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Colors...

I won Ten Thousand Cicadas' All -day Quikie,

http://allpoetry.com/poem/3487350

thank you Ten, and I am honored to host this contest. I simply ask the Gold Award Winner to consider hosting a similar contest based upon having time and interest.

The theme is Colors and the challenge is to write in a way that will show things to the reader [ by use of imagery, senses, descriptions, metaphor and action words] rather than telling things to the reader.

Example:

Telling - at sunrise the sky was bright yellow

Showing - I felt the warmth of the rising Sun on my face

[There is a column on AP by Kevin on show vs. tell]


Ten lines or less

Closes at the end of the day, Friday, October 12, 2007

Judging will reward the poems that show by imagery, metaphor, descriptions, action words, use of senses, point of view and other styles or devices.

Fifteen entries, five prizes

Prompt:

"It takes many colors to make a rainbow"

or

the Photo art [ Mosaic tiles by Gaudi]

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on October 13, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 3 people
  • Final notes:
    The contest Colors… has ended. Thanks for all of the entries, they were all very well done and full of imagery and showing style of writing.

    The selections for awards are as follows:

    Mosaic Moves- Gold Winner
    spiritual and eloquent, wonderful imagery showing the reader a firm view and a message of faith; Excellent.

    Mosaic- Silver Winner
    a message of brotherhood and equality done with bold imagery. Rhyme added a lyrical quality and flow, so very well done.

    When Rivers Live – Bronze
    wonderful use of imagery to create point of view and define a message of love and compassion, very well done.

    Autumn Storm- Emerald Award Winner
    imagery so well done to describe peace with nature and natural settings; very expressive and wonderful word choices.

    Many Colors- Emerald Award Winner
    a youthful interpretation of the rainbow and the message of equality; so very well done.

    Who Asked you? - Emerald Award Winner
    A poem with a message, a mission, very expressive writing, wonderful imagery.

    Again my thanks for your participation, I enjoyed reading your poetry. Until next time, please be safe and well…PK

Contest Winners

  1. Mosaic Moves
    shatterings are potential for beauty glassy resilience of fired fractures
    by CarolDesjarlais 27 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 11 10:15 AM 2007. In Spiritual
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. Error: Unable to find finalist item 3495058, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  3. When Rivers Live
    Bend my smile to wetter weather,
    poetry laced in canyons of falling inspiration,
    by kaibab 20 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 11 8:51 AM 2007
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Many Colors
    It takes many colors to make a rainbow, Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.
    by soccer220 9 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 12 11:37 AM 2007
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. Who asked you?
    ego tainted with blush of green
    glossed in stained hues, and low mused
    by A1der4ya 32 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 12 8:22 PM 2007. In Personal, Angst
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • kaibab silver member
    October 13, 2007
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    Thanks so much PK...congrats to all the winners...Rich


  • CarolDesjarlais silver member
    October 13, 2007
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    ty so much, I will pass along a colors contest for the next 24 hours