Greetings and Salutations to all.
It has been a long while since I hosted a contest and I was rather disappointed by the results of the last one, so I am praying that all the wonderful poets of allpoetry will step up to this challenge and blow me away.
I have been in a somber mood lately and it would please me greatly to see the shadows hiding in the hearts of others. To that end I am asking you to write me something dark and painful. I want to feel the hatred of love lost, taste the sorrow of a broken heart, feel the tears for a fallen friend and see the bitterness the wounds have left behind. I am allowing prewrites because sometimes the most emotional and powerful poems are written when they are needed, not at some contest host's request, but be warned that for a prewrite to win it will have to be Very good.
RULES:
1: NoNe Of ThIs crap. It is annoying and you won't win if you do it. Sorry.
2: Please be a good sport and comment on some of the competition. Not a rule but good manners anyway.
3: Please stay on topic. While I am not worried about what style you use, rhyming, language, etc I do want dark and emotional poetry. Hope and Happy endings may be used if appropriate but if you take me on a tour of the lollipop guild you will lose.
4: Just to let me know you are not just mass spamming contests looking for trophies, please post the Title of this contest in your author's comments.
5: Two (2) entries per person, max.
6: HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK
It has been a long while since I hosted a contest and I was rather disappointed by the results of the last one, so I am praying that all the wonderful poets of allpoetry will step up to this challenge and blow me away.
I have been in a somber mood lately and it would please me greatly to see the shadows hiding in the hearts of others. To that end I am asking you to write me something dark and painful. I want to feel the hatred of love lost, taste the sorrow of a broken heart, feel the tears for a fallen friend and see the bitterness the wounds have left behind. I am allowing prewrites because sometimes the most emotional and powerful poems are written when they are needed, not at some contest host's request, but be warned that for a prewrite to win it will have to be Very good.
RULES:
1: NoNe Of ThIs crap. It is annoying and you won't win if you do it. Sorry.
2: Please be a good sport and comment on some of the competition. Not a rule but good manners anyway.
3: Please stay on topic. While I am not worried about what style you use, rhyming, language, etc I do want dark and emotional poetry. Hope and Happy endings may be used if appropriate but if you take me on a tour of the lollipop guild you will lose.
4: Just to let me know you are not just mass spamming contests looking for trophies, please post the Title of this contest in your author's comments.
5: Two (2) entries per person, max.
6: HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on May 27
- Rewards: Gold: 1000, Silver: 300, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: First let me appologize to all of you for how long it took me to judge this contest. I was foolish enough to end it the friday before finals started and I suffered for it.
As for the poems entered, bravo to all of you. I read many wonderful poems in this contest and was elated by the results.
I would like to point out the disappointingly large number of people that didn't follow the simple rules, such as to add the contest title in your authors notes....I finally got fed up and just stopped paying attention to poems that didn't have that in it. If you didn't get a comment, that is most likely why.
Once more, let me say thank you all for entering and let me tell you you did a WONDERFUL job...my heart did ache for many of you and I am not sure a solid soul could read these poems and come away intact.
GOOD JOB POETS!!
Contest Winners
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You take me to a place, where all my dark dreams come true.
Razor blades, I lick the wounds I’ve just torn into.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
What you perceive is my wetness
is just another opening for my soul to cry.
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I'm not an Anamaniac but Hellooo nurse,
You remain professional, polite, terse.• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
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The earth desends upon me
Like a cloudy black spiralby FreeFalling911 33 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 30 2:19 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [106]
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by myriad-dark 77 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 20 2:39 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Society, Spiritual, Angst, Thoughts• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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there's a mist around the moon tonight
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It lies still-perfect
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"The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves" - Oedipus Rexby This Is My Story 35 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 11 3:08 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by Angel-of-Chaos 15 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 8 5:42 PM. In ADULT• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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There is a guilty hate, eating away at my soul.
Cheating me out of life, never letting me be whole.by Angel-of-Chaos 24 lines, 11 comments, on Apr 8 5:55 PM. In Something• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I hate it when the rain
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I never held a funeral for the part of me that died the part of me that thought you'd never lieby slavetolove 14 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 13 10:23 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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the space you call human
consists of myselfby Celestialsfire 30 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 30 5:01 PM• Commented on by judge. -
My empty crystal eyes cry in pain
Screaming silentlyby pixie-doom 14 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 26 3:33 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The story of my sadness is:
so many lost, so many gone,by Judith Chandler 23 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 30 5:10 PM. In Contest• Commented on by judge. -
He lies to her face
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Another dedication to him
R.I.P
by Jazzlyn 41 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 11 11:56 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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Winter’s chill grates against my teeth
As I watch you descend,by Hannah Sophia 48 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 28 10:05 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
tender was the kiss
torn the rose petals black lipsby AngelBellerose 19 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 30 5:29 PM. In Contemporary, Angst, Life, Love, Thoughts, Pain, Personal, Noguest
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I thought I was in love with him,
I thought he was the one,by becca 16 43 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 30 5:31 PM• Commented on by judge. -
I'm feeling so alone
I have nothing leftby Leanna-bean 10 lines, 19 comments, on Apr 30 5:42 PM• Commented on by judge. -
by Forgotten Anomaly 30 lines, 19 comments, on Apr 4 2:26 PM. In NaPoMo, Personal, Society, Lost in thought, My life, Personal.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I said not what I meant.
You heard not what you want.• Commented on by judge. -
the darkness creeps like a fog
vision clouds and darkness fadesby lifeattacked.ilived 18 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 28 10:16 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I am your shadow.
Why do you afraid of me?• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Push me; make me fall-
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I keep trying to hold her but every time she falls,
And she gets so mad she brings down the walls.by misterwadepeters 20 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 30 6:13 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
It's as clear as the rain,
That this feeling I hold is making me feel insane.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Look in your eyes knowing you want to stay,
Look in your eyes, then looking away.by glassroseinshards 27 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 30 8:29 PM• Commented on by judge. -
I want to walk alone.
I want to feel the pain.by Horrific Hollis 24 lines, 12 comments, on Oct 28 10:41 PM 2008. In Dark, Abuse, Sad, Life, Pain, Suffereing, Other, Emo• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Tears of a thousand pounds each
pour out of my eyesby Horrific Hollis 10 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 3 4:37 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Your unworthy tainted love,
like shards of glass• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I just chatted with this young lady
Whom------I don't even know?by roland halloway 20 lines, 46 comments, on Apr 30 1:27 AM. In Love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
How can anyone describe what I wanes felt,--so seemingly long ago. I don,t know how to describe or interpret such things. For I have no phyby roland halloway 33 lines, 55 comments, on Apr 22 10:17 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I lied to you and Broke your Heart
I should Have known you were to smartby slavetolove 12 lines, on May 1 1:47 AM• Viewed by judge. -
I had a conversation with a friend
who was trying to figure me outby Koromone 28 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 28 9:59 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
This is a tribute to some on who meant alot to me that i recently lost to cancer (A brain tumor)• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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He looks down at his feet, and starts to cry,
as he looks back to a few days before.by laurenashleybell 15 lines, on Apr 30 1:15 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
something horrible, and I don't mean your writing skill. I mean write about something horrible, like the 9/11, or abuse, or maybe someone kby XxTaintedRainxX 24 lines, 20 comments, on Apr 14 3:25 PM. In Contest, Sad, Pain, My own style, My life, Longing, Family, Self, Goodbyes• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Mirrors burn the external tide
Silently mapping the inner sidesby hypnorocker 15 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 12 11:27 PM. In NaPoMo• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Sorry you are in a sombre mood. I was feeling that way myself a month ago but it has passed with the springtime.
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I only write lyrics,
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Absolutely. I am not limiting any entry based on format or style. The only limitation is on subject matter.
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This is for the contest"Shatter my soul,Let my heart break" -
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The shame is that the one who ran this contest seems not to have cared to comment or even read some poems. Seems it is always a groupie thing & I wonder why those that run these things just do not say.. Buddies only.
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