What I want is a poem(s) that you think are the very best you have ever written. Ones that you want people to read over and over again. They can be freshwrites or pre-writes. I don't care with. You can (I hope I did this right) enter as many times as you like.
What I would like to see are tons of submissions here.
The prompt is simple: Be inspired. Write about anything you want to.
Rules:
Be kind to the other writers.
No sticky caps.
No excessive cussing
Left align unless you explain why you are doing it different.
No backgrounds where I can't read your work.
Most importantly tho is have fun. Let me see what wonderful writes you have out there. They can be funny, serious, anything you want. Just share them with me.
What I would like to see are tons of submissions here.
The prompt is simple: Be inspired. Write about anything you want to.
Rules:
Be kind to the other writers.
No sticky caps.
No excessive cussing
Left align unless you explain why you are doing it different.
No backgrounds where I can't read your work.
Most importantly tho is have fun. Let me see what wonderful writes you have out there. They can be funny, serious, anything you want. Just share them with me.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 6, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: Thanks to everyone who entered this contest and made it such a hit. I read some really amazing poems in this contest. And congrats to everyone who entered this because you are all talented writers.
Contest Winners
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A flint strikes
Releashing sparks• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
I had been told
He was a man to clear a room• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 4547119, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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That night in my roomThe whisper of sound• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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Life's highway,
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When life takes you where you don’t want to go
And leaves your head in a mess and your tears start to flowby jackysunshine 40 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 11 6:55 AM 2008. In Hope, Life, Other, Personal, Sad, Spiritual, Thoughts, My own style, Lost in thought• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
If only it were so easy...• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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A tear streaks down from the Lady’s eye,
As She stands, holding up The Flame.
• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 4701543, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [174]
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Look do you see it? There hanging on the wall.
A painting hung in the hall of time.
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what do you see when
you look in my eyes.?by Coloured Skies 21 lines, 12 comments, on Aug 12 4:12 PM 2008. In Pain, Sad, Thoughts, Depression, Depressed, Hate, Angry, Teenage thinking, My life• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
cloud enthralling / soft let go / winter calling / silent falling / flakes of snow• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Ink spills across the paper / From the frenzy in my pen. / A silly-happy poem / Of the world of Other's ken.by Still Anonymous 49 lines, 37 comments, on Jun 20 8:18 PM 2008. In Fantasy, Life, Thoughts, Writing• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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She stares at him without a word. / He returns the looks with smiles. / She almost melts away but tries not to. / It doesnt mean the same to him. / She is falling in love with the mysterious / stranger that stands• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by EmilyNicole 46 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 7 3:18 PM 2006. In Weird• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Take me with you when you leave this world
I am but a motal that wishes to be with my love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
your sweet arms held me dear
in your embrace there is no fear• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
In the dark of night he watches this beauty,
this semitry of motion, her muscles move• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Longing for the forbidden kiss
Over the forgotten veil• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by Isolatedsouls17 106 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 18 10:58 AM 2008. In Personal, Pain, Other, Contemporary, Life, Love, Thoughts, Adult, Angst• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Color my eyes in hues of rose
Take away my agonizing pain and drown me in sensations of love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Sorrow, anger, rage, joy, relief,…
Guilt.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Parallel to the ground, soaked in her scarlet demise
Her eyes unopened, the dagger a surpriseby AshleyAesthetic 5 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 13 1:55 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
It's hard for me to feel since my last real ole lady left
Heart ice cold so it's going to be hard to embrass deathby ceno da ghost 15 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 22 9:00 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
Remnants tossed along the breeze
Gentle, a cool summer's dayby Clinging-to-Life 27 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 7 12:56 PM 2007. In Life, Friendship, Lost in thought, Society• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
It's just a little poem i made after i broke my own heart.by Danielle Samia 20 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 27 4:24 PM 2007. In Sad• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Why do you cry,
when i am not around?• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
i just talked to one o my exs today• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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my friends are the most important in my life.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Light-footed and fancy-free,
My thoughts they try to escape from me,by Georgia La Mariposa 22 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 9 6:46 AM 2008. In Dark, Contemporary, Life, Pain, Love, Personal, Sad, Weird, Thoughts• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Tulip had all the grass she could eat
The same as before, but now she was free!• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by fluffatron69 16 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 19 3:09 PM 2008. In Love, Erotica, Personal, Sensual, Inspirational, Lost in thought• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Sunrise, sunset, night or day,
My place, my dreams, my way.by fluffatron69 14 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 20 11:42 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
A silhouette of light
and an umber of shadow• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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Sleeping serenely beneath my iron sea
Waiting for my savior to come and rescue meby evilangel311 12 lines, 10 comments, on Sep 27 10:41 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
THE NIRVANIC SHORELINE AND THE APOSTLES OF THE POOR
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Another repost . . .
by marc creamore 74 lines, 15 comments, on Sep 28 6:00 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Just think how easy it would actually be...• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by polly filla 10 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 30 8:58 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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At a low point in my life I thought I would never see my girls againby bluecollarlove 23 lines, 15 comments, on Jan 31 1:59 PM 2007. In children• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Listen all you children
Whos mothers grace this earthby bluecollarlove 18 lines, 11 comments, on Feb 10 9:51 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I ask myself why
You had to dieby bluecollarlove 22 lines, 14 comments, on Apr 2 2:14 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The seasons are our pawns! They are a myth; shaken by the prophecy of the orange blossoms.by Justin3 19 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 21 4:31 AM 2008. In Prose-poetry• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Free flowing visions,
calmness of my mind;• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
This is the time where life hit’s hard,
They’re telling me to toss the child card.by wilburdubs13 53 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 2 9:36 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
There seems this place in my life
Where I cannot escape.by wilburdubs13 14 lines, on Sep 6 9:15 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
When the sun goes down on those summer nights, And we gaze upon the stars in the sky,by wilburdubs13 24 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 21 12:47 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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“Save it for another day” / / Walking through the hall, / I see that special girl. / The one that captures my emotions / And consumes my whole world. / But I don’t know what to say / And I don’t know what to doby wilburdubs13 54 lines, 1 comment, on May 2 6:21 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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“Answers” / / Sitting here confused, / About the things that happened. / About the things that now are going on, / Just wanna know if I am wrong. / If this suspicion that I bare / Has any truth at all / Justby wilburdubs13 54 lines, 1 comment, on May 2 6:22 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Smile of an Angel
brby wilburdubs13 20 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 28 1:07 PM 2006• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Even though it seems I'm just another voice
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I come to you Lord and humbly beseech thee,
do whatever it takes in order to reach me.by Talking Toni 56 lines, 50 comments, on Sep 3 6:46 PM 2006. In Spiritual• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Only footprints in the sand, and it flows,
Sweeping away like ferrous wheels; so it goes,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I was alone.
Vulnerable.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
In freedom, I've found a stronger bondage
than captivity's clutch contained.by TabbyJoy 31 lines, 16 comments, on Jan 14 10:26 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
these damned souls
once made togetherby Guerrero 34 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 2 12:25 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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