Summer Games Tanka Quickie PIF

Summer Games Tanka Quickie Pif. A contest for the Summer Olympics . . please write a tanka using the photo prompt from msn.com and credit the photo in your AN or

use Summer Olympics as the prompt since I had to change the photo and credit in the AN . . you may use any appropriate photo with the word prompt.

The tanka is a classical form of Japanese poetry of five unrhymed lines of 5,7,5,7,7 syllables.

See http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html for more information.

Check your spelling and no sTicky cAps please.

Hope we win lots of gold this summer and best of luck!! Winner will pay it forward with 300 points.

Contest is Over

Contest was judged on August 20, 2008
Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 200, Bronze: 150, Honorable mention: 2 people
Final notes:
Thanks for the many fine entries. Don't forget to mention your prompt in the AN if requested. I don't always ask for it. The spelling was better and the syllable count as well. Try to avoid common errors such as your instead of you're, etc. Congrats to all. The winners are as follows:

Gold - Victory
Silver - Beijing, 2008 (tanka)
Bronze - Best in The World
Honorable Mention - Tanka T3
Honorable Mention - eight o'clock shadow

Best to all !! Hope we win more gold in the games as well.

Contest Winners

Victory

Triumph of spirit
over world's differences,

by penman 6 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 16 10:32 AM 2008. In Other
Gold trophy winner

• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Beijing, 2008 (tanka)

by yukitosumi 5 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 13 8:36 PM 2008. In contemporary, tanka
Silver trophy winner

• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Best In The World

fourteen hundred days
training for this one event

by Topaze 14 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 11 3:46 PM 2008. In Contest, Life, Thoughts, Hope
Bronze trophy winner

• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Tanka T3

by Shenton 5 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 11 10:06 AM 2008
Honorable mention

• Commented on by judge. [remove]
eight o'clock shadow

cruelty forgot
ancient call gold fame power

by Peteskid 9 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 12 10:23 AM 2008
Honorable mention

• Commented on by judge. [remove]

Entries [9]

1 - 9 of 9

Exhale (Tanka)

golden ambition
liquid test of strength and mind

by KayJay 8 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 11 11:12 AM 2008. In Hope, Pride, Achievement, Contemporary

• Commented on by judge.
Olympian

by Kathleen a Nazarene 15 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 12 1:27 PM 2008. In Contest, Tanka, Life, Society, Spiritual, Hope, Message

• Commented on by judge.
Team Spirit

Heart beat quickening
Matching the pace of the game

by Cherrylv 6 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 12 5:38 PM 2008. In Contest

• Commented on by judge.

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yukitosumi
August 14, 2008
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I added an inspiration photo to my poem if you would like to check it out!
yukitosumi
August 20, 2008
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THank you so much! I had a lot of fun with this contest.
penman
August 20, 2008
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Thank you for the honor of the gold. Congratulations to all the winners. I will host the next contest later.