I'm in the mood to comment. Enter anything you'd like that's of a reasonable length and you'll get a comment. The catch is that it will be a blunt, honest, and perhaps brutal critique; if you cannot handle negative comments on your work, do not enter. I don't tolerate whining from people who only want senseless praise and throw fits when they don't get it.
I may be mean. No, I don't like to pick on people, but if your "poetry" isn't up to standard and I don't like it, I'm going to tell you so. If you want to be a writer, you'll need to know how to take all kinds of comments, even negative ones. Whining is not welcome here.
Points may increase if the entries are good, and the judging may be delayed until I find a worthy poem for the gold. This is NOT the contest for you if you're looking for an easy trophy. Let's face it: 99.9% of the "poetry" on this site either sucks or is just average, and I don't reward mediocrity with anything other than a slap on the wrist and a critique.
-Endymion
I may be mean. No, I don't like to pick on people, but if your "poetry" isn't up to standard and I don't like it, I'm going to tell you so. If you want to be a writer, you'll need to know how to take all kinds of comments, even negative ones. Whining is not welcome here.
Points may increase if the entries are good, and the judging may be delayed until I find a worthy poem for the gold. This is NOT the contest for you if you're looking for an easy trophy. Let's face it: 99.9% of the "poetry" on this site either sucks or is just average, and I don't reward mediocrity with anything other than a slap on the wrist and a critique.
-Endymion
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on September 12
- Rewards: Gold: 400
- Final notes: ok, sorry for the wait. getting around to critiquing all these; if you leave your poem in, i'll get to it.
Contest Winners
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Entries [91]
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Life has many anticipations.
Life is full of revelations.by PianoMan 18 lines, 16 comments, on Jun 5 12:14 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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The folly of my heart,
The tormentor of my mind,• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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Angels on the side line
Puzzled and amused• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Round one is about change, I would like you to write three letters.
The first being to your seven year old self, the second one to your f• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Winter came, and we waded through the snow,
depressed and carrying our burdens in heavy sacks,by The-Human-Stain 27 lines, 13 comments, on Apr 19 10:40 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Judging eyes, and hypocrites,
They think they know it all.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by innocence jaded.xx 40 lines, 24 comments, on May 25 6:21 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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by ChinaDollTravesty 16 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 10 7:47 PM. In Personal, Escape, Goodbyes, Sadness, Lost love, Teenage thinking• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Glitter slides morphine between nicotine eyes,
burned by silver smoke and dry ice lithium,by Writing0Freedom 28 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 13 7:41 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
While walking one winters day
Through darkened thunders, curs-en grayby roland halloway 33 lines, 32 comments, on Jun 14 10:54 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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Sun rising, wind changing
As the sea rams into the boatby Midnight Waters 51 lines, on Oct 25 1:22 PM 2006. In Nature• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
by paperparadox 91 lines, 20 comments, on Mar 24 1:53 AM 2008. In Australian bush poetry• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Into the wooden room
inhaling the nineteen seventies as I strode along the green nylon carpetsby Floorboards 38 lines, 30 comments, on Apr 29 9:15 AM. In Thoughts, Paying the rent, nineteen seventies, nostalgia• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by Candy Morphine 47 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 16 2:10 AM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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I am dispatched by the Elves, a dragon I’m to kill.
Gold and Silver is my payment, my pack I am to fill.by Sgt B 119 lines, 17 comments, on Feb 13 7:40 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
i'll end up leaving and it won;t even faze you.
you keep crying and asking why i hate you.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I bite my tongue each and every-time
I look at you throughout my day• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
you take my palms into your lungs like a father takes his first born
into his arms for the very last time. and you hold the best part oby alaska. 74 lines, 4 comments, on May 30 11:39 AM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
i know, it's dark for good.by girl shaman 14 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 4 4:23 AM. In done.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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This poem is very hard to understand. Read with caution.by Progandother 152 lines, 14 comments, on Apr 24 5:17 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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In this desert, In this wasteland
Where the wind rolls past like thunder• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
by enlightenedatheist 57 lines, 16 comments, on Jun 13 8:40 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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I'll throw you to the carrion crows
for I see you are rotten and vileby sylzara 17 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 16 6:16 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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It’s eating at me…
I can feel it moving.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Come gather me in thine arms sweet muses
Whisper in my ear that which would stirby firefly53633 33 lines, 16 comments, on Aug 29 10:39 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Their scent lingers on the air we breathe
Their roots, deep veins in the earthby Rhythm Child 21 lines, 34 comments, on Jan 5 7:16 AM. In Weird, My own style, Nature, Humanity, noguest• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
The nights seem to find us all
regardless of humbled intention.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
C’iyne mi belief,
Jah na fi protec’ you,by cjjc0 37 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 29 11:51 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
we met in tiananmen square
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I met her once,and she wanted my life,no logic,no reason,just sadness I supposeby cazzy71 38 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 7 9:12 AM. In For Suzanne• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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I can scream
And watch the reverberationby filledwithstardust 21 lines, on Jul 7 3:29 PM• Viewed by judge. -
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I find myself waking up early to smell the coffee
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Countless rages.
Twenty times.
Departed hands that rape the breathing.by TrueBlueWriter 24 lines, 18 comments, on Jun 18 9:30 AM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Finally it is my turn,
After a long wait.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
The plain color of concrete
Illuminates the other colors around itby Minstrel-Morose 8 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 15 12:23 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Never have I thoughtfully stepped
Beyond any painted boundaries.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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A pipe changing hues
Igniting the flick that wouldby RainbowSky 18 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 3 8:17 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
i though i could trust you
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by Aquamarine. 14 lines, 3 comments, on May 17 5:43 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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A shadow glides across the moon;
The whisper of a coming doom.by Shadowsong 13 lines, 14 comments, on Dec 30 9:29 PM 2008
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The summer I turned ten
A new girl moved on the blockby S.c.m. 89 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 8 4:35 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
My lover, my friend, my sweet.
The only man to make me feel complete.by Frances 7 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 24 9:58 AM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
A feeling of having your heart ripped out,
And thrown away like a rotten egg.by Deutschschreiber 49 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 20 3:59 PM. In Pain• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Blank with prospective blue lines,
Sheltering the opinionated voidby Virulent Malice 34 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 11 11:40 PM. In Personal, Writing, Spiritual, Inspired• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Is it not sick that I love you so,
and you love me not?by hisxlastxregret 70 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 9 7:36 PM 2008. In Angst, Dark, Personal, Pain, Heartbreak, Masochisim, Sadistic, Love, Thoughts, Weird• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
[2] “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…”
~Ralph Waldo Emersonby A60sMan 23 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 5 2:37 AM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Your invitation to enter this contest reminds me of what I believe used to be a recruiting slogan for the US Marines: "You aren't good enough for the Marines!"
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THAT'S A LOT MORE THAN 33! YEESE!
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this is a hell of a lot of entries!
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