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History

Write a poem about history an era or a historical figure or that is your favourite or you have the most knowledge about .

you can write about anything , their lifestyle, what it would be like to be them , their personality , their looks their relationships , the person doing something simple as walking through a marble hall way or sitting on a throne , what they think like or all of these , whatever you like.

Make it colourful , use imagery and metaphors

IMAGERY
METAPHORES
DESCRIPTIVE
BEAUTY
CREATIVITY
or you will be dqed

Be imaginative and describe things well , be observant on your topic , person or era and use intricate language and creative words.

If you write about a woman or a queen I would prefer that you write about their looks and style and personality in a imaginative and in depth wonderful way.

Please do not write about anybody modern.

Do not try to mix anything modern in your poetry , don’t try to put anything emo or new aged style in it, keep it clean and traditional.

Some historical people/eras that I can think of at this moment that I would prefer that you write about .
- Marie Antoinette
- King Louis XV
- French revolution
- King Henry VIII and his six wives
- Queen Elizabeth or the golden age
- Cleopatra
- Cesar and his love story with Cleopatra
- Mozart or your favourite composer
- Vincent van Gough or your favourite impressionist artist
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Hans Christian Anderson
- A Greek go/goddess , Greek mythology
- Michelangelo or Botticelli , an Italian artist
- A philosopher of your choice
- Al Capone (being the most modern I am allowing)
- A famous geisha of some sort
- Medieval times ,sir Lancelot, Guinevere, Merlin and/or King Arthur
- William Shakespeare and his stories such as Romeo and Juliet
- Anastasia/Russian history
- Another glamorous queen, baroness ,countess, dutches or princess (like Marie Antoinette)that you can think of k
- Anybody interesting in general

If you can think of anyone as brilliant as these please write about them
please be clear about who you write or list it somewhere where i can see. k
Any questions ask me Katiiiiiiiiiik

I prefer rhyme but free verse and prose are ok too.

Nothing too long , I have a short attention span

I don’t care much for grammar but I do look at flow and creativity

No swearing , nothing offensive , no religion, nothing evil or dull ,no blood or gore or any sort of violence in detail , I can take mild erotica better than violence , be tasteful.

No sTiCkY cApS or CAPS LOCK

Be brilliant , I know you can

Ready ,set, go ! =)  k


Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on August 10
  • Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 150, Bronze: 80, Honorable mention: 5 people
  • Final notes:
    Hey =) , I would like to thank you all who entered my contest titeld ‘History’ . everything that you guys entered was fantastic and splendid, it was also really hard to judge because each and every poem was brilliant in its own unique way.
    i wish if could give everybody a trophy because these are all astonishing peices of poetry, congratulations on the trophy winners. wonderful k

    Gold – Marie Antoinette– it had a wonderful style of writing and it had good use of imagery, it's what i was looking for in my contest , it was a good poem, like gold on a page . k

    Silver– Alexandria- this poem was astonishingly unique ,and has good use of imagery , it is a a wonderfully rare poem .

    Bronze– Ἀπόλλων – a kool poem with a very unique style of writing, an abstract twist to it. short and sweet and nice to read. wonderful k

    And Hm’s , well done . all intesting, unique and wonderful.

    and Preliminary Finalists , nice poems .

    Wonderful k.
    Byyyyyyyyyyyye k
    …o…x… Kat …o…x…k

Contest Winners

  1. Marie Antoinette
    Marie Antoinette was just a young
    beautiful girl
    by Kathraina 35 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 3 3:34 PM. In Contest
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. Alexandria.
    the pink granite sphinx ponders
    over memories of Helens,
    by Starswhispers 60 lines, 21 comments, on Dec 5 9:12 AM 2006. In Other, Thoughts, Inspirational
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. Ἀπόλλων
    by crivanea 14 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 18 4:25 PM. In Contemporary, Parody, Humor, Mythology
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Henry the Profligate
    Catherine of Aragon wed me,it was not so much a mystery.Chose to have Spain on my sideso Catherine became my bride.She never produced a mal
    by williamstown 20 lines, 5 comments, on May 30 1:30 AM
    Honorable mention
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  5. Error: Unable to find finalist item 5586783, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  6. A Queen Weeps
    My days grow short like shadow’s
    as I linger in a prison
    by ronnica 71 lines, 10 comments, on Oct 7 8:10 PM 2008. In Sad, Society
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  7. Irish Potato Famine
    Freezing to death in a drafty cottage,
    Raging snow pounding against the walls.
    by ciarrai-manning 24 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 9 8:41 PM. In Life, Sad, History
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  8. Da real story of Camelot
    A place called Camelot and a few Knights of adventure
    by Antipodi 45 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 7 5:13 PM. In Contemporary, Humor, Fantasy
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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  • fairy princess k
    August 1
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    Hey

    I FORGOT TO MENTION , the poems must have to have something to do with history , please make it ovious to me about who you are writing about in your poem , if it is not ovious then send me a message or write it in your aurthors notes . if your poem has already won a trophy it would be best if you dont add it k


    • fantome errant
      August 1
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      Well, My poem isn't really about a famous historical person..but i figured that I'd enter it. If it's not suited for this contest, feel free to delete it.


  • Kathraina silver member
    August 10
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    Thank you for the gold, and congratulations everyone


  • Starswhispers silver member
    August 10
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    Thank you so much for the silver and for hosting such an interesting contest. Congratulations to all the winners.