Congratulations Weekly Winners! (4/25)

One judge was not able to vote this week, so the replacement votes will appear with no comments. Thanks to all the judges!

Orange Contemplation - Narphangu

"This sort of poem could easily be found in any recently published book of contemporary poetry. Very impressed by the thoughtful word choices, the clever "orange" alignments, the unique concept, beautifully effective line spacing, and the style- oh so easy and unpretentious! It is a surprisingly mature poem, mastering a seemingly blase, superficial theme to express much deeper thoughts with exquisite honesty and heart. The ending was especially lovely. Well done." (10 Points)

"I loved the references to the way the writer compared herself to an orange. The ending...
"I can't help but wonder at being
green" has in itself a deeper meaning. Any color could have been chosen, though being green is often associated with being new to something. As the writer defines the "orangeness" they have become more aware of their surroundings. Sometimes, just sometimes we wish we could go back to the innocence of it all. " (7 points)

"This poem reminds me so much of Neruda's work and his style. (For example, A Lemon, Ode to Tomatoes, Ode to the Artichoke, etc.) It's refreshing to read something that makes you smile. Such a wonderful story it was, significant repetition effects were observed though it's necessary in order to obtain that robust effects. I loved the originality here. The subject was transformed into something visible for the audience. Good work!" (7 points)

Additional (7 points)

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Deconstruction - The Prince

"For some reason, after reading this, I became very emotional and I thought to myself, this guy must have been hurt. As usual, this author has once again adeptly personified sadness and forlornness just as cleverly as he permeates his words with enthusiasm." (10 points)

"Descriptive and strong with its message and emotions. The poem was constructed good and kept a steady pace and the author also had a certain tone throughout the poem that kept the readers attention as he describes what is going on around him." (7 Points)

Additional (4 points)

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All With Time - Melpomene

"A sad story that comes to live with the many descriptions that are used within the poem. Also it is sad to see, what this poem speaks about, happen in real life. A touching write that stirs emotions and cause one to think about his or her choices." (10 points)

"It started as a lighthearted, delightful read and becomes deeper with the ending that not much changes in life. We all still live in a wonderland full of lessons. " (10 points)

"Such imagery and themes combined with the Queen of hearts and that Cheshire cat fictionalization really stood out. All the lines were carefully combined, thus, a generally-smooth and harmonious flow of rhythm and beat that continued until the end of this piece. Great piece!" (4 points)

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Honourable Mentions

Follow Me - The Poetess (10 points)

Drench - The Prince

"As always, this guy knows how to write sex. It's never direct, which makes it sexier. The images, the ideas... not so unique. But, oh, the poetry is pretty damn classy. " (7 points)

Festering Promises - Ms SunShine

"A very sad and emotional piece. The poem flowed very nicely and the rhyming was a good aspect to the flow and it seemed unforced in every stanza. The message wrapped up really good with the title and made the poem stronger in all aspects. An overall wonderful job with a short but strong piece" (4 points)

Admonition - Dixieday

"What a biting poem! To me, this poem packed a punch, written with juicy words that weren't overdone in the context. It created intrigue, and I was scared for whoever the object of this skillful poem was. Ooooh." (4 points)

Angel in My Life - Meena Krish

"Life's little treasures are often found in a childs smile. The love reciprocated from mother to child is something that should always be unbreakable.
The only thing I found offputting about this poem was the rhyme scheme, there was no line to rhyme with touch and every other line in the poem was set in rhyme. Although the message in this poem was far more exciting than a rhyme blooper." (4 points)

Congratulations to everyone.

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you
for the HM..

Amazing poems on the front page this week, well deserved :D

and thanks a lot for the sweet H'M
:) appreciated

Congrats all!

Congratulations everyone! Love the winning poems and some truly great nominated poems all around this week.
Thanks tons for posting, Sibs...

I'm off to class!

Congrats winners, well deserved!

Congratulations to all the winners and HMs. Great poetry this past week!

I'm such a dunce: I only just learned that we could nominate/vote for poems... Thought it was all magic behind the curtain. Whoops.

But... Thanks everyone! And congrats to the Prince and Melpomene, two gorgeous, intriguing poems, and to all the HMs, the same. Nicely done, all. :)

Three well, deserving poems. Congratulations to you three! Also thanks to the members who take their time and pick poems worthy of winning and thank you judges for the time you put into picking the poems you think are worthy for the front page.

Thank you so much! Congratulations to my other two fellow poets too :)

Thank you very much! :)

Congrats to the other winners, pleasure to be on the front page with both of you!

Also Congrats to the HMs.

Congratulations to the wimmers and also to the HMs.

Glad the judges are so faithful to this task week after week.

And thanks for running it.

Congrats :)

Congrats to the winners and HMs

Congrats everyone! Fabulous poems this week. (: