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What is Unwritten?

Write a poem on a subject that you have never seen used in poetry. Make it meaningful.

I want a message, an opinion or something like that.
(For instance, do not just write a poem about socks, make it about something using socks to illustrate your point, or as a simile.)

Your poem can be dark, sad, happy, romantic...anything.


RULES:

1.Grammar must be correct.
2.Spelling must be correct.
3.No adult rated poetry. (I want everyone to be able to read it.)
4.No more than 40 lines.
5.Make it original to you.
6.Describe it so I can see or feel it too.
7.NO cursing.
8. Make it mean something.

I WILL RE READ ALL THE POEMS WHEN THE CONTEST ENDS TO ALLOW POETS TO EDIT IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO. ~ JOYCE

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on May 4, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 300, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 2 people
  • Final notes:
    Thank you to everyone who entered my contest. I am not kidding when I say that judging was very difficult. Too many great entries.

    I ranked these poems with these criteria in mind:

    How much I simply liked it.
    How well the subject fit the criteria.
    How well the poem followed ALL rules.

    I had to eliminate poems that had too many lines, had misspellings and/or grammatical errors still present after I had pointed them out.

    I will be posting another contest soon, so I hope those of you who got no prize this time will enter again. ALL of you have talent and could win next go round.

    Thanks for making my job so hard but my reading so easy.

    ~ Joyce

Contest Winners

  1. House Dust
    by Mairi bheag 19 lines, 16 comments, on Jun 13 10:57 AM 2006. In Weird, Humor
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. Trilobite
    by U.g.l.y. 34 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 9 10:17 PM 2008. In Dark, Pain, Sad, Suicide, Sadness, Depression, Fantasy
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. Dead Duck
    Joy. A talking portrait of a bird escapes from an
    apocryphal oasis from actual snakes. Freedom
    by cover fire hero 53 lines, 17 comments, on Oct 29 6:18 AM 2007. In noguest
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Indigestion
    And so to sit contemplating the emptiness
    The plate of life eaten
    by XxGoldenxXDawnxX 40 lines, 3 comments, on May 1 12:54 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Life, Thoughts
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4184697, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  6. Ode to Toilet Paper
    As I sit upon the throne and wonder,
    There are so many things that I ponder.
    by Pollycheck 19 lines, 63 comments, on Jun 13 8:15 PM 2006. In Humor
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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  • Dienush
    April 29, 2008
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    Wow, this is challenging. It's something I always want to do, but never actually do. Now I think of it... every topic that pops to mind I've written about at least once I'll have to write something for this contest.


    • Sprite silver member
      May 1, 2008
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      When I said write on a subject you have never seen, I meant in anyone else's poetry.

      Thanks for your comment. Joyce


  • divebar
    April 30, 2008
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    fantastic idea. but wouldnt it work best without prewrites?

    • Sprite silver member
      May 1, 2008
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      I would have preferred no preexisting poems, but I realized that some people just might have one already and that intrigued me. Thanks for your comment, divebar.

      ~ Joyce