The BOWERS of HUGUELOT Contest.
THIS CONTEST IS OPEN ONLY TO MEMBERS OF
HUGH WYLES FAVOURITES’ GROUP.
It doesn't matter WHAT you write,
however trite or short.
Just ANYTHING that's light and bright
is better than mere nought.
I realise not everyone
to write at length is able
but, I must say, it is no fun
to sleep within the stable.
It’s been declared as quite unfit
for human habitation
and though, at times, we have no wit
or any inspiration,
to lay among the rats and mice
and things that crawl and creep
is far from comfy, clean or nice
for those who want to sleep.
The floor is hard, it's full of shit
and absolutely reeks
for Yemassee's not done his bit
of cleaning out for weeks!!
No sheets or blankets, no clean bed,
just mouldy, smelly straw;
no pillow soft to lay your head.
Need I say any more?
Please show how much you love the King
by writing a few words?
T'were better entering ANYTHING
than sleeping with the turds!!
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We’re planning in the coming Summer Season
to renovate the Castle Huguelot
all knights and dames in their own names, with reason,
should enter their décor, no matter what.
His Majesty, Hugh R., has now requested
that everyone should have a private bower
with up-to-date convenience invested
including en suite bathroom, loo and shower.
Each bower will also have a furnished bedroom,
a sitting room, a kitchen, and a hall,
high ceilings will provide sufficient headroom
for comfy, spacious living overall.
The purpose of this contest is for each to write a poem
specifying the decoration of their ‘home away from home’..
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Entries should be in rhymed or unrhymed verse (NOT in prose)
Length of poem is unrestricted but NO pictures please!
One entry per Huguenauty
Prewrites (if any) are allowed.
No obscenity, slang or tHiS SorT oF tYpIng and spelyng must bee rite!!
That’s enough rules.
1st:400 points; 2nd 75 points; 3rd:50 points; HM:30 points
Usual Gold, Silver, Bronze and Green trophies.
Gold winner returns 300 points to Huguenauties’ Account and hosts the next contest.
# For full conditions of contest, method of voting etc. please read Catz’ Notice:
“Huguenauties Contests, How They Work” dated 29/01/07.
http://allpoetry.com/board/topic/268483537
Use your creativity, imagination, humour and poetic skill to decorate your own plush or utility bower in the Castle and have lots of fun!
Those who don’t enter will not be allocated a bower and may end up sleeping in the stables or the dungeons! So be sure to enter, however short or long your entry may be.
Heathcote Giffen, (HR) February 15th.2007
Note: To aid inspiration, the King has a collection of photographs of Huguelot interiors which have already been decorated. Intending entrants who are interested to see a FREE selection should apply to King Hugh by email within the next 7 days.
THIS CONTEST IS OPEN ONLY TO MEMBERS OF
HUGH WYLES FAVOURITES’ GROUP.
It doesn't matter WHAT you write,
however trite or short.
Just ANYTHING that's light and bright
is better than mere nought.
I realise not everyone
to write at length is able
but, I must say, it is no fun
to sleep within the stable.
It’s been declared as quite unfit
for human habitation
and though, at times, we have no wit
or any inspiration,
to lay among the rats and mice
and things that crawl and creep
is far from comfy, clean or nice
for those who want to sleep.
The floor is hard, it's full of shit
and absolutely reeks
for Yemassee's not done his bit
of cleaning out for weeks!!
No sheets or blankets, no clean bed,
just mouldy, smelly straw;
no pillow soft to lay your head.
Need I say any more?
Please show how much you love the King
by writing a few words?
T'were better entering ANYTHING
than sleeping with the turds!!
~~~
We’re planning in the coming Summer Season
to renovate the Castle Huguelot
all knights and dames in their own names, with reason,
should enter their décor, no matter what.
His Majesty, Hugh R., has now requested
that everyone should have a private bower
with up-to-date convenience invested
including en suite bathroom, loo and shower.
Each bower will also have a furnished bedroom,
a sitting room, a kitchen, and a hall,
high ceilings will provide sufficient headroom
for comfy, spacious living overall.
The purpose of this contest is for each to write a poem
specifying the decoration of their ‘home away from home’..
~~~
Entries should be in rhymed or unrhymed verse (NOT in prose)
Length of poem is unrestricted but NO pictures please!
One entry per Huguenauty
Prewrites (if any) are allowed.
No obscenity, slang or tHiS SorT oF tYpIng and spelyng must bee rite!!
That’s enough rules.
1st:400 points; 2nd 75 points; 3rd:50 points; HM:30 points
Usual Gold, Silver, Bronze and Green trophies.
Gold winner returns 300 points to Huguenauties’ Account and hosts the next contest.
# For full conditions of contest, method of voting etc. please read Catz’ Notice:
“Huguenauties Contests, How They Work” dated 29/01/07.
http://allpoetry.com/board/topic/268483537
Use your creativity, imagination, humour and poetic skill to decorate your own plush or utility bower in the Castle and have lots of fun!
Those who don’t enter will not be allocated a bower and may end up sleeping in the stables or the dungeons! So be sure to enter, however short or long your entry may be.
Heathcote Giffen, (HR) February 15th.2007
Note: To aid inspiration, the King has a collection of photographs of Huguelot interiors which have already been decorated. Intending entrants who are interested to see a FREE selection should apply to King Hugh by email within the next 7 days.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on February 28, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 75, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: I don’t wish to seem critical but, out of thirty-nine
committed Huguenauties in the list,
we had but eighteen entrants in this sixth contest of mine.
So how come one-and-twenty others missed?
Was it really lack of interest, or a scarcity of time;
or simply downright laziness and sloth?
Was it inability to write? (We said it needn’t rhyme!),
or illness, mental, physical, or both?
You can colour me insensitive or even call me rude
but there’s no excuse for non-participation.
We invited all to enter poems, however short or crude,
to provoke you from a stultifying stagnation.
With regret we noticed some who entered different contests
but didn’t care to enter into ours,
which reflects quite poorly on their loyalty and interests
in the Huguenauties’ team or in their bowers.
Well, the eighteen who have entered are, hereby, dubbed Knights or Dames
while the rest will merely rank as knave or slave
till, by entering the next contest, they may redeem their names
and their Huguenauty reputations save.
Their Majesties are grateful to those eighteen loyal peers
and congratulate the winners on the honours which are theirs.
They thank you for your voting, which was difficult at best,
and wish all success and fun in the next Huguenaut contest..
Heathcote Giffen, (HEROY) February 28th.2007.
Contest Winners
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the bed is not so comfy and
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As Head Of Harem in my rooms the guests I greet
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I would need an Adonis to complete,
He would come to me each night,by fleur de lys 58 lines, 25 comments, on Feb 18 9:31 PM 2007. In Fantasy, Personal, Humor
Honorable mention
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Welcome to my 'penthouse',
the view is great from here.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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With glee I get to design my Bower:
Private theme – My Own Private Idaho --by lordoftherings 19 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 26 12:10 AM 2007
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It's not for myself but for Gregg I am writing
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in verse (NOT prose) now to propose the ideas you advance
to decorate your private bower thus suiting finest senses
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dagnabbit, Ispent duh day serchign for a pciture of my hut....lol....jokes.... SFPP * stomp foot perpetual pout* (tosses braids and vows to paste it after)
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I'm with you Carol, when the contest is closed I'll be adding my picture.
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
Because Heathcote does not own his own computer and has to commute across town to use mine, he has asked me, as a friend, to comment on individual entries in his stead.
In return, he solemnly promises to stop kicking Fluffy off her mat each time he visits.
How could I possibly refuse?
Hugh R. -
Dear Heathcote Sir/King Hugh:
I will have a chat with Ima and hopefully we can muster up the energy to lift our fingers (actually my fingers since Ima has no appendages) and click out a poem...or two...we tend to differ when it comes to decor. I'm glad you allow humor...we both feel we need to write it.
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Oh My! I actually get to design and furnish my own bower? Is that anything like a New York loft or apartment? I mean do I get a sitting room, a chase lounger, vanity, and anything else I want in it? Can I have a bear skin rug? I am so excited! i have seven days to build my own flat from the ground up. Only with Hughes Favorites can something this wonderful happen. I'll be back!
Much Love ♥
Renee
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Dear Poetryality,
You can have ANYTHING you want, including a bareskin rug!
Expense is no object.
I understand that the King has already allocated a prime position for your bower.
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Why thank you very much. I will get started on the furnishings asap! LOL I am working on this piece as we speak. Isn't that a phenomenon! LOL
Renee
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The State of the Stables.
This morning when I changed that pic
you'd not credit the condition
of the stable floors. Your feet would stick
whatever your position.
For nowhere there could you avoid
the heaped up piles of crap
until Sir Yemassee employed
this new steam-cleaner chap.
When I look at those stables now
I can't believe my eyes
to see them free of horse and cow
manure is a surprise.
Why! I declare they look so fair
and clean and, what is more,
I think I'll take my dinner there
and eat it off the floor!
Well done Sir Yem and Sir Ima!
Keep that steam-cleaner's number.
We're sure to need him again.
Thankyou.
Hugh R.
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Steam clean a stable? Why in my day we just used shovels (and our hands when the need arose.) What will they think of next!
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Every time I check this page, there is a different photo - thanks for that! Now there is a very attactive and airy stable which would comfortably house anyone who does not express a preference. Good job, Yem and Ima!
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CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE WINNERS!! I think everyone who entered this contest is a winner. I had a lot of fun envisioning the bowers you created. I look forward to 'visiting your bowers' and being 'visited in my bower'! 
I'm happy to be a part of such a nice, talented, funny, imaginative, honest, original, nutty group of people!
Kudos and BRAVO!
Maureen
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Dear Huguenauties
Their Majesties join with me in congratulating not only the winners, but all entrants, on a superb level of inspired writing in this contest and on the conscientious manner in which you forwarded your votes.
I want to thank each of you personally for comtributing to the huge amount of fun which made hosting of this contest a tremendous pleasure for me. Thankyou all.
With love to everyone. Heathcote (HEROY.) -
I just wanted to send out a big THANK YOU to everyone who participated, and to Heathcote for hosting such a fun contest. I am both surprised and delighted to have won bronze!
Congratulations to all our winners, and I look forward to seeing everyone in the next huguenauties contest.
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Thank you for hosting such a lovely contest, Heath, and to everyone who entered and voted! It was a joy to be a part of and I look forward to the contests to come.
Elisa, YOKEGG & CB -
Oh yes! I do plan to visit the winning poet's Bowers. I simply loved them. Congrats all! Can't wait to kick my feet up in your humbled abodes. You are certainly welcome to visit mine.
Blessings & Love ♥
Renee
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