Contest D - A - R - K by skilter at All poetry

Again give me your best dark write

I will allow everything

My only requirements are that you keep your write under 50 lines.

Fully opened contest, all are welcome. Submit only the poems you expect are your best, PLEASE!

Thank you and I'm looking forward to seeing some amazing writes!!!

(as i get more points, I'll update the rewards!!!!!!!

---update: i looked at my points as of this am and im at 96, so 96 is going towards this contest!)

Contest is Over

Contest was judged on September 13
Rewards: Gold: 650, Silver: 165, Bronze: 62, Honorable mention: 3 people
Final notes:
Ok, this was the hardest contest for me to judge. There were soo many excellent writes here and thank you all for entering! Sorry it took so long to judge, in the future I will put a limit on length and have more requirements for entries over 100. Thank you again and congrats to the finalists!

Contest Winners

Murder

Don't look too far into it, it's just a poem.

by NickRhyme 18 lines, 7 comments, on May 4 5:17 PM. In Dark, Pain, Weird, Other
Gold trophy winner

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Cold Tears...

by Fritz O skennick 26 lines, 18 comments, on Jun 1 12:48 PM. In Dark, Contest, Angst, Pain, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Weird
Silver trophy winner

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The Deed

Hiding behind these dark walls of hate
Lies my soul, also a mistake

by Brooke Arabie 13 lines, 3 comments, on May 22 12:51 PM
Bronze trophy winner

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Dream of hell

The sky above is red and black
as I look over th battle field

by Sarin Rayne 89 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 9 1:24 AM. In Pain, Thoughts, Dark, Angst
Honorable mention

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In Between The Lines

Lifted above this cloud of emotions
Pouring down is my pride and devotions

by Brooke Arabie 19 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 5 11:19 AM. In abuse, pain, personal
Honorable mention

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Tortured Soul of a Desert Tree

Your tortured lone soul I see
In the desert of a solitary tree

by evershine-90 20 lines, 38 comments, on Aug 21 11:17 AM. In Dark, Fantasy, Life, Nature, Pain, Sad, Personal, Thoughts, Lost in thought
Honorable mention

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Alone inside my mind

by Ami 22 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 26 10:13 PM. In Personal, Lyrics, Pain, Thoughts

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:::A Letter From Hell:::

by Nitenovanavium 100 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 26 8:56 PM 2007. In Dark, Jack the ripper

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requiem for my mother

first faded then stronger
the spectre reaps

by Melee Vau 33 lines, 27 comments, on Aug 14 3:46 AM. In Personal, Pain, Dark, Love

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Reborn

My emotions-
-choked by

by Spirit of the Water 29 lines, 14 comments, on Jul 25 12:30 AM. In Dark

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Highway to Hell

Still I travel this highway to hell
They say I'll know when I get there,

by Slicks78 49 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 6 6:04 PM 2002. In Other, Other

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Trapped

When your captured in a world of hate
All you can do is make mistakes

by Brooke Arabie 16 lines, 2 comments, on May 22 12:18 PM

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suicide suicide is painless.

this is a poem a wrote based on this song tht plays thru my head every time ive tried to commit suicide. it is this song. i know the lyrics

by redhanded 46 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 28 4:32 AM 2008. In Dark, Sad, Personal, Pain

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Paved in Darkness

I walk along the path of hate,
the path of destruction,

by Shadow Keeper 22 lines, 3 comments, on May 20 11:07 PM. In Personal, Thoughts, Life, Sad, Pain, Dark, Depression, Emo, Hate

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You Murdered Me

I sit at your very feet waiting for you to notice me,
when you do it is with pain of my soul,

by Maili Knephthan 62 lines, 18 comments, on Jul 9 11:08 AM. In Dark, Love, Personal, Pain, Thoughts

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Abode

Let's go to a place where the rain runs red
And the only certainty is stainless steel...

by Adkika 15 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 30 12:59 AM. In Sad, Pain, Dark, Angst, Emo, Depression, Sadness, Depressed

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Dungeon of Devestation

You left me physically and mentally alone in a prison of pain. I never had any visitors, I was in solitary confinement, only occasional con

by Blue30 0 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 19 9:39 PM

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Miss. Mary Mack

Miss. Mary Mack, Mack, Mack.
All dressed in black, black, black.

by InsanityisAmusing 9 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 20 5:21 PM

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Torn Skin

The skin is torn from her once beautiful face
and set aside to wallow in dark disgrace

by Kathraina 16 lines, 19 comments, on Jan 19 2:08 PM. In Contest, Dark

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Alone In This World

Let me be I want to
scream. But I let everyone

by AngelsKissesJenna 19 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 22 7:42 PM. In Personal, Pain, Sad, Dark, Noguest

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Death Of Beauty In Disguise

by myriad-dark 42 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 12 6:07 AM. In Lyrics, Pain, Love, Sad, Thoughts

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The Cemetery of Secrets

Had this title in mind for a while.

by NickRhyme 28 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 13 6:47 PM. In Dark, Pain, Weird, Other

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The Magician

Part two of my trilogy: Homage to Giger. More information is in the Author notes.

by NickRhyme 20 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 21 1:55 PM. In Dark, Sad, Society, Pain, Weird, Other

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Sick and twisted mind

by Ami 25 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 16 1:07 AM. In Lyrics, Adult, Dark, Personal, Escape, Suicide, Pain

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Dominique

by Blue30 27 lines, 44 comments, on Apr 17 11:51 PM

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My Apple Heart

A heart that has been chewed on from life.
At the core lies purity, innocence, warmth and rebirth.

by Blue30 23 lines, 13 comments, on Mar 21 6:19 PM

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Scars of pride

by Ami 30 lines, 15 comments, on May 10 1:37 AM. In Lyrics, Personal, Thoughts, Life, Dark, Escape, Suicide

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Twice, I Lost My Breath- One, Ended It All

Cigarettes with wild heat
Leave violent kisses on my pale skin

by eat.yo.soup 18 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 26 1:14 PM. In Suicide

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Mark my heart, Claim it as Your Own

Your so much like
that feeling of

by eat.yo.soup 23 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 14 11:53 PM. In Anger, Pain

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Whore

by Lewis-Crawford 54 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 18 8:52 AM. In Adult, Angst, Dark, Humor, Life, Pain, Spiritual

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Madhouse is the Sweethouse

Getting a fix in bedlam.
Not avoiding nightmares yet.

by eat.yo.soup 20 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 27 11:05 AM. In Bedlam, Insane

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the play

It’s a secret I tried but I can no longer keep
Every night when all creatures are asleep

by hend shaheen 28 lines, 7 comments, on Aug 19 1:59 PM

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Umbrage

Slumber is my armor.
Indifference is my shield...

by Adkika 14 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 30 12:27 AM. In Dark, Angst, Sad, Pain, Depression, Sadness, Depressed, Goodbyes

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Lethe

In order to shed the memories of her
My self befell my preeminent adversary...

by Adkika 13 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 30 1:03 AM. In Love, Sad, Pain, Dark, Depression, Sadness, Emo, Depressed

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Ringmaster

by Harbinger of Death 34 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 4 10:26 PM. In Angst, Thoughts, Sad, Teen issues

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The Number Three

Holding back a violet moon

by Sweet-Sins 54 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 1 9:48 AM 2008. In Nature, Personal, Fantasy, Life, Weird

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Diversity

by Sweet-Sins 34 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 27 11:45 AM

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The day of death

She sat by the window her memories running away,
a bright sunny day cold and the leaves were falling to the ground,

by Maili Knephthan 54 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 20 12:06 PM. In Dark, Contest, Personal

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specter of death

silent screams reach out over times embrace,
the specter of death holds her in his everlasting grip,

by Maili Knephthan 27 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 18 5:02 PM. In Dark, Pain

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Silence in the night

There is silence which hurts my ears,
nothing that calms down my lonely tears.

by Sweet-Sins 16 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 28 12:32 PM. In Dark, Life, Thoughts, Sad, Pain, Love, Sadness, Depression

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It's Not My Time

The black raven calls warning
into the viscid mist.

by A m b r e a 17 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 14 9:56 PM 2008

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[Deathless] Love

yes, my love
come to me

by A m b r e a 43 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 17 4:05 AM 2008. In Love, Fantasy

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Blood and sand

Dark clouds rolling forward to the shore
I stand alone wishing someone would here

by Sarin Rayne 33 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 17 10:26 PM. In Pain, Angst, Contest, Thoughts

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Eclipse

by PatheticKt 26 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 16 1:02 PM 2008. In Dark, Other, Pain, Thoughts, Weird

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Envious Instance

at the misted room of blurred thoughts racing my mind are deep sinistered voices / let them disappear into smoky auras within the innocent

by PatheticKt 29 lines, 10 comments, on May 20 5:44 PM 2007. In Dark, Pain, Angst, Weird, Nature, Death, Contest, Longing, Anger, Hate, Suicide

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Equilibrium

by PatheticKt 20 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 15 1:56 PM 2008. In Abstract, Thoughts, noguest

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beautiful choice

tonight i am bleeding

by foreveryourslove 48 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 28 4:07 PM. In Sad, Pain, Dark, Emo, Depressed, Suicide, Hate, My life, Loss, Teen issues, Goodbyes

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Hell Walk

A sound, less than a whisper, more than a breath of sighs . . .

by WolfHeart 21 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 28 4:21 PM. In Contest, Dark

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My girl

Wimpering and teary
you try to stay brave

by hurrdurr 14 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 28 6:32 PM. In Rape, power, BDSM, Humiliation, Incest

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Dark dispair

My dark dispair
Is what

by Isolatedsouls17 28 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 22 3:32 PM. In Life, Pain, Sad, Dark, Society, Contemporary, Thoughts

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Crimson blood and poison tears

Crimson blood and poison tears
I know that this is not what I want to fear

by Isolatedsouls17 44 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 15 3:41 PM. In Life, Pain, Personal, Sad, Society, Dark, Contemporary, Thoughts

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Mary Mary, Quite Contrary

Mary mary quite contrary
I know how your garden grows

by Shrat 28 lines, 22 comments, on Jul 28 8:14 PM 2008

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The Last Record

number 3 'anything vampyre'

by Nitenovanavium 41 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 30 8:41 PM 2007. In Dark, Fantasy, truth, Other

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I cannot step in your blood

Watch children losing precious time,
But I can't step in your blood.

by LonelyAngel 30 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 15 9:58 AM. In Love, Personal, Thoughts, Life, Sad, Pain, Dark, Contest, Abuse, Death, Sadness

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Night Mania

Night demon
always screamin

by IntimidusRex 21 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 10 10:55 PM. In Dark, Fantasy, Love, Pain, Death

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Damaged goods...

Little pinpricks of cold
Seeping through the cracks in my mind.

by Fritz O skennick 30 lines, 37 comments, on Mar 7 3:43 AM 2008. In Dark, Depression, Schizophrenia.

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The widow's peak

I thought I had found my world ,
my everything in your eyes,

by redhanded 36 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 7 12:35 AM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Love, Weird, Pain

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An Acrostic

Inevitably swallowed by
This grotesque

by ladyhelenaofsorrows 19 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 27 12:50 PM 2008

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Pervasive

word prompt: pervasive

by ladyhelenaofsorrows 35 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 23 4:39 PM

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Tidal Wars

We're left alone to flail and choke
as tidal wars flood over us

by ladyhelenaofsorrows 10 lines, 15 comments, on Jun 2 1:13 PM. In Society, Thoughts, Pain, Weird

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wretched silence

Neither pain nor hurt
no cutting dispursed;

by Melee Vau 14 lines, 13 comments, on Aug 16 3:03 AM. In Pain, Personal, Sad, Dark, Angst

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Where do I sign?

Long ago I heard
that Ulama, the devil's bird......

by Melee Vau 18 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 14 6:39 AM. In Pain, Angst, Sad, Personal, Dark

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The Darkness

by justinsgirl29 18 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 25 2:02 PM. In Adult, Contest, Dark, Life, Pain, Personal

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The End Will Come

One day this will cease, and the end will come for this war
And then no need to endure anymore.

by cutetetoune 19 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 23 11:02 PM. In War, Sadness.

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Her Broken World

Hear the cries of a girl,
Trying to escape her broken world.

by cutetetoune 26 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 23 10:11 PM. In Pain, Suicide, Depression, Teen issues.

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Hush little baby

by Beautiful-Mourning 20 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 23 1:05 AM. In Adult, Dark, Contest

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Bevitore Di Anima

by pyrrhus 18 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 14 10:27 PM. In Fantasy, Dark, Vampiric

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not you, not me, just everything.

can't you hear my heart scream?
ripping silently as we talk,

by x7-rose-sorrows 3 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 28 9:25 AM. In Love, Personal, Sad, Dark, Pain, Contest, Longing

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Don't let me die here

by NyteShade 34 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 24 1:36 AM. In Dark, Thoughts, My own style, Death

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Satan’s spawn

Just before the sun would rise, dreaming deep with troubled eyes.
Lost in my sleep, all but wise, soon to be awaken by their cries.

by Forgotten truth 26 lines, 16 comments, on Jul 26 10:03 PM 2008

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One Way Ride To Hell

What the hell is going on in my life?
who are the people abusing my head?

by spideracer 47 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 15 7:03 PM. In Dark, Pain, Sad, Life, Society

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Road To My End

What price I pay for the orgy of death
To smell the danger, smell the blood

by spideracer 39 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 26 12:54 AM. In Dark, Pain, Life, Angst, Anger

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evil mom

this is a poem about my child hood of child abuse luckly at sixteen i ran away and never came back

by foreveryourslove 29 lines, 12 comments, on Aug 19 8:25 PM. In Sad, Abuse, Thoughts, Life, Pain, My life, Hate, Self, Children, Escape, Personal.

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No Longer Human

by pyrrhus 21 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 18 9:40 PM

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The Devil's Grasp

A shadow of doubt towers over me like a sky scraper in view of the sun,
hope slowly diminishes as ashes in the wind,

by WuzGood 32 lines, 24 comments, on Jul 29 5:42 AM. In noguest, no guest, NO GUEST, Dark

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Do You Remember?.........I Do!

by DenyMyLove 35 lines, 74 comments, on May 16 11:45 PM 2006. In Adult, Abuse, Dark

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Do It!!!!

by DenyMyLove 23 lines, 4 comments, on May 27 2:16 PM 2008. In Abuse, Adult, Dark, Other, Pain, Personal, Sad

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in the room

i'm in the room here comes freddy,
not enough time to hold my teddy.

by dragon97 9 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 28 2:16 AM

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Agrona
August 27
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My write is over the line requirement due to spacing. Is that alright?
- skilter
  August 29
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  yes, that is fine.
Sarin Rayne
August 29
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you have a lot of submissions for this contest
- skilter
  August 29
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  yeah I got over 100 in less than 24 hours. I was not expecting it to fill so fast!
- - Sarin Rayne
    August 30
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    well a lot of people write dark poetry on this site lol and when people see it,myself included well we jump at the chance to allow our work to be seen
skilter
September 3
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sorry its taken me a while to finish judging, i promise i will finish this weekend!
- skilter
  September 9
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  EVERYONE
  
  very sorry this has not be judged yet, things around here have been very hectic. i wont let it go unnoticed through the weekend and its been on my mind for a week now, just finding the time to read the last 65 entries has been tough.