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3 MOS. Gold MEMBERSHIP-updated to 600 points! and feature, Prompt: APATHY- Give Dark Writing a Try...

Unique Contest:

Offering trial membership to:
Gluttons for Punishment Dark Writing Group

http://allpoetry.com/group/show/Gluttons+for+punishment

It is not required to join this group to enter. 

 

Give dark writing a try....the only blood and guts we
spill is ours that flows from the digging in...to
pull out fearless and bold writing.

 

Oppty. to become a trial member, to expand your

genre's and air out all corners of your writing souls.

A safe place-family-who understand how "peeling"  this is  to do.

Simply put on group app...trial membership. 

 

 

Our Writing Prompt is:   APATHY

Writing Prompt: Apathy
Webster Definition: http://dictionary.reference.com/
1. absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
2. lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting.
Detachment, impass, stoic stupidity, emotional stupor, listlessness,self-pity

Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. "The apathy of despair." --Macaulay.

Syn: Insensibility; unfeelingness; indifference; unconcern; stoicism; supineness; sluggishness.

Thesaurus correlations: http://thesaurus.reference.com/
coolness, detachment, disregard, doldrums, hebetude, heedlessness, immobility, impassiveness, impassivity, inaction, inappetency, indifference, inertia, inertness, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, minauderie, nonchalance, phlegm, stoicism, torpor, unconcern

disinterest, impassivity, incuriosity, incuriousness, indifference, insensibility, insensibleness, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, phlegm, stolidity, stolidness, unconcern, uninterest, unresponsiveness


Awards will be:

3 Months Gold Membership

300 points

and Feature for all of Ap. to learn an and enjoy!

 

Examples of Use your own or get inspired by ideas of:
Metaphors:
Plenty of Political,

Dark Fantasy,

Murderer of Souls,

Midnight Thief,
In-Prisoned,

Fire’s inner rage,

Self-adultery,

Mirror Mirror on the Wall..
Robot: What about me..What about me…What about me….
The Day the Mannequin’s ruled earth,

 A fifth of Soothing relief,
Spritiual writers; fire's trial & revelation, spears of truth, half alive.
Lyrical for our Musicians: a feast of lyrics all of the above.

Haiku- you are our cousins in poetry, expose the truths that lurk in your soul.

 

 

A Precious of Gifts was received by Master Dark Poet:

Wayne Leon Learmond

of One thousand Points, I have divided appropriately

amongst Gold, Silver, and Bronze!

 

Humble bow and gratitude we extend to you kind sir! 

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on July 10, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 600, Silver: 400, Bronze: 300
  • Final notes:
    May it please YOU to know, I had to dig in
    deep and pull out my intestines and liver
    to choose the Golden Winner of 3 months Gold!

    Truly this was the Toughest Contest to Judge!
    It has took me 3 days of Inner Wrestling
    to judge this contest!

    YOU ALL WERE ASTOUNDING...I am FILLED WITH
    BOLD HOPE...and PLEASE PROMISE ME...
    you will continue to write with this
    bold STrength of HEART!

    Out of 1,238 people online...
    YOU ARE THE TWENTY EIGHT POETS
    BEATING AND WINNING THIS GAME CALLED LIFE!

    Blessings and HONOR I BESTOW UPON YOU>
    The FEW that were courageous and BOLD!

    Golden Winner: IMPASSIVE PASSAGES
    Silver TROPHY: WIND UP DOLL
    BRONZE TROPHY: The Wind Does Not Whistle

    See you on the poetic road!
    ears2hearyou/Kathleen
    Seattle, WAShington.

Contest Winners

  1. Impassive Passages.
    They sit strapped
    in wheeled chairs,
    by artis 75 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 22 1:06 PM 2008. In Life, Pain, Sad, Dark, Thoughts
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. Wind-Up Doll
    (You kissed her frozen lips but she was never Snow White. She never woke up for she slept too deep.)
    by Pandorea 26 lines, 13 comments, on Jul 6 3:17 AM 2008. In Sad, Weird, Life, Dark
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. The Wind Does Not Whistle
    The wind does not whistle Through the barren trees
    by davidbetzer 35 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 4 8:58 PM 2008
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Black Blemish
    The world has changed in these few years Or perhaps, it’s only my view.
    by Ulixes 21 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 7 9:58 AM 2008. In Pain, Sad, Dark, Thoughts
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. Sit Silently By
    Sit silently by
    Speak not
    by baghdaelf 21 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 22 12:34 PM 2008. In contest, life, society
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. .: Apathy :.
    Hands down on cooling metal Eyes bleak, standing out and looking inward
    by miasma 28 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 22 5:08 PM 2008. In Sad, Personal
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  7. Drip..
    D r i p, d r i p, d r i p,
    dripping of my blood hitting the tub so fast,
    by Velvet Rose Petals 17 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 23 12:20 AM 2008. In Pain, Sad, Weird, Fantasy, Dark, Contest
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  8. Word Salad, Congealed
    by Luna Tique Fringe 33 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 22 5:42 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Dark
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  9. Fate's Revenge
    by maverik 18 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 22 5:43 PM 2008
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  10. Cathedral's Silent Bell
    by Roaddog Wolf 26 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 22 10:27 PM 2008. In Dark, Angst, Abuse, Pain, Sad, Personal
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  11. End of Times
    DARK DECAY OF ROTTING FLESH
    DISMEMBERED THOUGHTS THAT I KNOW BEST
    by Mdr62 22 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 22 12:09 PM 2008. In Dark, Contest
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  12. Mirrored Sanity
    My crowded effigy remains lost I don’t know, can’t care
    by blacktheblind 28 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 22 11:26 PM 2008. In Love, Life, Sad, Dark, Pain, Contest, Death, Lost in thought, My life, Longing, Loss
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  13. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4357647, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  14. Inner ...
    by tarnished-angel42 0 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 8 12:59 AM 2008. In Adult, Angst, Erotica, Dark, Thoughts, Weird
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  15. Anti-salvation
    White turns black
    Soul is delusional
    by jogn 25 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 23 12:14 AM 2008. In Dark
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  16. Self-Adultery
    Extreme narcissism, they call it Self-adultery, I say
    by aidenspektor 20 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 23 12:28 AM 2008
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  17. Cacophosized Reflection
    Wounded soldier. Thou hath succumb to inappetency.
    by VoltaicHypnosis 51 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 23 5:11 AM 2008. In Contest, Thoughts, apathy, Life, Society
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  18. ignoring the stain
    Simply put,
    I have sockets.
    by RyanosaurusWrecks 33 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 28 11:34 PM 2008
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • Luna Tique Fringe
    June 22, 2008
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    Reserve?

  • U.g.l.y.
    June 22, 2008
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    I want a place here, so remind me about this later.


  • nichtmich silver member
    June 22, 2008
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    Bookmarking, for sure.

  • Kari gold member
    June 22, 2008
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    Hey,

    I am very impressed with this contest and have put it in the spotlight section right here:
    http://allpoetry.com/contest

    If you IM me with the winners poem when the contest is done I'll see about possibly putting it on the spotlight section on the homepage if it's G Rated, and within site rules.

    Best of luck with your contest!

    Kari,
    Activity Leader

  • U.g.l.y.
    June 23, 2008
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    Uh, may you open the contest for some more entries and notify me? I really need to write for this one.


  • adsaige
    June 24, 2008
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    ah, damn, i just typed the poem too!


  • Luna Tique Fringe
    July 10, 2008
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    Congrats to winners, especially Artis. His poem stood head and shoulders above the rest, when I read it the first time...I was pulling for him.

    cool contest, thanks

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