Weekly Contest Results Monday June 8th

Good Morning Everyone,
A big thank you to our three judges for their time and effort! Congrats
to our front page Winners: Hellon, Star and Sherry Caayupan. The site
had to break a tie between Sherry Caayupan’s poem: A Golden Morrow
and The Uninvited Guest by hiraeth who received 10 points each.
Congrats to the others who got a HM’s: Ben Pickard, hiraeth, Poet on
the Piano and Obscure. Well done everyone!

WINNERS://:

Glencoe (Haiku) by Hellon (7+10)

subtle truth by Star (4+7)

A Golden Morrow by Sherry Caayupan (10)

COMMENTS:\\:

Glencoe (Haiku) by Hellon (7 points)

Hellon has made a short but bittersweet piece this week and
done Glencoe some justice. I remember travelling through once as
a child and vowing to myself I'd go back as an adult, I've not had the
chance so far but one day I will. Beautiful scene set.

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Glencoe (Haiku) by Hellon (10 points)

I can’t get enough of this beautiful Haiku!
The visuals are breath taking, and peaceful.
Just beautiful!
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subtle truth by Star (4 points)

This shouts to me that the walls are listening and it reminds me of
what my mum always said "if only walls could hear, they'd have a lot
to say" and isn't that the truth? I know it's probably nothing to do with
that but I love poetry that makes me think of the past and the good
memories of my childhood so thank you star.
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subtle truth by Star (7 points)

The elegant way this writer intertwined the
Harry Potter reference into this poem was really fun
and powerful, to display the message!!
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A Golden Morrow by Sherry Caayupan (10 points)

This piece was such a beautiful, majestic one and I could picture
myself at the scene, watching the dragonflies and fireflies and all
the other creatures; it would be a lovely place to unwind after a
busy week.. Just listening and watching possibly with a book and
a glass of something strong taking time out for oneself to rejuvenate.
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HM’s://:

The Uninvited Guest by hiraeth (10)

Departure by Obscure (4)

Love blooms. by Poet on the Piano (4 )

still life (syntuit) by Ben Pickard (7 )

COMMENTS://:

The Uninvited Guest by hiraeth (10 points)

Occasionally a poem comes along that stands out above the rest.
If there were a Poems and Quotes ‘poem of the year’ contest this would,
in my opinion, win! Still, here we are and here it is, a well-crafted and
extremely creative piece of writing. It is Hannibal Lecter meets Interview
with a vampire and so much more. It has depth and dark humour. It has
mystery and sentiment garnished with new world guilt. I simply cannot
praise this more, if it were lamb, I would devour my bloody plate clean and
curse at its brevity. I will now console myself in the knowledge that it is now,
forever, part of me.
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Departure by Obscure (4 points)

This is beautifully written and sad.
Its peaceful and the nature tones
are outstanding!!
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Love blooms. by Poet on the Piano (4 points)

Love poetry is maybe the most common type there is. Does this mean
its overused or does this mean there is more love in the world than
hate? Love is not prejudice, nor is it unkind. It is an emotion that keeps
this world from imploding and gives us all commonality. This poem is
about love between two, but would it matter if there were a third or more?
That is not a question for me to answer but love is a connector and like
Lego, all pieces can fit and you can make a whole lot of good with it.
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still life (syntuit) by Ben Pickard (7 points)

Why write a book when an essay will do? Why write a Chapter when a
sentence will do? Why write unnecessary words when selected ones will
do. This haiku type that we, on this site, refer to as a ‘syntuit’ is one where
a poet can write fewer restrictions, meaning they can free their mind and
create. The scene simply depicts a road traffic accident, but the way this is
accomplished is where the drama colours our minds and moves. The title
‘still life’ is clever, a life that is not moving, but also, art where a moment
is captured. The next line ‘tail bent and buckled’ this split my perspective –
tail of the car and tail of the creature, perhaps? The fact this works on two
levels makes the line work so much better and manages to paint more with
less. Line 2 ‘body painted with tyre marks’ the way the writer lays out the
gore with a brush lends itself back to the title and the tyre marks brings
the image of speed, drama and bloodshed to the page. This then ends, like
all haiku types should with a line to make a statement – I entitle it
‘ Roadside’s red canvas’

Thank you Judge for what's probably the kindest feedback I ever got. Thank you to all those who judged, congrats to all the winners and those who picked up a HM! Thnak you Meena for hosting!

Congratulations to the winners and HMs, thank to the judges and to Meena. Well done everyone :)

Congrats to the winners, Star, Sherry & Hellon (great haiku!)
Good work also to the honorary mentions.
Thanks to the judges & to Meena for posting.

Many thanks to the judge for the vote, and congrats to all! Thank you judges for your time. And thanks to Meena for hosting.

Thank you, Meena for hosting and thanks, too for our judges. Congratulations for our winners and those whose poems are now adorned with a crisp blue 'HM'!

Wow! I'm totally gobsmacked. Congrats to Star and Sherry and to all the HMs. Thanks judges for your comments, Glencoe is such a beautiful place that I fear I didn't do it justice but, I'm so glad you liked it. Thanks to whoever nominated it, I didn't visit the nomination page so I'm not sure who it was. Also, thank you Meena for hosting this week.

Thank you for your kind words judges :) Congrats Hellon and Sherry! Also the HMs really great writing this week!!
Thanks for your time judges and Meena :)

Congratulations winners!