me; they just refused to stay true on the quoin.
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Breeze came...
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and imagined the feel of a small girls feet standing in his hands. Terrific photo. BrianComes and MariGoes.
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But you always leave and I always come back... with small feet
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Thanks so much for the Silver trophy. Brian's Gold is so well-deserved. Congrats to everyone.
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Congratulations to all the winners...now my ritual...
MariGoes cheats!
I hope she chokes on those points the three winners passed to her under the table!
I never, I'm hurt, I'm shocked, I'm discombobulated, I'm flummoxed...excuse me I need to visit a thesaurus...I'm befuddled and bemused... and, and...wooly-headed...I like that one.
Shame, disgrace, wait, one more visit...holy ignominy ...I am attaint with your effrontery.
Yes, I'm done.
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indignant where is Jay
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Thanks for the HM
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