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Five is right out!

Simple contest: today (January 4) is the anniversary of my fifth year at allpoetry.


So five is your prompt.


Minimal swearing, no erotica.


Try for good grammar/spelling.


I'm allowing prewrites, but I prefer fresh writes, and (as always) prewrites should be topical.


I'll add more points and trophies if I get more entries, but as of late my contests have been sadly short on poems (and I end up handing out a ton of points for nothing).


(title is a quote from Monty Python and the Holy Grail; if you want to jump off that for inspiration, be my guest.)


Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on January 17
  • Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 1 people
  • Final notes:
    Thank you all for your inspiring and creative writes: it's amazing what poets can do with a simple prompt like "five". I enjoyed reading all of your poetry, the finalists struck me in a certain special way, but every poem was wonderful. Thanks for making the celebration of my fifth year here on Allpoetry so poetic, and reminding me why I'm still here: to experience talent such as yours!

Contest Winners

  1. The 5th year
    1 year of curiosity
    2 years of fun
    by Miss Chievous 8 lines, 9 comments, on Jan 4 2:34 PM
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. The Five Sentence Novel
    1. Her hands are small, pale, fingers curved and swollen.
    by hawkeslake 14 lines, 23 comments, on Oct 20 1:51 AM 2008
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4923871, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  4. Five Minutes
    by Fianna Black 9 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 5 2:37 AM
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

Entries [5]

1 - 5 of 5
  • Five Years
    wishin you well on your five years
    by Papagallo 9 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 4 2:39 PM
    • Commented on by judge.

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  • Kahliya
    January 5
    Edit | Reply
    Ah it was the title that grabbed my attention
    I think I may jump off that and into inspiration
    One, Two, Five... ('three sir') Three ...


    • iamlost gold member
      January 5
      Edit | Reply
      I was actually going to title it something more along those lines! And as I said, I'd love for people to jump off with Monty Python inspiration. I may just hold a contest specifically for that later.