[artist credit: "The Suicide" by Wings of Dust at deviant art.]
The title is a line from one of my poems, so please don't steal it. Thank you.
I noticed that a lot of people are holding contests on death and such at the moment, so for this contest, I want non-cliched cutting and suicide poems that [are]:
-raw
-emotional
-will make me feel your pain like a knife in my gut.
GROUND RULES:
-Please try to keep it around 30 lines
-No bashing me or each other.
-No glorifying self-harm, suicide, rape, or abuse of anyone/anything
-Label adult or erotic content appropriately
-No whiny, wrist-slashing emo 'my-parents-divorced-so-I-must-kill-myself' garbage.
Most importantly:
No whining or harrassing me if I leave you an honest critique. I judge poetry, not authors or their situations, so all sore losers will be DQed without question and banned from my future contests. There is no room for poor sportsmanship here.
Prewrites may be opened near the end, though I would prefer fresh ones. Also, points will go up and the contest will close at my discretion.
Oh, and please try to comment on each other's poems. It's the respectful thing to do.
Good luck,
Laura, aka Immortal ♥
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 1
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 50, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 6 people
- Final notes: Thank you everyone for entering. Your entries were mostly pretty good, but the winners are the ones who impacted me the most.
The HMs are in no order.
Until next time,
Laura, aka Immortal x
Contest Winners
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Is life just strife where favoured few waste privileges rare, leaving the rest to struggle through misfortunes most unfair ?
by Jonathan ROBIN 56 lines, 151 comments, on Mar 17 5:35 AM 2005. In Sad, Society. Reward
Silver trophy winner
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Your words stung the inner recesses of my heart,
Slashing my confidence, you tore me apart.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
You said to find my secret comfort,
My individual happiness and peace.by after-silence 28 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 2 11:09 PM
Honorable winner• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
Tainted skin melting to the floor, a flickering flame above
Naked under the magnifying glass, feeling ashamed of this secretby The Lady Phoenix 40 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 18 7:00 PM 2006. In Love, Contemporary
Honorable winner• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Entries [23]
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Your mind starts running all on its own,
not even going to give you a heads up.by SuicidalLover 25 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 4 5:47 PM. In Personal, Pain, Dark, Thoughts, Life, Suicide, Depression
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If someone said they loved me
Maybe that would help• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by SoldiersRain 36 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 15 10:20 PM. In Adult• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Wait. Where am I?by XXxXBassMeisterxXxX 39 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 12 12:06 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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So you think you are hurting, do you?
so you think your world’s at an end?• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
This is about my episodes of self-harm.by XPandyxFangirlX 30 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 15 9:28 AM. In Pain, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Dark, Life, Depressing• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Shot in the head,
Fallen to the floor.by xXDarkChildXx 10 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 1 2:47 PM. In blood, shot, contest, different, death, gun. unique• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Just a random write I suppose you could say. ^^""by B.m.w 16 lines, 15 comments, on Jul 6 2:23 AM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Pianissima The cell devoid of light• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Oh, I've got the perfect pre-write for you, then.
Seriously, it's one of my personal favorites; cutting poetry of any kind isn't my thing, but I really love the way it turned out. -
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I know what you mean... I don't cut, but I've written about it from other people's perspectives, and it feels so oddly-personal. I just like the way they turned out
Thus, prewrites are open.. Knock yourself out
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ooh i love your contest laura
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This is such a beautiful picture ^_^
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sorry that mine is so long.....
I just... thought this poem might fit.
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