Winning Poetry Contests is a Numbers Game
Not a professional contest-enterer, because I am not paid, but whee…
I have entered a bunch of contests, -actually six thousand and three.
This is a numbers game, I delight in the variety of ideas they give me.
A numbers game a numbers game, winning is a numbers game, you see!
My goal is not the gold, silver or the bronze medallion, my friend.
I let someone else develop my ideas, so my imagination I can spend…
On an idea I did not have to develop myself; let them never end!
A numbers game a numbers game, winning is a numbers game to bend!
I am not saying I do not enjoy the sparkly prizes, because of course I do.
But the journey, the challenge, the fun-ness is why I do what I daringly do.
I love seeing if I can come up with something enlisted by not me, but you.
A numbers game a numbers game, winning is a numbers game, boo-hoo!
I have told a host, “If this is too many contests, I will certainly bow out.”
But the hosts are usually begging for more entries, so they shout,
“Please send an entry so I can judge!” A plea I recognize no doubt.
A numbers game a numbers game, winning is a numbers game, you lout!
Winning a contest is a numbers game, I have noted so far, this rule…..
It is twenty to thirty tries between golds; I am not silly or a fool.
So I keep penning down whatever, entering contests, which to me is cool.
A numbers game a numbers game, winning is a numbers game, not cruel.
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Caren Krutsinger
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