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arid saturation

Please follow the rules:

-No religion bashing.
-No endline rhyme.
-No centered poetry.
-No emo, death, horror.
-No blatant porn.
-No flashy backgrounds.




If I don't get at least ten entries I will delete the contest.

What I want is for you to write me a poem that contains both wet and dry imagery. Take me from a thirsty state of mind to a drenched aftermath; or vice versa. Make the dry versus wet imagery stunning. I want to feel it like I was there. If you want to reserve that is fine. Please come back and finish.






DRY:

arid, baked, bare, barren, biting, boring, cynical, dehumidify, dehydrate, depleted, drain, droll, dull, dusty, empty, evaporate, evaporated, fruitless, harden, infumate (dry in smoke), insolate (dry in the sun), moistureless, monotonous, parch, parched, rainless, sapless, sarcastic, sear, shrivel, shriveled, teetotaler, thirsty, torrefy, towel, uninteresting, unproductive, vapid, waterless, wipe, wither, withered




WET:

damp, dampen, dampened, dampness, dank, dewy, douse, drench, drenched, drizzling, foggy, humid, irrigate, misty, moist, moisten, moisture, muggy, rain, rainy, saturate, shower, slippery, sluice, snowy, soak, soaked, sodden, soggy, soppy, splash, sprinkle, sweat, swill, wash, water, waterlogged, watery, wring











OCTOBER RAIN
—Charity Bryson, Grass Valley

gray pine
needles scorched.

baked earth

fog
hanging in the air
cloaking to pine.

mist gathers
falls
leaving
pearled patterns
in the dust.

rain becomes
a russet trail
sucked deep
by parched roots.






Poem for inspiration only. Now go be inspired.





Pic Credit: http://freeze-bloom.deviantart.com/art/Wet-Dry-37550798

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on September 16, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100
  • Final notes:

Contest Winners

  1. The Moment After Storm and Ache
    Twixt the spark and feelings flame
    is the moment when we can betray
    by tomisb 60 lines, 31 comments, on Sep 2 2:20 PM 2008. In Life, Love & Hate, Pain & Healing
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. Escape Desert
    by amaranthine lover 41 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 31 7:55 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Contest, Dark, Fantasy, Abstract, noguest
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. ice dry
    we take blue names
    & paint ourselves small
    by EvilKate 38 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 4 2:43 PM 2008. In Contemporary
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • Vera Rich
    August 22, 2008
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    If you change your mind and allow previously written work to be entered, please let me know!


  • Ebbing.X.Discreetly
    August 22, 2008
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    Hey, I hope that what I entered is appropriate, even though it's a bit sad...


  • Danna Hobart
    August 22, 2008
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    I hope to participate in this. I like the prompt very much.


  • iverbthenoun
    August 31, 2008
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  • adsaige
    September 2, 2008
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    damn, ends in one day.
    too late for me.


  • tomisb
    September 16, 2008
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    i Must say I am stunned. I was sure i was so far off base that you would enjoy my piece but feel it did not meet what you were looking for. I really thought a more nature type piece is what you thought. I really liked the challenge and the idea and after letting it percolate in my creative juices the piece showed up.

    Thank you, thank you for the gold. I am honored. Suprised and touched but really appreciative.

    Love Tom B.

    • Randomly Beautiful
      September 16, 2008
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      Well, I wasn't really sure what I was looking for when I started this one. Your poetry is always beautiful. This piece was no exception. It touched me.

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