ROBERT NESTA MARLEY
1945 - 1981
Howdy chuckles......
This contest is in remembrance of the late great
Bob Marley.
I am going to put up a few quotes from his legendary songs and you should
write how you feel or think about that quote......
OR
you can take the quote and put your own poetic spin on it.
use the quote if needed but please credit bob in your
authors notes.
OR
you can write about how Bob has inspired you
through his music or a particular album
OR
write about
Rastafarism, incorporating
Haile Selassieand Marcus Garvey
OR
you may write about Bobs Life
Rules
I do not want to see how Bob has inspired you to get stoned......
unless you are writing about Rastafarism
I have a short attention span, bear that in mind when writing
use the spell check please
Nothing negative, No bashing
Quotes
- Get up, stand up Stand up for your rights
- Just can't live that negative way...make way for the positive day!
- The stone that the builder refused, will always be the head cornerstone.
- Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery.
None but ourselves can free our minds
- Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality . Wake Up and Live!
- Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny
- You can fool some people sometimes, but you can't fool all the people all the time.
- One good thing about music, when it hits- you feel no pain
I could go on but am not going to
if you have a
quote you would like to use from
one of his songs that is not above
please feel free to use it
but CREDIT IT
TO BOB and put a note
for me in AN
Blessed Irie love and
peace be with you
x
p.s
If I win more points
I will add more points.
I don't believe in
hoarding them
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 11
- Rewards: Gold: 700, Silver: 250, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: Thanking you much for all your entries, made my week. I love Bob Marley for helping me out of the duldrums and taking stock of what is important in life. This was hard for me to judge with so many different prompts (my fault I shall learn ) but I hope you had as much happiness writing as I did reading. My reasons for tropheys:
Gold: Lovely imagery conveying a strong image of light penetrating depression and lifting the spirit. Three little birds is a wonderful song that lifts the soul as does this write. Everything will be alright as long as we keep looking for signs such as bird song first thing in the morning.
Silver: Another strong message conveyed that speaks volumes to me as I am sure it will speak to others, everyman has a right to decide his own destiny. Lyrics Taken from the song Zimbabwe. We all have the power to turn around our state of mind should we wish too, as the author has so rightly pointed out.
Bronze: This is a real heartfelt write which reminds me of Bobs softer side when he sings of Love. When ever he does that it melts my heart and wish I could find someone who would share the shelter of my single bed and not care about others judgements - maybe one day
HM: For the knowledge of Bob Marley and a wonderful tribute
Hope everyones happy with the outcome and much love n peace to you all
Did I say thank you?
x
Contest Winners
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I arose in worry;
I was more Atlas than man• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [7]
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by JinSays 20 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 9 6:38 PM
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It's been
a long and winding road Bobby Lady Ireland 42 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 5 9:15 PM. In Other• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
in the 1920'sMarcus Garvey look after
the rights for indiduous Africans• Viewed by judge.
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i have some art of mine i did of bob
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i will; add it to my face pace for 10 minutes if you want to look at it
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indeed I do but please excuse the stupidness of my next question: what is a face pace? profile?
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see the pic in my a page in the corner, after a time if left there it will be the one that goes with my comments posted.
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i meant ace pic not pace
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I can be quite dark too, but isn't it nice to step out into the brighter side of life every now and then. Please don't let this contest be another flop. Bob does not deserve it eh! x
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i dont know much about Bob Marley personally but I can take a quote as inspiration to write a poem lol .... how long u keeping contest open?? My muse is too quiet tonight
xxx
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it will be open for a while babe. I really want some positivity and If I have to wait for eternity for it so be it......
(maybe not eternity but you know....... x)
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