I haven't held one of these contests in a while. What I am looking for is your very best lines from your poems. So, you will not be entering a single poem in this contest, but a sort of poetic collage of just your very favorite lines, and those lines do not have to make sense.
For example:
We once smoked the moon together,
exhaled it in double rings.
The wind was excitement and cooked oats.
Afterward,
his back was wool against her skin.
Dreams were Crayolas
scattered on the rug,
The doorway between consciousness
and dreams
thinner than the first lie.
How long
can someone survive on
dreams and memories?
As a hint, in the past when I have held best line contests, it was the longer entries that won. So don't be afraid to dig through a hundred poems or more. Just make sure to pick your very best lines, and please make them original. I don't want to read through a long list of cliches. Thanks! I am looking forward to reading your very best stuff!
For example:
We once smoked the moon together,
exhaled it in double rings.
The wind was excitement and cooked oats.
Afterward,
his back was wool against her skin.
Dreams were Crayolas
scattered on the rug,
The doorway between consciousness
and dreams
thinner than the first lie.
How long
can someone survive on
dreams and memories?
As a hint, in the past when I have held best line contests, it was the longer entries that won. So don't be afraid to dig through a hundred poems or more. Just make sure to pick your very best lines, and please make them original. I don't want to read through a long list of cliches. Thanks! I am looking forward to reading your very best stuff!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on October 19, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 50, Bronze: 40, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: I can't thank everyone enough for entering this contest. I love to hold these kind of contests because I get to see the best of the very best, and everybody is a winner, if you ask me. Thanks again for entering.
- To judge this contest, you need to have at least as many finalists as you have rewards. You have 4 awards but only 3 finalists.
Contest Winners
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Scatter away, my children.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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He breathes eucalyptus.
I breath chamomile.by alexandrathegreat 104 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 15 2:02 PM 2008. In Contemporary
Honorable mention
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Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Entries [24]
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by Porcelain Princess 36 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 5 8:00 PM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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Weary eyes stare into a broken glass mirror.
She starts to see herself as dawn makes the paleness clearerby whits end 12 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 5 8:18 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
by toomysterious 134 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 5 10:13 PM 2008. In just lines• Commented on by judge.
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lucious lashes, lips, and Red Gashes
I am no longer your prisoner.• Commented on by judge. -
I dare to dream
to know thyselfby workingharleylady 19 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 6 2:59 AM 2008. In Contest• Commented on by judge. -
~ A perfect night, stolen from a dream.by raspberry 99 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 6 5:17 AM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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We can all choose to live for something or die for nothing
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Wishing will only give you false hope.
Innocence is fading with bittersweet lullabies.by stargazer. 83 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 6 6:30 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
by nilav 39 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 6 11:53 AM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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I find myself in pursuit of these confessions on the wind
My voice, unsound and corroded,by slightlyFey 123 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 12 11:11 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
Slightly wilted, weathered
weeping, longing for just a glimpse,by Angierie 22 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 16 8:27 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
by cbsbecm88 66 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 17 6:34 PM 2008. In Radom, Everything, Collage, Mixed Poems• Commented on by judge.
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The leaves that drift on the early breeze
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A pale star where once rose a roaring sun
One last grave marking my latest conquestby Heropsycho 149 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 18 5:56 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
Ethereal seraph she may pretend
Yet by mortality condemnedby cut13roses 39 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 18 7:54 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
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Hi Danna, Would my poem still qualify if it consists of a compilation of my poem titles? Tx chrissy
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As long as they are good and original titles.
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Thanks again.
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