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Make me Feel something Real

My brains aren't working well right now, and I don't know how long that will last. I am not only having difficulty providing critiques for others' works (which I enjoy immensely), I am also challenged to comprehend others' constructive comments to me.

I am feeling uncertain, insecure, anxious due to this turn of events. This has happened many times before, and always I have come out of it sooner or later. Yet there are never any guarantees.

So, understanding that I will not be able to provide critical commentary on your pieces, I instead ask for your help: Make me FEEL something REAL.


FYI: If you enter some bs just because I'm allowing pre-writes, I am liable to DQ it. I don't mean to be rude, just stating facts.

I may extend the deadline a bit if I need more entries.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Thanks to the generous gift of 1000 points by longte, which enabled me to run this contest.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on April 11
  • Rewards: Gold: 600, Silver: 300, Bronze: 150, Honorable mention: 5 people
  • Final notes:
    Thank you all for your entries in this contest. There were MANY more excellent writes that awards available. Please consider reading some of the other works if you haven't already done so.

    For the judging of this contest, I ordered entries based on the writes to which I had the strongest emotional response. All of the finalists made me cry, and in some cases sob repeatedly. I had/have been having difficulty with trying to block out my painful emotions, and what I needed was poems that could reach in through my boundaries, pierce the wound, and allow catharsis to occur.

    There were several very humorous entries, and many lovely and touching ones. One or two even triggered angry for me. Yet, in spite of the quality of some of those writes, I found the lighter emotions insufficient to my current need, and anger just made emotional access that much more difficult for me.

    Thank you all for your responses to my request for assistance. I expect I'll be reading several of these pieces again, and at least one has already made it onto my personal "best of the best" list.

    My best wishes in all your endeavors on AllPoetry.

    ~BearWoman

Contest Winners

  1. Christmas at grandpa and grandma’s house when I was five.
    by MJ Donnelly 29 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 28 3:44 AM. In Personal, Memories, Life, Family, Prose
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4296735, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  3. Eye for an eye.
    by Laura Lamarca 49 lines, 26 comments, on Mar 17 7:22 AM. In Deep, Dark, Metaphor
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Our Place Remembered
    I loved that you hated so cheerfully,
    that I loved your freckles.
    by HomeGrown 93 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 1 9:56 PM 2005. In Personal, Love, Angst
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  5. bamboo
    by piggyback 51 lines, 15 comments, on Mar 28 3:59 PM. In Personal
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  6. Worth It
    I hope you think, as I do, that this is worth the time For the start of anything new can be rather terrifying, I know
    by Heavenly Angel 34 lines, 23 comments, on Sep 25 11:24 AM 2007. In Love, Feelings, Thoughts, Dreams
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  7. Beyond Boundaries
    by Heavenly Angel 33 lines, 85 comments, on Nov 26 1:46 PM 2007. In Love, Soul Baring, Collaboration, Heart Thoughts
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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