You will be graded on
content--includes poetic devices imagery metaphor, etc
vocabulary 1-16 scale includes range of syntax usage in work
accuracy includes grammar punctuation correct usage of syntax,
creativity--The imagination at work. Did you use it?
theme--The basic theme underlying the work usually was considered as common, uncommon...
originality--originality covers theme, usage, metaphors and images, diction.
the average score was 45.09
Except as noted all grades are based on a 1 to 10 scale, using as a standard model Ezra Pound's Canto 1, for free verse, and Sonnet 38, By Shakespeare for form work.
As a final note I would like to apologise to the younger entrants as this was not a fair test for their abilities. I hope to have another contest in the future especially geared to their poems & thoughts.
if you enter a work in a recognised form
competence will be taken into account.
Bucolic Plague 53
Jerusalem. 53.95
Most Days Feel Like Camus Whispering 53.04
My four Quartets 1-1 52.76
Ode To The Zarithrian Realm 52.645
Wisdom 52.15
In Sanguine Swirls 50.85
Fiddler's Green 50.7
The Snowman From Hell 50.5
somewhere in the hills 50.2
Wait for Bathsheba 50.15
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 50.12
Blindfolded 50.1
looking at dust through my tears 49.9
pulse 49.49
Yellowed 49.4
The Barbwire Blues 49.3
Seattle Is On Fire 49.28
when all our doves leave us... 49.25
Mystic dehiscence of a Chrysalis 49.2
They brought them home… 49.2
Mistress Muse 49.2
The Living Faceless 49.2
Empty Nourishment 49.12
Tithonus 48.9
ill effect 48.7
mansion driveway 48.7
Beyond Boundaries 48.55
Music To My Heart 48.5
Older than Words 48.5
Don’t Forget To Dance! 48.3
Warning and a Disclaimer for Life 48.3
Mime 48.25
The Between 48.1
At the seaside 48.1
Child of the Mountain 48.1
Mortality 48
The Ocean of Life 48
the choreographer is God... 48
Quiet Moments 47.9
The Amber Cell 47.8
custody packet contains specifications (& visitation rights) 47.7
Synergy 47.7
Miss Pent Youth 47.6
Opposition 47.5
A Soldier's Pleasure 47.4
Those Eyes 47.4
Visual Slavery 47.3
Over[] 47.3
Tablature of Tenderness 47.3
Liquid Star 47.3
Midnight Escape 47.3
Southern Grace 47.3
Roses and Thorns 47
there is a poem 46.9
{ The Capture of Lord Montague} 46.9
Reflection 46.9
Mother 46.8
Warning 46.7
In All My Dead Living 46.7
Brave vs. Weak? Which is Which? 46.7
Sensual Kiss 46.6
I am a Child, I am a Woman 46.6
Clocks 46.6
Girl With The Guitar 46.5
Torn / Abyss / "I love my sister, she sucks - ...." 46.5
tooth decay 46.5
Suffocating 46.4
Requiem for a Friend 46.3
Mosquitos 46.3
Unfaithful Goodbye 46.28
Old World Charm 46.2
Life Flows Through a Dead Forest 46.2
the ugly worm 46.2
Calling All Cars 46.1
Forever Gone 46
Liviu Librescu 1930-2007 46
The Devil Weeps 45.8
comatose 45.7
Dust to dust 45.7
A Voice Like Rolling Thunder 45.7
Imperfection 45.7
Rest Your Soul On Mine 45.5
Wondrous. 45.5
Ember faces 45.5
Love & Penicillin 45.5
Ode To The Nameless One 45.45
On our terrace (Tanka) 45.4
the memories of walls 45.4
The Wind 45.34
An anatomy of anger 45.3
Vampire 45.3
The Dreamstate 45.25
The Changed Prince 45
The Hardest Game to Play 45
Why Can't I Just Be Me? 44.8
half nirvana 44.6
I Will Love You Forever 44.55
[ New Christmas Adventures With Cindy Dear ] 44.5
Love Us Not just for the momment... 44.5
The Moon 44.5
dark days black nights full version 44.5
The Night Before Christmas 44.37
Life without Love 44.2
I Am The Fog 44.1
F I L T H- Miss Ignorance 44.1
Gallery of Fantasies-Version 2 43.84
You Suffice 43.8
Loving Mastery of a Sin 43.47
Look both ways 43.44
Beautiful 43.4
with her 43.4
Warrior Eagle 43.34
Sweet Remembrance 43.3
I Praise You I love You and I thank You 43.3
Shimmering Light 43.2
Time For Nature 43.1
I'll Wait Forever 43.1
Who I am, Who They See 42.9
scattered shattered tattered and broken 42.8
Blood Black Roses 42.7
Excuse Me (You're Leaking) 42.21
Lovers' Light 42.2
the picture is complete 42.2
A Sonnet to My Lady's Eyes 41.8
libido shock (words said and not said) 41.6
Canadians Amongst Them 38.1
a simple hug 37.75
They Dance (edited) 37
Silenced Angel 36.86
Without Remorse 35.05
content--includes poetic devices imagery metaphor, etc
vocabulary 1-16 scale includes range of syntax usage in work
accuracy includes grammar punctuation correct usage of syntax,
creativity--The imagination at work. Did you use it?
theme--The basic theme underlying the work usually was considered as common, uncommon...
originality--originality covers theme, usage, metaphors and images, diction.
the average score was 45.09
Except as noted all grades are based on a 1 to 10 scale, using as a standard model Ezra Pound's Canto 1, for free verse, and Sonnet 38, By Shakespeare for form work.
As a final note I would like to apologise to the younger entrants as this was not a fair test for their abilities. I hope to have another contest in the future especially geared to their poems & thoughts.
if you enter a work in a recognised form
competence will be taken into account.
Bucolic Plague 53
Jerusalem. 53.95
Most Days Feel Like Camus Whispering 53.04
My four Quartets 1-1 52.76
Ode To The Zarithrian Realm 52.645
Wisdom 52.15
In Sanguine Swirls 50.85
Fiddler's Green 50.7
The Snowman From Hell 50.5
somewhere in the hills 50.2
Wait for Bathsheba 50.15
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 50.12
Blindfolded 50.1
looking at dust through my tears 49.9
pulse 49.49
Yellowed 49.4
The Barbwire Blues 49.3
Seattle Is On Fire 49.28
when all our doves leave us... 49.25
Mystic dehiscence of a Chrysalis 49.2
They brought them home… 49.2
Mistress Muse 49.2
The Living Faceless 49.2
Empty Nourishment 49.12
Tithonus 48.9
ill effect 48.7
mansion driveway 48.7
Beyond Boundaries 48.55
Music To My Heart 48.5
Older than Words 48.5
Don’t Forget To Dance! 48.3
Warning and a Disclaimer for Life 48.3
Mime 48.25
The Between 48.1
At the seaside 48.1
Child of the Mountain 48.1
Mortality 48
The Ocean of Life 48
the choreographer is God... 48
Quiet Moments 47.9
The Amber Cell 47.8
custody packet contains specifications (& visitation rights) 47.7
Synergy 47.7
Miss Pent Youth 47.6
Opposition 47.5
A Soldier's Pleasure 47.4
Those Eyes 47.4
Visual Slavery 47.3
Over[] 47.3
Tablature of Tenderness 47.3
Liquid Star 47.3
Midnight Escape 47.3
Southern Grace 47.3
Roses and Thorns 47
there is a poem 46.9
{ The Capture of Lord Montague} 46.9
Reflection 46.9
Mother 46.8
Warning 46.7
In All My Dead Living 46.7
Brave vs. Weak? Which is Which? 46.7
Sensual Kiss 46.6
I am a Child, I am a Woman 46.6
Clocks 46.6
Girl With The Guitar 46.5
Torn / Abyss / "I love my sister, she sucks - ...." 46.5
tooth decay 46.5
Suffocating 46.4
Requiem for a Friend 46.3
Mosquitos 46.3
Unfaithful Goodbye 46.28
Old World Charm 46.2
Life Flows Through a Dead Forest 46.2
the ugly worm 46.2
Calling All Cars 46.1
Forever Gone 46
Liviu Librescu 1930-2007 46
The Devil Weeps 45.8
comatose 45.7
Dust to dust 45.7
A Voice Like Rolling Thunder 45.7
Imperfection 45.7
Rest Your Soul On Mine 45.5
Wondrous. 45.5
Ember faces 45.5
Love & Penicillin 45.5
Ode To The Nameless One 45.45
On our terrace (Tanka) 45.4
the memories of walls 45.4
The Wind 45.34
An anatomy of anger 45.3
Vampire 45.3
The Dreamstate 45.25
The Changed Prince 45
The Hardest Game to Play 45
Why Can't I Just Be Me? 44.8
half nirvana 44.6
I Will Love You Forever 44.55
[ New Christmas Adventures With Cindy Dear ] 44.5
Love Us Not just for the momment... 44.5
The Moon 44.5
dark days black nights full version 44.5
The Night Before Christmas 44.37
Life without Love 44.2
I Am The Fog 44.1
F I L T H- Miss Ignorance 44.1
Gallery of Fantasies-Version 2 43.84
You Suffice 43.8
Loving Mastery of a Sin 43.47
Look both ways 43.44
Beautiful 43.4
with her 43.4
Warrior Eagle 43.34
Sweet Remembrance 43.3
I Praise You I love You and I thank You 43.3
Shimmering Light 43.2
Time For Nature 43.1
I'll Wait Forever 43.1
Who I am, Who They See 42.9
scattered shattered tattered and broken 42.8
Blood Black Roses 42.7
Excuse Me (You're Leaking) 42.21
Lovers' Light 42.2
the picture is complete 42.2
A Sonnet to My Lady's Eyes 41.8
libido shock (words said and not said) 41.6
Canadians Amongst Them 38.1
a simple hug 37.75
They Dance (edited) 37
Silenced Angel 36.86
Without Remorse 35.05
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on January 9, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: thanks to all who entered, it was a fine contest.
Contest Winners
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By the time evening
had adhered to a drunken night,by dp robertson 74 lines, 36 comments, on Mar 20 8:16 PM 2007. In Personal, Thoughts
Bronze trophy winner
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In thy deepest forests, in thy twilight glades
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‘Twas the night before Christmas. The darkness lay still
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Greenery charges through
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Those without remorse
Who made fun ofby Deezee 39 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 24 9:51 PM 2007. In Angst, Dark, Pain, Personal, Sad, Spiritual, Contest, Lost in thought, Depression• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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She wore green,
Like maiden,by Dragomiloff 30 lines, 12 comments, on Dec 16 1:55 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The ecstasy of a righteous rage is like drops of life filling me to my frame. / Unbound fury burning like a blissful flame / caressing me like a lullaby / and leaving me in a childlike daze. /• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Fill me up, up, up, chock-full of your cocksure arete.by rsheafer 14 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 4 5:14 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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New Christmas Adventures With Cindy Dear
There was a blizzard coming from the Northland to Cindy Dears’ town. If it came, there woulby Virginia Logsdon 559 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 26 6:03 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
Sweet Remembrance of better times Where all was Lost in the World of Rhymesby BittersweetMemories 23 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 25 6:41 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Darkness of luscious beauty, "ignorance's" midnight chocolate feast. Licking each finger,savouring its taste.by ears2hearyou 50 lines, 10 comments, on Jan 23 11:13 PM 2008. In Contest, Life, Society, Contemporary, Dark, Thoughts, War, Loss
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rain splashing against
my windowpaneby transit 20 lines, 9 comments, on Dec 17 7:26 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The morning drags on like any other, / The first person i see is my brother. / I rub the sleep from my eyes and go to the bathroom, / unawaby Sylar 33 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 18 4:12 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Cringed up in this cocoon
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My lips as cold as night Mutter scribbled words• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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The donkey's ears poked through his battered hat
And Grandpa bought us lolliesby Judith Chandler 24 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 28 4:09 PM 2007. In My life• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Clawed with countless crusted broken nails,
rusting, abandoned through the chill night-watch,
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Harness these demons
Or saddle up with calumniousby A-Cinnamon-Spider 22 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 20 1:29 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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by Bedroom Eyes 35 lines, 107 comments, on Aug 19 6:14 PM 2007. In Spiritual, Sensual, Thoughts, Love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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SIFTING through remnants of yesterday’s passion / SAVING the morsels of thirst quenching dreams, / SAVOURING scraps of love’s FLEETING embe• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by Dancing the Rumba 28 lines, 10 comments, on Dec 27 4:45 PM 2007. In flowers, picture prompt, imagery• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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He found himself at Edgemont Station
a stick straight figure wrapped in army greenby Carly Pop 30 lines, 21 comments, on Sep 28 4:06 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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Flare the Arcphoenix
o}--{=======>by Flare the Arcphoenix 58 lines, 14 comments, on Dec 12 5:02 PM 2007. In Personal, My own style, Message• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
How wondrous that I should feel this now. With the rain pounding I am dry, you holding my umbrella.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by Simply Simple 43 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 27 1:35 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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the caterpiller crawling around
holding a stickby yassmin 32 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 18 3:52 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by RisingTideofChrist 75 lines, 15 comments, on Sep 14 4:47 PM 2007. In Fantasy, Story, Love, Compassion• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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She cried when trust died,
She saw a clown in every living being,by fumes 8 lines, 10 comments, on Dec 17 11:24 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The ones considered brave are our heroes,
The ones called weak are our outcasts,
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It's about a guy whose lover has turned him/her down in a cruel way.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Ember glows with fury in the afternoon sun
Rays of sunlight draw patterns on her complexionby Xx Luna xX 13 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 8 5:27 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I hate you
Love youby Zixaphir 71 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 8 10:32 AM 2008. In Experimental, Thoughts, Weird, Personal, My own style• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I praise you, I Love you and I Thank you!• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Warning!
You are an Idiot. So for your own saftey we have placed this warning label on your life. Breathing is not optional and should beby Vampstress 4 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 23 4:57 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Moquitos
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Throughout the whole tragedy of Virginia Tech I have been touched by this amazing man, who at 76 years old took bullets and blocked the dooby BabyBun 36 lines, 27 comments, on Apr 19 6:44 PM 2007
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Born way up on a mountain so high
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Be sophisticated and respected.
Hold your head high.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Nothing says "I love you" like a blister or a murder charge.by last girl on earth 74 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 4 12:41 AM 2007. In Contemporary, Dark, Life, Love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Broken portions
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Revenge;
a delicious candy.by bones7 12 lines, 15 comments, on Dec 13 8:17 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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good luck with this..
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I think you are missing an image I think when you was doing up your contest but nevertheless I will see what I can come up with -
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oh Lute, you monstrous taskmaster. if i enter you'd best not give me lowerer than 67. i've vowed to stab myself if i ever get lowerer than an 67. give worm a 40 that'd be fucking hilarious.
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I am rarely on this site anymore and don't remember my poems at all but this looks like an interesting contest nevertheless!
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I love that you comment on all your poems and thank you for commenting on myan. God bless
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thank you so much for holding this contest, it has been great, and well done for taking the time to do such detailed judging!
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Lute, you deserve GOLD for the way you judged this contest.
Very well done *clap*
Anna.
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Thank you for the silver, appreciated, and congrats to DeBracey, worthy winner
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Thank you Lute means a lot.
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Wow.
Stunned silence.
PV was best ever. DPR definitive as usual and the Yorkshire Bottom and his dark satanic mills managed to squeeze between them.
Wow. Thanks Lute.
Dat was not a lazy Lute wot done this contest was it.
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