This is my second contest and I'm trying to keep it small and simple to avoid it turning into a huge pain. Also, since it's such a small contest you should pay extra attention to the rules. If I have to DQ someone that means that somebody else was cheated out of an entry.
Side Note: I'm a sucker for dark love poetry.
I will leave my honest opinion on your critiques.
I'm looking for amazing, submit only your best.
Anything and everything.
I'm very lenient with the rules because I find them tedious and annoying when you want to submit a prewrite.
Contest Rules:
1. tHiS iS OnE oF tHe BeSt MeThOdS tO pIsS mE oFf
2. DO NOT tell me about how Jesus loves me and how he can save my life. Seriously, he's dead. Put him in the ground already.
3. I have a very critical personality. Don't enter my contest if you can't take harsh criticism.
4. Do not enter poems written specifically for this contest. Prewrites only. I don't think writing with a prompt or by force will ever be as good as poetry on your own impulse.
5. I don't care what kind of spelling or grammar you use, just know that I have OCD and I'll point out every punctuation, spelling, and grammar error and blow it up into this big ordeal.
6. No poems that have already won gold medals. If you liked the honest comments I left on yours that you submitted to this contest you can message me and request that I read a gold trophy poem and I'll critique it accordingly, but I'm sure nobody values my opinion that much.
7. Don't message me if you get a comment you didn't like. Most of the time when that happens people go to my site and criticize my writing very harshly, and I'm fine with it. Though, I find it difficult to take those comments seriously considering that they're written out of spite. Basically what I'm saying is, your petty forms of vengeance aren't working. I don;t even see why you'd do it. Seriously, it's just a comment; I didn't sacrifice your cat to some pagan religion or anything.
This sounds very cynical, but I love DQing people.
It means that I don't have to comment the poem.
So follow the rules, I feel that it's not too much to ask.
I've already started the judging process and I haven't even closed it yet.
HOpefully, I can get judging done on time.
Oh, and if you write anything like this (Not required to read it):
"Sea water billows,
While the thunder blasts,
The shipman aboard,
Don't think the ship can last.
The water churns,
And the boat seems to dance,
It sways, and bobs,
The men scramble for safety.
The railing is breaking,
Cackling with every creek,
The salty water turned faces green,
No one aboard remained meek.
Screaming and last goodbyes,
A hurricanes deadly near,
It's time for the crew,
To face their final fear.
The gears of the rutters,
Breaks as if it were merely paper,
And the sails tearing apart,
Much like a broken heart.
As the minutes pass,
The screaming starts to dim
All of the crew is missing,
It's but an empty ship within.
The captain made a final decision,
Because once the hurricane had hit,
The waters were calm again,
And the storm was gone.
Whatever happened to the captain,
Well there's one thing that's true,
Not only did he go down with the ship,
He died without the crew."
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Then I will call my friends, read them your poem, and we will laugh at you until we cry.
Thanks for reading, I hope you guys enter.
(Sorry for the lack of reward points. I'm new to the site)
I'm not as big of a jerk as I sound,
I'm just feeling very cynical today.
Put this in your author's note so I know that you read this:
"Cadaver Cafe: That's Some Fine Dining"
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 27, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 6, Bronze: 5
- Final notes: Well, I feel like I did my part int his contest. Some people didn't comply with all my instructions (*coughs* Author's Notes) and a lot of people were DQed because of it. I chose the to 3 people for obvious reasons... they were the best! Sorry 2nd and 3rd place, I only had 411 points to start this contest with; so you get virtually nothing. Well, there's always that nice trophy on your main page right?
Thanks for entering everyone, I've already got my next contest finished I just need to get the points to host it now. Good luck writing!
FakingItForReal [Dakota]
Contest Winners
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The wetting
blurring veils fall• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
If it's true that any thoughts you send out
Come back ten times as strong,
Why aren't you in my arms?• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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i'd laugh at a poem like that also. sorry if ur the 1 who wrote it!
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No, a friend of mine wrote it, don't get me wrong-
I love her to death, but she writes terribly.
I hold back laughter as I read her poetry.
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Even if is is cruel you have to admit a part of you wants to do it. i have a friend who has written most poems about like a man of god walking on water or somethin. freaky
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