Hello, all. This will be my second quote-inspired contest. Don't let me down!
Rules
- NO rhyme. At all.
- Don't use the quote you chose in your poem.
- Please put the quote you chose in your author's notes.
- You may enter as many times as you'd like, but don't use the same quote twice.
Notes
- I can be blunt in my critiques/comments. If you can't handle it, don't enter.
- Points will rise, depending on entries.
- I will comment on every poem.
- Your entry can be any genre you want, as long as it has something to do with the quote.
- You will be disqualified if you don't follow the rules.
Okay! Now that we got that over with, here are the quotes.
"Empty, I echo to the least footfall,
Museum without statues, grand with pillars, porticoes, rotundas.
In my courtyard a fountain leaps and sinks back into itself,
Nun-hearted and blind to the world. Marble lilies
Exhale their pallor like scent."
- from poem 'Barren Woman' by Sylvia Plath
"Reality untouchable, transparent, invisible to our fixed, restricted fields of vision
Existence taken for granted, absolute. Possessed, owned, controlled
by the common sense-infected rational gaze
Onward forever we walk among the ignorant.
Never stray from the common lines"
- from song 'Rational Gaze' by Meshuggah
"There are no eyes here
In this valley of dying stars
In this hollow valley
This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms"
- from poem 'The Hollow Men' by T. S. Eliot
"Low I kneel, with heart submission,
see, like ashes, my contrition;
help me in my last condition."
- from hymn 'Dies Irae' by Thomas of Celano
"She's addicted to nicotine patches
She's afraid of the light in the dark
6:58 are you sure where my spark is
Here
She's convinced she could hold back a glacier
(between cotton balls and xylophones)
but she couldn't keep baby alive
(I'm getting old)
doubting if there's a woman in there somewhere
Here"
- from song 'Spark' by Tori Amos
"Life is only a vision, a dream. Nothing exists, save empty space, and you; and you, are but a thought."
- from movie 'The Adventures of Mark Twain'
"Asphyxiate on words I would say.
I'm drawn to a blackened sky as I turn blue.
There are no flowers, no, not this time."
- from song 'This Time Imperfect' by A.F.I.
"My landscape is a hand with no lines,
The roads bunched to a knot,
The knot myself"
- from poem 'Childless Woman' by Sylvia Plath
"Mamma said life awaits
like a kidney stone
it's just a broken heart son
this pain will pass away"
- from song 'Mamma Sed' by Puscifer
"In this secret way
He knew you first
And from those lips, a seed
Your mouth dropped open
Darkness fell out
Kept close in skin
Kept close in blood
And in he was
And from those lips, a seed
This is the gift he received
Twisted roots kept warm
Rape she was and ready for the death"
- song 'The Other' by Isis
"I come down like a bloody rain cuts up flesh sky,
A pulse beating under
Meat petals bloom in a bone garden
Ain't no god, no ghost gonna save you now"
- from song 'Hall of Mirrors' by The Distillers
"Underneath the bridge
The tarp has sprung a leak
And the animals I've trapped
Have all become my pets
And I'm living off of grass
And the drippings from my ceiling
It's okay to eat fish
'Cause they don't have any feelings"
- from song 'Something in the Way' by Nirvana
"What blinds us, or what makes historical progress very difficult, is our lack of awareness of our ignorance. And [I think] that beliefs should be put aside, and that a psychedelic society would abandon belief systems [in favor of] direct experience and this is, I think much, of the problem of the modern dilemma, is that direct experience has been discounted and in its place all kind of belief systems have been erected... If you believe something, you're automatically precluded from believing in the opposite, which means that a degree of your human freedom has been forfeited in the act of this belief."
- from speech 'Psychedelic Society' by Terence McKenna
"Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused."
- Freda Adler
"Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward. Whoever cannot take care of himself without that law is both. For a wounded man shall say to his assailant, "If I live, I will kill you. If I die you, are forgiven. Such is the rule of honor."
- from song 'Omerta' by Lamb of God
Good luck, amaze me~
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 15
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100
- Final notes: I honestly didn't think this was going to turn out so well. I want to thank each and every one of you for entering. They were all brilliant pieces.
Contest Winners
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Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [8]
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There is all the look of a goddess But deep inside there is no soulby NurseyPoo 14 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 27 11:02 AM• Commented on by judge.
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There is no depth here,
There are no souls to be seen,by ShellyoConnor 22 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 10 7:39 PM• Commented on by judge.
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enter, please!!! *begs*
how ish you lovely
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Wowie!
What incredible quotes! I'll bookmark this contest and see what I can come up with.
Good luck sweets! ♥
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Hehe but I love your writing and I know you would undoubtibly outstand
That's good! Wanna have a tea party?
I'm gooood, everything's been smooth as of late 
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
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Of course!!
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i reserved a place!
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yeah you betta' hoe
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awww thank you SO much momma!!*Hug* you're the sweetest soul in the world 
I've been so sad lately because I haven't gotten a lot of entries!
I love you too Momma*Hug* I hope everything's fantabulous with you too ♥
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bookmarking
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hmm; i like the quotes I'm bookmarking & am going to see if i can write something for it
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woo thank you
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I appreciate that this contest is substantial; not some weak
vampire- dribbling-blood-into-a-hand crap.
Your prompts are great inspirations
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Hahaha, I've seen too much of that lately
But thank you very much! I hope to see you enter
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I shall do my best to enter! i hope my writer's block lets up some
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extendedddddd
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yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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These quotes are amazing. I am definitely bookmarking this even for future inspiration
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Awww I'm so sorry momma
God I'm gonna miss you!! *kicks and whines*
Love you more sweety
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Oy vey. I really need to get started on this.
I'm slowly catching up on the poems I was supposed to write 2 weeks ago.
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what a lovely plath quote, and i really really like that one by eliot. will try my best love
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I'm sorry Jeanette! I PROMISE; cross my heart and hope to fry, that I'll enter your next one!
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You hate me!
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Nooooo. I'm a terrible person!
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Thank you for the bronze. Congratulations to all the winners.
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thank you, poppet <3
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