"Angels" Contest

I am holding a contest.

here are the rules

1)Must be anout Angels
2) Must be a new poem
3) Only 1 poem per poet
4) Must be winning material!

There is no line limit but must not be too many lines,
Any category as long as poem is about angels

Closing date 1 week from today (21st October)

Prizes
1st place: 5 comments, 3 rated, added to favourites
2nd place: 3 comments, 2 rated
3rd place: 1 comment and 1 rated

Honorable mention: 1 comment

--------------------CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!--------------------

can it be any genre? lke dark, explicit, love, sad, etc.?

i like the topic. lol.

yep, any genre. Just enjoy writing it.

lol kool. wen u wrote WINNING MATERIAL, do u mean, we're really suppose to write something really GREAT? that it should win us..? damn, well i'm not that good. but i'll try.

we are all good poets, I just meant that it had to be your best. All poetry is winning material is some way, i will be looking at all aspects.

thankz.......lol. i'm together i fall girl. i change my name pretty quick. lol. you can call me leisa or just september.

september xx

good try, very well done

The Girl I Used to Know
By: Twisted Heart

What happened to the girl I knew
Who danced around in satin shoes
Who's eyes were always filled with glee
The one who kept me company.

What happened to the little girl
Who painted with big finger swirls
Who blew me kisses from her bed
Every night, I love you's were said.

What happened to that little child
Who's imagination was so wild
She'd dream her dreams through the day
And swore she'd never go away.

But then her years hit the teens
And she got lost among her things.
The fuchsia hair from a dye
Black mascara surrounding eyes.

Lipstick and fingernails now painted
Her attitude now seems so tainted
No longer laughter in her words
Because her peers have caused her hurt.

Her clothes, she uses as a shield
Black as night with no appeal.
And in her room, where she runs to
She finds such peace in solitude.

I, as her mother, cry out in pain
Of 'Angel Bug', nothing remains
Each day and night I pray for help
To free my 'Angel', trapped in herself.

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I hope this one is okay, after all, aren't children, the angels God places here on earth.

reserve plz! i'll try to get it to you soon!

Crash And Burn.

Angel's stood within the fog with secured hands,
Scornfully chanting a tragic lullaby,
Watching her body rust amongst the silver sands.

Decaying stars fell down from the raven sky,
Searing the burning Angel's wretched wings - -
Scornfully chanting a tragic lullaby.

Her scarlet tears plucked at the rotting harp strings,
As the moon faded to ashes; falling from the burning sky,
Searing the burning Angel's wretched wings.

Her shattered heart let out a sorrowful cry,
With tainted nails dragging along the shore line,
As the moon faded to ashes; falling from the burning sky.

Maniacal laughs cracked up and down her broken spine,
Echoing from the Angel's crimson mouths - -
With tainted nails dragging along the shore line.

She drifted away as Ivory Angel's sang her to sleep - -
Watching her body rust amongst the silver sands;
Angel's stood within the fog with secured hands - -
Praying to God; her tattered soul to keep.

© Jenna Elphick
October 17, 2006.

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A Terzanelle is a 19 line poem consisting of five interlocking triplets plus a concluding quatrain in which the first and third lines of the triplet appear as refrains. The middle line of each triplet is a repetent reappearing as the last line of the succeeding triplet with the exception of the next-to-last stanza which appears in the quatrain.

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Rain
by Xx CiaO xx

The rain drips slowly on the softened window pane
The pitter-patter makes me remember again.

One year ago, we got into that car
But somehow, we never got very far

While driving along down a long, dark street
Your car and the tree just happened to meet

So as you slid out of control, your memories flashed
You had no idea that it would be her last

Holding onto the wheel as you tried to grasp
All that escaped from your mouth was a hollowed gasp

Swerving to the left and sliding to the right
You weren't sure if your were gonna see the next night

Holding onto a prayer, a hope, and a dream
Things are never what they seem

But you came out of the wreck alive
But you would never forget what you left behind

Because sitting in the seat was the body of a girl
Who just had her last ride in this world

You never knew that she was sitting there dead
You were more concerned about your throbbing head

So now you see what what rain can do
When you're driving too fast and drinking too

I shut my eyes and try to get rid of the pain
But I will never be able to hold you again

I should've gotten out of that car when I could
But you should've been sober like you knew you should

So sitting by your window pane
Is the only time I can look in your eyes again

For I'll float away and might never return
So I hope this lesson is one that you'll learn

Driving that way, you will never do again
Because you never know what might have been

Floating in the rain as I look for something whole
Reduced to nothing but this floating soul

Guided by my Angel
By: Poonam

angel forsaken in the summer
who is there to guide me now
but summer's safe, warm midnight
spring, tis only a beginning

fall you come with falling leaves
the smell of childhood in the air
in the sky, you are again
my guardian angel you are again

far away, n'er near, watching
feeling emotion as a gaurdian
n'er saying what you feel
but letting me feel as you would

winter bites with every night, the hurt,
the cut, the starry night, cloudless and
there, youre here for me loving
smoothly climbing, descending the sky

when the warmth is farther away
when love hibernates in deep holes
when i need the love, the touch the most
you give to me, all night long

my angel my gaurdian watch over me
make sure i am what im meant to be

Dear my angel, where have you been all these years
While I trembled deep beneath my bed with descending fears
Dear my angel, my wounds are still open from decades ago
Suppressing the leaking blood with my own swallows

Winter is coming much too fast and much too soon
Darkness awakes over day as the sun loses to the moon
Dear angel time is the one thing I've lost patience of
I'm dying with coldness from waiting too long of your love

So my guardian, my light, I need nought you to win my life
Without your arms, your wings, your salvation I'll still survive
Cause you see, you're no angel compared to me
You'll never take from what you stole from my memories

The New Guardian Angel

An Angel appeared to me one night
While I laid awake in bed.
He smiled at me, then began to speak
and this is what he said.

" I've come to take you away from here."
" You're going where you'll be safe."
" You don't have to suffer no longer"
" For the Lord has prepared you a place."

When he spoke,
he spoke with heavens voice
soft and musical sweet.
When he smiled it was like the rising of the sun
and his hand he held out for me.

I wasn't even afraid of him
But it seemed I was glued to the bed.
I guess because he was beyond beautiful
with his glowing halo upon his head.

He wore a robe of pure Ivy white
trimmed in thick and shinny gold.
His wings looked softer then cotton
and on his feet he wore golden thongs.

He slowly glided toward me.
Leaving twelve of golden dust behind.
Everything sparkled that was in his path.
And it nearly made me blind.

When he reached the foot of my bed
I then was once again able to move.
He said." Come now child. he's waiting
And he has chosen you.

"The Lord has heard your many prayers"
"He knows you have suffered long enough"
"So he is now calling you home child"
" Because in him you placed your trust"

I took his hand quickly then
Because I didn't want to miss my chance
I asked him what was I chosen to do
He said."Be patient the Lord will explain."

I made it to heaven happily
and found out what I was chosen to do
My job is now to keep people safe
I'm now a Guardian Angel too.

THANKYOU, AND WELL DONE,
CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!!!

HERE ARE THE WINNERS

1ST PLACE: Crash and Burn by Lush.Fcuk-*
I liked how you used a Terzanelle in this poem, its a lovely style of poetry. The poem flowed extrewmely well, the words were passionate and meaningful and it took my breath away. an awesome write that deserved none less than first place.

2ND PLACE: The girl i used to know by Twisted Heart
I did love this one, It was sweet, and being about children as angels really appealed to me. The words were strong, it was sad, full of emotion and flowed well. good write

3RD PLACE: The new guardian Angel By Letty...
This was lovely, you are a talemnted poet but this was not your best and i didnt think it deserved 2nd place, but it was good and i dont want to be critical, because it was really good. Well done, you tried hard.

HONORABLE MENTION: Noni Wang ©
A great poem, there was no title but it was very well written. I didnt give it a place because i felt it could have been better, but it was still very well done.

All the other poems were awesome, keep weiting, you are all so talented

congrats to all!! it was a cool poem contest!

WOW, second place. Congrats to all the other winners.

Happiness
Jeannie

Congrats to the rest! And thanks for your kind words! =]

-Jenna.

nice job you guys