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when someone says something that makes you think ...

you mean being sexually attracted to someone and physiologically confusing it for a feeling that is cheap
and worthless
yet ecstatically powerful to the point
of death
and beyond? ...

how a good friend of mine described love ...

that is your prompt ...

free verse preferred or at least no end rhyme ...
no less that 100 words
no more than 100 lines

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on December 8, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 800, Silver: 400, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 2 people
  • Final notes:
    i only got 5 entries. so everyone got a trophy. thank you all for your time and talents. ... i wish for all of you to know that i appreciate the reads. ... HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!

Contest Winners

  1. Comfort of a Scientist
    toward the end
    the only time we ever
    by heaven all alone 25 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 28 1:46 PM 2008
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. parched
    Sensing ribcage,
    I push another
    by RyanosaurusWrecks 32 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 25 11:54 PM 2008
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Organ
    My heart, is just an organ
    delivering blood throughout
    by jmk8602 13 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 7 4:23 AM 2008
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Good To the Last Drop
    I answered the phone you rang, delighted;
    your heated voice melted the ice of my circumstances,
    by zorman32 58 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 24 12:16 PM 2008. In Thoughts, Love, Contest
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. Love Actually
    by Sokarjo 36 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 7 4:31 PM 2008. In Angst, Contemporary, Thoughts, Pain, Other, Love, Freestyle
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • Dorick
    November 24, 2008
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    My parents, married 24 years - 11 children, told me love is the commitment to help and serve the other, even if there is no reward.

    What your friend described sounds more like hormones, fear, and beauty.

    Charm and beauty die pretty fast, emotions change...


    • paulcreates silver member
      November 24, 2008
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      agreed


      • righteousme
        November 24, 2008
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        why not write a piece? since you were already here!

        • paulcreates silver member
          November 24, 2008
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          Well, because I would have a fundamental disagreement with the premise of the prompt. If one bases his/her relationships upon the shifting sands of chemistry or emotion then there is no permanence - no solid foundation from which to build a future.
          Actually I've already written about this in another contest a couple days ago. If you'd happen to open it up to prewrites, then I'd be happy to post that one here too.

          Paul


    • righteousme
      November 24, 2008
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      if you feel strongly . enter the contest . i would love to have you.

      • righteousme
        November 24, 2008
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        the prompt is just that a prompt ... you can take it anywhere you want . in other words . "love hurts" ... someone might write why it hurts . another might take that and write why love is so wonderful , it should never hurt ... my prompts are just that. a prompt ... do with it what you will ... just write ...

    • zorman32
      November 24, 2008
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      Pardon me....but...

      even the most catholic of women would scarcely have eleven children without something of the mood described by the poem...I have friends who have had 12 children...going on twenty, so....yes, you are right, emotions change...sometimes they get better, not just older.

      • Dorick
        November 24, 2008
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        Lol, I agree, though it could be hard to tell with mom sometimes, I definitely did what I could to be a teenage monster. Maybe there would've been 12 of us if I'd laid off the stress perpetual.

        • zorman32
          November 24, 2008
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          sometimes it's what kids think is "stress perpetual" that makes us parents want more...one never can tell.


  • heaven all alone
    November 24, 2008
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    I actually agree with the prompt. I think I may have said words that mirror those exact thoughts in past conversations I've had.


  • Aesthete
    November 24, 2008
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    I don't even remember what piece that's from! haha. im glad I could inspire you though you are the queen of allpoetry!

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