Love can bring joy or pain, but if you love someone who doesn't want you anymore, you're most likely not feeling the joy of it.
This is for anyone who has been there, who already is there, is watching someone there, or has put someone there. This is how I've been feeling, so make it relateable.
The point is to make me feel something.
I love rhyme and free verse just the same. I'm not a fan of dirty pretty, but you can submit it if you're really, truly good. I don't plan on DQing anyone but if your poem doesn't seem to fit the theme I will.
Erotica and sex DOES NOT fit either, so don't put any in here.
It doesn't have to be depressing and sad, because happiness can be woven into this as well. I just don't want a peppy, happy, lovey poem 'cause that's not what this is about.
This is for anyone who has been there, who already is there, is watching someone there, or has put someone there. This is how I've been feeling, so make it relateable.
The point is to make me feel something.
I love rhyme and free verse just the same. I'm not a fan of dirty pretty, but you can submit it if you're really, truly good. I don't plan on DQing anyone but if your poem doesn't seem to fit the theme I will.
Erotica and sex DOES NOT fit either, so don't put any in here.
It doesn't have to be depressing and sad, because happiness can be woven into this as well. I just don't want a peppy, happy, lovey poem 'cause that's not what this is about.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on February 12
- Rewards: Gold: 450, Silver: 225, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: Well guys, this was extremely hard to judge, but in the end it was the poems that made me feel the most that won... not necessarily the ones with the most imagery or the ones that were the most well-written. Thank you to everyone who entered, and I'm sorry if I didn't comment your poem... I think there were a few that might have gotten left out. This was my first contest and you guys made it amazing. Like I said, it was difficult to judge, but the poems that stuck out in my mind the most, even when I was far away from my computer, ended up winning.
Contest Winners
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Each day I wake to thoughts of you,
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We were close friends,
Though she did not knowby Lionheart 63 lines, 91 comments, on Dec 11 8:07 PM 2007. In Love, Sad, Friendship, Lost love, unrequited
Bronze trophy winner
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She was shy, kind and caring,
usually polite and often sharing.by xxRainbowDawnxx 77 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 25 7:29 PM 2008. In Personal, Sad
Honorable mention
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Once, I had thought love was true. I believed in you.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Entries [71]
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I cry in silence. Disguise my pain
Each passing moment of loves refrain• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
She stood alone for all the world
upon the free and open shore,by ocerus 33 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 19 2:12 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I'm falling please catch me
falling into an endless sea• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I gave you everything I had
Not thinking twice that it was wrong• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I try to take things day by day
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The stars were shining brightly,
But nothing glowed more then you.by Candy Morphine 59 lines, 15 comments, on Jan 19 3:58 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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 -
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close my eyes and there you are
glare of the sun reflecting off of your smiling eyesby jake0715 57 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 16 9:42 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The pawns on the table, my hearts in the back...• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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And in my heart, I’ll always love
The one that went away…• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by the evil angel 23 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 20 10:24 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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It feels like complete uncertainty.
Like animals just at your heels,by Nyx Ashmore 23 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 10 3:43 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Hoping that maybe you'll open your eyes,
and see the signs of a girl with a broken heart.by xxSerendipityxx 28 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 3 7:06 PM 2008. In Life, Love, Pain, Sad, Longing, Teen issues• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by Fianna Black 19 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 6 12:31 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Roses are red,
...soft, as her smile.by oOJohnOo 123 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 20 9:33 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Move on
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Make my eyes turn away in silence
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if you could read my heart,
you know the one you tore all apart,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
My heart grows tense
And beats with fearby mexicanspice916 29 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 25 11:44 PM. In Love, Personal, Thoughts, Life, Hope, Personal., Happiness, Friendship, Longing• Commented on by judge. -
Standing invisibly, a specter unwitnessed, as witness to she who was my heart, in so many guises of splendid feminine beauty, as she falls• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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today as i was cleaning
your letters i did find• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I know your touch,
I know your smile.by Simply a Memory 35 lines, 25 comments, on Nov 15 3:03 PM 2007• 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 -
I was calling
But I got your machineby G-y-p-o 18 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 26 10:08 AM• Commented on by judge. -
Yesterday,
in passing, you told me,by rebel lips 15 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 20 8:07 PM. In Love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
i stand here watching as you refuse to look at me and walk away
i yell ur name and you stopped all of a sudden and look backby allfaith 16 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 26 6:05 PM• Commented on by judge. -
Leave me to die!
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He Lived with her a full life for long years,
Shared her bed,food, laughters and tears.by Nermin Nazim 22 lines, 17 comments, on May 6 4:12 AM 2008. In Abuse, Life, Pain, Society, Thoughts, My own style, repeated issue• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Why are you letting her change everything we once had Just the thought of the two of you together makes me really sad• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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But the ball dropped like my stomach
when you told me you were gone
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I gave you a nasty message,
On your answering machine,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Looking at me with your swollen red eyes,
you lightly touch my hands and cry.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
soft lights in chandeliers glancing off the silver rings on your fingers
white candles burning low in their holders set on black tableclby kill the lights 28 lines, 20 comments, on Nov 29 2:17 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
taking deep breaths as I smell you so close
you're the only person I don't feel worthy of speaking toby libel - 115 lines, 27 comments, on Feb 1 9:08 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
All the tears flowing, but not from my eyes
But spilling out from my heartby Shadow Stalker 59 lines, 11 comments, on Nov 19 8:23 PM 2007. In Love, Pain, Sad, Personal, Thoughts, Goodbyes, Dedication, Romance, Lost love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
You’re mostly gone
Leaving me all aloneby Inspired By Till 48 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 2 2:29 PM. In Angst, Life, Love, Pain, Personal, Sad, Loss, No longer loved, Lost love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
A tear drop
isn't worth painby XxLoverOfDarknessxX 28 lines, 11 comments, on Jan 14 2:04 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Regret and loneliness,
pain and despair.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I care about you- / but I will avoid any efforts / you might make to stay in touch / I care about you- / but I will avoid your calls / make up reasons why it's impossible for us to speak / I care aboutby Jinxgirl 38 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 13 9:41 AM 2007. In sarcastic, bitter, personal, society/friends• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by WishMeAway--x 59 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 25 2:10 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Loves crucifiction by heartless metalic thornsby kistoclou 84 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 6 10:57 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Your tongue is quite the bitter lash
Striking me through cut and gash• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Is it worth the chance
She put me in a tranceby x7-rose-sorrows 28 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 7 1:10 PM• Commented on by judge. -
I'm am standing here in front of him,
wondering what to do.by The Tmnts Sister 40 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 22 5:31 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
you don't know how much i like you, / or how much i care. / i long to smell your colonge on my hoodie, / or feel your breath in my hair. / i want you to tell me you need me, / or say "i love you" / but you don't cby Paulies Cracker 11 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 28 4:39 PM 2007. In Love, Sad, Thoughts, Other, Longing, Lost love, Dedication• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by tequillapixie 22 lines, 13 comments, on Jun 25 8:16 AM 2008. In Adult, betrayal, friendship, relationships, love, dissapointment• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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There's an intimation of your love
Hiding behind your disguiseby XxYoru-OkamixX 54 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 13 9:13 PM 2008. In Thoughts, Life, Pain, Longing, Sadness, Depression, Lost love, Depressed, Personal.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
On a Christmas day I gave her a golden locket and chain
in a little whie box nestled on a cotton bedby csmmoms2 57 lines, 10 comments, on Feb 7 10:45 PM• Commented on by judge.
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Thank you
I am honored to have received the bronze in you contest with so many talented poets entering.
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awh, I loved your poem, and I saw on your page that it was the first you've ever written. that's pretty amazing. the first poem I ever wrote out of my own choice isn't good enough to win anything.
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Actually, this was a real event and I wrote the poem at 2 am after this event.
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