Winners, Monday August 20, 2012

Congratulations for the 3 winners! Amazing poems everyone, well done for the HM's.

A huge big fat thank you for the judges this week, you know why XD.

These are the votes and comments from 3 judges,
as to why 3 ? and before anyone wonders, one has stepped down due to urgent updates in their personal life, and one is obliged to be absent for these 2 weeks. And as you all know by now, it was agreed that 3 judges are fine, no subs unless we go under that number.

Well done again guys, keep writing.

WINNERS: With 10 points each:
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His Portrait
by Xanthe

In Your Eyes
by Rabea

Art In Life
by mandy

HM's with 7 points:
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Serenading Dreams
by Colm

Rota Fortunae
by Senyru

Burning Pages Of Death
by Tara Kay

HMS with 4 points:
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Kiss of Nature
by Maple tree

Ishtar (Acrostic)
by Ingrid
Mesonoxian Daydreams
by Xanthe

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Comments:
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His Portrait
by Xanth

I loved that this was a poetical vent. Sometimes vents are filled with curse words or are a jumbled mess, this, you could tell was real feeling. Real raw emotions with a beautiful poetic touch on it that I loved. I mostly loved your ending, because readers wait and read a whole poem wanting to reach an answer, however you couldnt give us one, because you were never told why either. I loved that! I loved this image of the attic and white sheets covering old stuff.. Really beautiful "vent" I should say.

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In Your Eyes
by Rabea

Heartfelt and very powerful. Not only is the subject matter terribly sad due to our connection to Noura, but it is accessible on a global scale, too.

On top of all of this, its rhythm and rhyme scheme are well thought out. This poem is fantastic!

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Art In Life
by mandy

Mandy!!!!! I love your creative angle with this poem- Your title says it all. The way you worded this metaphoric life and sad piece, had me hooked.

"I would love to paint your life
then keep the picture in my pocket
so I'd always know something good
and remember the beauty of this world"

I could visualize you capturing the emotions and expressions, splashing it onto canvas... Standing alone and placing it in your pocket. To me, when a reader can visualize your creative writing in such a way, well it's a darn good piece in my opinion! Well Done Mandy

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Rota Fortunae
by Senyru

After reading this piece, I feel as though I've been reading something like film noir. This is one of those nice narrative pieces that has just enough creative voice to make it feel more like a poem and less like prose while still telling a story in fairly vivid detail. I think it takes skill to pull that off. Great work.

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Burning Pages Of Death
by Tara Kay

This piece had me bawling like a baby at the end. Tara Kay has a way of gripping the readers heart, and within this piece, she did that and so much more.

Feeling dead inside- Is enough to make a poem explode, and within this piece, she has displayed her sorrow and frustration- and created a heartfelt and elegant, sad poem.

The beginning lines sucked me in...and left me speechless at the end. Well Done Tara Kay

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Serenading Dreams
by Colm

I absolutely loved your opening stanza because of your word usage with "graze" and "osmosis". What a way to start the poem!
Your second stanza was just about the most romantic and beautifully written stanza I have came across in a while. My heart was melted and I adored everything about this.
The ending, OMG mouth dropping. I was a little bit speechless. What a very sweet statement to make that if she can't handle your dreaming, (of giving your all to her) then you will no longer be a dreamer. This piece really made me smile and I loved the sweet tone it gives off.

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Kiss of Nature
by Maple tree

If anyone knows how to write a nature piece its Maple tree. Your word choice was incredible in this piece. If I were to point out the metaphors I loved in this poem I would copy and paste the entire poem. I just loved, "leaves of grace", "Dangling webbed whispers", "cascading rainbow enchants". They really just made this simple nature poem a breathtaking one. Great descriptions!

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Mesonoxian Daydreams
by Xanthe

I voted for this last week. After a week I still find it to be a strong piece. Enough said.

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Ishtar (Acrostic)
by Ingrid

This poem is not only breathtaking, but it's a very well written acrostic. The rhyming is beautiful..

The Goddess Ishtar has come to life within this poem.

I have a personal adoration for this goddess and Ingrid did a beautiful word display of capturing her essence within this piece.. Wonderful poem!! Well Done Ingrid

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Ms Sunshine XX

Well done to the winners and the other HM's...
Thank you to the judge who voted on my poem and for the comment and thanks to those that nominated it.

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Thanks judge for the HM and comment, well done to winners!

Congrats to all who were granted a place in the spotlights this week and thanks for the HM:)

Congratulates for the winners
and HMs as well all the poems were Great ;)

Congrats to the winners, very well deserved.

Congrats to the winners and HM's! Awesome job :)

Congratulations to the winners- Well deserved!! also, congrats to all the Hm's beautiful poems! Thank you very much for the nice compliment given by the judge on my nature piece. It made me smile and I'm glad you enjoyed it.. thank you for the Hm I appreciate it :-)

Congrats to Xanthe, Rabea and mandy! Also well done to the HMs

Thanks judges & Nana, your dedication is appreciated.

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Well thanks for The Win although I truly Don't believe it should be up there from a personal perspective! there were far too many excellent poems this week. Congratulation to other winners and HM's