Weekly Contest Results Monday May 10th

Good morning everyone,
Let me start by thanking our judges who are so committed and
without fail take time out each week to read each and every poem
as well as leave a detailed comment. Congrats to our front page winners
Violet Raven, Obscure and hiraeth and those who received a HM: Cam M,
Poet on the Piano and hiraeth, well done everyone!

WINNERS//:

Secret paths (Haiku) by Violet Raven (10 points)

the bare minimum by hiraeth (10 points)

Smoke by Obscure (7 points)

COMMENTS//:

Secret paths (Haiku) by Violet Raven (10 points)

I can visualize the sun beaming down upon a woodland trail
where leaves lay (so pretty, the visuals in this line are breath
taking). Footsteps crunch- is very powerful and as the reader
I can hear this. Inhaling and exhaling is a very powerful and
positive form of meditation while walking in the woods. This
Haiku is beautiful!!
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the bare minimum by hiraeth (10 points)

If I am being honest, I could have chosen to highlight any of this
poet’s nominated works. His poems are like Azaleas, they never fail
to please. The imagery of the colored varieties was a treat for the
mind. This highlighted the fact that, arguably, the yellow variety is
the muted one, but promises so much more -this symbolism was not
lost on me. I liked the home depot scene, and despite myself, I
chuckled as eyes met across a brandished rake. We often read too
much into life, instead of just living it. If you want that second spring,
you need to break the silence.
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Smoke by Obscure (7 points)

Without smoke there’s no fire. We live in a world that hungers for more:
more land, more wealth, more power… Reading this thought-provoking
poem made me think the World’s chaos, hurtling full speed into an abyss.
It should be no wonder why many would ‘sit in smoke filled bathrooms…’
and contemplate an escape. In dreams we escape the darkness and so place
another plaster over the wounds – the trouble with dreams, when we wake,
we realise that it is not the world destruction we are trying to blot out but
our own: "I had the world and wasted it in pain I followed dreams, now
nothing else remains."

HM’s//:

Sevenes Song (for Amelia) by Cam M (7 points)

post-it on a mirror by hiraeth (4 points)

Smother by Poet on the Piano (4 points)

COMMENTS//:

Sevenes Song (for Amelie) by Cam M (7 points)

Oh this couplet rhyming poem is elegant and fresh!
It has a bit if sorrow to it, honoring a precious and beautiful
person. The word usage is just brilliant and I cant say enough
about this piece!!
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post-it on a mirror by hiraeth (4 points)

"Mourning" <--------- Powerful key word to this lovely poem,
double meaning.. morning to rise anew and to mourn the loss of
a precious love... Oh the ache I feel in this poem is just wow!

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Smother by Poet on the Piano (4 points)

As I write this, I bite into another custard cream, hmmm, nice! I guess
it could have been a ‘…pan of danish’ and, I guess, I may have felt ‘guilt’
guilt for feeling that I deserve anything other than survival, let alone,
‘something special’. I can’t imagine feeling this way, but this poet allows
you to walk in her shoes. To want ‘emptiness’ more that ‘comforts’
made me search for the “why?” What does empty offer? Is it some form
of self-punishment for the regrets of not doing more – does ‘wishing
I could do more’ and never solving the ‘insolvable’ create a vicious
self-loathing circle? The truth is never in the unravelling of the poet’s
mind, but the acceptance that there comes a time where letting go will
allow one to kick to the surface of possible.

Thank you Meena for your time - this really is a welcome highlight. I'd like to congratulate our 3 winners this week as well as those who were awarded an crisp HM. Finally, big love goes out to our judges who continue to volunteer their time, wisdom and votes.

Congratulations, Winners and HMs! Thank you to Meena for hosting and the judges for all of their time. Wonderful poetry this week :)

Well done to all