Two Poets Win Madonna Tickets
A couple of weeks ago, we asked you to write four lines of poetry for a chance to win tickets to Madonna’s April 30 concert in New York. We received a whopping 7,669 poems. Some are funny. Some are serious. We wish that we could give all of you a pair of tickets, but then Madge would have to move her show from the intimate Roseland Ballroom to Madison Square Garden. Here are the talented (and lucky) winners.
Jordan, from Illinois
I distinctly remember a road trip reflection
And the moving, grooving sounds of an Immaculate Collection
I’d cry “Track 15!” like a backseat DJ
Letting my Baptist minister father know his son was so gay
Bradford, from New Jersey
Through the years worship forced me to wear everything from jelly bracelets to Kabballah strings
I sported some really bad roots and even rocked some tooth bling
Blew my paychecks on Pilates to look lean and mean
But through it all, Madonna is and always will remain my mother_@#_ing Queen
May 7th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Now that the contest is over, I’d like to say thank you to the VH1 Staff and those involved. By sheer chance, I met up with the other contest winner outside Roseland and we had an amazing night. However, be it four winning lines or a million in complaint, nothing compares to the efforts of those who slept on the sidewalk for four days to get what they wanted. Poetry is extremely subjective and you never know what any one person or company will like. But, when you dedicate your time, energy and comfort to sleep outside the venue, you know you’ve earned it. I am extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity and I am grateful to those who wished me well along the way.
May 5th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
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May 4th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
I’ve read many of the entries and come to the conclusion that VH1 really did pick these 2 from a hat. There were far more superior entries in the lot…not mine at the time.
I came up with one that I could be proud of; but it was a day too late. It came to me after my workout, high on maddy energy.
she spoke to the masses
And kicked some +`^ es
She sang to the world
Like no other girl
anyways…Keep dancing and we’ll all see her in the fall.
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:26 pm
I agree, who chose that doggerel?
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:56 pm
The winning poems are filthy not wise. And so are you VH1 and Madonna!
May 1st, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I can’t believe those two poems won….they suck.
#2 stole part of my entry (it was one of the first ones)…..about wearing the jelly bracelets.
That’s lame.