Judge Bobby
If you have never judged a contest
Let me just say the first one blows your mind
As a judge in a contest I do not look for perfection
I look for the meanings behind the poem
Perfection is for perfect people and I am far from perfect
When I read Shakespeare’s poetry I do not count the syllables
Nor do I look to see if it has been formatted
I read the content and try to feel what he is saying to me
Poetry is a message straight from the heart and each is different
If poems were delivering all the same massages tell me
Who would read them?
The only bad poem is an unread one not one out of alignment
If you don’t write from the heart then you are just writing a letter
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