enter your best prewrites.
rules:
- freeverse/prose, only.
- normal backgrounds (i.e. no pictures)
- no cliche.
- give me pure emotion; make me laugh, cry,
or even speechless;
i just want to feel.
p.s. - i have the right to remove/not comment entries.
- points WILL increase.
Closed for judging
- Closed for judging on October 28
- Rewards: Gold: 400
Preliminary Finalists
As the editor reads entries, favorites are added to this list. (18)-
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smoke signals you left between my lungs were never as direct as you wanted them to be. the whole greenlightgo mentality was lost on you and• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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when you can dream more than four-thousand miles closer than you are right now, I’ll play with the dark strands of your hair and tie dream-by coloringmysenses 37 lines, 15 comments, on Aug 23 12:06 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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alternating teal and orange picket fences
line the backyards of complementary colorsby coloringmysenses 45 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 7 1:13 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
mailboxes swallow billets-doux into their confines
as letter carriers pass along the suburban streetsby coloringmysenses 33 lines, 15 comments, on Jun 25 5:33 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
weird and prose-like.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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by Oh.My.Juliet 5 lines, 21 comments, on Sep 26 5:23 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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love unexploited
makes me wearyby Vf2thekill 19 lines, 11 comments, on Sep 4 5:01 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
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i wanted angels to carry me home away from this earth because it felt like hell seeping beneath the veins attached to my heart; and i couldby runforrestrun 15 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 21 9:19 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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it says 145 lines. but I promise there's A LOT of spaces. it's only about like 60. and like 2 words per line.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Entries [180]
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Dear xXBrokenDreamerxX,
I remember being just like you, lost, afraid and didn't know what to do. Always making goals for ourself to rby sophia moonfairy 31 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 15 4:18 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by sophia moonfairy 9 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 9 5:17 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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we watched you leave as
pieces of our hearts went with youby grannyeri 85 lines, 550 comments, on Apr 10 9:38 AM 2007. In Pain, Personal, Sad, Life, Teen issues, Teenage thinking, Family• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by Yvette Champ 57 lines, 23 comments, on Oct 20 11:54 AM. In noguest• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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The moon eclipses the sun over
Our southern sky. It blocks outby JohnThePoet 41 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 22 1:51 PM• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Rain sleets down in uneven sheets:
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Fork walrus,
Horse rainbow.by JohnThePoet 23 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 19 12:01 AM• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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by kamikage 13 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 30 6:26 PM 2008• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite
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And what we'll find, in dreamers' minds,
is the future of the world confined.• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
In the distance a train
hails its refrain.by CaptainObvious 16 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 19 7:48 PM. In Song, Life, Society, Thoughts, Nature, Inspirational, Happiness• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Seeking solace in a loving embrace
Blindly I reach out with trembling arms• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Pick a stream of ink
From the palm of the darkness• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I can say straight up you was my
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While lying here in the warmth of my bed,
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Driven by anger and hatred
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Will you deny that when you hold me you feel as if the world might end,
The cities could burn and the wild earth could take over again andby Rasha Dark-Panther 34 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 8 3:47 PM. In Love• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
You’ve been my hell in a hand basket,
You’ve been my sanctuary,by Rasha Dark-Panther 43 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 19 5:27 PM. In Life• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
(Damned if I do)
by Rasha Dark-Panther 38 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 2 2:35 AM• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
by love tank x 2 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 23 9:55 AM. In noguest• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite
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And I closed my eyes.
This couldn't happenby Rae2732 78 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 14 12:23 AM• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I just want to be remembered• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite
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All that's left is to take another pill.by Manic Reverie 62 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 14 2:45 AM. In pain, drugs, od, life, fear, depression, sad, lyrics• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Time may heal all wounds,
But a small slit takes not long to kill.• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Contemplating the words said from a lost goddess,
Everything is chaos, and chaos is one's mind.• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
As the man in the mirror peels of his dead skin mask.
The wicker man climbs a stairway to heaven.• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Distribute the blue lady to those that mock you.• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite
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A prophecy of mania prophesied by manic prophets.by Manic Reverie 30 lines, 4 comments, on May 31 3:06 AM. In religious, thoughts, beliefs, society, religion, lie, false hope• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite
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There's nowhere to hide, you'll surely die, I'll shoot your friend, wait 'till you cry, then laughing scream "Mother fucker good bye!".by Manic Reverie 32 lines, 1 comment, on May 19 1:26 PM. In dark, lyrics, horror, rap, pain, shooting, demented, evil, murder, hate, angst• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite
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We smoked a conversation
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That's right, walk away you arrogant, hemorrhoid infested weasel.
You blame your inability to raise the flag passion on your false gendereby Manic Reverie 13 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 25 11:54 PM• Not viewed by judge. -
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I'll never succumb to this preview window >.• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Praying for help
Yet there's no way out, or so it seems.
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I stand waiting on trans
across you hail a cabby Vf2thekill 22 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 8 1:08 AM• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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by Vf2thekill 108 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 24 2:25 AM• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
by Candy Morphine 150 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 15 5:06 PM• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite
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In his mind's eye
The Poet sees:by Lorenzo 35 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 29 1:11 PM• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Unspoken words hang in the air,
heavy and draped like these ragged curtainsby Lorenzo 33 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 29 1:49 PM• Not viewed by judge. Prewrite
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wow still a lot of reading to do here...god luck.
and already 20 prelim finalists this is going to be a tough one. be brave! you can do it!
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