come now, show me the dark place.

Contest is Over

• Contest was judged on August 30
• Rewards: Gold: 850, Silver: 400, Bronze: 250, Honorable mention: 2 people
• Final notes:
  I was disappointed at the number of people that could not follow the simple rules.
  
  Thank you for entering.
  
  

Contest Winners

1. Error: Unable to find finalist item 5638869, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
2. Preacher's Wife

   Preacher’s Wife
   

   by ccawley 67 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 22 2:39 AM
   Gold trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
3. Caution:Dark Place Ahead

   My dark place
   shakes side to side

   by ScarsFade 63 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 15 5:25 PM
   Silver trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
4. Blizzard of 1971

   Four frozen chambers of darkness
   snow those who seek my warmth,

   by annother 15 lines, 7 comments, on Aug 15 8:25 PM
   Bronze trophy winner

   • Viewed by judge. [remove]
5. a dark enchilada

   by Edie 31 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 19 9:57 AM. In Dark, Humor, Fantasy, Fairy Tale, Contemporary, Noguest
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]

Entries [27]

• [ I remember ]

  I remember
  the first time I saw

  by Haley-baby1 21 lines, on Aug 15 5:03 PM

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• Before Tomorrow Comes

  I've sat here on a rocky pedestal in deep thought,
  looking out at the world, searching for answers ( GTW )

  by spideracer 53 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 15 9:22 PM. In Dark, Pain, Sad, Life, Suicide

  • Viewed by judge.
• Dark Places

  Dark places in the mind,
  dark places in the soul,

  by Maili Knephthan 35 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 15 11:02 PM. In Dark, Contest, Thoughts

  • Viewed by judge.
• Dark Places In The Heart

  There is no darker place than inside the human mind.
  So much we are forced to keep inside,to hide the monster

  by Wickedruby1 40 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 15 9:40 PM. In Contest, Dark

  • Viewed by judge.
• My Shame

  Forbidden then to place the blame
  There's only me to feel the shame

  by sinfull 25 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 15 11:00 PM. In Angst, Dark, Life, Pain, Personal, Sad, Society

  • Commented on by judge.
• Mortality

  I've come now to that final moment,
  to that dark place which all men face

  by JWGoethe 31 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 16 5:14 PM

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• Rouge

  Long hair of ghostly white,
  And eyes of crimson red.

  by Virgo 29 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 15 4:52 PM

  • Viewed by judge.
• My own force of nature

  by Deaths Prayer 33 lines, on Aug 17 6:39 PM. In adult, pain, mutilation, life, society, dark

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• The Torture Game

  Give me an hour, give me a day,
  Or give me just even a moment

  by Ice-Ice Baby 49 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 18 6:57 PM. In Dark, Abuse, Pain

  • Viewed by judge.
• Not what your expecting...

  I am sitting in my room with my music blaring
  I am tired of hearing my mother and father yelling

  by WhiteErebus 27 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 18 11:29 AM. In Sad, Thoughts, Weird, lol

  • Viewed by judge.
• Show Me The Dark Place

  by TwoTimeSurvivor 21 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 22 6:17 AM. In Dark, Life, Pain, Personal, Thoughts

  • Viewed by judge.
• it's dark in the middle

  unhappy child, in the middle again
  peeping over the baby, smiling through pain
  

  by Melee Vau 15 lines, 12 comments, on Aug 22 5:16 AM. In Life, Love, Personal

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• Only in a dream of hell

  When he closed his young eyes
  He saw darkness cover his world

  by XRainbowliciousX 15 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 22 9:28 AM. In Dark, Thoughts

  • Viewed by judge.
• Widened frames

  The annoying whisper of
  The sublime random thoughts

  by shiratikva 22 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 21 9:38 PM. In Dark, Fantasy, Spiritual, Thoughts

  • Viewed by judge.
• disappear

  guys say words they make you think its true
  when in reallity its a bunch of crap

  by angelslayer 48 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 22 5:08 PM. In sad, heartbreaK

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• The Dead Garden

  There's a dead garden just over there. he says to the blank wall. his eyes are blood shot. and he doesn't understand. but nobody knew that he wasn't lying. life is a dead garden. waiting to decay. to melt away. to turn into d

  by Sidney Screamo 0 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 22 10:34 PM

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• An Innocent Decomposition

  Read the tale of a fearful girl who is caught up in love's cruel tricks.

  by w.r.e.n. 45 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 22 11:21 PM. In Dark, Sensual, Fantasy, Fear, Love, Macabre

  • Viewed by judge.
• D.I.E.

  I used to scream at the nightmares.
  My first word as a baby was 'die'.

  by Afe-la 38 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 23 7:05 AM

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• Mourning

  You’re shattered in every sense of the word
  and alone in your sorrow -alone to the extreme.

  by micaelalseth 90 lines, on Aug 24 3:32 PM. In Dark, Loss, Pain, Sad

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• Asylum

  Behind a metal door painted black and red;
  I lay here tied down upon my bed.

  by Nosfaratu 9 lines, on Aug 25 12:42 AM. In Dark

  • Viewed by judge.
• In The Woods

  The softness of the wind
  Carefully tickled around her ankles

  by Judo 62 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 25 3:55 PM. In Dark, Nature, Death, Fantasy

  • Viewed by judge.
• Welcome to the Dark

  Welcome to my side of the tv screen
  the black and white images laid out before me

  by Blissfullhatred 9 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 25 7:30 PM

  • Viewed by judge.
• reserve

  by xxiheartpoetryxx 0 lines, on Aug 16 3:05 AM

  • Viewed by judge.

• By me, right now

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by Rob.

On Aug 15 4:44 PM

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