February Poem Contest

[Man Ray]

That...

Phew, that was tough but I'm in!

 

[PatCarrington]

That would be seven-o-clock EST, Mister Carrington

~anna

thank you, miss swirls.

 

[impressive]

12 more hours, people. (Geez, I hope you guys get these posted quickly. I'm SOOOO eager to read what folks did with this picture!)

 

[The Poetry Contest]

Midnight GMT between the 20th and the 21st.


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[annaswirls]

1.5 hours left!

 

[Lauren Hynde]

How many poems in so far?

 

[annaswirls]

How many poems in so far?

all of 'em

okay anna smartass go sign in as The Poetry Contest then I will let ya know

 

[minsue]

all of 'em

. .

 

[The Poetry Contest]

Contest Closed

25 in total

Threads should be open soon.

 

[Liar]

Good going, poets.

It was an inspiring picture there. It even wrung a poem out of me, and I'm not even allowed to enter.

 

[PatCarrington]

anna and liar

a poem entry was mailed to me instead of to the poetry contest.. i received it well before the dealine.

should i pm it to you, anna?

liar - i think we're putting up a thread of poems inspired by the poem but not entered in the contest. you can put yours up there. there are a few others.

 

[BooMerengue]

anna and liar

a poem entry was mailed to me instead of to the poetry contest.. i received it well before the dealine.

should i pm it to you, anna?

liar - i think we're putting up a thread of poems inspired by the poem but not entered in the contest. you can put yours up there. there are a few others.

I guess I tried 15 times and I couldn't get a poem out of that picture to save my life. It was hard. I can't wait to read what others have done...

 

[PatCarrington]

I guess I tried 15 times and I couldn't get a poem out of that picture to save my life. It was hard. I can't wait to read what others have done...

boo. if you come up with one, you can put it on the non-voting thread.

 

[BooMerengue]

boo. if you come up with one, you can put it on the non-voting thread.

lol Can I just put what I started? Like 3 or 4 lines... ??

 

[PatCarrington]

lol Can I just put what I started? Like 3 or 4 lines... ??

sure.

 

[My Erotic Tale]

lol Can I just put what I started? Like 3 or 4 lines... ??

I got one PM to me that was cute,
they didn't want to enter the contest
but was inspired by the pic, I won't
mention the name but I'll tell her
to send it to ... liar? <grin>

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Weren't there supposed to be polls?

 

[Liar]

Weren't there supposed to be polls?

No, we can read your mind, so we'll know which ones you like best.

 

[minsue]

No, we can read your mind, so we'll know which ones you like best.

Somebody got bitten by the sarcasm bug this eve....

 

[The Poetry Contest]

Weren't there supposed to be polls?

gonna put the polls up---

hey can you delete the thread for me? I thought they went up when you submitted the poll and I have to make a change


they will be up within the hour.

AS

 

[Liar]

Somebody got bitten by the sarcasm bug this eve....

What do you mean? I can read minds. But it's plain impossible to comprehend what all you wimmin are thinking, so it's not of much use.

 

[Liar]

Oh, there are polls now.

 

[The Poetry Contest]

Oh, there are polls now.

Yep--

I wanted to try to get them all up close to the same time.

Sorry for the delay got a carry me to bed request

 

[minsue]

Yep--

I wanted to try to get them all up close to the same time.

Sorry for the delay got a carry me to bed request

Oooh! Can I put in for one of those?

 

[The Poetry Contest]

The February Poem Contest Submissions are Up


Voting terms:

1. There are THREE threads.
2. Please vote on your favorite (one) poem in EACH thread.
3. The polls are public. People will be able to check to see your vote.
4. The two highest scoring poems from each thread will move on to the finals.
5. The six finalists will send their votes via to "The Poetry Contest"
6. Patrick and/or Liar will tally the votes and announce the winning poem.
7. After the winner is announced, Anna will post the names of the authors of all 24 poems.

Thank you for participating, as poets and for reading and voting on your favorite poems. It is not going to be easy, they are ALL outstanding submissions!

anna..Pat...liar
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