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The Fiddler and the Frog

...In a damp, bluesy club in the middle of the reeds
Two amphibious musicians gathered in the weeds
Stringed instruments of driftwood and canary grass
Played with webbed fingers and a dash of souther...

Categories: finalists, animal, fun, music,
Form: Rhyme

Semi Final

...Twas the semi final
Coming to its end,
Three all male finalists
Bucking previous trend.
When told she was leaving
She'd stoically played her part.
Deep down she was seething
With murder in her...

Categories: finalists, anger, anxiety, food, hope,
Form: Rhyme

Judging Poetry Contests

...When I judge a poetry contest I do it according to what hits my heart.
The hardest, the one I can relate to, that makes me say “oh, yes!”
I judge blind, so have no idea until the end page who the f...

Categories: finalists, poetry, writing,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Day Began and Ended

...My day began by watching
As they read the victims’ names,
A somber sad reminder
Of an act that still inflames.

A bell was struck to mark the time
Each tower was attacked
And once again, when ...

Categories: finalists, today,
Form: Rhyme

Boomerang

...I was forever losing things, and my laughing friends called me a klutz,
Like darker skies misplace buttery sun, when a severe storm develops.

I had once lost the keys to my house, and waited lock...

Categories: finalists, day, fantasy, friendship, fun,
Form: Couplet

If I Had a Wishing Stick

...If I had a wishing stick I would ask for world peace 
The lovely beauty pageant contender said into the mike
Generous generous generous

You are allowed three wishes, the commentator said.
Oh, g...

Categories: finalists, 10th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse

The Tinker Contest

...It’s the beginning of best tinker week! Get up! Let’s go! Wake up! Come on!
The rest of the family has already gone!
I jump out of bed, excited of course, who will be the fastest? The best at the f...

Categories: finalists, 10th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Shaking Hands

...I was in an essay contest
It started in January
When we wrote our rough drafts.
Then the teacher paired us
Up for peer editing.
I was paired with
A boy with sapphire eyes.
When he read my essa...

Categories: finalists, class, cute love, rose,
Form: Free verse

Soup Contest

...Soup Contest

The day was Sunday
The time was just after noon
Church had just finished
The choir that day enchanting

You could feel the anticipation in the air
A Soup contest like no other
...

Categories: finalists, encouraging, friendship, giving, introspection,
Form: Light Verse

Spelling Bee

...I’d never heard those words before;
Their meanings were elusive.
To those upon the stage, such facts
Were merely inconclusive.

Derivations made it clear
Which letter groups were needed.
Conce...

Categories: finalists, life
Form: Rhyme

A Round of Applause

...For all you semi finalists, I salute each, one and all. I'd contact each of you,but the
intense pain I'm suffering has kept me from the most basic activities.  It is trurely
a struggle just to walk...

Categories: finalists, computer-internet, education, friendship, imagination,
Form: I do not know?