I tend to drop people from my favorites list when I begin to read them too irregularly. Unfortunately, this has resulted in my having a favorites list half as long as the list of people who have me on their favorites list. And that seems very unethical to me.
So, just enter something for me to read- prewrite or fresh.
Please be reasonable on length and style, I will most likely DQ anything I greatly dislike, but I am open to various styles.
I tend to like free verse best, that is my personal bias.
Don't enter if you're already on it.
Don't know if you are? Here: http://allpoetry.com/favorite/show/exalted
-cassidy
So, just enter something for me to read- prewrite or fresh.
Please be reasonable on length and style, I will most likely DQ anything I greatly dislike, but I am open to various styles.
I tend to like free verse best, that is my personal bias.
Don't enter if you're already on it.
Don't know if you are? Here: http://allpoetry.com/favorite/show/exalted
-cassidy
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on March 15
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100
- Final notes: sorry it took me a while to judge...
first of all, i got so much crap in this contest. i dq'd at least 15 entries, so if you're reading this, congratulations, you made it past the lowest tier of crap.
i added 10 entries to the finalists list that i didn't give hm's-- so if you got a comment, check if yours is on there.
-cassidy
Contest Winners
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by NothingButShrooms 23 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 21 4:12 PM. In Pain, Life, Thoughts, Contemporary, Death
Gold trophy winner
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about my hill--
where the moon shone• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
It is funny how nostalgia works.
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Little yellow dandelion
glowing in my hands• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
I've had causes because my stomach was filled with reasons.
All the overbearing words just seemed to be fillingby queenof--swords 28 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 21 1:55 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
Mother was a mourning person and her father was unknown, leaving in fear of her blue eyed lack of pupils.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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I stretched moonbeams
with my fingertipsby Twins 4 me 32 lines, 17 comments, on Feb 8 11:56 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
October 1, 2001
by still.she.waits 22 lines, 27 comments, on Jan 3 3:47 PM. In noguest• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [52]
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I want to touch the universe,
and make the sun fallby TheCorrodedBreed 32 lines, on Feb 22 11:35 PM• Viewed by judge. -
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don't read this if yur a jesus freak, you may not understand what i mean...by Sadpuppet 26 lines, 10 comments, on Jan 24 1:18 AM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Raise the alram!
The time has come,by LoveNeverDies. 18 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 15 3:22 PM. In Society• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
With a scream of protest
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From ever fragrant branches spread
the tyrian shades of lovers blooms• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I stand upon the rise,
Next to mother nature's steadfast creations...• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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The final day in court... how will it go?by WordsDoMatter 48 lines, 24 comments, on Jan 22 11:48 PM. In Spiritual, heaven, story, wordsdomatter, court• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Love flows over fractured hearts,
filling cracks left raw by pain.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
In yellow city…walks a dark shadow
Shadow of wildest of dreams……..in the yellow city.by wastebound 13 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 2 1:15 PM 2008. In Dedication• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
when I depart this life
I will go to my throne
by MichaelSavage 29 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 23 11:17 AM. In Contemporary, Contest, Humor, Life, Thoughts• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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from my shuttering lips escapes the sky
where i can feel this and already be able to tellby HalfWayToNothing 23 lines, on Feb 20 9:10 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Her eyes sing of unknown sorrows
buried deep in her soul,
melodies of anguish,by Deathless Kris 33 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 20 5:45 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
As the moonlight dances in the sky
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Sometimes I wish there was blinking read light,
Some annoying robotic voice screaming for me to stop!by Winged Unicorn 35 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 5 12:02 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I look into the deep blue,
seeing tiny puffs of condensation float forward,by A Shade Of Gray 18 lines, 14 comments, on Dec 21 11:13 AM 2008. In Nature• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Of course I should be on your favorites list
I have wisdom I can shareby bluecollarlove 30 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 25 12:11 AM• Commented on by judge. -
Mist sprays, soaking
and covering lifeby tsukiyo 34 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 7 5:18 AM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
by yukitosumi 13 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 14 10:58 AM. In Dark• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Clothed in a long, flowing, deep blue cloak,
I slowly stride towards my magnificent vessel,by Chocolate Chip 53 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 3 7:34 PM. In Fantasy• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
He used to live in the house
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by Gloriouswings 40 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 1 12:11 AM. In sad, real life events, society, compassion, untimely death
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And this is the way you go to school,
Getting up every winter morning when it is night,• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
My first attempt at something dark• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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I decided one day,
To walk through the forest,by The Tmnts Sister 24 lines, 15 comments, on Dec 6 6:36 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
She sits in his arms,
loving every moment of life.by love-taylor-love 11 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 9 6:09 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Dilapidated were the ruins
that sunk into the soused soil,• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Comments
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My piece is long, which is rare for me, but I hope you will find it effective
Shari
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I am moonlitanime or Imogen you decide.
My poem is short but efective to me since it cheers people up.
I hope you like my poem my poems have not been doing very well. -
spinning wheel
as nails click past,
the arrow flicks
the colonmed rail
around the wheel.
up until the spinning stops
to reveal, where the arrow fell
between two nails, a notch
so make your bets
than sit and watch
a chance to double
what you got
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Yeah, it's pretty f**ked up to just tell people they write crap instead of helping them write better. At least you have taste, though. Whether I think I deserve your hallowed commentary or not, at least I don't have to walk away frustrated by yet another AP contest judge who reads forced, meterless, monosyllabic endline with sh*t vocabulary and zero subtlety and calls it wonderful. If I didn't already know what it's like to receive 100 prewrites I hate, the entries you wound up keeping might be enough to make me want to hold my own prewrite contest.
My poem obviously should have won ... but find me a self-described artist who isn't a little bit narcissistic about his art.
Anyway, tip of my cap to you for holding a well-judged contest, another for having the humility to admit when you're wrong and offer an actual apology instead of insincere lipservice, and a third to the winners and other finalists of this contest. Those poems were excellent.
~Morgan
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