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Contest is Over

• Contest was judged on November 24
• Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 250, Bronze: 250, Honorable mention: 5 people
• Final notes:
  The winners are as follows:
  
  1st - after dinner
  2nd - a fifth of vodka before i go
  3rd - color drains first before the body turns cold
  
  HM in random order:
  'when beauty discards'
  'Ifferisms'
  'In the wilderness'
  'Bleed'
  'Surplus redundancy'
  
  For the first prize winner, choose a book and IM me the details of where to send it.
  
  

Contest Winners

1. after dinner

   by just mercedes 22 lines, 18 comments, on Oct 28 6:06 AM. In Contest, noguest
   Gold trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
2. a fifth of vodka before i go.

   by swim.x 28 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 7 11:23 PM
   Silver trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
3. color drains first before the body turns cold

   by Cat 10 lines, 44 comments, on Nov 4 7:59 PM. In Contemporary
   Bronze trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
4. when beauty discards

   by Naridill 24 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 27 5:05 AM
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
5. Ifferisms

   If you have never said hi
   I would still have been lost

   by ams1020 11 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 27 10:46 AM
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
6. In the Wilderness

   by Night Hope 17 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 27 11:55 AM. In Contest, Life, Love, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration, Hope
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
7. Bleed

   by just rob 33 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 2 1:25 PM. In poetry, Society
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
8. Surplus Redundancy

   Endless love,
   by necessity,

   by Howard Manser 17 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 8 10:21 PM. In Love, Thoughts
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]

Entries [30]

• Back In Tokyo

  by dstreetpoet 36 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 26 10:14 PM. In Lyrics, Life, Fantasy, Society, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge.
• The Mocking Heart

  Nuances of my heart
  are bothersome traits,

  by chinmay 16 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 27 3:07 AM. In Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge.
• Won't you love me?

  My heart is swollen,
  but my mind is confused.

  by Sweet-Sins 7 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 27 4:46 AM. In Personal, Thoughts, Love, Life, Sad

  • Commented on by judge.
• Emotional Evolution (Three reactions to the same incident)

  by Budart 64 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 27 12:23 PM. In Life

  • Commented on by judge.
• The Suffering Soul

  A shadow cast across the land
  Red falls from my hand

  by freakoffaleash80 18 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 29 11:21 PM. In Nightmares, Pain, Horror, Abuse

  • Commented on by judge.
• Crush

  my heart is hollow,
  clear thuds echoing

  by penciledlives 17 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 2 8:53 AM

  • Commented on by judge.
• watercolors on hands;

  by amaranthine lover 17 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 2 10:24 PM. In Contest, Abstract, noguest

  • Commented on by judge.
• only found reasonable.

  Winning the heart
  with a stunningly worded verse

  by Purush 10 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 4 7:32 PM

  • Commented on by judge.
• Turning Heads

  by Malabu 23 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 5 8:02 AM. In Life, Personal, Society, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge.
• They Never Do

  by Supa Fox 26 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 7 6:51 PM. In Sad, Thoughts, Weird, Life, Hope

  • Commented on by judge.
• The Rising of Belial.

  by Domine Pestilentia 5 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 18 9:00 PM

  • Commented on by judge.
• The Past

  The past haunts me and taunts me,
  waiting for a response

  by alligirl707 12 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 8 5:14 PM. In pain, sad, thoughts, life

  • Commented on by judge.
• hearts

  butterflies are so much easier to catch

  by xpowder 22 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 8 5:58 PM. In love

  • Commented on by judge.
• Fool's Creation

  The god of fools took a handful of filth
  He then mixed it to sugar, vinegar, pepper and pill

  by Perennial Plague 3 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 8 11:11 PM. In Drayish, Thoughts, Humanity

  • Commented on by judge.
• Losing Control

  Laughing at the simple indecencies of the world
  Our mindless depletion of mental resources

  by Dark-Ecanus27 14 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 14 5:56 AM. In Contest, Dark, Personal

  • Commented on by judge.
• One glance

  With your wings you may fly high,
  your lucky you can fly through the sky,

  by natalies-poetry 13 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 14 7:52 AM. In Nature, Other

  • Commented on by judge.
• each others souls

  I watched through your soul and inside was the hollow sight
  Of my belongings, a dying wish I wish

  by Max Alexandersson 12 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 14 9:34 AM

  • Commented on by judge.
• Hiroshima

  No delay on Uncle Sam’s motorway.
  

  by JDWalker 8 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 14 12:12 PM. In Political, America, Japan, A-Bomb, Hiroshima

  • Commented on by judge.
• Do I Count?

  Been defined all my life
  as the daughter of...

  by ShaShay 26 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 14 1:31 PM. In Contest, Contemporary, Life, Personal, Society, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge.
• Autumn Blood

  Leaves f l o a t i n g as they fall make a sound like
  Orange -

  by Adrasteia 17 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 14 8:51 PM. In Dark, Hope, Other, Personal, Thoughts

  • Commented on by judge.
• Soul

  One step, Two step
  Fall back, up again

  by Nevermore123 15 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 14 9:13 PM. In Contest, hope, old soul

  • Commented on by judge.
• Gypsy

  I, a gypsy
  Red and yellow and

  by Shibboleth 13 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 15 12:11 AM. In Fantasy, Society, Contest, Life

  • Commented on by judge.

Comments

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  PorcelainHope
  October 26
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  'Shadowboxing in headphones' by Lourd Ernest De Veyra
  - mukhang ok to pare ah!
• • Virgoan
    October 27
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    I am still searching for his other book. I think UST Publishing is the only one who has it. I'll check my connections.
• 
  just mercedes
  October 27
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  Great novels on offer - but the postage to me would be prohibitive!
  
  Not sure I can do anything to light your fire with 50 words or less. Stick-rubbing usually takes at least that many expletives.
• • Virgoan
    October 27
    Edit | Reply
    I know that you can write something within the limit.
• 
  penciledlives
  November 2
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  Wow. I'd like to own several of those books. @-)
• • Virgoan
    November 2
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    Hope you'll enter
• 
  Sweet-Sins
  November 16
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  arn't you going to comment on ANY of our poems?
  :|
  x
• • Virgoan
    November 16
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    I will be giving my comments. I always do.
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  Cat
  November 24
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  Night Hope
  November 24
  Edit | Reply
  
  Thank you for hosting such an intriguing contest, for your thoughtful comment and for the HM, Hensley. Congratulations, one and all. Be well, Poets and Scribes.

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