Please give me the best unpublished poem you have ever written. (It's okay if it was posted here, but nowhere else.)
If you haven't written it yet, write it now.
THE WINNER WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN UPCOMING EDITION OF OAK BEND REVIEW!
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Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 31, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300
- Final notes: Wow! So cool! I really enjoyed this contest. The Preliminary Finalists are in no particular order with the exception of the top three. I felt each one of the Preliminary Finalists were worthy of publishing so be sure to submit them in the publication of your choice. The top three were not only excellent but were perfect for Oak Bend Review. The gold went to an amazing sonnet which I felt anyone, even if they didn't care much for form poetry, could appreciate. It reminded me of Wiman and I am going to send him the upcoming issue of Oak Bend Review because I know he will love it. We will spotlight the poem and the poet in Sept/Oct OBR. The Silver went to another one of my favorite poems of all time. I remember reading it a long time ago and going ahhhhhh... The bronze is just so human. I don't know. It got to me. So, the gold will go in the upcoming issue of Oak Bend Review and I would love to publish the Silver and Bronze in the Jan./Feb. issue. I think they will compliment that issue well. Send them in the body of an email to Oak Bend Review (email address on website) with a short bio. around November or December. The rest of you, submit, submit, submit.
Contest Winners
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by Corey Harvard 15 lines, 89 comments, on Oct 14 1:10 PM 2006. In Italian Sonnet, Societal, Inspirational
Gold trophy winner
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Oh, when the clouds hunt o'er the deep
And fragile sunbeams greet the morn,
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A man pastes honey on his eyelids
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You turn the globe into a map
of my albino eyes, andby freestallion 55 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 6 5:27 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
Three poems - first one being the entry to this contest.by rendezvous 84 lines, 18 comments, on Mar 5 5:45 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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questions unanswered,
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by Dark Dragon of fire 75 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 7 2:04 PM 2006. In Dark• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Cocaine stained and worn
the walls of tomorrows past• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
And I'll never have to fall again.
Never have to crumble into the earth again.by youhadme-athello. 23 lines, 35 comments, on Jul 20 7:09 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
there's that girl in her own little
world.by Coloured Skies 18 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 24 11:20 AM 2008. In Suicide, Teenage thinking, Teen issues, Goodbyes, Depressed, Personal., Emo, Pain• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Too early to go home just yet,
she takes another path.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
by SoldierOfTheCross 14 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 24 6:09 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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She has... no name
a porcelain doll... of a woman..• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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For once, her heart has been broken
It beats only halfheartedlyby Darker-star 29 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 14 2:20 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Our love may seem
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On the third day of this trek descending
rapidly from cloud forest into high jungle habitat,by A60sMan 27 lines, 9 comments, on Dec 7 1:12 AM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
i could feel it comming / &• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Once I knew you I think it was a few years agoby XxX-Ivy-Love-XxX 28 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 10 7:16 PM 2008. In Life• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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by Luckintheshadows 62 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 11 11:28 AM 2008. In thoughts, personal, love, lust, adult, creative fantasy• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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And God said,
"Let there be dark"by dabpunx 57 lines, 17 comments, on Jul 6 1:06 AM 2008. In God, Light, Dark, Life, Existentialism, War, Personal, Transcendental, Patrio• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Be alone, just for one moment:
Be alone with the music in your heart.by after-silence 50 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 15 1:52 AM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Born
brought forth from the wombby word20dragon 23 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 24 1:08 PM 2008. In Contemporary• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Gazing up at the phosphorescent moon
counting the stars in the sky• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
La luna se oculta en el horizonte The moon hides in the horizonby Passionateguitarrist 67 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 16 8:54 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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There was once a moment sometime ago,
you were sleepingby AudreyEvans 26 lines, 23 comments, on Jun 18 3:57 PM 2008. In Senual Sensum, Love, Personal, Relationships, Memories, Sexual, Sad• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
by S A Adelmann 374 lines, 69 comments, on Mar 10 7:00 PM 2007. In Adult, Society, Pain, Life, Contemporary, Sad, Spiritual• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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i'm scribed in scottish folklore
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I have no bestest.
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Oh just pick one at random woman - you'd end up entering something better that most
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can the poem be rhyming?
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Actually, yes. But it is a rare thing these days for me to see a rhyming poem I like. I would just toss some here and there if I were going to try that.
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Ahem - I'm assuming by 'best' you mean what 'we' think is our best ... aka, what we like most? ... because I have no idea what any one else things. Seriously, it takes enough to know what I think most days
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I think you could probably just close your eyes and draw one of your poems out of a hat and it would blow the rest of us away
I put the one in that I liked the most (of what I have written)--I don't know if it's the best, or if anyone else thinks it's the best--it's just one that I like, and I can only hope that it's ok.
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*ahem* I do the flattering thing! - you're stealing my thing! - look people! .. she's stealing my thing!
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Nice contest ...
looking forward to seeing the winners.
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Thank you- I'm very honored!
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i really appreciate the nod, thanks so much
al
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