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Child Abuse is not segregated to country, race or religion
It is not specified to a part of your community
It can happen anywhere!
Physical, Sexual, Mental
There are different types of abuse that are ruining the lives of the children
that are our future
How do we expect to live in a fair, just world, when that is not
what we are providing from the get go?
Write a poem in relation to child abuse
Get it off your chest, the more painful - the more clear
I will comment on every single entry and points are
likely to increase depending on the response to the contest
Rules:
No line limit
Dirty pretty is welcome
Only rhyme if you're good at it
The spell check is your friend
I detest chat speak and ThIs TyPiNg
Metaphors and brilliant imagery
If you use an image, credit it in your author notes
I am allowing 4 entries per person.
For EVERY PREWRITE you are
required to enter A FRESH WRITE
That means 2 Prewrites, 2 Fresh writes per person
You may reserve your fresh write but it MUST be completed by the closing of the contest and if it is not I will remove it and the corresponding prewrite
I reserve the right to close/cancel this contests if it does not meet my expectations, does not receive enough entries, or is a failure.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on February 8
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: I want to thank you all very much for sharing your words, your stories and your lives with me.
Every entry held its own pain and I felt it all.
The winners, even the finalists, just managed to rip at my heart more than most.
Congratulations to the winners, though it is no consolation to the pain you suffered.
If you are interested, I now have a contest for ALL abuse - not just child.
http://allpoetry.com/contest/2436323
Thank you again
Shari
Contest Winners
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• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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Watching you drink yourself stupid
and smoke a cigarette,• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
Why is it
that you can come home• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 4968209, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 4978436, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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sorry it came out so long..• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Screams of horror...Screams of pain
Why must the child take the blame• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
by ChelseySmile 57 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 24 12:10 PM• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Tired of the pain you caused
but in my head i can't get rid of itby psychomonkey 39 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 3 7:36 AM• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 5020689, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 5000439, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [56]
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I am still here.
Tho you tried your best.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Beneath each folded fabric
laid a bruised soul• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Ok I enered a prewrite as well because i have an old poem that fits this perfectly.
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your hand comes down
across my faceby hyper thing 29 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 5 10:07 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
your hand swings
my face breaksby hyper thing 23 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 22 8:48 AM• Commented on by judge. -
is there still something corrupt in your soul?
the most vivid memory of this child you raised• Commented on by judge. -
Watching the world
from my half closed eyesby n1peacebaby 62 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 26 7:20 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I wake in the middle of the night
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Your chains bind me to your world
of happiness and personal pain
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Souls that slide on past the realities of the dayby Dark Otter 29 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 24 1:45 PM• Commented on by judge.
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when daddies get angry
and children get batteredby Violent Glass 33 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 11 4:35 PM 2008. In Abuse• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Such a night its been chasing dreams, such a night
down at the manna grass running stream• Commented on by judge. -
what is abuse
is it causing painby Violent Glass 28 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 27 11:19 AM. In Abuse• Commented on by judge. -
I wake up and see your face
feeling your dry rough fingers all overby psychomonkey 52 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 24 5:17 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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I'm screaming inside and out, I'm scared of what she plans to do next,by DeadandHeartless 21 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 20 7:54 AM 2008. In Abuse• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I cried so hard
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I know the things you do. I've often watched you stumble out of my mother's car in a drunken stupor. The new dents on the shitty vehicle mirror the all-too-familiar bruises--cerulean, agonizing, splattered onto my body as if• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Cringing where the walls meet
Heaving sighs, not so forlorn• Commented on by judge. -
He runs down desperate halls
Shadows are everywhereby andywontdie 101 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 16 3:09 PM 2008. In Abuse, Contemporary, Contest, Dark, Life, Pain, Sad, Society• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
she would hit me and spit at me,
but i still stood.by Dead-dreams 15 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 14 2:10 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Yeah... this needs a lot of work... I just can't find the words I want. So anybody for giving some constructive criticism?by the evil angel 16 lines, 14 comments, on Jan 22 6:19 AM• Commented on by judge.
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Mommy's crying in the dirty room
and it's all my fault..
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My muse has been on vacation lately but this may wake her up!
Awesome contest hun
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Thank you darling
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hey you.. the prewrites aren't on
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Thanks for telling me!!!
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your welcome
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Okay are you saying 2 pre-writes and 2 freshwrites?
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Yeah that's right
So 2 prewrites, 2 fresh
Ill put that in the description
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The ribbon thing is starting to get out of hand. Blue ribbons have already been taken for something else for a long time. (Not to belittle the issue or anything, just noticing that.) We need to come up with more original/distinctive symbols.
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This contest isn't about the tiny little ribbon on that picture
It is about abuse. THAT is the issue, no matter how it is represented.
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Oh, no, of course not. I know that. It was just a thought that came to mind.
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I was a victim of child abuse for fifteen years before my mother finally got up the nerve to leave the B@stard and move us 5,000+ miles away. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for bringing this subject to peoples' attention with a contest. I'll be working on an entry.
~Battie
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Thank you very much for being brave enough to voice your horror
I am honoured you will write for my contest
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I have two poems on this subject lately, one i just wrote the other i wrote last week... if i entered even one of them... as they are both personal, i dont have.. any ounce in me to write 2 fresh ones about it... sorry.
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Ok, ive entered a prewrite just one... ive reserved a fresh write and if i havent managed to write it before the end ill pull the prewrite out. =/
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That's ok hon thank you. This contest will run for a little while so don't feel rushed or pressured just do it in your own time
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I sat and thought, managed to write straight away. It may not be perfect but it is what it is. Thanks for this contest, I think things like this help people speak up.
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I'm glad you were able to write love
It doesn't have to be brilliant, it's about being honest and getting the chance to purge your soul of all the things that eat away at us..
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well done! express in raw emotion! direct i hope you this raise the conscious to this cause... good luck
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Thank you very much
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I have a very lengthy poem I have just wrote three days ago. 217 lines. Is it alright if I enter that prewrite?
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217 is almost a story....
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Sorry. Lol.
Thanks for allowing me to enter it.
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This contest is wonderful,
I can't believe the number of abusers there are,
don't they realize these children will grow up?
How idiotic they are, sick, selfish, unhuman,
of all the abuse that goes on in the world,
I think this must be the worst,
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sorry I new here
I understood the instructions were for every pre write I had to submit a fresh write with a limit of 4 poems. So i entered 2 poems, 1 pre and 1 fresh. Then after I read the comments left here by others and it now sounds like I have to write 4 poems. Would you mind clearing that for me. Thank you
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Thank you for the Bronze and points,
and congrats to all the winners,
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Thank you for having this contest,
and thanks for the bronze
and congrats to all the winners,
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