Dark is Good
A slip of the lip can sink a ship
but what if it's full of Nazis?
A slit of the wrist may hurt like crap,
but what if the blood is saved
and donated to the Red Cross?
A break of the neck in a circle of twine
may be sad, but what if it makes someone want
to save people's lives?
And they go on to work at the Suicide Hotline?
A wearing of black in summer may be dumb,
But what if it infulences someone to write a poem
getting them money
paying for college
so they can be a psychologist, saving the same folk?
A suicide en masse may be a horrendous thing to occur,
but think of all the food it saves
one step nearer
to solving world hunger.
A massacre is evil, even with good intentions
but what if the victims
would have killed thousands more?
A terrorist is awful
but what if he saves a nation from its own ignorance?
Dark is Good
A contest entry
- Dark, dark, dark and dark, but twisted! by Great Cthulhu.
1125 points, ended April 7, 2007, 10 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Can you write Dark poetry? by juliex-exotic shine.
475 points, ended April 28, 2007, 14 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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This poem is very interesting. You took all the questions of negative things in life, and answered them with a positive answer. I really enjoyed it. It is very good! Thank you for entering, and best of luck to you.
xx Julie.
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wow
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Powerful thoughts!
You have posed some very difficult questions and none of them have an easy answer. No need to worry about offending anyone, all ideas are welcome in my house, just be able to back them up with facts or conviction. This is my favorite line: "A break of the neck in a circle of twine" I really enjoyed your alliteration and the image this conjures in my cranium! Well done! -
well done
I liked this, great job bringing the goodness of dark out in your work, and I have to admit it made me smile as I read it, (I worry myself sometimes)
my best of luck in the contest and thanks for sharing this
Michelle Fey
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ha. very twisted. certainly shows that there is a good side to every "bad" thing. ha... how dark.... ha ha. i must be nuts cuz i'm here chuckling to myself.
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a very strong underlying logic. It makes sense yet doesn't. Its a very good and very dark. Well done and good luck in the contest :
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this is good....very illogical but I liked it....I can relate to trying to justify suicide....I too have been this way...you wrote this very well and I applaud you..
keep writting
XTashaX -
great write man....just pure aweomness....
i totally liked it a loooooooot
maya
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wow this is amazing. lol, and quite funny, people always assume when bad things happin that ther could be nothing worse but maybe sumtimes it realy is for the better, cz u never know wot mighta happend. well done x x x
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Quite a dark and funny write. I felt that this pointed out the 'good' bits of dark topics, which is what it was supposed to do contest wise. This was quite a dark and somewhat black comedy type piece. The last line summed up the tone of the piece. The title was pretty controversial, which is good in this contest. Good luck
Pozo
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