Here's what you have to do:
1. Enter up to 5 poems that I haven't commented on.
2. It has to be only poems. No prose, or the like - just poems.
3. If you're somehow able to enter my contest with me being on your ignore list - you will be automatically removed. I do not know if that's a possibility or not but if I can't comment on your work - bye!
If you wish to remove my comment after the Contest is over, feel free. I give a shit. If you need your ego stroked all the time, that's your business, not mine. However! if you do it during the Contest, your entry is automatically disqualified, and will be removed when I review your poem again in final judging.
Here's what I will do:
1. I will definitely comment on your work, even if it's the most generic comment ever, I will. I give you my word.
2. Remove any entry with or without a comment that isn't a "poem".
Here's what I won't do:
1. Praise your work if it isn't worth the praise.
2. Lie to you about your work.
Everything I state on your entry will be my opinion, and that's all it is. If you do not like my opinion, remove your entry, and place me on your ignore list. Simple as that. You'll never have to read a comment by me again. Lovely, ain't it?
Here's what my comments entail:
Mainly pointing out errors in spelling, things that I feel do not make sense, suggesting to you if another form is best, if you rhymed your poem, whether it's good or not, if it needs work etc.,
If your poem is riddled with errors, I may not comment on the message of the poem because I was distracted by the plethora of errors it had, and if I'm sitting there pointing them out to you, and you come back at me in an angry retort realize this: you're only making yourself look like an idiot, and not me. I'm not the one who had a poem up with a shitload of errors. This may not be "school" (as so many state to me when I point out such things) but this is a WRITING WEBSITE YOU MORON! so at least present something that won't, or can not be ridiculed or what you perceive as ridicule by people like me who are glad to point out these errors.
However, also realize that if I point out these errors doesn't mean I didn't like your work, and I will come back to it later, so fix the errors and perhaps the improvement will garner a placement. The "Edit" button is there for a reason, have the sense to use it. Or don't have the sense, I don't care.
If you do not care for such comments, this is what you do: do not enter this contest. That's the sort of comments I make, and have always made.
So, up to 5 entries. Only 1 of your entries is a contender for a trophy at my choosing, however, all will be commented on.
Remember: only poems I HAVE NOT COMMENTED ON! ONLY and I CRITIQUE.
Have fun!
-Nam
1. Enter up to 5 poems that I haven't commented on.
2. It has to be only poems. No prose, or the like - just poems.
3. If you're somehow able to enter my contest with me being on your ignore list - you will be automatically removed. I do not know if that's a possibility or not but if I can't comment on your work - bye!
If you wish to remove my comment after the Contest is over, feel free. I give a shit. If you need your ego stroked all the time, that's your business, not mine. However! if you do it during the Contest, your entry is automatically disqualified, and will be removed when I review your poem again in final judging.
Here's what I will do:
1. I will definitely comment on your work, even if it's the most generic comment ever, I will. I give you my word.
2. Remove any entry with or without a comment that isn't a "poem".
Here's what I won't do:
1. Praise your work if it isn't worth the praise.
2. Lie to you about your work.
Everything I state on your entry will be my opinion, and that's all it is. If you do not like my opinion, remove your entry, and place me on your ignore list. Simple as that. You'll never have to read a comment by me again. Lovely, ain't it?
Here's what my comments entail:
Mainly pointing out errors in spelling, things that I feel do not make sense, suggesting to you if another form is best, if you rhymed your poem, whether it's good or not, if it needs work etc.,
If your poem is riddled with errors, I may not comment on the message of the poem because I was distracted by the plethora of errors it had, and if I'm sitting there pointing them out to you, and you come back at me in an angry retort realize this: you're only making yourself look like an idiot, and not me. I'm not the one who had a poem up with a shitload of errors. This may not be "school" (as so many state to me when I point out such things) but this is a WRITING WEBSITE YOU MORON! so at least present something that won't, or can not be ridiculed or what you perceive as ridicule by people like me who are glad to point out these errors.
However, also realize that if I point out these errors doesn't mean I didn't like your work, and I will come back to it later, so fix the errors and perhaps the improvement will garner a placement. The "Edit" button is there for a reason, have the sense to use it. Or don't have the sense, I don't care.
If you do not care for such comments, this is what you do: do not enter this contest. That's the sort of comments I make, and have always made.
So, up to 5 entries. Only 1 of your entries is a contender for a trophy at my choosing, however, all will be commented on.
Remember: only poems I HAVE NOT COMMENTED ON! ONLY and I CRITIQUE.
Have fun!
-Nam
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on June 8, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 1000, Silver: 500, Bronze: 250, Honorable mention: 6 people
- Final notes: Originally I was going to give an HM to anyone who made the list I kept but since so many poems were in contention for 1st place (all those awarded a trophy in this Contest) I decided not to. And, though originally the list I had was quite longer (about 60 or more poems listed) after removing more than one entry by most of those on the list already, I decided that I'd just award those in contention for the 1st place. But I will mention those who made the final list:
(minus those who've placed)
Cereus - Night Hope
What Becomes of Us - ChildoftheWild
Monday - faithbound
Keeper of Time - joyya
Riots and Revolutions - secberm
Trying - OhEmetophobia
Bitten Nipple - Ashcock
Bad Day for a Cheap Hanging - artis
Yellow - Lowercase Prelude
In a Split Second - artis
unworthy of living - LittleAnn
Bye By Flutterbye - The SSA Fluffy
mortality of men - HellRaiser21
Not Good Enough at All - fakeport
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I believe I commented on all entries, whether generic comments or actual critiques. If I didn't comment on your work, oops.
Anyway ...
-Nam
Contest Winners
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by leander 33 lines, 49 comments, on Jan 22 7:45 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Nature, Love
Silver trophy winner
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by Luna Tique Fringe 43 lines, 49 comments, on Sep 6 9:16 PM 2007. In Contemporary, Life, Love
Honorable mention
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Crushing peppers of Chilean region,
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Gold trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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I want to kill though I know its wrong
My heart feels frozenby ClaustrophobicJoy 16 lines, 7 comments, on May 18 12:42 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Shackled and bound, alone I lay / Tied to the ground day by day / Buried alive here I will stay / My scarlet lips dry, throat sore and parcby ClaustrophobicJoy 29 lines, 16 comments, on Jul 13 9:26 PM 2007. In Trapped• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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My feathers are gone, no hope to fly / So many tethers, so here I will cry / My wings lay useless, broken and torn / Never to be free, so a• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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So many times I had tried and I had failed
To find someone who lifts me up.by ClaustrophobicJoy 30 lines, 10 comments, on May 17 10:53 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I gaze about at roads and riches,
At winding tunnels of auburn light.by coddledsoul 11 lines, 3 comments, on May 9 7:35 AM 2008. In Noguest• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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by Age of Rain 16 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 8 12:08 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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you have destroyed my sanity into little pieces in which i place along my skin
by Candy Morphine 63 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 9 5:41 AM 2008. In Dark, Sad, Loss, Dedication, Emo, Sadness, Goodbyes• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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by coddledsoul 18 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 26 9:54 AM 2008. In noguest• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I give a shit.> you forgot don't.
i will see if i have anything good enough for this or not.
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No, I didn't. "I give a shit" means the same thing as "I don't give a shit." It's a saying where I am from.
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oh okay.
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wonders how much shit you will get with this one...good luck with the thick skin
peace Muddy
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The apocalypse of reason
Just what I always wanted.
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Every comment's retarded. Hello.
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Hello.
Pretty awesome idea. But rather you than me, you've got over 100 entries to read in a couple of weeks. A number that I've just made that little bit bigger. Sorry.
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I have over 30,000 comments listed on my author page, over 20,000 of them are critiques, if this contest gets 300 entries, that's nothing, I can read/comment on those thoroughly in a couple of days.
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Ok, wow.
That's really quite awesome.
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"So I hope you read the "guidelines/rules" etc of the contest because your reaction from my comments is your fault, not mine."
Well, that would depend on your definition of poetry, really.
For some, it's anything rhyming, while for others, it doesn't have to rhyme, but has a certain flow that makes it poetic in nature.
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Wow - I don't even know what to say..
Thank you for the gold, I'm honoured
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Thank you for hosting, for the listing & for tolerating such a deluge of poetry, Nam.
I know 6 of the nine winners, so that bodes well. Congratulations, one & all. Be your usual lovely selves, Poets & Scribes. 
Wanda
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I actually made one comment that said, "I have no comment for this poem." - it was so bad that it made me speechless. Props to the person who made me speechless because their work was so awful.
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Oh, forgot to remove the second one by artis. eh.
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Congrats to the winners!
It makes me happy to see my poem "unworthy of living" made it onto your list. Your comment plus my poem even being on that list means a lot to me!
Annie
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Thank you for the honorable mention, the upside to pissing a few people off is that both your praise and general critique are worth more to those whom receive it.
[And I don't usually write in (or read poems of) such a form either]
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Congratulations to all winners and thank you for granting me with HM trophy. I just wonder how you had enough nerves and patience to read all of us and to make the right decision. Poetry is a matter of taste but mostly a matter of quality. I am glad you find mine worthy of your attention. Hope to meet you again reading my poetry.
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Thank you very much for seeing my entry silver worthy. congratulations to everyone else!
Leander -
Thanks for the read. Suggestion taken. Thanks for the HM. Congrats on a huge contest.
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lololol, ah, more laughter at your contest description. yes i am so bored that I am reading through your contests because I find your sarcasm incredibly amusing tonight.... ha ha ha. I find it most hilarious that you seem to be "ignored" frequently. you must be a real charmer ;-)
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