Contest results

Finding Emo

Rules given to entrants: Write an emotional song or poem using the following words: Tear Reflection Dark Leaves

1. Like screaming; like weeping. About as good as sex. by Alanarchy (7)
2. The Coward In Me by TheMissingFrame (3)
3. (EMO)tional_break(DOWN) by TimeBomb (2)
4. Ink and high hopes [Confusing] by Caliraphy (2)
5. Black Ecstacy by carlosjackal (1)
6. Summer leaves Autumn enters by meadowlea (1)
7. As my tears fall like Leaves... (I am Set Free) by Organized_Chaos (1)
8. Tear drops are reflections of the dark the leaves of my soul. by Kurashu (1)

Dicken's Cider

Rules given to entrants: Inspired by the "There's nothing my wife likes more than a Hot Dicken's Cider" joke, this month's contest requires you to write a poem that contains at least one phrase that when pronounced out loud could be misheard to mean something dirty but when written is completely innocent. Extra big prize this time, good luck.

1. The Fable of 'Mean' Moe Lester by Sketso (7)
2. filling my gash by tangeled (5)
3. Vanilla, Strawberries And Tchaikovsky by Guillotine (4)
4. I love two liquor! by fallen (3)
5. Your Peace Is Hard To Swallow by Fantecstasy (3)

Πολιτικα

Rules given to entrants: It's political poetry time. Write either a sonnet praising the qualities of your favored candidate (whether running or not) OR write limericks mocking a politician who is running who you dislike.

1. A Poet's Roar by carlosjackal (7)
2. And Suddenly, I'm Filled with an Anarchist's Rage by TimeBomb (5)
3. SB: 05. Leeches & Parasites by The Spiral Downward (1)

Bloody Christmas

Rules given to entrants: Deck the guests and make the season red. Paint a gory scene of holiday merry making turned horror flick, in a rhyming Christmas carol and do it in less than 12 lines!

1. Merry Christmas, you .... by elisa (4)
2. Merry Christmas (You ungrateful bastards) by Geisha (4)
3. Santa's Slay by Markus Porkwing (4)
4. Sadistic Christmas by Circe Avalon (2)
5. Jingle Chains. by Quackers (1)
6. The Christmas Dead (A party of Giving) by Unforgotten (1)
7. silent zombie skull feast by Liz (1)

Funking Winter

Rules given to entrants: No, it's not the fun king
It's the funk ing win ter
Rail against the shivery winds
Drive in your icy spikes

The theme is cold and the theme is anger and SAD too

So give us your best response to the funk That winter puts you in

1. Like East Germany in A Winter Morning Rain by Bakkhus Unbound (7)
2. Winter's Silence by Lawless Fighter (3)
3. Ice Princess by Geisha (2)
4. Dead of Winter by Aunty Depressant (2)
5. A cold winter's night and the drive of my life... by Sketso (1)
6. locked inside [never]land. by Lynaes (1)
7. Now I lay me down to Sleep by TimeBomb (1)

The Devil Made Me Do It

Rules given to entrants: It wasn't your fault. Now fess up, the Devil made you do it anyway.

1. Morning Star by Drea (5)
2. bonfire offerings by Bakkhus Unbound (4)
3. voices by Sketso (2)
4. The Waves Whispered What You Are by Bella Butchery (2)
5. This Dali Symphony by NeroMatches (2)
6. embedded in your spine by Evil (2)
7. Rust. by TheProphetUntold (1)
8. After All Hallows Eve by Esau (1)

A Neurotic Erotic

Rules given to entrants: The fruits of lust are divine
But often twisted like lime
So tell us about this
Your experiences
Your demented lovers in rhyme

1. Misery's tired spine by Mab (4)
2. Fear and Loathing in a Stranger's Bed by Alanarchy (4)
3. Slut [very long ADULT CONTENT] by Zhaal Nyet Telka (2)
4. SB: 06. Crimson Fire by The Spiral Downward (2)
5. Green Fire by purr_verse (2)
6. Slumbering Sonnet by blake (1)
7. Sensation //Overdose\\ by StarBright (1)
8. Gatekeepers Bribe by Dancing_Monkey (1)

A Strange Betrayal

Rules given to entrants: Write about a betrayal that you never completely understood the motivation behind.

1. Once Upon a Fool Ago (broken carboard wings) by TwilightMelodies (3)
2. a paper filled alley by Dancing_Monkey (2)
3. Soft Places by purr_verse (2)
4. Dying Butterfly(dedication) by The Crimson Queen (1)
5. The White God by LadyMalice (1)
6. Medicine Swallowed Whole by MindRape (1)
7. I am Goddess by Estrella Destrozada (1)

Feed Your Face

Rules given to entrants: Some do it four times, some do it three, some do it on foot, and others in trees, we all do it often and we all do it well, so let's all feed our faces with a poem that's just swell.

1. Woman In The Wall by glasshouse (4)
2. Feeding by Aunty Depressant (3)
3. Café Arcadia by carlosjackal (3)
4. The Bacon that Smoked Dick by Markus Porkwing (2)
5. " nunc lento sonitu dicunt, morieris" by Rebell tiGer King (1)

Gilded Rage

Rules given to entrants: Who is the master of your gilded rage?
Does it rule you or stay in its cage?

Put your story down on this page.

1. Melancholy Schizophrenia by Drea (4)
2. Mrs. Submissive by glasshouse (2)
3. Taking Over (One Couple at a Time) by TwilightMelodies (2)
4. Grudge fucking is just sex therapy by Sin (2)
5. Spilling the Essence of the Gods. by TheProphetUntold (2)
6. A Fresh Look by Cunnilinctus (2)
7. A_HarsH_RealitY by OttOEviL (1)
8. The Will to Fight by hex (1)