My quote contests have never gone well before but I am hoping this one goes better.
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Please Note!
The quotes are not simple or exactly easy quotes but I think they can be interpreted in different ways and can create amazing poetry
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Allow yourself to think outside the box pretty please
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The Quotes:
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Four be the things I’d been better without;
Love, curiosity, freckles and doubt
-- Dorothy Parker, US Authoress [1893 - 1967]
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Still an angel to each love beside,
But still be a woman to you
-- Thomas Parnell, English Poet [1679 - 1718]
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Her modest looks the cottage might
Adorn,
Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the
Thorn
-- Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet [1728 - 1774]
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For when his legs were smitten off,
He fought upon his stumps
-- Richard Sheale, English Poet [16th Century]
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My tongue has sworn it
But my mind’s unsworn
-- Euripides, Greek Dramatist [406 BC (rumoured)]
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‘Excellent’ I cried.
‘Elementary’, said he.
-- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, English Author [1859 - 1930]
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And he smiled a kind of sickly smile and
Curled up on the floor,
And the subsequent proceedings interested him
No more
-- Francis Brett Harte, US Author [1836 - 1902]
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I claim not to have controlled events,
But confess plainly that events have
Controlled me.
-- Abraham Lincoln, US President [1809 - 1865]
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Sir you have but two topics, yourself and me and I am sick of both
-- Samuel Johnson, English Lexicographer [1709 - 1784]
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The visions of my youth are past -
Too bright, Too beautiful to last
-- William Cullen Bryant, US Poet and Journalise [1794 - 1878]
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Rules:
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Do NOT enter your poem in this contest and another at the same time; I truly find it rude and I will DQ you without any warning!
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Please put the quote used in the Authors Notes
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Enter as many times as you like
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Please Note:
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Commenting on other entries is incredibly polite
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More points will be added at closing, same as always
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Reserves Welcome
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 2
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 300, Bronze: 200
- Final notes: Thank you
Stay safe♥
Contest Winners
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Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [5]
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Ooo you have a Sherlock Homes quote ^^
I'll see if I can come up with something
No promises though
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I do? Where? Lol I just got the quotes out of a book my Mother in law gave me that she had when she was little girl
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" ‘Excellent’ I cried.
‘Elementary’, said he.
-- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, English Author [1859 - 1930] "
Ooo well similar one in those stories. Just re-checked then and Sherlock Holmes is based off that authors detective ^^
.... I think
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Ahhhh, that's coolies
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Coming back to this...a couple are striking a chord in me
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Looking forward to it
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Thank you so much,Manda, for the Honor of Bronze in this wonderful contest. This poem is the first I have written since the loss of my most precious friend. I am still lost in the fog. I may revisit your quotes for more inspiration...its so hard to find the words right now.
Thank you for allowing to express my heart.
As Always,
Deena
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Thank You!!
Thank You for the Trophy and points for I am Honored also Appreciative
Congratulations to all who placed
Another Excellent contest and Love the quote prompt for it certainly grabbed me~
Thank You for Hosting Sweet Soul!
Many blessings to You
Best wishes in all You do
and much love & light~ Desire~*~
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