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I am Darren, 22 years old. I write poetry in English, which is not my native tongue, not even my second language, but my third. Which is why you most probably will find a lot of crimes against grammar and spelling. Bear with me.

I can write in all sorts of conventional rhyme, but I prefer free verse. A few of my poems in Dutch have been published in an anthology. One of my English poems has been published in the "Love is Love" anthology for the (family of) victims of the Pulse-shooting in Orlando. I have recently (2018) published my first poetry collection "Intrinsic Brightness", availablde on Amazon.

I have translated Arabic poetry into English for Poetry Festivals. I like being Houdini, chained to the original poem and its conventions, yet freeing myself to deliver the best possible poem. I love it.

Darren.

Disappearing poem

Blog Posted:1/16/2017 6:20:00 AM

I had to write my poem, THE contest entry that was both so painful for me,and so beautiful, all over again, and submit it again.

I don't know what happened and how it happened, but after I wrote another poem, my contest entry has disappeared. Luckily I still had it in draft, but I had some wonderful and to the point comments and these are all gone too :-(

Has anyone else ever experienced the same?



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Khalid
Albudoor
Date: 7/27/2017 12:05:00 PM
Great, Nice Poem. Thank you for your nice words about my poem.
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Darren White
Date: 8/25/2017 7:24:00 AM
Okay then... :) Especially since there is no poem here :D But you're welcome.
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Andrea
Dietrich
Date: 1/18/2017 7:47:00 AM
Sorry, Darren. Has to be the glitch witches. I sure hope it has not happened to me . I know it has happened in contests I judged and some I entered as well. But to have a whole poem disappear from my page, I don't think it has happened to me.
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Darren White
Date: 1/19/2017 12:11:00 PM
It was quite a scare, plus all the comments are gone too, I was seriously sad. But I re-entered, and the poem is still in place now :)
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Eve
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Date: 1/16/2017 4:58:00 PM
:"( , have you asked team soup what might have happen.
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Darren White
Date: 1/16/2017 11:45:00 PM
No, I haven't Eve, I've just accepted it, entered it again and hope that it won't happen again.
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Daniel
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Date: 1/16/2017 10:44:00 AM
It has happened to me also, Darren. One minute it was there and the next just gone. It was also a contest entry. I never reposted.
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Darren White
Date: 1/16/2017 10:52:00 AM
Oh yeck.... so I am indeed not the only one. I am happy I could repost, just a shame about the comments
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Darren
White
Date: 1/16/2017 10:02:00 AM
Aww Broken Wings and Frederic. ...That is horrible! No idea how something like this can happen.
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Constance
La France
Date: 1/16/2017 9:54:00 AM
Darren, yes this has happened to me and has cost me an entry in a contest a few times, it just disappears, luckily you could still enter your write, I know the frustration ~
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Frederic
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Date: 1/16/2017 8:49:00 AM
It happened to me a couple of weeks ago, in fact my blog question was just like yours "disappearing poem" I had to re-post for a contest I had already entered..I still don't know why or how or maybe even who
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Darren
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Date: 1/16/2017 8:39:00 AM
Thank you, both of you... I am sort of devastated, thank you Tim, for re-entering your comment.
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Tim
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Date: 1/16/2017 8:31:00 AM
I just noticed when I was looking at replies to comments it was gone.
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Jan
Allison
Date: 1/16/2017 7:25:00 AM
It's not happened to me but I've known others have had poems disappear - it happened to PD last year:-(hugs Jan xx
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