Hey everybody, for this contest, it's pretty straightforward: I'm looking for stream of consciouness poetry, preferably in free verse.
I look for quality and strong images, literary techniques (ORIGINAL and CREATIVE metaphors, interesting symbols, etc.). I have a pretty extensive background in literature so I like to see poems that reflect writers who are similarly well-educated.
Also, if you know of Allen Ginsberg (as well as any other Beat poets), I hope you channel it here!
(Here's a tiny excerpt of Ginsberg's great poem Sunflower Sutra):
memories of Blake--my visions--Harlem
and Hells of the Eastern rivers, bridges clanking Joes
Greasy Sandwiches, dead baby carriages, black
treadless tires forgotten and unretreaded, the
poem of the riverbank, condoms & pots, steel
knives, nothing stainless, only the dank muck
and the razor-sharp artifacts passing into the
past--
and the gray Sunflower poised against the sunset,
crackly bleak and dusty with the smut and smog
and smoke of olden locomotives in its eye--
corolla of bleary spikes pushed down and broken like
a battered crown, seeds fallen out of its face,
soon-to-be-toothless mouth of sunny air, sunrays
obliterated on its hairy head like a dried
wire spiderweb,
ORIGINALITY AND SOME KIND OF EDGE A MUST!
p.s. I might reopen the contest if I am not satisfied with the entries! (but I doubt that will happen, of course)
I look for quality and strong images, literary techniques (ORIGINAL and CREATIVE metaphors, interesting symbols, etc.). I have a pretty extensive background in literature so I like to see poems that reflect writers who are similarly well-educated.
Also, if you know of Allen Ginsberg (as well as any other Beat poets), I hope you channel it here!
(Here's a tiny excerpt of Ginsberg's great poem Sunflower Sutra):
memories of Blake--my visions--Harlem
and Hells of the Eastern rivers, bridges clanking Joes
Greasy Sandwiches, dead baby carriages, black
treadless tires forgotten and unretreaded, the
poem of the riverbank, condoms & pots, steel
knives, nothing stainless, only the dank muck
and the razor-sharp artifacts passing into the
past--
and the gray Sunflower poised against the sunset,
crackly bleak and dusty with the smut and smog
and smoke of olden locomotives in its eye--
corolla of bleary spikes pushed down and broken like
a battered crown, seeds fallen out of its face,
soon-to-be-toothless mouth of sunny air, sunrays
obliterated on its hairy head like a dried
wire spiderweb,
ORIGINALITY AND SOME KIND OF EDGE A MUST!
p.s. I might reopen the contest if I am not satisfied with the entries! (but I doubt that will happen, of course)
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 23, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: This is my first contest and I was ecstatic with these entries (gold, silver, bronze, h.m.). I am so pleased to see such creativity, raw emotion and stylistic knowledge. the placement judging was hard with these four, but i knew right away which ones would make it to the top. i thank everyone SO MUCH for their efforts; i appreciated every entry and i hope my criticisms were constructive! i am overwhelmed and thoroughly impressed.
Contest Winners
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Ode to the 'beats', and their raspings, their wallowings, their cosmic tongues, their rivers of howling words, their hungry minds, and thei• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [10]
1 - 10 of 10
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sinuous serpents surmount my snout,
smoke snakes visiting voluminously.by intoothandclaw 35 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 12 9:24 PM 2008. In Freewrite, Free verse, Personal, Life, Thoughts, Abstract• Commented on by judge. -
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calcified prophetsby lunarlunacy 29 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 12 9:46 PM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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maybe tomorrow.
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