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Funerals

What would you want someone to say at your funeral?

by Marty-McFly 490 points, ended November 25, 7 entries In Broken, Contest, Death, Funeral, Loss, Memories, Sad
Remembering The Forgotten

Find a memorial of a person who has passed on, read their memorial and write a poem about them. (pw)

by LesbianOfLove 525 points, ended November 18, 9 entries In Dead, Death, Gone too soon, Grief, Loss, Memorial, Mourning, Remembering, Sympathy
The heart has it's reasons...

"Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point." Blaise Pascal. Translation: "The heart has its reasons that the reason not at all knows"

by Alittle2lost 1800 points, ended October 3, 23 entries In Big points, Contest, Loss, Love, Memories, Personal, Thoughts
Loss

i want beautiful poems about loss, loss of a loved one, the loss of someone you truly cared for, the distancing between you, watching them fall away, points will be added in time as i accumalate them, i really like letter for

by Justmenow 1200 points, ended August 25, 19 entries In Loss
Hungry For Poetry...easy contest

Easy stuff, options a-plenty

by Kia Tenshi 800 points, ended August 21, 12 entries In All, Anger, Depression, Happy, Loss, Love, Mind, Poem, Quickie, Short, Thought, Weird
Tilt Your Glasses Steep

Let loose those things which drag you down.

by aburns00 585 points, ended July 30, 6 entries In Contest, Loss, Love, Original
Icarus~~~The Ceremony of Innocence Drowned in Free Verse

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned

by The Blue Lamp Post 1557 points, ended June 15, 9 entries In Big points, Contest, Creative, Dark, Feelings, Imagery, Loss, Metaphor, Sad
I Want To Feel Your Pain

Prewrites welcome.

by Diminished Capacity 500 points, ended May 27, 13 entries In Loss, Sad
The Hours of Love Still Make Shadows

i seem to have accumulated a large number of points over the past couple of months so i feel it is time that i make a contest and share some of them with other deserving poets.

by Matt E. Smith 3000 points, ended May 2, 23 entries In Big points, Contest, Emotion, Feelings, Loss, Love, Personal
Lets get soem pain out

Poetry is but a way to release and/or express poem's. i want to feel your pain, they can be about anything: Suicide Emo Longing Loss Depression Death i'm not picky, but we do nee

by Stolen memories 1000 points, ended May 4, 42 entries In Abuse, Adult, Angst, Dark, Degrading, Destroyed, Emo, Emotional, Loss, Murder, Pain, Rape, Rhyme, Sad, Suicide
~REMEMBERING KURT COBAIN~

The anniversary of his death is coming up. Let's pay tribute to the legend.

by Jade- 600 points, ended April 16, 10 entries In Celebrity, Contest, Death, Feelings, Loss, Love, Memories, Sad, Spiritual, Thoughts
Anniversary Reflections Part 1, (I have been blinded by the darkness)

Not your typical dark poetry contest. At least, come in and read all about it.

by The Rainbows Mind 400 points, ended February 20, 3 entries In Angst, Creative, Dark, Death, E, Experience, Ghosts, Imagery, Loss, Metaphor, Pain, Personal, Reflection, Sad, Spirits
my grandfather is dead, he just passed away.

my grandfather is dead, he just passed away. so I don't know what this is about, so yeh just do whatever for this contest. http://allp

by amaranthine lover 500 points, ended January 30, 8 entries In Family, Life, Loss, Memories, Noguest, Sad, Spiritual
Song inspiration; The Tide by The Spill Canvas

Song inspired

by xVamPirexMusiCx 400 points, ended December 28, 2008, 3 entries In Angst, Beach, Child, Contest, Dark, Death, Father, Heaven, Loss, Love, Mother, Sad, Song
How does Christmas make you feel this year?

Please share your innermost feelings in any style poetry about how Christmas effects you emotionally this year.

by Justified Inc. 800 points, ended January 2, 11 entries In Contest, Feelings, Grief, Happy, Loss, Memories, Sad, Spiritual
Abandoned to Shadows of Tormented Heart~Ithica & Blue

nineteen entries only, pw's allowed blend artwork and quote(s) below to create an emotion based write of metaphor

by Blue Rew 6499 points, ended December 30, 2008, 13 entries In Big points, Contest, Creative, Dark, Feelings, Imagery, Loss, Metaphor, Sad
For A Breeze of Morning Moves in Raw Refrain

Pamela and I would like you to combine the quote by Tennyson and the image provided into dark verse. "For a breeze of morning moves, And the planet of Love is on high, Beginning to faint in the light

by Blue Rew 1457 points, ended October 19, 2008, 9 entries In Contest, Creative, Dark, Feelings, Imagery, Loss, Metaphor, Sad
Tales Of Loss

Something sad... detailed, and amazing. Give me what you got.

by peregrin 450 points, ended October 1, 2008, 38 entries In Contest, Feelings, Loss, Love, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, True
A Cruel Part Of Life.

Heartbroken does not even begin to describe how I feel right now, after receiving bad news today.

by Poetryintheblood 900 points, ended August 6, 2008, 8 entries In Emotions, Grieving, Life, Loss, Personal, Sad
Gimme what you got!!

Give me what you got.....really.

by Sketchin 300 points, ended July 15, 2008, 11 entries In Contest, Depth, Funny, Happy, Life, Loss, Love, Mind, Sad, Thoughts
For John McLaughlin--may you rest in peace---NOW OPEN FOR PREWRITES

I found out this week that a very good friend of mine has passed away. Several years ago, when noone in my area believed me about the abuse and/or the stalker, this old biker type guy who was as grouchy as a grizzly bear bei

by Viyanna Rosemarie 550 points, ended September 21, 2008, 15 entries In Contest, Dedication, Funny, Happy, Hope, Life, Loss, Love, Other, Spiritual
Loss

Write about the death of someone close to you.

by MrsJones 400 points, ended July 7, 2008, 27 entries In Feelings, Loss, Personal, Sad
Give Me Your Best! (Options)

A 4-option contest! And you have unlimited entries, and can mix and match the options! Woo-Hoo. Paying points forward from Neon-Rose's contest. Woot woot.

by Beatles Girl 525 points, ended April 10, 2008, 34 entries In Loss, Love, Nature, Options, Prewrites, Silly
Dark, Sad, Love, Loss, Suprise Me.

Give me poems about Sadnees, Anger, Love, Loss, etc.

by MrsJones 350 points, ended March 21, 2008, 23 entries In Anger, Angst, Dark, Loss, Love, Personal, Sad
I Fell In Love With My Best Friend

Okay, SO I just won gold in a contest and I want to use my points! I was pondering what sort of contest I should have, and decided on this one. I know it sounds cliche and stupid, but I love this topic. If you nee

by EmilyNicole 600 points, ended March 27, 2008, 7 entries In Depression, Feelings, Loss, Love, Sad
Lyric or Picture inspired...come on in...

A few lyrics that stick out to me, and hopefully,, may have some inspiration for some damn good prose are in the four options given.............. The lyrics are: Option (1). Words are few I have spoken

by voodoo ink 1400 points, ended March 10, 2008, 5 entries In Anything, Dark, Hurt, Life, Loss, Love, Pain, Sad, Sadness
::::Broken Hearts && Damaged Smiles::::

Me again :-] Firstly, I wanna say thanks to those who entered my last competiton -- I'm sorry I didn't get time to comment, this time I hopefully will. So I'm going through a break-up and grieving. It sucks. I love t

by Jade- 350 points, ended February 17, 2008, 14 entries In Contest, Feelings, Loss, Love, Memories, Other, Personal, Sad, Thoughts
Sad Poems please :):)

Sad poems, prewrites allowed. 800, 400 and 200 points plus honourable mentions

by LeilaJayne 1400 points, ended January 23, 2008, 36 entries In Death, Depression, Feelings, Loss, Memories, Personal, Sad
Dark Love Gone Bad

Delve with me into sorrow and pain. Show me love's dark side.

by lordmalvok 450 points, ended January 19, 2008, 9 entries In Angst, Contest, Creative, Dark, Death, Loss, Love, Pain, Personal, Sad
Death

Give me a Heartfelt poem about a personal loss of a family member or friend.

by Wearychild 475 points, ended December 29, 2007, 11 entries In Contest, Death, Emotions, Loss, Pain, Sad, Thoughts

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