This is a birthday contest for Namita -
a capella
when spring fills
the bowl of my lips,
and branches break under the weight
of a thousand blossoms -
I will bloom, till pollen shakes
right into the vessel of my bones;
till music sings in the silence of a songbird's throat -
I will bloom, as an obligation,
till each leaf finds its wind
somewhere amongst your breathing
- Namita
She will be fourteen on March 21st.
We are looking for poems to
celebrate her birthday by
making her feel beautiful!
Happy Birthday, Nami -
wear some flowers in your hair!!...
if the wind had a voice
you are the sun's blades
slicing clean a still day- namita your voice
takes wing
as the purple martin lifts from your mouth
oh child,
i do not know your native tongue
or the sharp cluck of your mother's insistence
"eat, eat... little namita you must eat to grow"
but from the quiet of my meadow
i sit silent
beneath a white flowering pear
and recognize the wing span and wind
which flies your small hand
- Mary (Cat)
Rules:
- free verse
- 50 words or less
- left align
tara & nicolette
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 3, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 1500, Silver: 500, Bronze: 250, Honorable mention: 10 people
- Final notes: "thank you soooooooooo much!!!!" - namita
and thanks from Nicolette & myself, too....lol
it was a lovely contest & all your poems are absolutly beautiful.
congrats to the winners & namita sent me points
to give everyone else a party favor, too....
(sorry about that..I forgot to move all the hm's up & had to reopen the contest!! lol)
Contest Winners
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by Mari Goes 19 lines, 13 comments, on Mar 30 5:25 PM 2008. In Friendship, Love, Dedication to a young poetess
Silver trophy winner
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by Malabu 19 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 20 7:37 AM 2008. In Personal, Friendships, Happy Birthdays
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Run like the wind..by darell 12 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 21 11:41 AM 2008. In Hope, Love, Dedication, Inspirational Honorable mention
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This girl o so precious to many a near gets the gifts of another year.
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Gold trophy winner
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Wow!
Thank you so very much, both of you. You're the most beautiful ladies in this world... Love you, thank you so much! 
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you deserve it...happy birthday ..Love you, too.....
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i don't know, i don't know 
oh!! is she that genius? well, just because she is totally brilliant and incredible as a poet doesn't mean that I can get up a poem about her ... I mean, gosh, free verse? ... sigh, well, okay, i might try my hand at that sort of thing, but as you know, I only do very structured verse, except for cinquains, of course, which i hate ... so, okay, i might be able to think of something, but jeez, well, okay 
... i will give it a try
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hi Moqui...we would love to read a little poem here by you for Namita...I know you do flowers beautifully...
and yes....she is a genius...
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oh no. i'm not a genius at all. these peopel exaggerate!
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whatever, Nami..you are...you are...the poem Mary wrote for you is perfect...you are an amazing poet & person
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writing a poem for her would be like trying to play the trumpet for Miles Davis ...
... ok. but, it won't be worthy of her ... how could it be?
love this contest
bookmarked
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how about 51 words, right aligned, heavy sound rhymes and iambic pentameter gallop?
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... well alright then
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But of course!! What a lovely contest to a girl who deserves lots of smiles!
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Mari - I hope to see another lovely poem for her by you here in the contest.....
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A beautiful contest for a wonderful young lady!
I shall be back as soon as I can pen something worthy
:Lynda
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hope to see your beautiful poetry in the contest....
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She is a genius. I can never believe she is that young.
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I know!! I hope will you join us with a little flower poem for her..
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don't believe i'm 14. i'm actually four hundred thousand forty four years old. lol.
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your body doesn't look it....but your soul does.......
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psh.
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i'll come back to this page soon. neway, happy birthday Namita!
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lovely.... please do...
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i completely revised mine... i hope that is okay ... nobody is perfect ya know ...
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lol..ok, Moqui, I will have another look...
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Love you all so much Thanks a lot for writing... Thank you sooo much!!!
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Happy Birthday Namita.
I was out of town on your birthday and I just received the message today. I hope you have had a lovely time celebrating it.
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thank you....
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Such a beautiful contest; I love the inpirations given here. Happiest Birthday Namita; and here's some flowers for your hair.
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the biggest hug ever to all of you
and a special one to Tara and Nic
and to all of you!
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you're welcome..
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It was my pleasure to write for her, and you two beautiful ones, thanks for hosting such a lovely contest in honour of our precious Indian flower
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and thank you for your beautiful poem for her....congrats
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