Love doesn't rhyme with enough.
This contest ends on St. Valentine's Day. Love it or hate it, this day has become the time for us to celebrate or mourn our romances.
Options:
1. What is your opinion about the way St. Valentine's day is observed in 2008?
2. Tell us about your sweetheart - pure romance or humour.
3. How did St. Valentine come to be associated with romance?
4. Pull all the symbols of roses, hearts, chocolates, and whatever else comes to mind into a spoof of the season.
Usual rules:
1. No black backgrounds, please.
2. Rhyming poems are appreciated.
3. Two entries allowed: Pre-writes welcome.
4. All entrants must vote for their pick of first, second and third place (stating name of author and title of entry) within 48 hours after the closing date. Please send your vote by IM to huguenauties.
5. Officials may enter but cannot win. For convenience, their entries are titled "NON-ENTRY" and are not included in the voting.
6. This contest is NOT anonymous. Please sign your name at the end of each entry.
Prizes:
You will agree that these are magnificent - please give us your best!
1500 points for GOLD (300 points to be paid forward in the next group contest).
1000 points for SILVER
1000 points for BRONZE
There will be three Honourable Mentions: 30 points each.
Best wishes to all participants! Margaret
This contest ends on St. Valentine's Day. Love it or hate it, this day has become the time for us to celebrate or mourn our romances.
Options:
1. What is your opinion about the way St. Valentine's day is observed in 2008?
2. Tell us about your sweetheart - pure romance or humour.
3. How did St. Valentine come to be associated with romance?
4. Pull all the symbols of roses, hearts, chocolates, and whatever else comes to mind into a spoof of the season.
Usual rules:
1. No black backgrounds, please.
2. Rhyming poems are appreciated.
3. Two entries allowed: Pre-writes welcome.
4. All entrants must vote for their pick of first, second and third place (stating name of author and title of entry) within 48 hours after the closing date. Please send your vote by IM to huguenauties.
5. Officials may enter but cannot win. For convenience, their entries are titled "NON-ENTRY" and are not included in the voting.
6. This contest is NOT anonymous. Please sign your name at the end of each entry.
Prizes:
You will agree that these are magnificent - please give us your best!
1500 points for GOLD (300 points to be paid forward in the next group contest).
1000 points for SILVER
1000 points for BRONZE
There will be three Honourable Mentions: 30 points each.
Best wishes to all participants! Margaret
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on February 16, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 1500, Silver: 1000, Bronze: 1000, Honorable mention: 4 people
- Final notes: Thank you all for a most enjoyable contest! Your humour and love overflowed in poetry, and both Hugh and I were happy with the outcome of the voting.
Maureen wins the honour of a gold trophy and setting the next contest. Jenelda was awarded silver. There was a tie for bronze - Hugh and I hope that Maureen will not object to giving it to ImaHealer. We increased the HMs by one because of the three way tie and Maureen's second poem.
We hope that you all enjoyed St. Valentines' day. Thank you!
Contest Winners
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Not clever or witty,
I'm writing this ditty• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
So Happy Valentine’s day to you
I’ll come to you before the night is through.• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 3891297, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Dearest darling, sweetheart mine,
will you be my valentine?• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
Be my valentine Heath• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Candles, cards and flowers
A few of life's little things• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Honorable mention
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Acrostic Here’s wishing everyone of you
A very happy 2006 Valentine’s day.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Where did those youthful passions go? / The laughter and the pain, / The joys, the adolescent thrills / That never come again? / What happe• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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She’ll always have a place within my heart -
for, of all others, she remains my first true Valentine.
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Valentine's day is not always a happy time.• Commented on by judge.
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First love at any age is wonderful• Commented on by judge.
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Though enjoying a bit of slap and tickle, most females are extremely fickle.• Commented on by judge.
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This maid was so very lovely
That men came from all around• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I knew we would meet,
When I was a young girl,by fleur de lys 44 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 3 2:03 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
it's just a smile, some hello
that thinks it knows her too.• Commented on by judge.
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Love your idea for a contest and love the points, too!
My first entry will be a prewrite but I'm going to work on an original entry, too.
Maureen
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Yay, Maureen! Double thanks for your entries.
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A corker of a contest Margaret, I'm working on an entry, I hope to have it finished in a few days, but I will enter.
Love Hine.
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Thank you Hine - I can't see your name above because of the anonymous contest thing, but I know your word.
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I have an entry written Margaret, just have to have it checked then I can post it.Maybe by tomorrow.
Jen
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Thanks very much Jen, I look forward to reading it!
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Wow! Wow! WOW!
LOVE has always been my favorite subject. It's one of my favorite hobbies..reading about it, learning about it, feeling my best when I'm feeling it, feeling my worst when I don't. At first I didn't understand why you hoped I wouldn't mind that imahealer received the bronze trophy..then came the dawn and I realized I was one of those tied for third place because of my first entry "Happily Ever After" (which I wrote, then rewrote, and kept rewriting until it became a poem that was more than just sappy (which is how it started out in 2003). Re: "My Valentine Song Just For You"...I'm so glad you like my sense of humor. When it comes to humor, I'm like the actor I quoted (whose name escapes me now) who said, "I'd rather laugh than do anything else." Another quote I like is "Laughter is like an instant vacation." Sometimes I think I'm psychic..I did a lot of laughing last night, I was in a very good mood..it was almost as if I knew something good was going to happen today.
Thank you very much to everyone who voted for my poems. Needless to say, you MADE MY DAY!
I think my next contest will be one that gives you Options. Hopefully, one of the Options will appeal to you and will make you feel like entering the contest. I HOPE SO!
Forgive my verbosity..it isn't everyday I win a GOLD trophy, Honorable Mention and 1530 points (300 of which will be returned to huguenauties bank for the next contest which I hope won't seem puny in comparison).
Thanks again! I wish I could hug all of you (whether you voted for me or not)!
zzzz
<3 Maureen
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Oh, Dummy Me!
I was so excited I forgot to CONGRATULATE all the WINNERS!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!!!
And to those of you who didn't win, I hope that you will try again!!! (If you don't, I'll be a real sad sack..In fact, I'll give my trophy back!)
<3 Maureen
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I really appreciate the bronze trophy in this adorable contest. Thank you, Maureen, for our tie, and allowing me to have the bronze. This was so much fun. Congratulations to all!
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Thank you everyone for my SILVER trophy and congratulations to GOLD and BRONZE and to all who entered.
Jen
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CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners. It was a beaut contest sweetpea.
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