I'm after some good poetry to read
(yeah, that's what they all say).
If you're here because you want to win
you can have a look at the finalists
to my other contest
and get ideas about what I might like:
http://allpoetry.com/contest/2452577
If you're just here to get your poems read
and have me tell you what I think
then that's okay, too.
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Enter something that hasn't been entered in a previous contest I've hosted.
Make it 15 lines or less (but I'm not counting).
I like freeverse left-aligned abstraction (you know, crazy, right?).
I'm likely to give critique, meaning I'll probably tell you why your poem might win or why it probably won't.
Enter as many times as you like.
Closes when I feel like it, may reopen.
.
Just for fun: in the comment section below, let's make a list of little things that make us smile.
(yeah, that's what they all say).
If you're here because you want to win
you can have a look at the finalists
to my other contest
and get ideas about what I might like:
http://allpoetry.com/contest/2452577
If you're just here to get your poems read
and have me tell you what I think
then that's okay, too.
.
Enter something that hasn't been entered in a previous contest I've hosted.
Make it 15 lines or less (but I'm not counting).
I like freeverse left-aligned abstraction (you know, crazy, right?).
I'm likely to give critique, meaning I'll probably tell you why your poem might win or why it probably won't.
Enter as many times as you like.
Closes when I feel like it, may reopen.
.
Just for fun: in the comment section below, let's make a list of little things that make us smile.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 16
- Rewards: Gold: 400
- Final notes: Thanks for all your entries! Be sure to let me know if you want more critique.
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Contest Winners
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Entries [51]
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My mind races
as I pluck imaginary petals,by annother 11 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 6 6:48 AM• Commented on by judge. -
this opaline miasma
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blessed hush falls
across the xanthic bones of the earthby intoothandclaw 19 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 26 6:38 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
one day,
there were bones.by intoothandclaw 17 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 2 10:11 PM. In Nature, Allegory, Thoughts, Death, Civilization, Humanity• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Birds swarm in acquiescent grey
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Sing me a new song,by silent dances 70 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 6 3:25 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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A babe of youth,by silent dances 25 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 6 3:13 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I heard the cawing of a crowby silent dances 14 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 6 3:14 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Tall, wise, old oak tree,by silent dances 29 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 6 3:22 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Darkness--Thrill me forever!!! It is darkness I endeavor to caress--Allowing its beauty to possess--As I feel it,s loveliness upon my doom-by roland halloway 45 lines, 45 comments, on Apr 19 1:14 AM. In Dark• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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"Grandpa why can't we play in the rain?"by Mister Mattia 7 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 5 6:51 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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do you remember when we
stood on the docks, wind lifting your longby Mister Mattia 39 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 2 2:01 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
i. And when he stripped down, she saw her dreams fall into a million pieces. This was not what she wanted to see. She did not claim this anby Mister Mattia 23 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 16 7:27 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Shrouded by lies;
Deception plaguesby Mister Mattia 13 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 15 12:51 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Title 7 - Inhaling Silver Dust.
by Mister Mattia 28 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 15 1:03 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
You danced with our love through fields of daises and spread magnolias over the mountiantops, procraiming over love triumped the Greek godsby Mister Mattia 0 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 26 11:18 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by roland halloway 30 lines, 15 comments, on May 19 8:10 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Section 3: She’s just sitting waiting for him to call back…by Blue-Rose Beauty 8 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 16 11:32 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Most come through knowing
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Knowledge and Art wear Beethoven’s wig
To the Bayou Ball• 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 -
I Am--- The Corporate Structure-
by roland halloway 47 lines, 15 comments, on Apr 28 10:57 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Living for the day- my mind lurking far away - As I go though my duties to survive - serving through sisiety,s eye. Gaining my why yet bairby roland halloway 23 lines, 11 comments, on Apr 21 11:23 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Each drop fell upon soft sponge like mass
Soaked into a solace refuge awaiting consumptionby roland halloway 37 lines, 27 comments, on May 25 2:42 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
How I remember her well-- She clears the darkness with a path of light. And brightens the most hideous night. There is no compromise- for tby roland halloway 34 lines, 42 comments, on Apr 23 9:44 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Not understanding all I am.
Perhaps not wanting?by roland halloway 20 lines, 13 comments, on May 12 9:52 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
A child was born from out the womb of a biutiful madden I met in the month of June-- born after the snow after the winds have stopped to blby roland halloway 67 lines, 31 comments, on Apr 16 4:16 PM. In Contest• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Melisa my dear.
May I whisper in your earby roland halloway 60 lines, 25 comments, on Jun 5 11:31 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Why is it there lie,s so much inside the mind of the human ? Shelled within the bottle of a destiny.-- From witch there is no choose but toby roland halloway 22 lines, 27 comments, on Apr 18 8:43 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Read what I cannot touch
Poem's - whose designe is unfathomableby roland halloway 10 lines, 12 comments, on May 13 11:09 AM• 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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They imbed a deep harpoon and take you from your womb!! No one sheds a tear--It,s as if you were never here. They never gave you a chance-by roland halloway 46 lines, 25 comments, on Apr 15 11:21 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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While walking one winters day
Through darkened thunders, curs-en grayby roland halloway 33 lines, 32 comments, on Jun 14 10:54 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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Swathed in the blue armor of turbulent oceans,
Coronet creepers clinging to mountain-brown tresses,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Green fog surrounding my heart,
Entombing it with her strength,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
He didn't advance...by glazecovered 12 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 13 6:17 AM 2008. In Life• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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The wind whips hair into eyes
As feet leave clay-like footprintsby Simone Brooklyn 13 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 13 8:35 PM 2008. In Nature• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
My body
Made of porcelainby Simone Brooklyn 3 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 13 11:53 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
My breath is rapid moving air,
My heart an imperfect rhythm of life.by Simone Brooklyn 3 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 17 9:49 AM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
These lines and these words
get shorter and shorter-by Simone Brooklyn 4 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 4 1:38 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
The moon wore crimson silence,
only the wind had her voice.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Animals make me smile.
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I like the way puppies all pile on top of each other to sleep.
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good poetry makes me smile.
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yesyes!
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It makes me happy when little kids dance like no one's watching
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I love it when you're in a noisy room and then by chance everyone goes quiet at the same time except one person (who was talking very loudlyu to begin with) and you only hear half of the sentence they were saying and it sounds really bizarre
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Heheheh!
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