Letting Go

Contest is Over

• Contest was judged on November 8
• Rewards: Gold: 700, Silver: 400, Bronze: 250, Honorable mention: 5 people
• Final notes:
  I decided to close a day early but what the heck...busy busy busy day tomorrow and the rest of this week. I was astounded and amazed by all the amazing entries this contest. I guess I should use prompts more often. You all were fantastic. I wish you all love and am humbled that you took the time to enter. Thanks again to everyone. ~gypsy~

Contest Winners

1. Come Mourning

   by Night Hope 29 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 7 2:50 PM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Love, Nature, Sad, Spiritual, Inspiration
   Gold trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
2. Searching for you

   I didn’t push you on that bridge…
   I simply broke your heart

   by Sugarclock 49 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 7 8:59 PM. In Love, Thoughts, Sad
   Silver trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
3. Painful Release

   Painful release of the ones you love
   journeying through life with the

   by stavykm 50 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 8 12:04 AM. In Contest, Life, Love, Pain, Personal, Sad, Thoughts
   Bronze trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
4. The Last Fall I Rose...

   Slamming of doors, again.
   A sound that's been repeated .

   by tarnished-angel42 21 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 7 7:46 PM. In Other, Nature, Pain, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Weird, Hope, Life, Love, Cont
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
5. ~Wonder What I Did Wrong~

   She was my mother,
   Once upon a time.

   by fallendust 27 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 8 10:17 PM. In Personal, Pain, Contest, Angst, Abuse, My life, Longing
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
6. Letting Go

   This is me holding on tightly
   to your little hand.

   by ProudMomma 19 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 7 4:21 PM
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
7. Nothing More Then Lost Bird Song

   Can you hear me
   I am the echo

   by Swan song 44 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 7 4:16 PM. In Love
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]
8. This is me, letting you go.

   by ShadyWilbury 12 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 7 2:53 PM
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]

Entries [15]

• Au Revoir

  The Hardest Decision I Ever Had To Make
  You Slipped Right Out Of My Arms Like Water

  by Wandering Alone 25 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 7 1:44 PM

  • Commented on by judge.
• Letting You Go

  Sorrow, carve my soul away!
  Make me want to die today,

  by skylerv 17 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 7 2:16 PM

  • Commented on by judge.
• It's just a house now

  I was looking for your conscience
  Then I found it was unconscious

  by needsadr 20 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 7 2:29 PM

  • Commented on by judge.
• The End

  Many years have gone
  Since I first met you.

  by cg-frogz 24 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 7 7:59 PM

  • Commented on by judge.
• Silence Let It End

  [I had no other choice]

  by Rock-Junkie 13 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 7 9:44 PM. In Loss Friendship, Personal

  • Commented on by judge.
• "This is me letting you go."

  A look into emotions
  

  by DamageDone 23 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 8 3:46 AM

  • Commented on by judge.
• A tale of tales

  Beneath the city wall there lay a well
  Which, through the years, was lost to disrepair

  by Jamzine 17 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 8 9:10 PM

  • Commented on by judge.

Comments

• By me, right now

  Adding your comment:
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  Night Hope
  November 8
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  Thank you for hosting a great contest and for the gold, IrishGypsyRose. Congratulations, one and all. Be well, Poets and Scribes.
  
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  stavykm
  November 9
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  I just wanted to thank you for allowing me to enter your contest. Thank you for the bronze and congradulation to all the winners and all who wrote about a painful subject in Letting Go. At least for me it was painful the night I wrote my poem.
  
  Blessings Everyone,
  Kelle Marie