This is a must vote contest
Those who entered my last contest know how it works, for those new
read before you enter
DO NOT ENTER UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO FOLLOW THE RULES
1 everyone entering will have only 1 set of votes ( no matter how many poems they enter)
2 You will be sent an IM once the contest has closed
asking You to vote for your top three poems
3 I will allocate points as such First place will receive 4-point second 2 point third 1 point
the poem with the most accumulated points wins
4 I will have one vote ( which we will use before any other votes have been cast)
so as not to be influenced in any way
5 Only poets entering can vote ( but may not vote for themselves)
6 Result will be announced 48hrs after I send out IMs
asking for the votes or sooner if all votes are in
7 Any poet not voting, will have any votes cast for them
handed to top three places. And their work disqualified
8 To vote you will have to had read all of the submitted works (how else can you vote)
if you expect others to read your work you should return the favour
9 You need not comment on any work, ( but it is nice to)
10 If in the case of a draw for any place , a count back will take place
If there is still a draw i will run a contest just for the others involved in draw .So they receive a trophy
11 I will give the total of votes cast for the top three places only
13 Any questions please IM me
Contest Use the Image for a poem
Or one of the titles below
1 Coming Home
2 Tiny Tots
3 Into The Light
4 Guilty
5 A Single Rose
6 Dream
7 A Mothers Tears
8 Snowflake
9 Puppy Dogs Tails
10 The Flag
You do not have to use the title IN the poem
But you must use it as the Title
If someone has already used the Title
then the next person will give a number
to the Title
As Such
Dream
Dream 1
Dream 2
and so on
Limited to Two entries per author
Closed after 30 entries
First place 300 pts
Second 200 pts
Third 100 pts
Those who entered my last contest know how it works, for those new
read before you enter
DO NOT ENTER UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO FOLLOW THE RULES
1 everyone entering will have only 1 set of votes ( no matter how many poems they enter)
2 You will be sent an IM once the contest has closed
asking You to vote for your top three poems
3 I will allocate points as such First place will receive 4-point second 2 point third 1 point
the poem with the most accumulated points wins
4 I will have one vote ( which we will use before any other votes have been cast)
so as not to be influenced in any way
5 Only poets entering can vote ( but may not vote for themselves)
6 Result will be announced 48hrs after I send out IMs
asking for the votes or sooner if all votes are in
7 Any poet not voting, will have any votes cast for them
handed to top three places. And their work disqualified
8 To vote you will have to had read all of the submitted works (how else can you vote)
if you expect others to read your work you should return the favour
9 You need not comment on any work, ( but it is nice to)
10 If in the case of a draw for any place , a count back will take place
If there is still a draw i will run a contest just for the others involved in draw .So they receive a trophy
11 I will give the total of votes cast for the top three places only
13 Any questions please IM me
Contest Use the Image for a poem
Or one of the titles below
1 Coming Home
2 Tiny Tots
3 Into The Light
4 Guilty
5 A Single Rose
6 Dream
7 A Mothers Tears
8 Snowflake
9 Puppy Dogs Tails
10 The Flag
You do not have to use the title IN the poem
But you must use it as the Title
If someone has already used the Title
then the next person will give a number
to the Title
As Such
Dream
Dream 1
Dream 2
and so on
Limited to Two entries per author
Closed after 30 entries
First place 300 pts
Second 200 pts
Third 100 pts
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on October 11, 2005
- Rewards: Gold: 300
- Final notes:
Well all the votes are now in, everyone voted Thank you
Once again every poem received votes,
This has been the best contest I have held, The standard
of the poems were excellent. I thank everyone of your
for taking Part
Out of the 28 poems entered 9 received at least 1 First position
That shows you the standard of work
I thank you all for making this another wonderful contest
Now to the results
the results are as follows
First place with 35 points
made up as such
7 firsts worth 4 points - 28 points
3second worth 2 points - 6 points
1 third worth 1 point - 1 points
Was the poem
Merlin in the Mist by Pamela Lamppa
Second with 18 points
made up as such
4 First worth 4 points - 16 point
0 seconds worth 2 points - 0 points
2 thirds worth 1 point - 2 point
was the poem
A Single Rose 2 by AerinAlanna
Third with 17 points
made up as such
4 First worth 4 points - 16 points
0 Seconds worth 2 points - 0 points
1 Third worth 1 point - 1 points
was the poem
A mothers Tears 3 by Cherche-d-ame
My thanks to all who provided some wonderful work
Thank you all for Voting
Entries [9]
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Mommy, why are you crying—
I promise I'll always stay near butby Poopsie-N-Kitten 54 lines, 21 comments, on Oct 2 12:15 PM 2005. In Love• Commented on by judge. -
The Crone, the Woman, and Child• Commented on by judge.
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Here I stand on hills
overlooking the sun silently;by B Chandler 6 lines, 17 comments, on Oct 2 8:03 PM 2005. In Contemporary• Commented on by judge. -
The one who sings is followed through,
The situation that he brings you to,• Commented on by judge. -
A Single Rose Tos
Right of ou lynch terreby B Chandler 42 lines, 22 comments, on Oct 2 10:50 PM 2005. In Contemporary• Commented on by judge. -
There are those that fear him• Commented on by judge.
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She sheds them when no one is looking
in the depth of the dark of the nightby cherche -d -ame 40 lines, 18 comments, on Oct 4 7:13 AM 2005. In Society, Love, Angst
Bronze trophy winner
• Commented on by judge. -
A single rose,
Stands on the mountain side,• Commented on by judge. -
When you go to buy a puppy,One thing you must get right,And that is in the judging,Of what is at tail height.This may perhaps seems si• Commented on by judge.
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OH Yay!!! *starts pondering*
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right I spotted this one in time to enter it, so I will have to get my thinking cap on. Thanks for posting another contest so soon.
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Hi Legend, another interestng comp from you, the pic is great and so are the titles, will see what I can come up with, but anyway all the best with your comp, hugs Di
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Look forward to your entry Lacyte
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Hi Swan nice to see you have spotted the contest look forward to reading an entry from you
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Hi di looking forward to seeing another entry from you as it is guaranteed to be an entertaining write
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Count me in, but please give me a day or two ...took my Muse to the National Zoo in Washington today , and she is dead tired...she got a shower by a baby elephant and now is puting
xoxo
Reenie;f -
hehehehehe i see u got a picture of odin this time cooolllll ill see if i can enter
[S: I have this picture saved on my comp and in custom backgrounds
Rae -
I may have to stand down on this one dear friend as things here are a bit hetic right now.
Ruth -
WoW! You have some great options and ideas here. i love the image but don't know that my feeble mind could come up with anything to do it the justice it deserves.
Good luck in your contest! 
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You do yourself a great disservice in thinking you lack the talent .I know different so no excuses get that pen on the move
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Well thank you for the vote of confidence!! I'm thinking here..... The problem is... my brain is still sitting at the station as my train of thought slowly slips down the tracks!
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OK hold on I'm on my way with a lift to get you to the next stop along the way, we'll get you aboard some way
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I'll be the one in the denim skirt hiked high and my thumb sticking out!
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Hi everyone, I will be doing my critiques at the end of this comp, there are some very wonderful writes here, all the best to you all, hugs Di
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Oooh. I have a couple of ideas for this contest.
Looks like a good one, and wow, some awesome entries, as I would expect.
---leaves me to thinking..... ~Pam 
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I haven't forgotten just got a stinking cold, but don't give up on me yet!
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Oh my this are indeed the real winners. Once again it was very hard to judge the writes because the were all excellent. My congratulations to the winners of this week Great done. Hehehe I m looking forward to the next challenge. I love those have to judge contests from this wonderful host. The only thing i hope is that we learn to give each other more comments that way we know that the poem is read by everyone. Thanks again very much and good luck with the next one Herman PC
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Legend this was a wonderful comp and an eye opener on human nature, congratulations to you all, you surpassed every limit. hugs Di
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CONGRATULATIONS Winners!!!!!
and to everyone! Excellence abounded here this week, this was one of the best contests I've ever been privileged to be a part of, thank you all for the great reads!
Let the ink flow! Blessings, Sandi
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Congratz to every entry here and to all winners as well.. All entries were wonderful.. congratulations participants and thanks Legend for this
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Congratulations to all winners and all that submitted such wonderful entries Thank you for the Bronze , to all that voted for me to be awarded this Somehow a win like this means more , as it is not judged by one person alone and therefore I think there is not as much potential for showing favoritism. We can vote anonymously for what we consider to be the best work. It really is a team effort. And last but not least , of course a big thank you to our gracious host and this creative way of holding a contest
Reenie
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Congratulations to the winners. This was certainly a learning experience: my first contest of this kind. Thank you for the opportunity.
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congrats to the winners of the contest i read all the poems and thought they were fantastic and i found it really hard to place my votes
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Thank your for your comments on this contest and for a wonderful poem I hope to see you in the next one i put up Thank you for taking part
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Thank you for your comments on this contest And for taking time to enter a fine poem Hope to see you i my next one good luck with your writing
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This was indeed a contest with THE best entries... it was so very hard to judge, and I salute the winners... they are worthy!!!! Congratulations!!!!
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