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Semi-Quickie #2 (give me soul)

I'm trying out a series of quickie contests based on short prompts. Here's my second.

 


Your prompt is:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

windmill







Make it good. I'd prefer an abstract take. I don't want a novel. I like prose and free-verse, but don't let that stop you from giving me well-done rhyme. You can combine the prompt with the title phrase, or drop it, whatever you please.

 

 

 

Go.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on November 22
  • Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 250, Bronze: 150, Honorable mention: 2 people
  • Final notes:
    Sorry this took so long to judge; I'd underestimated how busy I'd be this month! I sincerely enjoyed each entry, and I thank you all for sharing your talent with me!

Contest Winners

  1. baseball
    i felt the blood rush to my fingers.
    my arm severed the air, fell prey to motion,
    by Little Gentle 13 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 12 8:35 PM
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. untitled
    standing in tune with the sun,
    i spread my arms out like an old antenna...
    by ItaloEtkin 22 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 26 9:48 AM
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Nearly windmilly
    Windmill, windmill, are you Dutch?
    Every stanza is a stereotype
    by Annorlunda 31 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 12 6:07 AM. In Weird, Other, Contest
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. The wind carry me forward
    May I find peace before my time is said and done
    I fear, I am lost to time as water in ice.
    by awannabepoet 15 lines, 14 comments, on Oct 23 5:38 AM. In Contest
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. Small things
    It is the faintest of blushes
    and if you don't know her
    by lifescholar 64 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 12 9:55 AM. In Spiritual, Thoughts, Life, Hope
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

Entries [10]

1 - 10 of 10
  • Song of Windmills
    The lone daydreaming windmill with fanning sails
    Stands wrapped in fleece of comforting solitude
    by smitaanand 15 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 23 4:51 AM. In Thoughts, Nature, Contest
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Esteemed vision-------------
    Who invented wind mill?
    let us eulogize his esteemed vision
    by Purush 21 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 23 6:42 AM
    • Commented on by judge.
  • The Voice Within The Sky
    Oh gentle wisp that combs the soul
    in a breeze's brisk resound
    by penman 30 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 23 2:59 PM. In Other
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Windwills
    Winding roads try to take me back to a place I don't want to go.
    I think I need to see you, to make you suffer like you did me
    by My Nemesis 8 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 24 5:25 PM. In acrostic
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Round And Round
    Emotions rush upward
    taking me to the heights of joy
    by ShaShay 12 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 12 11:07 AM. In Contest, Personal, Thoughts
    • Commented on by judge.

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Comments


  • Ms.Daydream
    October 23
    Edit | Reply
    Oh no! I had a poem about windmills that I wrote like last month or something, but you don't allow prewrites. =( Oh well, next time. =)


  • awannabepoet
    November 23
    Edit | Reply
    thank you so very much for that HM, it was totally unexpected.