Place PoemTitle Poet
Contest Winner Medal 1 Glass Half Empty Andrea Dietrich
Contest Winner Medal 1 Stained Glass Window Craig Cornish
Contest Winner Medal 1 Stained Glass Window Constance La France
Contest Winner Medal 1 Stained Glass Window Joanna Daniel
Contest Winner Medal 2 Hourglass Shivaanshi Patidar
Contest Winner Medal 2 Stained Glass Window Anne-Lise Andresen
Contest Winner Medal 2 Hourglass Frederic Parker
Contest Winner Medal 2 Glass Half Empty Thompson Emate
Contest Winner Medal 3 Stained Glass Window William Kelii Kekaula
Contest Winner Medal 3 Hourglass David Crandall
Contest Winner Medal 3 Hourglass Krishnanand Guptar
4 Hourglass Sotto Poet
4 Through Rose Colored Glass Karen Jones
4 STAINED GLASS WINDOW sara Etgen-Baker
4 Stained-Glass Window Sam Kauffman
5 Glass Half Empty Paula Goldsmith
5 Glass Half Empty Patri Venkata Ramana
Real winners win in life,
Even if they lose the fight;
Even when a game is lost,
Or even at great cost.
They always give their best,
Putting all else to rest.
Place PoemTitle Poet
Contest Winner Medal 1 My Heart's Need - Paz Andrea Dietrich
Contest Winner Medal 1 No One's There - Paz Craig Cornish
Contest Winner Medal 1 Loss of Self - Paz Constance La France
Contest Winner Medal 1 Breath of the Path-Paz Sotto Poet
Contest Winner Medal 2 Field of Brambles-Paz Frederic Parker
Contest Winner Medal 2 Sweetly lost together - Paz Harriet Coppard
Contest Winner Medal 2 You Stand Alone - Paz Sandra Haight
Contest Winner Medal 3 The Isolated Lonely --Paz Sara Kendrick
Contest Winner Medal 3 Into Quiet Becoming - Paz Victoria D.
Contest Winner Medal 3 Saudade in Trees-Paz John Anderson
4 Hide and Seek-Paz Kim Rodrigues
4 I AM ELSEWHERE - Paz sara Etgen-Baker
4 Lap Of Nature - Paz Zohra Jabeen
5 Stripped Utterly Alone --Paz Eve Roper
5 When Time Tripped - PAZ CayCay Godwin
Contest Winner Medal 1 Sedoka - Dead End Andrea Dietrich
Contest Winner Medal 1 Sedoka - Dead end Constance La France
Contest Winner Medal 1 Sedoka - Slow Down Sotto Poet
Contest Winner Medal 1 Sedoka - Dead End Edward Ibeh
Contest Winner Medal 2 Sedoka - Falling Rocks Ken Allan Dronsfield
Contest Winner Medal 2 Sedoka-Falling Rocks Kim Rodrigues
Contest Winner Medal 2 Sedoka - Dead End Chetta Achara
Contest Winner Medal 3 SEDOKA - SLOW DOWN Patri Venkata Ramana
Contest Winner Medal 3 Falling Rocks William Kelii Kekaula
Contest Winner Medal 3 SEDOKA - SLOW DOWN Victoria D.
4 Sedoka- Slow down Valsa George
4 Sedoka - Slow Down Subimal Sinha-Roy
5 Slow Down Sandra Haight
5 Sedoka - Dead End Sam Kauffman
Contest Winner Medal 1 Wayra Kaleidoscope Andrea Dietrich
Contest Winner Medal 1 Wayra Kaleidoscope Constance La France
Contest Winner Medal 1 Wayra Kaleidoscope Evelyn Judy Buehler
Contest Winner Medal 1 Wayra Kaleidoscope Subimal Sinha-Roy
Contest Winner Medal 2 WAYRA KALEIDOSCOPE Sotto Poet
Contest Winner Medal 2 Kaleidoscope Evie smith
Contest Winner Medal 2 Wayra- Chameleon Valsa George
Contest Winner Medal 3 WAYRA Chameleon Ken Allan Dronsfield
Contest Winner Medal 3 WAYRA CHAMELEON Patri Venkata Ramana
Contest Winner Medal 3 Wayra Kaleidoscope Sandra Haight
4 WAYRA Chameleon Uncle Bob
4 Wayra Chameleon John Lawless
4 WAYRA Chameleon Chetta Achara
Sometimes, the rejection of another
Is more disconcerting to the other.
The cherished position you sought
Was denied, but nothing was lost.
The 'YES' inside of you is so much bigger
Than the 'no' given for your job desire.
The rejectee may walk away with a smile,
Even after experiecing such a heavy trial.
One can choose to be a victor
While refusing to be a victim.
i have posted the winners of my ' Repetition ' contest five times over but the list disappears for some reason...
let me put it here in case the link breaks again...sweet congrats, everyone!
Place PoemTitle Poet
Contest Winner Medal 1 Search for Me Andrea Dietrich
Contest Winner Medal 1 Search For Me Craig Cornish
Contest Winner Medal 1 When Moon Weeps Constance La France
Contest Winner Medal 1 Glides The Song Joanna Daniel
Contest Winner Medal 1 When Moon Weeps Sotto Poet
Contest Winner Medal 2 Search For Me Patri Venkata Ramana
Contest Winner Medal 2 Glides The Song Terry Miller
Contest Winner Medal 2 WHEN MOON WEEPS Sara Etgen-Baker
Contest Winner Medal 2 Search For Me Eve Roper
Contest Winner Medal 3 Search Ghairo Daniels
Contest Winner Medal 3 When the Moon Weeps Thompson Emate
Contest Winner Medal 3 Search for me Beata Agustin
Contest Winner Medal 3 When Moon Weeps Chetta Achara
Contest Winner Medal 3 When Moon Weeps Jim Healey
Contest Winner Medal 3 Search For Me Regina Mcintosh
4 Glides the Song John Anderson
Thanksgiving Day, I’m especially thankful for these three
Apple Pie, Mom, and my Country
As for the delicious stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberry jelly, green beans
brown rice, potato salad, vegetable salad, guacamole, turkey, venison …
… and ALL THE REST ~ too numerous to mention
~ Happy . Thanksgiving . Everyone ! ~
~ and you too, Pangie, up there in Heaven ! ~
[Can I cry now? I miss Pangie something terrible. ~ gw]
Hello
I have emailed each winner and have not received email replies except from 11 of you. Please reply via email as soup mail deletes after six months. Also it is already a challenge matching poets names with email and poem as some vary using pen names. I am giving you time as I know life is busy and holidays occur. I don’t want to include any one’s poem who doesn’t email purposely to be sure of your intent to be published in book form.
I will wait and will send you each a copy of your poem before printing it. Thanks for your support and contribution of your poem.
Helpless Winners At The Fair
Clone Wolf
Tantrum Rages
Leader Of The Pack…
Careless Sycophants
Elephantile Contagions
Self-Defeating Victims.
The Old Irony Escapes
Bare-Knuckles
Modeled, Paling…
Grabbing Artificial
Pleasure From
Manipulation's
Freshest Kill.
Your Cheeks Are
Tender Bloody Sweet
All You Cuddle-
Yummy Treats!
Your Tribe Awaits
With A Better Hat And
Sweater - Be-Damned…
Re-Damned. AGAIN!
Idolizers.
What You ‘Really Needed’
Cost Us All Our
Arms And Legs.
Too Bad That
Couldn’t Save Our
Extremely Enormous:
Vapid
Heart And
Head, Instead…
Skull-Candy Now
In Sugar-Cotton.
-Gray Squirrel
06-30-2025
open a blind eye ~ and see you're being duped by those using AI
sniff out those taking credit for cheating ~ real poets they're defeating
a concept I can't accept ~ from people whose poetry is inept
sometimes it's really difficult to prove ~ but an issue to behoove
call them out if it matters ~ don't serve them trophies on silver platters
if you couldn't care less ~ it's no wonder poetry soup is a mess
disheartening to say the least ~ is it possible to slay the beast
it's happening, there's no doubt ~ they're being given far too much clout
this message may be falling on deaf ears ~ if so, then I give up... cheers!
hello soupers... i don't know why the winners' list of 'color my mood' contest has not been published...it is on my contest page though; so for your peace of mind, here are the final results... i'm sure TSP admin is taking a look at any tech concerns that may have occurred during the final locking of this challenge...
congratulations to all winners!...see you guys in my new contest; please follow all rules to qualify... thank you for supporting my creative endeavors!
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COLOR MY MOOD
Contest Judged: 5/30/2025 7:03:00 AM
Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud | Send Soup Mail
See Contest Description
Place PoemTitle Poet
Contest Winner Medal 1 White Andrea Dietrich
Contest Winner Medal 1 Aquamarine Bernard F. Asuncion
Contest Winner Medal 1 ORANGE Lyric Man
Contest Winner Medal 1 Aquamarine Constance La France
Contest Winner Medal 2 Grey Craig Cornish
Contest Winner Medal 3 Grey Sotto Poet
Contest Winner Medal 3 Aquamarine Maclawrence Famuyiwa
4 White Regina Mcintosh
4 Orange Anne-Lise Andresen
4 White CayCay Jennings
4 Grey Troy Greece
4 AQUAMARINE Paula Goldsmith
5 Red Subimal Sinha-Roy
5 ORANGE Anuradha Sowmyanarayanan
6 White Shinsaku Ashida
Any raining of bombs is the first step toward loosing.'
This act must be followed by ground forces.' Terrain
Variations will influence events.! As will populace actions
Among beligerent and invaded parties.' In a brief analysis
' what happened with the English invasion of Ireland?? Long term.!! Bearing in mind 'both nations close proximity'
Then extrapolate that in regards of any conflict with Iran
Or any large middle eastern power.!! Any sane assesment
Screams no!! If Mr Trump is considering any such moves
I advise breaking ties with any force that advocates such.'
Which is most likely an ( n g o ) backed by scoros and co !
As it was in Afghanistan for Russia and the USA and as it
Has been in Syria for Russia..so it will be in a similar war
Let there be peace.' War is counter productive.'
gambling with...
a loose-ear
as a wind-ear...
jacks the pot
len/stan
Winners And Losers
Miracle Man
9/1/2024
Doing it God's way
makes the end result worthwhile.
Hell is for losers.
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