Titled Contest.

Next week I'll be on vacation, again.
When I come back ( May 11 OR 12 ) this contest will be judged.

Rules:
01. ONE person per title.
02. Must be in by due date.
03. The title HAS to be in the poem.
04. No cutting poems ( suicide is allowed though )
05: No explict poems
06. Must be your own.
07. Must be at least 8 lines, no more than 40.
^ If you don't follow them your poem will not be judged.

Prizes:
1st: 7 Comments & ratings.
2cd: 6 Comments & ratings.
3rd: 5 comments & ratings.
4th: 4 comments & ratings
5th: 3 comments & ratings.
6th:2 comments & ratings.
7th: 1 comment & rating.
^ all have possible place on faves.

Titles:
1. One minute left.
2. Brand New Nails.
3. Unlit lamp.
4. Sharpened Pencil.
5. 8 Pictures, 1 Picture Frame.
6. Quoted Rock.
7. Full Container.
8. Seperate Gardens.
9. Spring Into Action.
10. Frozen Drapes.
11. Chilled Ice.
12. Perfection in each room
13. Carved by hand.
14. Tilted Mind.
15. Torn Limb.
16. Request for absence.
17. Other circumstances.
18. Maximum of 12 days.
19. Retained by.
20. 2 Bows, 3 Rubber Bands, 1 Heart.

Have Fun & Good Luck. :D
<3 Teria.

Perfection in each room please =)

19. Retained by.

A contamination in my heart,
With which broken beings lie,
Embedded inside this ache,
In the bread of each cry,

Scare the fire ridden animals,
Retained by chainless steel,
Little does this day caress,
And less will ever heal,

This mark decays before us,
With a putrid essence of time,
A dank feeling of betrayal,
As this richness is sublime,

In the dark of blindness,
Our men lie in arms,
Each arm firing to each,
As they wrestle to the calm,

Mistaken for the advanced,
Supple little lies,
As men turn to child,
The end is oh so nigh'.

©Wings Of Flames May 3rd 2007

I'm going to try 2 bows, three rubber bands and one heart..or brand new nails, haha. Not sure which yet. =\

:edit:

One Minute Left please...

Josie

Um...so do I just put it in here?
Well...ok I guess right?

Seperate Gardens: By Run out of words

Tulip, daisy, or maybe a rose,
whereas poppy, jasmine and hibiscus you chose.
So what we're both flowers?
It doesn't really make a difference.
You say you love the way I am,
no matter how different we are,
from texture to fragrance.

Why did I believe you?
Why did you lie?
Why couldn't you stop yourself?
Why'd you let our flower die?

Don't you realize my dear,
that was the only thing that connected us.
Because even though our worlds are wide apart,
It represented our love it was my trust.

Wilted and torn I lay on the ground,
and for miles and miles I hear not a single sound.
I guess without you nothing seems to be good,
I guess in you trust can't be found,
I guess it never could.

No matter how many words you come up with,
to show me that you're sorry.
It won't change history and it won't lift the lid,
With which you ended our story.

Because I'm a rose and you're a daisy,
no matter how much with God we plead and bargain.
And to grow and live we can't change the fact,
that we belong to seperate gardens.

One Minute Left

Half an hour left
Until the end of the world
And here I stand
All alone.
Down below me
There's nothing but darkness.
Nothing but emptiness.
Nothing.

Fifteen minutes to go
And still nothing has changed.
There are no screams.
No sounds.
Just silence.

One minute left
And I am struggling to breathe,
Struggling to balance,
Starting to fall.
Still there is no sound
As I tumble
Into the dark abyss below.

Ten seconds -
No time to say 'goodbye'.
No time to say I'm sorry.
No time...

Five, four
Three, two
One
A final crimson tear
Traces its way down my cheek
As my world comes to
A dismal end.

Josie

Copyright©JosieWentzel03May2007

"Seperate Gardens," please. =]
I'll get this in asap...I'm leaving soon.

xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex

16. REQUEST FOR ABSENCE please :)

I've written it, i'll get it posted when i get to college x

Xx Perfection In Each Room xX

She drifts through the house wringing her hands
Opening the doors to every room
Checking everything is in its place
Knowing her husband will be along soon

The kitchen is clean, shining and bright
Everything spotless and tidied away
The nice smell of cooking filled the air
Today had been a productive day

The living room was cosy, the curtains drawn
The fire was on, casting a warm glow
The floor was vacuumed, pillows were plumped
They always had to be arranged just so...

Upstairs the bedroom was all in order
His clothes all ironed and folded with care
The bed was made with fresh blue covers
She quickly smoothed it here and there

She checked that the bathroom was all set up
A steaming hot bath was already drawn
A towel was laid out across the floor
His dressing gown washed and hung on the door

She checks each room always so thoroughly
It has to be perfect for when he gets home
Or he'll be angry and she'll be in a mess
It's all her fault, she should have known

She stands by the door waiting for him
He'll be home and checking the whole house soon
She leads such a trapped and unhappy life
Despite the perfection in each room

*Gem*
Copyright©GemmaStott2007

"Carved by Hand", please.

8 Pictures, 1 picture frame plz....

Charisma*

Two Bows, Three Rubber Bands, One Heart [Double Nove Otto]

Four a.m. and she lays restlessly,
A heart beating sorrows to me,
Her eyes twitch, as she softly breathes,
And she tosses and turns, dreaming -
Of Oceans and waves, sun beaming,
But her flawless smile, it deceives,
Because in her mind, he stands there,
And to her chestnut eyes, he stares,
With a sigh, he turns and he leaves -

Her heart, it breaks in agony,
For I know, she just wants to be,
The girl, with the stars in her eyes,
That he talks about with a smile,
And she may laugh, but all the while
The stories in her eyes tell lies,
A tear falls, as she breaks apart
With two bows, three rubber bands, one heart,
And a tear for every good-bye.

-Jenna Elphick
May 4, 2007

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The Nove Otto poetry form was created by Scott J. Alcorn. It is a nine-lined poem with 8 syllables per line (isosyllabic). The rhyme scheme is as follows: aacbbcddc.

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Seperate Gardens {Triple Tanka}

The difference between
Two worlds and so much more --
The smell of roses.
They speak so kindly with love,
In these two different gardens.

You rule one world,
With your power and glory.
May they speak your name,
In the creations you made
That swirl far, far above.

Through entire time,
Together we will prevail,
Within a beauty.
Though our gardens are serperate,
We are always together.
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Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku with five unrhymed lines of five,
seven, five, seven, and seven syllables. (5, 7, 5, 7, 7)

xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex

Carved by Hand
by SecludedSerendipity

A sculptors' eyes roam the delicate body
Placed right in front of him
Perfection. Simple and beautiful
A work of art, in human form

Concentration etched all over his face
His hands creating pure tenderness
Subtle massages form the womanly glamour
As raw beauty shines before him

A single droplet of a tear falls down
His aging cheekbone, so tenderly
As his wife's newly sculptured body
Acts as an ode to her wonderfulness

Wiping the tear away, he finishes
His masterpiece staring back at him
He smiles, straight at his deceased wife's body
Formed by his heart, carved by his hand

May I do two? =[ Please? I have something good for "Maximum of 12 Days." If so, Yay! If not, aweee. =[

Lol. Thanks.

xTheEcstasyofSuicidex

Alright well since lush took mine, im going to do Other Circumstances

Yes you can do two. Get them in though, I'm judging soon.

Why is the contest not over yet :S?

Man, I lost this contest! Sorry...here's my poem...

8 Pictures, 1 Frame

Eight memories scattered on the floor
Each holding their own special place
One picture frame to place them in
Room in the glass, for just one face

A mother's portrait is staring back
My father's begging for that single frame.
Of these two it's hard enough to choose
Still there lays another seven names.

A best friend from my youthful days
A cherished one from college years
My favorite pet that I cried when losing
Grandma who dried every tear.

Grandpa who told such awesome stories
Now comes to meet my wandering eyes.
Why must it be so difficult on me?
I wish that they could all fit inside.

But there is one last photograph there
Lying on the floor, closest to me.
A man is within the matted paper
The man I loved and love eternally.

When my eyes met with this picture
My heart quickly made up my mind.
And so his photo lays within the frame
In a prison of wooden and glass confines.

By:Charisma*

XTheEcstasyofSuicidex, I couldn't fairly judge yours because someone had that title before you, and it's in the rules, Sorry. :/ The poem was good though.

Winners:
Run Out Of Words.
*Charisma*
*Gem*
Lush.Fcuk-*
Endlessly in the Dark
Wings Of Flame
Secluded Serendipity.

Congrats winners!

Skin
Leave Out All The Rest
Breath
Porcelain Princess

F.
I didn't see her.
I wish you would have said something sooner. >=[
Oh well.
I got a good poem out of it; thanks anyways.

xTheEcstasyofSuicidex

And F! I just wrote "Maximum of Twelve Days" thinking it was for another contest.
God, this makes me mad.
Blahhh.

xTheEcstasyofSuicidex

Congrats everyone.

"Tied Together With a Smile", please. :]

Yeah!!! Well done everyone.

Could you please do:

A lesson Learnt
Consequential Love
Love you to death.

Thanks

>< I'm confused because it's the first time im doing one of these contest thingies...um...so like is there an order in which ppl won or like you just pick 7 ppl who won?...:S...hehe I'm confused...:(

WOW!!!! Thank you soooo much!!!!
Could you please comment my most recent six? Thank you!
Charisma*

Sorry, Hunni. :/
I didn't even notice there were two of the same titles until I judged.... :|

I'll start commenting tomorrow.
I have a lot of things to do & stuff... Eh.
Promise they'll ALL be done by monday though.

Thankyou dearie for the placing
I think it was 3rd judging by the order, so whatever 5 take your fancy.
But please do my latest two =)

Congrats everyone and thank you!
*Gem*

Um...well...if you could comment any it would be fine...thxx.

Hey...You haven't commented my poems yet. I just thought I should point it out :P hehe...sorry I was just confused...