Guest dayday Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 I don't have a story or poem or anythign to put in this. I just thought I might tell everybody that I've become a semi-finalist in the International Open Poetry Contest. My poem was chosen out of thousands of others. I'm also getting mine published in 'Eternal Portraits'. Here's the entry that I did: "Crying Flowers" Flowers that cry All through the night Hold in their pain Til no one's in sight The tears will flow And no one can say That flowers don't cry During the day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I wanna thank my 6th grade teacher, Mr. Loring, for this. He made us do a monument for 'The Trail of Tears'. That's how I got the idea for this poem. Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Majin Buu Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 WOW, Thats great I love reading your poetry. Is there like a prize or anything? I wish you luck! .. not that you need it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dayday Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 There is a prize. -104 cash or gift prizes including the 1,000.00 Grand Prize -10,000.00 Annual Grand Prize That's basically it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Majin Buu Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 HOLY! Thats alot of money!! We are good friends riight? and good friends do stuff for each other riight? tommorows my birthday, and friends give each other gifts on birthdays :D. LOL j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epsilon Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Wow! Really cool, I'll have to go out and get a copy of the book! ^^ Finnally you get reconized for your great work. "Crying Flowers" one of your great poems can be seen for years, and years to come. Once the books out I'll have to get it the first day it comes out.:D Oh, yes and Congrats!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biida Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Congratulations on your acheivement, and its a lovely poem. Short yet sweet; I like it. ^^ Hmm.. It's from poetry.com, right? I hate to be a damper on this, but it's going to eventually wind up costing you money for them to publish it. You have to pay for it's publishing, and pay for the book (I believe it's close to 50 bucks). It's only sold in hard-cover, so they'll eventually make profit off of it, and you'll get nothing in return.. The same thing happened to me a year ago, but my parents didn't want to spend the money. So nothin' was published. Anyways.. It's a great honor for you, and I'm glad for you. ^_^ Thousands upon thousands of poems are sent in every year, and they only choose the best of the best to be published and enjoyed by many for the years to come. Good job on ya, and congrats once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteblaze Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 [COLOR=darkblue]That's great dayday! Your poem is really good! I'm glad it's getting published! Also, I wish you luck too![/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtakuSennen Posted July 4, 2003 Share Posted July 4, 2003 Yeah, DayDay that's a great piece of work. I'd say good luck, but that implies that you would need some luck. ^_^ Do you want to become a poet someday? I mean, professionally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dayday Posted July 4, 2003 Share Posted July 4, 2003 I don't know if I want to become a poet. I just do it if I'm mad or moody in some way. But esp. when I'm mad. I do that real easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Taylor Hewitt Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Congratulations you should be very proud. I have read your poetry and they deserve to be published! I love it when you write new poems. Thanx and good luck on your poetry career! Good luck and best wishes. Taylor Hewitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 [size=1] Heh, not to burst your bubble or anything, but I've also become a semi-finalist in the exact same contest; so has Charles. But it's good that you've won. Just the fact of being published is more worth it than any prize for me, so I could really care less if I win first, or second, or anything. What matters is the publishing. Knowing that I'm going to be read by some people, and it actually might mean something to them. As for the publishing costing money. No. I have gotten the letter, and it only costs money if you want to buy the hardcover book yourself..at least that's what has happened to me. It costs extra to get the book specially placed with a little blurb made by you about the poem heh. Ah, and here's the poem I submitted. You'll notice it is more than 20 lines. I shortened it for the actual entry to 20, but I'd like to just post the whole thing like it should be. [b][u]The Chimera's Kiss[/b][/u] Morbid wails The Chimera stalks Mending the wall the vine mirrors on the leaflet Refractored the trepidated hoof halts Dilapidated white the bark and inhumed nutrient The loneliest word you'll hear Cries of if only the cadaver's touch Malignancy The Chimera stalks the fear The necromancer fains known here The emaciated espalier tremble with his touch The breath of The Chimera so numbly cold The loneliest word you'll ever know If only if only emulsify this soul The Chimera stalks mollified white the bark equivocal Eminently if only it was so So many wails so many cries in the dark The opaque emaciated feebles the emptiest anoint This Chimera is a terrible kiss those lips efferent bark A kiss is a terrible thing to waste an anomalous delight The loneliest kiss you'll ever know So empty, the abhor so terrible the kiss to waste The Chimera stalks his eyes rough bark aglow Dead?hear the dead?come closer cognizance the taste If only if only it was so Walk in this grave The Chimera calls Hear the necrotized moan and wail so You shouldn't tremble when we touch the walls Kiss The Chimera's ether taste the whole The loneliest realization you'll ever know The Chimera's kiss if only if only it was so A kiss is a terrible thing to waste The Chimera's kiss anomalous in delight I take your hand the folds imprinted and hark The Chimera and our lips are part If only if only it was so Engulfed the fire is abhor in taste The tomb is later than you see to haste And a kiss is a terrible thing to waste The Chimera's kiss brethren in twixt Exhumed inhumed in incised wick The loneliest word you'll ever know If only if only it was so[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiha Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 [color=royalblue]Mitch you wretch....oh well. Anyways, I do write tons of poetry myself, but I don't enter them in contests. I want them to remain as they air...without thinking about how popular they could be. My best ones though...are usually about me and my relationship with my little sister.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dayday Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Well well well, very interesting. Seems I have a little competition. This make dayday very happy. Anyways, hope I don't see you at the convention.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 [size=1] I'm not going to the convention...don't have money, and stuff. Heh. Too bad..[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dayday Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 That makes me happy. I have plenty of people giving me money to go. So I can go if I can get it in the next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenEyedDragon Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 hmm...i am a semi-finalist as well, and my poem is in the book...i ordered it...i'm not going to the convention though, i'll be out of town and wasn't planning to anyways... my poem is called Still Waiting, if you wanna look it up in the book when you get it, DayDay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dayday Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 I'm not paying all that money for a book. I barely get by because I by some of my own food and clothes. And I'm serious about that. So since so many people love me, I get a some for the convention. Man everyone's a semi-finalist in this thing. Anybody else what to tell they're one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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