"Ten thousand points of rhyme" - The round up

By invitation only!

The following poets all earned a single Hon Mention in rounds one to nine of our series.

Amaranthine Lover
Animarising
AutumnsFlame
Billbard
Billythekid
Blankscreen
davidjmartin
doughjoe
Freed by Mercy
Grundle
guttermouth
Inside and out
JM Kenyon
Just Rob
Katie Lazette
Keith
Kristina
Luna Tique Fringe
masky
mborda
melphleg
Mirthryl
mommyof2
mysteryLadyMary
Never Fall in Love
nothinglovecantheal
paperparadox
PonyPride
riskybusiness
sabor a mi
ShelleyA
Tony El Great
WillAlwaysLove
Wolf Run0

While These poets either won more than one HM or a major cup.
Amera, Legend, ecrivain01, Emile, Soul Catcher, jimmy20johns, Gwenevere, passim, LadyDementia, mimiagatha, Sonja, Dalaney, EarthToJim, PerVirtuous, Cinnarry, Soloneili, AliceinPoetryLand, kvwriter, Laura Lamarca, PassionsPromise, sultan, jamiedoring, potanical, RuthKephart, Vacant, Bad Bill, LovelyLuminousLilly, micol, moonbumps, PeaceNurse, Pirate of MLC, ronnica, Thoreau47

If you are in the first list you are invited to submit a NEW WRITE of fabulous rhyming poetry to qualify you to join the second list for another invitation only contest.

The theme is "SECOND CHANCES"

There is no picture prompt and think as widely as you can on the subject. The only real rule is RHYME and FLOW!!!
All usual site guidelines apply label appropriately and marking will as always from us be a mixture of how good your poem and your content are.

If you know of any great rhymers who did not enter the main series, they can ask for an invitation to this round. We will look at their poetry and if they are good they are in.
At the end of this contest we will post the LARGE POINT contest for all invitees.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on March 4
  • Rewards: Gold: 600, Silver: 300, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 3 people
  • Final notes:
    Well done to all of you! We applied a much higher standard in picking our finallists this time as all of you would have been made it under the old rules. We decided we wanted six extra entrants for the last contest so we have given three HMs here, all those of you with cups here now have two and so you qualify, we will adjust the list shortly.
    Never Fall in love, thinks the entry is rubbish, that's the only mistake, terrific!
    Billbard's Rondelet, so small so well formed!
    Perfect word, very brave to keep repeating "word" but the rest of the poem is excellent and the repetition just worked!
    Melphleg also very brave, we are both highly unreligious and find it difficult to work with such poems as it is so easy to offend. No danger here because the poem speaks for itself.
    Mommyof2 and Mirthryl also impressed us a lot.
    Sorry that the other two fianllists missed out, but we have to judge or what is the point.
    Congratulations and thanks to all, we will be back later in the year!

Contest Winners

  1. Titillation (Rondelet)
    High.
    by Billbard 6 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 24 6:46 PM. In Love
    Silver trophy winner
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  2. The Perfect Word
    If I could find the perfect word
    To capture all of me
    by Wolf Run0 15 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 25 6:18 AM
    Bronze trophy winner
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  3. Great, Dead, Gone, Alive, Wait
    Great!
    He had spoke and the people heard,
    by melphleg 49 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 17 9:14 PM. In Spiritual, Love, Hope, Inspirational, Message
    Honorable winner
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  4. Steady Steps
    by mommyof2 16 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 28 1:56 PM. In Family
    Honorable winner
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  5. Breaking from Form
    In childhood I was small and young,
    my smile or tear stayed on your tongue;
    by Mirthryl 32 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 27 12:41 PM. In Contest, Thoughts, Hope
    Honorable winner
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  6. Love
    Living in the warmth of an angel’s wings, forever listening to her beauty sing.
    by PonyPride 7 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 24 3:30 PM
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  7. Second Chance
    "You wish a second chance At life which late you left?"
    by Keith 58 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 26 3:08 PM. In Spiritual, Thoughts
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  • Mairi bheag gold member
    February 15
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    I will watch with interest.

  • LadyDementia gold member
    February 16
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    Ok so many lists..lol. You don't enter if your in the second list do you? I have been following all these, even if I didn't enter them all...There was one I didn't do if I remember rightly. But I certainly enjoyed the ones I did enter, was a fab idea

    • cricketjeff gold member
      February 16
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      The second list will be invited into the next contest already. This is about finding someone to join them.
      Sue and I are delighted you enjoyed the contests, we both did and learned such an enormous amount. When I've earned another 20,000 or so points we will start again. This has rather burned through the reserves!

      • She Has My Heart silver member
        February 22
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        Are you accepting donations? I have a ridiculous amount of points at the moment so I'd be more than happy to donate a few thousand!

  • Never Fall in Love
    February 20
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    Will this still be judged?

  • melphleg gold member
    February 22
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    not enough

    There are not enough entries to make this a fair contest. May I suggest you reopen and send an IM personal invite to the other poets. Thanks.

  • Never Fall in Love
    March 4
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    wow. ...
    for that rubbish write?
    Thank you - I am simply honored F

    • cricketjeff gold member
      March 4
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      Far from a rubbish write!
      Maybe you need to switch off and just write more often, it is excellent!

  • mommyof2
    March 8
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    Hi Jeff and Sue, just a quick thanks for awarding me a HM in this competition. I look forward to writing for the future contest. Michelle
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