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Toy soldiers or model ships


I will consider all forms. If rhyme is used, then it should be light, unobtrusive and inevitable. Do not distort normal grammar or syntax to get a rhymew unless you are Odgen Nash.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on January 7
  • Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 2 people
  • Final notes:
    A very good field of entires, the best I have seen for a long time.

Contest Winners

  1. You and whose army?
    An army of one thousand souls arrayed upon a shelf
    We march in serried ranks to face a foe
    by cricketjeff 12 lines, 23 comments, on Jan 5 7:31 AM. In Thoughts
    Gold trophy winner
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  2. Little Tin Soldier
    little tin soldier,
    with your one-armed glory
    by theroseofbattle 22 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 4 1:16 PM 2008. In contest, tin soldier, ballerina
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. To Toy Soldier, With Self-Doubts
    Your eyes set on faraway objects,
    the ones you fought against were
    by ashjoe76 18 lines, 12 comments, on Dec 23 2:37 PM 2008. In Fantasy, Angst, Pain, Personal, Life, Society, Contemporary
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. It’s Christmas time, and what am I but a toy soldier?
    What am I but a toy soldier? Standing rim-rod strait in procession,
    With a bright red coat, that’s fraying I fear as I write my last confession.
    by AniLee 19 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 14 9:06 PM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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  • dragonscales
    January 5
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    hehe that would be be funny if Nash did enter the contest. i wonder what his screenname would be...

    " *roar* i am the NASHONATOR!!! Fear Me!!!!"


    • cricketjeff gold member
      January 7
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      When Ogden Nash writes on AP
      You wonder what his name maybe
      Just read the verse of those that rhyme
      He's one whose rhyme is not a crime
      His rather clever poetry
      Is filled with all his knowitbe
      But on this site where free verse reigns
      He'd get HMs for all his pains


  • cricketjeff gold member
    January 7
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    Thank-you to the judge for a fun contest to write for and for a shiny gold thing, congrats to the other winners and thanks to all for some poems I enjoyed reading