Hey, people. I've just found out something that has made me very sad. It broke my heart. For those many who don't know the story, here's the background:
In HAC (college), I met someone from Iowa. At first, we didn't really like each other. On her birthday night, we became best friends. We believe God knitted our hearts together. I call her my twin, among other things. Since I left college in May of '05, we haven't seen each other in person. Not even once.
She was gonna visit me on the 20th & 21st of this month. I was so excited! I booked a hotel room, I was gonna introduce her to my church family, & we were gonna spend much needed time together - in person.
Not anymore. She's not coming. I miss her. My heart hurts more than words can say. So does my soul.
As for the contest, I want you to give me your sadness in a poem. What made even your soul sad? Please, no love poems. I have enough issues on that subject without getting help.
Rules:
1. No cussing, bashing, rudeness, or anything that can be taken as such.
2. Spell check & grammar are your friends. Please, make sure I can read what you wrote!
3. You can try to cheer me up, but, as of starting this contest, I'm not in the mood for it. I might be before it's over, but I don't know.
4. Screenname in your Author's Notes, please, so I can let you know privately if something needs to change concerning your poem.
5. I don't like dirty pretty, erotica, suicide, or most things along any of those lines. You can give me dark, but be careful: you walk a fine line if that's what you enter.
6. NO romantic/love poems!!! I have enough issues with love without adding to them.
7. I have glasses, so I ask that your background be easier on the eyes. It doesn't have to all be perfectly above 400, but don't do a super-bright background, either.
8. If you enter a prewrite, make sure your screenname is somewhere I can see it.
9. Good luck to all!
I reserve the right to:
*DQ any poem that doesn't fit with the topic/rules of my contest.
*Make sure everyone has respect given to them.
*Comment on every entry.
***If your poem is DQ'd, you may enter another poem. You have until the contest ends to do so. If you re-enter the same piece, make sure it has been edited to fit the contest, or it will be DQ'd.***
Remember, I want sadness. The kind that hurts down to your very soul.
Now go write!
In HAC (college), I met someone from Iowa. At first, we didn't really like each other. On her birthday night, we became best friends. We believe God knitted our hearts together. I call her my twin, among other things. Since I left college in May of '05, we haven't seen each other in person. Not even once.
She was gonna visit me on the 20th & 21st of this month. I was so excited! I booked a hotel room, I was gonna introduce her to my church family, & we were gonna spend much needed time together - in person.
Not anymore. She's not coming. I miss her. My heart hurts more than words can say. So does my soul.
As for the contest, I want you to give me your sadness in a poem. What made even your soul sad? Please, no love poems. I have enough issues on that subject without getting help.
Rules:
1. No cussing, bashing, rudeness, or anything that can be taken as such.
2. Spell check & grammar are your friends. Please, make sure I can read what you wrote!
3. You can try to cheer me up, but, as of starting this contest, I'm not in the mood for it. I might be before it's over, but I don't know.
4. Screenname in your Author's Notes, please, so I can let you know privately if something needs to change concerning your poem.
5. I don't like dirty pretty, erotica, suicide, or most things along any of those lines. You can give me dark, but be careful: you walk a fine line if that's what you enter.
6. NO romantic/love poems!!! I have enough issues with love without adding to them.
7. I have glasses, so I ask that your background be easier on the eyes. It doesn't have to all be perfectly above 400, but don't do a super-bright background, either.
8. If you enter a prewrite, make sure your screenname is somewhere I can see it.
9. Good luck to all!
I reserve the right to:
*DQ any poem that doesn't fit with the topic/rules of my contest.
*Make sure everyone has respect given to them.
*Comment on every entry.
***If your poem is DQ'd, you may enter another poem. You have until the contest ends to do so. If you re-enter the same piece, make sure it has been edited to fit the contest, or it will be DQ'd.***
Remember, I want sadness. The kind that hurts down to your very soul.
Now go write!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on February 26
- Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 400, Bronze: 300, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: All these poems were truly awesome! Many of them are masterpieces in their own rights, & it was sooo hard to choose who gets a trophy! Those of you who made it to the finalists but didn't get an HM, will get 30 points sent to them. It won't let me do more than 5...I tried.
Thank you all for sharing your works, & sadnesses with me. They helped me get back into perspective. One entry, the first HM, "not a poem" is one that is a perfect example of exactly what I wanted. Something raw & from the heart. About your sadness, what made you sad. So many only wrote about sadness, pain, misery, without telling me why they were sad. All the poems in the finalists struck a chord deep within, but you all deserved a trophy.
Have a wonderful one!
Contest Winners
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To Mommy:
Just barely a babyby AlittleWrong 73 lines, 36 comments, on Jan 16 12:10 AM. In Contest, Dark, Life, Pain, Sad, Angst, My own style, Children, Teen issues
Gold trophy winner
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You have left me.
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Your smile went right through me,
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A stitch
steady as my heartbeat,by Bean Sidhe 37 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 18 12:05 AM 2008. In Pain, Sad, Thoughts
Honorable mention
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and as I walk away, I do not delay, I paint
my smile just like you and act like it's all ok.
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I think I'm sitting in the same place you were sitting whatever month that was in [whatever life that was in]-- and for once, I'm not talki• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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Ruthless, hungry sons of war, murdering our hope and love
Bloody money is not worth the price of the slaughtering of the doveby bookwrm1324 7 lines, 18 comments, on Jan 26 12:08 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
The wind carries
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Never ending, a river, rich, black, and lusting, soars away.
Mouth a gaping, it's cries out to the world lead blind fools astray.by there-goes-my-heart 33 lines, 20 comments, on Jan 24 7:26 PM. In Niftylicious, Personal, Lyrics, Love, Life, Thoughts, Weird• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
How much pain can one soul bear?
When grief after grief
Batters the shoreline of life.by WhisperingMystic 83 lines, 9 comments, on Jan 3 6:14 PM. In Personal, Life, Sad, Pain, Nature, Lost in thought, Sadness, Depression, Depressed• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 4927601, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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Dehydrating from the lack of breath;
my worth is an open book of regrets.by Rele anmwe 38 lines, 134 comments, on Nov 27 10:25 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
She gets ready to face the world
walks around on her own..by Coloured Skies 19 lines, 12 comments, on Sep 14 2:59 PM 2008. In Pain, Sad, Thoughts, Life, Other, Personal, Sadness. Emo• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by Freed by Mercy 31 lines, 21 comments, on Aug 31 10:45 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by edit my world. 22 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 9 5:55 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by xxRainbowDawnxx 39 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 14 6:05 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I Love You Daddy I speak out in silence,
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This was written as a letter to a family who lost their little one year old girl this morning. 7/22/08 at approximately 0730 this morning.by UnManned4Ever 39 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 22 11:03 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Life, Sad, Dark, Pain, Death, Longing, Sadness, Message, Loss• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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time slows down,
with the tick, tock of the rythmic clockby A m b r e a 47 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 6 7:48 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The doctor came in.
Nothing was in his voice.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
You are my pain and I am yours -
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In that little green field a step away from my window...
each day I see a tender piece of drama unfold...by wastebound 133 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 11 10:19 AM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
She dangles slow within my sight
I hear her singing every nightby AutumnsFlame 28 lines, 16 comments, on May 17 12:44 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Come read it plz...by Lost in a Dreamstar 40 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 21 7:09 PM 2008. In Personal, Life, Sad, Pain, My life, Friendship, Longing, Sadness• Commented on by judge.
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My life breaks again upon the rocks another year,
a bit more gray,by SnowShadow 20 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 2 12:43 AM• Commented on by judge. -
Tears flowing
Down mascara stained jowlsby bird on the wire 52 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 2 8:06 AM• Commented on by judge. -
Dear Molly, where were you?
Where were you when i needed you most?by Sacred Geometry 16 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 3 10:52 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
What salve is there, what balm,
To soothe an aching heart, to bring calm,by justafeller 29 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 3 4:33 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Treading down the broken path finally all alone at last• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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How do I be,
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I did have a bear... but this is not how it ended up!• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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So many illusions drowned in the river of tears I’ve cried
I guess sorrow just never fades awayby Perfect Asymmetry 28 lines, 19 comments, on Nov 29 3:52 PM 2008. In Life, Personal, Pain, Dark, Thoughts, Human Nature• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
All I need is a few hours a reprive
From this night after nightmareby InMyOwnGlassBox 14 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 3 2:56 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
What does it take?
If I say I miss you, will you come back?by Hushush 71 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 17 4:33 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
A shocking truth now revealed
She really doesn't know what to sayby XxLoverOfDarknessxX 48 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 18 7:42 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
my heart is something real• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Walking through the misty night,by SaraMaria 22 lines, 9 comments, on Jan 27 7:08 AM• Commented on by judge.
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They say friends tell eachother everything,
but I know that's not true.by truetrue13 32 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 5 7:25 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I met you as a stranger
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The world is so cold
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I watch the clouds consume the sky,
an omen about to take place• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Oh, sweetie, I am so sorry she's not coming. That would make me sad, too.
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mom
Thanks. I am mostly numb right now, but it's really gonna hurt the most on the days she was supposed to be here.
Thanks for being there.
~Bright
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Hi, sorry that she's not coming.
It must be really upsetting for you. She must have a valid reason for not coming, huh? My thoughts are with you.
Also, I just tried to submit a PW, but it won't let me because it's mature or something. But it's not. And it's the only one that fits! 
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chaosaangel
It is, yes. She does. But that doesn't make it hurt any less. Thank you.
As far as your PW, maybe if you go to edit it & update the written date to today, it'll let you enter it. Or maybe a mod has the answer. I would offer to check for you, but you know more about it than I do. I hope you can enter it. If you can't, please send me the link so I can read it.
~Bright
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thank you
For making sure I have your screenname. You know you have it in your Author's Notes, right? But I appreciate it anyway.
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thank you
You also put your screenname in your Author's notes, but I appreciate you making sure I have it.
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The picture you have of the twins brought tears to eyes because I lost my identical twin sister last year. Please people...don't forget to let your loved ones know how much you love them. Even though my sister knew...there is never a right time to say goodbye. There are always word unspoken.
Mariana
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mariana
I'm so sorry! Thank you for entering my contest. I assure you, I'll remember my loved ones. You're right, it's never a good time to say goodbye. I'll remember you in my prayers this Christmas.
~Bright
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