Time for another contest! This time I want to read unusual poems - I don't mean the topic, I mean the style. I don't want poems that rhyme please, that is not unique to me. I want your thoughts and ideas expressed freely, with nothing holding you back.
Topic can be anything you wish, but I'd say hold back on suicide and mushy love poems. Try to make it thought-provoking and deep.
A couple of perfect examples of what I want, I want you to read them. Those are the type of poems that I would definitely consider for my contest.
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/561691
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/469415
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/544823
Since there is only one rule - to read the poems I linked to, I expect you to follow it. If this is not your style, just ignore this contest. I want to get a lot of good entries that I wanted, not a lot of poems that do not fit the criteria. Prewrites accepted, you can enter more than once.
Have fun!
Topic can be anything you wish, but I'd say hold back on suicide and mushy love poems. Try to make it thought-provoking and deep.
A couple of perfect examples of what I want, I want you to read them. Those are the type of poems that I would definitely consider for my contest.
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/561691
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/469415
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/544823
Since there is only one rule - to read the poems I linked to, I expect you to follow it. If this is not your style, just ignore this contest. I want to get a lot of good entries that I wanted, not a lot of poems that do not fit the criteria. Prewrites accepted, you can enter more than once.
Have fun!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 24, 2004
- Rewards: Gold: 300
- Final notes: I'll have to bookmark this page because it contains my now favorite poems on this site. Terrific job, all of you, I wish there was a trophy for every single person.
Honorable mention: The Skeletal Structure of the Civilized Man by slydog
Keep on being unique, guys.
Entries [23]
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Living Water Rain Down On Me
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Tears fall from the mothers eyes
Her child looks at her confusedby bradhadair 12 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 23 2:45 PM 2003. In Other• Commented on by judge. -
Struck down with hopeless ambitions
Useless longing and saddened eyes• Commented on by judge. -
A small sad face, large blue eyes and unruly hair. This is me.• Commented on by judge.
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When anchient men first made words, they had no idea of the power they were creating. Come and see.• Commented on by judge.
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A beautiful flaw,
Of the flawlessly beautiful,• Commented on by judge. -
The Nothing Of Something
Somewhere, in a dank dark town,• Commented on by judge. -
It's like the dark sparkle in a tear,
like the singing wind thats voice is shocking but clear.by PhsycoticKitten 14 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 26 11:02 PM 2004. In Love• Commented on by judge. -
The city
A sad placeby Delphinidae 19 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 15 1:44 AM 2004. In Society• Commented on by judge. -
Waiting
Wanderingby FaeryMagic 7 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 22 6:05 PM 2004. In Personal• Commented on by judge. -
Struck by lightning, take away all consciousness
Human intensity searching for new ways to manipulate• Commented on by judge. -
I remember when I first pushed my way through those doors
leaving behind me the rain and the darkness and the cold• Commented on by judge. -
Smoky hued doors opened
Almost eretheal....• Commented on by judge. -
by Easy Assumption 24 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 29 1:15 PM 2004. In Spiritual• Commented on by judge.
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The sun is long gone and the stars have come out to play,
choked by the ever bright city sky.by Easy Assumption 30 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 29 5:05 PM 2004. In Other• Commented on by judge. -
Beauty rests within your own eyes
Beauty Rests• Commented on by judge. -
Dreams have been made in this place• Commented on by judge.
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I found comfort in that seat
the lights blinking about my like my personal starsby Rook Fallen 66 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 2 9:34 PM 2004. In Other• Commented on by judge. -
But the seat, upon which I am also a seat, tells me in an artistically subtle way that cities take the edge off the seasons.• Commented on by judge.
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Isolate and dispatch. "We never liked you anyways."by TheHourglass 33 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 7 1:36 PM 2004. In Angst• Commented on by judge.
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by -Twilight- 40 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 8 9:37 PM 2004. In Personal• Commented on by judge.
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The flicker
of the unlit candle sitting stolidly in front of me• Commented on by judge.
Bronze trophy winner
Gold trophy winner
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You set the bar high... curious to see what I can come up with.
Thanks for the challenge.
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you are right about this being unique.it's also a great idea.might have been better without the prewrites,but i think you will be reading some right on poetry.i will be checking out the entries.
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im not sure if mine fit the criteria, but hey, im tryin.
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I think this is a great idea. It's nice not to be forced to try to rhyme for every contest. I am not sure if my entry is the ideal for this contest, but it was worth the try. Good Luck to all
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Apparently two of the poems have been deleted...
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I'm not following what poems have been submitted, so I wouldn't know if they were deleted. Why do you think so?
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I mean the poems that you recommend we read. I get a message for the first and third ones that "There were errors processing this page: This item has been deleted."
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wow i dunno about this
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yes?
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Thank you, what a pleasure.
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