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Overly Particular Judges

Those overly particular judges
Give me a halt when I see their contests
Asking to write what I feel
In hard form plus a kyrielle
I better go and take my long bed rests.

At first, I did once, spending my whole night
Started from the topic I needed to write
Half of pantoum, I dozed off
Felt like floated with the roof
My poem was posted after a week, fight!

All entries were judged after some few months
My poem moved to next page, new poems in front  
Mine wasn’t found on the list
After passing judges’ wrist
Whose strictness lied on perfect rhymes and fonts. 

Those overly particular judges
Give me a halt when I see their contests
Asking to write what I feel
In hard form plus a kyrielle
I better go and take my long bed rests.

Copyright © Len Gasun | Year Posted 2024

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Len Gasun Date: 3/31/2024 1:28:00 AM Overly Particular Judges Contest Judged: 3/7/2024 3:18:00 PM Sponsored by: Matt Caliri Place 2 ( up to 11 single w) Login to Reply

Brian Sambourne Date: 3/10/2024 9:02:00 PM Contemplating all the different poetic structures and forms from kyrielle to pantoum (and beyond) sends me to my headache pills. A superb write, Len. I need more than rest after reading contest rules. Simplicity of instruction is my poetic push. Be well. Brian Login to Reply

Robert Sidwell Date: 3/8/2024 9:32:00 AM Congratulations on your win for this fun and clever read! Login to Reply

Eve Roper Date: 3/7/2024 8:27:00 PM love your explanation, well done and said. congratulations on your win. Login to Reply

Kim Rodrigues Date: 3/7/2024 7:21:00 PM Take your long bed rests to write kyrielle :) Congratulations on 2nd place! Login to Reply

Matt Caliri Date: 3/7/2024 3:22:00 PM Congrats on 2nd place in my contest out of 30 entries! Loved your mixture of consistent poetic structure and humor, wins the day every time. Login to Reply

Paula Goldsmith Date: 2/29/2024 8:57:00 AM I enjoyed reading your fun write. It made me laugh. Great ending for we writes do need to rest. Hugs... Have a fun/great day............... Login to Reply

Kim Rodrigues Date: 2/12/2024 5:43:00 AM I love the pondering of the various forms and “ I better go and take my long bed rests.” Spending my whole night, dozed off, floated on the roof… a lot of humor here! Enjoyed this one, Len! Login to Reply Len Gasun Date: 2/12/2024 8:42:00 AM Thank you so much for your precious time reading my poem and your insightful and uplifting comments my dear poet friend Kim. I'm so glad you enjoyed my humor. God bless you always and your writings. I'll visit you tomorrow if its fine with you. Hugs

Ink Empress Date: 2/11/2024 6:22:00 AM Dear len your rhymes are brilliant and flows so well, i can imagine sometimes contests can be hard to do, i got it so wrong in the beginning when i first started doing contests here, i didnt realize there were different rules for different contests, however i think the most ridiculous rules you would find on instagram, on some contests, ah but im not sure if i can write about instagram contests for this, youv expressed very well. I find, sestinas the most hardest to do, and iv only done one. BOL Login to Reply Len Gasun Date: 2/12/2024 8:36:00 AM Dear poet friend Ink, thank you so much again for your precious time reading my poem, your insightful and uplifting comments, support and best wishes. So much appreciated. Oh btw, I wish I have insta to see those contests you've mentioned. About sestina, i think I'll agree with you because I can't remember if I've already written one. TYVM again dear. God bless you always and your writings. Hugs

Len Gasun Date: 2/10/2024 3:48:00 PM This is a fiction: Never had a rule of 1 difficult poem plus a kyrielle. Example a pantaoum followed by kyrielle or villanelle followed by kyrielle. Usually mixed form and I've never seen judges so strict on fonts. At the same time no judges had also released a result for that length of time like after 100 poems had been written by a poet. I only wrote this poem for fun. Login to Reply