Ladies and Gentlemen I am amiss I neglected to mention an honorable mention:
Amethyst Butterfly and her poem:
Our World Reprise [titles from different poems in one] as HONORABLE MENTION.
My apologies! Please check it out! allpoetry.com/Poem/2261393
PLEASE CHECK FOR UPDATES EVERY NOW AND THEN!
10/16/06: I have read 75 poems since last night at this time. I have 26 more to go. Please forgive me if I stop now and wait until the 'morrow. I promise to complete this task by mid day tomorrow. These poems are leaving me breathless. I never thought that your poem titles would blow me away like this. This is totally unbelievable. I am floored. I will bid you all goodnight and return in the AM to be bowled over even more, I am sure. Thank you EVERYONE for your participation and patience.
Love You ALL ♥
Renee
10/16/06
UPDATE - PLEASE NOTE...IT IS GOING TO TAKE ME SOME TIME TO JUDGE THIS CHALLENGE. THERE ARE 91 ENTRIES AND THEY ARE ALL EXCEPTIONAL! HOPEFULLY I WILL HAVE COMPLETED THIS HEFTY TASK BY MONDAY EVENING OR TUESDAY AT NOON. THE LATER SEEMS MORE ATTAINABLE. LOL THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE
UPDATE - 10/01/06
You may use more than one title in a line.
The poem definitely has to make sense.
DO NOT ALTER TITLES. THEY MUST BE EXACT. (except changing upper case letters to lower case letters to make the poem more pleasing to the eye. This is an option, not a requirement.)
DO NOT ADD "filler words" ONLY USE TITLES
Yes, it can be Concrete or Abstract, even Beat and Dada
You may edit your poetry until the challenge closes.
I will read each poem as they are entered here but withhold commenting until the judging process.
I will go to your page and click "view all" during the judging to make sure the titles that created your work are actually there.
You may enter - NO MORE THAN 2 POEMS
Please use only YOUR POETRY POSTED AT AP to create the poem
I hope this covers all the bases. You guys are astute little buggers. You asked every question possible. I hope I answered them all. Whew!
This is what I want...TITLES ONLY!
Go to your work
Gather at least 12 TITLES (lines)
Create a poem
Here's my example:
I was thinking
Just now,
Don't know why;
I am here my child.
Hold me please,
Little one lost.
Time stilled,
September Eleventh Remembered.
I wrestle...
Unwoven.
Looking back;
Now what?
Can we talk
Accountability?
Bear no malice.
God and Nature
Watching
The state of things.
Basic instinct;
Grim reality-
By design.
This is real life, okay!
Any Form
Any Subject
No more than 32 lines
Sorry, if you don't have at least 12 poems you cannot enter.
The best of luck to you all and THANK YOU for your time.
1st Place - GOLD - 500 points
2nd Place - SILVER - 250 points
3rd Place - BRONZE - 150 Points
4 Honorable Mentions - 25 points each
I will comment on all poems during the judging process
ENJOY!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on October 17, 2006
- Rewards: Gold: 500
- Final notes: Oh My Goodness Gracious! I am ripped! This contest was the hardest I have had to judge thus far. These entries were extraordinary! I cannot believe the caliber of poetry that came from compiling titles. I would like to thank EVERYONE for the turn up and show out because EVERYONE surely is a winner in my book. I do wish I was able to give more than one set here. Unfortunately I cannot. That makes me sad and reminds me why I don't host more contests than I do.
Every single poem was awesome. I am still amazed at the brilliant titles on so many pages. I do plan to take my time and read so many poems that have titles that touched me. With all that said and so much more that could be said I present to you...
The Winners:
An Agony to think on? by Lyndon - GOLD
Blue Beautiful Midnight by Psydeways Tears - SILVER
C'est la Vie by Miss Splenda - BRONZE
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Moon's Elegant Finger by wishintreeUK
Untitled by David G Arnold
Above The Clouds by liquidmindforever
Ecstasy Perfumed Imagination by Inddividuality
I know, I know, I said four Honorable Mentions but I would be amiss if I did not add to these mentions:
~~ Love and Light ~~ by Desire
~A Reflection of... by -Ink Artist-
Absorbed Manipulation by Intangli2ring
~Contentment! by Samplette
Roads and Paths by MargaretG
Autism by Pollycheck
Lord of Life by ShelleyA
Silent Remembering by Scott Adlemann*
Again! THANK YOU EVERYONE! All entrants made this a wonderful experience for me.
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How Recluse Writer and Unca Goat Met
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I Like Hairy Butts
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A light in the darkness,
essence of life.by happypurplepumpkin 17 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 1 3:03 PM 2006. In Other• Commented on by judge. -
On reflection... I no longer weep,by wishintreeUK 37 lines, 19 comments, on Oct 1 4:00 PM 2006. In Other• Commented on by judge.
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Raindrops of unfrozen eyes
hitchhiking to the Kingdom of Butterfliesby PsydewaysTears 34 lines, 14 comments, on Oct 1 5:41 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal, Hope
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poem made up from titlesby gypsy princess 10 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 1 6:08 PM 2006. In Dark• Commented on by judge.
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by Grey Mouser 15 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 1 8:32 PM 2006. In Love• Commented on by judge.
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Angel
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Dregs of a dream,
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Saddened Heart.
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Come play with me
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The leaves now color with joy
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I have been here before
Used and brokenby Paint Me Beautiful 11 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 3 11:07 PM 2006. In Other• Commented on by judge. -
~Poetic Whispers~by soulfultia 43 lines, 12 comments, on Oct 5 1:48 AM 2006. In Other• Commented on by judge.
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by S A Adelmann 38 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 5 9:44 PM 2006. In Love• Commented on by judge.
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I wonder where the moon has gone,by wishintreeUK 24 lines, 23 comments, on Oct 9 6:01 AM 2006. In Nature• Commented on by judge.
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Fantastic poem out of Titles!• Commented on by judge.
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Poem created from my poetry TITLES.• Commented on by judge.
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Same old story--
pieces of you,by pixxiepoetess 12 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 12 3:28 PM 2006. In Love• Commented on by judge. -
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A woman's awakening,
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Shaggy, wild heaven magic, craft whispers in the corn.• Commented on by judge.
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by silversoliloquysong 25 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 14 5:10 PM 2006. In Personal• Commented on by judge.
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Wow! This is such a brilliant idea for running a contest. Very innovative and very interesting!! I'll see what I can come up with. God bless!
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Wait, so you mean we'd have to use our own titles of poems on Allpoetry? I think that's what you mean but I'm a little confused. sounds interesting anyway, though, so good luck
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What do you mean we have to at least have 12 poems to enter? I have 275 poems, I think. Good luck in your contrst.
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Thank you! I hope you enter.
Renee
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You're not confused at all. That's exactly what I mean. Use your titles from poems written here at AP. It'll be easy for me to check because they will be listed under "view all". LOL Hope to see your entry soon.
Renee
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Last year I had over 1,300 poems posted here. Took them down and began again. LOL Some people only have four or five. You must have 12 poems (at least) to enter because the requirements state that the poem (created by "titles") from your collection must be at least 12 lines long. Hope that clarifies things for ya, and you submit an entry.
Renee
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cool contest!
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Ok, just to double check the titles have to be poems of yours yes?
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hehe! Cool contest.
I have around 500 poems on this site, around 100000 in my ahead, and atleast another 1000 in my journal. 
So this is gonna be fun.
Nice contest.
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This sounds like fun, maybe I shall try!
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Interesting idea to a contest! I think I'll enter, just for the fun of it
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This idea is so cool. I'll look at all my poems, and try to come up with something for this.
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What a great contest idea! I shall go search my titles and return
Lynda
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awesome idea.. nice
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What an interesting idea for a contest I'll see if I can come up with something for you. Just wondering, are we only allowed one title per line? And does each title have to be the exact title of another poem? Thanks.
DancingRed.
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Interesting concept.
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great contest idea, Renee! I'll see what I can do, even if to include some of my PIG-titled poems!!!
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Dancing Red
I updated the post. Please check it out. I hope that answers your question.
Renee
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Sorry if I missed this, but can we enter more than once if we use all different poem titles in each one?
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Whoa! Some people have hundreds! LOL
Yes, only two poems though. I am allowing 100 poems in this challenge. I am in a reading mood.
I'll add: "you can enter two poems" to the update. Check it out. HAVE FUN!
Much Love ♥
Renee
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Great, thanks!
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hey
i want to enter your contest but one thing im confused about is, do we use our poem titles or use yours?
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Please use your own poem titles.
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we arent allowed to use a couple extra words are we just wondering
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Sorry! Nope!
Just the titles alone, no filler words.
Renee
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are we allowed to use a tittle more than once
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I am gonna have to try this!! Goodness, if what I put together is bad, I won't post it, lol. But I will give it a go!!
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what a truly interesting little contest you have going here You creative creature you...
Thank you love for the link.. and now I will have to go through and see what I have lol..
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Oh wow Grandma Nee! This one really tickles my creative bones, and I'll definitely try my best to enter.
Thanks for hosting, and best wishes with this!
Stacy
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Titles can make some pretty impressive poetry. Very fun contest.
Sam
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Um, hello
Great idea for a contest
Um, I just re-read the rules after entering my poem (We Regret and Dread...) and I have included 14 titles but only 10 lines. Can I just ask how that is, if you see what I mean? (it's probably not okay, but worth asking, hey )
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Wow! What an interesting and creative contest! I'm not sure I'll have time to enter, but I'll try, this just seems to fun not too Best of luck everyone!
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excellent~
Great contest idea sis
Do the titles have to be in a row or can we randomly pic and what about caption contest those are not poems???
Hugs
Susan~~~
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I just posted before coming back here
and re-reading I'm not sure; is there a maximum number of titles allowed?
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excellent
It looks like this quite a success. I think it an intresting concept. You have done a great job with this contest. I truly hope you have lots of fun with your contest. I may have to look at my titles see what i can come up with take care lost of fun take care brenda -
Dear Poetryality,
What an idea - Love it!
Got to check my inventory.
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Thanks
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I have to say that at first I thought this would be fun (which it was), but I didn't think that without using extra words that there would be that many good poems, but I was WRONG! I am amazed at how many great poems people are coming up with just using their poem titles! Great idea you came up with! Kimberly G.
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Kimberly,
I never thought I would get so many entries in just one day. Whoa! And from what I've read, I am going to have a serious task in trying to judge. I have seen some brilliant works here. No two poems are alike! Even when a poet submits two entries. I am totally impressed. I have another contest in mind and will surely hold it when this one is done. Thanks for your participation.
Much LOVE & Many Blessings ♥
Renee
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WOW, This is totally amazing! I have never seen a contest like this one, VERY GOOD idea. I'll have to go play and see what I can come up with. How fun. Good luck to you, I see you already have a TON of entries! Blessings.
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damn i have done this before...i had the idea first ..but since can't enter prewrite i'll try it
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I don't think sandygram entered her piece enough. I will try this out, But, if - to me - it does't make sense, then I probably won't enter it. But, my titles are inventive, I am sure I can think of something.
Of course you know, a lot of my titles have filler words.
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So many entries! I read a lot of them and then ran out of time, but was really enjoying them. Will try to read them all before it's all said and done, but people keep adding more!
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You better get to reading
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*thinks it sounds interesting and comments so she can find it tomorrow*
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My Dear,
You never miss a trick!
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Hello, I'm just stopping by to let you know I've fixed up my poem now. Thanks.
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Thank you!
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Too bad I moved out those other 400 poems.lol.
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At one time I had well over 3,000 poems posted to my author page -- think what I could have done with that.
(I think the exact number was 3,038 back in 2002. imagine the amount I've written since then?)
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Ok... I entered ~Poetic Whispers~ and then did a collaboration with similar titles with hoodoolover and entered but the write came to my site not attached to your contest... how do I fix that? They are my titles, but she put a different spin on it. HELP!! By the way... this was a challenge, but a really fun project and write! Thanks for the contest idea , ~Tia
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Wow. This is really really hard. I'm trying to write something but just wow. Hard.
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Oh MY! I really don't know how you would fix that except maybe copy/paste the poem and put it in your notepad or MSWord then delete the poem and start all over again as a fresh entry to the contest. How's that sound? Yikes! Hope you find a way to fix it. Good luck.
Renee
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Hi Renee can we use our story titles too, or does it have to be only poem titles? omg ... I'm afraid to enter now with so many entries already posted (you always get a lot of entries for your contests) and many good ones.
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This is a fantastic idea for a contest. I like to see contests like this that are both challenging and unusual in nature. Leave it to you my dear friend to come up with something beyond the hum drum and norm. I wish you lots of success here.
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Wow there are such wonderful poems here. Good luck to all. Also good luck to you Poetryality in the judging..... I must say I sure am glad it's not up to me.. Thank you for hosting a wonderful contest. Great idea...
ttyl Tali
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This was a lot of fun! It was interesting going back through my poetry. You might have a bit of an adventure with mine, cos my titles are well spread out over 500+ poems! If you need help finding them, just ask.
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Very interesting & challenging contest idea... Can we add or remove punctuation (I have some ellipses that are breaking the flow)? How about parentheticals? Use the same title twice?
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Does each line need to be a title?
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You may not use the same title twic but you can change punctuation and capitlizations (sp), ie. make caps small case letters and so on...Hope you have time to enter.
Renee
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Wonderful contest. I'm gonna try to come up with something suitable. Best of luck with judging.
Splenda
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This was a good excercise, Renee... I'll be curious to read the winners but I wouldn't want to have to be the one to verify everyone's poem titles!
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oh ... what a great idea ... our titles are our poems .... and titles are important ... lovely idea ... i look forward to reading some of them ... you have a hefty number of entries to get through ... good luck with the process ... and well done ! >>> GINA
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FANTASTIC!!!!!
Renee, Bravo!!! Bravo!!! Bravo!!! For hosting this fantastic contest. You had so much talent here that I'm surprised you could come up with winners in the time you did. My heartiest congratulations to the winners and everyone who participated. This was absolutely a magnificent contest. A big cheer to all the poets and to our wonderful host. Love and God bless everyone, Joyce 
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Congratulations to the winners and HM's!! I thank you so much for the honorable mention, Renee! It is appreciated more than you know! This was a magnificent competition filled with amazing entries. It will take me awhile to read through all of them!
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Congrats to all the winners. And thank you so much Poetryality for hosting such a wonderful contest. It was so much fun to enter. ttyl Tali
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Congratulations to all the winners (and everyone who undertook this challenge). Thank you, also for the HM, Renee. Great contest!
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Congratulations to you all..great contest. I loved the way mine turned out!
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This was an amazing contest, It was hard to pick from the titles to form one piece. I thank you so much for hosting it. Congrats to all the winners and those with HM's. I will be reading more of these pieces in the near future. Thanks again, Cheryl
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Thanks a lot for the HM.
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Thank You!!
Congratulations to all the winners and HM's
Thank You for the Honorable Mention for that means a lot!
What a FUN and Creative contest which was a Joy to do!!
So many Magnificent entries and I don't know how You did
it but You did..Wonderful!!
Super Renee
(sees her wings in the closet)
Look forward to the next contest!!
Many blessings to You
Best wishes too
and much love~ Desire~*~
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Dear Renee, thank you for the mention and points; this contest was a pleasure to write for. Lyndon indeed found a terrific poem among his titles, congratulations my friend, and congratulations also to PsydewaysTears and Miss Splenda.
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Good morning Renee
Thank you for hosting one of the best contests I've ever had the pleasure of writing for and entering. This week has been a marvelous reading feast with so much talent brought to the table to gooble up and savor, and having left with inspiration to write more from!
Hugh Congratulations goes out to our WINNERS Lyndon, Psydeway Tears and Miss Splenda!
All our HM's!! and to everyone for the pleasure of reading your work!
Let the ink flow everyone! many blessings, Sandi
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS AND EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED to one of the most fantastic contests I have been able to read.
Thank you Renee for this interesting and rewarding contest. It just goes to show the talent that is out there, we just have to encourage it and be supportive to each and every poet we read. I wish also to mention how great it is, to enter a contest I know will be judged honestly and fair! makes it all the more worthwhile working on a piece for a contest.
Bless you!
~Katie~
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Thanks for hosting the wonderful contest and congrats to all the winners and HM.It was a pleasure just being part of this
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Congratulations to the all the winners and Honorable mentions!
Thank you Poetryality, for hosting such a wonderfully unique and challenging contest.
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Wow... thank-you. This is a very gratifying win, I'll tell you. Thanks so very much for the Bronze and the lovely comment on my poem. You're very encouraging.
CONGRATS to the other winners!!!
-Splenda
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Dear Poetryality,
This was an excellent contest idea - and it certainly brought out our best!
Thanks for a wonderful time!
Tang
Congrats to all the winners!
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Thanks for hosting a spectacular contest. The whole idea was very creative and a lot of time must have gone into everything you did. Thank you!
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Just came to these results, but really a fun contest, Renee, and great contest idea! CONGRATUALTIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!
Kp
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Gold trophy winner
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