Contest.

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THE WINNER IS ; Cyber Saiyan

3 Rounds:
1st Round - 6 people enter, 2 are taken out.
2cd Round - Those 4 enter, 2 are taken out.
3rd Round - Those 2 enter, 1 one wins.

Everyone will get a rating/comment for the poem they enter.
The winner will get 10 comments/ratings.

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Each round will have a topic. You need to be creative with it. But, what makes it even harder is that topic has a Quote, of which you must follow. Your poem is to somehow, in anyway shape or form, be related to this quote [the quote does go with the topic].

ROUND ONE:
Rules:
Follow the topic and quote.
Only 6 entrants in this round - YOU MUST RESERVE.
All poems due by: Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008.

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ENTRANTS:

1. Novalyn Grace RRL
2. His Angel - [DONE]
3. Dark Savior - [DONE]
4. As the world falls down around me -[DONE]
5. Sole - [DONE]
6. Cyber Saiyan - [DONE]

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Topic: Preparation.
Quote: "Prepare your mind to receive the best that life has to offer." - Ernest Holmes.

[These are not your titles. And, though you're able to use them as your titles, you do not have to]

edit:

ROUND TWO:
Rules:
1. You must follow the topic and quote.
2. The deadline is Monday, December 1, 2008

Exceptions:
If one of you somehow can't get your poem in by December 1 then you need to let me know. I know it's getting close to Christmas and Thanksgiving. So, I am willing to postpone judging some (especially in the third round, since it's so close to Christmas). I do realize this is thanksgiving week/weekend, so just let me know ahead of time.

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Topic:
Gratitude

Quote:
I had the blues
because I had no shoes
until upon the street,
I met a man who had no feet.
- Anon

** REMEMBER TO USE YOUR IMAGINATION.**

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Contestants in this round:

1. Cyber Saiyan.
2. Novalyn Grace RRL
3. Sole
4. Dark Savior

I'd like to be a part of this (:
Looks like a fun challenge.

Me too

Put me down for it. I'll give it a whirl.

I am up for it. Put me down.

Be prepared

Prepare you mind
for what life might
send your way.
Don't be afraid
of what you might find.

Make sure that your mind
is ready to receive
the best of what life has to offer
you and your family.

Prepare your mind
for what you may find.
Make it strong just in case
the bad things in life
happen to come your way.

Reception, Perception.

You think that your life is this way by choice
Life isn't a hand your dealt, or a roll of the dice

If you think you're a loser than that's what you are
If you think that wealth is measured by the type of car

It can be measured by the people who come to see you pass
Watch your body as it lowed six feet beneath the grass

It's going to take time for you understand, woman or man
If you have your mind ready to recieve these rewards, than say, I can.

If you only work your body then you'll be a shell
You may live longer, but down the road it will be hell

If your going to train, then you should include your mind,
And anyone who tells you this isn't the truth, is asinine.

I'll reserve a place if possible please?

Cheers, Sole x

Edit: Poem

Half Full or Empty?

Walk before you run
Don't fall if you try to fly.
Think before you speak
Don't stumble telling a lie.
Choose your moments wisely,
Always look them in the eye.
Never think 'Forever' -
One 'Hello' means one 'Goodbye'

Anticipate the weather,
Remember calm before the storm.
Hope is not belief
Don't count your chickens 'til theyre born.
Confide in those you trust
But never ill-inform.
Is your glass half full or empty?
Your heart cold or warm?

Always be yourself
Never let them get you down
Take what you need, not what you want
The shawl and not the gown
Keep happiness and joy,
Don't be a Pierrot clown
Live life with Love in your heart
It's easier to smile, than it is to frown.

Reserve please.

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Mind Games - by Cyber_Saiyan

Wondering aimlessly through life
With no ambition, dreams or desires
A shell of a man with the mind of a boy
Waiting until my life expires.

Searching for the perfect answer
To a question that was never spoken
Trying to repair the shattered pieces
Of a heart that was never broken.

Too focused on an end result
To open my heart and my mind
Never able to see what was there all along
Keeping my emotions too confined.

A wise man once told me
To prepare myself for greatness
Life is plentiful with much to offer
As long as your mind remains hate-less.

Understanding the hidden meaning
Of this wonderful advice
Led me to a new philosophy
One more truthful and concise.

With anger in my heart
And a mind swirling with confusion
I had never given anyone a chance
I was busy living my illusion.

Having opened my heart and mind
From the closed state it was in
My life is now flooded
With new family and friends.

So my advice to you now
As you read this last line
Be true to yourself and kind to others
Go now and prepare your mind.

Preparation not Desperation
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Preparation
Prepare your life
Prepare yourself
Open your eyes to the world
Prepare it for unspoken words
Unspoken actions
And listen.
There are many things you may experience
But are you ready?
Can you stand to bear the pain?
Can you stand tall when it all goes wrong?
Do you know what the rain really feels like?
Are you ready?
To feel the love put into this world?
To be wrapped in the arms of someone you love?
To smell the scent radiating from their skin?
Are you ready?
Is your mind prepared?
To receive the best of life?
Prepare yourself.
The worlds wonders are about to explode and surround you.

Edit:

I talked to Novalyn Grace and she had a reasonable explanation to why her poem wasn't in yesterday. But, she has it finished and since I haven't started judging yet I'll allow her to enter it in the contest. She hasn't posted it here, because she wasn't sure if she was disqualified or not.

Her poem is:

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/life/poems.php?id=1099097

And, even though it's not posted in the thread it will still be judged.

These are in no specific order. The two that didn't make it to the next round will get their comments as soon as the entire contest is over. I figured I'd wait until the end and just keep track of who gets what comments and do it at once.

1. Cyber Saiyan.
2. Novalyn Grace RRL
3. Sole
4. Dark Savior

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Also, I've decided to just keep this post for all 3 rounds. I think it causes less confusion and such. So, once you get your poems finished just post them in here. I'll get the rules written up and post them, as well as PMing you the rules.

ROUND TWO ENTRY.

How Television Changed My Life
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My car is brand new
With every option available
The best of the best
Nothing is comparable.

My house is three stories
Over five thousand square feet
The largest on the block
No other can complete.

My TV cost more money
Than you make in a year
Better than anything you have
I just wanted to make my point clear.

Watching the nightly new
on my insanely large TV
I caught a glance of a child
Living in horrible poverty.

Tears streaming on his face
Clutching an empty bowl
Filth covered his entire face
The image shattered my soul.

Looking around my house
At the materials I have collected
Feeling sick to my stomach
Seeing the world I have neglected.

Running for the bathroom
To splash cold water upon my face
The reflection in my two thousand dollar mirror
Shows my expression full of disgrace.

A life changing moment
That Caught me by surprise
As I was sitting in my house
While another hungry child dies.

Having taken everything for granted
And never looking back
My blood starts to boil and my skin start to itch
Like a raging addict withdrawing from crack.

The next month passes quickly
As I sell everything I owned
The greed is gone as my new life begins
But previous sins must be atoned.

Raising every single dime I can
I must travel to that place
To spread love those who have nothing else
Than the desperation upon their face.

Building schools and supplying medicine
To those who need it most
The War of Hunger continues to rage
But I am ready now to man my post.

One last statement remains to be said
Before I leave behind my old ways
Every little bit helps to fight the cause
And there is much more money that needs to be raised.

Please take my words to heart
You too have the same power
I cannot write this poem any longer
My plane leaves in under an hour!

Life is a contest

remember the 1st of December, it was a cold winters day
I thought I was the one who had so much dismay

Until I met a man, who some might say, had to choose
Keep his family or he could fight and surely lose

Why do people fight if they know they've lost?
Don't they know what it's going to cost

I'm sorry that this was how it had to be
I'll leave you alone, no more from me

I guess I can understand that I'm a bother
but it's not my fault we don't have a father

I hate this world and pray each night that I die
for tomorrow I'll no longer be the apple of her eye

I ran from the hospital to the morgue
I wanted it all, her love I did horde

eventually in the future you'll come to understand
happiness doesn't come with money, but sometimes goes hand, and hand

If money is the root of all evil, then let the sinning begin
and if the richest man is the devil, then that makes me his kin.

People should be thankful for what they have, as I am too
You should remember that there is someone worse than you.

ROUND TWO ENTRY :

`The Clairvoyance of Gratitude.`

At night, between the deep ins and outs,
I find proclivity in remembrance.
The residue of Day on my eyelids
Sticks like molasses and brings repose.

Past is passing gently through me.

As my body reclines I am encompassed.
Electric images twitch through my body
Replaying Time in vivid Technicolor.

In these cinematic memories lies perfection:
Familiar eyes, smiling lips, comfort, recognition,
Each detail of my life sprouts wings ---
And flies itself into the corners of my heart,
Where willfully it abounds.

What sunlight may take for granted,
In the nakedness of night reveals,
Facile or callous, Today's why I'm breathing,
And Tomorrow is why I cannot stop.

While sifting through reality,
Of every ticking clock,
Every conversation,
Every broken heart,
Every penny eared,
On the brink of dreamscape I count:
Blessing by blessing by lesson learned.

Tonight I found that Gratitude is simply Memory,
Which tucks itself within the HEART,
And not within the mind.

It's upon every eve of slumber,
Something in my soul awakens,
And I find fortune in Life's mysteries,
Smiling --- as I drift to peace.

(c) RRL November 30th 2008

Third round:

Novalynn Grace RRL
Cyber Saiyan

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This round I'm only giving a quote. I think that it has so many options for topics that it's almost unfair to give a certain one. So, as long as your poem somehow, in any way shape or form, fits the quote you're good to go.

Due Date: Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

QUOTE:

When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London.
- Bette Midler

I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still keeping up with this contest. I'm waiting on Novalynn Grace's poem, she's given me good reasons so I've given her more time. Soon as she gets that in I'll choose a winner between her and Cyber Saiyan and everyone will get their comments.

I might start before it's finished, considering I'm quite busy for the next two months. But, I promise they'll be done within the next week or two. I'll make time for it.

Any updates?

I'm still waiting on Novalynn Grace's poem. If she doesn't have it in within a few days I'll go ahead and declare you the winner. She had good reasoning for it to be late or I wouldn't have put it off this long. And, on top of that it's a busy time of year, haha. So, I'll give her until Sunday evening and if she doesn't have it in by then, I'll continue on with things

Novalynn still doesn't have her poem in. Therefore Cyber Saiyan will be the winner of this contest.

That means you get 10 comments. If you want any specificly done, let me know. (: