Greatest Contest in a Long Long while, ROUND 1

Alrightey!

So this is one of the largest things happening out here in September (and might follow through to another month)

This is going to be a five round contest.

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This is how the first round will be executed:

-- I want all participating poets to submit in ONE poem, their own work.

-- Plagiarism will be reported to unkind moderators, who will suspend all of your twenty seven accounts

-- This poem can be about anything under the sun, any form, any genre. For your own sake and mine, TRY to be unique.

-- This poem MUST be one of your last seven poems. You are allowed to choose the best one out of them and submit. Please make sure that your work is already submitted on the site, and provide a link at the bottom of your poem, that leads to it.

-- This round will be open until the 22nd of September, which is a Saturday.

-- I will solicit for one (or two) judge(s) to select poems. A brief critique may be given by judges, if they don't mind doing so. Also, I just MIGHT be one of the judges in case we're running short.

-- Out of all the poems submitted, seven winners will be selected.

-- Please ensure that if you are entering this contest, you WILL follow it up in the future. I don't want this to be deserted.

-- Any queries regarding the rules may be PMed to me.

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So that was the first round. After the umpteen entries submitted, seven poets will be shortlisted.

Round two- Slightly newer rules, we'll do that when we come to it, and FIVE (of the seven chosen earlier) will be shortlisted.

Round three- FOUR out of the five chosen, will be shortlisted. One will be eliminated.

Round four- One more will be eliminated, THREE will remain.

Round five- One winner out of the three will be chosen. This might be a head to head thing.

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REQUEST: All those who are interested in judging the first round, please contact me via PM.

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Thank you for reading all that. If you've made your way through ALL that, you have patience, AND, you're ready. Get to submitting, guys! Choppy Chop!

I declare the first round................OPEN! :D

O.k., I read it all and it sounds fun, I want to participate. I'll post my poem, with the link, here soon.

Moon tears-by DarkSpirit

Metal shine of red bones,
the rhythm of the night is judged;
underworld shivered,
and golden screams were penalties.

Bloody killer for a day, the wolf howled,
defined by cruel rules of survival,
and in the dark, he was just plaintive dreamer,
crucifying the stars with contempt.

The moon incapably from his white throne
looks on the catastrophe, fall of the darkness,
whispers shares with his dead lover- silence;
his dungeon he already have seen.

Lies fade against the fear of the truth,
hope gives illusive wings
and the chants of the ancient are only protection
to shaky columns of inspiration.

Trapped he was in broken dreams,
blood-thirsty and alone,
he have seen his way in heavens,
but instead the wings, he had claws.

Moon's tears filled the glass,
he drank them with pleasure,
merged with liquid fantasy
that distilled, scouring away rules of grayness.

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/dark/poems.php?id=949349

I'll do it!! :]
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We'll Never Know (You and Me) [Lyrics]

Verse 1:
You tied me up with a string, just to keep me holding on,
You spun such lies and sugar-coated life, but I knew all along.
I played your game, but I held the ace, and look at who has won -
So continue to think you have the royal flush, I'll be having the fun.
The web of lies you decided to spin are oh, so intricate,
And I don't think you'll ever come clean; I don't think you'll ever admit.
Give up, you lose, pack up and go home -
'Cause if I must be lonely, I'd much rather be alone.
You thought that Id' be different, but how right, you did not know;
I hid my heart up my sleave, where no one dared to go.

Chorus:
We'll never know what we could've been -
Now I've learned how, how not to give in.
You'll never show someone all you can be.
I guess we'll never know about, you and me.

Verse 2:
Dangling, I spun, but I did it just for fun -
You didn't know all along that I was already done.
No more holding onto hopes and to empty dreams,
Because my life is so much more than it seems.
Cliches are just that; broken hearts aren't for me -
I can do better and be all I can be.
Someone will love me for just who I am;
Someone will care and they will understand.
But for now, I'll leave you with just one thought:
Don't let me be the one that you somehow forgot.

Chorus:
We'll never know what we could've been -
Now I've learned how, how not to give in.
You'll never show someone all you can be.
I guess we'll never know about, you and me.

Bridge:
Broken-down hearts in need of something more -
Gradually learning it's too much to just ignore.

Chorus:
We'll never know what we could've been -
Now I've learned how, how not to give in.
You'll never show someone all you can be.
I guess we'll never know about, you and me.

We'll never know what we could've been -
Now I've learned how, how not to give in.
You'll never show someone all you can be.
I guess we'll never know about, you and me.

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/life/poems.php?id=948173

Hey,
i would love to participate... but the poem i want to submit for this contest is my 8th most recent... (because i just uploaded one today) also... one of my recent's is 'explicit' and therefore not elligable for consideration anyway... am i allowed to submit 'anguished deamons' even though it's number 8?
if not, that's kool. i understand.
just thought i'd ask.

Xx Sex, Lies And Betrayal xX

Safe in the corner in the midst of the night
Sex, lies and betrayal have reached a new height
Reflections of bittersweet passion and lust
The lure of the forbidden fruit was too much

They came in together, a flurry of heat
Trapped in an embrace from their lips to their feet
Abandoning all thoughts of whats right and whats wrong
She'd wanted to have his best friend for so long

She'd tell me how much she yearned for his kiss
Confide all her worries and every last wish
Happily married for the past seven years
I'd seen all the laughter, the love and the tears

Yet now all I see is a relationship slurred
In the marital bed where this poison occurred
Writhing and screaming someone else's name
Tomorrow she'll suffer noxious guilt and shame

I never thought she would cheat on her man
With his best friend just to show that she can
Sex, lies and betrayal have took place in the dark
She'll look in me tomorrow with a new broken heart

*Gem*
Copyright©GemmaStott2007

(Can you guess the hidden twist in this poem? It's from a mirror's point of view)

Link - http://www.best-love-poems.com/poems.php?id=924252

Hey Somber Esprit...I guess you can submit, since you posted one today itself :) The point in keeping it as one from the last seven was that I wanted a recent favorite, which would be a gauge of recent ability..

Soul gazer

by NyellMoonlight

Azure shadows filled the head,
on the moon's top, we danced,
smiling with the shiniest stars
in the orbits of this liquid world.

Guarding some unsaid thoughts
lyrical motions locked inside,
melody of the silver bells cringed
in front of our alluring masks.

Whole picture's framed with waves,
ebbs and tides of the entwined auras,
beckoning a few lost pieces colored
in whole spectrum of dream's hues.

Patchwork moments tainted souls,
complex yet fragile, cosmically defined;
I see all that as I gaze into your eyes,
the reality's not enough, so blank and gray.

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/misc/poems.php?id=945082

Ah! GREAT!!! thanks dhaval! in that case, here it is.
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~Demons of Dispair~

The scars of cold betrayal,
Cut deep into my heart.
The flames of past injustices,
Consume my wounded soul.
The armies of mortality,
Shackle us miles apart.
With worriers of loneliness,
Despair their only goal.

The jagged blade of certainty,
And fiendish hellhounds bark,
The tortured face of one love lost,
Reminds me I'm alone,
I wait in vain to flee this earth,
Embrace the coming dark,
Memories of those I've left behind,
Send chills through every bone.

The anguished demons of despair,
Ignore my feeble plight,
I take my blade, slash long and deep
Wrists crying tears of red,
As twilight comes to claim my soul
I don't put up a fight.
I'll fly unfettered from this realm,
Pain ceases, now I'm dead.

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/sad/poems.php?id=937652

Woot this sounds kinda interesting. Anyways, heres mine.

Stars

Shining like the moon,
Surrounded by nothingness,
Silently waiting for tomorrows,
Silhouetted lies to unveil,

Threatened by the worlds uncertainty,
They retreat into their dark corner,
Telling each other the day will brighten soon;
Their troubles will be gone,

Another day goes by,
Another star shoots past,
Annihilating their chance of hope,
Absent mindedly fading away,

Reminiscing of better times,
Revealing their inner weakness,
Reminding me of you, I,
Realize why I even care,

Something about them,
Sparked in my mind,
Simple thoughts run through my head,
Someday you will be my shooting star

http://www.best-love-poems.com/poems.php?id=908761

Impressionism

I see you
Smiling at me from across the room
I remember those lips

So soft, so sweet
So twisted and mean
The photograph doesn't capture that

But I remember
Every moment
Every word
Trapped in my mind

The tender and the bitter
Two sides to a coin
Oh but the human spirit
Made of so much more

A complicated mass
Blood, bone, skin
Mind, heart, emotion
Chaos and perfection all at once

We are life and death
A single picture
But a whisper
Revealing only what we wish

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/life/poems.php?id=946910

Untitled (monody)
by Ashleigh Skye

"I remember when I first met you,
your pale skin glistening in the moonlight,
those dark eyes,
oh,
how they pierced my soul.
You taught me the purest form of love,
showed me it has no limits,
and our first kiss,
magical is not powerful enough to describe it.
You were my best friend,
and although we had our differences,
I never wanted you to fall.
You helped me see so much
showed me the power of the outcasts,
the strength of the fallen,
and when we were together,
I felt as if I could achieve anything.
You believed in me,
and even when our worlds pulled us in different directions,
and your thirst for blood consumed you,
you always managed to stay with me.
As I sit here at your grave site,
I wonder,
are you really gone for good,
or are you simply sleeping waiting for the perfect moment,
to open your eyes and return to me.
But that's when I see the wooden stake,
thrust deep in your chest,
and the long since dried garlic around your neck,
and it slowly starts to sink in,
your gone.
Oh,
how I wish it wasn't true,
how I wish that you were still with me,
caring for me,
like only you know how to do.
Taking me places,
I never would have seen,
and,
teaching me,
the power of the unexplained.
Wishing never solved anything though,
and I know that nothing I do will change that."

And as the young woman,
arose from the gravestone,
she left behind a vile of a sticky red substance,
closed with a cork,
bottled up forever,
just like her love for the man,
who stood up for the many things that mattered.
And as she walked away,
the moon,
turned from white to red.

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/dark/poems.php?id=949560

Mmm...sounds like a fun contest, in my opinion.
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And I Shall Love You, Until I Love No More {Licentia Rhyme}

Snow, charming to her touch, burns unlike before,
And I shall love you, until I love no more."
Sweet caress by moonlights hand; souls will unite,
Whispers softly, "Love at hand is death at sight."
A soothing breeze glows deathly; "Admit defeat;"
Dash to him; "Without you, I am incomplete."
Master of hearts, dare you breathe a timely death,
"You live too long; mangled veins protest this breath."
Echoes build, tombed cry; "...until I love no more..."
Burned hands touch the snow; souls of love yet ignore.
Snow, charming to her touch, burns unlike before,
"And I shall love you, until I love no more."

Sweet caress by moonlights hand; souls will unite,
Whispers softly, "Love at hand is death at sight,"
Nevermore shall igniting bonds bring to touch;
Dangerous ignorance pass; untimely, oh such!
"Succumb! Render mercy, faithless that you be;
In moment's time, lost admist, but never free."
Woes to woes; love is brutal amongst the cold,
Test precise; taste gracious boundaries nothing holds.
Echoes build; whisper in your ear, "...never free..."
Burned hands cool snow; "You have my heart, and the key."
Snow, charming to her touch, burns unlike before,
"And I shall love you, until I love no more."

A soothing breeze glows deathly; "Admit defeat;"
Dash to him; "Without you, I am incomplete."
Souls mend their hearts; they've not forgotten the dark,
Rendered black, hearts sing pity upon the mark.
"We have lived not in vain, but for love and word,"
Crashing templates for the latter that occurred.
Grasp failing hands that seem lost in time, a shame;
"This is death and love, don't you see! Not a game!"
Echoes build; "Grim arrives soon, my dears, be still,"
"We will not succumb!" Does gasp a greater chill.
Snow, charming to her touch, burns unlike before,
"And I shall love you, until I love no more."

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The Licentia Rhyme Form, a poetic form created by Laura Lamarca, consists of at least 3
12-line stanzas with 11 syllables per line. Of course, the poem can be elongated adding on
to the following rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeAA, BBffgghhiiAA, CCjjkkllmmAA

xTheEcstasyofSuicidex

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/sad/poems.php?id=929206

Hawksong

Inspired by the book "Hawksong," by Amelia Atwater Rhodes.

Invoke the air's seductive melody --
Listen to the beautiful, rising notes.
A lullaby soothes her patchwork heart,
The change begins to its sacred song.

The exchange of human vulnerability
For feathers of down and plumage
Has become her escape from reality.
Soft crunch of spine brings nonchalance,
Change to hollow bone brings tranquility.
Her grief and strife quickly forgotten --
As she is cloaked with newfound freedom.

The change ends to a wondrous hawksong --
Spread powerful, golden brown wings,
To feel the hidden glory of flight
And the sweet release from humanity.

Copyright (c) Sweet Fragility
8/15/07

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/dark/poems.php?id=935638

I Hate Everything About You

Three more bottles 'til the boys go down,
Watch us turn your mouth into a frown.
You drink away the lacy pain,
It's hidden in your eyes, so vain.

Dare to fly, but not willingly.
My hatred boils, fulfillingly.
Don't you fear that this might be true?
I hate everything about you.

The way you breathe, when you're so dense.
Watch me build up this picket fence.
We'll close the door and pray it works,
We'll keep you out, you hateful jerk.

Dare to fly, but not willingly.
My hated boils, fulfillingly.
Don't you fear that this might be true?
I hate everything about you.

Another knock on the wooden door:
We're running on empty at close to four.
The friendly demons inside my head,
Kept me so safe in an empty bed.

Dare to fly, but not willingly.
My hated boils, fulfillingly.
Don't you fear that this might be true?
I hate everything about you.

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/dark/poems.php?id=932734

I'm entering!!
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Endless Night

Is there world enough
For just us two
Together here
Me and you

Our thoughts fly free
Our souls collide
All because
One simple rhyme

your words echo
Across the sky
On this endless night
I'm prepared to fly

You take my hand
And spread your wings
My guardian angel
Among other things

We float through the clouds
And you silently whisper
"don't be alarmed
Because on this night
You could never be harmed"

"For I'm your angel
Your angel in flight
And I'll always be here
In this endless night"

and heres the link:
http://www.best-love-poems.com/poems.php?id=914900

thx and i can't wait to see the results!!

Crystal Tears of Insanity
by Twisted Heart

Tears come ever so slowly
sating my pain in their wake
Upon this night they are falling
my heart fully crushed from the break
Dreams, tattered, tonight now crumble
beneath the weight of the pain
Ever so slowly they tumble
inside of my soul once again.

Hope has gone into hiding
faith lost among tears left to cry
My heart is a vessel residing
among all the wreckage inside.
Crashing upon all the thunder
the ocean of tears come to flood
Pulling my mind ever under
voiding my life of laughter and love.

A prison for all of the aching
inside of my soul there to see
Tarnished, bruised, and forsaking
catch and hold tightly to my sanity.
Ripping through vessels that tarry
inside of my mind and my heart
On wings of death they are carried
shattered pieces of love torn apart.

No place found among all the heartache
no memories cling to the mind
No warmth of a thought in the face
of the love that has fallen behind
Vacant and sated by teardrops
inside of my heart they now churn
Forever silent and faded
memories that are tattered and burnt.

Darkness upon my heart lingers
now calmly caressing my mind
The hands of the clock still ticking
taking away all thoughts left inside.
Slowly I find myself drifting
among all the ashes I see
Demons bound now they are shifting
as I try to hold on to reality.

No heart fills with light come the morning
just emptiness floods in the soul
A darkness has captured the dawning
Leaving me broken and cold
Now vacant eyes stare in the distance
no longer do I feel the pain
Forever subdued of resistance
lost in the plague of insanity's claim

Link:

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/sad/poems.php?id=948763

Alone (I'm so lonely)
by Dark Delirium

Bloodless lips,
whisper the rain.
Betrayal leaves,
a permanent stain.
Written.
Scarred.

Empty eyes,
watching midnight sky.
Lifeless smiles,
scream the goodbye.
Abandoned.
Left.

Bind my mouth,
with razor ribbons.
Watch your back,
I know your secrets.
Divulged.
Bared.

Read my suicide,
like how I taught you.
I am a lie,
but you are the truth.
Tainted.
Confused.

You squeezed my throat so tight,
breaking my flesh and heart and bone.
Cry beside the moon.
Alone.

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/dark/poems.php?id=833256

My Tears Shall Awaken You
by Italian Stallion

My tears shall awaken you,
Upon this glimmering starlight night.
Our journeys together have been wonderful,
As you've showed me the way to love and care.

Sitting here with you on such an excellent night,
Pondering whether or not, my tears will show.
Our love for one another, is so simply pure,
These tears are a symbol of my feelings towards you.

You make me happy, sometimes sad too,
But through out our journeys we've mended as one.
These tears that flow freely down my cheeks,
Hope they awaken you from deep within.

My feelings are true, but I'm sure you knew,
My love for you will always be, till eternity.
These tears I cry, are tears of happiness,
For you, my love, light up my world.

© Copyright 2007 By: Italian Stallion

http://www.best-love-poems.com/poems.php?id=892427

Round Closed.
I was unable to find judges...sorry..I will judge myself, atleast this round.