rules:
no erotica.
no religion-bashing.
nothing overly dark or morbid.
obscenties should not be overused.
proper grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. please.
try not to be cliche.
I would prefer no rhyming. please.
nothing extremely long. long is okay. extremely long is not.
be creative. be bold. be expressive.
be unique.
enter whatever your favourite poems are
or the ones you are most proud of.
they cannot have hundreds of trophies though.
my favourites are encouraged to enter.
enter as many times as you want.
no erotica.
no religion-bashing.
nothing overly dark or morbid.
obscenties should not be overused.
proper grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. please.
try not to be cliche.
I would prefer no rhyming. please.
nothing extremely long. long is okay. extremely long is not.
be creative. be bold. be expressive.
be unique.
enter whatever your favourite poems are
or the ones you are most proud of.
they cannot have hundreds of trophies though.
my favourites are encouraged to enter.
enter as many times as you want.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on October 13
- Rewards: Gold: 1000, Silver: 500, Bronze: 250, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: with two judges, we kind-of had to compromise about the winners. we each had our own personal ending orders, but anyway. congrats to the winners. if I could, I would've given all the people on the finalists list trophies. anyway.
thank you so much for sharing.
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Contest Winners
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October 1, 2001
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Constellations of delicate clockwork
pollute remnants of a broken soul.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
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Wandering beneath your fingers, you snip the strings burdened against my blackening heart. Though the agony doesn't require physics or mathby innocence jaded.xx 101 lines, 15 comments, on Feb 15 5:08 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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should be seeing death cab live soon=]by Candy Morphine 50 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 6 5:25 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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by morgana raven 29 lines, 14 comments, on Feb 9 2:10 PM. In Personal• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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by heavenbird 82 lines, 22 comments, on Feb 17 1:51 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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by heavenbird 121 lines, 15 comments, on Feb 17 1:35 AM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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I did this after watching Columbine video...
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It was her photo that caught me
The mildly conflicting blacks and whitesby suddenly-there 14 lines, on Mar 5 6:18 PM• Viewed by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
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I'm no greater than my Saviour
and His suffering so topples mine.by 2lullabyhaven 21 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 30 5:17 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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a vulture nipped my hand and told me that was only the beginning...by skies painted red 6 lines, on Sep 12 5:07 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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you say precious is watching him put cheerios in his mouth.
His little, petite, innocent mouth.by jayyniecakes. 14 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 9 7:24 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
my tasteful, intoxicating illusion:
make me believe i am powerful, talented, sinless.by skies painted red 4 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 3 5:41 AM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
i suddenly became aware of the spinning colors
also known as youby jayyniecakes. 22 lines, 12 comments, on Jan 24 7:07 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
If Lady Luck is on your side
and your life is full of joy,by pinksnowboots 28 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 19 2:45 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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Speaking
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Alice sits alone on the sand
within the heart of her Wonderlandby pinksnowboots 26 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 18 2:42 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Two benches in a park face the sunset tonight,
an acid sunset.by pinksnowboots 13 lines, 11 comments, on Jan 19 2:29 PM. In Sad, Society, Life, Dark, Sadness, Depression, Longing, Lost in thought, Goodbyes• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Choke on realism
lose the breath of lifeby BloodyCrystalEmbers 36 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 24 8:10 AM 2006. In Dark• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
slipping beneath the sheet,
clawing towards repeat...• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Whisper to me softly,
tell me I’ll be okay,by BloodyCrystalEmbers 35 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 6 5:51 PM 2006. In Sad• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Thrown into the depths / the water is so cold / you gasp for air, / your lungs expand / painfully / the sea is trickling in / you try to scream / but can't / you thrash and struggle / to break the surface• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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i tilt my head and watch from beneath the rim of his hat.
only here, in this way is he free, normal. breathing heavy, shaking his head and throws himself into the other man.by skies painted red 4 lines, on Sep 7 9:01 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
A ship at sail across the sea,
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You know, we're all grown up,
we're in high school now,by pinksnowboots 49 lines, 11 comments, on Jan 23 9:57 PM. In Society, Life, Personal, Thoughts, Teenage thinking, Teen issues, Humanity• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Romancing with the ages / my inner secret affair / with time / and it's endless... / Raging into the moment / capitalizing on every / moral fiber, / every fine shred / of semblance... / I dive into this tiny• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Well I skip from eve to eve as I wend my way,
Going from home to work or just off for the day.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Dogs scream, in symphony
singing in distant citiesby Predaw 16 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 24 9:33 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
He stands before me smiling in his eyes the darkest joy.
Sweetly he careses my skin with his cool hands.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I am the heir of air
The squatter of a vacant earthby Justin Stone 25 lines, 19 comments, on Dec 28 10:12 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Slowly my fingers
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by jayyniecakes. 51 lines, 13 comments, on Jan 22 6:12 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by crosscountry07 16 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 7 11:33 PM. In Personal• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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We’ve got starfish logic and star-shine hearts.
Glitter is falling from the skies as the Earth is dripping away.by Candy Morphine 41 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 24 9:42 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Show me whom my heart does call...by ShiningNShadows 25 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 5 3:49 PM. In Love• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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Glistening crystals shine,
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As I look in the mirror I see
a copy of myselfby pinksnowboots 47 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 22 8:08 PM. In Fantasy, Weird, Life, Thoughts, Background, Abstract, Lost in thought, Friendship• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Somethings may seem to hard to comprehend yet we find a solution in the end.
Things that keep us hanging on are hard to find in the world beyond.by sweetieforever 24 lines, on Jan 15 12:17 PM. In Other• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
T - terrific
W - wonderfulby sweetieforever 14 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 20 5:20 PM 2008. In Teenage thinking, Happiness, Freewrite, Love, Personal, Thoughts, Fantasy, Message• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
On my own looking down
Smiling and pretendingby sweetieforever 17 lines, on Jan 15 8:16 PM. In Life• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Somethings may seem to hard to comprehend yet we find a solution in the end.
Things that keep us hanging on are hard to find in the worldby sweetieforever 24 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 25 10:06 PM 2008. In Life• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
As I sit here
Bored out of my mindby sweetieforever 13 lines, on Jan 21 8:00 AM. In Life• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
You yell at me
You think I'm stupidby sweetieforever 21 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 26 10:38 AM 2008. In Life• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
The tangy sweet taste...
of fresh fruit....by Spock 18 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 30 3:39 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
sometimes I wonder
if you feel the same way i do.by forsakengypsy 12 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 12 9:08 PM. In love• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I'm sunshine, I am rain
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In the big, crowded beach
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People say that a dog is a man's best friend
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I think you've already commented all of my stuffff. D:
Should I not enter?
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Lol.
Enter if you want!
I encourage it.
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I applaud whoever has managed to accumulate hundreds of trophies with a single poem.
But seriously, that is a good rule to toss in. Challenges us to reexamine our work and rediscover poems we had forgotten.
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Indeed.
Dig through the archives and find gems you'd almost forgotten about, that sort of thing.
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omg i have like the exact same contest running x] -
Any explanation why u've deleted most of mine... Considering they were up before you put any rules up..comments would have been nice; I can take critism x x
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I put up most of the rules before the contest started.
The only thing I added was "nothing too dark or morbid"
and "I prefer free-verse over rhyme."
I've just been removing poems as I go if I know they wouldn't place as well. [no offense] But if you would like constructive criticism on anything, then just ask.
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Interesting contest - just one thing though since I like to read and comment on each piece entered when I host a contest and I know quite a few people here feel the same about it, how are you going to manage to at least comment on all these pieces and how are you going to choose a winner amongst hundreds of pieces? This is a huge undertaking ...
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Just for the record, many of the contests I've entered even recently have not commented on my entries. Many have, but just as many haven't. Anyway.
My plan was that any pieces that didn't follow the rules or were merely sub-par, I would remove. Then all those that are on the finalists list , I will comment on (if I haven't already before the contest ^^') and my co-judge will comment as well if she hasn't before.
For the other entries that aren't finalists, I'm not sure if I want to attempt commenting on every one or not. I might. But I can guarantee that I've read every one.
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107 finalists?
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you guys are so hardcore...
id never be able to judge over 300 entries lol
well partially cause i like to do all the commenting/judging at once and ill get angry at myself if i stop in the middle lol
but yea, youre a trooper
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mon dieu, merci beaucoup
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OH WOW.
Gold out of all those entries??? I'm honored.
And congrats to the other finalists, too!
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So as I read the Finalists I realize, females judged this. First and second to love poems. I find it funny. Not sayin they are not deserving.
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hey now!
I picked gold and she picked silver.
it's a coincidence, I promise.
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