Based on the book by Rick Bayan
Here is your inspiration
Cyn-ic --- "An idealist whose rose-coloured glasses have been removed, snapped in two, and stomped into the ground, immediately improving his vision".
Things which may get you in the mood for this - Pearl Jam, This is Not For you, "all that's sacred comes from youth dedication's not even true"
Can be explored by the cynic or the idealist.
Enjoy.
Choose your subject, and please stick your head right into it.
Here is your inspiration
Cyn-ic --- "An idealist whose rose-coloured glasses have been removed, snapped in two, and stomped into the ground, immediately improving his vision".
Things which may get you in the mood for this - Pearl Jam, This is Not For you, "all that's sacred comes from youth dedication's not even true"
Can be explored by the cynic or the idealist.
Enjoy.
Choose your subject, and please stick your head right into it.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 18
- Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 259, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: Thanks for your entries and hard work on these poems. There were some very original ideas and themes. My fiancee helped me judge this and we enjoyed reading the poems together.
Thanks
Emmyb
Contest Winners
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Beware, escape the constant dangers of acceptance and of settlement / let no walls restrain you on the endless path you walk / The hall isby billpoet 21 lines, 197 comments, on Jul 27 9:02 AM 2007. In Thoughts, Lost in thought, Philosophy
Gold trophy winner
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I watch you paint
smiles on your finger nailsby Floorboards 23 lines, 25 comments, on Mar 10 8:29 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Other, Society
Silver trophy winner
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Pregnant with hate, barren of pity-
it's inconvenient to be this aware• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
Shameless Philistines, today's idealist.
But who will cleanse the souls of these blackest of hearts?• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [17]
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I cannot think right now
I sit here;by Think2wice 33 lines, 11 comments, on Apr 6 7:17 PM• Commented on by judge. -
And all I see is what can kill me
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by DumbBaby 52 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 7 4:51 AM. In Lower lumbar disc laminectomy operation• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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We're sitting here earning our pay
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Save the earth. Right.
Like we can't survive in a changing universe.by wbiro 34 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 11 12:43 PM
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by feetus 23 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 25 6:18 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Do you see that star on high?
Watch, for it will pass you by• Commented on by judge.
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bookmarked - hope to remember that I have
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Interesting...I'm bookmarking. My family thinks I am a cynic...ha.
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Aw yes, another one, thanks!
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