What is lovely never dies,
but passes into other loveliness,
star-dust, or sea-foam, flower or winged air.
~ Thomas Bailey Aldrich
I won Peteskid’s PIF contest http://allpoetry.com/contest/2370000
The winner can host a PIF contest as he or she sees fit too.
Be inspired by the quote above and write something lovely – be it love,
sorrow, nature, sensuality, smiles, the moon, etc.
Agree or disagree but make it lovely in 50 words or less.
Please welcome the lovely & talented Lyrical Soul as my co-judge.
Rules:
~ Apply poetic devices and all forms of creative writing
~ There are no trophies for early posts or clichéd poetry
~ Go for simplicity, elegance & excellence
~ I prefer free verse & metaphorical writing
~ No erotica – sensual is fine
~ 50 words or less
~ Left align
~ Nicolette & Robin
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on October 7, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 600, Silver: 300, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes:
Both Robin and I were impressed with the entries and there were at least 5 other poems that were trophy worthy but we had to draw the line somewhere. Congratulations to everyone of you and thank you for your support. We would also like to mention “Sunshine” for the improvements she made on the poem – thank you for being so positive about our suggestions – that truly is the spirit!
My thanks also to Robin (Lyrical Soul) for her valuable input as co-judge. You were great and it was wonderful to see how similar our choices were!
Gold to “For the living:”
Silver to “Etchings”
Bronze to “Sculpting”
The HM’s in no particular order.
Thanks again, poets!
N & R
Contest Winners
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If there was a way to spotlight skin
like black lightby CarolDesjarlais 30 lines, 19 comments, on Sep 28 3:56 PM 2007. In Spiritual, Love
Silver trophy winner
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As sigh quills,
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Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
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by amaranthine lover 19 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 28 9:15 PM 2007. In Contemporary, Contest, Dark, Fantasy, Abstract, noguest• Commented on by judge.
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by SerenityNChains 34 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 1 3:22 AM 2007. In Contemporary, Contest, Life, Love, Other, Personal
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Wonderful contest ladies
I shall bookmark and see what I can come up with for you
Wishing you a windfall of wonderful entries
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Thank you, my lady moon...hope to see you here
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That quote reminds me of the law of conservation of mass; mass is not created or destroyed, it only changes form. oh lord, now i'm relating science to poetry. maybe i should take a break for awhile. lol.
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Poetry is a science...so you're right on target here
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sigh......
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Sigh a poem, Mary....
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i have an opening line for a poem. but i'm guessing nothing that starts "piss and blood clumps .... " would be a poem for this contest?
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LOL!!! But knowing you, I won't be surprised if you turn "piss and blood clumps" into something lovely!!
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it's not looking that way...LOL. but we'll see
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Nicolette,you have a univeral one-ness with the seeking of and the revealing of the depths of the beauty of love,you and Lyrical Soul are encouraging and inspiring Love and Light,which is a pleasure and priviledge to discover and uncover.I shall bookmark to read some of the beauty that you inspire
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And you, Yvette, are one that sees and appreciates beauty, love and light too - thank you so much. Hope to see you here
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now why can't i be more socially acceptable and leave nice messages like that? you ever ask yourself that?
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Hmmmm....I know you're a "water mary"...perhaps you shouldn't focus too much on the word "passes" in the quote
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LOLOLOL or maybe that's the way to tie it all together..
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Fifty words isn't very many lol. Great idea, I'll have to see if I can come up with something slim for this one.
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Yes, 50 words...so that each word counts
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lovely contest theme too... such an appealing idea... great job Nicolette... PK
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Thank you, PK - also for the inspiration - and the points! I hope the "appealing idea" leads to a poem ...
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What a great contest, I will try to come with something.
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I do hope so, Sonja...
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I like the poetry coming out of this contest.
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I didnt realize only 24 spots
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Hi Mal.. there were 30 spots but the contest closed the 5th.. sorry you missed out
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to warm you
Mal
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Thanks so much for the HM and the points. This was indeed a wonderful contest. Thanks for inspiring my muse
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Thanks much you two for a wonderful contest...congrats to the winners...Rich
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ty so much for the challenge...to write for one of your contests is intimidating to say the least... congratulations all!
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THank you Nicolette and Lyrical for this honor. I love this poem with all my heart and hope it touches the hearts of others. Congratulations to all the writers and winners in the contest. It is a beautiful line up.
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thank you both ... lovely contest and congratulations to all ! >>> Gina
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Congratulations to all winners. I wouldn't like to be in yours and Robin's shoes to judge this contest. Well done!
~Sonja~
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