A Contest

Perfectionist's selection
will overwhelm mediocrity
but who is a winner
when someone is the loser?

Contests of creation
creating competitiveness:
surely not survival of the fittest
or even the wittiest
but a reflection of talent
from the perception
of the reader.

Just write right
the form, the norm
so the judge may judge
and cross the t's
perfect like two peas in a pod
with no variation
just correct creation.

Correct peas, if you please
all uniform and green.
How creative, how sublime
but it doesn't rhyme
these peas in a pod,
or a pod of peas
if you please.

Perfectly round there they lie
and it will please us well
from their shell to be shelled,
steamed and eaten
as the end of this creation.



`````````````` "Two Peas In A Pod" contest

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009



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Date: 9/11/2009 9:08:00 AM
Hi, Sue! Congratulations on your win in Nathan's contest. Your poem is witty and very creative. I love the flow and the humorous tone you have given your inspiring words. I wish you more wins in future contests. Enjoy your well-merited honor. Warmest regards, Andrew.
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Date: 9/9/2009 11:31:00 PM
Sue, congrats on your success in the contest...Raul
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Date: 9/9/2009 6:51:00 PM
Sue - Congratulations on placing in Nathan’s “Two Peas in a Pod” contest – God Bless, mj
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Date: 9/9/2009 1:53:00 PM
Congratulations on your win in Nathan's contest!
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Date: 9/9/2009 3:22:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Nathan's contest Sue. Love, Carol
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Date: 9/9/2009 12:00:00 AM
Congrats on your success in Nathan's contest Sue.Rgds Brian
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Date: 9/8/2009 5:34:00 PM
Cleverly done Sue!! Congratulations on placing in Nathen's contest!!! :)
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Date: 9/8/2009 5:13:00 PM
Congratulations on a Honorable Mention in my contest! Nate.
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Date: 8/22/2009 11:10:00 PM
uniqueness prevails. nice thing here. i would say wow! I learn something here thanks comenting mine "i am down". Neldy.
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Date: 8/18/2009 1:43:00 PM
What a creative slant on the topic. Poetry is perspective and it's good that we all don't write the same or it would indeed be boring reading. Interesting piece. Good luck in the contest. You have Soup Mail. Karen
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Date: 8/16/2009 12:13:00 PM
A great entry for the contest. Strange how we come up with such diverse ideas. Thanks for reading mine. Love, Joyce
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Date: 8/15/2009 4:12:00 PM
I always welcome a lesson... :) not just saying that... I mean it.. I tend to always write this way without rules.. when I first began reading and writing poetry I went for it! no rules or nothing. This is still my motto! wink] have fun too. Thank you, the right way is the right way.... will go for it! enjoy your day!:)
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Date: 8/15/2009 7:09:00 AM
"Contest of creation...but a reflection of talent from the perception of the reader." Bull's eye, well said! Because writing is an art and like other arts, good or bad ultimately lies in the "eyes of the beholder", the reader or critic, and what appears brilliant to a reader may appear the complete opposite to another reader. As for me, I try to make it a point to befriend the judge of any contest that I join, gives me more chances to win! Try it, Sue. LOL Regards, Fred
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Date: 8/15/2009 5:54:00 AM
What a happy clever write Sue. Good luck in the contest. You ask about the 4 o'clock's that is the only name I know for them. They are beautiful so many pretty colors. Love, Carol
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Date: 8/15/2009 4:40:00 AM
Ex-shell-ent presentation , Sue and best of luck in the contest ....
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