Titles (espoir)

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Ok i decided we need another titled contest haha,
you know you love them.

RULES
no more than 45lines
in by 1st july
any style
doesn't have to be new
doesn't have to rhyme.
max 3 per poem and
3per poet!
reserve if you want or just post (as long as it's not already full)
MUST FIT THE TITLE!!!! (if you feel the need to explain your poem, feel free)

les titles:

breathe me
-romancing the darker side (done)
-gabriella (done)
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5:15am
-Blissful torture (done)
-Teria (done)
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the last minute
-Teria (done)
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over exposed photo
-theworldfellnuweren'tthere
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thunder acoustic
-lush fcuk (done)
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that's the deal
-tricky daze (done)
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pretend you don't know (FULL)
-lush fcuk (done)
-dixiedaisy(done)
-blissful torture (done)

all kinds of time
-Teria (done)
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have fun!!
can't wait to read
the prizes will be good and everyone who enters will get commented!
xx

5:15am please.

Thanks,
Josie

Espi,Could i please reserve that's the deal?

And unique titles hun
Thanks alot
xx

Blissful Torture, please.

Can we write two? If so can I have Thunder Acoustic and Pretend You Don't Know please? If only one I'll take Pretend You Don't Know.

=]

May I reserve pretend you don't know also. Thank you in advance.

Dixie

-brain dead- maybe later.

Two is fine jenna!
also romancing the darker side, blissful torture is the name of someone who has entered the contest!!! feel free to choose another.
xx

5:15am

It's early in the morning
They sky still dark outside
Nothing is moving
As if the whole world has died

Sitting at my window
I wipe the tears from my eyes
Looking outside and questioning
Whether I would see the sun rise

And I wonder
Will I see tomorrow?
Will I be able to survive
All of yesterday's sorrow?

I ask myself,
Now lying on the floor,
Is my life worth living?
I don't anymore

5:15am
And the world starts to come to life
No one will even notice
That in my lifeless hand, I still wield a knife

Josie
Copyright©JosieWentzel28 May 2007

In that case, I'll take breathe me. I thought that was a title... Thanks for letting me know though! :)

Breathe Me

Breathe me like oxygen
I hope to suffocate your mind
So allow me to fill your lungs
Before I make you blind

You wear your heart upon your sleeve
And consider it brave
I'll wear mine upon my wrist
'Til it sends me to the grave

Breathe me like you've nothing
Else to breathe in
You're going to die anyways
I'll just help death begin

As I fill your lungs now
For one sinful last time
You choke and gasp quickly
As the last clock chimes

Over Exposed Photo

please&thankyou.

The last minute, All Kinds of time, and 5:15am, please.

I can reserve three right?
If not let me know.

Thanks. :]

5:15 am.

Departing souls agitate the mind, while trembling suicides become kind.
Stimulate the heart to work the right way, and forget the pain of yesterday.
Escaping breaths, the smell of vodka releasing whispers 'I'm going to sock ya.'

Aware of procedure, deliberately running away..Remembering the pain of yesterday.
A promise made unto herself, broken yet again. Forgiven not forgotten jealousy; her greatest sin.
Cheater by the mind, player by the soul..She knew it when she started, now out of control.

Anthracite in her bones, continuously it burns as her mind forever churns.
A million reasons to turn back around, but her wisdom is still unfound.
She's taken to a different place in time, given the same old, foolish line,

" I'll take you away from your yesterdays. I promise, just give it a few more days.."
Trusting the words she easily gives in, once again feeling the burning sensation.
5:15 am rapidly passes by, and off goes the facade of a meant to be guy.

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The lines are long, but there suppose to be 3 lines per stanza.

The Last Minute

Only time can tell the truth, stealing children from their youth.
They say it's time for them to go, but what do these children know?
Nothing worth knowing, I know that much. But, what does it take to touch?..
Touch the hearts of the broken, mend the lives unspoken.
Break the facaded innocent, show how life was meant..
For each and every person, to live until their end.
There's no fighting death, no winning what's left.
There's nothing you can do to let earth stay with you.
For, the last minute isn't what's chosen, or what's known.
Only time can tell the truth, while stealing children from their youth.

Breathe me plz

Breathe me

ocean,
waves lapping against the shore so silently,
yet with the loud beating of my heart,
foam dissolving into sand,
white sand.

sun,
burning all the colors of the earth,
stripped of it's redness from the heat,
rays falling into my mind,
a butterfly.

sky,
holding the world tight with clouds,
laughter in it's purest form,
the last piece of the universe,
so blue.

earth,
the ground another life form,
breathing with the heaviness of footsteps,
covering it's body,
still alive.

wind,
spinning in the depths of sunshine,
breaking through the barriers,
so cold, a killer,
yet beautiful.

world,
i live inside the world,
yet i long for something better,
selfishness i know, but i want happiness,
gorgeous cold.

nothing,
nothing is what i want,
an empty void of the black's crystals,
so that i can rest, and breathe;
breathe me.

Pretend you don't know please...

Josie

Pretend You Don't Know

I can hear them screaming and yelling through the wall,
And her cheeks are wet with tears as she takes the fall,
Surrendering herself to him with her heart in his haggard hand -
Stripped bare - no longer possessing their golden wedding band.

And her blue eyes come crying to me in the middle of the night,
As she lets it all out, and at her worst she's still a beautiful sight -
Telling me the stories of his lying and cheating ways,
The way he lied to all of us and how embarrassing it was to be played.

But as he left that night with his clothes packed in garbage bags,
He turned around and asked her for one last cigarette drag,
And as she walked over to him, with spite furling over her tongue,
She told him to use the door meant for leaving while she's young.

He looked over to me with tears in his bright blue eyes,
When he sighed and said: "Just pretend it's all a lie,
Pretend you don't know about me and what I did,
Forget about all the other girls and drugs that I hid."

And as he sped down the dirt road, leaving us behind in dust,
I looked over to his picture on the wall in misery and disgust,
As I walked over to it and stared him right in his eyes,
I whispered: "Pretend you don't know I seen through your disguise."

-Jenna Elphick
May 31, 2007

I am changing this due date to an the 1st july.
xxx

Thunder Acoustic

Talk is cheap; but baby I'm a sucker for sweet talk,
But I never learned to run away; I was taught to walk,
So I don't know how I look tonight; in this summer dress,
Running away from you; tears streaking my distress.

My Mama gave me these heels; taught me manners,
And never before have I been scared of wedding planners,
But the way you smelled earlier; the look in your eyes,
I knew in the back of my mind; I skipped over your lies.

So the only wedding I know is playing all night on ABC,
And My Big Fat Greek Wedding* is good enough for me;
As long as I've got Mr. Daniels for comfort; I'll be fine,
Because the whiskey is far better than cheap wine.

So maybe I don't need to tie the knot; I can stay gone,
This cheap motel will occupy my mind until dawn,
And if I change my mind by then; will you have changed?
Will the flowers I picked for the reception be rearranged?

You played me that song; it scared me half to death,
And I could smell her with the nicotine on your breath,
But you lied; covered up all of your pathetic tracks,
So if there was one thing you missed; it was the facts.

The fact of the matter is; you forgot to wash your clothes,
There was white cocaine dabbled under your nose,
And all along; I listened to the tattered words you said,
But if it were up to me; I'd choose the thunder acoustic instead.

-Jenna Elphick
June 13, 2007

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*Big Fat Greek Wedding - for those who don't know, is a movie.

[That's The Deal]

Let this affective glamour glide;
Maybe you know the connection will decide
How long it will last but no matter what,
I want to be with you for you.

Heal my soul with words through years;
Be careful because life fulfilled it with fears
You will be the one no matter what,
I want to say yes, a gift from me to you.

Grow in my mind and teach me love;
As angels shove each other above
Your belonging isn't enough no matter what,
I want to steal you forever from you.

Shorten the way between you and my heart;
Then distances won't ever let us apart
That's the deal about us no matter what,
I want to compound my love with you.

Pretend you don't know

Absent minded bombshell tell me your despair
Jokes about intelligence determined by your hair
Nasty little video that made its way for sale
Made popular via media on a grander scale
Seems the simple life was merely just an act
Or was it that hard time simply made you crack
Twenty three days, now you've paid your dues
Hardly time enough to even change your views
Unfortunate events have fueled you to your fame
Money couldn't buy it, nor could daddy's name
Hide behind your heiress and fact you are a blonde
Dumb was just a game and now the fun is gone
Stars are blind you see about the lessons learned
Pretend you don't know bridges have been burned

M.K.S.

Pretend You Don't Know

Looking in the pockets
Of my sister's coat,
Instead of what I was looking for,
I found a little note.

The note read:
"??Dear Mom and Dad,
I'm sorry for all
Those times I was bad".

"I never meant to make you angry,
But I guess that's just what I do.
Please remember, even though you don't feel the same,
I will always love you".

Reading the last line -
The one saying "goodbye",
I realised I had tears
Falling from my eyes.

Folding up her suicide note,
She spoke behind me, low:
"Act as if you never saw it -
Pretend you don't know."

I told her that she needed help,
But she wouldn't hear it.
She reached out for my hand,
Exposing her wrists, already slit.

I ran out to get help
But there was no one around.
I screamed at the top of my lungs,
But nobody heard a sound.

I was too late -
She lay bleeding on the floor,
And on her suicide note,
She had written more:

"Dearest sister,
I love you so.
But in order to forget,
You have to pretend you didn't know."

I still can't believe
I practically saw her die,
And that I never got
To kiss my sister goodbye.

Josie

Copyright©JosieWentzel27June2007

Extended till friday and if no more interest/entries the results wil be in on monday (9th)

It stinks. sorry.

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all kinds of time.

As tears are held from my rosey cheecks,
I pray to God my mind goes bleek.
maybe today you'll show once again,
to become a father, even a friend.
with all kinds of time.. all kinds of time.
You'd think you'd stop by and say that you're fine
I'd just like to know.. that you're thining of me.
Because, you're never around.. I just can't believe.

All kinds of time, Oh all kinds of time.
Father, it's all kinds of time..
And, somehow you're not mine.
Oh, somehow you're not mine..

Ok this was a tricky one to judge but i've come to my decision.

1st - Gabriella, Breathe me.

2nd - Dixiedaisy, Pretend you don't know

3rd - Jenna, Thunder Acoustic

HM - Jenna, Pretend you don't know

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1st = 7comments
2nd = 5comments
3rd = 4 comments

HM= 2 comments

everyone else one comment.

PLEASE PLEASE TELL ME WHICH ONES YOU WANT COMMENTING.
IF YOU DON'T MIND THAT'S FINE JUST POST IT HERE!!!

Comments may not be immediate but will definately be done.

xxxx

well done to all and congrats to winners

Wow.
thx so much!!!
and i don't mind which ones you comment.... :D
congrats to everyone!
~gabriella

Hello,

I'm sorry that I never entered the contest. I had forgotten to unreserve the poems that I had reserved because I was going to camp.

I'm sorry.