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NOW OPEN TO PREWRITES!!
Some of my writing inspirations come from lines in songs, so maybe you can wake up your muses from using one of the following gazillion prompts that are LINES, not titles, from songs:
1. Darkness has a hunger that's insatiable (Indigo Girls)
2. She pulls your eyes out with a face like a magnet (Elvis Costello)
3. A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves like galaxies in my head (Sting)
4. You've swallowed all the awful bloody secrets, but you can't tell (Joan Osborne)
5. Running into you like this without no warning is like catching a sniff of tequilla in the morning (Crash Test Dummies)
6. she can wound with her eyes (Billy Joel)
7. I listen to the wind of my soul and where I end up, well I think, only God really knows (Cat Stevens)
8. And you bleed just to know you're alive (Goo Goo Dolls)
9. Soon I'll grow up and I won't even flinch at your name (Alanis Morissette)
10. All you touch and all you see, is all your life will ever be (Pink Floyd)
11. Dreamers learn to steer by the stars (Rush)
12. Strength and courage overrides the privileged and weary eyes of river poet search naivete. (REM)
13. I come to you defenses down with the trust of a child (Peter Gabriel)
14. I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to loose (Sarah McLachlan)
15. If the future's looking dark, We're the ones who have to shine (Rush)
16. Anyway the wind blows doesn't really matter to me (Queen)
17. Need the end to set me free (Metallica)
18. Lost in the days gone by (Robert Plant)
19. My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue (Carole King)
20. Just what the truth is I can't say any more (Justin Hayward)
21. People writing songs that voices never share (Paul Simon)
22. Sleight of hand and twist of fate (U2)
23. With eyes that know the darkness in my soul (Don McLean)
24. Trying to learn from what's behind you (Garth Brooks)
25. She'll let you in her heart if you gotta hammer and vice (Bruce Springsteen)
1. NO WRITING IN ALL CAPS.
2. No WrItInG lIkE tHiS oR i WiLl KiCk U.
3. Be kind and courteous to other poets and to me.
4. Try to respond to at least one other person's poem. It's common courtesy.
5. Nothing over 75 lines, or I'll fall asleep. zzzzzzzzz
6. Please put in your AN what prompt you're using. Please spell it out. Don't just put in the number. Thanks.
7. Multiple entries allowed!!!
Just let your muse take you where it does and have fun!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 30, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 4 people
- Final notes: Gotta say I was disappointed with the number of entries in this contest, but I cherish all of you for taking your precious time to enter it. Means a lot to me. Although there are 4 HM's The top 5 poems all jockeyed around in the top 3 spots for a while before I came to my difficult decision. Thanks to everyone and I hope to see you in my next contest! Kim
Contest Winners
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by AliceinPoetryLand 23 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 21 6:15 AM 2008. In Contest, Song Title, Love, Spiritual, Thoughts
Bronze trophy winner
• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 4774947, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Pushed under the waves as I tried to swim
Couldn't see the light; it was getting dim• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
When the world turns black
And the sun• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [12]
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Think Pink Classic Muse• Commented on by judge.
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She is such a Barbie doll
with her bottled hair colorby voodoo ink 38 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 14 4:12 PM 2008. In fantasy, love, deception, fiction, contest, song-inspired• Commented on by judge. -
Years ago, while attempting to journal about the blessings and frustrations of my life at that time, I wrote a bunch of stuff in prose about the many things that were going right, but the when I started to consider the negatby Eecart 4 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 19 10:29 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Comments
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Bookmarked =)
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Yikes, this has so many entries already! But I'll see what I can produce
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Thank you so much for the bronze! I am delighted
Congratulations to the other winners and thank you for hosting
Gaylene
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Congrats to all the winners!
Again Thank you for the gold and the amazing prompts to work with.
I am humbled
Hugs
~Lisa~
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