Weekly Contest Winners - 28/12/2015

Hello PnQers! I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season and to those of you who celebrate, I hope your Christmas was filled with joy! As it's the festive season we only had 4 judges vote this week. To be honest with you all, I actually expected we'd have a lot less. Thank you to our judges for taking time out of your celebrations! - Mel

WINNERS & HM'S:

Elizabeth Street by Maple Tree: 10 + 10 = 20
Outcast by Cindy: 4 + 7 + 4 = 15
Head Stone by Michael Nalley: 4 + 7 = 11

Farther from Heaven than You By Someone Invisible: 10
What if it rains by Ben Pickard: 10
Silence/Inescapable by alexdapoet: 7
Song Above The Sorrow by Satish Verma: 7
Burdensome by Britt: 4

COMMENTS:

What if it rains
By Ben Pickard

Humility at its finest, and reminds me of a quote I hold true, the eyes are truly the mirror to the soul , one just needs to look past the reflection. This was a humbling p[eace, in the end no one is better than the next and your soul may not be exposed to the world, but it shall be exposed to the elements, where no one is more or less than the other....a remarkable rhyme scheme with only one strain...Good Job Ben (10)

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Farther from Heaven than You
By Someone Invisible

This poem mesmerized me from start to finish. I really and truly enjoyed the simplicity and elegance of this poem.

Someone Invisible created an heart gripping expressions of emotions comparing her love and herself as heaven and hell. Just a wonderful poem here.

the ending was a perfect closing to this piece. wonderful!! (10)

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Silence/Inescapable
by alexdapoet

This poem oozes creativity to the max!

Explosive word usage and elegant formatting just explodes this poem.

the nature tones within this poem are so elegant. When writing about silence, this angle was the way to go... just lovely! (7)

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Outcast
by Cindy

Cindy writes from her heart and soul and this poem made me cry. Just a heart warming poem that touches the reader.

Each line allows the reader to feel her tears, fear and emotions. just heart gripping! (4)

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This write certainly brings tears to my eyes. As we ponder all we have done over the course of life, we hope it has been good enough. It was certainly our best that we could do at the time. Very well written. (7)

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knowing personally how this writer fights to live each day, one can truly appreciate the sentiments within, it's a lesson in disguise, we read words written daily and seldom give thoughts to the true battles the Author faces just to compose such nakedness of the soul....Although the title didn't really match the poem for me, the write itself really hit home, thank you for sharing you...... (7)

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Head Stone by Michael Nalley

Michael portrayed a heartbreaking write of age and wisdom meeting time and the inevitable. Truly one of my favorites writes ever from this author. I wonder if it was intentional to separate the words Head and Stone in the title, depicting life clouded with thoughts of death, instead of headstone of a grave. (4)

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it amazes me how recognition sets in the older we get, it seems like the reality of death becomes more of a focus rather than when we were young and all we really thought about was how much fun we were having experiencing life The writer has depicted the clock winding down on the inevitable .....Breathe Michael, breathe.... (7)

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Elizabeth Street by Maple Tree

This piece is sums up something I've been trying to write and say for a long time, however I haven't been able to articulate the words or pen them on paper in the way this poet has. I became lost in the references of decay and loss. The words 'abandoned', 'cracks', 'homeless', 'burial ground' having the ability to depict a scene for the reader that is both haunting yet beautiful. I felt as though I was looking at a person who has weathered such a large storm that their body has begun to collapse beneath it. This is raw, it's honest and it's written in a way that many people will be able to relate due to the emotion that the poet has been able to weave through her words. (10)

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Holy Smokes! It's very easy to see why this is my top choice for the week. This write is a powerhouse of emotions. Time is not essentially a healer, we just learn to cope with our lives. (10)
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Songs Above the Sorrow by Satish Verma

I thought this was poem was interesting. The poet placed a lot of different images within the poem and at first I found my mind was becoming a little confused while trying to comprehend how the images relate to what the writer was saying. However, after a couple of reads I was able to find the connections that make this poem so beautiful. While this poem is placed in the nature section due to some of the imagery, the reader must truly dig deeper to understand the message that the writer is providing and that's what I enjoyed most when reading. (7)

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Burdensome by Britt

It's the emotive response that the writer gets from her readers that makes this poem special. You can not simply read this without having some sort of reaction. I felt as though I needed to put myself in the poet's shoes to truly understand the difficulty she must be feeling. There's an emptiness in these words, a sadness and also, while it's not evident throughout the entire poem, I felt as though the last lines present us with comfort and an understanding, that while this relationship has ended, it will not be forgotten. (4)

Congratulations to Michael and Cindy,
Very nice to be on the front page with you both!

Congratulations to the Hms as well
Thank you judges for the awesome comments
Made me smile

Beautiful poems, guys.
Congrats to Michael, Andrea & Cindy & to the HMs. Thanks Judges and to Mel for posting.

Congratulations to Cindy, Andrea and the Hms
Thank you all so much

Congrats to all!

Congratulations to the winners and other hms, ,and a special thanks to the judges for such a great job at this busy time of year.
All the best,
Ben

Thank you so much :) Congrats to Andrea and Michael....awesome poems.
Congratulations to all the HM's this week.