I'm tired of reading bullshit poetry its authors claim is "dark".
So here's what I don't want:
Gore.
Supernatural creatures (especially vampires because they're fucking stupid, but ghosts are allowed).
Emo whining (this includes cutting).
Gramer dat lyke iz, ubre shytti wit bad speelin.
Stupid love plots and their badly-reasoned resulting suicides.
Rhyme.
Happy endings.
Stuff that basically fellates god.
What I want is something on the human level. Something that makes me think, gets me depressed, that's somber and deep.
I'm sick of poetry that relies solely on shock value with huge amounts of gore and vampiric activity, with plain descriptions shitting out dull imagery. I want poetry that isn't just spelled out, but instead is laced with strong imagery and emotion.
If you want a better idea of what I'm looking for, try reading some of Blkwidow77's work. Hell, read some of mine if it helps, but you're not required to.
I critique honestly, and sometimes harshly. Don't bother entering if you take honest, constructive feedback as negative.
If your poem sucks enough, I'll throw it out.
GO.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 11, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 150, Bronze: 75, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: The top three entries were pretty much exactly what I was looking for; all the finalists in general submitted poems that were more-or-less on the mark. I suggest reading them, because they're good stuff.
Anyway, thanks for entering folks; keep writing.
Contest Winners
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Gold trophy winner
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Any rhyming in this poem is unintentional.• Viewed by judge.
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Death,who seeps Night, cradles his crimson scythe
and blades the torrid winds.by JadedEdge 22 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 1 9:53 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
You can’t have me
I will make you hurt disassemble apathy for blooming anarchyby howlinginpain 57 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 3 11:14 AM 2008. In Dark• Viewed by judge. -
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I can feel you there but are you real?• Commented on by judge.
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Waves crash against the shore line,
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I'm sitting on the floor
at the foot of my bedby Dirty and Broken 77 lines, 19 comments, on Aug 5 8:16 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. -
Cowering in the recesses of my mind..by kimberlee meredith 13 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 5 8:20 PM 2008. In Contest• Viewed by judge.
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Does dark-psychological-emotional-instinctual exploration stuff that happens to contain gore break the rules? (By "gore" I also generally mean something more interesting than cliche violence. I have strange inclinations.)
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If you can make it without gore, sure.
Sorry, I'm just sick of the stuff, unless it's only implied or hinted out, rather than just thrown out there in the open. -
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I *can*, it's just that it tends to come out that way. I haven't been feeling as overtly gory as usual anyway, so it probably won't be that big a deal. It's just that I'm trying to explore a part of my own psyche that's very big on, well, gore, and it's a little bit difficult to convey the exact thrust of the experience without defining exactly what the impulses I'm grappling with *are*, if you see what I mean by that.
And, honestly, I can't blame you for being sick of it. I'm a gorehound myself, but as often as not I'm bitterly disappointed when I go looking for other people's work to sate the urge. Most people write gore in a very boring way, especially in poetry. -
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I get what you mean. I'm very big right now on exploring darker themes, but with patience, subtlety and nuance, and it's not easy. It's hard finding contests that I can enter these poems into.
But, the main reason I dislike gore is because so many people insist on using it in poems they claim are dark. In a way, it's looked at as something you *have* to have in your poem. I dislike this, because I think poetry can be dark without relying on something so blatant and dull. -
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Ahh, yeah. I call my gory work "dark" because gore is generally dark (especially what I write,) but it's *far* from the only flavor of darkness out there.
I'll give a fair spike at it and see what happens.
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blah your contest sux gore is awesome
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No.
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Oh my word!! Another contest!? I can't believe it I think this must be a dream! you + 2 contests=
Love your rules though, I started cracking up
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Um, but, I like vampires. Especially Keffer Southerland. He was a good vampire.
<<< that's the spooky face.
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He played a vampire? I'm disappointed.
Also, I don't think you could look scary, based on your pic.
I dunno, I guesss some of the old-school vampires are alright, but a lot of vampiric depictions on this site have been...horrible.
Now, ghosts on the other hand...those are cool. -
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oh yes,he played a vampire in an ooollllddd school movie called The Lost Boys. And yeah...poems about vampires are normally- laughable. the good ones anyways.
and I can be scary. -
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I disagree [about you being scary]!
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A question on your "god rule":
What if the poem only mentions god once but does not revolve around it as a subject? -
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That's fine.
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What the heck, I'm entering -- just got finished w/ a piece and been searching for a contest to place it in. I concur for the most part on how some of the "dark" poems aren't really what I consider as dark either...
Suspenseful and intriguing is what I am eager to find -- something that keeps me wanting more -- and then surprises the hell out of me @ the end...
-- if it's not to your liking -- feel free to DQ' it.
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Wot's wrong with vampires?
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They're stupid.
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bwahhahahhahahha You're too funny, you know that ?
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aww, this closes today, I was going to try to put something here. But I don't think I'll have time
. I'm sorry.
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I can extend it.
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awww
you're so sweet. If you don't mind, maybe for a day or two, I'll have sometime for this then, hopefully
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Would you please? I got started, and got lost in the dark...but something is moving...
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Done.
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Thanks - just the idea of not getting in made me write, so now it's done.
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Thank you for the extension, Dark Knight
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No problem.
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oh now come on...u must never hav seen an episode of buffy or angel in ur life to say that...vampires r awsome...now zombies r stupid...vampires rock...i hav however respected ur request and omitted any mention from my entry
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No, I haven't. Again, vampires are stupid.
Anyway, I sure hope your entry doesn't look like these comments.
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also...about the whole fellates god...r u not a fan of the sky bully or just dont like fellatio
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please don't judge my poetry by my comments...and u hav a very narrow minded view of vampires...give the guys a chance
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I was referring more to the bad typing.
Anyway, no, I'm not giving vampires a chance. I honestly don't see what's so great about creatures that bite peoples' necks and drain their blood.
Also, if you want to reply to someone, click the "Reply" link underneath their screen name. Thanks.
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I've found this whole conversation to be quite comical
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I resent that comment about the vampires.
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Too fucking bad. They still suck.
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This contest has been closing 'in 3 minutes' .......for like seven hours.
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Looks closed to me. Try again.
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Whatevaaa. You just changed it now. Don't like to me!
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Nope. I haven't changed anything.
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Lies! All of it, lies!
... I meant to say 'Don't lie to me, not 'Don't like to me'. Dear lord, I need to check what I write.
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Don't worry, I didn't really notice.
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....you make me raise an eyebrow lol.
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"fellates God."
LMAO!!!
I've had enough of pro-God poems. I have written some fairly evil poems about the man upstairs who-may-or-may-not-exist.
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You are so cheeky.
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ME, cheeky?
Please, I have never been fucking rude or vulgar. -
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Naw, cheeky doesn't mean rude or vulgar, more like playful
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Well, once again, you've shocked the blonde out of my hair, Dark Knight.
Thanks for the honor of silver, and congratulations to the winners!.
-sailor ptolema
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thanks so much for gold and congrats to the winners.
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thanks so much for gold and congrats to the winners.
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