Okay so this is my first contest and I really just want to read good poetry. Anything you want to write, go for it! The poetry I like is poetry that can make you think. The topics I tend to like are politics, religion, and life in general. A sappy love poem will not win...unless it is freaking amazing. I'm also looking for inspiration so I can write a new poem (have a bit of writer's block going on) but I don't like poems that are extremely optimistic...once again, unless it's freaking amazing!
Rules:
1. I don't care if it rhymes or what type it is
2. WrItInG lIkE tHiS wIlL bE aN AuToMaTiC DQ---unless I find that it has value to the poem
3. As long as it's done TASTEFULLY, I don't care about disagreeing with religions or politics, but don't be rude...or I might be rude back
4. Wow Me!
5. SEND ME A MESSAGE telling me the TITLE of your poem, WHY you wrote it, and EXPLAIN it to me (I really like to hear people talk about what inspired them and I like to hear people's takes on their own poems)!! This is important just because I don't want to misinterpret (not that it happens often but just in case) and because I am looking for inspiration for writing a poem myself. This doesn't have to be long just give me an idea! = ]
I really don't think that is too much to ask for so have fun!! I am a very open-minded person so it should be easy! If you want to know my views you can always read my poems (but your poems by NO means have to agree with my views...I like listening to the opinions of others because that is the only true way to form your own)! Good Luck!!
Rules:
1. I don't care if it rhymes or what type it is
2. WrItInG lIkE tHiS wIlL bE aN AuToMaTiC DQ---unless I find that it has value to the poem
3. As long as it's done TASTEFULLY, I don't care about disagreeing with religions or politics, but don't be rude...or I might be rude back
4. Wow Me!
5. SEND ME A MESSAGE telling me the TITLE of your poem, WHY you wrote it, and EXPLAIN it to me (I really like to hear people talk about what inspired them and I like to hear people's takes on their own poems)!! This is important just because I don't want to misinterpret (not that it happens often but just in case) and because I am looking for inspiration for writing a poem myself. This doesn't have to be long just give me an idea! = ]
I really don't think that is too much to ask for so have fun!! I am a very open-minded person so it should be easy! If you want to know my views you can always read my poems (but your poems by NO means have to agree with my views...I like listening to the opinions of others because that is the only true way to form your own)! Good Luck!!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on May 24
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: Once again (I hope everybody read my note) thank you all for entering! This was not easy so forgive the wait. Best wishes!
Contest Winners
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by morgana raven 26 lines, 21 comments, on May 3 8:11 AM. In Personal, Thoughts
Silver trophy winner
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To the other side of Heavenby All I Love 43 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 18 11:35 AM. In Contemporary, Other, Dark, War
Honorable mention
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A miriad of tiny twinkling stars besets the distant milky way,
across the moonlit heavens stretching in boundless neat array.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 5235293, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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I'm listening to noise of modern day art
which keeps pointing me in the direction of
techno-logic idiots just like youby hopes of sorrow 36 lines, 4 comments, on May 3 5:10 AM. In Thoughts• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
Hello once again
I guess you’ve got other plansby harmz 34 lines, 1 comment, on May 4 1:45 AM. In bittersweet• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
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I wish my vision wasn't tainted,
with the lies of joyless news.by stepbystep 87 lines, 22 comments, on Apr 7 6:31 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
by Emerald Dog 72 lines, 34 comments, on Nov 2 2:59 PM 2008. In Post-modernist Ranting, Failing Systems, Beat Poetry• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Entries [56]
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Your eyes blew twisted star into blow guns disguised as words, flickering choked fireworks in shades of piercing topaz and toxic cobalt. The crimson cells undershadowng your eyelashes seemed to buzz with emptiness of twilightby Writing0Freedom 37 lines, 2 comments, on May 3 10:28 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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You yanked on my stitches and pulled them free from my broken puppet bones. Your lips cracked the chafing on my forehead and built me castlby Writing0Freedom 71 lines, 15 comments, on Apr 13 10:41 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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It shouldn't be like this-
What is there to sayby roland halloway 30 lines, 27 comments, on May 3 7:06 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
There they stand painted smile's parted.
Waiting for a guy's hand with a dollar-(or more)by roland halloway 38 lines, 8 comments, on May 2 11:36 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Skinned alive designer wear,
Chemically enhanced hair,by VerminVomit 23 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 29 11:11 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Doubt.
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The day when I proposed you,
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Sometimes I want to write a poem but the words don’t come.
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At one point it was the most beautiful house,
But now no one lived in that old dead house.by mickeyjames 17 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 13 3:43 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
the motion caught my attention again
the troubled me won't let me in...by Vf2thekill 14 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 31 4:01 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Gloomy monster, gloomy monster
He comes and goes
by drifting cloud 28 lines, 3 comments, on May 4 9:57 AM. In Thoughts, Life, Spiritual, Inspirational, Depression, Anger• Commented on by judge. -
What's your role model?
Is it Britney Spearsby Lanasaur 30 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 30 1:35 PM• Commented on 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• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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You think I will let you
hold me tight?by StickyNote5 40 lines, 1 comment, on May 4 3:44 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Look here----->
I wish you could see it.by JustGoWithIt 76 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 29 11:37 PM 2008. In Love, Depression, Suicide, Goodbyes• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by x3xlilchicx3x 13 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 25 6:50 PM. In Love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I was with someone and I thought I could never love someone until I met this one guy. I love him more than I've ever loved anyone. He has sby spot49 45 lines, 2 comments, on May 3 8:34 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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In dreams I can see it now
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The violent raucous roars of the city wild life adorned my window.
There was no one thing I could do to escape the restless feeling in me, in my heart, and in my soul. The cries of the city embrace my fears as foreboding trutby Joust4luv 1 lines, 1 comment, on May 10 1:53 PM• Commented on by judge. -
by Treasure 5 15 lines, 1 comment, on May 10 8:19 AM. In Nature• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Dig out the crayon box
Pull out some paper• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Abandoned and deserted,
only the faint echoes of life• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Feeling trapped and cornered
The walls I never noticedby kim5519 99 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 28 10:51 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
In this dark and destitute place
Hidden away from the worldby UnionFireBug09 21 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 10 4:17 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
She called again in the Darkest, quietest hour of the night.
I tried to run.by josef9 13 lines, 1 comment, on May 11 5:47 PM. In Nightmares• Commented on by judge. -
I guess you never really know who someone is until the moment
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You slip through the shadows in and out
And pray noone knows that you are moving aboutby Zurkov 13 lines, 3 comments, on May 11 10:50 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Young child You have seen things• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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So
There was this manby kacooper 42 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 29 9:02 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I am healing and remembering
I wonder how your doingby futurewriter 21 lines, on May 10 4:04 PM• Viewed by judge.
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Nice contest, I hope you get some great entries. I held a similar contest where I asked people to explain their poems in the Author Notes. Because we rarely know the author who pens the poem we read on the site, it's much harder to truly see where the poet is coming from, without explanation. In the contest I held, the winning poem would have been a mystery to me without the explanation, but with it it was enlightening, and clearly extremely well written (it would have been my ignorance that kept it from winning gold.) I wish you luck in getting some truly great writes here. Thanks for the contest.
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Thank you very much for the shiney
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