I have a very bad vibe about the last comp I posted. I have that awful feeling of standing beneath a shower of shit. I hope I am wrong, I really do but as I have more points than a porcupine I figure let’s waste them on what you think is good poetry.
Please don't confuse this with me trusting your taste in poetry. And please don't confuse this with a poem of yours.
I don’t want you to post one of your poems.
I want you to post two poems that are on this site that you just love and think should be published.
They can be anything…any style, any subject, funny, sad, political, society, spiritual personal… anything but shithouse!
It can be two different writers who you choose for your pieces
You will post the title , for example
Slashed to a thousand pieces by Worthless Bog
The link – that you have cut and pasted (NOT THE POEM- just the link)
For example allpoetry.com/poem/2141471
And a SHORT reason as to why you like it. The poem, not the writer. Pissing on about the writer may produce an upchuck reflex. And...
MAKE SURE IT IS A SHORT REASON !!!
You will get a gold and points and the poem picked will get a gold and points and a very nice review and possibly highlighted….maybe
I know, generous is hardly sufficient to describe such largesse.
However, there is a catch.
If I like it, I will of course praise it to the hilt. If I don’t, both you and your crappy nomination get a bollocking.
This way your nominee gets a ray of sunshine to begin their day or a blizzard to stuff it up completely.
By the way, if you feel an overwhelming urge to nominate me….don’t.
I am arrogant enough to think mine are just the bee’s knees and I can get to read them anytime I like. But thank you for the thought.
Please don't confuse this with me trusting your taste in poetry. And please don't confuse this with a poem of yours.
I don’t want you to post one of your poems.
I want you to post two poems that are on this site that you just love and think should be published.
They can be anything…any style, any subject, funny, sad, political, society, spiritual personal… anything but shithouse!
It can be two different writers who you choose for your pieces
You will post the title , for example
Slashed to a thousand pieces by Worthless Bog
The link – that you have cut and pasted (NOT THE POEM- just the link)
For example allpoetry.com/poem/2141471
And a SHORT reason as to why you like it. The poem, not the writer. Pissing on about the writer may produce an upchuck reflex. And...
MAKE SURE IT IS A SHORT REASON !!!
You will get a gold and points and the poem picked will get a gold and points and a very nice review and possibly highlighted….maybe
I know, generous is hardly sufficient to describe such largesse.
However, there is a catch.
If I like it, I will of course praise it to the hilt. If I don’t, both you and your crappy nomination get a bollocking.
This way your nominee gets a ray of sunshine to begin their day or a blizzard to stuff it up completely.
By the way, if you feel an overwhelming urge to nominate me….don’t.
I am arrogant enough to think mine are just the bee’s knees and I can get to read them anytime I like. But thank you for the thought.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on September 27, 2006
- Rewards: Gold: 300
- Final notes: Thank you for your patience. As these pieces were simply nominated and not penned by those who entered I figured I would do this in a more relaxed manner.
This was the comp “I want you to post two poems that are on this site that you just love and think should be published.” It seems simple enough.
In a statement of bleeding obvious: Art is very subjective. I am of course bemused and staggered what people like and more importantly, what they consider to be good poetry. I am reminded of a quote by Baron de Montesquieu which I believe not only sums up subjective behaviour completely but of course human beings to a tee.
“If triangles ever needed a God they would probably make him three sided.”
To think I would merely view the poetry without viewing the poetry of the person who selected that poetry would be a forlorn hope to say the least. Unlike previous comps my object here was not simply to find good pieces, isolated and washed up upon a barren literary shore but I really wanted to discover as with all my comps, genuine literary talent that will expand my reading pleasure and enrich my life. It is hardly surprising how many good poets seek good company and how the poxy poets latch on to ordinary poets who in some cases are even below their own shithouse standard. In a classic case of we are what we eat and we as writers are what we read. And it is abundantly obvious some writers like the person they have nominated way more than they enjoy great writing. Whether this is right or wrong, who cares? It is merely an observation.
I thank all who participated and as always it is interesting to see who likes who on this site. As stated in the competition notes some of the unfortunate pieces that were proffered for comment were as ordinary a piece of writing that has been my misfortune to read. There were however pieces that was truly magical that I would never have discovered under normal circumstances and for those writers discovered and those who kindly nominated those gems, a heartfelt thanks.
This is how I saw them- those with a “yes” beside made for great reading. Those with a “no” ranged from okay to utterly shithouse.
Nominated by Teddibly Abnormal
No - Rescued Soul By Sandi Alford
No - Hopeless Quest Posted By Sheshh
Nominated by Old Doc Wit
Brilliant but obviously ineligible - Sweet Is the Dream by D.P. Robertson
Yes - Vignettes of Haight Ashbury by Mary K
Nominated by MusicalWings
No- In Your Eyes by Sharcu
No - Harvest Moon by earthstar
Nominated by Kimmikins
No - Ever Ever by DK akaLunaticSerene
No - Anal Annie and Sir Cocksterso by DK akaLunaticSerene.
Nominated by SunshineFaerie
No - Where Do I Hide by Not-So-Hidden
No - Black Rose by Jeannie D
Best writes (no poem) by blood tourniquet
No - 'Her kiss' by Immortal
No - 'Hole in my soul' by Muddyking
Jame's Favorite by DarkHunter
No - SoulMates by Jeannie D
No - For James by Jeannie D
Favourites (Not A Poem) by wakingdevil
No - Carpe Diem by The Risen Sun
No - Voyaging Through Darkness by
Jeannie's Favorite by Jeannie D
No - Soulmates by DarkHunter
No - Shadows by DarkHunter - This poem appears to have been deleted.
Honor Other AP Poets by earthstar
No links were provided for these nominations
Presenting...... Ladystorm! by DK akaLunaticSerene
No - Captured moment by ladiestorm
No - Black Velvet Night by ladiestorm
Two of the best.... by sunnystar
No - The footpath...by honey bear - This poem has been deleted by the author.
No - Summer wild flowers...by lilac thought
I love.... by theslayer
No - ....silence of death.... by lyrical-rebel
No - Cradled in God's Loving Arms by Fairy Nutty Buddy
2 poems of two good poets by devotionemotion
No - Needles Glory by xXxRucaxXx
No - Feel by soulseer - allpoetry.com/Poem/1118096
2 of my favorites (not a poem) by ladiestorm
Yes - The Queen of Dreams, by DK akalunaticserene
Yes - Black Roses by DK akalunaticserene
My Two Favorite Poems by Night Hope
Yes - Here my voice stumbles by Nicolette
Yes - "Night Hope" by Kaibab
~ Poetic Duo ~(not a poem) by Recluse Writer
No - Does She Know by Unca Goat
No - Singing in the Rain by LongHairedBaldGuy
two writes for the price of one by Grey Mouser
No- Addiction by MysticStorm
No - A Mysterious Mermaid
hill house etc by Ruby Alice
Yes - hill house by grm
Yes - Thunder on the River by Just Rob
My two choices by WelshDragon
No - The Axeman by Bazza
No - Woodstock by Legend
two scoops by grm
Yes - Pop by Ruby Alice
Yes - Absinthian (repost) by Ruby Alice
Two of my favorites by Circuitsboard
No - 'Lady, look here'(From the Lighthouse Watchman) by CookieZeal
Yes - For Richard by MuseStalker
Two of my all time favourites by bubbasamuel
No - That Night by The Slayer
No - Zamora in Ozark by Black Comedy
Two poems worth reading by Subversive
Yes- Egypt at Dusk by Ariosto
Yes - Voices on the Radio by NoIQ
Two of my favourite poems by Barbie
Yes- 'Lisa's Song' by horus8
Yes - 'last sunday morning' by malachi
Long term effect by sarajaneUK
No - In that hour of flowers by Uriah Hamilton
Yes - A Westerner Goes To The Third World For A Bit Of Harmless Fun
by Edna Sweetlove
My Nominations - Two Sonnets by hugh wyles
Yes - "The Gift of Love - Sonnet" by Angelica.
Yes - "Elizabeth and Mary - The Final Round" by crystaldust.
Nomination-Not a poem by angelica
Yes - DREAM-CHILDREN by hugh wyles
Yes - "My Blessings" By Hugh Wyles.
bleed and bullrushes by Desiree Darkk
Yes - bullrushes at 3 am by BillyD - www.substanza.com/poem.php?poemid
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Playing Stairway Games By Zaotik
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That Night
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Two of my favoritesby Circuitsboard 18 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 23 8:33 PM 2006. In Other• Commented on by judge.
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The Axeman & Woodstockby WelshDragon 25 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 25 10:25 AM 2006. In Society• Commented on by judge.
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by Recluse Writer 13 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 25 8:29 PM 2006. In Personal• Commented on by judge.
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Needles Glory by xXxRucaxXx
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/1979939by Rented Emotion 16 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 26 1:46 AM 2006. In Personal• Commented on by judge. -
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by DK akaLunaticSerene 58 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 26 5:09 AM 2006. In Other• Commented on by judge.
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http://allpoetry.com/poems/1542423
Sweet Is The Dream by D.P. Robertsonby Old Doc Wit 10 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 26 4:22 PM 2006. In Other• Commented on by judge.
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See there ya go!! Now I know I'm going to have to go out and BUY the book!
Being that you mentioned the "bee's knees" I have this question. When a bee sits do they get that "something is being rammed up my butt feeling?" Cause I'm sitting here with visions in my head of a bee going cross-eyed every time he sits.
Like how do you sit with a LONG pointy thing like that? Do they sleep on their stomachs? Do they move it to one side? And if so, is that indictative of whether or not they are a lefty or a righty? Would the other bees discriminate between left bees and right bees? OMG, another thought! It's a good thing they don't have balls, cause then they'd have to sleep on their backs. There would be the bee with his knees splayed out belly up just like a dog. Then they would have to change the cliche' to "It's a bee's life". Oh and then the dog jokes would change completely. "Why does a bee lick his balls?" Then the pollen would get all over them. Talk about being loaded! 
Actually, this is a rather unique contest. I can think of a couple of poets that would fit in the great category. In my humble opinion.
~Michelle~
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brilliant
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Can that writer be a former AP writer who was bannished to another site? Linking a poem of his from that site? I would love to keep his name alive in these parts.
Desiree
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David, sometimes you come up with the most interesting ways of distributing your mass accumulated points. I hope that there are some truly noteworthy pieces that are brought to the table on this one. Everyone does have a different perspective of what good poetry is. One man’s roof is another’s place to stand to piss on that other man beneath it………………… ahem. Yeah, this is going to be fun to watch as it goes on and see what others submit. I may just have to come back from time to time to see the chosen submissions.
~ John
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Des,
Absolutely...might highlight to some people what they are missing
David -
Shit, I want to enter this but i'm scared bloody stiff of making a bollocks of it.
Could I bear to incur the wrath of a pussy cat with a megaphone? At least it will mean some decent poetry gets noticed instead of the normal load of old drivel, (yours and mine excluded of course)
Right i'll go and read what other people consider good, should be an interesting way of wasting a bit of my life.
Then i'll post
Barb
Ps Good idea but don't go walking through any doorways until your head shrinks again.
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So very true John - wow being the bee's knees must be right up there with "I'm the king of the castle"
I guess one would have to be all that to carry such huge bollocks around and i thought he was just a hunchback...
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IM me. We need to adjust your meds.
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Dear David,
This, for me, has been a real mind boggler!
Taking alone the Sonnets in my WYLEIAN Collection by other Poets than myself (and even quite a few of my own!), they are ALL my favourites or they wouldn't be included in it.
There are also many really good poems (in other than sonnet form) which, within two or three days from posting, thereafter languish unread on this site (including some of your own!).
If a few of these are brought to light again in this contest by discerning readers, you will have done their authors and this site in general, a HUGE service and I, for one, commend you for this, whatever your past sins!
Thank you and thanks to every entrant who honours a fellow poet by submitting his or her work as a favourite choice.
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Brilliant idea. This is an inspired subject for a contest. Bravo. I think judging will be difficult.
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This is a great idea for a contest. If I can narrow down my favorites to just two I’ll have to nominate them. What a daunting task, given the treasures I’ve found hidden within the trash on this site. I look forward to reading the poems that others bring to your attention, but if there favorites are nearly as talented as mine I don’t envy you the task of judging this one. Patti
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Well am going to have to give this one some serious thought...part of me says do it but the other half says no, is not a good idea ....so I will give this some thought before I decide. Good Luck with your contest
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wow... lots and lots of poems..
at least now i know where to go for browsing stuff
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very good
rereading your contest hoping around and reading to refresh my memory on what going on at ap. I hope you enjoyed doing this contest. Well good luck and take care -
Thank you for hosting an amazing contest, David. There were many gifted Poets on this page, all worthy of accolades. Congratulations to those that placed, as well as to those who entered. Thank you for the honorable mention & recommendations for two of my dearest Friends...Be well, Poets.
Wanda
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I have just notice that the winner has not clocked in for a year and a half - therefore points have been given to second and third
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Ty for the HM, am sure Edna will be well pleased too, ty much appreciated. Congratulations to the winners! sj
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Congratulations to the winners and Thank you David for a great contest.
Love you my friend
Joan
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Thanks for showing I was not the only one to love that poem (in fact both of them). Barbie. Xx
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Thanks for showing I was not the only one to love that poem (in fact both of them). Barbie. Xx P.S. Sorry - they haven't logged in for a while - next time they do, I shall have to tell them and give the points myself.
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