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Challege #1: a poem in 25 words

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25 words only



challenge:
1. close your eyes
2. prompt yourself and let the voice of honesty reveal a single word.
3. let the word inspire you.


rules:
-plain black background
-white font
-no pictures
-quality poems only.



I will start with 300 points.











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Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on July 31, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 2 people
  • Final notes:
    Thank you very much.

    The winners are as follows:

    1st: 'Flutter'
    2nd: 'Ugg'
    3rd: 'Toss your bread into a pond'

    HM:

    'is nothing short of'
    'song birds'

    The rest of the finalists just made my day.

    Kudos and see you around.



    HENSLEY

Contest Winners

  1. Flutter
    by poet2angels 18 lines, 15 comments, on Jul 5 9:19 PM 2008. In love
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4439877, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  3. is nothing short of -HM
    There is a heaven
    behind the ambiguity,
    by Lj- 25 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 17 5:17 PM 2008. In Thoughts, Weird, Personal, Life, Love, Contemporary, Fantasy
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4439301, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  5. hidden
    by marlene47 17 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 17 1:16 PM 2008. In Contest, quickie
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. Relentless
    I crave blush
    staining indelible beauty,
    by kaibab 21 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 17 4:03 PM 2008
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  7. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4397939, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  8. Sufferance
    by Pamela A Lamppa 22 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 5 10:16 PM 2008. In Life
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  9. What I See
    by hardeepb 16 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 6 12:47 PM 2008. In Lost in thought
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • Danny Beatty gold member
    July 5, 2008
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    bookmarked ... right now, all i am coming up with is stuff like 'the' 'of' 'a' ... but, but i know my brain will unkink and it will kick into cruise mode shortly


  • aeolia
    July 11, 2008
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    bookmarked


  • marlene47 silver member
    July 17, 2008
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    What a cool process - simple yet profound.



  • babygirl2582 silver member
    July 18, 2008
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    :)

    Good Luck Everyone


  • poet2angels gold member
    July 31, 2008
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    Thank you so much, Hensley for the honor of gold!
    I loved the inspiration!
    Great contest
    COngrats to all
    Lynda


  • Pamela A Lamppa silver member
    July 31, 2008
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    Thank you so much for the honor of being a finalist in your contest. GREAT contest. Congratulations to all! ~Pamela


  • Cherokee
    July 31, 2008
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    Thank you for hosting and for the Silver and points.

  • Nicole Hanna
    July 31, 2008
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    How come every time I hold one of these 30 word contests, I get maybe 3 good entries, but you hold one, and you've got a whole buttload up there?

    So not fair. lol

    Congrats to the winners!

  • marlene47 silver member
    July 31, 2008
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    Thank you for the contest and your insightful comment. It was a process that I enjoyed. Congratulations to the winners.
    Marlene

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