Beatle Mania Round 3

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Results at the bottom.

Beatlemania has hit your computer screens. This Fab Four were at the top of the charts in the 1960's. I just thought I'd bring them back.

This is going to be a 4 Round contest.

Rules:
1. Any style
2. Should you actually know any of the lyrics, you're NOT allowed to use them!
3. One poem per poem that advanced to this round.
4.The deadline for this round will be 10 August.

This is going to work a bit differently from most more-than-one-round contests. I am going to be taking a maximum of 30 poems to the next round. It doesn't matter if more than 2 of the poems I have chosen were done by the same person. It just means that that person gets to submit twice again in the next round. (Which will be a 2 title per person round: hence that person will be able to choose up to 4 titles). Make sense? If not, PM me.

Round 3: Max 6 poems go through to Round 4
Round 4: Top 3 announced.

Congratulations on all of you making it through to the next round!!!!!!

Secluded Serendipity
Secluded Serendipity
Charisma*
Charisma*
Espoir*failed
Debbylyn
Jenna
Britt
Charisma*
Charisma*
Charisma*
Espoir*failed
Debbylyn
*Gem*
Debbylyn

Titles:
1.Ticket To Ride {Espoir*failed}
3.All I've Got To Do
4.Boys
5.For No One
11.That Means a Lot
12.Twist and Shout
14.Any Time At All
15.Dig It
17.I Need You
18.I'm Only Sleeping {Espoir*failed}
19.Maxwell's Silver Hammer

DONE:
6.Honey Don't {Britt}
9.No Reply {Charisma*}
10.She / He Loves You {Charisma*}
2.Yesterday {*Gem*}
7.I Want To Tell You {Charisma*}
13.You'll Be Mine {Charisma*}
16.Hello Goodbye {SecludedSerendipity}
6.Honey Don't {Jenna}
8.It's All Too Much {Charisma*}
20.September In The Rain {SecludedSerendipity}

Good Luck

"Hello Goodbye" and "September in the Rain", please.

I Want To Tell You
It's All Too Much
No Reply
She / He Loves You
You'll Be Mine

Please Reserve! Thanks!
Charisma*

Honey Don't
Twist and Shout
I Need You

Jenna, if I'm not mistaken you only completed one of your poems which advanced, so you're only allowed one poem this round, honey...

Which would you like?

Yesterday please

I'm only sleeping and ticket to ride please.

xx thanks xxx

Double post

sorry xx

No Reply

You've locked yourself into a room
Your world is crashing, filled with doom.
The questions build while answers leave
You want to cry, but no time to grieve.

So you build a haven in the hate
But problems don't just dissipate.
Deeper into a hole you crawl
Until you're backed against a wall.

Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide.
Glimmers of hope are always denied.
People look up to what you say
But all your words have run away.

You're not the first, nor will be the last
To feel that life comes on too fast.
But you can't stop when the light is green
Or fear the future 'cause it can't be seen.

Hard times will come and they will go.
You can learn what you don't know.
I've said this to him so much, and I
Am always returned with no reply.

By: Charisma*

He Loves You

No explanation will do any good
Because I don't feel the way that I should.
It's been weeks, but the news still seems new,
And the truth of it is, he loves you.

There will be no long-stemmed roses for me,
No notes of affection, no poetry,
No plans of forever for just us two,
Because the truth of it is, he loves you.

There aren't any phone calls late at night.
We don't have problems on which to fight.
No reason to make-up or pull on through,
Because the truth of it is, he loves you.

I know you can't miss what you never had,
But I still find myself wanting it back.
Whether or not he knows or ever knew
It doesn't really matter, because he loves you.

By: Charisma*

Xx Yesterday xX

Yesterday when the grass was still green
The flowers bloomed and their petals gleamed
Great trees touched the sky, tall and proud
And birds would warble and sing so loud

Yesterday when the sun was still bright
Everything was bathed in the warm golden light
We'd sit outside in the late summer heat
Exchanging kisses so loving, so sweet

Yesterday when the stars twinkled down
Nightingales sang us a beautiful sound
The moonlight covered us in silver strands
As we strolled by the river, tightly holding hands

Yesterday when we kissed for the very last time
We knew that we'd reached the end of the line
Love was no longer binding us together
But we parted knowing, we'd be friends forever

Yesterday when the sky was so blue
When you still loved me and I loved you
But today things have changed, we've grown apart
But we still hold friendship deep in our heart

*Gem*
Copyright©GemmaStott2007

Not all relationships end in tears =)

I Want to Tell You
By: Charisma*

I want to tell you life is good.
You're hardly on my mind.
I only think about you
On occassion, time to time.

I want to tell you that my tears
Fall just once in a while.
Most of the time my days
Are filled with laughter and smiles.

I want to tell you my diary
Hardly knows of your name.
I find no need to write of it
When I just don't feel the same.

I want to tell you that my friends
Say I look better than before.
They say I'm getting over you,
By learning there's so much more.

What I really want to tell you
Is that my love is nearly gone.
But I can't say that stupid thing
Because you didn't know all along.

Just over a week left...

You'll Be Mine

There are so many stories
Lies told to give us hope,
Provide us with security
And an unstable way to cope.

But, boy if they were true
Oh, all the pleasures I'd find.
And maybe just for once
The hope that you'll be mine.

So somewhere over the rainbow
Next to the pot of gold
Are my wishes on the stars
Within the leprachaun's hold.

And in some fairytale
Is a picture of me and you.
I hate the lies portrayed...
'Cause that won't come true.

I'd love to believe them...
The falsehoods meant to heal
But when I face the world
I know that they aren't real.

By: Charisma*

Hello Goodbye
by SecludedSerendipity

"Hello there, how are you?" you greeted me so bright:
After so much heartache in my life, I thought you'd make things right.
"I'm wonderful, thank you, now that I've met you."
Oh only if that statement could have stayed so true.

The relationship bloomed like a summer's day flower,
Then out of nowhere it turned so sour.
A few months it lasted, if I'm counting correct,
You left me more broken than before; utterly imperfect.

Despite how much you hurt me, despite my tears,
I have to move on and get over all these fears.
I'm a bigger and better person than you shall ever be,
So thank you, my darling, for letting my eyes see.

I said hello so easily, welcomed with open arms,
Instantly I was absorbed and taken in by your charms.
Yet this pairing was a nightmare, it only made me cry,
So now I zip up that chapter of life and I say goodbye.

Honey Don`t

In the cab of his truck he starts to get a little rough,
She tries to push him away, but it becomes so tough;
"Honey don`t, this isn`t what you want to do to me,"
She pleads, but her begging only fills him with glee.

Ripping off her shirt, he starts to kiss her neck;
Tears run down her face, she`s such a wreck,
And he pushes her down, as his eyes fill with rage,
"Honey don`t, you know that I`m underage."

Her mama warned her about boys like this,
But his eyes filled her with a sense of bliss;
"Just promise me you won`t drink tonight,"
Her mama asked, eyes filled up with fright.

And her naivety wound her in his backseat,
As she struggled through his pitiful deceit,
"Honey don`t, I`ll go straight to the cops,"
She threatened as he pulled her on top.

She cried for help but no one was around,
And she fell from grace without a sound;
"Honey don`t!" she cried, begging for her life;
Just fourteen years old, taken by a knife.

- Jenna Elphick
August 7, 2007

I just noticed Britt did this title, so do I have to do another one now?

Nah. Don't worry about it Jenna. It's all good...

September in the Rain
by SecludedSerendipity

I never thought a single month could mean so much to me;
My world was filled with blissful sunshine, though the weather would not agree.
It poured all day and it rained all night, yet my spirits were not dampered;
You kept me happy all month long, I was constantly being pampered.

Chaos and havoc in my world just disappeared
When that golden ray of hope suddenly appeared.
You rose up with such gracefulness, an angel in my midst,
And life was fabulous, up until that final kiss.

One nasty October morning, I woke up feeling sorrow,
I could no longer see any brightness shining into tomorrow.
I washed and changed with urgency, and rushed round to your home,
What I saw before me chilled even my smallest bones.

Blood was splattered on the walls, a gun right by your side,
Suddenly I felt like I had nothing at all inside.
Then I looked to the left and noticed on the table:
Your suicide note which held tales of a life being so unstable.

"I'm sorry, Darling, I really am. For you've brought me so much joy,
But this depression inside me, I have held since I was a boy.
I thought I could conquer it, now that you were by my side,
But then I realised all I was doing was from the truth, trying to hide.

Do not cry when you read this, and I'm sorry for the sight,
But me being gone, away from you, will make everything so right.
Do not look back, do not remember, I am not worth the pain,
Our memories really only lasted a month: a September filled with rain."

It's All Too Much

The house is so quiet. I can hear myself breathe.
The silence is here. I don't want it to leave.
Your pictures are hung up and down the walls.
I pass you a thousand times in these halls.

We were young love, but strong and true.
Knew what we wanted, and said, "I do."
The future was great. We had our plans made.
All but the part where death would invade.

Who would've known it wouldn't last?
Forever was quick and ended so fast.
This funeral has come 50 years too soon,
And just weeks after our own honeymoon.

I spray your cologne on the pillow by mine.
A security blanket for the hurt in my mind.
Nothing will ease all the confusion I feel,
But some things make it a little less real.

My stomach aches, but it's more than just pain.
A part of you, and of me it contains.
You died a father, but won't ever know
Of the life you gave, just starting to grow.

It's all too much, too many problems to face.
So much heartache, for such a little space.
I bend on my knees and pray to be strong.
Life without you, I didn't count on.

Happy Birthday SecludedSerendipity!!!!!!!!!! Hope you have a fantastic day!!!!!

Hehe, thank you. =] I'm sure I'll have a wonderful day.

THIS ROUND IS NOW CLOSED. GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING IN...

JOSIE

Nooooooooooo
i was going to post these later when i came back from work,
im so sorry i missed it, please please can i still post??

xx

I'm going to post and pray it's still ok.
please :D

Ticket to ride

I'm not going to wait around forever.
And if I keep telling myself that, maybe I'll start to believe it.
Don't sweat it though because it will show up in the photos,
And we wouldn't want that,
No, you wouldn't want that.

I blame it on the rapids.
The rapid succession of your fame,
And all the necessities it brings along.
Just tell me when it's all done,
Because I don't want to push you off your soapbox
Or ruin your few minutes of fun.

You got a ticket to ride far, far away.
(And though I never dreamed that you'd stay,)
I always hoped you wouldn't go.

I should have known,
I'd always known.

I hope you know,
You're not the one to change fame,
It's the one to change you.
I got a ticket to come and see you,
But you don't remember my name.

You "stars" are all the same.
You "stars" are all the same.

Again, i really hope this is still accepted.

Only sleeping

You stole the stars and robbed them of their magic.
I hope it was worth it.
You put them in your rented house,
So that everything looked perfect.

Your drink fuelled talk helped you pull and
Tonight, for you, there are only these four walls.
There's no small talk because you wouldn't know what to say.
Just find a way to shut the doors and make her stay.

The stars slide down the walls,
Because only true romance could have kept them up.
The stars slide down the walls,
Because your empty promises weren't enough.

You exhale and pant,
Whilst pulling her pants
Down.

I thought we'd never moved on
And our feelings were only sleeping.
I always had hope.
Well, you supplied me with a noose and a rope.

I guess you killed more than the stars tonight.
I guess we're more than just sleeping.

Only you can make it alright.

I will accept your poems. Judging will be done by Monday (maybe Tuesday)

Was wondering when this will be judged by??? I know there's lots of poems so I'm just wondering :)
Charisma*

Hi everyone

Thanks for your patience. This weekend has been a bit of a rough one.

But I have the winners of this round. This was, for me, the hardest of all the rounds to judge. You all wrote awesome poems, but alas, there can only be six...

Secluded Serendipity - Hello Goodbye
Secluded Serendipity - September in the Rain
Charisma* - He Loves You
Jenna - Honey Don't
Charisma* - I Want to Tell You
*Gem* - Yesterday

Thank you to everyone else who entered. And congratulations to those going to the next round. Round Four will be posted a bit later.

Josie