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If you enter this contest , you may enter any other series contests [in the 100th series] as long as you are eligible.
For Winkling members who have won ONE GOLD TROPHY ONLY in Winkling contests. Invite a non-Winkling friend.
Entrants outside of Winklings by Gold Winner invitation only - invitee name must be placed in author's notes.
Form - classic rhyming form only
i.e.sonnet, double sonnet, ode, villanelle, song lyric, lyrical allegory, elegy, aubade.
Prompt:
"The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;
And, as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name."
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" (5.1.7-12), Theseus to his companions ....
Write for an anthology, "Fine Frenzy" or "The Poet's Eye". A poem of zest to fit!
Maximum Two Entries Allowed per poet.
Quality of entry should be at a level fit for an anthology publication.
THE RULES:
1. Proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation are required and WILL matter
2. Please, no sticky caps
3. No cutting, suicide, or self-mutilation
4. No erotica, tastefully sensual is ok as long as it fits the subject matter
5. Step out of the box and learn
6. If you use an image, please credit accordingly
7. Please left align - unless your poem specifically calls for a different format
8. It's ALL about the poetry
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If you enter this contest , you may enter any other series contests [in the 100th series] as long as you are eligible.
For Winkling members who have won ONE GOLD TROPHY ONLY in Winkling contests. Invite a non-Winkling friend.
Entrants outside of Winklings by Gold Winner invitation only - invitee name must be placed in author's notes.
Form - classic rhyming form only
i.e.sonnet, double sonnet, ode, villanelle, song lyric, lyrical allegory, elegy, aubade.
Prompt:
"The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;
And, as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name."
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" (5.1.7-12), Theseus to his companions ....
Write for an anthology, "Fine Frenzy" or "The Poet's Eye". A poem of zest to fit!
Maximum Two Entries Allowed per poet.
Quality of entry should be at a level fit for an anthology publication.
THE RULES:
1. Proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation are required and WILL matter
2. Please, no sticky caps
3. No cutting, suicide, or self-mutilation
4. No erotica, tastefully sensual is ok as long as it fits the subject matter
5. Step out of the box and learn
6. If you use an image, please credit accordingly
7. Please left align - unless your poem specifically calls for a different format
8. It's ALL about the poetry
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Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 30, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 2000, Silver: 1000, Bronze: 500, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: Hello, Winklings! Pamela and I spent some hours jointly and independently mulling over five poems. They all have weaknesses and strengths.
You will see the result of our deliberations.
I invite healthy opinions as to whether we got it right. This way we learn and you learn. However, at all times, do not denigrate the authors or malign their poems.
We are both a robust lot but a group that now has sensitivities (out of Group loyalty) for each other. I hope, as a Group, we have grown and are very different from AP in general.
GOLD: "Designing Our Chapter In The Book of LIfe." I read it aloud several times and enjoyed the poem increasingly. As Pamela says: It is written with a skilled and practised hand. The Shakespearean Rhyme Scheme is as tight as a drum. Congratulations.
SILVER: On reading aloud, I noticed the power of alliteration in "When Pen Is Frozen Mirror". This poem is smooth and beautiful. As Pamela notes: It provides us with the essence of life and passing time. Congratulations.
BRONZE: "OWED TO GOD" with a serious pun in its title is just that, an ode.
To be admired are the biblical allusions that inform this compact poem and the depth of knowledge thereby displayed. As Pamela rerad it: It is a poem that really grabs hold with strength and passion in faith. I note the definite momentum the poem has. Congratulations.
1st Honorable Mention: "Amera Moon". The graphic is to be remarked upon. Pamela holds that it is: Structurally sound and beautifully rhymed. Fine Shakespearean rhyme for this love poem. Congratulations.
2nd Honorable Mention: A simple lyric with classical rhyme. "The Line Between Fantasy and Reality" The theme is addressed full on. Lovely little lyric with definitive appreciations of fantasy and reality.
FINALLY: Excellent entries and all deserving of recognition in their own right.
Pamela and Ron agree with all of the above with harmonious equinimity.
However, I encourage you to have your say at this forum or leave a comment on individual poems. Lyndon. xxxx
Contest Winners
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A pedestrian path, a piquant pause,
as our lives wind down to a close,• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
I quill in word to spill my face in frame,
cold link to link, remembering the scent• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
Oh why veneration to mere facsimiles,
Of raiment shine, scant fortitude?• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 4356719, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Life's a perfect dream,
constructing webs we weave.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
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Now I need to check if I've won a Winklings gold!!!
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Ah yes!
W H Auden to the rescue
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And Rosalie does that mean I can enter twice?
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My Goodfellow,
There are two bouncing beauties and they are Hermia and Helena!
Yes, you may enter here twice.
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I've won a good number ...
of Golds, but I have no idea if any of them were in Winklings' contests. How would we know? -
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If you made a list of all your golds, you can always go back and check. I have won one gold.
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So can we chose our own subject matter?
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See notes
at the forum.
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You said there would be "something for everyone" in this competition - but there is nothing for me, since on principle I do not enter competititios that exclude "prewritten" work.
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Dear Vera
What the term means for me is not "prewritten" online here means a poem that has already had the AP rounds, sometimes half-a-dozen times. It is a term I am not fond of but Kevin invented it, I assume. Naturally, you are most welcome with any poems you have!
I say this to you with friendship and an invitation to go ahead. Ron.
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Dear Vera
Lyndon gold member
right now
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Dear Vera
What the term means for me is not "prewritten" online here means a poem that has already had the AP rounds, sometimes half-a-dozen times. It is a term I am not fond of but Kevin invented it, I assume. Naturally, you are most welcome with any poems you have!
I say this to you with friendship and an invitation to go ahead. Ron.
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hanks much as walways...congrats to the winners....Rich
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Thank you Ron and Pamela for my first medal, a bronze here at Winklings. This is a wonderful, supportive place to write.
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Jim!
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Thank you.
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Does there have to be?
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Congratulations to all contestants. I am happy with the judges' comments which were not parroted off.
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