I have been blocked from all the extras that one gets from paying their membership
dues..I paid them this morning but it has not been opened back up for me so I will
try to post what I need to here..
I have selected and ordered my books for the prizes for the first three place
winners..I will wait until they come to announce the books from which the winners
can choose...
I have had some interesting entries in my contest..I hope that they don't delete my
contest but if they do I will reopen it when they put me back in with the priviledges..
I have had several humorous poems that I enjoyed but I have had several very
good works that are not written to the form that I desired..Those will be eliminated
first.If anyone wants to go in and change their work to the correct form I will be
happy to see that happen..
The form that I want is:
Epulaeryu
It is usually about the main course..
It has seven lines with different syllable count per line..
Please check it out on here..
Sara
Publishing Under a Fake Name
By Elton Camp
If it’s airs that the writer really wants to assume,
He can call his phony name a “nom de plume”
Although less presumptuous & means the same
Is the simple use of the expression “pen name”
But the thing that’s particularly puzzling to me
Is why writers don’t want folks their name to see
After, to think and choose words, people have striven
Credit for their writing they should want to be given
If another their hard work should try to plagiarize,
They would likely react with both anger & surprise
“Why that writing was what was done only by me.
How you dare to steal it is just more than I can see.”
So why on earth would any writer want to try
To give credit to a foolish name like “Poet Guy?”
If a write is littered with many an obscene word
One might well prefer that his name not be heard
Certainly, if I wrote something of which I’m ashamed
It would make sense that I wouldn’t want to be named
But a write that’s humorous of one of serious intent
To hide one’s name I can see no sensible argument
P oets from many nations
O ffer their inspiration
E ach day
T o a
R eceptive audience,
Y oung and old alike
S ome are humorous writers
O thers are deep thinkers
U nified by creativity through
P oetry
*For Adeleke's Acrostic Contest
1. I am a poetry book. My title is "Jottings"
2. This book contains many chapters dealing with those things
in which I bask, meaning, the things that brighten my life.
This book includes my reflection on life and love,
recollections of happy times, humorous things,
my family, pets and grandkids.
3. My favorite poem in my Poetry Book is the Intro poem.
It's in senryu form and it reads as follows:
Jottings
tatty old notebook
sonnets scribbled in pencil
hopefully some gems
' I am a poetry book' contest
1. I am a poetry book. My title is "Basking in Life."
2. This book contains many chapters dealing with those things in which I bask, meaning, the things that brighten my life. This book includes my reflection on life and love, recollections of happy times, humorous things, my family, pets and grandkids.
3. My favorite poem in my Poetry Book is the Intro poem. It's in senryu form and it reads as follows:
lying on a beach
basking, my pages exposed . . .
brightly singing poems
For Linda-Marie's "I Am a Poetry Book" contest
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