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NEW RULES!  20 SPOTS available ~

 

 

 

All you need for this POW, is your Quill, a piece of White parchment, a little Black Ink.......and your incredible Imagination......PLEASE read Rule # 10 ~

 

 

Anyone may enter, but if it is not Quality, or, entered into another contest at the same time as this contest, it shall be DQ'd immediately with NO hard feelings ~

 

 

48 hour contest, or, until 20 Quality entries ~

 

 

 

Poem of the Week ~

 

This POW is sponsored by:

 

Floorboards 

Poetryintheblood 

islekine

 

 

 

Opens 9 am, Saturday, December 7th, 2007

United States Pacific time ~

 

Closes at 9 pm, Monday, December 10th, 2007 

U.S. Pacific time, or after ( 20 ) **Quality** entries ~

 

 

 

There are only ( 20 ) spots avilable for this POW ~

 

Your #2 Judge is, trista

Your #3 Judge is, Rosewood Angel 

Your #4 Judge is, EnAttendant

 

 

Needing (0 ) more Judges at this time, who are familiar

with this Sequence of Contests!

 

 

RULES!

 

 

1. 40 lines or less, or face DQ ~

2. Uncommon Themes, or face DQ ~

3. Fresh Poetry, we do check for *Copy & Paste* ~

4. Place *POW* in your Authors' Notes, or face DQ ~ 

5. Place Theme or Topic in Authors' Notes, or face DQ ~

6. No massive cursing or hard erotica, or face DQ ~

7. No Cliche' Poetry, No Short Stories, Keep it in Poetic Form, or face DQ ~

8. Use Spell Check & Proper Punctuation ~ 

9. Graphics are NOT allowed for this POW~

10.  For this POW, Plain White Background, Plain Black Font, No Graphics, No Borders, Nothing, except your Imagination and your Quill ~

Any Genre, Any Topic, Any Theme goes!

Make this Blank White Canvas come to Life! 

11. IMAGERY, THOUGHT, IMPACT, POWER, FEELINGS are Required!

12. Ask yourself,

A. ) Do you really think your entry is going to be worth 1250 points?

B. ) Do you really think your entry will pass by, and gain Favor over any other entry entered?

C. ) Can you scream POW!!!!!, with your entry?

If you answered No, to any of those questions, expect to be DQ 'd, or disappointed ~

13. NO EDITING AFTER A JUDGE HAS TOUCHED YOUR WORK ~

14.  Have fun! 

 

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For this POW & Future PO' Contests,

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!

 

 

 

Restrictions on amount of PO' entries have been lifted!

 

Enter as many PO' Contests as you wish!

 

The *POD* is 500 points for Gold, plus ( 3 ) HM's ~

 

The *POW* is 750 points for Gold, plus ( 3 ) HM's ~

 

The *POM* is 1000 points for Gold, plus ( 3 ) HM's,

plus, a ( 3 ) month Silver Membership from AP ~

 

The *POY* = Poem of the Year, will receive an incredible amount of points, plus a ( 6 ) month Gold Membership from AP ~

 

 

We will be looking at FRESH Poetry written "specifically" for these contests!

 

 

 

We want GREAT Poetry!

 

 

 

Imagery, Power, Emotions, Impact, Focus and Punctuation are your best Friends in the POD, POW, POM & POY!

 

 

Also....if you submit a Poem of *Form*, pleeeez use these syllable counters..>>>

 

http://www.wordscount.info/hw/syllable.jsp
http://www.wordcalc.com/index.php

 

...then we will all be using the same counters, and have no discussion about syllable counts from websters.com...etc.... ~

 

 

Donations are Most welcomed with your entries, and Very much appreciated, as these contests eat up points quickly ~

 

 

Sponsoring Poets:

 

 

Kevin owner of Allpoetry ( 1 X  for, POW, POM, POY )

wolfspiritguide  ( 1 X  for, POW, POM, POY)

thelordreigns ( 2 X's for, POW, POM  )

Stardust-luvr (2 X for POW, POM, POY)

grannyeri ( 2 X for POM )

LadyOfAvalon ( 1 X for, POW, POM, POY )

Malabu  ( 1 X for, POW, POM, POY )

Soccer-Freak-Tyler ( 1 X for, POW )

Jesuspoet32  ( 2 X for, POD, POW, POM )

Karamel Kandy  ( 1 X for, POW, POM )

Sly.C.C. ( 2 X for, POW, POM, POY )

Catauthor  ( 2 X for, POD, POW, POM, POY )

Celticmoon  ( 1 X for, POM POY )

Whoochi  ( 1 X for, POD )

Sonja ( 3 X for, POW, POM, )

sandgoddess ( 1 X for, POD )

Asfand  ( 1 X for, POD )

rose-quartz ( 2 X for, POD, POW )

bethan-gaze  ( 1 X for, POD, POW, POM POY )

Celtic-angel ( 1 X for, POD )

Sandygram ( 1 X for, POD )

Cupcrazy  ( 1 X for, POD, POW, POM, POY )

Alleksa Jan ( 1 X for, POD, POW, )

eyesofanangel524   ( 3 X for, POD, POW, POM, POY )

Kissing rose petals  ( 1 X for, POW )

Horseartist7 ( 1 X for, POD, POW, POM POY )

Floorboards ( 1 X for, POD )

Poetryintheblood  ( 1 X for, POD, POM )

islekine ( 1 X for, POD )

Frogzter  ( 1 X for, POD, POW, POM, POY )

Talloaks ( 1 X for, POM )

-LilacThOughts- ( 1 X for, POD, POW, POM, POY )

Katie Lazette ( 1 X for, POD, POW )

MikeSamford ( 3 X for, POD, POW, POM, POY )

shewolfnative  ( 3 X for, POD, POW, POM, POY )

Keith Drew  ( 1 X for, POD, POW, POM, POY )

azure85 ( 1 X for, POD, POW, POM, POY )

DawnBaby  ( 3 X for, POW )

Hearts A fires ( 1 X for, POW )

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer:

 

I am not using any donated points, for my own benefit ~

 

You may at any time, ask how many points each Contest has in its' Bank ~

 

It is to keep the POD, POW, POM & POY open for your interest and fun ~

 

These are not cheap to run ~

 

The *POD* = Poem of the Day, account name, Pod-1,   ( 7662 ) pts. in Bank ~

 

The *POW* = Poem of the Week, account name, Pow-1,   ( 3568 ) pts. in Bank ~

 

The *POM* = Poem of the Month, account name, Pom-1,   ( 10415 ) pts. in Bank ~

 

The *POY* = Poem of the Year, account name, Poy-1,   ( 0 ) pts. in Bank ~

 

They all have their own separate accounts to keep ALL points out of my hands, and are used to keep these contests going ~

 

50% of  points that roll over, will be added to the *POY* for an incredible Award of points at the end of the Year!

 

Re-Read these Rules if you are still unsure about how this Sequence of Contests is conducted ~

 

 

Notice!!!!

 

Great news from Kevin, the owner of Allpoetry ~

He is in support of this *Sequence of Contests*, and is awarding Silver & Gold Memberships

to be received from the best POM & the best POY ~

These are a ( 3 ) month Silver for the POM's

....and a ( 6 ) month Gold Membership for the POY, 

so how cool is that? ~

Also........the POM & of course the Poem of the Year, the POY, will be displayed on the Front Page of AP in *Spotlight* ~

I am proud to say, that I am sole holder of the POD, POW, POM & the POY Contests,

yet I could not do this without the help of your donations, or your Judges, Sweet Julie & Big Eric, Pink or Rosewood Angel ~

 
We want good Poetry that will make us want to read it and think.....Wow.....that's Grrrreat penning!

Now you know what we want....now go spill some Ink!!

 

 

 

 

May Your Higher Power & the Power of  Your Quill,

Always, Give You Strength!

 

 

,~<:::::#############::

 

 

 

~ Bear ~

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on December 11, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 1250, Honorable mention: 3 people
  • Final notes:
    First off......I apologise for a late Judging ~

    Two of your Judges are down with fever & flu, and one of those Judges is me ~

    As you have all noticed, Zach, aka, Rosewood Angel, your other Judge, was not able to participate this week, as we thought it was best for him to stay in bed and get better ~

    Get well Zach!!!!!!!

    ...missed ya Dude!

    OK....Let's congratulate your Gold Winner, *Cupcrazy for penning the Poem of the Week for the 2nd weeek of December, 2007!

    Out of a possible 300 points, she earned 297.8 of them........but the thing that most impresses me, is that this Poet has been entering over and over again, trying to pen the best poem.......and look what happened!

    This is what can happen if you keep trying, and if you take your Quill seriously ~

    My hat's off to you Cup!

    I want to thank a few Poets who kept *Sportsmanship* in the name, *Challenge*

    islekine.....Jim......Pink.....Dawn.....and I think there is another.....but please forgive me if I have forgotten who you are at this moment ~

    The most Creative entry goes to: Someone Stop the Madness

    The most Heartfelt entry goes to: A Living Death

    The most Inventive entry goes to: drapes of morning

    Your Silver Winner earned 297.15....Very close to that Gold!

    Your Bronze Winner earned 295.45 ~

    The HM's ARE in order ~

    HM 1 295.05
    HM 2 294.8
    HM 3 292.7


    .....and just because you did not receive a Trophy, does not mean you lost.....as you are all Winners in our eyes, and we are very pleased with each of your entries ~

    This POW contest held such a variety of Themes which have not been brought forth in any of the PO' contests....Way ta go!

    Alrighty now.......we only have ( 1 ) more POW contest before the POY contest arrives in your laps ~

    I suggest you get your thinking caps on and get ready for your hardest challenge this year ~

    An incredible amount of points, a ( 6 ) month Gold Memebrship, or credit to your exisitng account, and the Award of Poet of the Year will be yours, if...you bring your best and show off your talents like never before ~

    The space limitation for this POY contest will be unlimited.....therefore, you are going to be penning against a wiiiide group of Poets and talent ~

    Come into the POY contest with an open mind and a full Inkwell, as it will take both to win ~

    I want to take just a moment to thank your other Judges, Julie and E'lodie for not giving up on me this week as I tried to stay off the PC and in bed to recover from this Flu which seems to have a grip on southern CA ~

    Arrggg!

    Julie.....thank you for your love of Poetry, your support and your faithfulness in Judging over the past 5 months.......you are a Gem, and I thank God for you ~

    'Lodie....thank you for stepping up to the plate when the PO' contests needed someone with your exact talents and knowledge of the written language......God has blessed Julie, Zach, all fellow Poets who continue to enter and me, with your presence ~

    Wow.....what a journey we have all been on.....we do hope to see every one of you back in the game this next weekend, as we prepare for the end of the year ~

    Just a reminder, http://www.DestinationPoetry.com will be having its' Grand Global Opening soon, and I hope to see each of you over in our neighborhood to check us out!

    Until then, remember,

    ...May Your Higher Power & the Power of Your Quill, Always Be Your Strength ~


    May God bless you all,

    Bear ~

    ,~<:::############::








    trista
    3 hours ago Hi Bear,
    My Scores:

    For All That Still is Closely Bound To Me
    by Animarising
    91.8

    Who We Are
    by lilrochick
    89.6

    Point of View
    by freespirit51
    92.6

    Write About Wha?
    by Darcness
    92.6

    drapes of morning
    by ellipist
    95.2

    Don’t Be Fooled
    by grannyeri
    94.9

    Esmeralda
    by islekine
    99.2

    Mystical Mazes
    by LadyDementia
    98.5

    A Living Death
    by aboomer
    97.9

    Canopy
    by Scion
    92.7

    Scorned Muse
    by Cupcrazy
    99.3

    Harmless deception
    by Venugopal
    89.6

    Someone Stop the Madness
    by bethan-gaze
    97

    Majestic Burden
    by DawnBaby
    98.1

    Form and Beauty
    by Chaz D. Wolf
    96.2

    Final Notes:

    Wow! There were so many original themes this week, making for a wonderful contest to read and judge. With the holiday season being such a busy time of year it’s great to see it hasn’t slowed any of your pens down, and has even inspired some very thought provoking and timely writes.

    I thank you all for once again making this a rewarding and enjoyable experience for me. Congratulations to our winners, and I hope to see you all again soon! (smiles)

    Best wishes to all,
    ~Julie







    EnAttendant
    right now For All That Still is Closely Bound to Me by Animarising
    Title 9.1
    Flow 9.3
    Rule-following 9
    Grammar/Spelling 9.1
    Emotional Depth 9.1
    Theme 9.4
    Poetic Devices 9.7
    Uncommonness 10
    Sit and Ponder Effect 9.6
    Overall Impression 9.3
    Total-93.8

    Who We Are by lilrochick
    Title 9.3
    Flow 9
    Rule-following 10
    Grammar/Spelling 9.4
    Emotional Depth 9.1
    Theme 9.2
    Poetic Devices 9
    Uncommonness 9
    Sit and Ponder Effect 9.3
    Overall Impression 9.2
    Total-92.5

    Point Of View – Oddku by freespirit51
    Title 9.8
    Flow 9.6
    Rule-following 9
    Grammar/Spelling 9.7
    Emotional Depth 9
    Theme 9.3
    Poetic Devices 9.2
    Uncommonness 9
    Sit and Ponder Effect 9.2
    Overall Impression 9.2
    Total-93

    Write about wha? by Darcness
    Title 9.2
    Flow 9.2
    Rule-following 10
    Grammar/Spelling 9.2
    Emotional Depth 9.3
    Theme 9.4
    Poetic Devices 9
    Uncommonness 9.5
    Sit and Ponder Effect 9.7
    Overall Impression 9.7
    Total-94.2

    drapes of morning by ellipsist
    Title 9.7
    Flow 9.8
    Rule-following 8
    Grammar/Spelling 10
    Emotional Depth 9.6
    Theme 9.9
    Poetic Devices 10
    Uncommonness 9.9
    Sit and Ponder Effect 9.9
    Overall Impression 10
    Total-96.8

    Don't Be Fooled by Grannyeri
    Title 9.5
    Flow 9.7
    Rule-following 10
    Grammar/Spelling 9.7
    Emotional Depth 9.8
    Theme 9.6
    Poetic Devices 9.3
    Uncommonness 9.4
    Sit and Ponder Effect 9.8
    Overall Impression 9.8
    Total-97.1

    Esmerelda by Islekine
    Title 9.6
    Flow 9.9
    Rule-following 10
    Grammar/Spelling 9.6
    Emotional Depth 9.7
    Theme 10
    Poetic Devices 10
    Uncommonness 9.5
    Sit and Ponder Effect 9.8
    Overall Impression 9.9
    Total-98

    Mystical Mazes by LadyDementia
    Title 9.5
    Flow 9.6
    Rule-following 10
    Grammar/Spelling 9.2
    Emotional Depth 9.7
    Theme 9.8
    Poetic Devices 9.8
    Uncommonness 9.9
    Sit and Ponder Effect 9.8
    Overall Impression 9.9
    Total-97.2

    A Living Death by aboomer
    Title 9.9
    Flow 9.7
    Rule-following 10
    Grammar/Spelling 9.5
    Emotional Depth 9.9
    Theme 9.8
    Poetic Devices 9.3
    Uncommonness 10
    Sit and Ponder Effect 10
    Overall Impression 9.8
    Total-97.9

    Canopy by Scion
    Title 9.5
    Flow 9.5
    Rule-following 9
    Grammar/Spelling 10
    Emotional Depth 8
    Theme 9.1
    Poetic Devices 9.7
    Uncommonness 8.3
    Sit and Ponder Effect 8.5
    Overall Impression 9
    Total-90.6

    Scorned Muse by Cupcrazy
    Title 9.9
    Flow 9.9
    Rule-following 10
    Grammar/Spelling 9.7
    Emotional Depth 9.8
    Theme 10
    Poetic Devices 10
    Uncommonness 10
    Sit and Ponder Effect 10
    Overall Impression 10
    Total-99.3

    Magic by Venugopal
    Title 9
    Flow 9.1
    Rule-following 9
    Grammar/Spelling 9.2
    Emotional Depth 9.2
    Theme 9.2
    Poetic Devices 9
    Uncommonness 9.2
    Sit and Ponder Effect 9
    Overall Impression 9
    Total-90.9

    A Stringed Duet
    Title 9.7
    Flow 9.1
    Rule-following 10
    Grammar/Spelling 8.5
    Emotional Depth 9.4
    Theme 10
    Poetic Devices 10
    Uncommonness 9.6
    Sit and Ponder Effect 10
    Overall Impression 9.8
    Total-96.1

    Someone Stop the Madness
    Title 9.5
    Flow 9.8
    Rule-following 10
    Grammar/Spelling 9.7
    Emotional Depth 9.6
    Theme 9.9
    Poetic Devices 9.5
    Uncommonness 10
    Sit and Ponder Effect 9.9
    Overall Impression 9.8
    Total-97.7

    Majestic Burden by Dawnbaby
    Title 9.9
    Flow 9.7
    Rule-following 10
    Grammar/Spelling 9.2
    Emotional Depth 9.5
    Theme 9.8
    Poetic Devices 9.9
    Uncommonness 9.7
    Sit and Ponder Effect 9.6
    Overall Impression 9.7
    Total-97.1

    Form and Beauty by Chaz D. Wolf
    Title 9
    Flow 9
    Rule-following 10
    Grammar/Spelling 8.5
    Emotional Depth 9.1
    Theme 9.5
    Poetic Devices 9.8
    Uncommonness 9.9
    Sit and Ponder Effect 9.5
    Overall Impression 9.6
    Total-93.9

    Final Notes~

    As always, it has been a pleasure to read and comment on your pieces. There were lots of great, interesting themes in this contest, some of them really quite unique. With each contest you people amaze me with your talents! We couldn't continue this series without poets who are willing to take time and effort to write and stress and submit poems to our (admittedly frank) judgment.

    I would also like to take a moment to compliment many of you on your humility and willingness to learn. Those of you who take our comments seriously and thoughtfully, not necessarily blindly following them, but learning from another perspective, are a model to us all! I know I've learned from many of you in your ability to take criticism and use it, instead of getting offended and defensive. It's what makes these contests a joy for me.

    Also, we saw some great sportsmanship from many of you! You know who you are, and I want you to know that we do too. Well done!

    I'm looking forward to finding out who the winners are! So many of you have really outdone yourselves the winners will have really worked for it!

    ~Élodie

    P.S. In the hustle and bustle of judging, I know there some poems on which I left comments saying there were grammar errors, but never clarified what they were. If any of you would like to know specifically what those grammar errors are, and/or why they are errors, please message me! I'd be happy to help.

Contest Winners

  1. Scorned Muse
    Beneath scorching desert sands
    Bedouin poets lie silently decaying,
    by Cupcrazy 36 lines, 16 comments, on Dec 9 3:54 PM 2007. In Thoughts, Other
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. A Living Death - Alzheimer's
    Your blue eyes stare at me
    blankly at times
    by aboomer 42 lines, 76 comments, on Dec 9 1:41 PM 2007. In Life, thoughts, sad, POW contest, true, questions, Alzheimer's
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Mystical Mazes.
    by LadyDementia 24 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 9 8:49 AM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Thoughts
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Majesties Burden
    The trees stand frozen on this cold night,
    caught in grips of winter’s fickle hand.
    by DawnBaby 36 lines, 14 comments, on Dec 10 8:12 AM 2007
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. Error: Unable to find finalist item 3692604, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]

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  • Bad Bill
    December 8, 2007
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    Are you still accepting points donations? If you are, I am willing to give 5000 points. How do I go about it?

    Bad Bill


  • Megan Awesome
    December 8, 2007
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    Ok my computer is majorly screwing up. It let me submit the poem, but won't let me change the background. It's the grey. Can I leave it at that? Or wait until a friend can get on my account and change it for me?
    Megan


  • cutiepie gold member
    December 10, 2007
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    Mr. Bear, I shall be absent this week owing to strange happenings to internet and phone lines but hopefully will join you next week. Good luck to all the entries


    • islekine silver member
      December 10, 2007
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      you and your poetry will be missed..

      Phone and mouse problems here...but in between..
      See you next week!
      Write on..
      *PEACE*


    • Arkbear gold member
      December 10, 2007
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      Hey Cutie ~

      We hope you will join us again next week, as it is time to really kick it in the rear and let that Ink flow.....getting ready for the POY, only 2 weeks away!

      I hope this finds you well my Friend,



      Bear ~

      ....and don't forget, DetinationPoetry.com will be opening soon!


  • Arkbear gold member
    December 11, 2007
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    Well done Poets!

    See you this weekend!



    Bear ~


  • Cupcrazy gold member
    December 11, 2007
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    Thanks so much for the honor of the gold in this weeks contest, some incredible entries were posted in this round. Congrats to all my fellow competitors and to all the judges, you always push me to try and write the best piece that I possibly can deliver. Hugs, Bunny


    • Arkbear gold member
      December 11, 2007
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      You're welcome Bunny!



      Thank you for never giving up,

      Bear ~

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