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Are You Curious?

Blog Posted:2/19/2022 8:56:00 AM

I have been wondering how PoetrySoup ranks winning poems in non-premium contests. I am assuming that sponsors select placements (1,2,3, etc.) but do not rank within placements. I have chosen a recent winning list from Brian's contest as an example. I chose this because Brian has a larger population under first place and it's easier to see the pattern in a larger population. Here is my obeservation: Once the sponsor selects names under first place, PoetrySoup sorts (does not rank) the winners by first name. After that a few names are randomly reshuffled so that the sorting by first name is not obvious. To verify, I removed the names that are out of place (not in aplha order by first name) and saw that remaining list is sorted in alpha order by first name. This is not an opinion blog. If you comment, please follow the steps I suggested, and share what you see. This is not about merits of placement--this blog is only about how winners are listed under a chosen rank. Just sharing my observation. No disrespect to anyone. Of course, there may be another explanation.

1	Hawaii's mocking parody - hiku	Hilo Poet
1	Compose	Andrea Dietrich
1	ASLEEP	Anisha Dutta
1	WINTER HAIKU	Ann Gilmour
1	voice of glory	Gregory Richard Barden
1	CHILD'S THANKSGIVING	Beata Agustin
1	The Blockaders	James Marshall Goff
1	Somewhere Over the Rainbow	Carol Mitra
1	autumn at hand	Christuraj Alex
1	Shock diagnosis	Richard Tipping
1	again and again	Constance La France
1	Winter Canvas	Debra L Brown
1	Dappled Winds	Sam Kauffman
1	Bank Robbers	Edward Ibeh
1	Land of my Fathers	Wendy Watson
1	Knife's Edge	Emile Pinet
1	School Closed	Eve Roper
1	A mother's love	Farah Diba Pastor
1	Spring's Arrival	Frederic Parker
1	Snow moon	Rama Balasubramanian
1	when dewdrops run dry	JCB Brul
1	Nostalgia	John Read
1	insecurity	karen croft
1	Acquittal Clock	Sotto Poet
1	The Poet And The Doctor	L. J. Carber
1	BELOVED CHAOS	Line Gauthier
1	Autumn Years	Regina McIntosh
1	Innocence All Too Fleeting	Robert Gorelick
1	'Shorty'	Robert L. Hinshaw
1	My Avocado Fridge	Sandra Haight
1	Melting In Bay Of Bliss	Subimal Sinha-Roy
1	A Whimsical Dream	Valsa George

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Valsa
George

Date: 3/17/2022 5:24:00 AM

Initially I was a little dejected seeing my name always at the bottom. Later I noticed that each poet had almost a certain position in the list. So I knew there must be some logic. Now I understand it fully !Thank you Vijay for explaining ! Also Congratulations on your great honor !

Valsa George
Date: 3/17/2022 7:17:00 AM

Once again thanks Vijay !

Vijay Pandit
Date: 3/17/2022 5:35:00 AM

I felt that way too until I figured out --some time ago--long before I wrote this blog. Exactly the reason I wanted you to read this blog. Thanks for reading and commenting.

Sam
Kauffman

Date: 2/26/2022 8:51:00 PM

Thanks Vijay! I was curious! Now it all makes sense. Congrats on your #1 new poem. So happy for this honor for you. Blessings!

Vijay Pandit
Date: 2/27/2022 2:32:00 PM

Many thanks, Sam, for reading my blog and commenting. Much appreciate.

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 2/20/2022 9:34:00 PM

Hey, congrats on your number one poem on best new poems list!

Vijay Pandit
Date: 2/21/2022 4:27:00 AM

Thanks Andrea.

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 2/20/2022 9:26:00 PM

I think you are right about this. Because I have an A name, i always am close to the top when I have one of the first place wins . it is a little bit embarrassing because I think people do not realize that the judges have nothing to do with this. it's totally going by whatever system Soup is using.

Vijay Pandit
Date: 2/21/2022 6:17:00 AM

Much elegance to your humble comment Ani. I enjoy reading your poems and know you are talented--nothing to be embarrassed about.

Anitha Jayasankar
Date: 2/21/2022 6:08:00 AM

Same with me too Ria... It is a bit embarrassing for me too, as my name too starts with "A"

Vijay Pandit
Date: 2/21/2022 4:26:00 AM

You have nothing to be embarrassed of Andrea. You are among TOP talents here and would be ranked high any way. Once people know poems are just sorted not ranked, they won't feel uneasy about the process. Thank you Andrea for taking the time to read and commenting.

Rama
Balasubramanian

Date: 2/20/2022 4:19:00 AM

I thought Brian ordered them alphabetically. Maybe you are right. Good observation!

Vijay Pandit
Date: 2/20/2022 8:27:00 AM

No Brian does not do that--I know that for sure. Thank you Rama for reading my blog and commenting.

Anitha
Jayasankar

Date: 2/19/2022 9:50:00 PM

Vijayji, just read your blog... Once, I have wondered how it all works, the ranking or sorting...but am actually not sure. I just enter contests for fun and inspiration, and enjoy writing for them... Maybe, those who sponsor lots of contests here, would be able to share their opinions better... God bless... ~ Ani

Vijay Pandit
Date: 2/20/2022 8:31:00 AM

Thank you Ani for taking the time to read my blog. The sorting is done by computer program--the logic for doing that is assigned by Poetry Soup.

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Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
5/6/2024	Mountebank	Rhyme	betrayal,
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4/25/2024	Confidence	Rhyme	confidence,
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4/18/2024	Anomie	Free verse	community,perspective,
4/16/2024	A Time to Reflect	Rhyme	introspection,life,memory
4/8/2024	Blame	Rhyme	life,loss,meaningful,
3/31/2024	Wounded Sigh	Verse	angst,grief,lost love,
3/29/2024	Ethereal Lanterns	Verse	inspirational,meaningful,
3/20/2024	Spring Sonata	Free verse	flower,imagery,spring,
3/17/2024	Air	Rhyme	nature,
3/13/2024	Souls Cry	Rhyme	heartbroken,lost love,
3/10/2024	Is Your Today, Better Than Yesterday?	Verse	life,meaningful,
3/9/2024	A World Without War	Rhyme	peace,war,
3/6/2024	O, Time	Personification	time,
3/2/2024	Mothers Love, Inimitable and True	Rhyme	mother,tribute,
2/26/2024	Narrow Margin	Verse	life,perspective,
2/23/2024	It Started With a Blank Canvas	Verse	life,metaphor,
2/19/2024	Four Seasons	Rhyme	imagery,seasons,
2/11/2024	Take Me to Xanadu	Verse	love,romantic,
2/11/2024	Pearl of the Orient	Rhyme	culture,nature,people,pla
2/6/2024	Why Do Stars Fall From the Sky	Quatern	romantic,
2/3/2024	Inner Sanctum	Rhyme	deep,peace,spiritual,
1/31/2024	Fable of the Night	Ghazal	romantic,
1/27/2024	Dream Come True - ITQ	Quatorzain	romantic,
1/12/2024	Winter Magic	Rhyme	imagery,winter,
1/6/2024	Life Is a Song	Rhyme	life,meaningful,
12/31/2023	Desperate Hope	Rhyme	hope,inspiration,love,
12/29/2023	Benevolence of Forgiveness	Rhyme	forgiveness,meaningful,
12/26/2023	Entertainer-Anacreontic Couplets	Couplet	dance,desire,
12/22/2023	Themes Enamored	Verse	eve,romantic,
12/16/2023	Day Full of Snow	Quatern	autumn,snow,winter,
12/9/2023	Quest of Allure Romantic	Verse	romantic,sensual,
12/6/2023	Autumn Delights - Constanza	Rhyme	autumn,emotions,imagery,
12/2/2023	The Vanity of Pleasure	Rhyme	desire,happiness,vanity,
11/25/2023	When Butterflies Dance to Moon's Song	Rhyme	butterfly,love,moon,
11/19/2023	Stoicism as Way of Life	Rhyme	inspirational,meaningful,
11/13/2023	Golden Leaves of Autumn Delight	Quatern	autumn,imagery,
11/1/2023	The Last Organ Grinder	Rhyme	emotions,farewell,music,
10/30/2023	Featherless Angels	Rhyme	angel,inspirational,
10/27/2023	Unassailable Purity	Rhyme	inspirational,meaningful,
10/22/2023	Life	Rhyme	life,
10/14/2023	As I Watch the Waves Crash	Verse	life,lost love,love,
10/5/2023	Dangerous Dalliance	Rhyme	desire,love,lust,
9/29/2023	Autumnal	Rhyme	autumn,
9/24/2023	Unwritten Absence	Rhyme	absence,love,love hurts,m
9/23/2023	A Phantom of Love	Verse	death,lust,sorrow,
9/17/2023	Beneath the Strawberry Moon	Rhyme	moon,romantic,
9/15/2023	Glimpses of Summer	Rhyme	imagery,summer,
9/14/2023	Magnificent Blue Ocean	Personification	ocean,
9/13/2023	Follow Me	Rhyme	inspiration,life,love,
9/9/2023	I Dream Poetry	Rhyme	muse,poetry,
9/7/2023	Vision	Rhyme	senses,
9/2/2023	Would You Still Love Me?	Free verse	love,poetry,poets,
8/31/2023	To My Children	Rhyme	children,encouraging,fami
8/27/2023	Gate	Personification	emotions,memory,missing,
8/17/2023	On the Crest of a Wave	Rhyme	journey,life,
7/30/2023	Red Moon Rising	Rhyme	mom,romantic,
7/25/2023	Petitioning Spring of Tomorrow	Imagism	imagery,spring,
7/22/2023	Love Weaves a Magic Spell	Rhyme	fantasy,love,magic,
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7/5/2023	Silent Song of Breeze	Rhyme	love hurts,memory,
6/28/2023	A Soul Divine	Free verse	inspirational,peace,spiri
6/26/2023	Glamour	Rhyme	art,beauty,fashion,
6/25/2023	Almost Xanadu	Rhyme	dream,fantasy,paradise,
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5/28/2023	I Know a Place	Rhyme	beautiful,nature,
5/16/2023	Voice of Spring	Free verse	bird,joy,spring,
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5/5/2023	Yearn	Quatern	nature,spring,
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5/2/2023	Splendor of Spring	Rhyme	nature,spring,
4/16/2023	If Only I Could	Rhyme	love,memory,romantic,
4/12/2023	Because I Live	Rhyme	life,
4/9/2023	Promise of Love	Rhyme	love,
4/5/2023	Song of Love and Joy	Rubaiyat	love,song,
3/26/2023	In Realm of Love	Rhyme	love,
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3/18/2023	Repristination	Rhyme	inspirational,nature,seas
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2/10/2023	Changing Times	Rhyme	change,
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1/26/2023	Navigating Through Life's Highway	Rhyme	life,
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12/27/2022	Beyond Reach	Verse	child,dream,fantasy,imagi
12/22/2022	Resolutions	Rhyme	emotions,life,
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Autumn's Desires	Rhyme Royal	absence,change,love hurts
Glory of Her Magnificence	Free verse	change,longing,love,
Soothing Serenades	Alliteration	analogy,deep,sad,
Love Carry Me	Villanelle	inspirational,love,
Melodies of the Heart	Free verse	analogy,love,music,romant
Essence of Love Collaboration With Vijay Pandit	Rhyme	appreciation,love,
Calming	Monorhyme	appreciation,care,friend,
Musical Art	Rhyme	art,music,
Silent Goodbye	Prose	absence,i miss you,lost l
This Morning So Fine	Villanelle	beauty,morning,nature,
Love For a Movie Screen	Rhyme	longing,lost love,love,
Break of Dawn	Free verse	love,sun,
Rhythm of a Distant Song	Sonnet	appreciation,endurance,pe
Iambic Pentameter	Free verse	language,poetry,
No Such Thing As Forever	Free verse	analogy,death,life,
All Too Soon	Quatrain	death,life,
The Measure of Love	Sonnet	love,true love,
The Path Most Taken	Free verse	nature,
Patina of Pain	Rhyme	analogy,color,image,pain,
Dusk	Free verse	sunset,
Unattainable	Ghazal	art,beauty,inspiration,pa
Unwritten Ink	Free verse	love,romance,
Color of My Heart	Sonnet	appreciation,nature,
edge of a whisper -	Sonnet	beauty,break up,goodbye,h
My World of Ivory	Monorhyme	beauty,conflict,confusion
On Mountain Nine	Monorhyme	beauty,creation,feelings,
The Color of My Heart	Sonnet	12th grade,beautiful,char
Unattainable	Ghazal	beauty,destiny,faith,insp
Tears On Her Pillow - Continued From a Girl Named Sue	Free verse	fate,first love,hope,love
Wrestle Your Dreams, the Ones You Most Cherish	Rhyme	art,dream,hope,inspiratio
Unreachable	Rhyme	simple,words,
Control	Rhyme	simple,words,
Spring Affair	Sonnet	love,spring,
It Caught My Eye	Terzanelle	appreciation,beauty,bird,
Hold Thy Judgment, Truth Is Not So Well Seen	Sonnet	deep,encouraging,inspirat
An Abiding Thirst To Quench and Admire	Sonnet	appreciation,art,beauty,e
She Walks In Silence	Rhyme	emotions,feelings,heart,i
Let Me Be	Rhyme	faith,freedom,strength,
Earth's Porch, Sunny, Sweet Summer Breeze, Sonnet Number Vi of Xii	Sonnet	deep,earth,imagery,life,l
Walk On the Path of Love	Free verse	beauty,devotion,dream,emo
Your Love Wouldn'T Cease To Rain	Free verse	beauty,blessing,celebrati
Sweet Spring Souvenirs	Couplet	friendship love,heart,how
Darkness Where Now Poe and Raven Reside, Part One	Rhyme	dark,death,evil,fear,grie
Contemplating Calculations	Rhyme	simple,words,
Life Spent All Alone	Sonnet	boat,death,deep,devotion,
Beauty From Him We Derive	Couplet	anger,beauty,blessing,fee
Of Me	Sonnet	simple,words,
One April Day	Sonnet	april,
Crimson Skies	Rhyme	goodbye,light,night,sky,
These Arms Long To Hold You	Enclosed Rhyme	desire,longing,
The Ecstasy of Words	Rhyme	simple,words,
Sometimes I Wish	Rhyme	simple,words,
A Poet's Ever Tweet	Rhyme	beauty,blessing,emotions,
Dust and Vapor	Free verse	blessing,life,
Stranded In the Pools of Fate	Free verse	angst,
Unending Grace	Italian Sonnet	dream,endurance,fear,hear
The Cosmos, the Flower and the Bee	Free verse	flower,god,men,universe,
This Night Under Pale and Pallid New Moon	Sonnet	art,beautiful,desire,long
Stranded In the Pools of Fate	Free verse	angst,lost love,love hurt
Please, May I Walk Into Your Paradise With You - a Collaboration With Susan Ashley	Rhyme	art,beautiful,devotion,lo
Waiting To Be Held	Free verse	simple,words,
Back To You	Free verse	memory,
Autumn, a Painting of An Artist	Pantoum	autumn,beauty,growth,happ
The Thief	Rhyme	metaphor,nostalgia,
- a Voluntary Fall -	Free verse	autumn,beauty,
The Wind Knows the Way	Rhyme	feelings,love,words,
Shepherd Who Forgot His Flock	Free verse	childhood,emotions,father
A Promise	Free verse	blessing,faith,love,soulm
Why I Won'T	Enclosed Rhyme	conflict,confusion,dream,
October Sun, Gifts Bright Colors Galore	Rhyme	appreciation,art,imagery,
Your Love I'Ll Ever Bear	Sonnet	africa,beauty,happiness,h
Let's Limerick Today	Limerick	cheer up,fun,funny,happin
Move Me	Lyric	freedom,inspiration,
The Dove In Your Eyes	Sonnet	imagery,lonely,love,persp
Roses	Quatrain	rose,
Ocean Whispers	Couplet	moon,ocean,sea,water,
Forever Beautiful	Rhyme	simple,words,
Into the Depths of My Soul	Quatrain	happiness,life,love,
Create a Story With Me	Lyric	love,poetry,
Rush of Rapture	Rhyme	joy,memory,rain,time,
Along With Your Silence I Stroll	Rhyme	art,blessing,emotions,ins
Matricide	Free verse	abuse,earth,environment,l
Lily of the Nile	Verse	beauty,flower,river,
Insufficient Love Can Be	Rhyme	black love,crush,dream,em
At a Crossroads a Poet Is Born	Rhyme	beauty,destiny,faith,love
Angel Apology	Rhyme	angel,conflict,missing,sl
Flammable Soul	Free verse	fire,humanity,loss,passio
Amid the Jagged Shadows	Rhyme	blue,granddaughter,loneli
Restoring Balance	Nonet	humanity,love,word play,
The Mourning of Mother Earth	Free verse	earth,humanity,life,pollu
Blessings	Free verse	god,men,thanksgiving,
Golden Meadow	Rhyme	desire,dream,
Serenity Waltz	Quatrain	dance,dream,pain,silence,
Inhuman Malice	Narrative	evil,world,
In Praise of God	Kyrielle	devotion,god,prayer,spiri
I Owe You	Rhyme	deep,devotion,growth,muse
You Take My Breath Away	Free verse	for him,love,
I Heard a Bird Singing	Rhyme	bird,change,song,winter,
I Am With You	Rhyme	day,devotion,night,
A Gift Beyond Compare	Rondeau	blessing,celebration,chri