Dodecathlon: February Contest

Dear Live-Love-Writers,

A round of applause for this month's Dodecathlon winners!

:thumb139460926: ------ Second Place ------ :thumb139460926:
Human DustPassing through the potentially lovely days
Could have been used and abused in so many ways
But do not grow happiness that is upside down
When you see time leaving as the sun goes down
Look at growth degrading you to grounds
Blowing sand in the climax of your life
Infectious sand turning you into dust
The past is now stabbing you in the back with a knife
And then you look behind you
Your youth is there, but he is history 
He is whispering to you, he is still unclear
I guess the past is now a mystery
By Drunk-Web


------ First Place ------
WisdomOnce, long ago, I went to
A place where none could follow.
It was a place between
Life and death,
Where all possibilities existed
Though nothing else did.
I wanted to go forward,
Beyond that full emptiness,
Into the world of death that followed.
But it was not my time.
I was so young when it happened,
And I didn’t understand
How much more to life there was.
I could not understand it
Until I lived it.
Now, many years later,
It seems that I can feel that place
As it comes to greet me again.
Old age is an interesting thing,
More interesting because
I did not quite reach it.
No, middle aged is what I am,
And it seems I will go no further.
This is no one’s fault,
It is just Nature’s will.
I cannot say that
I regret my life.
It was good, it was full,
I did everything I could to be happy.
I only achieved that occasionally,
But that was to be expected.
There are things that I still wish I could do
That will be forever denied to me.
Growing old with the one I love,
Meeting my
By cechapman95


Congratulations, winners! You will receive your prizes shortly, and you are invited to participate in our contest finale at the end of the program. We hope to see you again next month for another chance to win Dodecathlon!

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Dodecathlon February contest!

Theme

Colors


Deadline

February 28th


Rules & Regulations

*Entries must be submitted only to the Dodecathlon contest folder. If you submit your entry to another folder, we will not be able to accept your entry twice. A submission to the contest folder will not count towards your weekly limit.

*Both poetry and prose are accepted.

*There is no word limit, maximum or minimum.

*You must be a member of Live-Love-Write to participate.

*We prefer your entries be newly written for this contest. Entries written up to one month ago will be accepted.

*Please include "for the Live-Love-Write contest" in some form in your Artist's Comments. Entries without this info may be denied.

*Mature content is allowed, but must have the appropriate filter and be tasteful.

*All submissions must comply with deviantART rules.

*We encourage, nay, implore you to interpret the theme as creatively and wildly as you can.

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Prizes

First Place
1 month dA subscription
150 dA points
Feature in the Quotebook
Feature in Live-Love-Write main page
Feature at Writers--club
Feature at xWritersUtopiax

Second Place
100 dA points
Feature in the Quotebook
Feature in Live-Love-Write main page
Feature at Writers--club
Feature at xWritersUtopiax

Third Place
50 dA points
Feature in the Quotebook
Feature in Live-Love-Write main page
Feature at Writers--club
Feature at xWritersUtopiax

Honorable Mention
Feature in the Quotebook
Feature in Live-Love-Write main page
Feature at Writers--club
Feature at xWritersUtopiax

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More prizes will be added as we petition for the support of our members and affiliations. As these contests will run year round in conjunction with our other programs, we'll need all the funding and gifts we can get, so please chip in! Even only a feature helps enormously. Thank you all for your support, and let Dodecathlon begin!