Greetings and Salutations to all.
It has been a long while since I hosted a contest and I was rather disappointed by the results of the last one, so I am praying that all the wonderful poets of allpoetry will step up to this challenge and blow me away.
I have been in a somber mood lately and it would please me greatly to see the shadows hiding in the hearts of others. To that end I am asking you to write me something dark and painful. I want to feel the hatred of love lost, taste the sorrow of a broken heart, feel the tears for a fallen friend and see the bitterness the wounds have left behind. I am allowing prewrites because sometimes the most emotional and powerful poems are written when they are needed, not at some contest host's request, but be warned that for a prewrite to win it will have to be Very good.
RULES:
1: NoNe Of ThIs crap. It is annoying and you won't win if you do it. Sorry.
2: Please be a good sport and comment on some of the competition. Not a rule but good manners anyway.
3: Please stay on topic. While I am not worried about what style you use, rhyming, language, etc I do want dark and emotional poetry. Hope and Happy endings may be used if appropriate but if you take me on a tour of the lollipop guild you will lose.
4: Just to let me know you are not just mass spamming contests looking for trophies, please post the Title of this contest in your author's comments.
5: Two (2) entries per person, max.
6: HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK
It has been a long while since I hosted a contest and I was rather disappointed by the results of the last one, so I am praying that all the wonderful poets of allpoetry will step up to this challenge and blow me away.
I have been in a somber mood lately and it would please me greatly to see the shadows hiding in the hearts of others. To that end I am asking you to write me something dark and painful. I want to feel the hatred of love lost, taste the sorrow of a broken heart, feel the tears for a fallen friend and see the bitterness the wounds have left behind. I am allowing prewrites because sometimes the most emotional and powerful poems are written when they are needed, not at some contest host's request, but be warned that for a prewrite to win it will have to be Very good.
RULES:
1: NoNe Of ThIs crap. It is annoying and you won't win if you do it. Sorry.
2: Please be a good sport and comment on some of the competition. Not a rule but good manners anyway.
3: Please stay on topic. While I am not worried about what style you use, rhyming, language, etc I do want dark and emotional poetry. Hope and Happy endings may be used if appropriate but if you take me on a tour of the lollipop guild you will lose.
4: Just to let me know you are not just mass spamming contests looking for trophies, please post the Title of this contest in your author's comments.
5: Two (2) entries per person, max.
6: HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on May 27
- Rewards: Gold: 1000, Silver: 300, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: First let me appologize to all of you for how long it took me to judge this contest. I was foolish enough to end it the friday before finals started and I suffered for it.
As for the poems entered, bravo to all of you. I read many wonderful poems in this contest and was elated by the results.
I would like to point out the disappointingly large number of people that didn't follow the simple rules, such as to add the contest title in your authors notes....I finally got fed up and just stopped paying attention to poems that didn't have that in it. If you didn't get a comment, that is most likely why.
Once more, let me say thank you all for entering and let me tell you you did a WONDERFUL job...my heart did ache for many of you and I am not sure a solid soul could read these poems and come away intact.
GOOD JOB POETS!!
Contest Winners
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You take me to a place, where all my dark dreams come true.
Razor blades, I lick the wounds I’ve just torn into.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
What you perceive is my wetness
is just another opening for my soul to cry.
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I'm not an Anamaniac but Hellooo nurse,
You remain professional, polite, terse.• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
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The earth desends upon me
Like a cloudy black spiralby FreeFalling911 33 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 30 2:19 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
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putting up with all this shit
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The sun rises in the west
Shedding light on a seen that I detest,by pain is love. 17 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 29 9:39 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
i cant believe you would do this. i cant grasp the concept. your not making any sense. im not the endless regret you have thoughtof. im the mistake that you've always hoped not to happen. i was just a beautiful phase. im so sby xCarelessly-Lovedx 0 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 3 10:09 AM 2008. In Teenage thinking• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Blood gushing
Tears runningby pain is love. 41 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 25 11:54 AM. In Society• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
So much pain and utter rage glows through the ever slowing blood in my veins. I close my eyes, everyone who ever caused me pain now stands before me. I embrace the fact I am in control. My hands are shaking, sweating, I feeby heidislife 2 lines, 5 comments, on May 1 4:09 PM. In suffering and pain• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Are you strong enough to understand?• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Do you love me
sometimes I feel like I never quite fit inby broken-angel 9 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 29 5:23 PM 2008. In my own style• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Like exploding oceans, undertow drifting apart
the heart emulates all in a cruel sea of emotions• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The many colors of time. Some askew.
Like the divinety of love, that I never knew.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I think about you every dayby poems-tht-r-by-me 55 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 18 6:15 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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you knew it wouldnt last
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Solely alone
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The wind is busy rattle the rafters of out little house.
A cold wind somehow manages to put a finger into the rooms.• Viewed by judge. -
by PaiigeBARBIE 42 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 10 6:49 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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I'm never showing you this.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Admire me, hate me, and fear me.
For I am a being made from the nightmares you dream.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
The darkness within me grows, as poison mixes within my breath.
I see not what the future holds & patently await my death.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Every time I pass my friends
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I dont know what is wrong with me
Its always something I cant seeby Shi no Kyofu 23 lines, 4 comments, on May 4 4:19 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Sorry you are in a sombre mood. I was feeling that way myself a month ago but it has passed with the springtime.
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I only write lyrics,
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Absolutely. I am not limiting any entry based on format or style. The only limitation is on subject matter.
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This is for the contest"Shatter my soul,Let my heart break" -
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The shame is that the one who ran this contest seems not to have cared to comment or even read some poems. Seems it is always a groupie thing & I wonder why those that run these things just do not say.. Buddies only.
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