Those who know my poetry and verse will know in general the sort of thing I like.
I like, but don't insist on, rhymes, or other formal structure, but if there are rhymes they have to be good ones - not created by distorting word-order, grammar or good style. A good rhyme has something inevitable but unforced about it.
I am on the verge of leaving this site altogether because of the sickos., weirdos, solipsists and nasty children apparently taking it over. If you're one of these, I advise you to stay away from here.
I like, but don't insist on, rhymes, or other formal structure, but if there are rhymes they have to be good ones - not created by distorting word-order, grammar or good style. A good rhyme has something inevitable but unforced about it.
I am on the verge of leaving this site altogether because of the sickos., weirdos, solipsists and nasty children apparently taking it over. If you're one of these, I advise you to stay away from here.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 10, 2006
- Rewards: Gold: 300
- Final notes: Quite a big entry, with a very varying level of quality, though the best and several of the runners-up were certainly good. As usual, I am sorry i did not have a few more prizes.
Common faults: Ignoring of the rule: "Show, don't tell," too many adjectives instead of proper description or lyricism;
Bad Rhymes, or sentences, grammar and sense distorted to get a rhyme; If you are trying to be a poet please read a few great poets and see how they handle rhyme: T. S. Eliot's "Old possum's book of practical cats, for example, or almost anything by Kipling (one of the greatest rhymsters) or John Betjeman. Get the feeling of good rhyme into your bones.
Some poems conveyed no meaning to me, and a coup[le did not seem to have anything tyo do with the subject-matter of the contest, but perhaps I am just being obtuse.
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last night i dreamt of Daisy's
fields flowing freelyby ListenUp13 10 lines, on Mar 4 8:13 AM 2004. In Love• Commented on by judge. -
Half-moon bent
Stuck to my faceby Simply Nat 8 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 31 6:39 AM 2005. In Childrens• Commented on by judge. -
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So my friends with golden souls
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Orange balloon, bright orange ribbon
One of many in a bobbling bunchby Star Shine 73 lines, 19 comments, on Aug 3 11:47 AM 2006. In Hope• Commented on by judge. -
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my love to give,
my life to share,by livelovelearn 13 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 28 2:45 AM 2006. In Personal• Commented on by judge. -
The life she must live,
the path she must follow,by livelovelearn 9 lines, on Aug 31 2:32 AM 2006. In Hope• Commented on by judge. -
Those failures that you’ve overcome
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I see the evening mist roll in,
a sunless day as my heart beats.• Commented on by judge. -
SHE IS MY WORLD, never take her from me
Because she’s my soul mate and we will marry• Commented on by judge. -
Tried to be a Demeter--Italian Sonnet
In Honor of the Peace Seeking Sonnet Queen MargaretG• Commented on by judge. -
im with you
i always have a smileby fire angel 088 29 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 8 11:19 AM 2006. In Love• Commented on by judge.
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Hi my friend, do not leave , do not give them the satisfaction, I know how you feel as I too have met a few morons on site, you are a good poet with a lot of talent, will see what I can come up with for the comp, but my insperations seems to have found a deep dark hole and has crawled in, lol, all the best with your comp, hugs Di
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WONDERFUL CONTEST
Hello Kevin, Please don't leave, there are alot of wonderful people here who would miss you. I agree with you that the standards have gone down hill on what they accept on this site. It seems any pervert can write what they want now. But do not leave. I have thought about leaving too but I love my poetry and AP family too much to do that. I may take a break but not leave completely. I shall come up with something for your contest. Thanks for stopping by my authors page. You take care and don't despair!! Sandy
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That's kinda shallow of you to say such. Why don't you instead be a flashlight, guide them and teach them about what they should or shouldn't do. When I found this site, I was a kid still. I even was on the verge of losing my everything, my life. But what I found here was very theraputic, it helped mending a bkoken sipirit. It was you, them, and many others that made me see life in a different ways. Who knows if it wasn't for you guys, what would have become? Come on, let's lock our futures out of the door. I am sorry for saying what I say, but we cannot afford to let go of these children. What we could do, is stop them from getting in grown folks stuff, but we have to keep them here for there is not much out there.By the way, I strongly disagree with how you feel and nor am I agreeing about you leaving the site. What I agree on is for us to find a way to co-exist.
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I don't know you poet to poet, but as you are a poet, you are classed as a friend to me. I can only offer you the reality of your situation: AP yeah it does have lots of messed up people, lots of people looking for arguements and alot of people who don't want to hear anything other than 'your right'. But simply my friend, they are people, so where ever you go online or in person you're going to find this 'sickos' and possibly more. I have been part of 3 poetry websites now and AP by far is the best. Not only because of the user friendliness of this site, but because I've met alot of very good and decent people, who encourage me all the way and care more than they should. I'm sorry I cannot convince you to stay, because that's your choice and you earnt your free will just like the rest of us. But I beg of you my dear poet, do not leave this site because of the idiots that infest it, some of us are here to read your work and that only. This is all I have to say on the subject, I just hope enough people put forward a good arguement, a poet lost is a friend lost.
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Stick around and set a good example
That's odd. Poet MargaretG sent me some lovely messages yesterday and that's why I happened by. Poet MargaretG messages are so often an "Unexpected Happiness" in my day. See, I know she's very busy so I never know when time will pass by for her to say "Hi".
I have done like you do and missed out on the good parts of things letting the bad overshadow the good. I found that there is good and bad everywhere. The more you stick around the more you notice both. And, yes, sometimes we see the bad side on any given day more than the good.
For very good reasons I have left places from grand principle. Yet, why penalize myself for if the good don't stick around that's all the more reason for the good to stick around.
AllPoetry is a wonderful concept. It isn't perfect and I have vowed to leave upon occasion because Kevin is right, literally, that creative people have powerful emotions. I always strive for my good side to show yet I will have to admit that I'm not perfect either, however, I try to set the example you wish others would set. For I wish others and myself to show their good side too. Stick around and set a good example.
I have my 18 and over blocked. Maybe you'd enjoy AllPoetry better if you did as well. It is sort of funny because curse words default to the word bunny and once I wrote a poem "The Bunnies are Watching You" about those who are not good stewards of the earth and each other. Never knowing the Bunnies were watching here too. You'd have to have 18 and over blocked to see how curse words default to Bunny.
I saw a funny poem once with a poet with 18 and over blocked wondering what was going on saying, "Bunny! Bunny is not the words I typed. Whatever happened to bunny, bunny, bunny freedom of speech." Well sometimes that freedom imprisons the rest of us. So Thank God on AllPoetry the Bunnies are watching over those of us with 18 and over blocked.
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Well, your message and a couple of others have encouraged me. Thank you! By the way, my new book, "Caverns of Magic" is being advertised on the Cybereditions website. If you click on it you will see not only the cover of the book, but also a sort of picture of me!
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Your message and a couple of others, as you may see above, have encouraged me. Thank you! By the way, my new book, "Caverns of Magic" is being advertised on the Cybereditions website. If you click on it you will see not only the cover of the book, but also a sort of picture of me!
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Thank you for your comments, which i have read and taken on board.
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I spend my days trying to sort other people's problems out and I don't want to have to do it in my writing. One gets very tired of the people who simply don't have the first notion of whatpoetry is or should be. It is a brutal fact that there are some people whose first premises have gone so wrong they simply can't be helped. It's not a question of considering oneself, arrogantly, as being too good to help them, but considering oneself not good enough to help them. However, there are some good people here and for the sake of their company and their poetry I'll probably stay on, at least for a while.
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Hi Kevin, Thank you for the link. It looks like a very interesting book. I see you were a journalist. That is wonderful. My grandaughter wants to be a political journalist. Nice picture too. I have a link at the top of my authors page to my AP family album. You can see me in the first 2 and pictures of many of the poets on here. It's always nice to put a face on the poetry we read. Thank you for the link. That was so nice of you to send it. And I am glad you decided to stay. We need all the rhytmers we can get on here.
. You take care, Sandy. 
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You are the cat lover, right? Please don't go, it's a dog eat dog world. Seriously, stick around and exercise your freedom of speech!
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How do you mean, 18 and over blocked, please? What does this do? I'm sorry, I'm not terribly computer literate.
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Well, I do love cats, but i don't know how you know this (except i've set a couple of contests for poems about them, which i guess is a clue). There is very little about them in my writing posted here (a couple of very short pieces, perhaps) Thank you for your encouraging words.
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Best of luck whatever you decide.
Hi...
Looks like changed a bit on option to check not to see 18 and over text.
1) Click SETTINGS up by where you click add a poem
2) Then click DISPLAY SETTINGS
3) Beneath HOW I SEE SITE you will see boxes you can click
4) I have top 2 boxes beneath HOW I SEE SITE checked
When checked. Curse words and Erotica and graphic Abuse poetry doesn't show up. Curse words then automatically default to the word bunny for your viewing. Doesn't actually change profanity for those who don't have boxes checked and remains the same for them. That may not bother you and, to each their own, however I don't care for as a rule.
Also, under SETTINGS you can put any poet disturbing you on block or ignore. Advised first to put on block then ignore. If you go click on these directions self explanatory. Mainly, just click Settings, then block then type in poet's name. Same with ignore. IF harassed you can IM a moderator too.
There used to be a message from Kevin under HELP to give it a few days before deleting poetry because poets are emotionally high charged as is quite common with creative people. I have vowed to leave a few times before I knew how to make website more user friendly for me. I'm glad I didn't leave and one day want a life time membership because I think AllPoetry is a SPECTACULAR and INGENIUS idea of Website Designer, Kevin.
I hope your poetic heart heals and you stay and try not to penalize yourself leaving if you have enjoyed being here. You just have to weigh the pros and cons and maybe you just need a time out to heal. Anymore, since watching Joel Osteen of Lakewood I don't let any person, place or thing steal my joy...not even me. Best of luck whatever you decide.
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You can't let yourself be swayed by what others say or do. Life is yours to live as you choose (sort of). I hope you don't leave and remember, "if it's hard to read,the deliete button is right there!" You do what you think is best and I wish you luck! The Shaker
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Thank you for your interesting and helpful advice. I appreciate the trouble you have taken. The occasional encounter with good people like yourself plays its part in having me return to this site.
Bad language doesn't bother me much in itself - I was in the Navy once - but it is generally not a sign of good poetry. My real annoyance is with people who have no idea what poetry is or should be - no subtly, no lyricism, no knowledge of technique, no descriptive ability, no interest in the world beyond themselves. Poetry should be an art, not a "vent" or a "drain" for the disturbed. Well, that's not their fault, we all have to learn, but there now seem to be so many of them that they are taking over the site, and the work of good poets goes completely buried. I look up some people I know to be good poets and find their work is unviewed - and if I had not marked them as favourites I would never have found them under the lava-flow of Emo. trash from horomally-disordered and semi-literate teenagers.
I think much of the fault lies with teachers who encourage "creativity" irrespective of what isbeing created. Also, there seem to be people whose whole mental make-up is wrong. There are some sow's ears that simply CAN'T be made into silk purses.
I think you and I may use language a little differently, by the way. You speak of "healing." I dont think I need to be healed as I have not been wounded, simply annoyed and disappointed.
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Thanks for your message which I have taken on board. There are certainly some good people on this site and I enjoy encountering them.
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Hello, I am sorry you feel that the site is becoming over-run with 'nasty children'. I know when I first joined, it took me forever to shake this label of 'just another emo teenager' writing about nothing, and complaining all the time about my failed relationships etc. I'm not like that, and I hope you can enjoy the poetry I have entered in this contest,
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WONDERFUL CONTEST
CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners. They were all great poems and deserved to win. Thanks for hosting this great contest. Take care, Sandy 
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Congratulations to all the winners, hope there was much unexpected happiness in the words here for all to bask in.
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Hi, many thanks for the silver, congratulations to the other winners, hugs Di
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