(Doggerel for my Darling)
I’ll hold a little contest
And you can hold one too
You give me a trophy and
I’ll give it back to you
No matter what the topic
And others who submit
I’ll set aside one shiny
And points to benefit
When someone checks your homepage
And sees all that you’ve won
They’ll think you are a poet
Not knowing what we’ve done
You are my AP sweetie
My lover from afar
So I must keep you happy
Pretend you are a star
Some truly gifted poets
Take days to verbalize
But that fact doesn’t matter
For you will win the prize
Our AP friends will comment
With brilliant words like “wow”
And bestow lots of clappies
So dash off something now.
Author notes
The background and formatting are intentionally cliched.
A contest entry
- Tell the judges what u think...click here and enter! by natchstucco.
700 points, ended March 14, 2008, 16 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Vent your Frustrations. by Loki.
700 points, ended March 1, 9 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Haha, haha!
Very well done. I'm very glad that your poem beat mine in the "Vent your Frustrations." contest. Your way with satire seems to come to you so naturally. Your poem reads like a love letter to the mundane, masterfully mocking the cliche, a kiss of imitation with a bite of wit.
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Perfection.
EXACTLY what I wanted for this contest. All too often, contests seem to be judged even before the closing date. People will argue (or rationalize) that when their favorites enter their contests, it's natural to grant them trophies because after all, they are familiar with their work and love it already. I, personally, find myself judging my favorites much more harshly to avoid such pitfalls.
This is a well deserved gold trophy in this contest, if I have my say!
Great job and thank you for your entry!
Best of luck,
Bean
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LMAO, Perfect. I picked up on the overly used rhyme scheme and meter before reaching the author's note and just about busted my gut when I got to it. Thank you for entering this, best of luck.
-Løki
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wow, this is so common on this site, friends playing let's reward each other, back and forth, lovers too, ignoring many good poets work, for a planned prize, and it is so often obvious in the gold awarded work, which is often horrific to read,
not very poetic, and you sit and shake your head and wonder how it got gold, well you just wexplained in this poems, entrants beware, check past comments and see if a lot of awards went to one person and then you'll know. That's if you truly want to start a list to kkep of contests and judges to avoid. I have one, of course it's private, publishing it would be harassment...hah! so is not commenting but then that's not been covered yet. So that's part of what I am doing, A movement to reduce such behavior, by reducing their input to thier contest where they feel no need to comment on all. Loved this,~~Artis -
Sis, I had to come back to this one and I'm happy I did as I see the much deserved gold trophy sitting here. You spoke words so true in this and I do hope that some of those who do this in here will have a look at this to see just how wrong it is doing what they do. You are open, honest and most of all a wonderful person that fills the pages with such beautiful writes. Thank you again for sharing with all of us. And a big congratulations for the gold. Love and hugs, Joyce
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I loved it, great. The rhyme and flow was amazing. Well put, I agree.
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wel l said and well rhymned. true as water with all these damn families and such..i think that thereshould be a family tree when there is some of these contests. and all that is won is a leaf instead of a trophy.
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jcqlnclvn
A little humor and probably a lot of truth! I like the rhyme and flow. Very enjoyable. Hope you win the contest!
All the best.
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this is very funny indeed
do people relly do that? forgive my ignorance i'm new at this.
you are very talented, good luck with this entry
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WONDERFUL!!!!
Each has their own preferrence as to what they like. I know I have read some which I loved so much and most others had not liked it at all.
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Bravo!!! Bravo!!! Bravo!!!
So so so true in some cases. I have seen many a contest where the best entry has most definitely not won. Fantastic imagery and exceptional rhyme kept this flowing superbly. I would vote for this hands down if I were judging. A very effective use of the title here also. You never leave me disappointed with the writes I see from you and this is no exception. Thank you for sharing with all of us and best wishes in the contest. Joyce
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Wow, this is so true! I've seen this happen in so many contests, and it's annoying beyond imagination... I mean, I picked most of my AP family based on the quality of their poetry, but I don't play favourites in contests... The only edge they may have over other competitors is that they know what kind of poetry I like, but unless I really like the poem, it has no effect towards my judging whatsoever. I don't agree with people who do that, because it deprives some people of the recognition they deserve. What a great rant, and rather poetic at that... Well done!
Laura xxx
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lol this is very well done. I think you did an awesome job. I would hope no one does this, but I liked your write. Good luck in the contest.
Kelli
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