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Dante's Inferno



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Jean Delville, Satan's Treasuse




Browse the gorgeous website provided in the link below and use the images and text to inspire creative contemporary poetry in the spirit of romance.  Employ symbols and allegory to take your readers on an insightful personal journey. Be rich rather than terrorizing; invoke beauty over horror, and avoid cliches. Key themes might include temptation, redemption, intoxication, obsession, love, loathing, lost love, et cetera... Hell can mean many things but it means something to everyone. Points will be added to the contest based on the quality of the entries.  Another judge will be added before the competition closes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • All forms of poetry are welcome with a limit of one hundred [100] lines.

  • All poems must have an epigram. The source can be from anywhere and does not need to be from Dante's Inferno.
  • No images should be included on your page. Please present your poem in a style that is clean and easy to read.

  • No erotica.

  • And please, no didactic poetry. Write from the heart.

  • I like author's comments sans disclaimers. It is interesting to hear from the writer outside of the vehicle of the poem.

  • Bedazzle me!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Jean Delville, Orpheus in the Underworld

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on November 21, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 1000, Silver: 500, Bronze: 250, Honorable mention: 1 people
  • Final notes:

    Devine in Purgatory easily wins as the most creative and emotionally challenging of the entries with the right combination of winning elements. I was quite impressed by its unabashed honesty and micro-epic length.

    My Own Flames is the runner up. A strong confessional piece that used the contest idea of metaphor and symbolism perfectly to tell a personal story.

    Gate of Hell, a nicely penned tribute to the Inferno's author, takes bronze with aplomb. Fantastic form, presentation and use of symbols made this one a stellar read.

    Isolated in Dark gets an honorable mention.


    I have judged this competition based on a combination of creativity, emotional involvement and how well I felt the entrants followed the guidelines. I want to thank everyone who entered for sharing their poetry. This was a fun contest.


  • 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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  3. Isolated in Dark
    I laughed, I smiled, No God, No God I cried
    What right, what wrong I blurred what felt as one
    by melphleg 30 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 18 4:46 PM 2008. In Spiritual
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • Death of the Author
    November 16, 2008
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    Uhm excellent contest idea

    excellently written too.


  • Heart Sutra
    November 16, 2008
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    Nevermind. Cancel that....


  • jantastic
    November 16, 2008
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    wowzers


  • City-of-Angels
    November 16, 2008
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    Ahh Dante's Inferno..Brilliant choice of inspiration. though I'll admit, the pictures are pretty spooky.Hopefully I'll enter this


  • lunarlunacy
    November 17, 2008
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    wow, the contest concept, the background pics, those sublime pics within the body, Victory you certainly tie it all up in a tight gem of brilliance. I hope I am able to follow thru with this one unlike that delightful one you held on Rembaugh. yeah my spelling still sux.
    hope to be back, but not gonna take the risk of a failed reserve again. Best of luck this outta be a helluva contest.

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