July Writing Contest - Voting

It's that time once again, folks. Time to vote for this month's writing contest entries. Simply vote for your two favourite entries. The votes will be tallied up and then we'll see who nabbed the winning and runner-up spots.

The winner will get to pick the theme and style of the next contest as well as getting a spiffy banner. The runner-up will also receive a pretty neat banner.

Voting will close on 3rd August 2009.

Here are the entries:

Entry One

In A Gaze

Gazing at a tea-stained desk and an ink-ebbed map,
Peeking through the curtain’s phosphorescence.
Restless dawn washed up against the night,
I noted the chronometer’s absence of time,
Trapped between all these lines.
O!
Wind us up or we can’t go.

Am I better at life? I’m not better than you,
I can’t trace my tension through these graticules.
The edges of life and ecotones
Are the contours marking my canoe’s grotto,
Come now, and this breeze can be sown.

These charts have eroded with the discoveries they shed,
It is said, that there are no secrets left.
You have, mayhap,
A haven of late afternoons and long twilights
Stowed away in a corner of yesterday.

Remember the moonlit lagoon on a warm night?
In a shimmering trail of ctenophores.
When did the well leak that I now find
Expeditions chasing ships through doubtful fiords,
Lost in insatiable logs?
O!
Wind me up before you go.

There was once a rainforest filled with gems and sounds,
Birds sending signals over civilisations.
The source of pilgrimages unbound,
The scent of changes growing in a palimpsest
Have hidden all staggering steps.

These charts have eroded with the discoveries they shed,
It is said, that there are no secrets left.
You have, mayhap,
A haven of late afternoons and long twilights
Stowed away in a corner of yesterday.
They could build a clock tower with frozen hands,
Watching over at the ocean’s end;
And every hour, a chime of water and light.

Because I am wrapped in a journey
Of ruminating auroras and bitter ice,
Dreaming about the rest of the world.


Entry Two

Traveling Heart

I'm sitting at my desk and staring at the wall,
I'm twiddling my pen,
as I'm trying to write a song my mind
draws a blank for every highway there is

So I figure that a car will do
the open road is an endless trail,
From one side of the States to the other
in a boat you can't sail

so I'm set on this endless journey,
and I'm writing about the sights,
my head feels like its tired,
but my heart says to keep on through the night

Now how about a plane, soaring through the skies
it's got a beastly roar,
and it scatters birds in crowds, it's free to roam
the heavens, not bound to the earth

Passerby's look up in jealousy, while they're admiring the clouds
while kids are having fun and eating sweets at the amusement grounds

So I'm set on this endless journey,
and I'm writing about the sights,
my head feels like its tired,
but my heart says to keep on through the night

So how about a contrast, the ocean is a wide open way
with long voyages taking place along its vast seaway,
boats and trawls and cruisers cover the blue skyline,
while the ocean sparkles against the night moon's shine

So I decided on that train
its voice is like an old aristocrat,
I'm still writing my song, finding ideas,
yet I yearn for a nap

The train's simple noise is almost like a melody,
its floors are open and it's journey is set,
theres not much to do, so i'll just write and write
but hey, 'at least i ain't getting wet'

So I'm set on this endless journey,
and I'm writing about the sights,
my head feels like its tired,
but my heart says to 'keep on through the night'

I'm set on this endless journey,
and my heart says to 'keep on through the night'

my heart says to 'keep on through the night'.

'keep on through the night'.


Entry Three

across the world

this world is full of sights, sounds, and wonder
I want to see it all and so I shall

from San Fran
to Mexico
we shall go
full force blow
to the ends of the world
to see all we know

Mexico is gross and smells
dirty water is every where
the ruins are why I came
to Tenochtitlan
but that is Mexico city

from Tenochtitlan
to the Deutschland
we shall go
full force blow
to the ends of the world
to see all we know

drink at a bier hall
ride on the autobahn
see ruins of world war 2
off to Munich
sit down and eat sausage

from Munich
to Egypt
we shall go
full force blow
to the ends of the world
to see all we know

the pyramids are big
the valley long and neat
the Nile is very deep
to Cairo we go
to see the dead lay

From Cairo
to Japan
we shall go
full force blow
to the ends of the world
to see all we know

deserted irradiated land
old castles and weapons
grab some whale meat
we go to Tokyo
see a show at Toho

From Tokyo
to Aussia
we shall go
full force blow
to the ends of the world
to see all we know

see that vast deserts
hop goes a kangaroo
natives show me red rock
we see Sydney
and listen to the opera

from Sydney
to America
we shall go
to sleep for a year
or ‘til the end of the world
to dream forever more
Forward Message



And those are the entries for this month. Let's get voting!

I vote for entry 2, the author must rock


PS: and 3.

I vote for entry one and two!

I vote for entries 2 & 3

I vote for entries one and two. :3

I vote for entry one and two.

I vote for entries three and two.

1 and 3

#1 (: