ASHLEIGH SKYE'S SECOND CONTEST!

It can be about any topic, nothing is off limits, its allowed to be explicit if need be, have fun, and happy writing everyone. This are all band names so have fun with them.

Rules:
1) No slang (Because its very hard to read and usually takes away from the poem itself)
2) No religion (only because there are so many different beliefs that I want this to be a fair contest)
3) Any Style that you want
4)Reserve a title
5) Poem must be new

~*~*~Contest will be judged when all of the titles are taken or when people lose interest~*~*~

Titles:

~Men At Work
~Goats Don't Shave
~Peanut Butter Conspiracy
~Cold War Kids
~Anti Nowhere League
~Against All Authority
~Nurse With Wound
~Three Days Grace
~Smile Empty Soul -Twisted Heart (done)
~When November Fails - Ciao x3 (DONE)
~Friends Of Distinction- SingingInTheRain (DONE)
~Guided by voices -DONE Infected with His Deadly Love
~13th Floor Elevators- DONE! Teria

Awards:
1 place: 10 comments and maybe a spot on my favs
2 place: 7 comments and maybe a spot on my favs
3 place: 5 comments
Everyone else: 1 comment

Aweh man, I had a contest lined up like this, but you didn't take any of the bands I had :D lol.

When November Fails, please. :]

13th Floor Elevators

Smile empty soul please

Alrite I finally updated this list.. keep them comming people.

Wow no poems in yet?

Come one guys get writing and reserving or I might have to close this contest because I dont even know if anyone is interested anymore.

Can I have Nurse With Wound? But do I have to use that exact phrase? Does that have to be in the poem I mean? Let me know, thanks! :)
~Midnight Sun

Midnight Sun

If you want to twiek the title a little bit feel free as long as its generaly that idea.. and no you don't have to use the phrase at all in the poem if you dont want to.

Can I reserve Against All Authority? Thnx

Alrite there you go guys.. plz get those poems people.

Wow no poems in yet people?

13th Floor Elevators.

Darkness fills each hall with shadows lingering,
windows crack at night with the wind whistling.
Quick and rapid foot steps, move across the floor,
how on earth you'd hear them through the elevator door,
No answer to our problems as fights build and build..
No questions to responses as pain continues to be filled.

Sudden bursts of pain with a hint of intellectual jealousy
seeps within our conversations of which consist of me.
His overbearing work-aholic non-sense, is just a load of lies,
just as the tears that fall so gently from his evil eyes.
But, there's no such thing as evil seeping through the door,
as quick and rapid foot steps move across the floor.

Tremendous amounts of self inflicted pain stain where I have slept,
weeping with my misery, in the haunting memories that I have kept.
Charity work is worsening, for no helpful words work for me,
as this wondrous mind is searching for labels eyes can't see,
The ones that hide deep within each crack paved on each floor,
as we move up and down on the thirteenth floor elevators.

Nice work so far people.

Guided by voices please

Srry I was away but there you go.

Come on guys get those poems in please.

Guided by voices

Looking at the television screen
She can't believe what she just saw
Bomb blast and dead bodies
Do they know what they are fighting for?

Friends and family back at home
Praying everyday that they will survive
Hoping that all their loved ones
Will come home alive

They are guided by voices
That they hear everyday
By the big man at top
The one who sent them away

What has this achieved?
Nothing but death and heartache
Another day, more dead bodies
This war was a big mistake

Alrite list is now updated.

Thanx for the current poems cant waite to see the rest of them

Wow I cant take this any longer get your poems in people.. dont make me start PMing you

Opps wrong board srry ppl

Wow this one seems to have lost interesting I might just judge it soon

Haha, i forgot about this one. Can I pull out? I don't think I can do it in time. Sorry

Yup thats np

Wow this contest is like dead.. so for all those who were nice enough to get their poems in like I asked I'm gonna give it like a few more days and if I dont get a response from any of the people who reserved poems. (it can be a private message to tell me your still writing, posting the poem here, or simply post on the board that you haven't forgotten) if no response is heard. then everyone who was nice enough to post poems is going to get 10 comments on any poems that they want.. so thanks to all the people who posted poems like they were supposed to.

Alrite guys my computer has a virus and it wont let me go on I think that we are going to have to get a new one.. so I wont be able to judge this contest for a while.. so dont worry I will get it done asap. keep the poems comming. the only reason I can write this now is I'm at a my boyfriends house.

later
Ashleigh

Virus gone.. computer back up and running

Wow come on people one more poem at least and then I can finally judge this.

And for the people that actually got around to sending poem I am VERY VERY sorry that its taking so long to judge.

May i reserve Friends Of Distinction?

When November Fails please. :]

Title: Friends of Distinction
Form: Chant Royal
Author: Kristi H.

You are my bud, my sweet,
Friend from all this time,
Kind love, which never fleets.
If we had a long goodbye,
I don't know what I'd do.
I'd hurt from missing you.
My tears would never stop,
My hands would be a mop,
The days would seem so drear,
Normal days would flop,
I like it when you're here.

Our conversations are a treat,
We laugh and smile and sigh,
The jokes are really neat,
I laugh 'till I could cry,
The times we talk are few,
But when added, they construe.
Our group has come to lop,
A few have come to swap,
But there is nothing to fear,
Our worries can be lost,
I like it when you're here.

The past has come to be,
The future's gaze is blithe,
The present is a feat,
Yet, all of time is nigh.
I never, ever knew,
The years would be consumed,
Each day part of the cost,
Though no part of it is naught.
Someday, we'll start careers,
The time spent will be bought.
I like it when you're here.

Have you come to see,
The ending of work's fights,
Will you also miss me,
As we grow old left and right?
The answers will be true,
And we'll try to act cool,
But from the years that brought,
Our added gains and loss,
I hope that time will veer,
Our vast and endless thoughts.
I like it when you're here.

One day our silly dreams,
Will finally come to light,
And our minds will come to seek,
The memories that shine.
The jokes will seem like new,
Conversations will show through,
Joy will reach the top,
Of the highest distance drop.
The dreary skies will clear,
Hopes that had seemed wrought.
I like it when you're here.

But while we look for clues,
That the future's left to brew,
Let stray thoughts be caught,
For there are not a lot.
Teamwork's soft veneer,
The years of friendship taught.
I like it when you're here.

_____
(The chant royal is a poetic form that consists of five eleven-line stanzas with a rhyme scheme a-b-a-b-c-c-d-d-e-d-E and a five-line envoi rhyming d-d-e-d-E or a seven-line envoi c-c-d-d-e-d-E.)

Thanx guys

When November Fails

The rain is falling slowly, making a rhythmic sound -
Reminding me, sadly, that you're just not around.
The pain, it burns, ripping a hole in my heart;
I just can't stand the fact that we are now apart.

Three times a charm; the last one, a burden -
Your picture reminds me how much I'm really hurting.
I thought that you had loved me, but I guess you lied,
As my pillow catches all the tears my big green eyes have cried.

I thought that you were different, I thought that you had cared -
But I guess my naivety was too blatant there.
Crushed, I broke, fell to pieces on the floor -
I felt I could never amount to anything anymore.

Sure, we had our moments, I remember each one -
And I can even admit that we did have some fun.
I remember the time I cried with you, when you promised me:
That no matter what happened, together is where we'd be.

Your hand could fit mine so perfectly, in each way -
My love for you grew stronger with each passing day.
I loved you for who you were, but I guess it was short-lived;
Even though you broke my heart, I could somehow manage to forgive.

Your big green eyes captured me, and now they won't let go -
My heart is begging for the love that you used to show.
No more cute little kisses on all that stolen time -
No longer will I ever be able to ever call you mine.

No more protective arms to keep me out of the cold;
No more notes or teddy bears to have or to hold.
I know we could've been great, I know we could've been it;
But the fact that you're gone is just too hard to admit.

You may never understand me and you probably never will -
There'll always be a place in my heart that no one but you could fill.
So I try to drown out the pitter-patter with no avail -
As I finally realized it hurts When November Fails.

...

Aww... too bad i couldnt jump in.. i wanted the peanut butter conspiracy.

):

Wow its taking me a really long time to judge this so if you still want in you still have time.

Alrite looks like he doesnt want in after all

If the judging hasn't started would like: Smile Empty Soul. Poem is forthcoming so if I'm late, just disregard it. Thanks