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I've met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall behind him, and God asks me, "Why?" Why did I cause so much pain? Didn't I realize that each of us is a sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness? Can't I see how we're all manifestations of love? I look at God behind his desk, taking notes on a pad, but God's got this all wrong. We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens. And God says, "No, that's not right." Yeah. Well. Whatever. You can't teach God anything.

~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 30






I tend to be drawn to, and write, a lot of poetry with dialogue. Or, even better, with conversation. Even if it’s just one line, even if nothing is quoted, words spoken between the characters in the poem help me hear it instead of just read it.

That’s what I’m looking for;

-Poetry or Prose that contains dialogue. It does not have to be, and I ask that it not be, the whole poem. Just one part or one sentence.

-Any length/subject is fine.

-Left align and use proper spelling


I’m limiting this to only fifteen entries, so I can give a ‘good comment’ on each piece. Points will most certainly increase if the entries are up to par. I have too many points than I know what to do with.

Go for it.



Example:

Message

by Harold Pinter


Jill. Fred phoned. He can't make tonight.
He said he'd call again, as soon as poss.
I said (on your behalf) OK, no sweat.
He said to tell you he was fine,
Only the crap, he said, you know, it sticks,
The crap you have to fight.
You're sometimes nothing but a walking shithouse.

I was well acquainted with the pong myself,
I told him, and I counselled calm.
Don't let the fuckers get you down,
Take the lid off the kettle a couple of minutes,
Go on the town, burn someone to death,
Find another tart, giver her some hammer,
Live while you're young, until it palls,
Kick the first blind man you meet in the balls.

Anyway he'll call again.

I'll be back in time for tea.

Your loving mother.






















Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on June 29, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 1 people
  • Final notes:
    one of my better contests. Thanks.

Contest Winners

  1. marriage: an ism
    by flight 29 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 14 5:43 PM 2008
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4332503, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  3. the goodbye driveby
    by righteousme 29 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 14 9:30 AM 2008
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Imagine~
    'Imagine,'
    I barely leveled my voice,
    by Blkwidow77 30 lines, 16 comments, on Apr 21 10:45 PM 2007. In Personal, Sad
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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