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Circles - BIG POINTS!!

Within all of creation, the only naturally perfect geometric shape is a circle, and taken further, a sphere. To us, the sun and the moon appear as circles. Most flowers have circular heads. Any burrow dug by any animal has a circular entrance.

Write me a poem, whatever style you prefer, about a circle and what that form means to you. It can be the circle of life, running around in circles, circling the wagons, whatever. HOWEVER, I don't want simplistic little ditties with little thought given to what the form means within your chosen context. I want thoughtful entries and poems that reflect that thought.

Write me something deserving of the large number of points I'm going to award.

Pre-writes are allowed, but please don't enter something that has already won a trophy of any kind. The only rules are no funny tYpINg, no erotica and no vulgar language or cursing. Any style, rhyme or not, any length, any interpretation. Now, how's that for freedom?!

I look forward to your entries!

celtic queen

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on September 9, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 800, Silver: 500, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 4 people
  • Final notes:
    I'm so pleased with the entries for this contest on circles. I liked so many of them that I increased the number of HM's. If I could, I'd give a special trophy for Darell for his Circle of Fools that he wrote just for me (wait a minute - was that an insult?!)

    Thank you to all the entrants. I really enjoyed reading your poems.

    Celtic Queen

Contest Winners

  1. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4541107, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  2. Baseball and Ample Pi
    Baseball and Ample Pi.
    by light insight 3 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 24 1:27 AM 2008. In Humor, Society, Thoughts
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Hoping for a Circle
    Have I been here before?
    I think I knew him a long time ago.
    by ccfly 20 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 6 10:04 AM 2008. In Life, Other
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4575555, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  5. Life's Circle
    desire growing spirit
    yearning and yearning
    by Darkwell 21 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 24 1:57 AM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  6. Sinuous Threads
    The sky was a black opal
    full of sparking color-play
    by Danna Hobart 52 lines, 103 comments, on Nov 13 3:53 AM 2005. In Personal, Love, Angst
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  7. Merry-Go-Round(Rondelet)
    by Billbard 7 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 8 1:32 PM 2007. In Sad
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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  • darell
    August 26, 2008
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    Just for you CelticQueen

    Circle of Fools!

    Life evolves round
    spheres of truth,
    though distant hearts
    remain aloof.

    Creatures of every race,
    idle away in a circle
    of grace.

    They await enlightenment
    in depths of bliss,
    forsaking reality in
    a beguiling mist.

    Around and around
    and around they go,
    caught in a cycle
    where there's no flow.

    Seeking what can never
    be found, in an evolving world
    that has them bound.