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Just a small town girl ... with an old soul and a young heart ...

I was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, grew up in Iola, Wisconsin and currently live in Big Falls, Wisconsin... In my spare time, I enjoy writing poetry and researching our family history in order to preserve it for and to share it with future generations.

My poems have been published in every edition of Poetry Soup's anthologies, as well as various others.

In 2019, my poem, 'The Hollow', was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It appeared in their school textbooks, audiobooks and online learning materials.

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My Last Contest

Blog Posted:1/26/2015 2:48:00 PM

I just want everyone to know that my next contest will be my last, because my premium membership is expiring soon.

It has been an honor and a privilege to judge the writings of such talented poets. I've had a lot of fun trying to come up with interesting contest ideas and themes that would inspire you to pick up your pens and write.

Thank you all for making this a great experience for me.

I would also like to apologize if I ever upset anyone with my decisions as a judge. I wanted to judge my contests as fairly and honestly as possible. It was never my intention to hurt anyone's feelings.

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James
Horn

Date: 6/4/2015 10:21:00 AM

Kelly, I forwarded the info on your uncle to poetrysoup@poetrysoup.com If I had your email address, I could email it directly to you. My email address is jthorn5656@atmc.net

Kelly Deschler
Date: 6/5/2015 2:28:00 PM

I will send you a Soup Mail with my email address shortly...

James Horn
Date: 6/4/2015 10:23:00 AM

My other email address is jthorn5656@gmail.com I would have to use to forward info about your uncle to. Jim Horn

Skat
A

Date: 1/31/2015 1:14:00 AM

Kelly, you are one of my favorites on this site. No need to apologize, for being honest and sweet. Have a nice day. SKAT

Kelly Deschler
Date: 1/31/2015 3:33:00 PM

Thank you, SKAT. You've always been one of my favorites, too. I hope you have a great weekend :)

Jan
Allison

Date: 1/29/2015 6:39:00 PM

Kelly I have always found you to be an extremely fair judge and I have been so so delighted when I have placed in your contests. I am yet to be brave enough to host a contest - I did co-host one which Darren set up on our Jadazzle United page but sadly it still remains un-judged due to Darren's ongoing health issues. I hope you renew your PM and bring us some more inspirational contests in the future:-) Hugs Jan xxx

Kelly Deschler
Date: 1/30/2015 1:33:00 AM

Thank you so much, Jan. I have missed Darren being here. I hope he is getting better and will return soon... You should try hosting a contest, Jan. There may be someone who is unhappy with their placement every now and then, but you can't let it bother you. Some people just take the contests too seriously, instead of having fun and enjoying it... I should be able to renew my PM very soon. Hugs :)

Nette
Onclaud

Date: 1/29/2015 4:08:00 PM

you are great, Kelly.. i hope you will renew your PM; your contests are inspiring.. huggs

Kelly Deschler
Date: 1/30/2015 1:36:00 AM

Thank you, Nette. I should be able to renew my membership very soon. Hugs :)

Constance
La France

Date: 1/28/2015 9:02:00 AM

Kelly sorry that you will no longer be able to sponsor contests, judging is a difficult job for sure, I would love to enter your last one but honestly 1 do not recognize any of the contests mentioned, I have sort of been out of the picture for awhile ~~

Kelly Deschler
Date: 1/28/2015 12:05:00 PM

I'm really sorry that you are unable to enter my last contest. I understand why and I think that I could have chosen a better theme for the contest. I want to renew my membership soon and I would love to have you participating in my future contests.

Paul
Callus

Date: 1/28/2015 7:58:00 AM

Hi Kelly! Thank you for the inspiration you have been to us! You are a fair judge and I hope that your contests will be available to us again in the very near future. On a personal note....thank you for your friendship and collaboration. You are a sweet and lovely person. hugs // paul

Kelly Deschler
Date: 1/28/2015 11:57:00 AM

Hi Paul! You're very welcome. I would like to continue sponsoring contests in the near future. It has been a pleasure to do so, these last 12 months. Until then, I will continue to post poems, comment and collaborate with kind people like you, my friend. hugs :)

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 1/27/2015 10:51:00 PM

I hope you can do contests again one day because you are a sweet poet and judge. Let me check out this last contest of yours!!

Kelly Deschler
Date: 1/28/2015 1:07:00 AM

Thanks, Andrea. These last 12 months have been fun and I am going to miss being a judge. I will try to renew my membership soon :)

Isaiah
Zerbst

Date: 1/27/2015 12:20:00 PM

I must say I am quite saddened by this news, Kelly. Every contest of yours I have entered has been a wonderful experience, and no matter how I placed I respect and admire the decisions you made as a contest judge. You came up with wonderful ideas and themes for your contest, and you may be sure that I will miss them. Hope you can do them again sometime soon.

Kelly Deschler
Date: 1/27/2015 2:43:00 PM

I hope so too, Isaiah. It is so good to hear that my contests were enjoyed. It has always been a pleasure to have you in them. I do feel sad that my membership is ending, because I have really enjoyed being a judge. I'm sure that I will have another chance to do more contests one day.

Lei
Strauss

Date: 1/27/2015 3:55:00 AM

I feel so sorry knowing about this... Hope that you'll renew it :)

Kelly Deschler
Date: 1/27/2015 11:34:00 AM

It's okay, I will renew it someday, Lei :)

Carrie
Richards

Date: 1/26/2015 7:51:00 PM

Thank you for inspiring poetry with your contest ideas, Kelly !! Best Wishes to you!!

Kelly Deschler
Date: 1/26/2015 11:15:00 PM

Thanks, Carrie. It was always enjoyable and interesting to read the many different interpretations of one theme.

Rob
Carmack

Date: 1/26/2015 3:06:00 PM

Sorry to read that your membership is expiring. Hopefully you can renew it soon. From what you wrote in your Bio section, it is evident that you had no malice in regards to your placements. With every entry we make, we run the risk of N/A or some other perceived 'wrong'. That is just the way it is, if we get angry, then we will have to get over it or not. I just got done with my first contest, and the judging was more difficult than I assumed. Some may be upset, but you cant always please everyone. We all have bias, I eliminated some of that by judging blind. It is nice that you gave an unnecessary apology, it says a lot about you character, and it is consistent with your bio info.

Kelly Deschler
Date: 1/26/2015 5:25:00 PM

Sometimes, people would include their names even when I asked them not to. But, I still judged the poem alone and nothing more.

Rob Carmack
Date: 1/26/2015 3:58:00 PM

Thanks Kelly. I am not a very sensitive person, so the negatives should continue to roll right off. I agree, blind judging is best. It helps to negate reciprocity.

Kelly Deschler
Date: 1/26/2015 3:45:00 PM

I would like to renew my membership one day. I just can't afford to right now... I wish you all the best with your contests, Rob. Judging is not an easy thing to do. I ask for no names, because it is the fairest way to judge. I was very nervous about posting the results of my first contest. But, I knew there was no way to please everyone and someone is always going to be unhappy... I can give you the best advice that I received: Just let the negatives roll right off your back and judge how you want to judge. It is your contest, after all!

My Past Blog Posts


My Last Contest Date Posted: 1/26/2015 2:48:00 PM
Stand By Me - Contest Winners Date Posted: 1/24/2015 5:45:00 PM
Christmas Past, Present or Future - Contest Winners Date Posted: 1/9/2015 5:47:00 PM
I Love Rock N' Roll - Contest Winners Date Posted: 12/8/2014 9:13:00 PM
Ghost Stories - Contest Winners Date Posted: 11/4/2014 8:56:00 PM
Inspiration From The Past - Ghost Stories Contest Date Posted: 10/16/2014 1:03:00 AM
The Raven - Contest Winners Date Posted: 10/13/2014 5:26:00 PM
Summer's End - Contest Winners Date Posted: 9/16/2014 7:12:00 PM
Night Owl - Contest Winners Date Posted: 8/24/2014 9:10:00 PM
Not Just Any Old Quatrain - Contest Winners Date Posted: 7/27/2014 7:35:00 PM
The Midnight Hour - Contest Winners Date Posted: 6/29/2014 5:50:00 PM
The Butterfly Flutters By - Contest Winners Date Posted: 6/3/2014 8:01:00 PM
"Just Down The Road" Contest Winners! Date Posted: 5/18/2014 6:57:00 PM
Just A Question Date Posted: 5/9/2014 10:04:00 PM
"Poems About Poetry" Contest Winners! Date Posted: 5/2/2014 10:02:00 PM
"Men Only" Contest Winners! Date Posted: 4/23/2014 9:45:00 PM
"Women Only" Contest Winners! Date Posted: 4/14/2014 11:46:00 PM
"Every Rose Has It's Thorn" Contest Winners! Date Posted: 3/31/2014 4:49:00 PM
"Heart And Soul" Contest Winners Date Posted: 3/18/2014 2:57:00 PM
Thank You Date Posted: 3/10/2014 2:37:00 PM

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4/18/2024	That was Then, This is Now	Rhyme	age,appreciation,fun,musi
4/17/2024	Yellow	Rhyme	appreciation,cheer up,col
4/16/2024	Dead Reckoning	Rhyme	death,grave,hurt,motivati
4/10/2024	Write	Pantoum	crazy,inspiration,night,p
3/31/2024	Vanish	Pantoum	anger,day,family,life,soc
3/30/2024	Revenge is Sweet	Rhyme	anti bullying,bullying,ch
3/23/2024	The Thunder	Personification	nature,rain,sky,sound,sto
3/23/2024	Blue	Rhyme	appreciation,blue,color,m
3/20/2024	Utterly	Rhyme	death,life,poems,poetry,p
3/18/2024	The Unicorn	Rhyme	animal,fantasy,horse,magi
3/11/2024	Tomb	Rhyme	celebrity,death,grave,mem
3/10/2024	The Monster Under The Bed	Rhyme	childhood,dark,fear,myste
3/9/2024	Perfectly Frank	Rhyme	celebrity,character,heart
3/1/2024	Momma Did	Rhyme	care,food,heart,love,mom,
2/21/2024	It Started With A Blank Canvas	Free verse	art,birth,death,future,gi
2/17/2024	Seasons of Me	Rhyme	autumn,fun,me,seasons,spr
2/13/2024	Little Miss Muffet	Rhyme	anger,dark,fear,food,girl
2/11/2024	Love	Rhyme	heart,inspirational love,
2/10/2024	There is a Darkness	Rhyme	courage,dark,fear,light,m
2/5/2024	Little Boys	Pantoum	boy,car,child,childhood,d
1/31/2024	Little Girls	Pantoum	cat,child,childhood,for h
1/29/2024	Come Fly With Me	Quatern	books,dream,flying,freedo
1/11/2024	Into The Blue	Rhyme	boat,death,goodbye,histor
1/8/2024	Somewhere	Rhyme	home,hope,rainbow,sky,son
1/6/2024	Life is a Song	Rhyme	analogy,dance,inspiration
12/28/2023	Time and Time Again	Rhyme	eve,holiday,new year,new
12/26/2023	Good Enough	Rhyme	inspiration,poems,poetry,
12/20/2023	I Saw Santa Claus	Rhyme	character,christmas,decem
11/27/2023	Meet Me There	Rhyme	death,family,friend,heave
11/19/2023	Come November	Rhyme	autumn,light,nature,novem
11/13/2023	Poetry Was Born	Rhyme	art,birth,inspiration,nat
11/8/2023	Brick By Brick	Rhyme	child,childhood,children,
10/28/2023	Spellbound	Rhyme	appreciation,flying,hallo
10/22/2023	The Alien	Rhyme	earth,mystery,myth,planet
10/16/2023	You Didn't Know Me	Rhyme	death,lonely,me,mystery,p
10/13/2023	Go, Go, Go	Rhyme	appreciation,car,change,j
9/25/2023	She Walks In Darkness	Verse	dark,gothic,house,mystery
9/22/2023	The Unique Antique Shoppe	Rhyme	age,appreciation,characte
9/13/2023	All My Faults	Rhyme	body,introspection,journe
8/23/2023	Waiting On September	Rhyme	august,autumn,nature,sept
8/16/2023	The County Fair	Rhyme	family,farm,food,fun,game
8/11/2023	Free-Floating	Free verse	nature,sky,solitude,sound
8/2/2023	Over White Waters	Rhyme	boat,courage,fate,life,me
7/15/2023	Kind of Blue	Rhyme	blue,color,heart,heartbre
7/9/2023	One Sunflower Bloomed	Narrative	farm,flower,garden,hope,o
7/1/2023	On One July Night	Rhyme	america,celebration,firew
6/27/2023	In the Hazy Light	Free verse	color,light,mountains,nat
6/22/2023	Bones Ache Yet Heart Sings	Rhyme	body,dance,heart,music,pa
6/21/2023	New Moon	Sonnet	change,day,moon,moving on
6/18/2023	The Root of It All	Rhyme	death,inspirational,life,
6/8/2023	I'd Like a Little Summer	Rhyme	appreciation,august,july,
6/2/2023	I Hear He's a Winner	Rhyme	death,health,leadership,p
5/20/2023	At Midnight	Rhyme	inspiration,muse,night,po
5/16/2023	Poetry and Popcorn	Free verse	analogy,food,how i feel,p
5/10/2023	Knock, Knock	Haiku	bird,confusion,humor,humo
5/10/2023	Woe Is Me	Rhyme	blue,cry,fate,how i feel,
4/29/2023	I Was Here	Other	art,character,encouraging
4/27/2023	Nothin' To Do	Rhyme	lost,night,places,poems,p
4/26/2023	The Listening	Rhyme	appreciation,nature,river
4/18/2023	Springtime In Salem	Rhyme	america,history,magic,mys
4/4/2023	Me and Ewe	Rhyme	animal,farm,friend,friend
4/2/2023	The Rich Man, the Poor Man	Carpe Diem	analogy,happiness,men,mon
3/29/2023	La La La - Nursery Rhyme	Rhyme	children,fun,kid,music,nu
3/11/2023	The Little Green Worm - Nursery Rhyme	Rhyme	bird,fear,green,insect,na
2/22/2023	Stay	Rhyme	death,family,happiness,li
2/13/2023	Remember Child	Rhyme	child,fun,life,my child,r
2/11/2023	Under the Shine of the Moon	Rhyme	light,love,moon,night,rom
2/1/2023	Winter's Wake	Haiku	morning,snow,spring,storm
1/29/2023	Frosty Flurries Flourish	Alliteration	january,nature,snow,storm
1/12/2023	The Road To Heaven	Metrical Tale	encouraging,endurance,hea
1/2/2023	All She Wrote	Rhyme	art,heart,meaningful,poet
12/28/2022	The Littlest Snowman	Rhyme	boy,brother,children,kid,
12/12/2022	Dot To Dot	Rhyme	childhood,fun,games,math,
12/9/2022	That Small Town Christmas Spirit	Free verse	childhood,christmas,commu
12/6/2022	Home Sweet Home	Rhyme	candy,christmas,dream,fan
11/29/2022	Merry Christmas, Mr Scrooge	Rhyme	cheer up,christmas,happy,
11/26/2022	Don'T Quit Your Daydream	Rhyme	dream,encouraging,inspira
11/12/2022	Lost Thoughts	Rhyme	feelings,lost,mystery,sad
11/10/2022	Little Did I Know	Rhyme	autumn,care,inspirational
11/8/2022	Weep Willow Weep	Monorhyme	change,cry,nature,seasons
10/31/2022	A Happy All Hallow's Eve	Rhyme	candy,eve,fun,halloween,h
10/27/2022	Dear Frank	Free verse	christmas,fate,loss,music
10/25/2022	Sad Songs	Free verse	blue,lonely,music,nostalg
10/19/2022	One Good Scare	Rhyme	fear,film,halloween,holid
10/16/2022	You Do What You Do	Lyric	appreciation,heart,music,
10/12/2022	The Gumball Machine	Free verse	candy,childhood,color,fun
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9/20/2022	I Wandered Lonely As a Star	Lyric	loneliness,lonely,night,s
9/15/2022	Candy Corn Cravings	Free verse	autumn,candy,desire,food,
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7/1/2022	Firecracker	Quatrain	america,firework,freedom,
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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Vampire	Free verse	betrayal,lust,metaphor,
Last Summer of the Lonely Widow	Sonnet	loneliness,
Change of Season	Couplet	lost love,sad love,
Love's Rose	Free verse	romance,rose,
Perception	Free verse	abuse,analogy,art,dedicat
The Lady of Whitelace Castle	Rhyme	fantasy,imagination,lost
Unloved	Acrostic	heart,heart,
- Do Not Hide Your Tears -	Shape	cry,
Moon Is My Muse	Sonnet	beauty,moon,snow,earth,mo
Girl, Interrupted	Dramatic Verse	absence,abuse,change,depr
Deep and Dark Poets	Free verse	anti bullying,blue,cry,da
Cold Moon	Free verse	romance,
Deceased Heart	Free verse	dark,universe,
It Matters Not	Quatrain	dark,lost love,
Love Poem For a Witch	Free verse	beauty,dark,love,magic,,s
Dracula Castle	Free verse	sad,
O Love, My Love	Quatrain	life,love,romance,romanti
Tribute To All Poets	I do not know?	character,universe,
Beating Love	Free verse	romance,romantic,
The Flight of Tempest Reigned	Ballad	analogy,deep,devotion,fee
Verses of the Poet	Rhyme	imagery,poetry,
Sheol	Dramatic Verse	abuse,dark,evil,fantasy,f
Another Life	Couplet	feelings,longing,love,tog
Leaf	Sonnet	memory,nature,
The Broken Doll	Free verse	abuse,childhood,conflict,
Upon Further Reflection	Rhyme	relationship,
Answer Love	Free verse	romance,
I Can Not Change	Free verse	change,
Shimmering Darkness-Collab	Rhyme	absence,analogy,angel,
Halloween's Mask of Comfort	Rhyme	desire,halloween,
Midnight Poet	Free verse	addiction,character,devot
Poet Convention 2014	Free verse	celebration,character,ded
The Blood Stained Bridge	Heroic Couplet	allegory,
Say It Ain'T So	Light Verse	death,poetry,time,
In the Dark of Night	Light Verse	dark,december,
Where It Begun	Rhyme	death,life,nature,
When the Poetry Fades Away	I do not know?	angel,baby,jesus,love,
Alice Through the Looking Glass	Narrative	death,life,old,
Flickering Shadows	Free verse	adventure,
Umbrella	Dramatic Monologue	beautiful,cry,rain,
The Vampire	Free verse	dark,evil,fantasy,gothic,
Voices In My Head	Rhyme	crazy,music,
A Night At the Desolate Harbor	Free verse	death of a friend,memory,
Poet's Spirit, Warrior's Heart	Rhyme	love,song,spiritual,unive
Poetry Pillar	Ode	beauty,creation,desire,lo
I Am	Free verse	introspection,
Halloween Fun	Free verse	halloween,
Edgar's Ink	Rhyme	dark,dedication,evil,fant
The Last Leaf	Light Verse	autumn,beauty,nature,
One Autumn Night	Free verse	autumn,beauty,night,
Approach Me Slow Or I Will Go	Rhyme	love,
Mysterious Beauty	Free verse	beauty,love,
My Lunar Cycle	Free verse	life,
A Well-Known Stranger	Rhyme	absence,assonance,feeling
Love Never Fades	Rhyme	longing,love,
One Autumn Night	Rhyme	autumn,beautiful,beauty,n
A Dance In the Dark	Free verse	farewell,first love,longi
The Wintered Soul Among Wisteria	Sonnet	grief,
Images of Feathers	Alliteration	allusion,devotion,lonelin
The Tenderest of the Roses	Light Verse	rose,
The Journal	Free verse	adventure,art,history,ima
Atlantis	Epic	beautiful,fire,grave,imag
A Child's Christmas	Rhyme	christmas,
Middle Earth	Free verse	dream,earth,moon,stars,un
Thunder Rolls	Free verse	nature,
Scintillating Snowflakes	Alliteration	winter,
Murdered By My Own Shadow	Light Verse	dark,fantasy,murder,myste
Forgive and Forget	Free verse	forgiveness,
Sight, Sound and Scent	Free verse	christmas,holiday,
Sinister Encounter	Rhyme	angst,bird,lost love,
At the Final Goodbye	Free verse	death,love,
Innocence	Free verse	childhood,flower,simple,
Winter Days	Verse	snow,winter,
Fall's Bench Glows	Rhyme	autumn,devotion,places,
Cricket's Song	Verse	animal,eve,
Hunger	Free verse	romance,romantic,
The Raven	Rhyme	death,
Grave-Side Service	Tanka	funeral,
The Ballad of the Poet	Ballad	beauty,death,deep,emo,emo
Beauty	Free verse	romance,romantic,
A Butterfly Inside	Lyric	butterfly,death,freedom,m
I Found a Girlfriend	Light Verse	beauty,cute love,grave,hu
Omens Outlived	Epic	courage,desire,devotion,e
Macaulay Culkin	Clerihew	character,
Secrets In a Storm	Blank verse	freedom,storm,weather,
In Every Outcry	Dramatic Verse	abuse,angst,conflict,free
A Journey Through Eternity	Rhyme	anger,future,happiness,ho
I'Ll Hold Your Hand	Verse	husband,life,love,wife,
Santa's Special Delivery: a Collab	Prose	granddaughter,grandfather
Spend the Day With Poetry	Free verse	poetry,
Wolf Moon	Haiku	lonely,
The Fallen Poet	Free verse	absence,confusion,depress
Purples	Cinquain	beauty,
Kiss the Wind	Light Verse	deep,dream,lost love,love
Peace To All Out There In the Darkness	Ballad	poetry,
Under the Stars - the Compound Word Verse	Verse	love,romance,stars,
Boy Oh Boy and a Girl	Rhyme	adventure,boy,childhood,c
Lucky Star	Free verse	romance,romantic,
One Autumn Night	Monorhyme	autumn,love,
The Paper	Free verse	farewell,