CANDY OR MOOD FOOD?
This is our Greeters Contest for September’s new members. If you joined prior to 31st August please do not enter this contest!
Do you have a favorite food to reflect your mood? Tell us your favorite candy or comfort food. Describe to us how it tastes and the feelings you get from eating it. Be as descriptive as you can, make our mouths water!
Rules:
1. No Pre-writes
2. No profanity, sTiCkY caps, or chat slang such as: wuz, dat, ma, iz, newayz.
3. 1 entry per person, so check over your poem carefully before submitting it.
4. If you collaborate, the other poet must be a new September member also.
5. Light erotica TASTEFULLY done is acceptable. It must be placed in the ADULT category, if you go in this direction.
6. Each new AP member that enters the contest MUST read a minimum of 3 of the other poems in the contest in order to be eligible for selection.
7. Any poem that does not fit the criteria – regardless of how good it may be will be removed if after the initial request to the author to remove/correct it themselves is ignored.
Before submitting your poem, please ask yourself the following:
· Does this meet closely with the requirements of the contest?
· Did you go over the poem and check for any grammatical or typographical errors?
· If you were judging this contest, would you be able to see how this poem would or would NOT win placement?
Contest will close on September 30th @ Midnight (USA time) and winners will be notified a few days later as judging is a team effort by the Greeters.
Now smile and have fun!
This is our Greeters Contest for September’s new members. If you joined prior to 31st August please do not enter this contest!
BONUS POINT PRIZE: A PRIZE OF 100 POINTS WILL BE AWARDED TO THE ENTRY WHICH IS ENTRY NUMBER ????? (this number is known only to the Greeter Team)WHETHER IT WINS ONE OF THE FIRST 3 PLACES OR NOT.
YOU NOW HAVE 1 IN 4 CHANCES OF WINNING POINTS!!!!
Do you have a favorite food to reflect your mood? Tell us your favorite candy or comfort food. Describe to us how it tastes and the feelings you get from eating it. Be as descriptive as you can, make our mouths water!
Rules:
1. No Pre-writes
2. No profanity, sTiCkY caps, or chat slang such as: wuz, dat, ma, iz, newayz.
3. 1 entry per person, so check over your poem carefully before submitting it.
4. If you collaborate, the other poet must be a new September member also.
5. Light erotica TASTEFULLY done is acceptable. It must be placed in the ADULT category, if you go in this direction.
6. Each new AP member that enters the contest MUST read a minimum of 3 of the other poems in the contest in order to be eligible for selection.
7. Any poem that does not fit the criteria – regardless of how good it may be will be removed if after the initial request to the author to remove/correct it themselves is ignored.
Before submitting your poem, please ask yourself the following:
· Does this meet closely with the requirements of the contest?
· Did you go over the poem and check for any grammatical or typographical errors?
· If you were judging this contest, would you be able to see how this poem would or would NOT win placement?
Contest will close on September 30th @ Midnight (USA time) and winners will be notified a few days later as judging is a team effort by the Greeters.
Now smile and have fun!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on October 3, 2004
- Rewards: Gold: 300
- Final notes: This contest drove all of our Greeter Team mad with temptations. I would like to thank all of the entries for you hard work that you put into your poems.
Honorable Mentions go out to:
Cold Comfort by pentopaper
and
You Sweet Thang by chuck-roberts
Unfortunately, due to a few disqualifications no one collects the extra 100 points. The secret number was 18.
Entries [14]
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I tear the wrapper off. Tentatively, I take a small bite off of the end.
A wonderful harmony of flavours fills my mouth; smooth, rich chocolate, creamy, mel• Commented on by judge. -
So many foods, so little time,
Pizza and kiwi lime,• Commented on by judge. -
i eat black pudding...
...suits my mood• Commented on by judge. -
Somedays seem to pass by in the blink of an eye, while others drag on for an eternity. Depression sets in and it feels like you will never be happy again. Theby envinyatar 29 lines, 12 comments, on Sep 6 6:46 PM 2004. In Other• Commented on by judge.
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Flavourings added to steady the shovelling
Additives spooned in to be oh-so-addictive• Commented on by judge. -
Candy,
Biting into my soul,by rainbows4all 15 lines, 14 comments, on Sep 17 8:42 PM 2004. In Contemporary• Commented on by judge. -
I'm feeling sad,I'm feeling happy..
Could be calm,or maybe nervous...• Commented on by judge. -
A seductive mantra beats through my mind,
Beckoning me to take my prize.by Sapphire-Dragon 27 lines, 15 comments, on Sep 21 2:24 AM 2004. In Weird, Other
Gold trophy winner
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• Commented on by judge.
Bronze trophy winner
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Oh my - all that chocolate - I can already feel the weight piling on
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Hayley is going to go nuts everytime she comes in to check and read the poems. Sorry Hayley
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Ummmmmmm
I wanted to spill the ummmm peanuts on this but was afraid Willow would of got her Willow switch out after me if I told roflol
This looks yummy and fun
Good luck everyone I hope you get lots of wonderful entrys
This sounds unique, different and lotsa fun
Poor poor Hayley
Help us all well all being going to the cookie jar or 7-11 for a quick fix
Love it sis
Love you too
Susan~~~
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I love the background...sorry just thought I'd say that.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE PAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
instantly puts on 4 punds by jsut imgaining chocolate
Oh bum... Now see what you did
goes to find low fat chocolate crisp things and is tempted to eat a whole box... -
Pund? rhymes with fund. wich is the singular of funds, which are used to buy shares in a chocolate factory.
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Terrific! Hahaha. I know what chocolate can substitute.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...anything! lol Good idea, sisses and BRO. Love, CookieZeal/Dianne
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damn look at those typos
thats what I get for typing quick whilst panicking about net crashing again lol
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Remember, chocolate is a vegetable, so eat all you want, Hayley...lol
and remember also that the color chocolate can substitute for any other color, like all those green, yellow and red vegies and fruits.....and you thought you were gonna be in big trouble with this contest. Willow wouldn't do that too ya, Hon..right Willow !!??
Sounds like a good contest subject to me
Dee
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M-M-M-M Chocolate!!! Gotta love it baby!! If there's any left over, send it my way ok?
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By "Greeters contest" do you mean this is only for the newbies of September? Cuz this contest could be fun to write for- great idea!
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Hiya NightChilde. Yes any body who joins allpoetry in September can enter this contest. No one else, just september newbies, cool huh! Dave
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What a shame this is just for new members
Edited on Sep 02, 1:43 because 'e - i would of done a poem on food'.
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well if i was new to this site i definately wouldn't enter this contest. There's too many damn rules, and they're so crappy aswell. Too bad, because mood food is a good idea
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We take all comments seriously. We have noted your concerns. Could you please run through each rule one by one and point out where they are "so crappy". Too many rules. Could you please help us by suggesting some rules we could use for new members. Please reply to this as you have made some serious statements and you really do need to back them up with facts. If not, please remove this comment. Thanks. Davethepoet ( A greeter)
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Just reading down through the comments and I think the rules are just fine. there have to be rules to be fair to everyone, if someone doesn't like rules, then they really shouldn't enter, it is that simple. BTW, if there is any chocolate left, don't forget I am quite partial to a little nibble....... sorry, couldn't resist............
sanity
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Poetry isn't supposed to have rules on how and what to write. It's about so called freedom of speech, voicing opinions and emotions ect. If you confine what people are supposed to do, it doesn't make the poetry seem honest to me. I know the sticky caps thing is annoying, so there's a good rule, but it's things like 'no profanity'. If a person wishes to use it to express emotions such as anger, then I believe it should be necessary. If you restrict it all, the freedom of speech notion goes out of the window. Anyhoo, I ain't asking you to change it, I'm just giving you my opinion on it. If poetry was to be honest, there'd be no rules. And the thing about having to read other poet's work to qualify is kind of bland. If someone doesn't read someone else's work, and they happen to have the 'best' poem, but get disqualified anyway, where's the point in that?
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Grrrr...I had a whole comment and I accidentally hit backspace...and it disappeared...let me try again -
Audiospaz- First of all, I have to agree with you on the sticky caps/chat speak rule - it's very annoying so you're right in saying that one should stay. However, I also think this contest doesn't really lend itself to much profanity, so I also think there is nothing wrong with that one either. It's not too much of an angry contest, I believe this is more about comfort...so why swear? Now for my main point - (stupid me hitting backspace...grrr) I completely agree with the rule on reading other poets' work - it encourages the interactivity of this site and getting new poets to read and comment on other will also get them some comments on their work. It's not always guaranteed that a poet will "Return the Favor" but I can speak for myself that I always do. So, it helps the new folks gain critiques and points. You do realize that you're technically supposed to comment on 4 pieces for every 1 that you post, right? (I'm not trying to be rude, but with your numbers it doesn't quite look that way.) I don't think commenting on 3 pieces is that rough of a rule - especially since this seems to be a humorous contest, my opinion may have been different if it was a "Make Me Cry" type instead. Not only does commenting achieve all those things, it can also open your eyes to new ideas and improve your vocabulary in the process. So I don't see where you would find it to be a bad thing. It doesn't take that much time to comment on 3 pieces - maybe 15-20 minutes tops. If the poet doesn't want to comply with the rules, then here's a simple alternative - don't enter. I just wanted to state my opinion.
With that said, I would love to enter this contest except I'm not a newbie!
The contest held in February really wasn't my cup of tea (I think it was about foreign countries)...oh well. Have fun reading and judging the entries!
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well i can't remember wat we were talking about and I can't be bothered to read all that. Nevermind
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An interesting "newbies" topic, I must say. ^_^ I'm going to have to enter this, methinks.. though I must hope that I don't succumb to the cravings and scoff some choccie before I'm done. @_@
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Great contest
I think this contest is wonderful.It caught my eye One of the first days I joined and I couldn't resist entering!I had a lot of fun with it,and wish everyone nothing but the best of luck.I think the rules were just fine.No problem with any of them...They all made perfect sense to me.I agree with Candy in the things she said.There's no reason for profanity in this contest..it's a pretty cheery one,I think.I can't wait to see what happens with it!GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!! -
I had to share this and this is the perfect place.
If you get melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too
slowly.
Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all
count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.
The problem: How to get two pounds of chocolate home from the store in a
hot car. The solution: Eat it in the parking lot.
Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It'll take the edge off
your appetite and you'll eat less.
A nice box of chocolates can provide your total daily intake of calories in
one place. Isn't that handy?
If you can't eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer. But if
you can't eat all your chocolate, what's wrong with you?
If calories are an issue, store your chocolate on top of the fridge.
Calories are afraid of heights, and they will jump out of the chocolate to
protect themselves.
Money talks. Chocolate sings.
Chocolate has many preservatives. Preservatives make you look younger.
Why is there no such organization as Chocoholics Anonymous? Because no one
wants to quit.
Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That
way, at least you'll get one thing done.
Chocolate is a health food.
Chocolate is derived from cacao beans.
Bean = vegetable.
Sugar is derived either from sugar beets or cane, both vegetables.
And, of course, the milk/cream is dairy.
So eat more chocolate to meet the dietary requirements for daily vegetable
and dairy intake
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Geez Whiz Von, now you got my stomach realy going NUTty! LOL What is this a plot against us all? j/k Straight from the lips to the hips this one is going!
I did especially like the one where you eat all the chocolate in the parking lot though. I just usually have them scan the empty box while in the grocery store.
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Congrats to the winners
And for all those who entered
You can say at least you tried
Hugs
Susan~~
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