This is my first contest, even though I've been on the site forever now. I'm really hoping that it goes over well so I'll want to do many more =]
RULES:
One entry per person
No prewrites
Write prompt in AN (ex. Quotes 1 or Titles 5 or Other Prompts 2)
If instructions are included in the categories, read and follow them!
Not too worried about length, just not epically long. I tend to get bored.
Free-verse, rhyme, prose, anything is allowed!
No bashing!
Preferably nothing erotic unless you really have to.
No txt talk.
Quotes:
1. The difference between friendship and love is how much you can hurt each other. -Ashleigh Brilliant
2. Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. -Dale Carnegie
3. It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. -Marlene Dietrich
4. You can be in my dreams if i can be in yours. -Bob Dylan
5. If fifty million people say a foolish thing it is still a foolish thing. -Anatole France
6. Real loss only occurs when you lose something you love more than yourself.
7. A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else. -Len Wein
8. A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words
9. Every person is a new door to a different world.
- from the movie "Six Degrees of Separation
10. There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go. -Tennessee Williams
11. Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. -Oprah Winfrey
12. Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. -Dennis Wholey
13. Whenever I have to decide between two evils, I always choose the one I haven't tried before. -Mae West
14. Infatuation is when you think that he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Conners. Love is when you realize he's as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Conner, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger and nothing like Robert Redford-but you'll take him anyway. -Judith Viorst
15. As long as you're going to think anyway, think big. -Donald Trump
16. I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 hours. I don't even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours. -Rita Rudner
17. After all there is but one race - humanity. -George Moore
18. In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr.
19. People are very open-minded about new things--as long as they're exactly like the old ones. -Charles Kettering
20. All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. -John F. Kennedy
Titles (can be used as title or use as many as you want in a poem):
In Your/My Pocket
Premature Hearts
Paper-Made Mirrors
Rainclouds, Rainclouds, Paint Me Blue
A Thousand Rings
Paint Me...(Add something here)
Other Prompts:
1. Write about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgender people. It can be you, someone you know, or just the community in general. Anything that isn't offensive or cruel.
2. Write about your favorite song, put a link to the lyrics in your AN.
3. Write about unrequited love, but make it ORIGINAL!
4. Write about a traumatic event in your life. Truly traumatic (rape, a death, etc..), not something like a breakup.
5. Write about someone looking at strangers around them. Have them examine the looks on their faces, their lifestyles, etc...
RULES:
One entry per person
No prewrites
Write prompt in AN (ex. Quotes 1 or Titles 5 or Other Prompts 2)
If instructions are included in the categories, read and follow them!
Not too worried about length, just not epically long. I tend to get bored.
Free-verse, rhyme, prose, anything is allowed!
No bashing!
Preferably nothing erotic unless you really have to.
No txt talk.
Quotes:
1. The difference between friendship and love is how much you can hurt each other. -Ashleigh Brilliant
2. Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. -Dale Carnegie
3. It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. -Marlene Dietrich
4. You can be in my dreams if i can be in yours. -Bob Dylan
5. If fifty million people say a foolish thing it is still a foolish thing. -Anatole France
6. Real loss only occurs when you lose something you love more than yourself.
7. A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else. -Len Wein
8. A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words
9. Every person is a new door to a different world.
- from the movie "Six Degrees of Separation
10. There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go. -Tennessee Williams
11. Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. -Oprah Winfrey
12. Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. -Dennis Wholey
13. Whenever I have to decide between two evils, I always choose the one I haven't tried before. -Mae West
14. Infatuation is when you think that he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Conners. Love is when you realize he's as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Conner, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger and nothing like Robert Redford-but you'll take him anyway. -Judith Viorst
15. As long as you're going to think anyway, think big. -Donald Trump
16. I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 hours. I don't even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours. -Rita Rudner
17. After all there is but one race - humanity. -George Moore
18. In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr.
19. People are very open-minded about new things--as long as they're exactly like the old ones. -Charles Kettering
20. All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. -John F. Kennedy
Titles (can be used as title or use as many as you want in a poem):
In Your/My Pocket
Premature Hearts
Paper-Made Mirrors
Rainclouds, Rainclouds, Paint Me Blue
A Thousand Rings
Paint Me...(Add something here)
Other Prompts:
1. Write about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgender people. It can be you, someone you know, or just the community in general. Anything that isn't offensive or cruel.
2. Write about your favorite song, put a link to the lyrics in your AN.
3. Write about unrequited love, but make it ORIGINAL!
4. Write about a traumatic event in your life. Truly traumatic (rape, a death, etc..), not something like a breakup.
5. Write about someone looking at strangers around them. Have them examine the looks on their faces, their lifestyles, etc...
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on June 27
- Rewards: Gold: 600, Silver: 400, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: Thanks everyone for entering, there were many great entries! This was an extremely difficult contest to judge, I even had to get some second opinions from friends, haha. Everyone's entries were very good, I'm sorry I couldn't award everyone!
Contest Winners
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The love I have developed takes
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Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
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The magical lure from cruises in opulence
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Living in a world where hatred is rife
and the joys of what could be are flattened in hostilities,by AliceinPoetryLand 30 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 25 8:09 AM. In Contest, Quote Inspired, Thoughts, Society, Sad, Hope• Commented on by judge. -
4. You can be in my dreams if i can be in yours. -Bob Dylan- INSPIRATION (PROMPT)
Yes, it is a bit cliche. Whatever. Cliche is okay on oby lovebeat 45 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 26 9:56 PM• Commented on by judge. -
The part of my heart,
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bookmarked... hope to be back soon
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Thank you
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lol one of your prompts is my prompt in my contest! xD IRONIC!
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Really? That's weird, I just found them all in random places XD
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yeah no I believe you! I found the one in a random place too!
But this should be quite interesting! yeah really check out my newest contest! xD
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thanks for bronze & for the contest.
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Thanks for the silver!
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