http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Words-to-Live-by-Life-Posters_i803793_.htm
This round is open to the following poets.
Blue Rew x
BluesMan x
Bramble x
Cool Jew x
Everwind Rising x
FransB x
Idle Mind Wondering x
lencio-sunchild - declined to enter
Little Feather x
masterblaster - declined to enter
NeonRose x
Pamela A Lamppa x
Peteskid x
Ryno x
ten thousand cicadas x
The Painting Poet x
uglyfetus x
xJustifiblyMex x
For this round you are asked to write a poem based on an unusual word.
You MUST NOT use the chosen word in your title or your poem.
Please place the word and its definition in the author’s notes and read the rules carefully as I do not want to disqualify any poem.
Aeolist: a pompous bore who pretends to have inspiration
Brontide: the low rumbling of distant thunder
Calumniate: making false statements about a person, intending to hurt their reputation
Charientism: an artfully veiled insult
Contretemps: an unexpected mishap or unforeseen event that disrupts the normal course of things.
Ersatz: something that serves as a substitute or an imitation of the original. It is usually of inferior quality.
Imbroglio: a confused, often embarrassing, state of affairs
Inaniloquent: speaking foolishly or saying silly things
Lodestar: one who serves as an inspiration or guide
Parsimonious: frugal to the point of stinginess
Peripatetic: someone who moves around a lot
Philistine: a person who is disdainful of intellectual or artistic pursuits.
Raconteur: someone who tells amusing or interesting stories
Schadenfreude: taking malicious satisfaction in another person's troubles
Vapid: lacking in imagination or interest, or devoid of spirit or animation
Verisimilitude: the appearance of truth or reality
Due to the rush of activities during the holiday season this round will be extended until January 10, 2009 so all the participants will have ample time to write and review their poems.
It is a nice courtesy to comment on other poems in this contest.
There are a few simple rules:
1) Poems should be between 14 and 50 lines.
2) Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are very important so please proofread your poem.
3) Incomprehensibility is not a virtue and does not equal depth of thought.
4) Choose a plain color background. It is acceptable to use a border if the typing is against a single color backing. You may post this picture with your entry if you choose (please credit the source).
5) Place your screen name in the author's notes so that I will know you are eligible to compete in this round. For this and all succeeding rounds I will disqualify and remove any poem that does not include the author’s name in the notes.
Other than that, please treat each other as adults and use common sense.
Good luck and have fun.
This round is open to the following poets.
Blue Rew x
BluesMan x
Bramble x
Cool Jew x
Everwind Rising x
FransB x
Idle Mind Wondering x
lencio-sunchild - declined to enter
Little Feather x
masterblaster - declined to enter
NeonRose x
Pamela A Lamppa x
Peteskid x
Ryno x
ten thousand cicadas x
The Painting Poet x
uglyfetus x
xJustifiblyMex x
For this round you are asked to write a poem based on an unusual word.
You MUST NOT use the chosen word in your title or your poem.
Please place the word and its definition in the author’s notes and read the rules carefully as I do not want to disqualify any poem.
Aeolist: a pompous bore who pretends to have inspiration
Brontide: the low rumbling of distant thunder
Calumniate: making false statements about a person, intending to hurt their reputation
Charientism: an artfully veiled insult
Contretemps: an unexpected mishap or unforeseen event that disrupts the normal course of things.
Ersatz: something that serves as a substitute or an imitation of the original. It is usually of inferior quality.
Imbroglio: a confused, often embarrassing, state of affairs
Inaniloquent: speaking foolishly or saying silly things
Lodestar: one who serves as an inspiration or guide
Parsimonious: frugal to the point of stinginess
Peripatetic: someone who moves around a lot
Philistine: a person who is disdainful of intellectual or artistic pursuits.
Raconteur: someone who tells amusing or interesting stories
Schadenfreude: taking malicious satisfaction in another person's troubles
Vapid: lacking in imagination or interest, or devoid of spirit or animation
Verisimilitude: the appearance of truth or reality
Due to the rush of activities during the holiday season this round will be extended until January 10, 2009 so all the participants will have ample time to write and review their poems.
It is a nice courtesy to comment on other poems in this contest.
There are a few simple rules:
1) Poems should be between 14 and 50 lines.
2) Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are very important so please proofread your poem.
3) Incomprehensibility is not a virtue and does not equal depth of thought.
4) Choose a plain color background. It is acceptable to use a border if the typing is against a single color backing. You may post this picture with your entry if you choose (please credit the source).
5) Place your screen name in the author's notes so that I will know you are eligible to compete in this round. For this and all succeeding rounds I will disqualify and remove any poem that does not include the author’s name in the notes.
Other than that, please treat each other as adults and use common sense.
Good luck and have fun.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on January 12
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100
- Final notes: Thank you for another difficult contest. As a teacher I am used to giving "A's" to outstanding work and these were all "A" poems. Again it is an undefinable something that places one poem above another. In the words of Mr. Justice Potter Stewart, "I am not be able to define it, but I know it when I read it."
Other than the trophy winners the finalists are in no particular order.
We must bid goodbye to five wonderful poets. It was a pleasure to read your poems.
The next round of this contest has been posted.
http://allpoetry.com/contest/show/2433273
Good luck to all. Liz
Contest Winners
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I have swallowed hard the cardinal’s mating opus, answered;
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- Error: Unable to find finalist item 4905857, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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by Idle Mind Wondering 56 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 31 10:53 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 4928357, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Leather holds me
sucked down into the foldsby Everwind Rising 63 lines, 18 comments, on Jan 9 11:56 PM• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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Oh some of these words are delicious. Are we limited to just one or can word players indulge our passion
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I'm pleased that you are intrigued by these words. Feel free to use more than one if you can successfully integrate them into your poem without making it seemed forced or extraneous. I will be looking for fully developed poems with imagery and metaphor and will not give a poem added weight because it employs more than one word. I love to expand my vocubularly, and I'm glad that you do too. Enjoy your writing.
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I'm an A.W.A.D. addict which is how I started writing poetry, 1 word 8 lines minimum using the word correctly, still do that every day just because its fun. One day some poor soul will read my writing journal and wonder what I was on.
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I thought that this was open until January 5, so I haven't finished the poem I'm working on for it yet. I'll try to finish it by tomorrow night, I guess.
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I do believe this contest is open through January 5 according to the contest notes.
Our hostess may not have had a chance to update the contest date yet, so I wouldn't worry too much. She knows what a busy time this is for us all.
Take your time and write write write.
~Pamela 
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Woot! I entered! Sorry I am so late
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Thank-you for the honor of finalist once again. Congrats to all!
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Thanks so much for the silver Liz, and for providing such great prompts. From the poetry that was turned out, it is clear that they provided excellent inspiration. Thanks for hosting us!
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Thank-you so much for hosting this contest, Liz. Congrats to the other winners, they were fantastic. And to all those moving on too. Best wishes to the five leaving.
Thanks for the Bronze!
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