Your mission should you choose to accept it is:
Draw a self-portrait with words.
Do not describe your existence or 'being' through everyday actions.
Dig deeper, beyond that sense of 'self' or 'I',
past others as - meaning
and into the
phenomenon of living.
You may not use the words:
I,
love,
self,
belief,
God,
heaven,
hell,
good,
bad,
evil
[ more may be added or removed ]
Easy, right?
There's more.
Weave your own understanding of 'existentialism' into it.
Not sure what existentialism is?
Existentialism is a humanism
as Sartre said ...but heres a link to get you started
Existentialism
have fun.
Draw a self-portrait with words.
Do not describe your existence or 'being' through everyday actions.
Dig deeper, beyond that sense of 'self' or 'I',
past others as - meaning
and into the
phenomenon of living.
You may not use the words:
I,
love,
self,
belief,
God,
heaven,
hell,
good,
bad,
evil
[ more may be added or removed ]
Easy, right?
There's more.
Weave your own understanding of 'existentialism' into it.
Not sure what existentialism is?
Existentialism is a humanism
as Sartre said ...but heres a link to get you started
Existentialism
have fun.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on May 25
- Rewards: Gold: 1000, Silver: 800, Bronze: 600
- Final notes: Thanks to each of you for making this a surprise. Who knew 'existentialism' could draw a crowd
Honorable mentions are in no particular order. My apologies for the lack of green things, but it's not about the metal, more the poem, yes? ( it is, really )
Honorable Mentions =
It's Thursday and there's Fluff in my Belly Button,
Subsistence,
As Above, So Below,
Myrrh Belle,
Actual,
An exposure,
Dreamworks,
Unformatted,
Luminous Illusion,
Inside the Shell,
Brownian Motion,
pi
Again many thanks.
Contest Winners
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Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [32]
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Cluttered Chaos occupies this vessel• Commented on by judge.
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An artist of many degrees A painter a writer of poetry and short storiesby clara wiley 16 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 29 11:22 PM• Commented on by judge.
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there is another word for amber;
fossilized invertebrate in clear resin,by Cannonsfire 35 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 29 11:40 PM. In Contemporary• Commented on by judge. -
oh humby Malabu 24 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 29 11:57 PM. In Contemporary, Personal, Thoughts, Passing Thoughts• Commented on by judge.
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by In Too Deep1 49 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 30 1:01 AM. In Dark, Death, Life, Inspirational, Depression, Humanity, Self. Reward• Commented on by judge.
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by pithyaplomb 74 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 21 4:36 PM. In Spiritual, Life, Nature, Thoughts, Existentialism.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Burning the death away.by TwilightBloodRuns 19 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 30 12:08 AM. In Fire, Temper, Passion, Ethanol Rain, Embers.• Commented on by judge.
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Connected, energies
all living entities;by islekine 18 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 30 2:27 AM• Commented on by judge. -
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matter is analysed in light,by EvilKate 41 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 30 6:21 AM. In Contemporary• Commented on by judge. -
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A new cavity seeps in/I snuggle in and sleep,
And when the six hits the two/I’m numb through and through
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She looks in the mirror to see
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I the flame is burning brightly in the night,
the fires of hell is consuming the heart I holdby Sundesigner 7 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 30 5:25 PM• Viewed by judge. -
Curling toes murmur campfire stories, stammering and yearningby Embossed 20 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 30 8:10 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Who are you? What are you?• Commented on by judge.
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Every line every etchby Breezie 59 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 15 10:29 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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born of earth and water; air emerged; then split• Commented on by judge.
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Who am I?• Commented on by judge.
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He laughed at me as i entered through the solid black doors. It wasn't a large building, deserted and hidden. The man, with his brown red t• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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A mirror of poetic refraction,
magnifying or reducing,by ears2hearyou 43 lines, 2 comments, on May 5 9:02 PM. In Contest, Abstract, Humanity, Society, Contemporary• Viewed by judge. -
I am a listener, a parasite when it comes to words.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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ohh fuck me... oops, I used the word me and I and oohh bummer, I fuck, therefore I spam/am
sorry hun
bloody damned fine contest and i certainly know a few bods who'll jump on board with this one......
I shall contemplate the fluff in my navel -
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your navel will thank you
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you may be sorry you said that... that could be the starting point for me
contemplating navel fluff; is it my enemy or friend? -
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I don't care how you get there, or what entrance you use, just that you get there
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hahahah
is this a double-dare you kind of dare and questioning thingimibob??? huh huh huh
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can we have some random words we can use, like sausages, talcum powder, freeze dried tomatoes, elephant tusks, round fruit, plums and lime marmalade??? huh huh huh
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and you asked me to get all existentialism-ly whilst i'm on night shifts... are you mad???
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you don't ...........really........................
want me to answer that do you???
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oohh go on, get all Jung on me, make me sweat in my primordial soup
hahahhaha - very funny - not
how very dare you
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I am going now to work on this. As the gov would say, "I'll be back."
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I look forward to it
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Great Invitation!
Yes, I wish to accept! I think I'll read that link as well, even though I suspect strongly that I know what existentialism means.
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Excellent.
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heaven knows
right or wrong
i have a strong
sense of belief in
self
God knows i love the
good
the bad
and the evil
oh hell.
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LOLOL
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.. this should be great reading !
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I'd love to see your thoughts
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one could permeate
Existentialism
with a broad infusion
of ‘self and being’
and as two separate entities
within the whole sphere
of our universe
minute are these thoughts
and feeling contained
in minds confused by the
why, where, the when,
the here, the now, and the
very core of their existence.
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i thought i was an existentialist at 14 when i discovered sartre et al
now i understand it is better to try not to think much beyond the mundane
i think that comes with motherhood when all the questions are to do with where the next meal is coming from i.e. "mum what's for tea/dinner/supper?"
so....
food - that's the answer!
great contest
elaine
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motherhood... lol
don't ever get me started on that
thank you
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ooh a Liza contest... maybe I should bite the bullet too been thinking on it for a while. (Can't believe the number of entries already...)
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use it to polish your teeth
I can't either...
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Oh, goody! Love the challenge. Bookmarked.
Maybe I can spur my muse with this one. lol.
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hope you can!
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Existentialism is such a great philosophical concept. XD
I will try to enter this contest. -
Chilly swore, hey that isn't playing fair, if we can swear I'd win this contest!
Biggest of the little Bangs
Moxie powered Yemassee
who toots his little - mighty horn
up and down the street--
Gabriel to all you great unwashed
...cleanse my little feets
but pardon me your wooden cross
toot - toot - toot - toot - toot
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How can one be an Existentialist when they aren't free? And you aren't...read my darned prophetic poem again...I am God and I have a group to prove it! ...
So where's my gold trophy?
Oh wait I forgot to write something about man's Absurdity and how the struggle is the meaning of life...as my struggling for humor clearly proves here...
signed,
Yemassee,
Teacher of Malraux, Camus, Sartre, Beauvoir, et al
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Oh I mean Sir Ima, but as my motto says, "I think therefore I Yem..."
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You do realize of course you're asking questions of Marvin the Martian right??
LOL if you wrote, I'd open another contest and give you gold just because you did
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and the silver and bronze...I don't work cheap you know!
I shocked Rebeka once by entering one of her contests, anything is possible.
But that would mean I'd have to really try and that hurts my brain.
Poor Marvin
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Ah no, it wouldn't be YOU, if it wasn't 'you' and that of course would be no work at all
It takes a lot to shock me and so far no one on AP has managed
I like Marvin.
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See that isn't fair, might be able to shock you but then I'd get banned from AP and I kind of like coming here...it is a challenge though but it would have to be fiction, I doubt anything I'd write in poetry could be shocking. I'll see...I did write a tale about a little girl cutting out a kittens babies, but of course I couldn't post that! lol But that wouldn't shock you, the shock would have to come from unsuspected notion, to cross some boundary so sacred and so incomprehensible, and against any notion of logic that you'd be reviled at the idea. Hmm,
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ooooooo!
for a second there I thought I detected the faintest sound of wheels going around
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'self'
Dam it! Has that been on the list all the time?
Had one of those in it and also have had to change my title!
Which is done, but the incriminating evidence is still hovering up there on your poem list... unchanged!
self, me, my, I, mine...... Ah'
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What's so hard about this contest? Here's a cinquain that meets all your criteria:
Swallow
your Monte whole
Paris; indulge the urge
to acquire what's perfect before
you die.
Damn! Just close the contest now and admit perfection has been wrought in only a few immortal lines...
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if it's perfection
post it.
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13 ... is a great number ...
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Thank you so much Liza, such a wonderful idea for a contest that drew so many really great entries...
congratulations to the other winners, all who found inspiration here and of course to our gracious and talented host
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thank you Al
and everyone else who participated, yes .. very much so .
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Thank you
For a most intriguing contest, Liza...and congratulations to the winners. I think the choices were well founded.
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Thanks for hosting and congratulations to the winners..and all the other fine poets presented here...
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