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Blog Posted:7/8/2023 7:24:00 AM

do you believe a contest sponsor should at the very least have written a few poems

in the form they require

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Frederic
Parker

Date: 7/9/2023 9:56:00 AM

I found a contest that interested me but when I went to the poet's page of poems and went back over a couple of months I found as far as I could tell they had never written a poem in the form they were requesting...so it gave me reason to ask my question...thank all of you for your thoughts

Paul Callus
Date: 7/13/2023 1:23:00 AM

Hi Frederic, I have come across sponsors who have written several poems based on the form they ask for; unfortunately those poems reveal a lack of knowledge regarding that form...

Craig Cornish
Date: 7/12/2023 7:22:00 PM

Suz, what does "meets requirements" mean?

Suzanne Delaney
Date: 7/11/2023 12:28:00 PM

I have a bugaboo with contest sponsors who N/A a poem that meets requirements but doesn’t explain what the reasons are for giving it such a poor grade. I am going to avoid contests that are too General from now on. It’s not constructive.

Craig
Cornish

Date: 7/9/2023 5:19:00 AM

Yes, but even then it is often not done correctly.

Tania
Kitchin

Date: 7/9/2023 5:17:00 AM

Frederic, absolutely, it makes sense for that sponsor to have experience in writing the form(s) they will be judging. I agree with Jan, it is always nice for them to have an example as well.

Paul
Callus

Date: 7/9/2023 2:44:00 AM

I usually try to give the benefit of the doubt...but I do agree that sponsors should be (very) up-to-date with the form they ask for. Unfortunately this is not the case, and that is why nowadays I seldom enter contests.

Unseeking
Seeker

Date: 7/9/2023 12:40:00 AM

Makes sense. I assume they would

Eve
Roper

Date: 7/8/2023 7:45:00 PM

Heck, Yes!!!!!!!!!! in the past I've seen where they do get away with posting contest, but no poems of their own.

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 7/8/2023 3:13:00 PM

Heck, yes!

Suzette
Richards

Date: 7/8/2023 12:21:00 PM

Most definitely. Otherwise how are we to tell if the sponsor understands the form, or not.

Jan
Allison

Date: 7/8/2023 11:07:00 AM

yes Frederic I like to see an example of what they require and i also think sponsors should have the decency to stick with the contest theme and NOT change it if they don't like the poems people have spent time writing for it. I have contacted admin on the subject. hugs jan xx

Constance
La France

Date: 7/8/2023 10:16:00 AM

Frederic, I agree 100%

Mandy
Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 7/8/2023 7:41:00 AM

oh yes

James Marshall Goff
Date: 7/8/2023 9:03:00 AM

Hi Mandy! it's jimbo!

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My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
4/30/2025	Only One True Love	Free verse	love,
4/27/2025	Brushed by the Moonlight	Sonnet	love,
4/24/2025	Wilderness of Mirrors	Free verse	life,perspective,
4/22/2025	Plagued By Memories	Free verse	lost love,memory,
4/18/2025	Poems Beneath the Shade	Rhyme	romantic love,
4/14/2025	Sanctuary of Eternal Escape	Free verse	nature,
4/12/2025	Memento on the Moon	Rhyme	perspective,
4/8/2025	Meadow Of Our Yearning	Free verse	love,
3/31/2025	Once Upon A Time	Free verse	love,
3/27/2025	Beautiful Our Ardent Dreams	Free verse	love,
3/18/2025	Shadows	Suzette Prime	perspective,
3/16/2025	The Path Taken	Free verse	romance,
3/15/2025	Naturally Fermented	Free verse	life,
3/12/2025	Passing Time	Free verse	life,
3/5/2025	Echoes of the Silent Shore	Free verse	imagination,
3/1/2025	Hurt	Rhyme	pain,
2/28/2025	Kissed in the Garden	Sonnet	love,
2/25/2025	Your Beauty	Free verse	beauty,
2/19/2025	Saturn's Rings	Free verse	imagination,
2/16/2025	Realm of Romance	Free verse	romantic love,
2/13/2025	Juliana	Free verse	dream,
2/8/2025	Sea of Roses	Free verse	love,
2/5/2025	Winter's Breath	Free verse	conflict,leaving,
2/1/2025	Box of Memories	Free verse	lost love,memory,
1/18/2025	When Sunset and Stars Shine on Sacred Ground a collaboration with Susan Ashley	Free verse	beauty,love,passion,
1/16/2025	When You are Old	Rhyme	introspection,
1/13/2025	Ends	Free verse	life,
12/26/2024	Failed Wishes	Free verse	perspective,
12/24/2024	Forever	Free verse	love,
12/21/2024	A Kiss in the Dark	Free verse	allusion,
12/16/2024	Never Renewed	Sonnet	introspection,
12/8/2024	Over Time	Couplet	love,
12/5/2024	Love's Magical Mystery	Free verse	love,
12/1/2024	Love's Romantic Interlude	Sonnet	love,romance,
11/30/2024	Streets of Solitude	Free verse	introspection,
11/26/2024	In the Mind's Desert	Free verse	introspection,
11/25/2024	Who I Am	Verse	life,
11/19/2024	Dreams Within Dreams	Sonnet	dream,
11/14/2024	I Breathe Love	Free verse	love,romance,
11/13/2024	A Silent Memory	Free verse	lonely,memory,
11/12/2024	Cities of Gulls	Sonnet	perspective,
11/7/2024	Moonstone Melodies	Free verse	beautiful,love,romantic,
9/30/2024	Solitude on the Seashore	Rhyme	beautiful,nature,
9/27/2024	Softly We Kiss	Jueju	love,
9/18/2024	Journey Through History	Free verse	history,
9/17/2024	Scene From A Hill	Imagism	nature,
9/13/2024	Love's Melody in Poetic Verse	Free verse	beautiful,love,
9/10/2024	Fading Photographs	Free verse	perspective,
9/9/2024	The Person I want to be	Sonnet	writing,
9/1/2024	Human Folly	Free verse	forgiveness,pain,
8/30/2024	Whispers of Autumn	Sonnet	nature,
8/26/2024	In A World Where I Do Not Exist	Free verse	discrimination,
8/24/2024	Where My Heart Has Been	Hybronnet	love,
8/16/2024	Symphony of the Sunrise	Free verse	nature,
8/12/2024	Time Is Now Measured	Grook	life,
8/5/2024	A Poem from 2013	Sonnet	death,heartbroken,
8/1/2024	Vanished Heartbeats	Rhyme	lost love,
7/28/2024	Seijaku	Free verse	peace,senses,
7/25/2024	It's a Beautiful World	Free verse	nature,
7/22/2024	I Miss	Free verse	childhood,
7/18/2024	Timeless World	Sonnet	emotions,love,
7/16/2024	When Summer is Gone	Free verse	nature,
7/14/2024	Destined to be Lovers Forever	Elegy	lost love,
7/11/2024	Questions of Life	Free verse	life,
7/8/2024	There are no Tomorrows	Free verse	heartbroken,
7/6/2024	Soaked by Nature	Free verse	peace,perspective,
7/2/2024	Wounded Knee	Dramatic Verse	evil,hate,heartbreak,
6/28/2024	I Couldn't Talk About It, So I Wrote A Poem	Free verse	lost love,
6/26/2024	Secure in the Arms of Love	Free verse	love,romance,
6/24/2024	Does it Matter	Free verse	life,
6/18/2024	Raindrops	Free verse	introspection,
6/17/2024	To Drift Away Into The Night	Verse	love,
6/13/2024	Yesterday's Wishes	Free verse	life,memory,
6/12/2024	My Journey through Time and Space	Carpe Diem	life,nature,time,
6/7/2024	At Peace with the World	Suzette Prime	life,nature,
6/4/2024	The Empty Room	Rhyme	lost love,
6/3/2024	In Awe of the Sea	Blank verse	beautiful,sea,
5/23/2024	Lost Portraits	Sonnet	lost love,
5/21/2024	Lilith	Free verse	evil,hate,
5/18/2024	Romance in Twilight	Alliteration	romance,
5/17/2024	Raining in Summer	Sonnet	love,passion,
5/15/2024	If Only You Knew	Sonnet	lost love,
5/13/2024	Heartfelt	Abecedarian	love,
5/8/2024	A Heartbeat Heard Through Time	Rhyme	love,
5/7/2024	When Silence Speaks	Rhyme	environment,nature,
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,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
The Wintered Soul Among Wisteria	Sonnet	grief,
Eye of the Storm	Free verse	emotions,freedom,
To Whisper Mildly---Lgt	Couplet	introspection,memory,
This Old Tree-Lgt	Rhyme	nature,tree,
- You Touch My Heart So Gently -	Romanticism	beautiful,love,
Plucked Violin--- Memories	Free verse	i miss you,nostalgia,
Ripping Light Bare	Rhyme	longing,passion,
In Negative Light	Verse	dark,eve,nature,night,
Locked Leap	Free verse	love,passion,trust,
Cinder Girl	Rhyme
A Poet's Cry	Rhyme	introspection,poetry,
When Love Was Innocent	Lyric	innocence,love,nostalgia,
In the Calm of Night	Quatrain	eve,image,sleep,
Whispering Leaflets Keep Nature Beautiful	Verse	autumn,beautiful,
A Wish For a New Day	Free verse	bird,day,emotions,lonelin
Anything Goes On a Sunday	Free verse	day,peace,silence,
- R I P -	Free verse	dark,death,
The Ride	Iambic Pentameter	imagination,memory,sad,
We Eclipse As Sun and Moon	Rhyme	longing,
Excalibur	Sonnet	truth,
Nothing Lasts Forever	Rhyme	loss,romance,
Forever	Free verse	valentines day,
Time We Are Given	Free verse	day,hope,inspirational,su
The Otters Play	Sonnet	life,
At the Seat of the Catacombs of Amygdala	Free verse	daughter,imagery,journey,
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,
My Faith	Haibun	appreciation,faith,life,l
The Promise	Prose Poetry	love,poetry,romantic love
Autumn Whispers	Rhyme	analogy,autumn,nature,
Wire Walker	Free verse	betrayal,conflict,husband
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,
Secret Love	Crown of Sonnets	love,romance,senses,
- Journey -	Narrative	angst,death,deep,journey,
A Vanilla Dove	Free verse	bird,death,grief,hope,lif
When Sunset And Stars Shine On Sacred Ground - a Collaboration with Frederic Parker	Free verse	beauty,garden,nature,nigh
Heart of Time	Carpe Diem	dance,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Carrie Richards	United States	Read
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 Medders Tobechi	United States	Read
Leanne Lovejoy-Burton	Australia	Read
Lin Lane	United States	Read
Susan Ashley	United States	Read