For happy poems. No other rules.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on September 12, 2005
- Rewards: Gold: 320
- Final notes: A lot of poemd were entered, which made judging difficult. A number of poems weren't happy, it seemed to me. This was the one basic requirement. Others lost through bad spelling or grammar, becausde sentences were distorted to get rhymes, or through failures in "texture."
The largest number were about love. There is nothing wrong with that, but I would point out that there are other sources for happiness.
There were too many poems to comment on individually, but there were certainly some very good ones among them. Thsank you all for contributing.
Entries [13]
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I discovered today why some folks don’t smile,
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sad attempt at happy poem dont like it• Commented on by judge.
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Memories so sweet when you were a child
Playing outside in weather mildby jeaneileen 59 lines, 34 comments, on Mar 21 8:15 PM 2005. In Personal, Other
Silver trophy winner
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Change is the bud of April, the long awaited bloomby Shadow-Addict 59 lines, 1 comment, on May 25 4:08 PM 2005. In Hope• Commented on by judge.
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No mountain is too tall
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Come my child, take my hand
As I lead you to the promise land• Commented on by judge. -
Smile is an art of living depends....
How do the way you smile;• Commented on by judge. -
The difference now and what we are doing-
is plainly different from how we shouldn't-• Commented on by judge. -
Every time looking into their eyes,they wonder, what is keeping thier bonding still so strong, Time has thrown every test it possibly could, but not• Commented on by judge.
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I have cheated i have put a pre-write in here, i'm not very good at writing to order, they always feel stilted when i read them, i'll probbaly be lying in that bath reading when something will pop into my head!
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Why should putting in a pre-write be cheating. Apart from my clerihews on Pitt, and a poem in praise of the year 1991, everything I have entered into contests has been pre-written. I believe poetry can very seldom be written to order. I am literally prepared to go on revising a poem for years -sometimes! - before I think it is any good. I feel very strongly that any poem written on the spot without revision and polishing simply cannot be as good as one that has been worked at. When I submit poems for professional publication I always leave them for a couple of weeks at the very least after first writing them so I have some chance of evaluating their strengths and weaknesses objectively.
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