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WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR

I am looking for a group of people to coomunicate with.

People who are made out of barb wire and backbone.

I want to share my poetry with them and vise versa and make honest comments.

Not abusive comments

but honest ones.

Soon I will be going back to work and will be very busy and I want to read a few people very deeply and vice versa.

I love to write poetry

I write too dam much

But I can only see the mirror from one angle

and you are stuck in the same boat so to speak.

So if you enter this contest you want the same thing I do

Keep in mind I am not going to rush I am going to read your poem

several times through and through.

This contest will not be annonymous

because I may IM you with questions

Subject is up to you style is also.

Try to keep with within one hundred lines

and no less then fifteen.

WARNING! MY COMMENTS ARE GOING TO BE HONEST NOT CRUEL

YOU MAY RIPOSTE CONSTRUCTIVELY

YOU MAY ENTER THREE POEMS

NO PREWRITES WITH MEDALS

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COMMENT WITH EACH OTHER, BUT DO IT IN A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY PLEASE

DO NOT DISCOURAGE IN ANY WAY SHAPE OF FORM

HAVE FUN

































Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on January 16
  • Rewards: Gold: 800, Silver: 300, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 14 people
  • Final notes:
    And now the part I hate the most because really to me all these poems were precious in their own way and the truth is if I judged this tomorrow the list may change. But I feel the poems I've chosen were pretty good Dam good!
    I must say I am humbled at the talent of all here. Even poems that did not get into the hm list were better than many
    entries in other contests I run.
    There is nothing I can do but express my deep gratitude for your entries and talent.
    I plasn on having another contest like this , but with fewer entries.
    I found myself starved for time and often whenI did have a moment to read it was very difficult to focus.
    So the truth is my goal was not attained
    in that I did not delve as deeply into your words as I wanted to and for that I apologize.
    However if you fail try and try again.
    Good luck to all of you and thank you for entering my contest

Contest Winners

  1. Affliction of Addiction (Extended Version)
    by Nom de Plume 43 lines, 26 comments, on Dec 13 4:17 AM 2008
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. Out There...
    by BehindTheShadow 48 lines, 12 comments, on Nov 26 9:06 PM 2008
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. The Vortex
    by thelordreigns 47 lines, 26 comments, on Oct 12 4:54 PM 2008. In Society, hope, Weird
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4845365, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  5. The River of Time
    The River of Time
    by judmc 19 lines, 33 comments, on Dec 25 7:15 AM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  6. Marooned
    Marooned edited and revised
    Missing image
    by Draig aine 26 lines, 17 comments, on Dec 18 12:41 PM 2008. In Contest, Life, Love, Spiritual
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  7. Sunbeams
    The sunbeams are warm and fluid.
    Like a babbling brook flowing
    by IrishGypsyRose 29 lines, 12 comments, on Oct 25 5:10 PM 2008. In Contest, Fantasy, Love, Thoughts
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  8. Tea with an Old Friend
    I try to compose my face
    when I see how gnarled you
    by BellaD 28 lines, 12 comments, on Aug 9 9:45 PM 2008. In Nature, Personal, Thoughts, Contest
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  9. Him-Love, Her-None
    by BehindTheShadow 33 lines, 11 comments, on Nov 11 8:17 PM 2008. In Life, Weird, Angst, Abuse
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  10. A journey to death (Long, 128 lines)
    or I've fallen and broke my heart
    My soul is leaving
    And my wings were ripped apart
    by Hikari Lady 128 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 24 2:24 PM 2008. In Dark, Fantasy, Sad, Pain, Disappointment, Nature, Thoughts, Personal
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  11. Thinking is an Occupational Hazard for Me
    Shakespeare I'm not.
    by ourgirlFriday 49 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 31 4:43 PM 2008. In Thoughts, Personal, Poetry, Writing
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  12. follow the light
    by lowercase prelude 19 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 29 3:35 PM 2008. In Life, Hope, Decision-making, Spiritual
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  13. notebook pages (thoughts unseen)
    by lowercase prelude 16 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 21 11:33 PM 2008. In Abstract, Life, Pain
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  14. 'Twas in the Moon of Winter Time
    Canadian Girls in Training stood in the aisle of the darkened church
    by Judith Chandler 55 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 12 1:44 PM 2008. In Contest, Spiritual
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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  • Draig aine gold member
    December 31, 2008
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    hmm

    donning my steel plated armor


  • Nom de Plume
    January 16
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    Thank you very much for the honour of silver, truly unexpected and appreciated
    cheers...


  • thelordreigns gold member
    January 16
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    Thank you so much for the honorable mention. It was an honor to have you read my poetry. Be blessed!

    - joanne -


  • BellaD
    January 16
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    Thank you so much for the honorable mention. This means so much coming from you and considering all the others in your contest. Congrats to all the winners.