Stress does terrible things to us. It can contribute to everything from weight gain and crime to health problems and murder. These days, everyone seems to have more than their share of stress to deal with, and the sagging economy isn't helping. But let me climb off my soap box and tell you what I am looking for in this contest.
I want poetry about stress, plain and simple.
Please don’t just write down all your troubles in short lines and enter it in the contest. I am looking for poetry, so please be poetic.
No pedestrian rhyme.
No purple prose.
Show- don’t tell.
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.
Special thanks to ea for the points she gave me. http://allpoetry.com/ea
Please check out my other contests:
Corn Field: http://allpoetry.com/contest/2434441
Nothingness: http://allpoetry.com/contest/2434975
I want poetry about stress, plain and simple.
Please don’t just write down all your troubles in short lines and enter it in the contest. I am looking for poetry, so please be poetic.
No pedestrian rhyme.
No purple prose.
Show- don’t tell.
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.
Special thanks to ea for the points she gave me. http://allpoetry.com/ea
Please check out my other contests:
Corn Field: http://allpoetry.com/contest/2434441
Nothingness: http://allpoetry.com/contest/2434975
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on February 12
- Rewards: Gold: 400
- Final notes: Well, judging this was a bit stressful because it was very hard to choose
Contest Winners
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You want to feel better?
A little better, a lot better, better then...who, better then what?• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
I must have spent every
waking moment in and out of• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [18]
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New addition to the family...joy, stress, and hope.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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The heart races like a hundred stampeeding mustangs,
Pressure builds within and threatens to burst the damn.by Winged Unicorn 22 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 29 6:45 PM• Commented on by judge. -
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The nights are so long and sleep a butterfly that I chase.by skye01 14 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 27 1:00 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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i am a girl who likes too play and model clay,
i cut myself evry morn let the darkness come to me,by elainacool 4 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 21 11:14 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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everyone yells at the gentle children of the day
who only want to make their way.by ocerus 25 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 30 8:28 AM• Commented on by judge. -
It was so long ago,
the day we met.by CelticQueen 43 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 5 12:17 AM. In Contemporary, Contest, Life, Love, Personal, Sad• Commented on by judge. -
She hates when
friends are inby XxLoverOfDarknessxX 35 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 18 5:00 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Is this the beginning of the end?
The way life has lately forced me to buckle and bendby Feebie 57 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 11 11:53 PM• Commented on by judge.
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Thank you for the silver. Congratulations to all the winners.
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