Weekly Contest Results October 31st

Hello everyone let me first begin by thanking our judges
who have worked diligently throughout their terms giving
their time and effort to make these contests possible!
Thank you judges!! A big congratulation to our front
page winners: Thomas, Fortune and Yakori and congrats
to all our HM's too! Without further delay here are the
judges' comments:

WINNERS:

Fingerprints in dust by Thomas

Fisherman by Fortune

Listen to the tune by Yakori bint Muhammed

Listen to the Tune by Yakori bint Muhammed

What a beautiful nature poem! I admire the author's
choice to place this piece in misc, because for me there
was life/ inspiration, and a sad undertone throughout....
Her word choice was just perfect. Man's destruction kills
the lady... this is just my quote for this poem ... its just
breathtaking! Wonderful!! (10 points)
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Listen to the Tune by Yakori bint Muhammed

Very inspiring. It's beautifully expressed and brought
together. There is a nice flow to this piece, as though it
is translating the title itself. I love the pictures and wording. The question tone in your opening were nice and
appealing. The rest of piece sounds more like a chant.

A calls
^ this needs an apostrophe, but a very beautiful closing line.

Well done. (7 points)
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Fisherman by Fortune

This is absolutely beautiful and deep. I received this with
so much emotions, sadness, and longing. I was touched
by the beautiful word choice and your vivid images and
metaphors. The way you connected the surrounding
settings with your own self and emotions was so
appealing. This is going to be my favorite piece for a
while. Well done. (10 points)

The first stanza is what initially caught my attention and made me fall in love with this poem. The poem itself is unlike anything I have ever read on PnQ - content and structure. It's great to see a new, unfamiliar face with a fresh point of view/approach. I was taken with the symbolism, succinctness, and your ability to relay a lot while sticking to a common theme. I am unsure if the "Do" fisherman (the symbols) is intentional or if the site added in the characters when you submitted the poem and it has yet to be brought to your attention. Regardless, great writing. I look forward to reading more from you. Welcome to the site.
(10)

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Fingerprints in dust by Thomas

This poem by Thomas was unique, creative, and a
different twist to a sad poem. His visual display was perfect!
The formatting I felt was wonderful... it gives me a floor
plan feeling of the apartment left behind two broken
hearts...Powerful!! (7 points)

I have an affinity for this poem. I thoroughly enjoy the poignant story you've created and the manner in which you've told it. It's honest. Bold. Sad. I see a lot of myself in it. By that I mean the content of the story strikes a cord with me; it seems familiar, tangible, almost like I wrote it myself. A very nice poem. (7)

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HONORABLE MENTIONS:

My Grandma Louise (Acrostic) by Maple Tree

Oct 28th by Karla

Had Been by Sathis Verma

Ye Olde Rap By Maher

Creature by Acoustic Odyssey

Jack Frost is coming (haiku) by Mr Darcy

To Make You Immortal (English Sonnet) by Ben Pickard

Apologies to Mother by Ben Pickard

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My Grandma Louise (Acrostic) by Maple Tree

Honestly, as I read this I completely forgot that it was
an acrostic, it did not feel forced or awkward at all. The
capitalizations did not feel like they were out of place
and the stanza breaks actually only enhanced the
meaning of each one. This was absolutely lovely. There's
so much love, gratitude, and kindness oozing from every
word of this - and it is both inspiring and captivating. I
really had to scrutinize this to find anything negative, and
I still don't have anything - so that is amazing. And it is a
very clear representation of both the author and the
generosity of the world. Really, in its own way, this piece
gave me hope. (10 points)
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My Grandma Louise (Acrostic) by Maple Tree

Maple Tree (Andrea) has reason to be very proud this
week having three nominated poems is no mean feat and
a testament to the great poet that she is. The Hummock
Key (Triolet), They call me the Scribbler and the
beautifully written tribute to her Grandma Louise.

I must confess that this beautiful poem by Andrea
touched my heart deeply and that's what poetry is all
about for me. Words that reach out and touch me
emotionally in some way and which conjure up beautiful
and bold images.

This lovely little poem is a wonderful tribute to the often
unsung hero's in our lives Grandma. Grandma's give so
much to their grandchildren not least unconditional
love and guidance. Grandma Louise sounds like the best
kind of Grandma and I could feel the true love and
affection flowing behind the words written by her
Granddaughter.

That single line in the poem referring to Grandma Louise
as being the - "One flower in this unique bouquet of life"
made me speechless and reminded me very much of my
own dear Grandma. If I had more points left to give they
would be sitting here on the screen right now. (4 points)
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Creature by Acoustic Odyssey

The creature comes to life within this poem!! This
piece brings it home for me with this creature tale...
its perfect for the Autumn feeling... Acoustic Odyssey
knows how to make the reader see with his words...
just awesome!! (4 points)
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Oct 28th by Karla

The opening of this poem is so direct, like hits you with
this stiff tone. I read the poem twice to digest its beautiful
depths. I love how raw and honest this poem feels.

The closing line left me just speechless. For some reason
I find so much connection with this piece..and I really
felt some sort of sadness after reading it, which
clinched onto me for a short while.

Nailed. (4 points)
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Ye Olde Rap By Maher - 7 points

Excellent rhyming and colorful visuals that bring to life
the historic travesties of witch burning. Of cold graveyard
and the whisper-less dead. A story of death and
persecution unfolds of false accusations, burning of
witches at the stake. "dark lit desires dousing every
good deed" A superbly well thought out piece well worth
the 7 points.
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Apologies to Mother by Ben Pickard - 10 Points

Ben has this week excelled himself with six
nominated poems to judge this week. (eleven
nominations and as I'm writing 40 votes over the six
this is no mean feat and is testament to the talent of
this exceptional poet) It was a difficult choice to pick just
one of Ben's poems as they are all exceptional pieces but
I chose "Apologies to Mother" for a number of reasons
not least the fact that it had racked up the most
nominations this week (six nominations and 8 votes) What
a beautiful start... rusty not rustic leaves leading onto a
sky that bled the blood of a sun the change from delight
to grief and the change in perception of what once was
soil now like grains of sand rubbing a sun burnt skin.
Ben has a talent for inspiring strong and emotional visuals
in the reader. As the poem unfurls so the spiraling
mirage of heaven is ripped away. Then the unexpected
finale a forgiveness that could never be. A brilliantly
thought out poem that takes the reader on a wonderful
emotion ride. (10 points)
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To Make You Immortal (English Sonnet) by Ben Pickard

This author usually over does their pieces, or is missing
key elements - for my taste. But this week, with this piece,
I was truly amazed by the way things seemed to work a
little more cohesively. There was an interesting use of
voice, the originality paired with the inspiration was clear
enough to convince me this was genuine work, and the
style was more suited to the concept this time. So all
of those things were fantastic to see here, and all very
well done. The opening was captivating and conclusion
did not leave me feeling like there was still more to be
said, which was great! So all in all nice work, definitely a
great example of the author's potential for the contest!
(4 points)
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Jack Frost is coming (haiku) by Mr Darcy

This piece is really quite splendid. There is a great use
of descriptive words, but without the expense of
overdoing the syllable count. For being so short, as
haiku are by nature, the author did an awesome job of
balancing out just about every aspect of this.
Very well written, I was fully entranced by the idea of
the coming season. (7 points)
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Had Been by Satish Verma

Although I enjoyed many of the poems in the running this week, I was looking for poems that felt "fresh" above all else. Poems where I couldn't immediately guess the author. You surprised me with this poem. It's fresh, yet reminds me of a series of translated haikus I stumbled upon in an old, dusty book recently. Foreign, yet nostalgic. Old and new. Well done.
(4)

**Still awaiting on one more judge's comments. Will add them as soon as it comes!

Meena...has this judge, whom you're awaiting comments from, already voted??? I mean...are all the votes in or are you waiting for some more? Any mod may answer this BTW???

Am still surprised for being in the front page. And to think I was skeptical about the poem because it's so dear to me and thought I didn't do justice as the subject of influence is a personal and delicate experience.

Am truly humbled and honored. Thanks to all that voted. To the judges and HM's God bless your endeavors. Noted @the correction. Appreciate the efforts.

Spread the love, peace and light wearing a smile.
Be merry!

Hellon, I am the sub judge! I read all of the poems, voted (on time), and am working on comments now. The last few days have been totally hectic... I will edit my comments in before I go to sleep. Working on them now. Apologies.

I think its incredibly sad when submitting comments that some people cannot give praise without giving pain and making unpleasant innuendoes that go beyond just giving a simple opinion!

Thank you judges for the past few months for helping make these contests able and for your comments.

Congratulations winners and HMs.

'a great example of the author's potential for the contest'... thank you.

Thank you to the judges for their time throughout this term.

Ben

When I asked the question there appeared to be only 4 judges who had voted...and I did count the votes. Jane...you have moderated the original post to include your comments but say you voted on time...now I'm counting 5 votes...this has altered from what Meena originally posted which led to my original enquiry...

Meena didn't include Jane's votes in the original post, was waiting for her comments to post them altogether.

Congrats to all the winners & those who picked up a HM. Thank you judges for all your hard work <3.

Also we're short two judges, so if anyonee wants to help out, shoot one of the mods a pm :)

Well..thank you Mark for clearing that up! I thought for a moment I was loosing the plot!!!

Jane's votes have changed everything around...when Meena made the original post the maths just didn't tie in with the results and..being me...I just wanted to make sure the right members were being honoured this week so....congrats winners....:)

Hellon, thank you for keeping watch. Although the matter here was resolved, it has consistently been your efforts that help police this site.

Congrats to the winners & HMs.

Thanks to the judges & you should all post your comments on your selected poems (so wonderfully compiled for you by Mark), if you choose. You are each now free to identify yourselves as you wish.

New judges start this weekend. (We are back to four) and remember not to let ANYONE know your role as judge.

Judges will be recycled today.

I do apologize for creating confusion and for making Meena's week to host more complicated than it should've been.

*Ta Da*

I just revealed myself :-)

thank you judges for your awesome comments on The poem I wrote for my Grandmother, touched my heart <3

You look adorable in your new avatar, Andrea!

Congratulations to the winners and honorable mentions :)

Aww thank you Jane!

Congratulations to the Winners and HM's! Thank you so much, Judges, for app the hardwork and efforts! Have a great day/night, everyone!

Sorry my bad...should have waited for all the results and posted..

Congrats all!

Great job all judges and mods

Well done to all involved

Congrats and well done all involved.

Thank you so much for all your hard work.