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Semi Quickie Tears Are Words That The Heart Can't Say

Hi Every one!

Semi Quickie
Prompt: based on tears and the emotion of sadness and crying over someone, something or the loss of the self.

you can either use the picture above or the quote or both.

'Tears are the words that the heart can't say'

or you can use these other images to inspire you.
all are credited to the people who put things on to photobucket.com

*I want to see alliteration appear in your poem and alot of original heart stopping imagery.*

http://photobucket.com/image/tears/goddess_adessa/Artwork/Wiccan%20Art/tears-1.jpg?o=48

http://photobucket.com/image/tears/Pball_photo/cry.jpg?o=35

http://photobucket.com/image/tears/RuGgED11th/tears.gif?o=2

Rules:
-No swearing
-Check your work before you submit
-No erotica
-15 poets
-30 lines or more
-Any style
-15 poets
-No prewrites sorry


I will read all before the contest closes and will only comment before the end of the contest if I feel you could do something to make your poem better.
points will go up dramatically if I get enough entries

I wont criticise you for your unique talent but I will offer my opinion. please do not get offended I am merely trying to help you.

good luck have fun.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on May 21, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 150, Bronze: 75, Honorable mention: 3 people
  • Final notes:
    This was a really hard contest to judge I had to add trophies and I changed the order of the finalists at least 4 times.
    I judged this contest nased on who really pulled all the imagery and meaning from my prompt.
    I was looking for:
    originality
    style
    structure
    use of the prompt
    focus on language
    and especially the link between tears being the silent words of the heart.

    Gold: The wishes of your tear drops
    it was the structure that blew me away and the repitition which shows that every tear is similar but you changed the words slightly showing that every tear is different and complex. and the words written in tears were visually the words of the heart.
    CONGRATULATIONS!

    Silver: A Most Humane Rain. It was your beginning that sealed this it was the flawless alliteration and over all flow I enjoyed while reading your poem. A clever use of the prompt.

    Bronze:Curtains close.
    also very rich in alliteration and purpose and imagery in every word. well thought out and for me gave me a three dimensional view of language and tears that the heart struggles to say.

    and the honourable mentions were fantastic and exactly what I was looking for in approach to the prompt and rhyming structure.
    congratulations to everyone who entered I was very impressed

Contest Winners

  1. The Wishes of Your Teardrops
    by PsydewaysTears 107 lines, 5 comments, on May 7 6:39 PM 2008. In Love, Sad, Hope
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. A Most Humane Rain.
    Saline slipstreams,
    fall in rivulets
    by artis 47 lines, 8 comments, on May 7 7:06 AM 2008. In Life, Love, Pain, Sad, Thoughts, Hope
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Curtains Close
    nostalgic tears before breath flows so fast from cast off shadow-shows that those remaining in their clay shake,shiver,quiver,quake,betray
    by Jonathan ROBIN 29 lines, 5 comments, on May 20 1:55 PM 2008. In Sad, Time, Sonnet
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Tears are the words that the heart can't say.
    I just couldn't say, 'I'm sorry, I'm wrong'
    I could only think of the words to our song.
    by echo-ink 19 lines, 4 comments, on May 20 1:11 PM 2008. In Contest, Pain, Sad, Love, Angst
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. A Broken Heart Cries
    Teardrops on her pillow, not much love in sight,
    by Poetess12 23 lines, 3 comments, on May 20 2:33 PM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. Little Liquid Messages
    Perfect droplets
    f
    by eltortedequeso 35 lines, 3 comments, on May 7 2:14 PM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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