This contest exists for the dual purposes of reading great poetry and thanking those who keep me here. I was a rank beginner when ecrivain01 invited me here. The poets on my favorites list have inspired, improved, and challenged me. Without them, I would have stopped before I really started.
This contest is open only open to those on my faves list.
http://allpoetry.com/favorite/show/Just+Rob
There are likely many of you who know you are only missing from this list because I forgot to click you there. If you suspect that to be the case just IM me & I'll fix that.
Rules,
1. My favorites only
2. Do what you do. If I was qualified to inspire you, you would not be on this list.
I'll leave this open for a good while.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on March 1, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 4000, Silver: 500, Bronze: 500, Honorable mention: 29 people
- Final notes: I actually kept this anonymous, {for the most part} by not scrolling down to comments.
This was the most subjective job of judging I ever did. The quality of entries make this contest read like a VERY good anthology. As EVERY poem here would likely have won gold in other contests, I have awarded honorable mentions to everyone. The entries were just so good, the judging so much a matter of the poem's impact on one small mind, that I felt it was only right. My first short list held eighteen poems.
It's only fair to mention that "Panurge Tells His Tale", and "Morning Song" were tied with two of the top pieces for days, with the difference only a quick read of four right before I pulled the trigger.
You are my teachers, keeping me working away to try to become your peer. The written word is alive and well here, hiding in nooks and crannies. I was very happy to have rhyme on the short list. I wish more free verse writers would include it in their bag of tricks. Thank you all for coming out to play
and for setting the bar so high.
You all won...
"tonight, your words are old - dodoed in hunger" wouldn't click to the finalist list, {a glitch of some sort}but belongs there. I will send the points to the author.
Contest Winners
-
• Commented on by judge. [remove]
-
The dreams I found in shades I left behind
Are now returned to haunt each waking hour• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 3824383, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
-
by B Chandler 19 lines, 11 comments, on Jan 20 4:57 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Abstract
Honorable mention
• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 3824907, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
-
• Commented on by judge. [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 3821635, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
-
There was rest in morning
over groaning boards• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 3878423, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
-
• Commented on by judge. [remove]
-
by transcendental baby 31 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 10 1:48 AM 2008. In Taming the Beast Honorable mention
• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
• Commented on by judge. [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 3878057, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
-
Sitting, bathed in autumn light,
staring through garden beds of wilting lipstick red roses,• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
yin/yang revisited.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 3874507, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
-
::::::::::::: FOR MGT ::::::::::::::by NurseChilly 27 lines, 24 comments, on Feb 3 4:28 AM 2008. In Life, Nature, Love Honorable mention
• Commented on by judge. [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 3923017, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
-
• Commented on by judge. [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 3878043, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [21]
1 - 21 of 21
-
by Namita 53 lines, 22 comments, on Jan 19 11:38 AM 2008• Commented on by judge.
Add a comment
Comments
-
Teachers... bah, I'm more like a student that sits in the back, daydreams or doodles.
It's people/poets/teachers like you that keep me here.
Bookmarked hon.
Thank you.
-
-
Your doodles
make my best efforts seem clumsy.
-
-
I wouldn't have expected to be invited to this.. but I will really try my best to write something. And I will definitly enjoy reading all of the poems entered, i'm sure this will be a contest of the very highest quality
-
Ah, Rob...you with the big soul.
Bookmarked...
-
Ah man... now I feel like I actually have to write something good.
-
-
Just
do what you do...
-
-
I remember you entering my first contest with Nessa when you were new to the site.
This may call for one of our old sessions my friend.
Honoured, and truly, we are all student and teacher.
-
-
Ready...Set...
Hee, Hee, that would be a rip!!
-
-
I live, I learn. You are being humble, as usual, Rob. We are both students, I suppose (and everyone who strives will ever be). I have this bookmarked, my friend.
-
Considered this bookmarked and entered by tonight
huggles -
i've only ever managed to write my name in the snow...lol.
i don't know, Rob. that's a pretty wicked good list of faves you have...arouses my insecurity.
but i may give it a crack
-
-
In my cups
I can manage haiku. -
Congratulations to Darcy, Zayra & Allyce...to everyone who entered & best of all, for having the good sense & talent enough to be on Rob's list of favorites. (I exclude myself, of course, bein' the humble critter I is.)
I love everyone's writing in this contest. But I gotta tell ya, Sweetness; Guy's piece stunned me. As his talent always does. "I knew Panurge when"...Rob, you are a generous & gentle man, my dear Friend. Thank you for hosting such impeccable contests & for gathering the best to your breast. A person is defined by the company they keep, it seems...& I love all of the flowers you've chosen for your garden. Be well, Poets & Scribes. It's an honor to be among you. Sweet Pea
-
-
Thanks for the honor Rob, I will bookmark it for sure.
-
Well, now ...
thank God you didn't stop because of a few a=holes over on About.com.
-
am caught up in the canvas lately, a killer Jimi last week....Hendrix meets Whitman....just for you bro
and agrees with Scott...humble and then some
peace Muddy -
Professionally, I do teach creative writing to teens. Poetically, you have taught me more than you will ever know. I am bookmarking this contest.
I love You my Brother Rob! 
You got me the first time I read a work of yours about Carhartt, which my husband adorns daily. Love a man in construction clothes.
Always ♥
Renee
-
Ahh grins at Jan's comment.. and then the Wenches and Wretches.. we all have come so far.. one thing has remained.. Your stoic presence in a pair of boots..
Thank you..
-
"If I was qualified to inspire you..."
Humility in a Scribe is a very good thing. However...you have inspired far more people than you might ever know, far more often than you could possibly realize, Sweetness. I gotta admit, though...this contest skeers me. 
I've read several of the entries already...Dammmnnn. I don't envy your task of judging, Rob. I'll try to hitch up my britches & come up with somethin' halfway worthy of ya. Thank you for Being, my dear Friend. Good luck to all who enter...& congratulations for bein' on the favorites list of one of the finest humans there ever was, is & ever will be...Be well, Poets & Scribes. Sweet Pea
-
Rob- you are a remarkable writer…I cannot fathom anything I write inspiring you or 90% of your favorites list…they are just as remarkable as you…and have my respect…regardless…beauty spills from you like silkworms fine-spun thread…and who of us could not sigh~ to catch our breath…reading your woven words.
Malabu-
-
This is something to watch for. You have a killer list there.
From one of your students,
R
-
I hope you do leave it open for awhile, Rob. I've got something brewing but haven't penned it yet. Hopefully I'll make it in time! Either way, I look forward to reading these.
-
-
waiting
I'll keep it open for awhile. I really hope to read you here...
-
-
Sir, you are a sweet soul holding such a grand contest with good poets. I'll be back to read the entries. Best of luck to the participants
-
-
I can't believe
you weren't on the list yet. To quote the best movie ever, "You are invited!"
I have extended the time.
-
-
funny I've just written for this then came back and saw the image again, I'd forgotten what it was
kinda interesting with what I wrote -
What an impressive list of favorites here. I think this will prove to be one of the best contest, by way of the entries, here on AP. Best of luck Rob, by the way, you've been on my favorites list since shortly after I joined AP
Ruth -
-
Thank you
Anything good in my own work is, in large part, due to the influence of the generous spirits appearing above. -
Keeeerist,
NOW yer on the list. C'mon in.
-
-
I started out just to read a few of these poems to try to see your reason for calling them your teachers... well, it didn't take long to see why. I have read about half of them so far I think and I'm coming back to read them all.
I've never seen a finer collection of poems all in one contest before. Some of the poets, I'm already familiar with, some are new to me and I'm so very much impressed with them all. I certainly don't envy you having to judge this contest, Rob... how does one choose between best and best??!!
I have to do other things right now but as the words of a famous guy known as the Terminator... "I'll be back" But mine is a promise, not a threat
Dee
-
-
My new friend,
you are invited... -
-
Wow, I feel honored, though my poetry may pale next to yours and the contest entries, I'll do my best to enter something worthy
Dee
-
-
-
Well, I looked and then wondered, where the fuck is DP Robertson? There appears to be a gaping hole in this list. I have a charming ode about a dwarf with a huge schlock and the Olsen twins in a vat of jelly at the ready.
-
-
Now see,
thats what I mean...
The oversight has been corrected. C'mon in.
Also, extended to the 20th.
-
-
Good thing you'v extended the closing date, Rob... I am working on something - hope to finish it by this weekend, lol.
-
-
YAY!
-
-
Thank you for the inspiration. Congrats to all winners.
- namita -
YAY!!!!
now I get to see who you all are.
-
Great contest Rob, so many great entries...
congratulations to the winners
al -
Congratulations to everyone and to the judge..
thanks for reading six times.. sorry i burned your retinas.. LOL.
-
No surprises here!
Congrats to the three winners and to the judge who had a slew of stuff to sort out for sure.
Thanks for the opportunity to be among such an esteemed crowd.
Lisa
-
I didn't envy you the job of judging this contest. Wonderful winning entries. Congrats everyone!
-
You have no idea how ecstatic I am to even have the honour of entering this contest, let alone placing! My pleasure is heightened by alcohol at this present moment in time too, moo haa haa! Thank you so much
-
Yay!
Thank you for this contest.
Congrats to the winners and everyone who was honored by this contest.
-
Congratulations to everyone~! Thanks Rob for the honor. I really appreciate it.
-
Stunned
Dearest Rob, you are without doubt one of the elite on this site and anywhere else you deign to post. And not only an elite, but a poet that knows songs only sung in the heart and hung on the moons. I am humbled by your generosity and loving spirit, and although I know I wrote the piece, it is always your contests that brings the best out of all of us. To you, goes the real prize...that of a poet incomparable and a soul that shines.
Thank you so very much. For all that you do...
-
I've watched this since I missed out due to personal circumstances - but of course you did a marvelous job with this one, Rob. Congrats to the winners - I understand why you had Guy and Al's poems up there at first!!!
Wonderful poetry here.
-
I am hardly a teacher.. More like a simple student walking through this fog we call life.. But I have been lucky to meet some interesting and wonderful people along the way...
Thank You Rob..
Adding your comment:
