For the Poetic Soul
A contest for poetry ....
there is something within poetry,
within layers of imagery
beneath lettered verbs,
and intricate feelings,
between sheathing love
and exposing abhor,
there is a soul,
waiting to be opened
like the page of a book
leaf by leaf
~ Asfand
metaphors
imagery
poetic devices
alliterations
hidden meanings
outside the box
originality
no erotica
no love
no death
no gore
no abuse
no suicide
no vampires
no werewolves
free reign
freeverse or rhyming
expect a long critique
non-anonymous
may luck
be on your
side
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on October 29
- Rewards: Gold: 200, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: I have been very inactive on Storywrite, the past month(s) and sincerely apologize for the delay in judging two of my contests. They've remained unjudged for more than a month now ... and that's really irresponsible on my part, so everyone, I'm so sorry for not doing this on time. The reasons for my absence were personal.
As for this contest, I thank all of your for participating. I got a whole HOST of 56 entries. I wittled it down to 17 preliminary finalists, then came onto the lucky 8 who impressed me the most.
The winners were chosen for creativity, flow, structure and subject matter. Plus, about how their language complemented their style and emotional inspiration.
I got some really, really spectacular entries.
So, once again, I really apologize. This is the first time this has happened .... and well, I hope I'll be more careful next time.
Thank you! And congrats to the winners!
Contest Winners
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One, two, three, those crooked blackbirds
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by Prodigious.Mirth 200 words, 3 comments, on Aug 5 5:09 AM. In Inspirational, Life, Other
Bronze trophy winner
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by Kevan 100 words, 8 comments, on Sep 26 6:50 PM 2008. In Inspirational, Life, Poetry
Honorable mention
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by corrupthoughts 100 words, 6 comments, on Sep 20 2:09 PM. In Inspirational, Life, Personal, Poem Honorable mention
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by Melancholic Smile 200 words, 26 comments, on May 4 9:43 AM 2008. In Personal, Poem Honorable mention
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Better if you read aloud to yourself.by Animus Argentis 500 words, 4 comments, on Sep 23 4:46 PM• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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by Neolittlefish 200 words, 14 comments, on Sep 30 2:31 PM 2008. In Inspirational, Love, Poem, Sad, Society• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
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Even the happiest of melodies 1• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I see the stars
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by Willowleaf- 100 words, 12 comments, on Jun 23 3:54 PM. In Dreams• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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My Mother once said1
by Silenced Lullaby 100 words, 2 comments, on Jul 7 10:48 PM. In Inspirational, Life, Nature, Other, Trees• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Every cloud has a silver lining,1
by LynksTryforceGurl 100 words, 5 comments, on Nov 7 4:53 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
We got our assignments
We had to say how we changed the earthby CheshireCat 400 words, 5 comments, on Jun 2 8:41 PM. In Drama, Inspirational, Life, Love, Poem, Poetry, Sad, Society, Teen• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
A poem to really get you thinking...by Lori Nikki 100 words, 6 comments, on Aug 19 4:06 PM• Commented on by judge.
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A girl is chased through the woods by a hunter. Will death win? Find out for yourself.by KiwiGurl 300 words, 4 comments, on Nov 29 11:39 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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A girl who really dances with all her heart. She obviously loves dance and finds it as an escape. Very simple.• Commented on by judge.
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To anyone who has ever lost a loved one• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Lights are blinding.
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We started from a single ember1
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Here I stand / / There I dwell / / Running along-- / / The length of the tunnel / / At the end / / A red light-- / / The eyes of thby DemApples <100 words, 4 comments, on Apr 23 10:00 PM 2007. In• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by An Empty World 100 words, 11 comments, on Jun 29 8:22 PM. In Dark, Depression, Inspirational, Life, Love, Poem, Romance, Young adult• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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A spider’s web spun of the thinnest metal, thick enough to keep in its wide- eyed prisoner.1by Olinda 100 words, 4 comments, on Jun 8 1:18 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Baby, I know that you are happy now,1
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Pitter patter
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The Blackened Sun Dies, / A Wicked and Frozen Set, / Bringing Down the Skies.by kierancluchey <100 words, 7 comments, on Jun 27 7:41 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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the feeling of depression in your soul
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Eye Luv Two Hate
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Like the wind howling,
You call my name,
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Dig deep inside myself and tear it out,1by Disasterous-Bastard 200 words, 2 comments, on Sep 1 5:25 PM. In Dark, Depression, Jealousy, Love, Romance, Self abuse• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Staring at the old blank wall1• Commented on by judge.
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Just a bunch of ryhming words. Nothing special.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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The sun is shining
The birds are singing• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The Killer And The Gun1
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Annoyances turn to anger
anger turns to madness• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
They will remember and they will surrender.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Watching all those heart-touching days go by,1• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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So let the rain fall down,1by Moses.Reid 200 words, 3 comments, on Sep 25 12:22 AM• Commented on by judge.
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Oh Mr. A - you are hard nutter to crack.
No Love... do you mean as in romantic love.
Because what if it is a passionate love for something?
Does it count...
Will do my best MR. A -
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Passionate/obssesive love is allowed .... nothing romantic ... *cringes at kisses in the rain*
I'm sure you will, Blair!
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*kisses Asfand in the rain romantically*
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aww Blair Bear!
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Great contest idea!!
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my poem has a little bit of abuse in it but it isnt the point of the whole poem, can I still enter it?
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As long as it is not the central focus of the poem, you can enter!
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AWWWW! This sucks
All of my main poetry is on AllPoetry. That sucks monkey... Well to bad 
I'll just enter my weird prose chapter thingy im working on. I'm trying to decide whither or not prose poetry books are gonna be my kinda thing.
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Darn no death. No gore. All goodness. Lol I guess I could try to write one of those
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Yeah,
although you told us not to reply to comments, I'd forget by the time you replied. Since I always reply to comments, it's hard to remember not to.
If you waited to comment until after contest, that would probably work.
Andy
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no death whatsoever?
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woah, you must have heeeeeeeeeeaps of points. I missed the op to join this contest hey!
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Oye!!!
When will you end this contest?
I will kill you
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Ooops, posted the wrong one
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My entry is about love.... but not the gushy, kissy-kissy kind, though! More the understanding of the love of friendship, and all that. Slightly cliched, but not completely. Could I enter?
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