Hello all,
After reading over a few comments on a write of mine, comments from poets at this site that whose opinions I really appreciate, I had an idea for a contest. This is the contest:
The rules are simple, fix this write. Whatever you think will fix this write of mine do it. If it is spelling, grammar, rhyme, meter......whatever you think needs to be corrected. If it means changing the words, lines or anything you see, as long as the tale stays in tact.
Another suggestion is keep the swearing to a very slight minimum or none would be great, I like for most everyone to be able to enjoy poetry. If you feel the need to use a lot of language then please find another contest because I shall be marking off for the use of it.
I will award 500 points to a single person whom I think did the best job on correcting the write. So it is all or nothing, no second place here, just the best pirate.
If you have any questions about any part of this just send me a message, I check in fairly often and will respond to the messages.
Thank each of you for looking at this and the best of luck to ya. Have fun with it.
OK here is a link to the write:
allpoetry.com/Poem/1334457
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 26, 2005
- Rewards: Gold: 500
- Final notes: First, I would like to thank each of you that submitted an entry to this contest. I wanted each of you to know that I copied your writes and saved them to my laptop so that I could go through each of them during the last three days and find the one that seemed to "me" as being the most correct write while keeping the tale intact. I would also like to state that I really enjoyed seeing your view of this write and how each of you tweeked it to meet your standards of poetry. I think that was one of the most fascinating journeys I have been on in a while. I laughed quite a few times while reading some of the tales and then set for minutes trying to see exactly what you where thinking when you changed a few things(A deffinate good thing as it opened my mind to see what rules you applied for the lines.) I think that I have found the write that I think completed all the tasks that I set fourth in the rules. I had two that where very close in my view, and had to go back and look at the rules that applied to each of your writes as you stated them. I shall not keep you in suspence any longer. I hope this contest was as enjoyable for you as it was for me. Thank each of you for entering my first contest.
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Pass the bottle, please pull up a chair,
Hush that parrot, for this is rare...• Commented on by judge. -
Further out to sea we went, against both wind and wave.
I knew in that moment all our lives he would save,• Commented on by judge. -
Pass the grog and pull up a chair
Silence that parrot for this tale is rare.• Commented on by judge. -
Pass me the rum, pull up a chair
Silence the parrot for this is rareby Feline2001 49 lines, on Jul 23 6:05 PM 2005. In Other• Commented on by judge. -
The seas be calm the skies true blue,
Sails be pushin, straight an true.• Commented on by judge.
Gold trophy winner
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>.< This is an... interesting idea to a poem. I'm not really good at fixing my own poems, so I might just look in and see how everyone else does...
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haha this sounds like fun, actually
and something completely different from what most people do 
off to read the poem!!
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Good idea HR...good luck to everyone who enters!
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No one has entered this yet? Piece-o-cake!
Not having seen it, I may be glad I said that in case I must eat my words.
Terry
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I do not have time at this moment but would be happy to return later and enter when i have more time. All the best with this it is a good idea. Stella.
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Was i one of the ones too HammeR...responsible for this contest? I've just started to fix it - wanna see what i have so far?
Pass the swill and pull up a chair
Choke that parrot, i don't care
The seas were stormy and the sky was black
The sails were a blowin` at my crack
Our lot was happy but plenty dumb
Brain cells were killed by imported rum
The Runs ran rampant on this perilous trip
most of us hung our arses o'er the side of the ship
How do you like it so far eh? Good aint it!
Great idea for a contest..hope you get lots of entries!
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LOL @ Loopy gal and at you Hammer for this contest - it's unique I swear (well yes I do at times - oops I digress)
I have so enjoyed putting this 5 minute wonder together for your pleasure and enjoyment (hopefully) just what I need from you both today - a rollicking good laugh.
thanks
Vonnie ROFL
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interesting contest...cant be bothered to enter though -
an interesting idea for a contest. I'll see what I can do if I have time. For now good luck to the rest of you!
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enjoyed rewriting!
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Thank each of you for stopping in and leaving a comment. I would also like to thank the ones that participated in the contest. I know there will only be one write that I pick as the winner, but to be honest each one of the writes was manipulated in a great manner. It allowed me a journey into your mind to see how your thought process injested this info and the way you thought it should be arranged. This was my main goal, to see what others see when they read a poem. Now off to find the poet that I think did the best..........
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Did the best??? Is that what this is all about? Well, i never knew that else i would've went a completely different route.
I thought it was the poet who could "fix" your Conjured Swells" in the shortest amount of time whilst eating pizza and blowing bubbles in the bath. Hey, pass me my rubber chicken ducky thingie....
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If any of the contestants has a question I would be more than happy to answer it. Before you write me and ask me the cost of a pack of bologna in Europe Loopy gal, I am refering to the contest and the poems. Until next we meet...........
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Ladies and Gentlemen of this contest page - I'm so very humbled to be awarded first prize. What is it Hammer? Can't you see i'm trying to make a speech here? Ahem...When I was but a young lass growing up on our dew worm farm, i never dreamed that one day I'd be standing here accepting this trophy ...What's that HammeR - um what? I didn't win? You've got to be kidding??? Well, why didn't you tell me?
Seriously though congrats to the winner - well deserved Thankyou HammeR for this contest...I had such fun
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So did I HammeR - I loved coming up with my piece of nonsense I'm glad it made you laugh and others too. It's not whether we win or not it's how we play the game and Loopy gal and myself laughed ourselves silly (er) so we were winners anyway. Sincere congrats to the Trophy winners - a wonderful contest all round I'd say.
Vonnie
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