Write A Poem, Win Tix To Madonna Show
| Editor’s Note: Entries are no longer being accepted. The submissions phase ended April 24 at noon (EST). Check back soon to read the winning poems. |

Anyone can go to see a superstar in a huge venue — that’s easy. But it’s a rarity to catch the queen of pop in a much cozier joint. If you’re a Madonna fan and a decent poet, you’ve got a shot at making this dream come true. Our “4 Lines To See Madonna” contest is all about celebrating the arrival of the singer’s new Hard Candy on April 29. We’ll select two winners, and they’ll each get a pair of tickets for an exclusive performance at New York’s intimate Roseland Ballroom on April 30.
Here’s the deal: you submit a four-line poem about Madonna in the comments section below. It can rhyme, not rhyme, be about her fashion sense, be about a song, or be about a particular era of her storied career. Hey, it can be about any aspect of Madonna’s life that moves you. We’ll check entries through noon of April 24, and decide on two winners. Transportation to NYC is not provided. But once you’re here, there will be two tickets waiting for you.
Feel free to submit more than one entry. We’ll contact the winning poets on April 25 via the email that you include on the “Mail” field of the comments section. (This email will not be made public.) Download the official rules here. You’ll be judged on outrageousness, musical knowledge, and crazy-ass rhymes. Need an example to get you started? You got it.
You’ve sung about sex and spiritual stuff
You’ve proven for years that you take no guff
Now that you’re in the Rock Hall of Fame
Everyone knows, that girl you’ve got game.
Check another example after the jump.
Timberlake’s bud, Warren Beatty’s too
Used to play punk rock, but those days are through
Madge you’ve moved on to much more acclaim
Thanks to your stuff, we’ll never be the same.






April 30th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Dear Madonna,
I do not wish for a win or a prize. Just to give my poem. I honestly think of you every day. My poem is called ” Thoughts” and its from me to you.
Happiness is our goal in life..
My dreams live in you like fire and ice…
Mixed are the tears that flow from all hearts….
I please and I thank you as memories never part..
Smile,
Jean Marie
April 30th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Hi Madonna,
I can’t rhymes worth sh**! I know this is better though….
My name is CIndy, I believe you are a godess.
I have been a loyal fan since I was 9 years old I believe that is when you started your career. I am now 27 years old. You made it big with Like a prayer, Material Girl, Like A Virgin. I remeber as a 9 year old I would sing Like a prayer and come up with all these dance moves. As I grew up I like you more and more. My very first tape by you is Immaculate Collection. Back in the day they had this cool thing called Club House where people could buy 10 cd’s for .99 cents What I did as a kid back then I simply purchased every cd you had out there. ^&$+ Tracey and all. I have I believe 15 to 16 cd’s up to date. I love you Madonna. I only wish to see you one day in concert I know everything there is to know about you. I have every movie you’ve ever been in and every music video you have out there. By now I must sound crazy but in fact I just appreicate everything you have ever done as a human being. Adopted a little boy. Had two kids of your own. I know you went through stupid stuff after adopting little David I think thats his name? If I am wrong I am sorry. My boyfriend’s name is David. I gave up something really rare a “lucky penny” to my mom as a collector just so she could buy me your Evita cd that was a pretty pricey soundtrack. I love you Madonna I am your biggest fan out there. Cindy
April 30th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
It was waiting the alias process
and this hour finally arrived
Hour where I can show
the reason I deserve to gain
As well as you I also I search the fame
Alone that my fame is to be an actress of holywood
As well as you
I also is ambitious
Desire camera flashes going off in my direction
As well as you
is battling to get mine glamour
As well as you
Will leave my Country to get the success
As well as you
Also is influenced by a person who if identifies as MADONNA
With all these coincidences
Even though of personality
Is that I come with the thought
Of that the person who I idolatro in such a way deserves
the the least to read what I
Taymara, a humble person
That he lives in Brazil
Wrote with as much love and affection
For lendária Mrs. MADONNA
Ps: I live in the Brazil and my bigger dream and power algun day to see you exactly that he is of far.
I am making attend a course of English and wrote this poem with the aid of my teacher.
I am not good with the words but I wait that it likes.
May 1st, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Shirley, you are truly are amazing.. and a hypocrite. It’s obvious by your unkind and cruel comments below that you are not a spiritual woman or you would have kept your big mouth shut and practice what you preach for it is better to cut out your tongue than to harm another with it, and this is according to your own beliefs, sister. Besides, you have missed the entire point. This contest was published on the internet and tickets to Madonna concert were promised to the winners. VH1 created official rules for us to follow and insulted us all by not even following their own rules. Most of the poems submitted were done according to these rules and even if they didn’t, poetry comes from the soul, the core of our being and every poem here was submitted in good faith. VH1 has caused many souls much anguish over the way that they have handled this contest and how they have treated us as human beings. I’m sure that your God, whatever name you choose to call him/her, is frowning upon Madonna/Esther right now for allowing VH1 to make a total and complete mockery of her name and to harm many souls during the process. It didn’t matter if my poem won… all I care about is how people are treated.
May 1st, 2008 at 4:52 pm
has anyone won yet?????
May 1st, 2008 at 7:08 pm
The Concert was yesterday, I want to read the winning Poem.
May 1st, 2008 at 8:06 pm
you never know the girl in you until you do
when you look in the mirror you may not know it is you
we don’t know what will happen in the next few years
you just have to look behind the tears
you have to look behind the smile
and let the girl inside out who has been waiting awhile
look in the mirror and tell me what you see
it may not be the girl you want it to be
but it is you
and your the only one who knows what to do…
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Dear Disgusted in CA, Since when has Modonna been known to follow the rules anyway!!?? As far a me being a hypocrite goes I am probably one of the nicest companssionate people you will ever meet in your entire life. But when I read all this trival crap that people go on about especailly when there are so many bigger problems in the world and other peoples lifes it makes me crazy!! It was the same thing with the Led Zeppelin reunion concert, talk about people going over the top and being so greedy and then on top of it bad mouthing Zep when all they were trying to do is raise some money for a good cause. Well the same thing happened with this Madonna thing and I just think people need to put things into perspective. Madonna albeit a very talented human being is just that a human being and VH1 was just trying to do something diffrent and get the fans involved. IF you read the rules they said that they would notify the winners. For some reason though with todays mentality there are always a bunch of cry babys and sue happy people and if you think me calling those people fools is wrong will I am not sorry for that because people are out of control in this world today ! You do have to admit allot of the poems entered were not very good and if I hurt anyones feelings by expressing my opinion about there poetic content that was not my intention and I do apoligize for that!! I am not the judge of any human being on this earth ( I am allowed my opinions though ) my God is and by the way as the Bible says ” He IS ” just to let you know my God is a he!!! Thank you for pointing out that I may have hurt some peoples feelings and I was wrong for that but once again I do not apologize for being amazed of other peoples pettieness and greediness!!
God Bless You disgusted in CA, By the way I live in Ca too!!!
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:05 pm
P.S. just as there is no crying in Baseball the same goes for rock n roll only except in rock n roll there is no crying, whining or sniffeling !!
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:47 pm
I have to wonder about the rules though. The baseball rule is very valid here but at the same time if there is a bad call on the winning team there are going to be people in uproar about it. Especially if the rules are twisted. Madonna didn’t control this competition VH1 did. They are the ones responsible for all the bad feelings that have come out of this. They didn’t even follow their own rules. Is that a Madonna trait sure, but this is a competition in where people need to plan organize their own lives to see Madonna. I can understand that poetry is a wonderful deep emotion and there were a lot of people out there that put real effort and had real good poems out there and all that was left at the end of the day was pain stake waiting and 2 poems that weren’t up to par nor the rules. VH1 are the hypocrites if anyone was hypocrite here. I don’t think the animosity amongst the fans are the problem, VH1 were clearly the problem here and at fault for misleading so many people. Now noticing the 2 people being from back east must be some clue into getting people to come without spending an arm and a leg to see Madonna and to fill seats, if so, the competition should have been for people close to the east coast. Anyways it is what it is, I was horribly disappointed as I personally spent many hours coming up with about 20 poems that I felt proud of. In the end I didn’t win for whatever reason but as someone that enjoys poetry I’m glad I could write something about Madonna and emotions for her and actually create some cool poetry, I’m proud of that. As for this competition, it’s come and gone and sadly again, it is what it is.
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:13 am
The blond shell of mind outrocks all the time. The flavor of time runs with her all the time.Dig deeper to find her essence in time.Share gems of hope with humanity kind.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
From loss and sadness, bear in my early thoughts,
I eagered, I struggled and stagnated, like the swallow flew without it’s mother.
It almost tore my wings apart.
I didn’t know where to start, begin or end…
But to venture the unknowns with playing music, my art
embarking on a journey, trying put rythem to my broken heart , allow my deepheld emotions to spill out onto rivers and ecape to the seas,
free to open my wings and connect to what i thought was lost
finally take to the skies, unified to be touched by the light and love once again
And Now I understand, my life was given by her, mother, mother, guided me all those times..she knew I could be the very pheonix that take to the skies of what is eternity.
Madonna I hope read this someday as I hope you will understand the message in it. just something I felt i needed to express to you.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
From loss and sadness, bear in my early thoughts,
I eagered, I struggled and stagnated, like the swallow flew without it’s mother.
It almost tore my wings apart.
I didn’t know where to start, begin or end…
But to venture the unknowns with playing music, my art
embarking on a journey, trying put rythem to my broken heart , allow my deepheld emotions to spill out onto rivers and ecape to the seas,
free to open my wings and connect to what i thought was lost
finally take to the skies, unified to be touched by the light and love once again
And Now I understand, my life was given by her, mother, mother, guided me all those times..she knew I could be the very pheonix that take to the skies of what is eternity.
May 12th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
ERES MUY GENIAL ESTOS DIAS,ERES MUY POPULAR EN MI VIDA,ERES MI ARTISTA PREFERIDA, ERES MY LOVE DE TODA LA VIDA TE ADORO NONNI.
May 13th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
so they call her mrs. ritchie
and some even say that she’s _&*#` y
oh but we know her much better
so we continue to love her, whatever.
May 13th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Just like a cameleon. Just like a virgin. Just like a prayer.
No matter what, Madonna is the one and only true artist that will ever be loved.
Express your emotions, express your feelings, no matter what you will be dealing.
She’s got no oponent. She’s the material girl, the frozen heart the broken rose.
The one who’s changing like the one above. The human nature, the only throne. The Queen of queens.
Just like the seasons, she’s changing, just like the weather, she’s melting. The one and only. The great desire. Madonna’s hot, Madonna’s tire.
You’ll love her or hate her. You take it or leave it. To have and not to hold. To kiss and not to stroke.
To watch her and not adore. To miss her and not even call.
Rocco and Lourdes, the beat is in your veins, the music in your body and your love is in your taste. Madonna’s number one, you know she is yo mom!
peace & lub
May 14th, 2008 at 9:23 am
no comment
May 15th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
please tell her that in person ,
1>(Smoothness is not soft body to body, and the piece of friction because the other body to body produces heat and this heat produces pleasure, required
The smoothness is the speed of salvation when the body descendant of the water.
Whenever risen faster running proved Softness.
2>Everything has grown Rights imagination, and the wave of Beauty,
either encounter something or swim until the end of the beach Up
on the ground and disappear among the sand.
There is calm
question .
my best regard.
B.B.B
May 21st, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Dejame tenerte por un momento !
Solo un momento, tu y yo nada mas.
Dejame sentirte mio.
Dejame sentirte cerca.
Cerca muy cerca,
tan cerca que hasta
pueda escuchar tu corazon.
Es solo un momento !
Regalame ese momento !
Luego te iras y te olvidaras …
De este momento,
y tal vez de mi.
Pero yo tratare de olvidarlo,
aunque duela y lastime…
Quiero un momento con vos !
Solos tu y yo,
una unica vez,
una ultima vez !
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:01 pm
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May 22nd, 2008 at 3:08 pm
oftahellaofaride
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:14 pm
que desian toca y dejate tocar.tocame…que te ame sin ninca pensar hamas…yo sabia que esto era amen y misericordia por eso te recuerdo
May 26th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
A great star, you will be
a great woman too
but your greater profit
the safe maternity is
since extending to another
already obtained it is
June 13th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Madonna, I LIVE FOR YOU BITCH!!!
July 7th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Anyone who looks as Sexy as you has all the right to be a star.Has fashion an sing like you, needs to be know for years. A song is a song but with you its much more than that you feel the music. You make us proud to know a sexy women like you.
July 14th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
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August 18th, 2008 at 11:13 am
[...] actually couldn’t handle it. So hats off, Madge. We love you for the scandals you generate, the great poetry you inspire, and the music you make. We even love you because you deny reality. Happy [...]
August 18th, 2008 at 11:13 am
[...] actually couldn’t handle it. So hats off, Madge. We love you for the scandals you generate, the great poetry you inspire, and the music you make. We even love you because you deny reality. Happy [...]
October 28th, 2008 at 7:25 am
Every time i sleep i hear voices calling my name, he is in sane a waste husler strugling for identity but none of them knowns the tue meaning of my name.
some times i wonder, is it in the nature of their culture?
to leap what they never sow?
to wipe out what they never belt?
maybe, probably, perhaps, this might be another origin of the Tsunami Part
They sing thier favourite song as they padal their canoes in the sand of the Sahara desert, “smokeless fire, smokeless fire.
and they tell their young stars to adjust the sails because they about to hit the shoes of the Namibi desert.
i think the end has become the first.
October 28th, 2008 at 7:25 am
SMOKELESS FIRE
Every time i sleep i hear voices calling my name, he is in sane a waste husler strugling for identity but none of them knowns the tue meaning of my name.
some times i wonder, is it in the nature of their culture?
to leap what they never sow?
to wipe out what they never belt?
maybe, probably, perhaps, this might be another origin of the Tsunami Part
They sing thier favourite song as they padal their canoes in the sand of the Sahara desert, “smokeless fire, smokeless fire.
and they tell their young stars to adjust the sails because they about to hit the shoes of the Namibi desert.
i think the end has become the first.
November 14th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I like you
February 7th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
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April 11th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
sexy film
April 15th, 2009 at 12:43 am
Papa dont preach,hung up,into the groove,open your heart,was the first song I ever heard by you Now im addicted to you. Everyday i find a new song that i love by you. I was born in 1989,so i know im a little late but i just saw truth or dare and now its my favorite movie and i have more respect for you,you dont take any crap,and speak your mind thats what i like about you. Cant believe your 50 age sure doesnt have an affect on you. I watched the S&S tour on youtube i wish i was there it was the best tour i scene,And I thought nothin can beat the 90’s blonde amibition scene.And you still have seven year olds dressin up wanting to be like you and die hard worshiping fans worshiping you. Your my inspiration i wannna be a singer too,eveytime I wanna give up a put on a madonna record,and think what would madonna do?