You are going to have a list of opening lines that you can choose from, and you have to use that as the first line of your poem, first come first served.
This is the first round of the abecedarian workshop, me , julia and yousless are having. Only enter this if you got a message being told you could enter, or the one other whose entry got missed
The whole point of this series is for all of us to improve and to grow as writers, and hopefully this will challenge everyone and help all of learn.
It will get harder each time.
Rules
No rhyme
No Adult
Prose/freeverse
space out your AP name in AN like this - w r i t i n g 0 f r e e d o m / l u c r e t i a / y o u s l e s s
Credit this contest and the author btw
Opening Lines
things that fade
until i lose your road.
an autopsy of emotion.
- Aanika's titles
Even the sun wishes on stars. - mine (w r i t i n g f r e e
Sometimes I don't want to be the only one crying. - me
I am the paper cranes you see in the sky, burning themselves out by the comets. - me
I built peppermint comets out of your evening irises,- me
Endings and Receding Footprints, and Speedy Cerulean Dominos - me
I was the star
that burned itself
out of the sky
- mine too
ambidextrous people, mosquitos and black holes.
people that call others beautiful, * taken by Apple Cores
once were.
she was a
grape-vine,
rooted out
of the ground,
making dry,
dead grapes.
i once knew a boy with a stutter and a tendency to hold on to the past. - Taken
the way stars salt ths sky
of sky-shaped lockets and broken keys.
- Lucretia
and maybe summer is the season leaking into my buttermilk irises and weakening my bones.
knocking at my joints
like finches,
smoke signals you left between my lungs. - taken
lost like afternoon fireflies pretending the electricity came from our bellies
lyrics used to get caught in his hair. so, when it started falling out in chunks, the symphonies arose in his eyes.
eyes like home,
and when we fall through the sky,
the wind lulls our names in faultfinder songs. - taken
divorce isn't the same thing as dwarves
speckles of needle marks on his arms keep track the number of days he spends here.
i just want to have someone call me their angel because that is the closest to heaven i will get.
- yousless
Make us feel!
This is the first round of the abecedarian workshop, me , julia and yousless are having. Only enter this if you got a message being told you could enter, or the one other whose entry got missed
The whole point of this series is for all of us to improve and to grow as writers, and hopefully this will challenge everyone and help all of learn.
It will get harder each time.
Rules
No rhyme
No Adult
Prose/freeverse
space out your AP name in AN like this - w r i t i n g 0 f r e e d o m / l u c r e t i a / y o u s l e s s
Credit this contest and the author btw
Opening Lines
things that fade
until i lose your road.
an autopsy of emotion.
- Aanika's titles
Even the sun wishes on stars. - mine (w r i t i n g f r e e
Sometimes I don't want to be the only one crying. - me
I am the paper cranes you see in the sky, burning themselves out by the comets. - me
I built peppermint comets out of your evening irises,- me
Endings and Receding Footprints, and Speedy Cerulean Dominos - me
I was the star
that burned itself
out of the sky
- mine too
ambidextrous people, mosquitos and black holes.
people that call others beautiful, * taken by Apple Cores
once were.
she was a
grape-vine,
rooted out
of the ground,
making dry,
dead grapes.
i once knew a boy with a stutter and a tendency to hold on to the past. - Taken
the way stars salt ths sky
of sky-shaped lockets and broken keys.
- Lucretia
and maybe summer is the season leaking into my buttermilk irises and weakening my bones.
knocking at my joints
like finches,
smoke signals you left between my lungs. - taken
lost like afternoon fireflies pretending the electricity came from our bellies
lyrics used to get caught in his hair. so, when it started falling out in chunks, the symphonies arose in his eyes.
eyes like home,
and when we fall through the sky,
the wind lulls our names in faultfinder songs. - taken
divorce isn't the same thing as dwarves
speckles of needle marks on his arms keep track the number of days he spends here.
i just want to have someone call me their angel because that is the closest to heaven i will get.
- yousless
Make us feel!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 25
- Rewards: Gold: 400
- Final notes: This was an amazing contest- and I'm sorry for the long wait before it was judged. We lost one judge who left, and the other two have been busy and caught up. All finalists move on- Hms in no particular order. If you were a finalist- message me if you are willing to partcipate or have time in being in the next round. There will be one, and we will judge on time this time- just let me know that you would want to be in it.
Thanks <3
Contest Winners
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forgotten planets and greyscale movies fell out her eyes as her outstretched fingers clamoured for something to hold.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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youve left dusty scriptures molded to my thighs
and 'use me' engraved boldly along my spine
by your repeating absence.• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
smoke signals you left between my lungs were never as direct as you wanted them to be. the whole greenlightgo mentality was lost on you and• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Sometimes I don't want to be the only one crying, sometimes I want you to bleed over me the way I always pictured in my sordid dreams.
by xxRainbowDawnxx 23 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 12 2:47 PM• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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'sometimes i don't want to be the only one crying.'by swim.x 116 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 11 8:26 PM• Commented on by judge.
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"an autopsy of emotion"by FluorescentFixation 15 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 11 9:09 PM• Commented on by judge.
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i just want to have someone call me their angel because that is the closest to heaven i will get.by edit my world. 30 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 21 6:05 PM• Commented on by judge.
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not even when they wish on the shooting ones
they just die with the flameby As my last request 18 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 5 1:20 AM. In Life• Viewed by judge. -
sometimes i dont want to be the only one crying...
so as i walk through the hall• Viewed by judge.
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so anyone can enter?
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no, only people who auditioned.
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prewrites are open, just letting you know
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speckles of needle marks on his arms keep track the number of days he spends here.
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can you reserve an entry?
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it won't let me do anything, because you put lucretia, not lucretia.
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fixed
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Wowowow, love these prompts.
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Eek. I am so excited again. Heheh. Btw, the prompts are amazing.
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I also can't do anything because you put yousless, not yousless.
there is a period after. hahaha.
can you change that pretty please?
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sorry! fixed
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thanks. (:
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a question
you say no rhyme, does that mean just form-like, end rhyme? Or won't you accept slam-style mostly-internal-rhyme pieces? I usually use it to set a rhythm, but I can do without, too. -
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mostly no end rhyme I think
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I was wondering if i could change my prompt its amazing but I'm lost for ideas.
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How disappointing.
I wasn't completely judged originally, when I was properly judged after the contest has ended I was told I was in the finalists list and that the link would be messaged to me.
Now I find that the contest has closed and I wasn't even invited, despite my two yesses from the judges.
I'm not interested in entering now but I do reccommend that next time you organise a rounds contest you are more careful about making sure you don't forget anyone, especially twice.
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so, is it if we get two yes's we're in to the next round, or do we have to get three?
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Well shit, I just realized I messed up and that the prompt i chose was taken xD.
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thank you for gold!
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