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India Ink

India ink is your prompt.

No pedestrian rhyme.

No purple prose.

Show- don't tell.

No lyrics.

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.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on April 8
  • Rewards: Gold: 400
  • Final notes:
    If I had more points, I would have given everyone in this contest a trophy, because you all wrote very high quality poems. There is not a single poem that disappointed me. That is rare in a contest.

    I appoligize for taking so long to judge. I have been busy and distracted, and I am very sorry that I kept all of you waiting. Thanks so much for entering, and I hope that you will all enter my future cotests.

Contest Winners

  1. Error: Unable to find finalist item 5116731, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  2. t a t t o o
    by amaranthine lover 17 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 5 10:14 PM. In Contest, Abstract, noguest
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Error: Unable to find finalist item 5155731, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]

Entries [10]

1 - 10 of 10
  • Strip
    pestle and mortar
    ground from a fount
    by myrataal 15 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 5 11:48 PM. In Life, Abstract, Pain, Personal
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Indian Ink
    Before we parted,
    a blue and pearl
    by hopergroper 19 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 6 12:00 AM
    • Commented on by judge.
  • all i can do
    you spilled across my life
    indian ink seeping down a white sheet of paper
    by painted dreams 11 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 6 12:43 AM
    • Commented on by judge.
  • India Ink
    by ea 18 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 6 2:33 AM. In adult
    • Commented on by judge.
  • 3 Am
    It's 3 am but I don't know that
    Because the pen and my hand are still dancing
    by Kikai Ni 35 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 28 10:21 AM 2008. In Personal, Hope, Lyrics, Depression, Lost in thought
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Blotted
    by Lencio Rodrigues 16 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 6 11:23 AM
    • Commented on by judge.
  • An adagio evening.....
    The music hums in my ears / melancholy like never before / and the roses laid on the table / are as red as one from those cliched poems / i dug out from my closet last night / The awkward silence hang
    by The Phoenix Returns 33 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 18 10:54 AM 2007
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite

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  • raspberry Greeters member
    March 5
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    Hope this prompt doesnt refer to the play by Tom Stoppard..??

    • ea silver member
      March 6
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      "India ink (or Indian ink in British English), or less commonly called Chinese ink since it may have been first developed in either India or China, is a simple black ink once widely used for writing and printing, and now more commonly used for drawing, especially when inking comics and comic strips." - wikipedia


    • Danna Hobart
      March 6
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      I never heard of the play. Is it any good?