Choose one of the following prompts/themes:
mother's hands
on the wind
prayer
metamorphosis
Rules:
Free verse only!
Use metaphor!
20 lines or fewer of succinct, powerful imagery
Left align and plain backgrounds only.
No prewrites.
If you don't follow the above rules, I will warn so you may correct, but if you don't...sorry. DQ!
I may add points depending on quality of entries.
mother's hands
on the wind
prayer
metamorphosis
Rules:
Free verse only!
Use metaphor!
20 lines or fewer of succinct, powerful imagery
Left align and plain backgrounds only.
No prewrites.
If you don't follow the above rules, I will warn so you may correct, but if you don't...sorry. DQ!
I may add points depending on quality of entries.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 1, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 300, Bronze: 150, Honorable mention: 4 people
- Final notes: I was very pleased with the quality of the entries in this contest. I truly enjoyed reading and rereading each poem. So tough to judge with so many fine pieces. Thanks everyone and I look forward to reading more of your work in the future.
P.S. HM's are in no particular order.
Contest Winners
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by MJ Donnelly 15 lines, 15 comments, on Jul 15 9:03 AM 2008. In Personal, Memories, Life
Gold trophy winner
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Each day
I feel for the windby cricketjeff 21 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 15 10:09 AM 2008. In Love, Free verse
Silver trophy winner
• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 4427323, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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When the earth was not known,
No Sun was there in the sky,• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
I placed myself in
a cocoon to protect me• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
by amaranthine lover 8 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 18 3:13 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Contest, Dark, Fantasy, Abstract, noguest
Honorable mention
• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Entries [15]
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small trusting fingers
wrap loosely around mineby solitarytear 19 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 15 9:05 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Life, Lost in thought, Message• Commented on by judge. -
Who says that the duckling stays ugly?• Commented on by judge.
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we're the words on the wind the crumbled news of yesteryear• Commented on by judge.
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by Tamaska Forsaken 12 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 15 12:40 PM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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Dandelion seeds riding on the wind
Blowing every direction they can,by drakostheron 15 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 15 1:04 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
You see my four pi radians squared, but I'm at least four thirds pi r cubed.by ParadoxFry 3 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 16 4:23 AM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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Comments
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mother's hands was the one that jumped out at me, too. I'm bookmarking and will try to come up with something from one of these prompts. Good luck with your contest.
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whisper
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Great! Looking forward to reading your entry.
BellaD
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AURGH!
Sorry for the sudden outburst in text, but every time I edit my poem, it still says "21 lines" on this page, and it says "19 lines" on the inside! If this doesn't change, please don't DQ me. -
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Okay, it finally turned back to 19. Sorry again for the outburst!
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I won't DQ you! Thank you for the follow up.
BellaD
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mother's hands is a very inspirational
one. i wanted to try for a different one
than the majority, but alas, i fell
victim!
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Hey, the more the merrier, right? Besides, everyone will put his or her personal spin on the prompt.
BellaD
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true, true. i agree.
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going to reserve; i'll start on it after i finish my homework
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Looking forward to your entry.
BellaD
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Hi, I really want to enter your contest, but I am busy entering so many others right now. I am going away for the week coming up and won’t be back till the 27th. Is it alright that I reserve and am able to come back that Sunday with the contest not judged yet? Or that’s not possible? I can write the piece no problem, it’ll be written very quickly, I just need the time when I get back and settled. Is that ok?
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Yes, go ahead and reserve and submit your poem when you return. Looking forward to reading your work!
BellaD
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hmmm intresting. yes.
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Thank you so very much, and this contest was a bit of a family affair in that you awarded my niece "adsaige" bronze, again thanks!
sincerely,
mj.
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