Pick a quote and make sure your poem is connected to the quote. If you believe that the poem is too abstract from the quote, please explain it in your A/N.
1: "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." -Soren Kierkegaard
2: "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr.
3: "Shoot for the moon- you may miss but you'll land among the stars."- Unknown
4: "A man said to the universe, "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "That fact has not created me a sense of obligation.""- Stephen Crane
5: "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato
6: "Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down." - Jimmy Durante
7: "A poem is never finished, only abandoned." - Paul Valery
8: "Love a person for their good, but if you truly love them, you'll love them even more for their flaws."- Lithius
9: "To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone."-Suzanne Gordon
10: "Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'"- Charles M. Schulz
11: "Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ..." - Louis Hector Berlioz
12: "Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered."- Albert Camus
13: "Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."- F. Scott Fitzgerald
A/N: Put the number in your author note or you will not be considered for the award.
Closes July 4, Midnight
1: "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." -Soren Kierkegaard
2: "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr.
3: "Shoot for the moon- you may miss but you'll land among the stars."- Unknown
4: "A man said to the universe, "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "That fact has not created me a sense of obligation.""- Stephen Crane
5: "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato
6: "Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down." - Jimmy Durante
7: "A poem is never finished, only abandoned." - Paul Valery
8: "Love a person for their good, but if you truly love them, you'll love them even more for their flaws."- Lithius
9: "To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone."-Suzanne Gordon
10: "Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'"- Charles M. Schulz
11: "Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ..." - Louis Hector Berlioz
12: "Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered."- Albert Camus
13: "Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."- F. Scott Fitzgerald
A/N: Put the number in your author note or you will not be considered for the award.
Closes July 4, Midnight
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 5
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: I love the entries and thank you all poets who entered. It was a hard choice for the gold, and I thank everyone for choosing from different quotes. Good luck to your future contest.
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Oh God
You do not returnby PrabhuDayal Khattar 19 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 3 8:07 PM. In Spiritual, Thoughts
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2: "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jrby BestSouthernComfort 26 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 3 5:23 PM• Commented on by judge.
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~Being different.~• Commented on by judge.
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13: "Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."- F. Scott Fitzgerald
It is like laughing at your own joke, LOL!!! I am so guilty of it!!!
Great Contest!
Sorry I just cannot stop(.)
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