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Poem of the Week - POW

Welcome Poets!

 

 

 

10 spots available ~

48 hour contest ~

 

 

 

This POW contest is sponsored by:

 

islekine

 

 

 

Opens 6 pm, Friday, January 11, 2008 -

United States Pacific time ~

 

Closes at 6 pm, Sunday, January 13, 2008 -

United States Pacific time ~

 

 

 

Your #2 Judge is, trista

Your #3 Judge is, ChansonDuCoeur 

Your #4 Judge is, _____________?

 

Needing (1 ) more Judge who is familiar with this sequence of contests!

 

 

 

 

RULES!

 

1. 30 lines or less ~

2. Uncommon Themes ~

3. Creative Themes ~

4. Fresh Poetry ~

5. Place *PO' Contest* in your Authors' Notes ~ 

6. Place Theme or Topic in Authors' Notes ~

7. No massive cursing or hard erotica ~

8. Use your Imagination ~

9. No Cliche' Poetry ~

10. No Epic or Short Stories ~

11. Keep it in Poetic Form ~

12. Watch for proper Punctuation ~ 

13. Graphics/Borders are not allowed ~

14. No editing after a Judge has critiqued your work ~

15. Challenge your Quill ~

16. White background ~

17. Black font ~

18. Watch your Flow ~

19. Have fun! 

 

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Points for this sequence of PO' contest ~

 

 

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

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

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

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

*POY* is an incredible amount of points for Gold, plus a ( 6 ) month Gold Membership from AP ~

 

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

 

Show us Imagery, Power, Emotion, Impact and Focus in the PO' contests ~

 

Also....if you submit a Poem which requires a syllable countof *Form*, please 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 ~

 

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

 

 

 

Sponsoring Poets:

 

 

Arkbear ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

trista ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM ) 

ChansonDuCoeur ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

Sonja ( 5 X for POD, POW, POM )

cutiepie ( 5 X for POD, PW, POM )

Catauthor ( 1 X for POD, POW POM )

HeavenScent4U ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

islekine ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

jamiedoring ( 3 X for, POD, POW, POM )

A New World ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer:

 

We are not using any donated points for our own benefit ~

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

Your donated points are used soley to keep the PO' Contests open for your interest and fun ~

 

The *POD* = Poem of the Day, account name, Pod-1,   ( 1000 ) pts. in Bank ~

The *POW* = Poem of the Week, account name, Pow-1,   ( 1000 ) pts. in Bank ~

The *POM* = Poem of the Month, account name, Pom-1,   ( 1000 ) pts. in Bank ~

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

 

90% of  points that roll over, will be added to the *POY* for an incredible award of points at the end of the Year!

Please re-read these rules if you are still unsure about how this sequence of contests is conducted ~

 

 

 

Notice:

 

Kevin, the owner of Allpoetry, is in support of this *Sequence of Contests* and is awarding,
a ( 3 ) month Silver Membership for the POM -

&

a ( 6 ) month Gold Membership for the POY -

 

Also, the POM & 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 PO' contests,

yet I could not do this without the help of your donations, or your Judges, Julie & Zach ~

 

We want great Poetry that will make us read it and think.....Wow, that's grrrreat penning!

 

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

 

......and remember,

 

May Your Higher Power & the Power of  Your Quill,

Always Be You Strength!

 

 

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

 

 

 

~ Bear ~

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on January 17, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 750, Honorable mention: 7 people
  • Final notes:
    Hello Poets!


    As most of you know....the Bear made an embarrassing mistake.....I slid your Trophys down an extra line on my scoring sheet and rewarded the wrong Trophys to the wrong Poets........sooooo.......with that said......I ask for your forgiveness, and please except my apologise for this mistake ~

    I felt so bad about this, so I added more HM Trophys to everyone, as it was the least I could do ~

    Ok....let's congratulate your Gold Winner for the 2nd week of January 2008!

    *Bear crosses his sharp claws*

    With a total of 200 points available, *aboomer* earned a total of 198.4 of them!

    ....and I must say, your Top 3 Winners and some of the others...REALLY penned some wise entries ~

    Thanks!

    Your Silver Winner, *Floorboards* earned 198.35 ~

    Your Bronze Winner, *LadyDementia* earned 197.05 ~

    Your HM's ARE in order.>>>

    HM 1...195.7
    HM 2...195.3
    HM 3...194.65
    HM 4...193.55
    HM 5...193.1
    HM 6...186.2
    HM 7...185.3


    Remember....Focus on your Theme, and bring some IMPACT to your writes ~

    My apologise for Judging late....sometimes we do get errands which have to taken care of first....but the PO' contests are meant to be Judged on time every week, as this is POW....not POW 1/2....hehe ~

    Thanks to your wonderful Judge Julie, for her time and love of what she does here with all of you great Writers ~



    Thanks to everyone who came out to support this contest ~

    ....and remember,

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

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


    Bear
    DestinationPoetry ~

    Your other Judges' Final Notes and scores..>>>>>

    ....and ditto on her comments ~








    trista
    23 minutes ago My scores:

    evil
    by ShzoosyQ
    96.55

    Popcorn Night
    by soccer220
    92.9

    Heart Stopper
    by Jpoteet
    92.9

    Lesson Learned
    by ears2hearyou
    97.5

    Got Tuna?
    by DayDreamerOf1982
    96.05

    The Seeds of Doubt
    by cutiepie
    97.65

    Perpetual Doubt
    by LadyDementia
    98.2

    As you wake to kiss my shoulder
    by Floorboards
    99.15

    Shake It, Baby!
    by aboomer
    98.85

    Laughter, the Best Cliche
    by islekine
    97.5


    Final Notes:
    Whenever the POW is limited to so few entries, it makes me wonder just what kind of quality we’ll end up seeing. But I have to say, there were several great poems this week, any one of which would be worthy and deserving of a gold trophy. The themes may vary widely, but one thing remains constant: good, solid writing with the impact, imagery, and power I look for in a poem.

    My thanks to everyone for making this another enjoyable experience for me in judging. Congratulations to our winners, and I hope to see you all again soon in future PO contests! (smiles)

    ~Julie

Contest Winners

  1. Shake it, Baby
    I can picture a wild party
    attended by all of the assorted ‘shakers’
    by aboomer 40 lines, 26 comments, on Jan 12 11:38 AM 2008. In life, thoughts, humor, fantasy, POW contest entry
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. As you wake to kiss my shoulder
    Sleeping child-
    turn your head and sigh
    by Floorboards 36 lines, 76 comments, on Jan 12 4:21 AM 2008. In Personal, Other, Thoughts
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Perpetual Void
    by LadyDementia 25 lines, 19 comments, on Jan 12 4:18 AM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Fantasy, Thoughts
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. The Seeds of Doubt.
    by cutiepie 25 lines, 12 comments, on Jan 12 11:00 AM 2008. In Personal, Sad, Society, Thoughts
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. Lesson Learned
    Stuffing my backpack with new years goals,
    and yesterday's tools.
    by ears2hearyou 23 lines, 13 comments, on Jan 11 8:38 PM 2008. In Contest, Hope, Life, Happiness, Escape, Friendship, Thoughts
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. Laughter; The Best Cliche'
    Knock, knock.
    Who's there?
    by islekine 40 lines, 14 comments, on Jan 12 1:39 PM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  7. evil
    by starwing 47 lines, 10 comments, on Jan 11 9:03 PM 2008. In Adult, Dark, Contest, Contemporary
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  8. Got Tuna?
    Tuna fish,
    Tuna fish,
    by VirginiaDarling 13 lines, 14 comments, on Jan 11 10:23 PM 2008. In Humor, Weird
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  9. Heart Stopper
    The rumor is that when you first meet,
    That your heart may skip a beat.
    by Jpoteet 12 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 11 8:14 PM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  10. Popcorn Night
    Ahh.....it's Friday!
    Stick the popcorn in the microwave,
    by soccer220 24 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 11 8:12 PM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • cutiepie gold member
    January 15, 2008
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    Many congratulations "Floorboards" and "LadyDementia" on the gold and silver..Also thanks to the judges for all their hard work in critiquing all our work. I do so love these contests as each week I find myself working just that little bit harder....shame about the punctuation though Look forward to seeing you guys next week


  • Floorboards
    January 16, 2008
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    If i've won, thank you very much!, , if not let me know!

  • Floorboards
    January 17, 2008
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    That was the longest wait of my life, congratulations to aboomer for nicking my trophy. I'll get you next time, you bounder.


    • aboomer silver member
      January 18, 2008
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      Thank you Floorboards - it wasn't easy. You were so close, the hairs on my neck were moving!...lol
      congrats to you also.

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