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What's In A Name Contest Judged

Blog Posted:1/28/2020 9:40:00 PM

Thank you all for your participation! As my first contest, I didn't realize how difficult it would be to judge. My favorites were ones that told me much about the chosen name and kept on theme throughout the entire poem, carrying rhyme or a nice flow. There were some interesting surprises that I wasn't sure where to place. Great job everyone! I know names are very personal, especially when they belong to someone you love and someone you've lost. Now I will peek at who's who so can learn more about you or yours. Keep the ink flowing! Poetic hugs everyone!

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FJ
Thomas

Date: 1/30/2020 10:13:00 PM

It's awesome that you hosted a contest Julia. Every once in awhile you may get an upset email from someone who disagrees with their placement, or lack thereof, but please do not let that dissuade you from continuing to host them if you really did enjoy it.

FJ Thomas
Date: 2/3/2020 7:42:00 PM

Never feel bad Juliet. After going back and rereading after a complaint or inquiry, every once in awhile I have thought maybe I should have placed one higher, but not often. Like you said, I have to go with my personal preference on what was submitted.

Juliet Ligon
Date: 1/30/2020 10:49:00 PM

Thanks, FJ. How did you know? Maybe this happens to others? I couldn't give everyone first, and just because it was third or fourth doesn't mean I didn't like it. It just means that there were some that I liked slightly more. I was going to do 1-5, but then changed my mind and that may have thrown things off a little. Also there were several that I went back and forth on. Thanks for the encouragement. I sure needed that because I'm feeling bad.

Eve
Roper

Date: 1/30/2020 2:40:00 PM

thank you so very much for my placement, Juliet. Hugs Eve

Juliet Ligon
Date: 1/30/2020 3:24:00 PM

Thanks for participating, Eve. It was difficult to judge. Poetic hugs.

Gregory Richard
Barden

Date: 1/29/2020 4:12:00 PM

Thank you very kindly, Juliet, for finding my poem worthy of placement - Acrostic is always a bit intimidating for me, and yet I always end up having such fun! Congrats to all who placed - blessings! :o) <3

Juliet Ligon
Date: 1/30/2020 3:23:00 PM

Thanks for participating, Gregory. You, intimidated? I'm glad you had fun trying it, and it turned out great! I had always been intimated by acrostics, too, and sonnets, and everything else. ; ) Blessings.

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 1/29/2020 2:58:00 PM

thanks for the contest. i really enjoyed doing an acrostic on my name's meaning. I thought it was one of my better poems these past few weeks!

Juliet Ligon
Date: 1/30/2020 3:13:00 PM

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for your participation.

Line
Gauthier

Date: 1/29/2020 11:21:00 AM

Very sweet, Juliet. Hosting contests is a much appreciated gift you offer our poetry community. Best wishes and THANK YOU.

Juliet Ligon
Date: 1/30/2020 3:12:00 PM

Thanks, Line. I liked reading everyone's poems, but I didn't like the judging part. Some of my favorites I was very certain about, and others I kept going back and forth on. As an afterthought, I realized I should have gone with my first pick on some. There were a lot of interesting choices and some I should have placed higher.

Constance
La France

Date: 1/28/2020 9:55:00 PM

Juliet, thank you so much for a great contest theme and for my placement and congrats to all your winners_Constance

Juliet Ligon
Date: 1/28/2020 11:11:00 PM

Thanks, Constance. I've always been interested in names. After I meet someone new I sometimes Google their name meaning so I can learn more about them.

My Past Blog Posts


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A Big Thank You! Date Posted: 1/6/2020 9:38:00 PM

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Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
6/10/2025	Narcissist's Snips	Rhyme	absence,abuse,conflict,de
3/8/2025	Still Unattainable	Free verse	absence,dad,father,longin
3/6/2025	Childhood Image	Free verse	absence,childhood,hurt,ki
12/27/2024	Rent and Revived	Free verse	bereavement,blessing,enco
12/11/2024	Covering Rose	Free verse	death,farewell,flower,fun
12/11/2024	Closed Out	Free verse	absence,betrayal,feelings
10/17/2024	Holocaust Exhaust	Free verse	absence,abuse,anger,death
10/17/2024	Hospital Walls	Triolet	bereavement,death,emotion
10/17/2024	Of Mother	Triolet	childhood,dad,hurt,identi
10/16/2024	Rearranged	Rhyme	confusion,humanity,mental
10/9/2024	Different	Free verse	abuse,addiction,betrayal,
8/27/2024	Be Still	Rhyme	encouraging,faith,god,gro
11/5/2023	Prom	Tritina	child,dance,high school,j
10/29/2023	Forsaken Spiderwebs	Tritina	autumn,divorce,for him,lo
10/8/2023	Three Teeth	Free verse	abuse,addiction,childhood
9/25/2023	Titled	Rhyme	betrayal,goodbye,hurt,los
9/23/2023	Brave	Acrostic	character,confidence,cour
9/16/2023	Piano	Pleiades	childhood,cute,dad,fun,me
9/13/2023	Cautious	Free verse	devotion,encouraging,endu
9/13/2023	Galaxies and Sand	Free verse	change,creation,deep,god,
9/12/2023	Jukebox	Pleiades	culture,first love,friend
9/9/2023	Recluse	Free verse	depression,hurt,mental he
8/22/2023	The Best Part Of Me	Rhyme	boyfriend,break up,for hi
7/14/2023	While	Rhyme	bereavement,death,devotio
6/30/2023	The Blood of An Englishman	Rhyme	baby,family,history,human
1/22/2023	Two	Rhyme	bible,blessing,death,god,
1/18/2023	Blank Space	Rhyme	absence,longing,lost love
1/18/2023	Dear Reader	Rhyme	absence,betrayal,break up
1/16/2023	The Great Deceiver	Rhyme	evil,fear,feelings,god,je
1/16/2023	Sparring	Rhyme	art,community,confidence,
1/16/2023	Skiing	Acrostic	adventure,beauty,fun,moun
12/22/2022	Rosa	Abecedarian	beauty,earth,flower,garde
10/5/2022	The Back of Dad's Chair	Free verse	absence,addiction,child,d
9/5/2022	Not All Is Lost	Quatrain	autumn,feelings,garden,ir
9/5/2022	Missionary Man	Rhyme	adventure,blessing,care,c
8/15/2022	The Balcony Bows	Sonnet	death,grief,loss,lost lov
8/7/2022	Have You Seen Me	Monorhyme	abuse,change,child abuse,
8/6/2022	Open To Interpretation	Diamante	deep,homework,life,meanin
8/6/2022	Lovers' Regression	Diamante	absence,break up,loss,los
8/4/2022	Call Back the Curtain	Villanelle	absence,i miss you,kiss,l
7/23/2022	Someone's Someone	Terza Rima	boyfriend,brother,care,fr
7/23/2022	Fertile Mud	Rhyme	anxiety,emotions,faith,ho
7/9/2022	You've Always Mattered	Quatrain	anti bullying,black afric
7/4/2022	X-Es	Pleiades	boy,break up,games,girl,l
7/4/2022	This Is the Place	Rhyme	art,beauty,blessing,natur
7/4/2022	Your Absence	Rhyme	absence,emotions,grief,lo
7/3/2022	My Cat, Muse	Sonnet	animal,best friend,cat,cu
7/1/2022	Infinity	Rhyme	birth,creation,faith,god,
5/20/2022	For the Headstrong and Wrong	Free verse	evil,humanity,life,spirit
4/13/2022	Pruning	Free verse	change,death,garden,growt
3/31/2022	All That Remains	Rhyme	change,death,grief,i miss
7/16/2021	Jell-Os	Free verse	childhood,emotions,food,i
7/14/2021	Near the Beech Upon the Beach	Rhyme	appreciation,beach,bird,c
7/13/2021	Bolstered	Verse	adventure,baby,birth,bles
7/13/2021	Timeless	Verse	adventure,age,death,futur
7/13/2021	Ballroom Backgrounds	Verse	adventure,books,dream,jou
7/8/2021	Slug-Free	Rhyme	blessing,food,fruit,garde
6/30/2021	First	Ninette	bible,encouraging,enduran
6/25/2021	Snoring	Free verse	anxiety,conflict,enduranc
6/22/2021	The Shape of Water	Rhyme	destiny,environment,fun,l
6/20/2021	In Deed	Rhyme	care,devotion,faith,fathe
6/19/2021	Coos	Lento	bird,home,lonely,longing,
6/13/2021	While You Can	Verse	appreciation,body,encoura
6/13/2021	Wagon	Pleiades	children,fun,garden,growt
6/13/2021	Yurt	Pleiades	adventure,fun,green,holid
6/12/2021	Cry Not	Lento	cry,emotions,encouraging,
6/12/2021	When I Pray	Lento	bible,blessing,christian,
6/12/2021	Home Garden	Free verse	earth,flower,food,garden,
6/9/2021	Flickers	Verse	dark,devotion,light,love,
6/6/2021	Father	Verse	absence,death,father,fath
5/22/2021	Quietude	Pleiades	deep,god,imagination,insp
5/22/2021	The Rest Unknown	Free verse	absence,dad,deep,father,h
5/22/2021	To Catch a Poem	Rhyme	dedication,flying,heart,n
5/21/2021	Clinging To Undulating Lines	Triolet	death,humanity,i miss you
5/21/2021	Wake Me	Rhyme	inspiration,life,perspect
5/19/2021	Music	Tanka	deep,emotions,grief,heart
5/17/2021	Created	Pleiades	art,character,creation,go
5/17/2021	Earth	Acrostic	blue,creation,earth,envir
5/12/2021	Addiction	Pleiades	abuse,addiction,dedicatio
5/12/2021	Background	Pleiades	child,daughter,growing up
5/10/2021	Westward	Pleiades	adventure,america,dream,e
5/4/2021	Vineyard	Pleiades	creation,fruit,garden,gro
5/2/2021	Footprints In Time	Rhyme	child,flower,garden,growi
5/2/2021	Reverenced With Many Names	Couplet	christian,god,gospel,hope
5/1/2021	Rainbow Seeds	Couplet	candy,color,creation,drea
4/30/2021	Unprepared	Pleiades	bible,god,heartbreak,loss
4/29/2021	Stars In the Sky	Free verse	bible,christian,faith,hop
4/29/2021	Earth Meets Firmament	Diamante	blessing,creation,earth,g
4/28/2021	Summer Feet	Diamante	adventure,fun,journey,sea
4/27/2021	Typewriter	Pleiades	age,grandparents,history,
4/25/2021	Without Tyrannical Demands	Free verse	anger,anti bullying,care,
4/21/2021	Staring	Pleiades	art,emotions,environment,
4/16/2021	Dawn of Newness	Ninette	blessing,creation,flower,
4/16/2021	Without	Couplet	absence,grief,loss,lost l
4/15/2021	Rem	Pleiades	dream,good night,health,r
4/11/2021	Unattainable	Free verse	dad,death,father daughter
4/9/2021	Uncommon Courtesy	Free verse	appreciation,character,in
4/9/2021	Cursive Curtsies	Free verse	devotion,flower,garden,lo
4/7/2021	Playful	Pleiades	adventure,art,dog,fun,nat
4/3/2021	Outer Space	Pleiades	creation,god,planet,space

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
At Summer's End	Kyrielle	autumn,
Read This Please	Bio	betrayal,care,career,chan
Lost	Rhyme	confusionloss,loss,mother
Daddy	Free verse	blue,dad,depression,fathe
Precious Gifts of Love	Diamante	devotion,father,love,moth
Cold Across a Windowsill	I do not know?	artautumn,
Crying River	Ballad	beautiful,cry,deep,freedo
Eternal Breath-Win	Free verse	bereavement,love,
A Diminished Respect	Free verse	life,slam,
Cinquain V	Cinquain	loneliness,sorrow,
Joined By Words	Rhyme	appreciation,friendship,l
Wept	Rhyme	grief,howl,hurt,solitude,
Chrysalis	Free verse	analogy,change,metaphor,s
Death, Where Are You	Rhyme	death,grief,lost love,
Hands of a Master	Couplet	analogy,art,faith,wisdom,
Book Worm	Senryu	books,humor,word play,you
no poet am I -	Couplet	blessing,faith,inspiratio
Prayers Can'T Be Answered Unless They'Re Prayed	Rhyme	devotion,faith,inspiratio
Our Spicy First Date	Narrative	funny,funny love,humor,hu
Disassembling Dawn	Lanterne	10th grade,beautiful,imag
Grab a Pen	Haiku	writing,
Fabricating Trees and Things	Free verse	celebration,encouraging,g
On the Backslide	Free verse	autumn,feelings,sometimes
It Matters Not	Quatrain	dark,lost love,
R - Requisite	Free verse	dark,feelings,imagery,rel
F - Female	Free verse	emotions,feelings,first l
Treasure In Adversity	Free verse	hope,recovery from,relati
A Date	Rhyme	crush,
In the Absence of Complication	Free verse	future,perspective,
Desires of the Heart	Free verse	dream,love,passion,
Adrift In the Midst of Gladness and Sadness	Lyric	love,romantic love,
Melting Me	Lyric	devotion,for him,i love y
Breaking the Silence	Free verse	dedication,sick,silence,
The Last Architect - Constanza	Rhyme	courage,love,marriage,rec
Emptiness	Free verse	depression,loneliness,lon
Have Faith	Monoku	faith,
Wounded Souls of An Artistic Kind	Rhyme	angst,art,sad,
Winterworks	Monorhyme	baby,firework,love,
Pale Shelter	Free verse	child abuse,childhood,hou
Barking of the Oak	Personification	tree,
Icicles	Haiku	wind,winter,
- Absence of Complication -	Free verse	inspiration,life,
Freedom Beckons Seductively - POTD	Rhyme	freedom,friend,tribute,
Cora's Clothesline	Narrative	desire,heart,innocence,ju
steps of Olympus -	Rhyme	analogy,dream,fantasy,hea
Spring Is In the Air	Abecedarian	spring,
My Heart Was February Ice	Quatern	heartbreak,loneliness,rec
Spring Clings	Diminished Hexaverse	animal,insect,nature,
Maybe I Just Forgot the Stamps	Nonet	peace,world,
The Pond's Alive	Sonnet	dance,light,night,song,st
Dandelion	Haiku	flower,nature,
Venetian Visit	Rhyme	nostalgia,places,vacation
Within the Fog Distant Mountains Strain	Villanelle	morning,nature,
A Kneaded Life	Haibun	age,dream,love,
Counting Ku	Senryu	irony,
Verbous and Obscure	Blitz	allusion,
Rhymes of Love	Rhyme	inspirational,love,tribut
Snowflake Dancers	Verse	dance,snow,
Beauty Unrivaled	Rubaiyat	inspirational,natureurdu,
Pando Waits	Rhyme	friendship,heart,life,mem
Season's Greetings	Verse	beautiful,nature,rain,sea
Unequal You, Unequal Me	Dramatic Verse	bereavement,encouraging,e
The Shape of Death	Verse	death,meaningful,mother,m
Overheard On a Medieval Breeze	Couplet	bird,language,poets,
Return To Me	Rhyme	memory,remember,
Icicle Hours	Haiku	time,winter,
Green Root - El	Haiku	growth,life,nature,
Last Train To Auschwitz Contest	I do not know?	angst,death,death of a fr
Soliloquy To My Future Self	Rhyme	courage,hope,
Price of Paradise	Free verse	death,depression,grief,lo
A Perfect Poem	Dramatic Monologue	brother,character,enduran
Behold the Sun of Gold	Rhyme	feelings,sun,
Never Forget	Rhyme	new york,tribute,
April Romance	Lay	nature,romantic love,spri
Daylight Disappears	Alliteration	10th grade,9th grade,chan
Yearn	Free verse	anxiety,encouraging,home,
Days of Rain	Haiku	rain,weather,winter,
Thinking About Jericho Road	Free verse	allegory,journey,life,mus

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Mark Toney	United States	Read
Line Gauthier	Canada	Read
Debbie Duncan	United States	Read
Kathryn Collins	United States	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Richard Lamoureux	Canada	Read
Phil Capitano	Canada	Read
Panagiota Romios	United States	Read
Quoth Theraven	United States	Read
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Laura Leiser	United States	Read
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Ann Foster	United States	Read
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Michelle Faulkner	United States	Read
Timothy Hicks	United States	Read
Regina Mcintosh	United States	Read
Brian Sambourne	Canada	Read
Arianna Ware	United States	Read
JCB Brul	Korea (South)	Read
Sam Kauffman	United States	Read
Tom Woody	United States	Read
Ink Empress	Maldives	Read