| This is a continuation of ea’s two contests using the names of Yankee Candle scents: http://allpoetry.com/contest/2424357 http://allpoetry.com/contest/2423539
There are still all these wonderful scent names left over to choose from…
You may write more than one poem but each scent may only be used once. Do check what has already been entered, because I might not be around to edit the list.
You may write in any verse form, or in free verse, or any way you like. DO make the scent the title of your poem.
Since many of these scents are so evocative of the season, this contest is being run as a PIF to the GOLD winner.
Almond Toffee (TAKEN) Baby Powder Berry Jam Berry Tangerine (TAKEN) Black Cherry (TAKEN) Black Raspberry Blueberry Blueberry Scone Buttercream Candied Apple Cherry Lemonade Chocolate Cupcake (TAKEN) Christmas Cookie Cider Donut (TAKEN) Cinnamon & Sugar Cinnamon Stick (TAKEN) Coconut Bay (TAKEN) Crème Brûlée (TAKEN) Cranberry Chutney Farmhouse Apple (TAKEN) Fresh Cut Herbs Fruit Smoothie Fudge Ripple Garden Fresh Gingerbread Green Bamboo (TAKEN) Greenhouse Harvest (RESERVED) Hollyberry Honeydew Melon (TAKEN) Juicy Orange Juicy Peach Juicy Watermelon MacIntosh Mandarin Cranberry Mango Peach Salsa Orchard Pear (TAKEN) Peach & Sweet Berries Pomegranate Cider Pumpkin Pie Sage & Citrus (TAKEN) Sheer Gardenia (TAKEN) Sparkling Cinnamon Sparkling Lemon (TAKEN) Spiced Pumpkin Spring Bouquet (TAKEN) Star Fruit & Orange (TAKEN) Sunflower (TAKEN) Sweet Honeysuckle (RESERVED) Sweet Strawberry Sweet Violet (TAKEN) Vanilla Caramel (TAKEN) Vanilla Cupcake |
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 9, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 300, Bronze: 200
- Final notes: I mark entries in my contests out of ten. In this case there was a range of 0.7 points in the whole 21 entries! But in the end I had to be brutal and knock out all but three, and that meant not giving a trophy to some fine poetry.
May I suggest you spend some time rambling through the entries, reading them, and giving away some applause. There are some poets amongst the entrants who deserve to be more widely read.
vaguelyfamiliar's "Berry Jam" simply hit all my buttons today. I am delighted to give gold to a young writer.
Cannonsfire went out there with "Sage & Citrus".
EarthToJim is quite clearly certifiable, but is holding my teddy bear hostage, so I have to give him a trophy.
To the rest of you, my sincere thanks for giving me some wonderful poetry to read. Be proud of yourselves.
To the gold-winner, if you would like to pay this one forward, go right ahead. Feel free to re-launch the contest with the remaining unused candle scents or, if you feel this has run its course, start a brand new contest.
Contest Winners
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winks knowingly, and borrows three quarts of raspberries
she'll pay back tomorrowby vaguelyfamiliar 38 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 5 4:41 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Personal, New England
Gold trophy winner
• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 4708453, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 4747897, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
Entries [14]
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The taste of almond toffee that's too thick to let you chew
The sweetness of the season traps my teethby cricketjeff 20 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 28 6:18 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
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Each day could be the end
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To have memories of a childhood so wonderous indeed I often cry for the children not brought us as me for life for all children should beby storiesuntold 28 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 25 7:12 AM 2008. In Love• Commented on by judge.
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the air smelled musk,
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Decasyllabic quatrains
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With cinnamon stick, she stirs to sip
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sitting there so cold and squat.
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Harvest
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Sorry desi - didn't see your note down there - if you want to reserve it, pop in a "reserve" entry; but please come back and finish it before the end date.
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Oh my god,
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no worries mum...I shall spill my ink soon
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Go for it, kid!
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....this reminds me of the east coast....
The original Yankee Candle is about ten minutes from my parents' house. I used to drive by it every day on my way to work for many years.
I might enter this purely out of nostalgia.
Lovely.
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You had better be quick - it closes soon!
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Thank you for hosting, Mairi and congrats to vaguely familiar for her native New Englander win. I hope she will continue this since there are still so many fun scent names to use, and to which she should add
Vanilla Lime and Sun& Sand
which were reserved in my contests but never used.
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