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Hit a Poetry Homer, For What

With joy and jubilation today, The strong batter smiled and perspired As he ran the bases, so greatly admired. A lesson, though, for poets all. Just write, must each poem be in a contest? Much each poem be a blatant conquest? Is there no pure joy in what we do? I think there is, through and through. Personally, I find no joy in being better than you. It’s a grand gift to show a bit of humility. Not, “ I am so much better than thee!” “Being the Star on the Poetry Tree.” Write to embrace another soul! Poets, hear me, whether young or perchance, old. You are loved as is, you see, we need not be sold. Poetry is not a major league sport. It moves the soul and touches sparkling hearts. Far, far too many, forget it really is an art. 6-26-2022 -1-

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David Kavanagh

Date: 6/27/2022 8:59:00 AM

A hobby is a hobby Pangie, why should a challenge be any different, sometimes it’s the game itself that makes the player, I honestly cannot see why on earth the contests bother you, no more than it should bother us if you don’t like them, I just enter the ones that give me food for thought and if I can manage the form, otherwise I just give them a miss, nobody is out to get you Pangie, but people will stand their ground if they feel disrespected by your poems or comments, cheers David

Panagiota Romios
Date: 6/28/2022 1:30:00 PM

Cheers, back David.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/26/2022 9:32:00 PM

For the love of the game = for the love of the art. Great message, Pangie. Ole! ~ gw

Panagiota Romios
Date: 6/26/2022 9:42:00 PM

Love your intellectual prowess. Poetry can be misinterpreted so easily. But you have plenty of intelligence to see the poem as a whole! Great going. PS has space for poets of all inclinations. Ole, in return! The other option is to write only 10 poems. LOL as if. Hugs, Panagiota xx

I Am Anaya

Date: 6/26/2022 8:11:00 PM

fusion of baseball and poetry! A poet lamented that a hundred and more years ago, people wrote poems all the time to each other, without an eye towards fame or riches or winning a contest. A simpler way and time. Part II Contests and the contest that all get first is encouraging for some of us, as it is an incentive for some to write more. Love it! And I hope that Poetry Soup never rids of it! A challenge is good for us. I agree with you and PS! Nice poem... don't let them stifle you. ~

Panagiota Romios
Date: 6/28/2022 1:35:00 PM

Yes, other things about the human soul are wonderful. Life is good. Be the Poet you want to be. Hugs, Panagiota xxx Hugs, Panagiota xxx

Panagiota Romios
Date: 6/26/2022 9:04:00 PM

Hi Anaya, glad you participate. I just write a poem and God rewards me right then. I think contests get the mind going. I do not like some forms. I came here to write my own style and still working on it. Please do what works for you.I am not one to swim with the fishes. Contests have limited winners. I’d rather have someone in my place! After3000 poems, I am here to be myself, wouldn’t you say? A simple rule here is do not read who you don’t like. To be oneself, Anaya, in a world or site that wants you to do it their way is a hard fight.I started to be independent at 16, and the applause of the crowd in meaningless. I am old enough to die. Being myself brought great rewards! Awesome ones. Never a mouse.)))7 Panagiota, good luck in all the games.

I Am Anaya
Date: 6/26/2022 8:14:00 PM

Pangie,just be you!~Anaya ~Can you believe that when Jeff first came to PS he asked me about a poem type it was the (minuchi)...and now he is rocking it as a host in the contest! Hi Jeff, Wow!

Jeff Kyser

Date: 6/26/2022 7:02:00 PM

We’re all here for different reasons, Some for months, some for seasons I don’t like contests where all get first, Cuz that means mine is just the worst. I like a challenge to try new things And see what sort of poem it brings. A few that I would never write, The contest brought forth into light. But mostly I write in the void While waiting for God’s asteroid.

Panagiota Romios
Date: 6/26/2022 7:46:00 PM

Thanks, Jeff. There is nothing demanded in the PS site saying we must be in contests. I know friends who run and create them. Even join together to destroy another Poet.nice?? You, Jenna and the thousands of others here, absolutely have a right to you your opinions. I am in the minority. I don’t have that right from poets. But... PS never told me, “ Panagiota, line up or shut up”.I have been here way longer than you. Others, years more than I. I still live in the USA? Or not?at least this poem is causing controversy. Did poets think, I thought it would not? Give me a break. Mazel Tov to all who play. My last paragraph says it all..if people don’t like me, do not read me. I know who they are, And I will write despite it all. I know you are doing well, Jeff. Great. You are humorous ))) waiting for God’s asteroid.))). Hugs, Panagiota xx

Jenna Logan
Date: 6/26/2022 7:08:00 PM

Hi Jeff. It IS a challenge to try new forms and write on the chosen themes of others. I'm not a fan of 'everybody wins,' either. Writing in the void can truly give you an open mind experience. Some of your writes prove that to be true.