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#160 Prompts Contest

Listed below are several imagery filled prompts. You all should have no trouble finding some to write for. You may enter once for each prompt.

I’m not asking for usernames, so it is possible that someone could win more than one cup. If this bothers you, please don’t enter.

If submitting adult material, please label as such.

The only rule is that you must put which prompt you used in you’re AN.



1. Madder than an old wet hen

2 As mean as a junkyard dog

3 So in love she was floating 12 inches off the ground

4 As nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs

5 As free as a butterfly just out of its cocoon

6 Faster than a runaway train

7 He sputtered his words one syllable at a time

8 She twisted her hands and bit her lip in frustration

9 He nearly popped the buttons off his shirt

10 As jumpy as a room full of kindergartners

11 The strange, dusky lilac twilight

12 Stronger than eight oxen pulling together

13 The full moon, a big ball of butter, shone down on the lake

14 As calm as a lake on a windless morning

15 The surface of the water glittered like a thousand mirrors

16 She’s/he’s the cream in my coffee

17 His heart nearly jumped out of his chest and his blood turned to ice water

18 The dragon’s breath smelled like your worst nightmare

19 A stained-glass slice of fruitcake
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Please note: I have started a new column with a list of words that lots of people including me are always having trouble using correctly. The link is below and if you have any to add to it, please feel free to do so. Thanks

http://allpoetry.com/column/2347571

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on November 24, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 75, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 2 people
  • Final notes:
    I was so happy with the result of this contest. It was very difficult to choose my winners. All these entries are cup worthy. You all did a great job with these prompts.

Contest Winners

  1. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4802717, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  2. First words
    by anoetic poet 23 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 23 6:56 AM 2008. In Love
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Colours Ending ( Bronze )
    Setting the beauty of this day to rest
    under-footing, crisp frost lay
    by Reptile Lady 27 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 11 6:14 PM 2008. In Life, Thoughts, Nature, Dark
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. A Night Like This
    by Glasyalabolas 36 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 15 1:01 PM 2008. In Personal, Love, Freewrite
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. Without You
    I know that I am confusing and I know I makes mistakes.
    I have secrets that I hide and regrets that I can not change.
    by Antebellum 39 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 22 12:45 AM 2008. In Love, Personal, Noguest
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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  • Commodore Rouge
    November 11, 2008
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    OH! At first I thought the "160" meant that many prompts, so I had to check it out. Those are some very creative lines! Are they phrases picked out of your poetry?


    • daviscth silver member
      November 11, 2008
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      No they aren't. As a matter of fact, my son brought them home from school and I sort of stole them


  • Reptile Lady gold member
    November 24, 2008
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    Thanks Sis for the Bronze and for hosting
    Well done to you all xx