Ultimate Challenge; Options Plentiful Otherwise

I'll start off by saying: Second contest, yay! XD


Okay, I want to make this a little challenging for those out there looking for a bit of it so no pre-writes...think a little eh? But I'll still keep the options open. I'm looking for a piece that spills out anything and everything of an emotion or thought, not any drone, monotone kind of stuff. Inspiration is given to you, so give it back!! Have fun with it!


ð ULTIMATE CHALLENGE ð
So, the ultimate challenge for you is to use each and every category in/for your poem. Use anything with * next to it, and you have caught my interest further to your poem...and/or if you use all of them...well...that would be very good(hinthint, a challenge within a challenge however hard that sounds). You are going to be required to put a bit of information in the author's box concerning the categories, but not too much.

BUT...if you do not want to do all that you are still free to enter my contest, you just better have a well thought out write for it to have a chance at winning.

I will try my best to comment on all if not most entries and will tell you everything straight and flat-out, understand?



RULES:

*NO StICKy CaPS, that will be a DQ at first glance
*no tx tlk, be intelligent
*try to be somewhat literate, note the above ^
*do not bash another poet
*put 'sell my soul, buy some love' in author's note so I know you read
*IF you do not participate in the ultimate challenge place your # category and whatever the directions with that category say
IF you DID, please put the numbers in order and then whatever information needed beside them
*READ the directions for each category, including what goes in author's box!!
*erotica is okay just PLEASE not flat out porno, alright? Add some kind of emotion to it



#1 First off...the ever so original word bank. With this option you must use at the very least 15 words and these do not go in author's box because they'll already be in the poem and just take up more space. Maybe put a
small ' at the end of the word in your poem. You are welcome to change the word to past/present...it will still count:

presence
emblem*
stand
strain
tie
acrid*
numb
find
silenced
longing
withered*
infinite*
churning
corrosive*
aright
astray
wasted
ruined
hide
afterthought
foreshadow
nonexistant




#2 Next...(of course) is the picture inspiration! They might be different than what your used to though...these take a little more in-depth thought. Put in author's box.


[the picture used as the "heading" for this contest] *

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs37/300W/i/2008/254/3/3/Scarred_Path_by_Icedragonofthefuture.jpg *

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs36/300W/i/2008/254/9/2/Turn_Around____by_the_last_quincy.jpg

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs36/300W/f/2008/254/d/f/Lita_Modeling_1_by_xSweetestT0rment.jpg

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs37/300W/i/2008/254/0/1/Saint_Secrets__by_create_illusions.jpg

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs36/300W/i/2008/254/f/2/dreamers_by_deptha.jpg *

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs36/300W/i/2008/254/4/4/_Esperoquepase__by_Elein.jpg *

http://fc37.deviantart.com/fs36/f/2008/270/5/a/Wet_Nylon_3_by_fagetkid.jpg




#3 Next (obviously) is the quotes...I would prefer you use them for inspirational means, though you may use them in the poem if you wish. Whether or not they are in the poem, please put them in the author's box.


"Don't expect me to be leaving me"

"You could be better"

"This is where the sidewalk cracks,
rain leaks in" *

"Tell me stories, show me lies"

"You lifted me up to drop me so far"

"What was the crime, what did she pay?"

"Like a blank canvas with too much paint" *

"Love me, love me, never have me"

"Pass by, I wouldn't have known you" *

"We won't say a word, though we stole them" *

"Somehow, somehow, inside I think I know you"

"Sometimes we decide others we deride"



#4 No contest can be complete without... Titles!! (ultimate challengers, this is a questionable as a requirement, for now it is not...I do want to give you a bit of freedom, but you never know [and of course you can only use one...so ignore the using-all-stars rule with this one]) Since it will be the title it won't go in author's box.

Dare You

Let Go, Letting Go

Feel Free or Feel Something

Sometime Ago

Like This

Crashing Through

I'd Crash Though I Forgot How *

Love and Break are too Cliché *

If I Say...

The Sum of Some

A HeartSore to Others

A Mixing Glass to Blender *



#5 This is different than a word bank, it's a single-word-inspiration that you ARE NOT allowed to use in the poem but must state which one('s) you used in the author's box. You can use a synonym, or branch off the word...just DON'T use it...and these stay in the tense they are shown.

looking
try
flail
desire*
pleasure
dapple*
poison
nightmare
sly
idolize
daydream
wrong
foresee*
clouding




I do like rhyme, but only if it has a flow and the writer can do it right. I've heard that many poets think it hinders a talent, I don't think so unless you just can't do it without destroying your original thought. Therefore, I won't say you have to rhyme or that you cannot, I just like whatever the poet believes they can do best.

GOOD LUCK!!!

(Oh!! And it might be a good idea to state if you tried the ultimate challenge somewhere with your entry...like UC off to the side in the preview, title, or "ask readers" box. It would make things MUCH MUCH less confusing!)


Thank you so much, I wish you all the best of luck!