Congratulations to the winners of the Poetry.com April 2022 monthly contest. There were 117 poems submitted to the contest — thank you to everyone who entered and participated!
Thats hill-area-us two here the afterimage of sound in a car-tune anne-mated seen bubbles with written messages affirming the whistlin' dixie several characters cant seam 2 escape gravitaten too. the jist of it is moo moo moo. anyone want a better way of dropping a quarter of 10000 pennies for your thoughts and 500 nickles for your kiss'?? Ill bee ovure hear weighting four a mirror-ickle. peeeeeesssssssmore »
Sometimes I forget to turn off the after burners. I was hoping you would oblige me. I welcome random introductions as valuable as pretending the stranger is long awaited. I'd be tickled to expand what you saw that motivated your query. I'd be tickled to just tell you about the messages I meant for you and the other to enjoy. I'd be tickled if I was ticklish, just saying, your welcome to share what's on your mind openly or privately.more »
I admire your strength of character Reil; although sometimes you have a tendency to be a bit of a 'bull-dosser', when it comes to your comments. And due to the fact that this is not a 'dating-site', I will not comment on whether or not I am 'ticklish'.'more »
Its a shame your overlooking the gifts. Why reply one item (im more inclined to believe you twisted round deliberately since I wasn't flattering you with tickle), then say you won't comment. Seriously your not doing anything but bull dozing anyone who has a grounded perspective and professional background in poetry and shared their honest feelings about the contest. I've given you 3 other opportunities to engage me in a fun but peaceful nature to go over my position on the matter, and give you the same respect to expand your ideas. Im mean really the only bull dozing is so hypocritical but it's by you being defensive and quite frankly childish.. Your rude for dismissing the content I took careful time preparing for you. Did you solve the riddle of my contest entry? This is the issue, it isn't your place to interfere in any of our constructive criticism. The complaints of the 3 comments I know you chimed in on and mine all have a common position. At least I offered the perfect solution .If you want to do good please quit sharing the results of the contest resemble good choices Or a fair decision. The instructions were not followed and those poems are not successful at the most important element in communication which is to tell the truth. I can prove that it's mathematics science and its an algorithm tried and tried again. Set that aside and realize I'm not your enemy, I didn't come here to argue anything, I'm trying to gain support to petition our judges take them out of a judging position and make this an even field. Everyone of us deserved a vote for every place or runner up awarded, We should also not be excluded from voting for ourselves. It's only 1 of 8 votes. Voting is out in the open as well and we should also be asked to leave our thoughts about any of the works for any of the authors. Its a growing experience. Also instead of having a tie breaker just pay each place earner the full amount. How will you run out of money you won't and it's a sure fire way to make it fool proof and fair and fun for everyone. You would do great, your fearless approaching your next victim to drop your young ideas looks like the portrait of a teacher of thinking and poetry. Literally found you doing thst with 3 random different people. That said, I encourage you to risk whatever your afraid of and go back to the messages I left for you. What catches my minds eye is in your screen name. Empath of love resales your task in this world. Im certain what you think your accomplishments are interacting with me like you have, and have with the others I have mentioned, are not a true indication you really are that person. Help yourself first and get right. Go , im serious it is apparent your not finished growing. Truth doesn't hurt you it will help you. I've been transparent for you.more »
I'm not really sure what you mean when you say the chosen poems were 'not good choices', and that they 'didn't tell the truth'. I'm still baffled. Everyone has their own way of 'telling the truth' (including you), and whether it's just one moment in time, or a pent-up reaction to an entire life full of frustration just trying to capture that one poetic line that expresses their own 'truth'...I'm not sure how you measure 'truth'. I might suggest you go back and re-read those poems. You might learn a little something about what 'truth' really is. Anyway...I'm finished with this (whatever it is), and I'm looking forward to next month's contest. I'll see you there. Peace.more »
I was also disappointed by not seeing my poem among the winners. And after reading the winning poems, I'm ready to put up my poem against them for a Pepsi challenge.
I just re-read your poem, and although I was very impressed by your deep thinking process and some of the imagery; I believe you should work on your formatting before you decide to enter it into a 'Pepsi challenge' :)more »
Its fun when an Em-pathetick defends nothing but attempts to qualify your poem from the perspective it is the authority. You should Pepsi challenge. If its mad you expressed your honest evaluation opinion and conclusion it should give its own for our grading. The one its given so far is somethimg else I tell you. If you people watch and look around you will find it policing at various cherry picked locations with a similar self appointed position to destroy the possibility there is a higher opinion than the judges here in. You, I, and the unnamed and unnumbered know otherwise. I appreciate your willingness to say it sucks outloud. Thank you!!more »
formatting, really? Apologies if I seem politically informal. I feel that formality has minimal place in the art of poetic expression. The things that should really count are the message, inspiration and the soul. Anyway, I'm not here to pick a fight, or pass judgment. Just telling it how I see it. I'll give it another shot in May, let's see how that goesmore »
I actually DO find your work full of poetic expression...and there are no 'politics' involved here. And I'm sorry if I sound like I'm 'picking a fight'. I am just always turned-off by 'poets' with arrogant attitudes...as if their message is more important than anyone else's message.. I also need to work on my formatting, so you're not alone friend. See you in May! Peace.more »
I was a little disappointed when I saw I wasn't one of the winners of this contest, but after re-reading the poems that DID win...I was a bit humbled and wish to send out my heart-felt congratulations. I'm not giving up though. This was fun; and just the beginning :)more »
Hey if your one of the judges acronimous, or know any of them, or any one who knows them; or the website poetry contest managers, will you please consider another idea? I propose that since there are 3 winners and a few more runner- ups, that each voter/nominee should get that same number of votes as recognized poems; also its really f'n cool to be able to vote for yourself and it's not a wash and you can only vote once per poem. I'd consider leaving the voting transparent and allow us to say something anything; as poets we value freedom of speech above all right? Our vote is our voice and imagine so far how much more fulfilling each will experience during answer after. It builds trust as well. A lot of us are not feeling the love and have some negativity about it. To perfect the goal of trust and learning, judges should forfeit voting. If your not a contestant and your so not allowing outside voting otherwise, why should you get to sway the vote. Its already diluted having one vote that you cannot use on yourself in the end that is purely wrong since your trusting me with a vote but telling me I'm not capable of evaluating my own amongst the rest, seems contradictive. If there are ties, just pay 2 prizes at that level, it's not like there isn't enough money splitting is not fair since if you have 2 or 3 2nd but 1 1st you reward the lesser place finisher with a higher prize. Runnerups should at least get there entrance fee returned. Ok the other unanimous boo is this so called grading system forget it, too many with backgrounds in this area such as myself in music see these winners are not matching what was laid out which for poetry in general less restrictions typically means a point gets made brilliantly. Tons of arguments against a contest having such a broad then vague plus ambiguous parameter description. Why not narrow this thing down to specific categories so that it's comparing apples to apples oranges to oranges and not cinnamon to calculators. By the way, the poem I wrote was for you the judges it's about this process and getting here with this information. It's a riddle and I hate giving away before the first try but if you find the time enjoy. Also realize I thought long and hard about what others would think if I had announced it prior and I had won. I might be called a cheater. Its my dream to have a better world and better place to share my talents, I have 1000's of poems different studies, different ages different styles different themes. Shoe us your alive, reasonable and doing this with good intent please we beg....more »
Good morning Reil. I'm following you because I find your passion and persistence very intriguing. (I am not a judge, by the way). You've brought up a few different ways to challenge the current judging process, but I'd like to point out why they might not really make sense to a lot of us. At one point you thought that allowing one vote per contestant (with the ability to vote for yourself) was a good idea. Try to imagine who 'wouldn't' vote for themselves when running up against contestants such as yourself, who might not even take the time to read the other entries. They would just simply vote for themselves. And woe to those who DID honestly take the time to read the other entries; maybe even finding another person's poem might be a little stronger...and a learning experience. They wouldn't have a chance if they voted for that poem. Your other suggestions sound a bit more complicated, and might discourage some of the contestants from even wanting to participate at all. But I only have one more thing to add; my friend, and fellow poet: There is a link at the bottom of this page (Grammar) that you might benefit from. It takes you to a site that will familiarize you with some of the most common grammatical errors. Peace!more »
I didn't say that I'm sorry you took so much time to address the wrong point.
To your 2nd mute point; If your confused about my deliberate creative expression, you missed the opportunity I offered you to have a peaceful discussion and make sence of them. They were gifts to you. My appeals to you have never been addressed by your comments. Instead you argue for the public and the sake of argument. Key in on that fact and you have my reasons for tapping you on the shoulder originally. Read the ethics, guidelines, and rules posted herein. When you align yourself to those ascertainable visions the things you might say may not be dreadful anymore . Successes all over you! Ppmore »
@POEBLSNG I have no idea why I received a notification someone commented on my comment when the link took me to a forum of 5 fellow contest nominees. The related comment isn't here and the persons comment can't be linked to anything I may have wrote. But I didn't want to miss my opportunity to maybe find the answer and learn and connect with others. This has potential to be more valuable or better yet simultaneously invaluable to building this site and its goals while expanding our lives thru careful attention to developing interpersonal relationships.more »
Just looking at these titles, I can see I'm up against some very stiff competition. But that's alright. I'm pretty sure I'll love reading all of the poems; and perhaps learn a little something more about what makes us poets a special breed.more »
I have a year on you; when it comes to 'bottled-up something', and mine is also a spontaneous piece. I haven't allowed myself to touch it or try to polish it up because I have a tendency to wear away the original feeling. And that to me is a huge part of the magic. Peace to you too..:)more »
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