Gathering all Poets-- Put your thinking caps on!!!

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Winners are posted at the bottom. r/r/c will be forth coming. Tough decision. So added an honorable mention who will recieve 2 r/r/c. Congrats to all who entered and especially the winners.

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ALL ENTRIES NEED TO BE IN BY OCTOBER 18TH

Another contest? Yea, yea. I know there are so many already going on. This one is a bit different. I want you to write a poem about poetry. What it means to you, or where you get your inspiration, anything at all, just so it's about poetry.

Rules:

1] must be new
2] your own work
3] length doesn't matter
4] must have a title
5] reserving not allowed. contest will stop after 15 or in 2 weeks [whichever comes first].

Prizes will be as followed

------1st place- 5 r/r/c
------2nd place- 4 r/r/c
------3rd place- 3 r/r/c

I will comment on all poems submitted if put on main poetry forum.

Good Luck and start writing.
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Poetry

My poems are about,
What I've been though,
And things that are going on,
Right now in my life.

I write about how I feel,
And why I feel that way.
Things that happen to me,
Almost every day.

Poetry is a way for me,
To express how I feel inside,
In a way that I can't,
Tell people out loud.

Copyright © October 04, 2006 - Kristina M

Setting My Emotions Free.

Sadness, laughter, moody, bad.
Happy, hurting, good and sad.
Anything that means a lot to me,
and a occassionally some imagery.

Mostly when I want to scream and shout,
they're the times I write about.
It releases the feelings inside of me,
and kind of sets my emotions free.

The best way to express how I feel,
the only time everything is real,
Whether You like my poems or not,
I don't really care 'cause they're all I've got.

doing this so it dont go to the next page...

The Power of Poetry

It's greater than the power of kings
It's the wonder in everyday things
It's the essence of creativity
The greatest human activity

Just tantalizing words
From a realm beyond,
Just waiting to be spoken and heard
Is their only common bond

Until a poet like me
opens up his soul
and lets the words take control
Just to create a masterpiece

And it doesn't matter
If your young or old,
Cause the beauty of poetry
Is for all to behold

Donna, sweety, please title your poem. Thanks a heap.

So far, so good.

Sorry was a bit worse for wear last night *doh.. I didn't realise I hadn't titled it :]

Donna- No problem, felt it was just an oversite on your part.

Bob- I'd nominate you for the position, but because I feel the same way you do, No one would be listening to me either. lol

Bumping this up... We need more participation. I know there are great poets out there...

Come Hither...

Happiness
Jeannie

Poetry
Terra

Tears unspoken mysteries
pleads of starving eyes
Begging for acknowledgment
from those walking past

Daddie doesn't see
she tries so hard to impress
every poem she writes
she hopes he'll smile at

Screams of hatered echo
through the taunting house
a disgrace to the family
just listen to thier laughs

Hidding in a corner
trying to be good
cleaning all the household
as tears write her thoughts

Mommie doesnt see
the pleading in her eyes
another night of writing
another night of tears

Laid out in front of you
are the reasons of her thoughts
just to be noticed
by those who pass her by

- -Terra

-Poetry.-

P ens scribble dabbled thoughts
O nto the splotchy paper
E nlaced in my crimson
T ears trickling down from my
R otting heart, rusting from sixteen
Y ears.

© Jenna Elphick
October 7, 2006.

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Acrostic Poetry is where the first letter of each
line spells a word, usually using the same
words as in the title.
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Jenna, that was quite good.

Awe thanks, I thought it was horrible. That was my first attempt at an acrostic. -blushes.-

-Jenna.

Jenna I love you work deary

-terra

Thanks Darling! -Blushes.-

-Jenna.

COME ON ENTER PEOPLE!

Remind me later

Come on.... I know there are a whole heap of good poets out there to do this. It isn't that difficult. What inspires you to write.

Lets see some action on this contest.

Happiness
Jeannie

BUMPING NEED MORE POEMS

Bump.

bump

Thanks for the Bumps.

The Essence of moments

Lest she should fade too swiftly
into the mists of time,
and Autumn come to slay them,
the memories of mine.

And all the thoughts of darkness
turned loose as we decay,
no glimpse of better ages,
as grief consumes the day.

I write to catch the essence
of moments, that when come,
seems not of such importance
as when they all have gone.

Bump.

-Jenna.

Never forget the past nor the future that's to come
Never forget the warmth given by our sun
Even when you can't release the thought of tears
Write your blood where Heaven can see it clear

Poetry has emerged with a greater value than art
It has switched to mode of opening our hearts
Allowing us to dig deeper within our own reflection
Unveiling a mask which have kept us in delusion

All the sweat, the stress poured unto these words
But poetry is blabbering in the world of standards
No one cares about the deepness in poetry
They all shoo it away as a writer's self-misery

They're ignorant while we see the shadows lurking
They sleep while we dream of a future lost in killing
Even my friends neglect the meanings as self-pity
They think I'm too serious when I'm just being me

Bump

Just a few more days til this is over. Please get your poems submitted in the next few days.

Thanks
Jeannie

bump.

Pen To Sheet [Sedoka]

Poetry lingers
Flowing from my soul through words
Pen to sheet; like key to lock..

Expressing myself
Tears of emotions entwined
My soul released on paper..

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The Sedoka is an unrhymed poem made up of
two three-line katauta with the following syllable
counts: 5/7/7, 5/7/7.

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BuMp. bUmP.

Haha that looks cool!

-Jenna.

ONE more Day!!

It can break my heart

My poetry houses words
My soul wishes to speak
My voice wants to yell
My heart needs to beat

From my wrists drip imaginary blood
Angels watch over me with love
Lovers kiss me on the neck
And I taste the sharpest cheddar cheese

My thoughts are explored,
My promises aren't broken,
I can get through another day,
And smile.

That smile might mean nothing or be invisible
Or better, a simple laugh
Knowing that my friend is listening
My friend named Poetry

The friend who brought me to life
When I wanted to die
The friend who made me smile
When I wanted to cry

In touch and tied with imaginary string
Strung around my heart
Is my favorite
Poetry

It can break my heart or make me sigh
Want to die or reconsider life
Know what it's like to be abused
And most of all, discover the truth

The truth, for
Poetry can never lie.
No matter how many years
Or how many times.

Poetry is the grace and passion
That is dropped like bouquets
Down from heaven
O, beloved poetry

The heart and soul
Cry out through its words
Formed from thoughts to ink
Poetry - pen and paper

NOTICE TO ALL WHO STILL WISH TO ENTER.

ALL entries need to be in by 8:00 pm tonight. At that time the contest will be officially closed and the winners will be posted in the next 2 days.

Would like to extend a heartfelt THANKS to all who participated in this contest as it was nice to read what made you take up poetry in the first place.

Happiness
Jeannie

I want to take this opportunity to thank all who enter my contests. This must have been harder than I thought because I didn't have as many entrants as my previous contests, but the submissions were just as good. I love to know why people start writing and why they use poetry as their way of communicating their thoughts and feelings. Sometimes, I write so much poetry in a day that I find myself rhyming in everyday conversation. Which is weird. But that's jsut me.

Again, thanks for participating in this one, and I will have another one starting later this weekend or next week.

Happiness
Jeannie

THE WINNERS ARE:

1ST PLACE: Enslavement of Beauty
2ND PLACE: Bob Shank
3RD PLACE: Lush.Fcuk
H.M.: J.e.s.s.y.

Congrats to all. And thanks for entering my contest.

Happiness
Jeannie

Congrats to the winners!!

jess ~

Congrats! =]

-Jenna.

Congrats to all the winners :]