THIS CONTEST IS ONLY FOR THOSE IN THE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES GROUP
If you're not in the group, please do not enter. But we're always accepting new members! 
You can join here: http://allpoetry.com/group/info/People%20with%20Disabilities?stay=1
Hello again my friends! I thank you all for your interest in this contest. The last one that I held for this group turned out very well, so I am hoping that this time it will be even better. Let's try to see if we can move this group and each other through our words. Let's be as inspiring and hopeful as we can be. Hopefully, we can find tranquility deep within ourselves and share it with each other. It's never too late to try and help others who are in similar or worse situations as we are. We can always reach out and lend an ear, touch a heart, and most of all make new friends. So, choose a category and give it your all! I am offering a lot of points for this contest, so don't let me down!
I. Word Banks
Pick one of the following Word Banks and write a poem in 30 lines.
A) Forgiveness B) Loneliness C) Unconditional D) Premeditated
Unpredictable Regret Midnight Guilt
Consequences Shatter Breathless Harbor
Underestimate Stray Impulsive Protection
Insatiable Questions Heart Beat Witness
Rectify Separate Ocean Tide Grave
Greed Interest Harmony Freezer
Breathless Determined Everlasting Secrets
II. Pictures
Select a picture and tell me about it in 25-30 lines.
A) Restless by: http://mwkira.deviantart.com/
B) A Child In Time by: http://www.ngphotos.com/child_in_time.htm
C) http://oasisofinspiration.com/inspirational/powerful-beyond-measure/
III. The Interview With God- http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/
As I was browsing the website Google.com, I came across this very beautiful site that really moved me. I want you to take a few minutes to watch this video and then tell me what you think. How did it make you feel? What really touched your heart as you sat and watched it. Perhaps, it was the gorgeous sceneries depicted throughout the video or just the words themselves that came across the screen. Write me a poem in about 30 lines about this video.
IV. Quotes
For this category, choose a quote and write a poem about it in 25 lines.
A) “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot
B) “You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”- Christopher Columbus
C) “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we took so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened up for us” - Helen Keller
D) “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life’s about creating yourself.” - George Bernard Shaw
E) “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Waldo Emerson
V) An Inspiring Quote From You!
For this prompt, take a moment and think of an inspiring quote.
Write a poem about it 25 lines.
RULES
Please follow all of these rules!
1. Use spell check
2. Use proper grammar
3. No sticky caps or all caps
4. No chat lingo
5. Keep it clean, no Erotic or profanity.
6. Please enter your letter and option number in your Author's Notes.
7. Add "Live Your Life To The Fullest And Have An Awesome Time!"
to your author's notes. This is a quote by me! :)
Gold: 1200 Points and a gorgeous Gold Trophy
Silver: 800 Points and a stunning Silver Trophy
Bronze: 500 Points and a beautiful Bronze Trophy
Special thanks to Kareneisenlord for her point donation in this contest!
Well, that is all that I can think of. I hope that you find all of these prompts inspiring and motivating to your muse. I wish you all the best and can't wait to read your work! Please take of yourself and have a wonderful week ahead.
If you have any questions please feel free to message me. Good luck to you and thanks a lot for being an active member in this group!
Jeremy0826
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 7, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 1200, Silver: 700, Bronze: 400
- Final notes: Thank you to all of you who entered this contest! I must admit that I was a little disappointed with the amount of entries that I received but, what I did read was very beautiful and inspiring from all of you!
I hope that you all had fun writing for this one. I pray that we will continue to encourage and inspire each other everyday with our words.
Always remember to reach out to someone everyday. Pick up a load, sit a while and listen, be a shoulder to cry on, and be supportive! Thanks a lot for being an active member in this group!
Take care of yourselves and stay safe wherever you roam each day. Have a beautiful day and God bless you all my friends!
Jeremy0826
Contest Winners
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In life we always seek after our wants and never get them, but we always end up with our needs, but don't ever realize it because we are soby Angels Whispers 63 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 1 9:45 PM 2008. In Noguest, Spiritual
Silver trophy winner
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I live my life as if each day may be my last
Thankful to be me, happy, content, prayerful just having a blast
• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [8]
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Sitting a ~stray~ is all she knows how to do
Every since the doctor gave her the newsby Yesterdays Memory 15 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 20 7:17 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
The Interview With God,
Touched my heart greatly,
In so many ways.by Lost in a Dreamstar 59 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 26 10:47 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
111 From the vision of the Video, Interview with Godby nansie 43 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 1 12:24 PM 2008. In Spiritual thoughts• Commented on by judge.
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I have you book marked dear friend.What an awesome contest this is, so many options to choose from
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Everybody please take a moment to review the contest rules! There are many of you who aren't
reading and paying attention to the rules. Thanks
a lot for entering this contest and I appreciate you sharing your thoughts with me! Take care!
Jeremy0826
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Option V...does that mean a quote of our own...as in something we say? Or does it mean a favorite quote of someone else that we choose to use?
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Yes it is your own personal quote.
Thanks a lot for asking! It not only helps
you but, everybody else entering this contest.
Take care my friend!
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Thanks. I am pretty sick right now, but I will try to see what I can do.
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Thanks Jeremy for another wonderful contest
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Thank you too!
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