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Words falling on deaf ears.

Hello all. I have a few questions to ask.

Ever get that feeling that you're practically screaming for help, but no one listens?
Ever get that feeling that your insides are burning from bottled up emotions?
Ever just feel like your words fall on deaf ears?

Have I got a contest for you.

I want you to FREE YOURSELF.


I want you to be LIBERATED from your metaphorical chains.
I want to see those skeletons in your closet.
I want to delve into your darkest depths of your mind.
I want you to become ONE with your pain, and simply LET IT GO.


This is for all those secrets that shame you; that you've held on to; that practically kill you from the inside out; that make you less than who you want to be.


Now for some rules:
1. No PW, because I want this to be from this moment - how you feel right now.
2. No erotica
3. Spelling counts.
4. iF YoU tPye lyk D!S U R D'Qed.
5. Please, tell the truth. I can tell if you are making this up just for points.


It doesn't matter to me what form you use, however; I want a poem, not a confession.

I may not necessarily comment right away, so don't feel like I simply glanced. Each entry will be commented before judging.

Ready?
Set?
GO.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on November 15
  • Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 2 people
  • Final notes:
    This was tough to judge, and I commend all of you for being so personal and real in your poems. I enjoyed reading all of them and you all did a great job. Thanks so much for entering!!!! And congratualtions to the winners!!!

    "Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." ~Harvey Fierstein

Contest Winners

  1. Standards
    by Sickopath333 20 lines, 10 comments, on Oct 11 10:42 AM. In Aggravation, Anger, Life, Other, Society, Adult
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. A Waterfall of Silent Screams
    It wouldn’t matter if I screamed my throat raw
    If my vocal cords withered down to shreds
    by CrimsonRain1313 43 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 6 5:54 PM
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Remember December
    by Lady Juliet 38 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 6 2:59 PM
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Error: Unable to find finalist item 5860725, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  5. Dry Spell
    by Veritas De Facto 45 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 6 11:11 PM
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. Licking wounds.
    you love so hard that gravity has no choice but to pull you down.
    what do you do when you love, but he can't seem to find you when your st
    by simplethoughts 18 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 6 11:40 PM. In Personal, Love, Angst
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  7. Deep in Thought...Deeply Distraught
    I feel deeply distraught.
    I am so afraid of what I have got.
    by daffodilblossom 31 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 31 5:13 PM. In Contest, Dark, Thoughts, Weird
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  8. i have no problem
    i have no problem,
    i can admit them.
    by the wrong joke 40 lines, 11 comments, on Oct 11 10:41 AM. In Angst, Contest, Dark, Hope, Life, Pain, Personal
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  9. Never Heard
    All alone,
    Crying out,
    by bunnyslasher157 27 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 10 10:22 PM. In Personal., My life, Pain, Contest
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  10. Behind My Smile
    I try to smile amidst all that I must endure,
    waiting for troubles to look much less obscure.
    by Denerica 38 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 17 1:35 PM. In Contest, Personal, Sad, Spiritual, Thoughts
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  11. Begging Mercy.
    Sailing in the ocean,
    with no destination
    by eizen-wolf 39 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 6 1:17 PM. In Sad, Loss, Lost love
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  12. Dark Music
    It's like a melody in the dark
    strains of beautiful music that I search for
    by Shibboleth 29 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 6 11:30 AM. In Pain, Sad, Personal, Thoughts
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  13. On the other side
    On the other side
    I see the little girl
    by sexicola 23 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 11 5:58 PM. In Pain, Personal, Sad, Dark, Thoughts
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • SteveandSon gold member
    October 10
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    Do these feelings have to shame you? I can write this but not from shame.
    Steve


    • kamikage
      October 11
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      no, they don't have to.
      However, I do expect a poem with any sort of powerful emotion.


  • Silver Dragon
    October 29
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    erm

    whats a PW?

    • kamikage
      October 30
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      prewrite. something you've already written before. if you submit to this contest, you have to write a fresh poem.


  • CrimsonRain1313
    November 6
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    This is turning out great.
    Nice bunch of entries here.

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