Jeff and Sue welcome you to the greatest test of Rhyme and Flow on AP.
Some changes from the last time we were here, first, thanks to generous donations we have MUCH bigger prizes. We hope to pick up more donations so we can continue to give large numbers of HMs
Each round will have a "Dalaney" contest, this is a sort of beginners prize. All the contests stand alone, you may enter any number of rounds or all of them.
Also this time two entries per round per poet, and only one of these can be a pre-write.
1 5000 gold 2000 silver 1000 bronze Summertime
2 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze *** Children's ***
3 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze New
4 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Fantasy
5 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Love/Romance/Sensual
6 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze The Wall
7 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Old
8 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Memories
9 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Feelings
10 6000 gold 3000 silver 1000 bronze Grand Finale (Subject to be decided)
Advice to a poet
Paint in a poem a place that you love
Show us your world as it's seen from above,
Tell us in rhyme of the things that you do
Give to the reader the story of you.
Dream us a dream of the life that you crave
A hero of childhood so manly and brave,
The form doesn't matter, the art is the thing
Put up a poem that makes a heart sing.
Sue likes fond sadness, it's whimsy for me
Tell us the tales of the visions you see,
Weave us a spell that we'll never forget
But really just pen us your best poem yet.
Dive to the depths of the way that you think
Show us the nectar that you love to drink,
Guide us with fondness where-ever you go
Put all your wishes and fancies on show.
A taste of the food that you think of as home
A step on the path where you wish you could roam,
The beach where your sandcastles washed in the tide
A glimpse of the you that you think you should hide.
Sue likes nostalgia, a love song for me
Sing us the songs that would let you fly free,
Weave us a spell that we'll never forget
But really just pen us your best poem yet!
In other words what we are after is poetry that rhymes, and we both strongly favour exact rhyming, and poetry that flows.
We both love poems in other forms but this contest is for rhyme and flow. Formed or unformed doesn't matter, so a sonnet has as much or as little chance as a loose ballad.
Judging:
We set a standard for rhyme and flow, all poems that meet that standard reach the final, from there we mark on meeting the theme, the content and what we call the poetry, that is the rhyme, flow, meter etc. These are not "Form contests" not spelling tests, we do want you to get everything right but unless the spelling and punctuation mean we find it hard to understand, we won't punish you heavily.
Finally they are our contests, and we decide!!! If we prefer one poem to another it will win!
Part 2
Children's
Interpret this how you will, we would like to see poetry aimed at children, but about children or childhood is fine too. Or if you want to be metaphorical that's OK too, but we better understand it!
You may enter two poems each, but only one may be a pre-write. You will not win two major prizes, but you can get a cup and an HM.
If you have not won a major cup from us, or two or more HMs you can enter the Dalaney contest that will run in parallel.
Dalaney cup winners are invited to this contest where they are automatic finalists.
The picture is only for show and is not the prompt, but you may use it for inspiration if you so desire.
Some changes from the last time we were here, first, thanks to generous donations we have MUCH bigger prizes. We hope to pick up more donations so we can continue to give large numbers of HMs
Each round will have a "Dalaney" contest, this is a sort of beginners prize. All the contests stand alone, you may enter any number of rounds or all of them.
Also this time two entries per round per poet, and only one of these can be a pre-write.
1 5000 gold 2000 silver 1000 bronze Summertime
2 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze *** Children's ***
3 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze New
4 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Fantasy
5 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Love/Romance/Sensual
6 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze The Wall
7 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Old
8 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Memories
9 2500 gold 1000 silver 500 bronze Feelings
10 6000 gold 3000 silver 1000 bronze Grand Finale (Subject to be decided)
Advice to a poet
Paint in a poem a place that you love
Show us your world as it's seen from above,
Tell us in rhyme of the things that you do
Give to the reader the story of you.
Dream us a dream of the life that you crave
A hero of childhood so manly and brave,
The form doesn't matter, the art is the thing
Put up a poem that makes a heart sing.
Sue likes fond sadness, it's whimsy for me
Tell us the tales of the visions you see,
Weave us a spell that we'll never forget
But really just pen us your best poem yet.
Dive to the depths of the way that you think
Show us the nectar that you love to drink,
Guide us with fondness where-ever you go
Put all your wishes and fancies on show.
A taste of the food that you think of as home
A step on the path where you wish you could roam,
The beach where your sandcastles washed in the tide
A glimpse of the you that you think you should hide.
Sue likes nostalgia, a love song for me
Sing us the songs that would let you fly free,
Weave us a spell that we'll never forget
But really just pen us your best poem yet!
In other words what we are after is poetry that rhymes, and we both strongly favour exact rhyming, and poetry that flows.
We both love poems in other forms but this contest is for rhyme and flow. Formed or unformed doesn't matter, so a sonnet has as much or as little chance as a loose ballad.
Judging:
We set a standard for rhyme and flow, all poems that meet that standard reach the final, from there we mark on meeting the theme, the content and what we call the poetry, that is the rhyme, flow, meter etc. These are not "Form contests" not spelling tests, we do want you to get everything right but unless the spelling and punctuation mean we find it hard to understand, we won't punish you heavily.
Finally they are our contests, and we decide!!! If we prefer one poem to another it will win!
Part 2
Children's
Interpret this how you will, we would like to see poetry aimed at children, but about children or childhood is fine too. Or if you want to be metaphorical that's OK too, but we better understand it!
You may enter two poems each, but only one may be a pre-write. You will not win two major prizes, but you can get a cup and an HM.
If you have not won a major cup from us, or two or more HMs you can enter the Dalaney contest that will run in parallel.
Dalaney cup winners are invited to this contest where they are automatic finalists.
The picture is only for show and is not the prompt, but you may use it for inspiration if you so desire.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on June 3
- Rewards: Gold: 2500, Silver: 1000, Bronze: 500, Honorable mention: 13 people
- Final notes: We are neither of us sure why we do this to ourselves every fortnight or so.
The quality of entries goes up all the time, using our original criteria we would have had 39 HMs!!
The winner was clear on both our lists, separating 2-4 was almost impossible but we believe (after consulting an expert panel) that our order is correct.
All of them are perfect children's poems in different ways and all of them rhyme and flow as well as anyone could desire.
The HMs we have awarded are all gold-worthy poems. and many of them will go on to get golds as prewrites we are sure.
As to the rest, all the finallists were poems enormously worth reading and the non-finallists were by and large not far behind. If you haven't all ready done so why not rush to enter the next round on the theme "New".
Just a final encouragement to read at least the winners and the HMs especially if you have children and please comment on a few on the way, we have picked up some poets new to us, they may be new to you too.
Contest Winners
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She is so very precious, as everybody knows,
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Henry loved his sticky toffee,
treacle pudding, cream banoffee.by passim 79 lines, 10 comments, on May 12 11:11 AM. In Children's, Fun. Humour, Humor.. Reward
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my friends and I we had a race
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They say that I should use it soon
For everyone can smell me
by james119 23 lines, 17 comments, on Jan 26 9:50 PM. In Humor, Family, Teenage thinking
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Vegetables are good for you, and you do need cheese and bread;by ecrivain01 20 lines, 7 comments, on May 16 9:49 PM
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Puckish Prattles
She diddles and daddlesby Sailor Ptolema 37 lines, 11 comments, on May 5 3:58 AM. In humor, nature, nonsensical, silly
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Wheezy Whoozle could not choozle
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He comes out only once a night,
To feed upon a child,
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Hot of bum and red of cheek,
Across the empty yard they streak.
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I came across this ancient path
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Growing up, the youngest of three. I learned what needed to be.by shiptondapoet 22 lines, 1 comment, on May 11 9:00 PM• Viewed by judge. [remove]
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Floating on wave of sound Magic in the air aroundby shiptondapoet 27 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 28 8:08 PM 2007. In Lyrics• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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The driving force of the roaring squall
Threw the young man to his knees.by ecrivain01 27 lines, 18 comments, on Mar 10 9:26 PM 2005. In Personal• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
We found a spaceship on the lawn
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Little one drifts and floats and settles
falling fast into a land of no fearby Kathryn Bowden 18 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 21 8:05 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
The angel of mercy was broken in two / From all the emotions she'd been going through / Three Sacred Heart sisters were all at a loss /• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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I put some crayons in a box, / but then I heard a shout. / "Quit, pulling on my purple locks, / or I will knock you out." / I looked around• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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written for my daughter Jane, she was afraid of the dark,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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When children’s chronology be toddlery, and siblings engage in rivalry,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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One bright afternoon in the garden out back
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Their laughter makes me laugh, their tears are my tears.by depressed angel 12 lines, 3 comments, on May 14 7:11 AM• Commented on by judge.
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by Darianna 44 lines, 2 comments, on May 22 6:03 AM. In Children's• Commented on by judge.
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There once was a pig named Pinky She new she was the only one stinky,by Vera Bradley 7 lines, 1 comment, on May 26 10:42 AM• Commented on by judge.
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Oh pick me mistress please pick me
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Standing behind a pane of glass, / Watching Existence pass me by. / Strained by a constant Repertoire, / Never free from my proverbial Leash. / Kids play in the grass Outside of this, / This Whirlwind.by Forget-it-all 21 lines, 2 comments, on May 16 10:32 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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One day in a grocery store,
Peanut Butter met Jelly.by KittyLover 41 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 7 7:23 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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can you only enter this if you were in the first round?
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Not at all, there will be an overall winner based on cumulative success but each contest stands alone.
And they have nice big prizes too
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WHOOP!!!
Many thanks to all Judges for granting me Gold.I am so pleased you enjoyed my Twinkle Toes, Ros
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