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Mind Manipulation - The Truly Most Dangerous Game

Hello, All!
I'm getting back into the AP community-- yet again!
And how's the best way to do this than to start a contest?
(Sponsored by my mom, Eclecta, Thanks!)

Ok! What I'm looking for is fantasy mixed with reality. But don't stop there! I want it to mess with my mind. Or whomever is reading it to be fact. I want the readers mind, to your poems, to do back-flips trying to understand. To become twisted with agony. To shrivel in pain.

Or...

If you think you're up to it... Make me happy with your mind workings. First crush my mind with torturous lines, then turn right around make me happy as day. Or vice versa.

Manipulate the mind of your reader, basically.
Use any means necessary.
Just adhere to the rules!

Rules:

(1) No dirty-pretty.
(2) At least 20 lines.
(3) At most 80 lines.
(4) Work on any level of the mind, fear, happiness, pain, surprise-- anything. Even turn around and make me feel something different.
(5) Don't only work on emotional levels, make these poems MEAN something. I must be able to find out that something happens to the reader in the end.

~~EDIT!!!

Seems I goofed up and forgot to mention that you may enter MORE THAN ONE poem into this contest! SO If you have any more, go ahead and enter them!


That will be all! (AGAIN!)



Make me, or break me!

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on October 16, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 3 people
  • Final notes:
    Well, time for this to end...

    98% of all entries were prewrites. That disappointed me. I was expecting y'all to actually try! I put in the prewrites option for those of might have some related to what I ask, Like "King James Version".

    But, It seems that I did still get some good entries. Next time I get a contest, I will not be using the prewrite option, due to sheer disappointment. Did none of you believe you had the talent to write a new one for me? I know I was hoping for it! I had the confidence that some of you would take off the prewrites you had on, and then write a new one.

    Well, I have the poems in order of who gets what. The only ones I thought, truly deserving of the contest are in the preliminaries.

    All poems were great, and and some did connect with me, but know this(!): I'm a tough cookie to please when I'm judging! So if you see me again with a contest, I'm looking for new poems, and stuff pertaining to what I ask! (Some of you were a bit off, and I didn't want to say anything. Other I just downright took off since They didn't affect me/didn't pertain to the contest.)

    Well, That'll be all!

    Any questions, you may PM me.

    ~Darkwave Das Ich

Contest Winners

  1. Grow Up
    Who the hell do you think you are,
    you whiney little shit
    by Bosiarbooger 61 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 13 1:44 AM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Thoughts
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. King James Version
    by mysticstorm 33 lines, 20 comments, on May 9 10:42 PM 2008. In Life, Thoughts, Imagery
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. The World’s Best Artists
    The World’s Best Artist / I did not like you caterpillared / Cocooned to me was no big deal / But now your wings are spreading outwards
    by billpoet 23 lines, 68 comments, on Jun 29 9:27 AM 2007
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Technical Lies
    by mysticstorm 8 lines, 56 comments, on Nov 28 7:22 AM 2007. In Thoughts, Pain, Society, Death
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  5. My Damn Rose
    My Damn Rose / I deafen me against your call / I close my mind to thoughts of you / I dam your all but still your spell / will manage to
    by billpoet 27 lines, 212 comments, on Jun 10 2:14 PM 2007. In I have no hope to cast aside
    Honorable mention
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  6. With Candlelight
    With Candlelight / Burn little flame / brighter slowly / you have a whole candle to explore / lots of time and / thousands of dances to fli
    by billpoet 17 lines, 106 comments, on Jun 10 2:10 PM 2007
    Honorable mention
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  7. What do the PROFITS say?
    it appears the powers that be are at work
    and the modern day magicians
    by dabpunx 75 lines, 11 comments, on Sep 7 6:51 PM 2008
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  8. gov·ern·ment mind con·trol
    Your lecherous nature was invoked to bleed her self esteem. Psycho vampire I will not let you in. Magnetized public minds barely peering
    by dabpunx 4 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 14 9:42 PM 2008
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  9. Can't mind
    I am not my physical self
    for if i were one, I would not be any different from my mirror
    by scenescene 27 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 6 7:38 AM 2008. In Contest, Life, Personal, Thoughts
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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  • intoothandclaw
    October 11, 2008
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    What is "dirty-pretty"?


    • Shikamaru-Nara
      October 11, 2008
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      This will really hurt me to write dirty-pretty, but...

      This is dirty-pretty:

      "d1r7y pr377y (letters and numbers) iS aNy CoMbO oF ThEsE (alternating caps) Wr1T1Ng 5tYlE5 (both)"

      I can barely read this, and it looks bad. IF you can't read it here's a translation:

      "Dirty pretty is any combo of these writing styles"

      Thanks to all who don't use Dirty-pretty.


  • Gothmo666
    October 15, 2008
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    i can read it!!


  • duana
    October 15, 2008
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    aw it closed before I got your message! I had a new poem too. Oh well, next time.

  • judmc
    October 16, 2008
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    Dare I ask whether "Plain Speaking" and "Indirectivity" twisted your mind too much or not enough.I thought they more than covered your
    stipulations.George

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