Loss

Contest is Over

• Contest was judged on July 7, 2008
• Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 75, Bronze: 25
• Final notes:
  This was an incredibly hard contest to judge, and a really emotional one for me. I read a lot of poems that touched me, which made judging this that much harder. There were a ton of incredible pieces and I truly wish I had points enough to give everyone. Thank you so much for your submissions.
  
  To the winners, thanks for touching me with your pieces. You truly put so much emotion and so much heart into every word and it showed throughout the piece. Thanks for entering!

Contest Winners

1. Once A Man... Twice A Child

   by In Too Deep1 56 lines, 17 comments, on Oct 31 12:01 AM 2006. In Sad, Personal
   Gold trophy winner

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2. 12 to 58 and back again.

   by Exodus 5 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 15 8:11 AM 2008. In Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Other
   Silver trophy winner

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3. The Day For Dad

   by myheartbait 60 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 15 10:37 PM 2008. In Pain, Personal, Sad, Death
   Bronze trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

Entries [27]

• How Do I Go On

  I listen to the rattle of his lungs and wonder if today will be the day he leaves me here and travels far above.

  by skye01 16 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 1 1:41 PM 2008

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• André

  A brilliant, little star is born
  Minutes later he flickers, then blinks out

  by ClaustrophobicJoy 20 lines, 16 comments, on Jun 18 4:53 PM 2008

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• number one on my list of regrets

  by lowercase prelude 49 lines, 21 comments, on Mar 12 12:18 AM 2008. In Life, Pain, Sad, Death

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• From Darkness of Womb to Darkness of Grave.

  I remember the first time
  I felt him,
  

  by Aliya Abbas 40 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 21 1:37 AM 2008. In Pain, Personal, Love

  • Commented on by judge.
• Little Solider Boy

  You never my solider only my brother

  by KelsBabez 43 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 21 2:52 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Personal, Sad, Angst, Life, Pain, Other

  • Commented on by judge.
• lost love

  the old man walks alone now along that stormy beach

  by earthangel33 34 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 9 6:30 AM 2008. In Life, Love, Nature, Pain, Sad

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• Just a Dream

  The tears drip down my face as I am
  with you in another time another place

  by Shining for You 14 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 13 2:30 PM 2008. In Sad, Thoughts, Personal

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• dead of night

  Standing underneath this dead night sky
  Wandering helplessly, searching for you

  by Lonely Christina 11 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 18 9:25 AM 2008. In Dark, Contest, Weird, Thoughts, Sad, Pain, Death, Lost love, Depression, Longing

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• The Funeral

  by endofgame123 12 lines, 9 comments, on May 8 11:00 PM 2008. In Personal

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• A Tragic Loss

  I once cared so much for him,
  I thought he was my best friend,

  by Poetess12 27 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 21 2:00 PM 2008

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• Grief beyond words

  Look! at the misfortune of the bright young leaf / it trembled down and set herself free. / 'I' a brown old one never imagined such time wo

  by poetic-enigma21 32 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 4 11:15 PM 2007. In Life, Sad, Pain, Personal, Thoughts

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• To Dave

  I got the call in the morning Sunday, So unsuspecting of the news I’d hear.

  by enitsirhC 13 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 17 1:33 AM 2008

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• my grandfather

  Losing the one i truely loved
  knowing now that he has gone

  by LadyLuff 18 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 11 4:40 PM 2008. In Sad, Lost love, Sadness, Death

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• Good-bye

  I wrote this today to my old girlfriend whom had committed suicide. I just found out yesterday in a letter from her parents. Please by kind

  by LullabyxWolfe 27 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 14 7:12 PM 2008. In Personal, Pain, Sadness, Lost love, Goodbyes

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• Silence

  Silence. . .
  Are you here my love?

  by A-Jamais-Le-Votre 37 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 19 12:39 AM 2008. In Dark, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Other, Pain, Love

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• Surviving

  by Vera Rich 7 lines, 17 comments, on Jan 1 3:57 PM 2006. In Personal

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• Today And Everyday

  Brushed up against a memory,
  wind I felt yet did not see.

  by Sandygram 26 lines, 35 comments, on May 11 10:42 PM 2008. In Personal, Love, Thoughts, Life

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• The Little Furry Ones

  A poem dedicated to Minni & Niffi, my 2 sweet cats.

  by Rinoasis 14 lines, 15 comments, on Jan 6 10:24 AM 2008. In life, love, animals, personal

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• Looking Down On Me

  I sit here staring out the window As if I may see you standing there

  by Lost-Rose-Petal 32 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 19 3:31 PM 2008

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• This Space

  by toomysterious 30 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 22 11:06 PM 2008. In pain, personal, sad

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Days go by

  Days go by
  Each an everyday

  by Isolatedsouls17 48 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 25 9:05 PM 2008. In Dark, Sad, Personal, Pain, Life, Thoughts

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• Them Bones

  Gnarled, not pretty;
  Working Hands.

  by DeGraw 11 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 19 7:23 PM 2008. In Love, Pain, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Memories, Death, Contest

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite

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  Exodus
  July 8, 2008
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  Thank you for the shiny and the contest.
  Congrats to the other winners

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