So, I picked out all of my favorite lines from my favorite songs and I wanna see what they inspire you guys to write. Pick one or more of the following lines and write whatever is makes you feel.
I’m looking for emotion. I want you to makes me cry. I want to feel your words; not just read them.
RULES:
Use proper grammar and spelling.
Don’t, as they say, molest your shift key.
Don’t go punctuation crazy.
Left-align ONLY.
Free verse ONLY.
Put the line(s) that inspired your writing in your author’s notes.
I'm giving away 1000 points with the Gold trophy.
I will extend this contest until I am wowed, so give me your absolute best.
Everyone can submit up to 3 poems, just use different lines for each please.
Happy writing. ♥
p.s. if you have any suggestions for lines that I should add, message them to me. if I like them, I’ll add them to the list.
PROMPT LINES:
“you taste like tear stains and could-have-beens, but I love a good train wreck.”
Written in Blood – She Wants Revenge
“a million hours left to think of you and think of that.”
The Con – Tegan & Sara
“I have to go. yes, I know the feeling, know you’re leaving.”
The Con – Tegan & Sara
“I felt you in my life before I ever thought to.”
Nineteen – Tegan & Sara
“and why are you asking me questions you already know the answers to?”
Fractured – Zeromancer
"love without pain isn't really romance."
Only This Moment - Royksopp
“now I don’t know what to be without you around.”
Breathe – Taylor Swift
“I was a dreamer before you went and let me down.”
White Horse – Taylor Swift
“keep that in mind, the way that it felt, when the most I could do was to just blame myself.”
This Photograph is Proof (I Know You Know) – Taking Back Sunday
“see, the months they don’t matter. it’s the days I can’t take.”
New American Classic – Taking Back Sunday
“I’ve given you my best, why does she get the best of you?”
Stay – Sugarland
“till tonight I never knew the difference between comfort and love.”
Bound to Happen – Spill Canvas
“now look what time can do: it took the masterpiece we built and broke it in two.”
Bound to Happen – Spill Canvas
“to think I might not see those eyes makes it so hard not to cry and, as we say our long goodbye, I nearly do.”
Run – Snow Patrol
“why do you choose your pain? if you only knew how much I love you.”
Your Winter – Sister Hazel
“you’re breathing in fumes I taste when we kiss.”
Stripped – Shiny Toy Guns
“I don’t get you; I can’t forget what you’ve forgotten. all along, I’ve never been so alone.”
Don’t Cry Out – Shiny Toy Guns
“hail to your dark skin hiding the fact you’re dead again.”
Caring is Creepy – The Shins
“I dig down deep for forgiveness and still you’re busy placing the blame.”
True Romance – She Wants Revenge
“no my love, we can’t be friends. in fact I like you much better when you just pretend.”
True Romance – She Wants Revenge
“well this is the last thing I’ll take cause I can’t face you now.”
Fight Song – The Appleseed Cast
“open up my hands to find out they’re empty.”
Something to Believe In – Aqualung
“we were hoping for some romance; all we found was more despair.”
Flux – Bloc Party
“while I was busy waging wars on myself, you were trying to stop the fight.”
Hate Me – Blue October
“make a smile come back and shine just like it used to be and then she whispered, "How can you do this to me?"”
Hate Me – Blue October
“and will you never say that you love me, just to put it in my face? and will you never try to reach me, it is I that wanted space?”
Hate Me – Blue October
“the chemicals displaced, there is no love at stake lying in this bed.”
The Chemicals Between Us – Bush
“I held on as tightly as you held on to me.”
To Build a Home – The Cinematic Orchestra
“this is the moment that you know that you told her that you loved her but you don't.”
Tiny Vessels – Death Cab for Cutie
“the dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had.”
Mad World – Gary Jules
“I wanna be your lover, never just your friend. I swear I’ll be beside you every chance I get.”
Collide – Granian
“and everyone that’s loved her has moved on.”
Niterider – Innerpartysystem
“nothing’s too excessive when you’ve got nothing left.”
Die Tonight, Live Forever – Innerpartysystem
“and I don’t know if I’ve ever been really loved by a hand that’s touched me.”
Push – Matchbox Twenty
“I’m alright, I’m alright. it only hurts when I breathe.”
Breathe – Melissa Etheridge
“help, I’m alive and my heart keeps beating like a hammer.”
Help, I’m Alive – Metric
“and now the moment has passed, like a stone that’s been thrown through the glass.”
Crash ‘N’ Burn Victims – Moving Units
“I wanna go too fast; I never wanted to wait to relax.”
Crash ‘N’ Burn Victims – Moving Units
“sometimes I close my eyes and you’re not very pretty.”
Memorize the City – The Organ
“your genetic flaws; I said say it all. you can’t decipher reflections from reality but neither can I.”
Decipher Reflections from Reality – PlayRadioPlay
“what do you do when your life’s a disaster and your moving faster and it’s getting harder to breathe? what do you say to someone who’s right but you disagree even if it’s the truth?”
Decipher Reflections from Reality – PlayRadioPlay
I’m looking for emotion. I want you to makes me cry. I want to feel your words; not just read them.
RULES:
Use proper grammar and spelling.
Don’t, as they say, molest your shift key.
Don’t go punctuation crazy.
Left-align ONLY.
Free verse ONLY.
Put the line(s) that inspired your writing in your author’s notes.
I'm giving away 1000 points with the Gold trophy.
I will extend this contest until I am wowed, so give me your absolute best.
Everyone can submit up to 3 poems, just use different lines for each please.
Happy writing. ♥
p.s. if you have any suggestions for lines that I should add, message them to me. if I like them, I’ll add them to the list.
PROMPT LINES:
“you taste like tear stains and could-have-beens, but I love a good train wreck.”
Written in Blood – She Wants Revenge
“a million hours left to think of you and think of that.”
The Con – Tegan & Sara
“I have to go. yes, I know the feeling, know you’re leaving.”
The Con – Tegan & Sara
“I felt you in my life before I ever thought to.”
Nineteen – Tegan & Sara
“and why are you asking me questions you already know the answers to?”
Fractured – Zeromancer
"love without pain isn't really romance."
Only This Moment - Royksopp
“now I don’t know what to be without you around.”
Breathe – Taylor Swift
“I was a dreamer before you went and let me down.”
White Horse – Taylor Swift
“keep that in mind, the way that it felt, when the most I could do was to just blame myself.”
This Photograph is Proof (I Know You Know) – Taking Back Sunday
“see, the months they don’t matter. it’s the days I can’t take.”
New American Classic – Taking Back Sunday
“I’ve given you my best, why does she get the best of you?”
Stay – Sugarland
“till tonight I never knew the difference between comfort and love.”
Bound to Happen – Spill Canvas
“now look what time can do: it took the masterpiece we built and broke it in two.”
Bound to Happen – Spill Canvas
“to think I might not see those eyes makes it so hard not to cry and, as we say our long goodbye, I nearly do.”
Run – Snow Patrol
“why do you choose your pain? if you only knew how much I love you.”
Your Winter – Sister Hazel
“you’re breathing in fumes I taste when we kiss.”
Stripped – Shiny Toy Guns
“I don’t get you; I can’t forget what you’ve forgotten. all along, I’ve never been so alone.”
Don’t Cry Out – Shiny Toy Guns
“hail to your dark skin hiding the fact you’re dead again.”
Caring is Creepy – The Shins
“I dig down deep for forgiveness and still you’re busy placing the blame.”
True Romance – She Wants Revenge
“no my love, we can’t be friends. in fact I like you much better when you just pretend.”
True Romance – She Wants Revenge
“well this is the last thing I’ll take cause I can’t face you now.”
Fight Song – The Appleseed Cast
“open up my hands to find out they’re empty.”
Something to Believe In – Aqualung
“we were hoping for some romance; all we found was more despair.”
Flux – Bloc Party
“while I was busy waging wars on myself, you were trying to stop the fight.”
Hate Me – Blue October
“make a smile come back and shine just like it used to be and then she whispered, "How can you do this to me?"”
Hate Me – Blue October
“and will you never say that you love me, just to put it in my face? and will you never try to reach me, it is I that wanted space?”
Hate Me – Blue October
“the chemicals displaced, there is no love at stake lying in this bed.”
The Chemicals Between Us – Bush
“I held on as tightly as you held on to me.”
To Build a Home – The Cinematic Orchestra
“this is the moment that you know that you told her that you loved her but you don't.”
Tiny Vessels – Death Cab for Cutie
“the dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had.”
Mad World – Gary Jules
“I wanna be your lover, never just your friend. I swear I’ll be beside you every chance I get.”
Collide – Granian
“and everyone that’s loved her has moved on.”
Niterider – Innerpartysystem
“nothing’s too excessive when you’ve got nothing left.”
Die Tonight, Live Forever – Innerpartysystem
“and I don’t know if I’ve ever been really loved by a hand that’s touched me.”
Push – Matchbox Twenty
“I’m alright, I’m alright. it only hurts when I breathe.”
Breathe – Melissa Etheridge
“help, I’m alive and my heart keeps beating like a hammer.”
Help, I’m Alive – Metric
“and now the moment has passed, like a stone that’s been thrown through the glass.”
Crash ‘N’ Burn Victims – Moving Units
“I wanna go too fast; I never wanted to wait to relax.”
Crash ‘N’ Burn Victims – Moving Units
“sometimes I close my eyes and you’re not very pretty.”
Memorize the City – The Organ
“your genetic flaws; I said say it all. you can’t decipher reflections from reality but neither can I.”
Decipher Reflections from Reality – PlayRadioPlay
“what do you do when your life’s a disaster and your moving faster and it’s getting harder to breathe? what do you say to someone who’s right but you disagree even if it’s the truth?”
Decipher Reflections from Reality – PlayRadioPlay
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 20
- Rewards: Gold: 1000, Silver: 800, Bronze: 500, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: This contest has ran on for quite a while now and after reading through my finalists many times, I've made my decision. I simply couldn't award only one trophy and one set of points so I added more of both.
To my winners, each of you astounded me which is exactly what I wanted. Thank you. This was one of my hardest ever contests to judge and I am glad for it.
Amazing job guys.
♥ Megan
Contest Winners
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this is about trying to let go. this is about sepia-paper epiphanies.
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i am lung-tied,
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I can stay perfectly still for the rest of my life, so long as these tears promise not to cascade out of my eyes. Because I’ve been walking• Viewed by judge. [remove]
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Deep inside, I heard the shatter.
Restless in my sleep tonight.by UnheardAsOfNow 16 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 11 3:41 PM• Commented on by judge. -
by Candy Morphine 27 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 11 5:57 PM• Commented on by judge.
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Possessing someone
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there is a clock on my desk with no hands, ticking endlessly to nothing. i'm waiting for you to come find me again, staring out the windowby deadpixie020 36 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 13 6:25 PM• Commented on by judge.
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Maybe we weren't necessarily meant for each other,
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by Candy Morphine 23 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 14 1:42 AM• Viewed by judge.
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Pang in my chest as I look at your face,
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The cameras glitter around me.
High-class clothing pasted onto my all-to-gangly body.by stepbystep 30 lines, 23 comments, on Apr 16 6:19 PM• Viewed by judge. -
I hate how you can do this to me.
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Stress tightening the muscles,
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I keep trying to hold her but every time she falls,
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our worlds collided quickly
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why do you chose to hurt?
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I met love
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as we stroll down the road
we walk hand in handby fantome errant 30 lines, 7 comments, on May 14 3:53 PM. In Contest• Viewed by judge. -
Within the safety of our own creation
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Amore
between usby awannabepoet 63 lines, 17 comments, on May 14 6:49 PM. In Love, Life, Hope, Thoughts, Spiritual, Romance, Inspirational• Viewed by judge. -
I reside, comfortably uncomfortable,
within the solaceby travis34dietC 19 lines, 4 comments, on May 14 8:09 PM• Viewed by judge. -
I don't imagine the peacocks
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I'm searching for forgiveness,
but all I keep scrapping up is the blame.
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In the dark is were you'll find me bound by my lies letting out painfull cries ive weeped and ive wept im drowning in lonesome lulabies myby Brokenshardsofglass 9 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 8 4:35 PM• Viewed by judge.
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My love is pure and true
My heart will only ever beat for youby sadgrl2310 18 lines, 1 comment, on May 14 10:08 PM• Viewed by judge. -
leaving my mouth sappored by speechlessness,
my heart stops beating (the day I couldn't forget)by Kakraba Afful 49 lines, on May 15 2:58 AM. In Sad• Viewed by judge. -
and I don't want to be your friend
I want so much moreby slaybackc 18 lines, 2 comments, on May 25 12:26 AM• Viewed by judge. -
I breathe in deep,
knowing that moment is near.by love-taylor-love 25 lines, 5 comments, on May 25 11:14 AM• Viewed by judge. -
The color of your eyes
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I cannot pretend that I feel many regret
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“nothing’s too excessive when you’ve got nothing left.”
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walking the path under the moon and stars above
holding hands so tightly that you can almost feel the passion in our gripby Yuki Amano 10 lines, 1 comment, on May 25 5:21 PM• Viewed by judge. -
I stay up late, thinking about you.
I think about your name and your hair and your face and the freckle under your eye that you have, or dby niceguysfinishlast 34 lines, 1 comment, on May 25 8:23 PM• Viewed by judge. -
You make it difficult to say it’s ok
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Time stands still
As I lay wrapped in your armsby VampiricMistress 37 lines, on May 25 11:23 PM• Viewed by judge. -
I this secret admirer
I know you don't knowby TAPSCreeperBabyBird 29 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 8 12:06 PM• Viewed by judge. -
What do you do when the love is lost,
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by angelfalls.silently 40 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 8 5:09 PM. In Sad, Dark, My own style, Death, Lost love, Lost in thought, Suicide, Love, Weird• Viewed by judge.
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Little girl with lots of dreams
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My belief in my afterlife
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Running through the forest
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That girl smiled happily, thinking of her prince.
His beautiful blue eyes full of intelligence.by XxLoverOfDarknessxX 20 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 8 9:32 PM• Viewed by judge. -
I am exhausted, tired to my very bone, I am weak from not eating. My muscles are sore-my knots bundled tight… I do not have much to give and for the first time- I do not have much fight.by circleA 12 lines, on Jun 8 11:50 PM• Viewed by judge.
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I have lost something and I am not sure where to look anymore. Could you help me find it? Wait I have forgotten you cannot see me…because the last time I looked my feet weren’t moving and my mouth is open but my words are notby circleA 8 lines, on Jun 8 11:54 PM• Viewed by judge.
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If you were anyone else I would brush my hand slightly against your cheek, holding your gaze for just one moment longer, letting you see the secret pleasures that lay hidden in my stare. There is something about you that I caby circleA 18 lines, on Jun 9 12:12 AM• Viewed by judge.
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You came and left.
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Sleepless, hopeless, dreamless Nights
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With every beat beat beat my fragile heart pumps
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Don’t know how to love
Don’t know how to beby Njwalker 24 lines, on Jul 3 6:52 AM• Viewed by judge. -
I remember how you held me
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I'm staring right at you, but all I see is empty space.
The dark, perhaps, has eaten away the caringby f o r s a k e n 28 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 4 5:43 PM. In Contest, Life, Love, Pain, Personal, Sad, Lost love, Lost in thought, Longing• Viewed by judge. -
Should I be crying now,
For the fact you're walking away?by Cancel My Order.. 45 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 7 7:12 AM• Viewed by judge.
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Ooh, this looks like a fun contest!
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Wow, all the quotes are awesome! I might just enter more than once. Just asking though - can we choose the contest title as the prompt too? I find it very inspiring.
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of course. =]
I look forward to seeing what you do with it.
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i hooked up with a guy to the song 'tiny vessels'
it was the saddest experience of my life.
"she was beautiful, but she didn't mean a thing to me."
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that's the best news I've gotten all day.
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you're so sweet (: i also just noticed that one of my poems is on your page! i'm honored. thank you so much <3
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I LOVE that poem. and the part that I have posted is something that I find that I can relate to very strongly at the moment.
I swear, sometimes it's like you pull my emotions out of my head and write them because I can always relate to your work.
So, thank YOU for being an amazing writer. ♥
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It's Imaginary by Evanescence
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sure. you can use it.
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thanks
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I love the spill canvas! i will definitely try to enter!
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Ah I love this contest
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This is a great contest- I'll be back all right
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*bookmarks* I am so entering this!
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Ok so i have a couple more if you want them. There is "I'd liek to say that your my only fear, and when i dream it slowly dissapears." and that is Call to arms by Angels and Airwaves. And then you can use, "I'm not your anchor so dont hold on i'm not the answer you've got me wrong i'm not your savior save your energy" and that is Who you are without me by Kate Voegele
I'm gonna enter this looks good!
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