One-line Poetry Competition!

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Nobody knows why time stops while in pain
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Vivid images of pain washed in through a river of blood
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Slipping the burning rage, while sipping at the cold drink.
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Time is frozen motion, yet memories dance no longer.
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"The glory of our second rise outshines the pain of the fall."
Last edited by IAmMe on Tue May 06, 2014 12:36 am, edited 1 time in total.
I am me.
Who is me?
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I am so excited to see all the entries! Remember, today is the last day to submit (whenever today ends for you). Looks like this is going to be a really tough choice for all the voters!
"Half the time the poem writes me." ~Meshugenah




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"Echoes of sorrow linger still in the shadows of life."
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How do you enter this?
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@1Weirdsituation just go back and read the first post in this thread.

The poll will soon be up in the contest forum. I will post the link here too. Keep an eye out!
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The polls are up! An unfortunate inconvenience means that there are 5 polls altogher...but please please please read all the entries before voting so that not just one or two polls receive all of the attention. (Might be easier to read the entries here? Not sure...)
Remember the polls are in the contest forum. For convenience sake, here are the links:
One-line Poetry Competition! (Get your votes in!)
One-line Poetry Competition! (2)
One-line Poetry Competition! (3)
One-line Poetry Competition! (4)
One-line Poetry Competition! (5)

(for the record, this contest has made me NEVER want to copy-past EVER again)
"Half the time the poem writes me." ~Meshugenah




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I feel like the last two have an advantage, because if everyone votes on each poll, they will get the most...
Lullabies and storybooks
And poems and other lies
Will make you happy and make you dream
But seldom make you wise




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"She sits in a silence filled with sound, Stillness in motion she is bound."




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@Hadj Every doesn't need to vote on every poll. Everyone picks their favorites from all of them, the whole list and votes for those. And so far, they haven't demonstrated any advantage. Neither of them is currently sitting with the most votes.

@TashHill sorry, this contest closed on Monday.

I am going to close the voting on Sunday and at that time it looks like I might have to determine a tie-breaker! We'll see.
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And we have our winners!

The votes are in and three fabulous poets of YWS were voted as having written the favorite one line of poetry. Altogether there were exactly 100 votes! Crazy...
The votes were also fairly evenly distributed, with most competitors receiving 2, 3, or 4 votes apiece. Well done all!

And your winners are.... *drumroll*

1st place: With 7 votes, receiving 2500 points and a poem about...LUMI
these are memories, and we humans wear them like silver rings
2nd place: With 6 votes, receiving 1500 points and a haiku written about... DAISUKI!
then I shall stay the monster under your bed and eat your nightmares away.
3rd place: THREE users tied for third, with 5 votes each. A special secret guest judge was called in for the tie-breaker with the result that... BLUEAFRICA! will receive 1000 points.
she catches hold of her name by the tail of the h.

CONGRATULATIONS! Winners you may expected your points to be delivered ASAP and your poems should follow soon after, Lumi and Daisuki.

Thank you everyone for participating. These lines were absolutely exquisite, all of them.
"Half the time the poem writes me." ~Meshugenah




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A quick gaze out of the window; what a surprise- it's raining



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