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Replies to Love Poems

Hiya people! Welcome to my fourth contest!

This time, let us all be IN LOVE…



I want you to make a love poem IN REPLY to your favorite classic love poem.

Puzzled? Here’s a sample…

How Do You Love Me
By Mr. Greenleaf
(a sonnet reply to Browning’s “How Do I Love Thee”)

How do you love me? I can't count the ways
You love me greatly no more I can ask;
I'm always in joy, you light up my days
You stir up my soul from dawn until dusk.
Eases my weakness your warm caring hands
Better than my dreams your sweet night kisses;
Your face like of that whom launched ships thousands
Gladdens my heart with countless memories.
You love me more than any in the world
In your eyes I see myself rejoicing;
That love I know shall last until we're old
Death may come but it will never be ceasing.
For there in Second Life I know, I feel
Your love for me will remain strong as steel.



Easy now huh?

You can also make a poem IN REPLY to my own love poems...

Take your pick:

::->Thanks For Hurting Me
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/910744

::->I'll Have No Cares
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/890307

::->Before I Die
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/890276

::->Moments With You
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/841302

::->Why I Hate You
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/841284

::->Letting You Go
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/768580

::->Better Not Lovers
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/764415

::->If Love's Limit Be
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/762901


The Seven Rules:
1) Obviously, this contest is only for LOVE Poems.
2) Use proper capitalization.
3) Submit as many as you want.
4) I will not allow PREWRITES. Sorry, I encourage you to
  explore poetry in many styles.
5) Please put the classic love poem or my poem you are replying
  in your author comments together with the poem's author.
6) Since you are replying to a classic love poem, give your best
  to make your entry poem a classic one too.
7) Enjoy!

The best reply will get 300 points.
Enter now!

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on May 18, 2005
  • Rewards: Gold: 300
  • Final notes:
    HA! I had a hard time judging this contest. There were a lot of good pieces – thanks a lot to the poets and poetesses who joined. Replies to classic poems were amazing but I think those replies to my love poems are more touching. Sad to say, only three awardees for the trophies…

    FIRST PLACE (Gold Trophy + 300)
    “Why?” by Angela Wells
    in reply to my poem “Before I Die”
    excerpt
    Why would heaven take you?
    Is it not known that as I look at you
    I see, in your eyes, true beauty,
    True life, and true love?
    Heaven cannot need such a view as I do.

    SECOND PLACE (Silver Trophy + 100)
    “Before You Die” by Sanity
    in reply to my poem “Before I Die”
    excerpt
    Before you die
    my lips will close on yours
    as one last time, our hearts will be as one
    so soon the time is done
    my love is yours to take with you to heaven.

    THIRD PLACE (Bronze Trophy + 50)
    “Farewell, Farewell” by Dave Al
    in reply to my poem “Letting You Go”
    excerpt
    Farewell,
    farewell.
    This sun has to set.
    Leaves have to wither,
    Goodbye must be said.

    HONORABLE MENTIONS (10 points each)
    (in no particular order)

    “His Love is Boundless” by Poetprncess
    in reply to my poem “If Love’s Limit Be”

    “In Reply: To A Snowdrop” by Raspberry
    in reply to William Wordsworth’s poem “To A Snowdrop”

    “She Wishes For The Dreams of Love” by Simbelmyne
    in reply to WB Yeats’ poem “He Wishes For The Clothes of Heaven”

    “In The Shadow of My Love” by The GoldenPen
    in reply to Lord Byron’s poem “She Walks in Beauty”

    “Friends Don’t Leave As Quickly” by NurseyPoo
    in reply to my poem “Better Not Lovers”


    THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
    ~vonfritzevangelista

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  • AngelSeeker silver member
    April 30, 2005
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    I read most of the poems you had listed here and I really liked them. It was very hard to decide which one I wanted to write a reply to, but "If love's limits be" seemed to speak to me just a little more then the others. I really enjoyed the challange. You have some wonderful entries so far, and I wish you luck with your contest. Patti


  • DefinitiveFreak silver member
    May 10, 2005
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    I would like to try this... I'll see what I can come up with. I'd like to reply to Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda. I hope I can do good, because it's such a beautiful poem.


  • pattyann4500
    May 12, 2005
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    Oh, NO! I guess I've missed it. It looks like it would have been a great deal of fun to write something for this contest, my friend. Hugs, Patricia


  • Timothy Cameron gold member
    May 18, 2005
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    lovely

    I'll try to enter...kinda tears my heart up a bit, but maybe it will bring some healing to enter. I'm going through some issues and writing poems is an outlet. This is a fine contest and I suspect it will help people fall a little more in love with life...thanks. Peace Through Love. ET


  • sanity
    May 18, 2005
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    Thank you so much for the lovely shiny trophy, I have been a little crazy with the poems I have written lately, so I thought it was about time I wrote something serious, I am honoured that when I did it won a trophy..............Thank you again and congratulations to all other winners............

    Hugs and Love
    LindaXXXXXXXXX

  • angela wells
    May 18, 2005
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    Oh thank you so much for the points and the first place trohpy! I'm truly honored - you're an amazing poet yourself and such recognition from you is very awesome. Thanks again! I greatly appreciate it! Thank you for holding the ocntest!

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