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Limericks, one prompt. No rightwingers need apply.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended June 16, 2008, 7 entries
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Read this article and write a poem about what makes a true poet a poet.
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Due to so many entries in the my other contests, read this first:
The rules are there for a reason. If you can't follow them, you'd be well off going elsewhere. I will tell you the truth, and I realize some of you do
by ecrivain01
1150 points, ended June 9, 2008, 6 entries
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Prewrites only contest, no Gold or Silver trophies though. absolutely no so-called fresh writes. If any are entered they will be dq'd immediately.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended June 6, 2008, 77 entries
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Looking for poems related to one of my favorite movies of all time, Out of Africa.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended May 30, 2008, 3 entries
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Rhymed poems to celebrate the birthday of Robert Browning.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended May 20, 2008, 10 entries
In Creative, Feelings, Funny, Happy, Imagery, Lotsafun, Memories, Thoughts
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China is arming for a nuclear war. Read the news from Asia. Wake up and smell the coffee.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended May 19, 2008, 7 entries
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a contest for villanelles only. Limited to 20 entrants. Prewrites allowed, one entry per person.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended May 15, 2008, 11 entries
In Creative, Feelings, Funny, Happy, Imagery, Lotsafun, Memories, Personal, Thoughts
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Limericks. Let's have some fun. Only 5 line poems in the exact limerick format need apply.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended May 12, 2008, 32 entries
In Etc., Funny, Happy, Imagery, Lotsa fun, Other, Personal, Thoughts
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Tell me how you would salvage the future of America and save it from the radical right.
by ecrivain01
1450 points, ended May 4, 2008, 4 entries
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Contest for those who didn't win a major trophy in the previous contest for Sonnets, Villanelles, and Pantoums. Rhyme Only, Invite Only.
by ecrivain01
950 points, ended May 7, 2008, 6 entries
In Contest, Creative, Etc., Feelings, Funny, Invite only, Other, Personal, Thoughts
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Prompt: Human Statue of Liberty, 1918, Camp Dodge, Iowa.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended April 28, 2008, 9 entries
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Mother's Day contest, only for those who really are sincere about the subject.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended April 25, 2008, 12 entries
In Contest, Creative, Happy, Imagery, Lotsa fun, Love, Memories, Mother's day, Personal
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What is the meaning of life? Give me your interpretation, in poetic form. I want good poetry, not junk.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended April 22, 2008, 9 entries
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Villanelles, sonnets and pantoums only.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended April 23, 2008, 24 entries
In Contest, Creative, Etc., Feelings, Funny, Other, Personal, Thoughts
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This is a tribute contest for Ron Wiseman, Lyndon, Moderator of the Winklings Groups.
by ecrivain01
2000 points, ended May 1, 2008, 21 entries
In Big points, Creative, Feelings, Funny, Happy, Imagery, Lotsafun, Memories, Personal
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Only for those who have won Gold or Silver in one or more of my contests. Rhyme preferred, but will accept free verse that is well written.
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a contest for Touchof1der, to cheer her up through some difficult times.
by ecrivain01
3350 points, ended March 4, 2008, 11 entries
In Big points, Creative, Feelings, Funny, Happy, Imagery, Lotsafun, Memories, Personal
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A contest about the dumbing down of America and what you think could be done about it.
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Humorous poems for Valentine's Day, rhyme prefered.
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The prompt is:
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
Winston Churchill
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended February 18, 2008, 7 entries
In Contest, Creative, Etc., Feelings, Funny, Other, Personal, Thoughts
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"So, i urge you: keep going. Ignore the pundits, who think this is a horserace, not a fight for justice. My dad was a fighter. As a friend and a believer in my father’s words that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, i say to you: kee
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For John Lennon: This contest is for rhyming poems only, sonnets, villanelles, and other form poems preferred. Please watch spelling, grammar and punctuation as I am not being paid to edit your poems and would much prefer not to have to do that.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended February 4, 2008, 8 entries
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2nd Second Chance contest from Quality Poetry contest by ecrivain01
by ecrivain01
300 points, ended January 20, 2008, 5 entries
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Second Chance contest.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended January 17, 2008, 5 entries
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Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide attack that also killed at least 20 others at a campaign rally, aides said. I want poems to honor a great patriot who gave her life for her country.
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Poems that you think might cheer up the soldiers out on the front lines as they await the coming of Christmas, which is happening as I type this.
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I'm looking for quality poetry of any genre, although good rhyming poems are the type I much prefer. If you enter a bad rhyming poem, I will probably just DQ it immediately however. Give me a poem that says something important.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended January 11, 2008, 28 entries
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Open to any form poem or rhymed poem. I would like to see some villanelles or sonnets, but it's not a requirement. NO RELIGIOUS POEMS. Spiritual is okay, but I had enough religious poems earlier.
by ecrivain01
650 points, ended January 3, 2008, 16 entries
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"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross". (Sinclair Lewis)
What do you think we can do about that?
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"Reading more traditional form gives me a subconscious “tool box” so to speak. I open this box every time I write."
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This is a Second Chance contest for these people only, and it is a continuation of the Xmas contest I have just finished. The people who should come and enter their poems are as follows:
Vera Rich, Euphoria, WWildBill, sheltered, micol, silver not
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended December 7, 2007, 7 entries
In Christmas, Feelings, Holidays, Imagery, Memories, Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts
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Looking for some good Xmas poems, but please don't enter the ones you had in my previous contest, just finished.
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended December 15, 2007, 14 entries
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I'm looking for sonnets, villanelles, or other rhyming poems that are descriptive of or in some way relate to Christmas. I can only accept one entry per person since I have several contests going and simply won't have time to read manuscripts worth o
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended December 4, 2007, 15 entries
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This contest is to draw attention to the horrific tragedy that faces Native American women in this country. The official stats say that
one in 3 Native American women will be raped or otherwise sexually assaulted in her lifetime. What they don't t
by ecrivain01
4100 points, ended December 23, 2007, 8 entries
In Adult, Big points, Creative, Dark, Murder, Personal, Rape, Sad
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We want poetry that reminds one of Noyes (The Highwayman), Kipling (If), Service (The Cremation of Sam McGee) etc.
by ecrivain01
1900 points, ended December 22, 2007, 10 entries
In Big points, Creative, Feelings, Funny, Happy, Imagery, Memories, Personal, Thoughts
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Most of you probably know, by now, that Norman Mailer died yesterday. He was a literary lion and literary icon in an age when people don't respect that sort any more, because they are too wrapped up in TV's and IPods and other things. However, I thi
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This is a Second Chance contest for these 8 people only:
micol, freespirit51, 2lullabyhaven, MargaretG, Tireseus, Peteskid, Starchild777, PassionsPromise
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A contest for sonnets to, hopefully, find some as good as this one, Playground of the Mind, by Larry Tilander.
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One of my best friends died last year in December. I recently have been thinking about him. He was a Capricorn (like me), and was very blunt and outspoken. If he liked something, he said so, in no uncertain terms. If he didn't, he said so in no un
by ecrivain01
450 points, ended November 21, 2007, 4 entries
In Adult, Creative, Feelings, Funny, Imagery, Lotsa fun, Memories, Personal, Thoughts
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