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 Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:46 am
Welcome to the almighty Poetry Contest! On record, it is the second poetry contest in this guild, which makes it all the more special.Check out my Profile!Deadline:August 2nd (One week) -More specifially, 5:00 pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time Zone- The prizes should be announced within a couple of hours, if not instantaneously.Prizes:1st Place: 1000 gold
2nd Place: 500 goldEntry:0 gold (As in...free)Rules:All pieces must be entirely original (In other words, plagiarism is illegal).
You may submit a poem that was previously entered in another contest, unless that piece won (It would be unfair to the other contestants if there was a poem submitted that was proven to win another contest). And it has to fit the outline!
Keep the poetry within the pg13 boundaries (If your little sister couldn’t read it without suffering permanent trauma, then it isn’t allowed)
Post your entry here as well as sending me a copy via PM. If you make any alterations to your poem, send me the revised entry and I will accept it provided the contest has not ended. Entry might be missed if you don't pm them to me
Do not flame, degrade, or talk rudely of another contestants entry.
On occasion I might include a required word in the outline that must be in the poem.Those are the basic rules for the contest. Here is the outline for this specific Contest:Outline:Entries must be between Three Stanzas and Twelve, or in terms of lines, it must have between 12 and 40.
Poem must include the word: Broken And please embolden in the poem so it is easily seen.
If it has stanzas, they must be separated by a space.
Free verse poems are accepted (Not rhythmic or rhyming) and rhyming ones work as well (if not more so).
Try not to stray towards the dark and depressing poems that no one can understand.
There is no theme that I want you to stick to.Winners will be announced when the contest is over.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:47 am
Entrants:
(not in any particular order)
[x] Marael - Mist
[x] Raspberry_Vengeance - Broken-Heart and Soul
[x] Slumbersome - You and the Trees
[x] Feathers of Earth - Empty Fairgrounds
[x] Annetia - (Entry not submitted yet)
[x] Skittles - (Hasn't even posted here yet, but rest assured... he will enter ^_^. Either by his own will or by force)
[x] You Got Godmail - Awakened I
[x] the_crazie_2 - Cry
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:11 am
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:14 am
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Quotable Conversationalist
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:03 pm
Okay, here is my entry!!
Mist
He holds his heart in his eyes
as I whisper my soft goodbyes
to this broken Hero, champion of none
who stole my heart with only one
simple smile on a sunny day.
A tear escapes in such a way
to speak of sorrow greater than
all the words of forgotten men.
With a gasp and a smile for me
he grips my hand and tells me to see
the gift he's been given this day
the chance to die in such a way
protecting everything he holds dear
promising to always and forever be near.
He leaves as I give him my kiss
granting him save passage through the mist
traveling where I cannot follow
leaving me alone with my sorrow
on this sad and lonely day
I find myself with no words to say
no words to replace what I've lost
No words to speak of the great cost
paid for me once upon a time
remembered in this sad rhyme.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:46 pm
You are officially the first Entrant!
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:00 am
Here's mine:
You, and the Trees
Pristine air and mountain smells:
The fog breathes over where they fell,
Forests gouged from nature’s face.
We used to linger in this place.
Beneath a weeping willow’s shade,
In forgotten pools, your skirts would wade.
Their limbs are crushed for timber mills,
For lining doors and window sills.
Nature cries, her wounds half-healed.
The greed of men is ill-concealed.
Where plants once grew, the ground is broken
Memories lost and love, unspoken.
When man invaded our sweet grove
Tricky nets, he cast and wove.
As though bound to holy wood
You were splintered, while I stood.
Your body haunts me in the dark;
It swims with leaves and deadened bark.
Though I dealt with lumberjacks,
I swear I did not wield the axe.
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:50 am
You need to send it to me through a pm also.
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:09 am
Slumbersome Here's mine: You, and the TreesPristine air and mountain smells: The fog breathes over where they fell, Forests gouged from nature’s face. We used to linger in this place. Beneath a weeping willow’s shade, In forgotten pools, your skirts would wade. Their limbs are crushed for timber mills, For lining doors and window sills. Nature cries, her wounds half-healed. The greed of men is ill-concealed. Where plants once grew, the ground is brokenMemories lost and love, unspoken. When man invaded our sweet grove Tricky nets, he cast and wove. As though bound to holy wood You were splintered, while I stood. Your body haunts me in the dark; It swims with leaves and deadened bark. Though I dealt with lumberjacks, I swear I did not wield the axe.
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:56 am
Edited and PMed. Thanks for the heads up - I got distracted. biggrin
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:59 am
Broken-Heart and Soul
As I lay in wake upon my bed
His voice has found away to drift into my mind.
Those soft, rythmic phrases like needles in my eye
And they were burning the already broken, dead heart in my breast.
If I ever knew the outcome of my obsession,
The curse of a dead heart and a broken soul,
I would have resisted the temptaion to love him.
I would've tried to prevent this deathly hurt.
It felt like death.
I could hardly move.
Who knew a broken soul
And a broken heart where so heavy.
After all I had done
And after all I gave him,
The only thing he ever gave me
Was a broken heart and soul.
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:06 am
(( Just joined. whee
*waves at Slumbersome*
Remember meh? whee
Here is my poem. Wish me luck! ))
Empty Fairgrounds
I step into the empty fairgrounds,
Where once there was such wonder.
A twirling, swirling fairytale,
A treasure trove of pirate’s plunder.
For this now empty fairground,
So many memories it can hold
Laughter, smiles, and daydreams,
Have not but gone stone cold.
Hot dog and fried dough,
Still linger in the air,
And I can taste the cotton candy,
At my forgotten little fair.
Do you remember that day,
When you won the grand most prize?
A giant purple elephant,
That triumphed you in size.
And you turned to me, and spoke through him,
And asked “would you be my friend?”
And I said yes, of course I would.
From this day to the very end.
I kept my promise, and I strove to be,
All I ever could.
Placed hope against hope, and dreamed to dream,
That someday perhaps you would…
But no, no longer now,
Shall I stay by that dream’s side.
It has sucked all the breath away,
And my heart has all but died.
And then there was nothing left in there,
My broken little heart.
My fairground is now empty,
My dreams finished before the start.
For this once proud, majestic fairway,
Now dilapidated, and cold.
Has fallen into disrepair,
As has my heart, which you still hold.
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:44 pm
To Jump
Broken glass in a halo 'round my head,
Ringing like silver bells,
Announcing my wedding day,
Marrying me to the pavement.
I'm bleeding roses everywhere,
My groom catching them faster then I can see.
Tears raining down my wedding vows,
Twisting like the veins they bleed from.
Marriage is short lived,
As I'm seperated from the sidewalk.
A silent divorce... and a final rose....
And I run away with the ambulance.
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:35 pm
Feathers! *tackles* Of course I remember you!
Just as a side note, you forgot to bold 'broken.' xd
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Quotable Conversationalist
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:20 pm
Hey good poems, everyone!! You should go check out my contest as well, if you like poetry... 3nodding
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