Shadows is your prompt. Please don't be cliche or literal. I am looking for metaphor.
No pedestrian rhyme.
No purple prose.
Show- don't tell.
No pedestrian rhyme.
No purple prose.
Show- don't tell.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on October 12
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 50, Bronze: 40, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: Well, you guys had to go and make it difficult for me to judge this contest. There were so many brilliant entries. It was difficult to narrow it down. I thank you all.
Contest Winners
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there is nothing between us
and yet there is everything• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
slim hips of lime trees
slender lines in harmonic rows• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
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Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [31]
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Into the sunset Wall Street dips,
an Uncle’s emaciated hand;by Carly Pop 14 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 28 5:40 AM• Commented on by judge. -
"You just need
to find someoneby Flotsam Jetsam 17 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 27 10:56 PM• Commented on by judge. -
by shannon.green 15 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 27 11:06 PM. In Other• Commented on by judge.
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That's when they come out
all herky-jerky shadowsby csmmoms2 28 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 27 11:28 PM• Commented on by judge. -
Dark feathers ruffle Shadows flutter overheadby Mirrors shard 17 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 25 10:04 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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In the dark I see her shadow dance across the wall.
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Waiting• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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The darkness winds and willow
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They follow us wheree'r we go...
They are mirrrors of life.by Dragonheart1 22 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 28 5:24 AM. In Personal thougths• Commented on by judge. -
Perhaps, the season of our intimacy
has passedby butterflywriter 33 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 28 9:52 AM
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I draw the curtains across my window
So I can't see the break of day• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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Of all my days
it is those shaded in greysby plainoljoe 17 lines, 12 comments, on Sep 17 6:22 AM. In Hope• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I saw you standing at the dark edge of forever,
in the mists of the haunted woodby Moon Fae 16 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 26 9:13 PM 2007. Reward• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Lying in the shadows
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The sun perches behind me
Shadows flow across the sunlit field• Commented on by judge. -
The price for seeing in color
Is to be blind in the Dark• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
i think i have what you asked for nowby bluecollarlove 16 lines, 19 comments, on Aug 28 11:37 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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what's purple prose?
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It is an overly flowery, ornate style of writing.
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oh ok, thanks, i'll see if i can muster something in my half-awake state.
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I hope a poem about exploring one's Jungian shadow isn't too literal. Or too abstract, for that matter.
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It's been a while since I had a psych class or philosophy class, but I look forward to reading your poem.
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