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Rhyme. Bring in your masterpieces!

 

 

If you've been removed, look here!

 

I remove any poem that I feel will not place - by, of course, personal preference, subject, flow or anything, really. I also remove if I've recieved amazing entries and so your particular one didn't place. Most of the time, I actually want you to eter again because of many plus points in your poem,I don't want you to be offended - I've already removed some amazing entries that were off subject or something or the other. Many that I've removed so far is because of the subject. I hate love, nature is pretty maddening, normal random tellings are a bit .. random. I like dark but gore won't get you past. This way, you know you wouldn't have won with that entry and get another chance to enter. Also, I get to perhaps expect that your second entry will be better and I will get excellent entries, eventually.

 

If you are removed, you can enter again. No matter how many times you are removed, enter again. I might just be waiting for your excellent poem to be under a different subject;] 

 

 

 

 

 


Well, I've been wanting to do this for a while. You see, I lately want to get back to rhymin a lot - I got carried away with free verse by learning it. Time to get back the rhyme!

So I want to read some exceptional entries! You can give me prewrites or you can give me new entries - all will be treated as the same.






However,
there's a catch.


Not everyone can rhyme as good as the other - and I really want the best. So. I will remove whatever does not have a chance of winning when I properly read them [which might not happen on first click]. That way, I get the best entries and I don't have too many poems to comment on when the contest is over. If I plan to comment, that is.

Get it? Here's an overview and extra notes. I don't care if you don't read them - but if you want to win, you should.



Overview + Notes:
  1. If by any chance, you are removed... you may enter again.
  2. I cannot have commented on it. 
  3. I'm allowing anything - but can assure you that love and religion don't catch me. I dislike even the mention of a higher power.
  4. Also, I am disgusted by erotica or sensual.
  5. I don't much like 3 line rhymes - a villanelle, for example, is not my taste.
  6. Or much repetition like the monotetra.
  7. None of that is saying that what you enter must be a form. It just has to rhyme. Even a simple AABB rhyme scheme will catch me depending on subject and flow.
  8. I could show a few of my own rhymes - but I don't want to be pretentious. So if you want eexamples of my taste, I'll find some good rhyming pieces from other authors or send something of my own. Your choice.
  9. Points will raise - dramatically. It always does. Moreso when I'm sure there will be excellent entries.

    10.  

     

     

    So what are you waiting for?

    Good Luck.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on July 27, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 700, Silver: 400, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 9 people
  • Final notes:



    Alright now, this has got to be one of the toughest contests I have ever had to judge. With prbably over 200 entries altogether, I narrowed it down to the 30 of you that are in this contest right now.

    I have to say [and this is one judge that certainly means it] that all the entries in here are fantastic. Whether or not you've got a placing, you've done extremely well.

    [honorables are not in order]

    As for my gold winner, well, they have got to be proud.


    Thank you so much for entering this and making it worthwhile for me to read - although I should say that I won't be doing this again. I feel that some people have been offended when I removed them [which I tend to regret when it's based solely on subject matter] However, I don't want to be doing that.

    - Chandni


    x.

Contest Winners

  1. The Suicide Pact
    What a horrible race are we?
    Living in this web of lies we weave,
    by zammy 24 lines, 13 comments, on Jul 20 3:43 PM 2008. In Abuse, Angst, Life, Pain, Personal, Sad, Society
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. Broken Ties
    He sits in his chair all alone in his room
    a blanket to cover his knees,
    by Sue Cardwell 31 lines, 85 comments, on Jun 23 7:46 AM 2008. In Sad, Pain, Thoughts, Life
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. State of Mind
    In this crazy state of mind
    I allow myself to dream
    by Rakerman1 54 lines, 28 comments, on Jan 13 12:12 AM 2007. In Personal
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Fiddler's Green
    by February Moon 110 lines, 14 comments, on Aug 23 10:54 PM 2007
    Honorable mention
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  5. ~Beneath The Smiles~
    by Fug-azi 20 lines, 53 comments, on Jan 7 8:21 AM 2008. In Ottava Rima, Anger
    Honorable mention
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  6. A Hard Lesson Learned
    by BehindTheShadow 28 lines, 30 comments, on Feb 29 8:15 PM 2008. In Contest, Thoughts, Humor, Life, Personal, Message, Family
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  7. Lesson, One
    by Sonja 11 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 24 2:19 AM 2008. In Love, Nature
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  8. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4417837, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  9. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4410317, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  10. Jehovah's nightmare
    This little soul’s impatient” said the midwife at dean’s birth,
    when he arrived at seven months upon this planet earth.
    by judmc 47 lines, 23 comments, on Jul 4 10:27 AM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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