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Blog Posted:2/22/2020 5:17:00 PM

Ok, I have a problem...so maybe some of you can enlighten me to let me know if I am overreacting. While going over the contest page I noticed contests with different forms so naturally, I looked at the posted poems of the ones giving the contests. I chose three different contests and went back three pages of posted poems by each poet giving the contests and found only one poem any of the poets had written in the form they were going to judge...I found this very disturbing, but maybe I am overreacting...PLEASE enlighten me

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Charles
Messina

Date: 3/1/2020 10:00:00 PM

I admit, I am one of those judges who usually gives an example. Mainly because I am always trying to make up new forms or forms with a twist. I have had many wonderful compliments on some of the ones I came up with. I have also read many examples of others because it gets me reading some of their work that I may not have read if it weren't for their contests. It's hard to get to everyone as we all know.

Connie
Pachecho

Date: 2/23/2020 12:58:00 PM

What I read here is very disheartening and borders public venting. Not in a thousand years do I think contest judges droll on their own vanity by promoting their work as form examples. Instead I read their intentions as being a helping hand to the contestant, like a teacher to a student. What I see with all this division and bickering as serving as a suppression to the running of the contest. And it would be a shame to look at a once beautiful garden become a feral field.

Craig Cornish
Date: 2/23/2020 6:24:00 PM

Personally, I agree with you 100%. I almost always either write to my contest prompt or have written many of the form I request.

Craig Cornish
Date: 2/23/2020 5:32:00 PM

Why, almost everyone is saying that writing a contest example or referring to it is a good idea or even a preferable idea. What's being said more so is that a judge should be able to write in the form they require to be able to judge it properly.

Jenish
Somadas

Date: 2/23/2020 1:42:00 AM

Lol.. I'm one of the contest sponsor.. But normally I will give one or two poems as an example.. And I don't know whether I'm a qualified judge or not.. Now I'm afraid.. There are 2 options/suggestions I like to put forward.. One.. Make a panel of sponsors who are qualified and restrict all others from starting a contest.. Two.. Check the sponsor and his poems before entering into the contest.. If you feel that the judge is not qualified don't submit poems on his contest..

Frederic Parker
Date: 2/23/2020 8:14:00 AM

for me, It's a poetry site so poems are posted all the time at least if you put an example out it is a signpost to follow, then I can assume to be judged on your signpost

Craig
Cornish

Date: 2/22/2020 9:34:00 PM

LOL, also Frederic, even if many have written often in the form they have done it incorrectly anyway. Go to many specific form examples and see how many are incorrect but ces't la vie.

Frederic Parker
Date: 2/23/2020 8:11:00 AM

I understand your point Craig, I would like to think they would have at least wrote enough poems in a particular form to have a sense of it rather than pick a form out of a hat then ask poets to be judged on it. That might explain why in some contests I would read a winning poem and say "what was that"

Tom
Cunningham

Date: 2/22/2020 9:02:00 PM

I know many usually write an example of the form that they are going to hold a contest on so I'd say they were qualified to judge the entries using that form. But an interesting point Frederic, hopefully someone will come forward and enlighten us. Tom

Tania
Kitchin

Date: 2/22/2020 8:43:00 PM

I have always previously written poems in the forms that I judge in my contests.

Craig Cornish
Date: 2/22/2020 9:30:00 PM

Correct Tania and it's not a bad idea to write to our own contest prompt as well. As Frederic alludes, if we can't do it should we be judging the same by others.

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5/1/2024	If Love Is Our Fate	Free verse	love,
4/28/2024	Life	Sonnet	life,
4/24/2024	Mirror of my Mind	Free verse	introspection,
4/22/2024	Just Passing Through	Sonnet	life,
4/20/2024	Zephyr	Free verse	love,nature,
4/17/2024	That was Then This is Now	Free verse	change,conflict,confusion
4/16/2024	Yesterday	Free verse	memory,
4/12/2024	A Time to Reflect	Free verse	introspection,
4/9/2024	Wistful	Free verse	lost love,nostalgia,
4/6/2024	Coagulate	Free verse	war,
4/5/2024	The Flame of the Poet's Soul	Free verse	writing,
3/28/2024	Maestro	Free verse	love,music,
3/27/2024	Vagabond	Rhyme	introspection,nature,
3/23/2024	When Love was You	Free verse	memory,
3/21/2024	A Stranger's Eyes	Sonnet	life,
3/17/2024	Uplifting	Rhyme	beautiful,night,
3/15/2024	The Legend of Love	Free verse	beautiful,love,poetry,
3/13/2024	Mediations at the Sea	Rhyme	introspection,
3/12/2024	Ethereal Lanterns	Free verse	spiritual,
3/9/2024	The Last Memory	Free verse	life,
3/7/2024	Tattered	Free verse	lost love,
3/6/2024	A Musing on the Times	Free verse	anger,conflict,
3/4/2024	The Unbroken Space Between	Free verse	time,
3/2/2024	Spring Sonata	Free verse	nature,spring,
2/27/2024	Surreal	Free verse	dream,
2/22/2024	Where Souls Gather	Free verse	fantasy,
2/20/2024	I Am	Free verse	introspection,
2/19/2024	It Started with a Blank Canvas	Free verse	conflict,memory,
2/14/2024	Rapture	Free verse	love,
2/12/2024	A Valentine Poem	Rhyme	valentines day,
2/10/2024	Screaming in Darkness	Free verse	fear,murder,pain,
2/8/2024	The Sacredness of Love	Free verse	love,
2/2/2024	Nothing's Left First Draft	Sonnet	introspection,
1/31/2024	Quest	Free verse	beauty,love,
1/24/2024	The Primordial World of Love	Sonnet	beautiful,sensual,
1/19/2024	The Night The Rain Fell	Sonnet	heartbroken,pain,
1/17/2024	Serenity	Sijo	nature,
1/16/2024	Portal	Free verse	introspection,time,
1/7/2024	Growing Old in Love	Sonnet	age,life,love,
1/5/2024	Moments Prior	Sonnet	romantic love,
1/4/2024	Life is a Song	Free verse	love,
1/3/2024	Odyssey	Free verse	perspective,
12/29/2023	In a Twilight's Glow	Sonnet	beautiful,love,
12/26/2023	Without Expectations	Free verse	love,
12/18/2023	On a Winter's Day Anacreontic Couplet	Couplet	heartbroken,
12/13/2023	The First Greeting From Your Eyes	Sonnet	romantic love,
12/10/2023	A Kiss Remembered Whatever	Sonnet	love,
12/9/2023	Tomorrow Was Far Away	Free verse	love,
12/1/2023	Christmas Alone	Free verse	lost love,
11/29/2023	When the World Melts Away	Free verse	love,romance,
11/22/2023	A Toxic Dream	Free verse	conflict,
11/20/2023	Passion	Sonnet	love,memory,
11/19/2023	Stars of Clarity	Free verse	love,
11/18/2023	The Butterflies Dance	Sonnet	dream,
11/16/2023	Nameless	Free verse	introspection,
11/13/2023	Beyond the Sea	Sonnet	love,
11/10/2023	Moment	Free verse	love,
11/8/2023	The Grandeur of Fall	Sonnet	autumn,nature,
11/3/2023	Labyrinthine	Free verse	journey,love,
10/30/2023	More Perfect Than a Da Vinci	Free verse	nature,
10/25/2023	Keep	Free verse	beautiful,love,
10/23/2023	The Last Organ Grinder	Free verse	depression,
10/19/2023	Journal	Free verse	memory,relationship,
10/15/2023	Eyes of a Poet	Free verse	poetry,
10/11/2023	Imagine	Free verse	imagination,
10/8/2023	The Unsupervised Stop Sign	Free verse	conflict,
10/5/2023	Heartbroken	Sonnet	heartbroken,
10/2/2023	The Sky, a Star, a Kiss	Sonnet	love,
10/1/2023	Crossing the Equator	Free verse	nature,
9/28/2023	Gnarled	Rhyme	work,
9/25/2023	Creating a Memory	Sonnet	love,
9/24/2023	Death Is a Promise Ring	Couplet	extended metaphor,
9/19/2023	Fading	Free verse	age,
9/18/2023	Unwritten Absence	Free verse	poetry,
9/16/2023	If This Was the Last	Free verse	memory,
9/12/2023	Crushed Shells and Sand	Free verse	nature,romance,
9/9/2023	I Dream Poetry	Free verse	conflict,
9/8/2023	Two Hearts One Love	Crown of Sonnets	life,love,romance,
8/31/2023	Would You Still Love Me	Free verse	love,
8/27/2023	Chimera	Rhyme	addiction,desire,metaphor
8/22/2023	Broken	Free verse	heartbroken,
8/19/2023	Angelic	Free verse	dream,
8/14/2023	Out My Window	Free verse	introspection,nature,
8/7/2023	Twilight	Sonnet	nature,
8/4/2023	Sad	Sonnet	lost love,sad,
8/3/2023	Romance	Sonnet	love,romance,
7/31/2023	Quest	Sonnet	integrity,life,
7/30/2023	Passing	Free verse	poetry,
7/29/2023	Beachball	Free verse	introspection,
7/29/2023	The Fall-A	Prose Poetry	journey,pain,
7/26/2023	Old	Free verse	age,introspection,
7/24/2023	Nature	Sonnet	nature,
7/21/2023	Memory	Sonnet	memory,
7/15/2023	Love	Sonnet	love,
7/14/2023	To Only Find Beauty	Free verse	introspection,
7/11/2023	Kiss	Sonnet	kiss,
7/9/2023	They Came From the North	Narrative	conflict,dark,death,
7/7/2023	Jewel	Sonnet	love,
7/5/2023	Ironing	Free verse	love,
6/30/2023	Her	Free verse	lost love,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Eye of the Storm	Free verse	emotions,freedom,
The Wintered Soul Among Wisteria	Sonnet	grief,
- You Touch My Heart So Gently -	Romanticism	beautiful,love,
Plucked Violin--- Memories	Free verse	i miss you,nostalgia,
To Whisper Mildly---Lgt	Couplet	introspection,memory,
This Old Tree-Lgt	Rhyme	nature,tree,
Ripping Light Bare	Rhyme	longing,passion,
In Negative Light	Verse	dark,eve,nature,night,
Locked Leap	Free verse	love,passion,trust,
Cinder Girl	Rhyme
When Love Was Innocent	Lyric	innocence,love,nostalgia,
A Poet's Cry	Rhyme	introspection,poetry,
In the Calm of Night	Quatrain	eve,image,sleep,
Whispering Leaflets Keep Nature Beautiful	Verse	autumn,beautiful,
Anything Goes On a Sunday	Free verse	day,peace,silence,
A Wish For a New Day	Free verse	bird,day,emotions,lonelin
- R I P -	Free verse	dark,death,
The Ride	Iambic Pentameter	imagination,memory,sad,
We Eclipse As Sun and Moon	Rhyme	longing,
Forever	Free verse	valentines day,
Excalibur	Sonnet	truth,
Nothing Lasts Forever	Rhyme	loss,romance,
Time We Are Given	Free verse	day,hope,inspirational,su
At the Seat of the Catacombs of Amygdala	Free verse	daughter,imagery,journey,
The Otters Play	Sonnet	life,
Angelic Aroma	Free verse	analogy,angel,love,
Epochs of Perpetual Love	Verse	metaphor,time,
Edge of Night	Sonnet	introspection,night,
The Guise of Blue Jay Skies	Free verse	autumn,bird,blue,conflict
Know Yourself	Prose Poetry	analogy,seasons,spiritual
Fallen Shadow	Free verse	angst,solitude,
The Promise	Prose Poetry	love,poetry,romantic love
My Faith	Haibun	appreciation,faith,life,l
Wire Walker	Free verse	betrayal,conflict,husband
Autumn Whispers	Rhyme	analogy,autumn,nature,
Escape of the Bluesman's Song	Free verse	africa,america,grief,raci
Whispers Shared	Free verse	appreciation,beauty,commu
Love With Unbridled Passion	Rhyme	love,
Valentine Hearts	Sonnet	death,husband,lost love,v
Flight To Midnight	Verse	angel,beauty,death,forgiv
Beyond the Veil	Sonnet	moon,
- Journey -	Narrative	angst,death,deep,journey,
Secret Love	Crown of Sonnets	love,romance,senses,
A Vanilla Dove	Free verse	bird,death,grief,hope,lif

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Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
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Nette Onclaud	Philippines	Read
Constance La France	Canada	Read
Sandra Haight	United States	Read
Lu Loo	United States	Read
Jan Allison	Isle Of Man	Read
Becca Teagan	United States	Read
Eileen Manassian	_Not Listed	Read
Talin Kalishian	Egypt	Read
Carolyn Devonshire	United States	Read
Carol B.	Canada	Read
Freddie Robinson Jr.	United States	Read
Janis Thompson	United States	Read
Leanne Lovejoy-Burton	Australia	Read
Lin Lane	United States	Read
Susan Ashley	United States	Read