Poetry competition CLOSED 20th August 2012 8:24am
WINNER
RevolutionAL (Alistair Plint)
RevolutionAL (Alistair Plint)
RUNNERS-UP:
opheliac
and raorrick
Nobody becomes an artist unless they have to
Poetry Contest Description
“Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In life, knowledge of poisons is essential. I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to.”
Write a poem inspired by this quote (above) from the book, White Oleander.
What does it mean to you? It doesn't have to be based in reality, fictional poetry or prose is fine.
Rules:
15 lines maximum
2 submission per person
NO PORN, erotica, or senseless graphic violence
Any other genre is welcome (Violence is welcome if it is has a point and is integral to the piece)
Any questions, just ask
Please no commentary or quoting people to say you like their work. If something moves you enough to want to comment, PM them.
Have fun
What does it mean to you? It doesn't have to be based in reality, fictional poetry or prose is fine.
Rules:
15 lines maximum
2 submission per person
NO PORN, erotica, or senseless graphic violence
Any other genre is welcome (Violence is welcome if it is has a point and is integral to the piece)
Any questions, just ask
Please no commentary or quoting people to say you like their work. If something moves you enough to want to comment, PM them.
Have fun
my tears that fell
because you chrushed me
my bleeding wounds
that i stabbed
trying to forget your face
you made me this way
you made me able to express
with dark words
i am constantly hurting
i am in pain always
but because of that
because of you
i am able to write
my poetry
and able to express my darkness
because you chrushed me
my bleeding wounds
that i stabbed
trying to forget your face
you made me this way
you made me able to express
with dark words
i am constantly hurting
i am in pain always
but because of that
because of you
i am able to write
my poetry
and able to express my darkness
"Please no commentary or quoting people to say you like their work. If something moves you enough to want to comment, PM them."
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It's your contest and I'll abide, but limiting comments removes interest and fun.
But then, life IS serious... :)
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It's your contest and I'll abide, but limiting comments removes interest and fun.
But then, life IS serious... :)
rayheinrich said:"Please no commentary or quoting people to say you like their work. If something moves you enough to want to comment, PM them."
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It's your contest and I'll abide, but limiting comments removes interest and fun.
But then, life IS serious... :)
Thanks Ray, I stuck that in there not to be a buzzkill, but to make it easier for me to go through the entries. I know, I'm horribly evil
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It's your contest and I'll abide, but limiting comments removes interest and fun.
But then, life IS serious... :)
Thanks Ray, I stuck that in there not to be a buzzkill, but to make it easier for me to go through the entries. I know, I'm horribly evil
evil? more like lazy. but hey, i can respect lazy! 
Hmmm, just re-read the contest specification and am
removing family-relationship poison poem cause it doesn't
really fit. I will get back with a poem more in keeping
with tortuous literary endeavours.
Hmmm, just re-read the contest specification and am
removing family-relationship poison poem cause it doesn't
really fit. I will get back with a poem more in keeping
with tortuous literary endeavours.
Anonymous
THAT WHICH DOES NOT KILL YOU, MAKES YOU STRONGER
I have been fed poison all my life
Lied to, insulted, bullied and more
It has made me who I am - not very nice
In my self-imposed isolation
Which has been my response
Brought me the muses
For poetry and painting
It is the way I emit the toxicity
Of what has been done to me
It is even more effective
Than drugs or psychiatry
I never thought I would or could
Write poetry without such
Hardship being necessary.
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I read "White Oleander" when it was first published.
It was one of the books that I still remember to this day.
I cannot say that about many books.
This competition is a good use of that book.
She Writes, You Don't Read
I am not a speaker
Because you do not allow it.
I cannot tell them what you do
I wont invoke your wrath so easily.
But I cannot keep it
Bottled up inside
My bottle is only so big
It fills and fills
with your violence and hate.
So I must find a way
to show the pain.
I must write it out,
vague, so vague,
they wont know what I mean
But I do. You do.
And that is all that matters.
I am not a speaker
Because you do not allow it.
I cannot tell them what you do
I wont invoke your wrath so easily.
But I cannot keep it
Bottled up inside
My bottle is only so big
It fills and fills
with your violence and hate.
So I must find a way
to show the pain.
I must write it out,
vague, so vague,
they wont know what I mean
But I do. You do.
And that is all that matters.
Ode To The Hurt
Abuse is the juice
I use to produce
And properly introduce
An opus so profuse
It's my motivation
Instead of an excuse
A liberation of information
Lyrical emancipation
An exodus from pain
That's etched in my brain
Deciphering the code
Refusing to be insane
Before my mind erode
Detonate and explode
This is my ode
Abuse is the juice
I use to produce
And properly introduce
An opus so profuse
It's my motivation
Instead of an excuse
A liberation of information
Lyrical emancipation
An exodus from pain
That's etched in my brain
Deciphering the code
Refusing to be insane
Before my mind erode
Detonate and explode
This is my ode
