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June-9-2025
Word Bank Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Sotto Poet
~ PLACED FIRST~

Oh Moon, the shining lantern of the sky! The brightest light set ablaze in the dark! Glorious boon, heaven freely granted! Committed guardian of the night! You appear each night to lead the wayfarers, The ones lost in the labyrinth of darkness Shed PHOSPHOROUS beams of light on their way You stay aloft in the firmament in deep solitude, Amid clouds that CASCADE high up in the sky Yet you are in benevolent contact with all creation. Attended by the entourage of MYRIAD winking stars, In your royal palace of the aquamarine sky, You reign as unquestioned queen of the night. Watch over the earth with unwavering vigil You travel over the horizon from the start of dusk And back to the edge of dawn, unhampered. Your shimmering rays like silvery streams SLITHER And come down sliding, slanting and crashing. Every day you appear in changing guise Like a SERPENTINE beauty out to conquer Turning from LUNAR crescent to circle, And from circle to crescent, waning and waxing, Rising and setting on appointed times. The tranquillity of your visage comforts us In the soft LILT of the night, we raise our eyes To catch a glimpse of your regal self amid the NEBULA. On seeing your shimmering face with the glow of beams, Flowing, splashing and crashing the darkness, Turning every night into fluorescent brightness, In pure ecstasy we whisper – “How beautiful you are!”

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Date: 6/13/2025 10:58:00 AM
Dearest Valsa, what a lovely ode to "Queen Moon" who reigns in the night with a "shimmering face!" Your have written a masterful portrait of the monarch of midnight - serene, graceful and tranquil! Congratulations on your first place win, dear friend. Sending you blessings of serenity!
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Date: 6/12/2025 5:05:00 PM
Congratulations on your winning work in Lasaad's contest. Way to go. Thanks for sharing it with us. Sara K
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Date: 6/12/2025 11:18:00 AM
Congratulations Valsa on your win in Sotto`s poetry contest with a beautiful ode to the moon "the shining lantern of the sky! The brightest light set ablaze in the dark! Glorious boon, heaven freely granted! Committed guardian of the night!". So lovely the opening verse. Wishing you a moonlit journey.
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Date: 6/9/2025 11:16:00 AM
Nice poem using words in the poem contest. Love the last stanza. Beautiful.
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Date: 6/9/2025 5:48:00 AM
What a beautiful tribute to the moon Valsa, and competent use of the assigned words. Inky would love it too
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Date: 6/9/2025 5:32:00 AM
"The guardian of the night with shimmering rays like silvery streams" Very nicely penned
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Date: 6/9/2025 3:23:00 AM
Eight out of eight and a wonderful poem for Sotto's contest. Love the moon. A delightful poem.
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Date: 6/9/2025 1:24:00 AM
"You reign as unquestioned queen of the night." -- one of my favorite arias. "In the soft LILT of the night, we raise our eyes To catch a glimpse of your regal self" -- Beautiful imagery! lovely read throughout. The moon, our reminder, that heaven always keeps a near light on. Behind the clouds. A near/dear treasure of warmth within heart's reach.
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