Short Sentences, Big Meanings Writing Contest [Feb2014]{WINNERS}

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3 Submissions per member

~Tenth

no one is special behind the disguises that blanket the less fortunate times of our lives, just as there is no evidence of being special when considered fortunate.

trust me when i say there is no end game in finding ways around being apathetic about the subject.

you should be apathetic, it's only logical.

tothetenthpower
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3 Submissions per member

~Tenth

ok, looks like i'm done.. i have so many.. haha.. probably none of these are my favorites. oh well /shrug

i think i may have misinterpreted the meaning of the thread. lol. i make a lot of short sentences with big meanings.
never really try to be a poet, just a thinker.
i hope at least what i entered falls within the ats community?

short as in.. a sentence or two to convey something that accounts for many things.

www.abovetopsecret.com...
Arrghh love

Entry number 2

Writer

A Southern Lady's thoughts on Valentine's Day [Feb2014]

screw this, i tried writing poetry, but it's too hard. my thoughts are already concentrated enough. i end up making 3 word lines even i have to sit there for 5 minutes trying to figure out all the thought that goes into it. can't make poetry like that, i'm sorry, it's just not for me.

i think i'll just stick to my own way of making whatever kind of sayings i feel like without worrying about rhyme or prose.

so you can completely disregard my entries, i don't feel like making threads for each of those short little sayings.

so no point in editing them saying i'm not writer in that case, should be obvious anyways

And last but not least, entry number 3

Writer

ATS Limerick Collection [Feb2014]

Third and last installment..

[Non-Writer]


"Wings of Desire" [Feb2014]
www.abovetopsecret.com...

Good luck to all ..and

Be well

reply to post by Jarring

is'nt difficult. Man there are lots and lots of peeps who take some sentences, cut it up and call it poetry.

Man

There are lots
and lots of peeps
who take a sentence
cut it up and call it
poetry.

Poetry is what you want poetry to be. A challenge to yourself to stick to a rhyme format for example can be a great way to divorce yourself from your ego and concentrate on what fits the form. Sometimes your poem writes itself leaving your opinion behind to fulfil the technical task demanded by the scheme you've chosen. Writing might demand less you. Having to fit a certain form is a great help to better your writing skills. Cutting up a sentence is easy.. fitting a Haiku or Senryu takes a bit more concentration and completing a sonnet will set you back hours if not days to fit the pieces. Sometimes leaving you flabbergasted by the end result.

Yes poetry can be hard, but it is as hard as you make it to be. You want to write that sonnet to the letter having al aspects perfectly aligning the format, you will fail as a novice. (there is no maybe there.) Poetry is making choice and knowing why you make them. A balance between what you want to fit and what actually fits.

Poetry is a mix of sound and rhythm, you can add meaning if you want but that does not have to be the main ingredient, you even can leave it be and just jabber away if you like. Poetry is breaking habits, shifting opinions, standing in another's shoes, taking criticism and giving it. Poetry is a process, a way to command and concur, leave behind and overcome, take control and let go.

If you let it.

I keep searching for a poem written by Phage; I haven't seen it yet, but I bet his prose about VD would be one to remember!

Updated List of entries.

Members entries

Reading On Above Top Secret – my1percent
We blocked Out the Sun – overanocean
Bitter, Party Of One – blend57
Dear Valentine Of Mine – natalia
Haikus from the heart – jadedANDcynical
Love Is A Ghost – spacedoubt
My Valentine – TheDoctor46
My ATS Family – Pistoche
ATS: AN INTERNET DREAM – Willtell
A Lonely Valentines – golden23
"Twisted Fate" – HumAnnunaki
ATS - We Seek – CirqueDeTruth
Blessing Called Love – aashgonnatrash
ATS - Facebook For Freaks – Sublimecraft
Flit, Flutter or Wander – InTheLight
Valentine That Never Was – golden23
Gunslinger – D.Wolf
Lost Flower – fossilera
Memories – nugget1
As You Turned Around And Walked Away – Pistoche
The Whisper – nugget1
Shattered – WhiteAlice
"Self Portraits" – HumAnnunaki
Love – nugget1
The Choice of the Female Eagle – InTheLight
Will I Ever... – Observer1
Take My Hand – Magantice
"Sweety" – Rosha
Down The Rabbit Hole - DeepVisions
"Wings Of Desire" – HumAnnunaki
We Bring The News – Infinitis

Writers entries

Hey You, Be My Valentine! – FissionSurplus
If Only Words Could Tell – Sonofthe Sun
Valentine For My Muse – grayeagle
Mystery Valentine – AboveBoard
Love Another Day – Afterinfinity
Life Part Two – OpiniatedB
Oh ATS – SonoftheSun
Eyes Closed, I Drift – SLAYER69
What Will ATS Bring – imd12c4funn
The Butterfly – kdog1982
Waiting For Your Love – imd12c4funn
Embers – Afterinfinity
My Thread Languishes – AboveBoard
This Place, These People - My People – tothetenthpower (non-competing entry)
Ode To A Conspiracy – beezzer
"California" – olaru12
Happy Day – soficrow
untitled Free Verse – olaru12
Along Water's Edge – imd12c4funn
untitled Haiku – olaru12
A Pleading To S.O, In Verse - Cameoii
A Southern Lady's Thoughts On Valentine's Day – Cameoii
Life Part Two – OpinionatedB
ATS Limerick Collection – Cameoii

ATS:The Power to Agree to Disagreereply to post by tothetenthpower


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nugget1
I keep searching for a poem written by Phage; I haven't seen it yet, but I bet his prose about VD would be one to remember!

It would most likely be filled with so much logic and common sense, half the membership's heads would explode...

74Templar

nugget1
I keep searching for a poem written by Phage; I haven't seen it yet, but I bet his prose about VD would be one to remember!

It would most likely be filled with so much logic and common sense, half the membership's heads would explode...

That's exactly why I'm hoping he'll share his thoughts! He brings knowledge from a place much deeper than the average person is able to go!

Here is my one and only entry, entitled "Travail"-

ExquisitExamplE's ATS Poetry Contest Submission - Travail

Thanks to everyone who entered, and best of luck to all!

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Reading your poem, the part of the tower - reminded me of this little diddy
that I could not fit into this contest..



A DEAD MAN's TALE

I was confronted by Lucifer late one night
I could not run and I dared not fight
When I saw you in the darkness of his eyes
Then I was mesmerized totally by his lies

He weaved me a tale of woe and sorrow
That of my soul he came not just to borrow
The rest of my life I would not know love
Promising this, he would make damn sure of

He said she whispered I deserved no one
That in his darkness, there'll be no Sun
For my heart no woman would ever care
Going with him peacefully, for I'm in his snare

He said the one of purity has fated me there
That in the game of love, not all is fare
My heart will burn, for she holds the key
As I'm down in Hell's fires for all eternity

That's why I went willingly into his Hell
Alone in his watchtower, I toll his bell
The remainder of my soul, his slave I'll be
Praying one day.. her love.. to set me free..

Thorny Rosereply to post by tothetenthpower


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Great entries! Keep it up, guys, the window is still open!