**03/14/07 - UPDATE TO THE CONTEST: Something else that I neglected to mention. I only want to see one entery per person for this. This is very important. If I see more than one I will personally IM you so that you have the choice of which entry you would like to remove. Thank you for bearing with me and understanding. It has been some time since I hosted and I was bound to forget some things.
*03/11/07 - UPDATE TO THE CONTEST: I neglected to mention centering your entry to get the diamond effect that makes a rictameter sparkle as it should. 
Hello everyone, I have not held a contest in quite some time and I have some points I would love to share with all of you. Form poetry is something that I enjoy both reading and writing. What I would like to see from you is a rictameter that is filled with beautiful imagery. It can be pretty much on any subject, I do not want to see any cutting, suicide or distasteful words. Cussing is clearly out and we are all adults so do not bash any of your fellow poets. There are many brilliant writers on this wonderful site and I hope to see some of them in this contest. For anyone that is not sure what a rictameter is you can find the instructions listed below or go to shadowpoetry.com and you will find them there. I wish to thank peliroja who will be collaborating with me in this contest and came up with the idea for the subject. Best to all who enter, I look forward to reading some wonderful pieces. As your host I reserve the right to disqualify any entry that does not meet the requirements or is offensive in any way.
Everyone enjoy and start writing. 
Instructions for the form:
Rictameter
A rictameter is a poem containing 9 lines in which the first and last line must be the same. The syllable count by line is as follows; 2-4-6-8-10-8-6-4-2. They are a great way to express your feelings about someone or something.
Hosting this contest gave me the urge to write a Rictameter of my own. If you would care to look at one, feel free to do so and let me know what you think. I did enter it into a form poetry contest. http://allpoetry.com/poem/show/2723106
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on March 20, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 1000, Silver: 500, Bronze: 250, Honorable mention: 8 people
- Final notes: Hello everyone, the final results are in and I have to say that you all made mine and peliroja's work very tough in judging. There were so many wonderful entries here that I did end up adding to the number of Honorable Mentions I was going to give out. They are not in the exact order I just made sure that they were within the range.
1st place-gold went to Cicada Lullaby by Masterblaster
2nd place-silver went to The Phantom of Love by azure85
3rd place-bronze went to Tranquility by Pamela A Lamppa
Again the Honorable mentions are not listed in order of favorite. Thank you all who participated. All the entries were wonderful and I would have loved to be able to give you all trophies. Happy writing.
All our best sunny day and peliroja!
Contest Winners
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Honorable Trophy Winner
Form: Rictameterby ma belle 8 lines, 16 comments, on Mar 11 8:16 AM 2007. In Rictameter, Form Poetry, Nature, Spring, Seasons, Idyll
Honorable mention
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Of winter whiteby freespirit51 11 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 20 8:41 PM 2007. In Rictameter, Nature Honorable mention
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Chocolate bar,by StephLippitt 8 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 7 7:51 PM 2007. In Other, Humor, Weird, Teenage thinking, Chocolate• Commented on by judge. -
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How to beginby Carefuldelusion 9 lines, 15 comments, on Mar 19 6:40 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
This is my first one. Hope I did it right!by JustSimplyLissa 9 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 20 3:03 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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marriage
combines two soulsby Pollycheck 8 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 20 7:06 PM 2007. In Love• Commented on by judge.
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I have grown to love
Rictameters, cinquian, lanturne, tanka's...etheree's these are my favorite forms....I love writing them.....perhaps master them too....one day...
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Malabu, As long as we are happy with our works we write we will be happy in our heart. We do not need to master anything, just be the best we can be. Love and God bless, Joyce
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Thank you for this . It helped end the streak of bad poetry that I have, I really like the one i wrote for this contest and hope you do too ^^
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You're quite welcome and I'm going to read your entry now. I'm very happy that you joined. Love and God bless, Joyce
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Oh, I didn't expect it to be veiwed so quickly, Thank you, I am very happy with it, As you read you will realize what a sucker for rhyme I am Lol.
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Gee I was a way a week
I dont think I will be able to get a writing in today....oh hum...sigh.....good luck all....either way.....
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Mal, I'm sorry to hear that you won't be able to participate. If you would like to you can IM me and I will extend the contest for one more day. If I don't hear from you in an IM it will be closing in about 12 hours. I hope you enjoyed your time away. Love and God bless, Joyce
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Thank you guys for the HM. A truly great contest with worthy contenders!!
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Thank you for entering and such a wonderful piece. This was just so hard to judge. So many wonderful entries.
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Great contest and I can see why it was so hard to judge. Lots of great entries here. Congratulations to everyone and thank you for the honorable mention.
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Thank you for entering and the great piece. It truly was a hard contest to judge with so many wonderful entries.
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Thank you so much!!
Joyce & peliroja ~
I had a Great time writing in your contest.....thank you so much for the HM ~
There was a LOT of wonderful talent here, and I was honored to be amongst all of them ~
Congrats MasterBlaster, azure & Pamela for placing in the top 3....and congrats to all the HM winners as well.....but most of all, thanks to everyone who took the time to enter your write and support this contest ~
Have a nice evening everyone ~
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Bear, You're quite welcome and thank you for being a part of this contest. Everyone did such a wonderful job and it was so hard to judge. Love and God bless, Joyce
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Hi, good morning. I just opened my computer while having morning coffee and it was great to see I had won this comp, there were so many lovely writes, so thanks a million for the gold, congratulations to the other winners, hugs Di
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Hello Di, You're quite welcome, it was well deserved. Thank you for being a part of this contest. There were so many lovely entries and it was so hard to judge. Love and God bless, Joyce
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Oh, thank you for the silver, I am so honored. Hooray to masterblaster and Pamela and all the HM's! Thank you for such a lovely contest.
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Susie, You're quite welcome and it was well deserved. We had so many lovely entries that it was very hard to judge. Thank you for being a part of it. Love and God bless, Joyce
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Thanks for hosting!
Congrats to all of the winners! Thanks so much for the Honorable mention! i enjoyed participating in this contest... I look forward to more of your contests! Debi
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Debi, You're quite welcome and it was well deserved. With all the lovely entries I got it made judging very hard and it was good to have a co-host with me. Thank you for being a part of it. Love and God bless, Joyce
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