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DON’T ENTER IF YOU AREN’T COMMITTED TO MOVING ONTO THE NEXT THREE ROUNDS.
This will be a four part rounds contest:
First round (50 anonymous entrants/30 will advance):
Dark pre-writes or fresh writes
Second round (30 non-anonymous entrants/20 will advance):
Dark word bank – 15 words must be used (fresh writes)
Third round (20 non-anonymous entrants/10 will advance):
Dark titles (fresh writes)
Fourth round (10 non-anonymous entrants/3 winners):
Dark pictures (fresh writes)
(The non-anonymous rounds contests are to keep the uninvited out)
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For this round (the First), enter a dark or creepy write. It’s that simple. But there are some rules, so please heed them:
1. Be nice and courteous to me and the other poets.
2. Try to comment on at least one other work. Poets love to get feedback. Admit it. You know you do!
3. Do not molest your Caps key.
4. No prose or dirty pretty or chat talk
5. Limit profanity.
6. Credit any photos in your author notes.
7. Any genre, any form welcome, 'cept see #4
8. Good spelling and grammar is a must!
9. Nothing over 75 lines. I get bored easily.
10. Mark adult appropriately.
11. No emo/cutting/whiny bullshit.
12. Have fun.
DON’T ENTER IF YOU AREN’T COMMITTED TO MOVING ONTO THE NEXT THREE ROUNDS.
I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND SICK MY COUGAR AFTER YOU!!!
And with that, have a nice day 
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 11
- Rewards: Gold: 600, Silver: 400, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: PLEASE LEAVE YOUR POEMS IN THIS CONTEST, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN THE TOP 32. I need to set up the second rounds contest, and I won't know who's invited if you pull your poem!!!
Onto comments......This was fun! So many great entries. I had it narrowed down to 45, then 40. I had a heck of a time whittling it down to the 30 I promised, thus 32 have advanced. Placing the top 5 was mind-bending, though gold stuck out immediately. Thank so much for taking on this daring challenge, fine poets.
For those who have advanced.....see you soon. Contest will be up by the end of the weekend. And remember, my cougar loves sweet, tender flesh. He won't turn his nose up at old, tough flesh either. BE THERE! Kim
Contest Winners
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Quatern with an internal rhyme • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
by Black Narcissus 35 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 5 2:23 AM 2008. In Dark, Fantasy, Thoughts
Honorable mention
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It's cold,
windows long gone.• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
You never see him in the shadows
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Are the rope bindings tight enough,
can you see from that angle, dear,• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
by J. M. Spenser 12 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 1 4:32 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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O, sweet dark harbringer of death,
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by white stone 31 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 22 12:16 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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The voice on the other end said:
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by redbarchettadrive 63 lines, 13 comments, on Jul 8 4:00 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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She traded her soul
for idols of goldby ears2hearyou 28 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 10 3:47 AM. In Contest, Society, Humanity, Life, Contemporary, Death, Escape, Thoughts• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 5521725, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [42]
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Oh my god / How the hell did this happen / Why am I here? / What have I done? / Maybe an answer will come soon / They’ll see in time / I sh• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Death is when your eyes turn red
Death is when you are never deadby xxelephantechoesxx 15 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 30 3:09 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I don’t think I can stay here much longer,
Morality has abandoned you people• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Falling in love,
with an angel of the night.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
riding away with death
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I sit on the cliff and look to the horizon
watching the sun fall low in the skyby benjamrom 47 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 7 2:08 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Dark lady
traveling all aloneby trekkergirl 62 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 5 1:17 AM. In rounds dark contest• Commented on by judge. -
Two lovers taken by circumstance and Lost along the way by pressures of society.by Blank Pages 60 lines, 8 comments, on May 10 5:50 PM. In Sad, Longing, Lost love, Goodbyes, Suicide, Loss, Dedication• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by RobertPaulson 43 lines, 20 comments, on Jul 10 1:58 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Comments
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you kill me with the number 4, pun intended.
I would enter many more of your contests if you'd not include prose in that statement.
I get the 'dirty pretty or chat talk.'
What's so wrong with prose?
cannot prose be a form of poetry too?
okay, I'll stop whining.
Your contest shall be a hit without me, obviously.
take care.
jin
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I say that. People enter prose and still win. Go for it!
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ahhhh you're killing my pity party
lol
and putting my writing where my mouth is, so to speak
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I see pw here, so the image is non specific for a prompt?
I have to be such a pain, Im sorry.
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The picture is not a prompt.
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good thing. I used something I've had for a long long time. I'e always wanted to use it. I hope you like it. I'm writing now.
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ambitious
ambition will end the wicked. will you still be here? will you be ready to tend to the wittle baby's?
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baby
your a little baby. good! keep! go on! crave! I would have lost it all if I didn't let go of one such as you!
...I let go of one such as you once. did you what happened? go head. a little baby will greet the bomb when you find you've gone too far. blinky baby. let your inner self explore. -
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what?
yeah. okay.
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what a fantastic contest idea!!!
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yes
what an Id. what a crazy you! ex plore! plose!
es pose a.
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so many poems
did you read them all? did you care about them all? did you read every word and crave another? did you suspect foul play? did you wish you hadn't? did you wonder and then find that they knew more then you?
I did.
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Thank you for the HM & congrats to the winners!
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