Contest Driving (prewrites welcome) by Danna Hobart at All poetry

Driving is your prompt.

No pedestrian rhyme.

No purple prose.

Show- don't tell.

No lyrics.

Imagery and metaphor are what I look for. If you enter something without imagery or metaphor, you will have no chance of winning this contest.

Please check out my other active contests:

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Tap shoes and tutus http://allpoetry.com/contest/2432195

Guilt http://allpoetry.com/contest/2432393

Eternal Return http://allpoetry.com/contest/2432497

Not All Circles Are Round http://allpoetry.com/contest/2432721

Comfort Zone http://allpoetry.com/contest/show/2432971

Like a Watercolor in the Rain http://allpoetry.com/contest/2433231

Envy http://allpoetry.com/contest/show/2433237

Contest is Over

Contest was judged on January 13
Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 50, Bronze: 40, Honorable mention: 3 people
Final notes:
Thank you so much, everyone. There were some great poems entered in this contest.

Contest Winners

Calico Road

by myriad-dark 39 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 15 11:32 PM 2007. In Lyrics, Life, Fantasy, Dark
Gold trophy winner

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Sundays

I briefly pitted (bummer) to assess damage refuel
and then hauled ass

by billpoet 25 lines, 30 comments, on Mar 20 8:22 PM 2007
Silver trophy winner

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Binary

\It's a binary world,\ I think

by mimiagatha 122 lines, 18 comments, on Jan 21 5:06 PM 2005. In Love
Bronze trophy winner

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Error: Unable to find finalist item 4878433, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
Home

Bits of gravel
pester my notion of

by still.she.waits 40 lines, 10 comments, on Jan 11 6:40 AM. In noguest
Honorable mention

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Entries [21]

1 - 21 of 21

Rescue

I knew the day would come
when I’d rescue you, if only

by NoUseForAName 19 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 30 10:52 PM 2008

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Gone to the Dogs

I was riding the bumper of an old pick-up truck.
Running late for a meeting, that’s my kind of luck.

by WordsDoMatter 35 lines, 13 comments, on Dec 5 10:46 PM 2008. In animals, dogs, funny

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The drive

12:45pm;70 kmph
narrow dark road

by angeldreams 28 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 30 10:56 AM 2008. In Dark, Weird

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Never The Same

Power behind the pedals.
Clocked at doing 108,

by lowercase prelude 22 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 13 11:14 PM 2008. In Life, Pain, Other

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The Motorway

Lorries,vans and smaller cars
all stepping up the pace

by serious clown 30 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 22 1:25 PM 2006. In Society

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Driving me Crazy

by patrick20traveler 8 lines, 10 comments, on Nov 20 1:08 AM 2008. In Erotica

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Rear View Mirror

I packed my bags,
I loaded my guitar.

by PastelMoons 26 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 30 6:36 PM 2008. In Contest, Angst, Loss, Breakup, Life, Personal, Experience, Noguest, Other

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Auto-Force

The firing of charged cylinders With the power of silence

by nature mithya 43 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 30 7:04 PM 2008

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Cruising

Cruising around town,
leaning back in my seat.

by Carpe Noctem 18 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 25 10:12 PM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary

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Not Smiling Means You're Not Livin'?

We was drivin up to Indiana.
We was goin to see the cornfields.

by punksense 31 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 10 9:35 PM 2004. In Weird, Sad, Other

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Driving Down Love’s Highway (Lyrics)

by Freed by Mercy 48 lines, 58 comments, on Apr 2 11:29 PM 2007. In Lyrics, Love, Romantic, Marriage

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Life's highway.

Life's highway,
is one hell of a road,

by carl dunford 20 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 14 3:55 PM 2008. In Life, Thoughts

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Drinking And Driving

I creep by like a mouse near the cat,
the boys open one eye.

by afroqban 26 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 2 10:30 AM. In Personal

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Frequency

At four dollars a gallon,
I am cautious.

by laurel 20 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 3 5:55 PM 2008. In Teenage thinking, My life, Personal., Society

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Automobile

your own
automobile.

by dewfall 17 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 15 9:47 PM 2005. In Hope, Angst

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My Rusty Car

by Chocoholic156 21 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 8 7:32 AM 2008. In Humor, Life, Other, Personal, Thoughts, Weird

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Blinker

/ Ten seconds, surreal, as I saw worlds away / with the blinker clicking on / off / and on again, waiting for the lig

by Everlasting-Fallout 19 lines, 11 comments, on May 13 1:04 AM 2007. In Thoughts, Weird, Personal

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Black Narcissus
December 30, 2008
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Driving is your prompt.
No pedestrian rhyme.

You just made me smile
- Danna Hobart
  December 30, 2008
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  Good. Glad I could do something nice this early
Keith Drew
December 30, 2008
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Lol that is so funny a contest about driving with wait for it!
No pedestrian rhyme lol!
NoUseForAName
December 30, 2008
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Well, your contest happens to coincide with a road trip that will be especially difficult for me- so I wrote something. The first poem in at least six months. It's rough and ugly and not very good- but it's there just the same.

We'll see how the next few weeks pans out and I might tell you the story behind it, if you figure out which one's mine.
Passionate Phoenix
January 23
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damn I missed it!!