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Blog Posted:10/12/2024 1:00:00 AM

Take a Chill Pill

It's true that the soup has a funky froth going on right now. However, I think we can skim that froth away and get back to enjoying poetry.

There have been miscellaneous wants and needs expressed and let's admit - there are distinct unintended consequences to some of those major changes suggested. However, we don't actually need to be heavy handed with the salt or the spices when individuals could customise their own bowl. Let's have a little look at how that might work.

Contests

My personal preference is that contests continue to be judged and placements awarded on merit (I don't mind that this is subjective to preferences of the sponsor as long as it's reasonably fair. Just to state, I have done a LOT of contest submissions. I have also sponsored a number of contests.)

We won't have quality sponsored contests if the sponsors are publicly slated like has happened recently. The fact is they give their time voluntarily and the majority seek to employ a fair system of judging and are poets with skill.

The Recipe

Continue to have peer-sponsored contests. The reason I joined the site was the contests and the reason I stayed is the community feel. Let's not allow those things to spoil.
Continue to have contests judged on merit. Working hard on a poem and it being recognised is a good feeling. Yes, it not getting picked is disappointing but I've had NA poems that succeed elsewhere. The placement isn't the be all and end all and sometimes it's just good to pick up a prompt and run with it too.
Contests that showcase entries without a judging process or with minimal judging. This doesn't require a change. Silent One and John Lawless have done this before and everyone that entered got 1st place. Given any premium member can sponsor contests, if someone feels strongly that exposure to all entrants is important, then this can be implemented immediately by them, alongside the traditional set up. (Showcasing every member of the site would take decades, so we'll need to stick with 'in it to win it')
Reduce AI content: I think ideally we'd have a few contests that exclude AI and screen for it for at least the podium places. It would be nice to have a place to find genuine new poets. Contest winners have typically been that place.

Poem Lists

The way to view poems can be customised; here are some options.

New poem list- select display one poem per person. This allows you to see many more poets and you can spot your favourite, then check their page to see if they have any others. Fun fact - this also enables you to see the views and spot those just posted already with 200 views. #comedy
Favourites - just 'follow poets' and view only your curated list. Ta da! No spam poets or need to see anyone you'd rather not be exposed to.

The Best Bits of Soup

Community is really important here as is authenticity. Enforcing one size fits all will likely fit no one. It's really like original denim that is shrink to fit, customise for comfort.
POTD - it would be great if this was correct all of the time. However, it's still worth a read as regularly enough something great appears.
Authentic poetry - it's nice to read genuine poetry. There's a lot of it here. See my other blog about screening out the spam AI (I'm talking mainly new members who just post poems 100% generated by AI - I'm CLEARLY not talking about naming and shaming or freezing people out because they wrote a rhyming poem. To retain the credibility of a site we enjoy being part of the new poems page and contest lists simply can't be full of AI).
Free speech is welcomed in the form of constructive, respectful debate expressing varying opinions but acknowledging that views vary. (Free speech in the form of cold calls, flyer campaigns, tracker dog, publicity stunts or hijacking another unrelated blog is not my cup of tea or preferred flavour of soup.)
Peace and love - I'm for it, along with honesty, integrity and lack of drama.
Blog comments just on customising the soup for good please.

Let's embrace the great ingredients we already have (community, real poets, free to enter contests) and just tweak our own serving so we all can enjoy.

There are some readily available solutions that don't require any disregarding of views but maintain the preferences of regular users of the site who like the current format.

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Paul
Bell

Date: 10/22/2024 11:01:00 AM

Loving the pills the thrills, somebody called Jill. I myself being a higher being just love the chill pill. Not sure if AI has made this good or not.

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/22/2024 11:50:00 AM

Haha thanks Paul, no AI in the making of this blog (other than asking it how to do HTML). Yeah I think there was a pill mix up during this discussion which elicited strange results.

Suzette
Richards

Date: 10/13/2024 3:40:00 AM

Sunday morning thought: AI-generated poetry is as false as smiling with someone else's dentures. Have a nice, relaxing day, DD :)

Suzette Richards
Date: 10/13/2024 4:15:00 AM

Lol ... You run with it ... I'm cooking blackberry jam and it is in the 30° C outside. I'm stewing along with the batch.

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/13/2024 3:52:00 AM

Could create a new call and response poetry chain with this Su. AI poetry is like a polystyrene party cake passed off as hand made, a Father Christmas with a false beard, a bigamist, erm and the Wizard of Oz when his curtain drops :)

I Am
Anaya

Date: 10/12/2024 12:37:00 PM

I'm here because your blog has brought much joy today. As a member, and not a sponsor I'm here for both the contests and the community feel. My N/A's do not affect my trust in the sponsors or compromise my integrity, although I do sense favoritism at times. I light up at the surprise POTD offers when I receive it. Brian S should be added to the list that showcase entries, methinks he started that. AI I'll leave to the sponsors skills and not 100% detectors, because they lie, I've tested them all. Pass that chill pill around! If I get unnerved by the bullying going on, then think of how many others do and will not participate because of it "this is more like trying to remove a platform for bullies to take an issue and use it for their own agenda and to exist peacefully on a poetry site" Go Dilly! :):):)

I Am Anaya
Date: 10/12/2024 12:55:00 PM

lol me too

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/12/2024 12:46:00 PM

Thanks Anaya, I'm pleased at the joy bringing :) I certainly liked Soup the way it was/is. Nice to see you back, thanks for your comment x

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 10/12/2024 10:04:00 AM

Nice blog post, Dilly Dally. I concur!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/12/2024 11:06:00 AM

Thanks for your comment on my poetry contests. As Constance says of her own contests, I kind of consider many of my contests more as challenges than as contests because I want to showcase as many of my "winners" as I can, at least those that meet my criteria. I think we have a lot of sponsors with good intentions but a few rotten apples that I hope won't spoil our whole barrel! Nothing can ever be the way all of us want Soup to be but I think we still have pretty good rules. I think the AI thing is going to become more and more an issue. Sigh!

Craig Cornish
Date: 10/12/2024 10:42:00 AM

Ditto!

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/12/2024 10:11:00 AM

Thank you Andrea. Hopefully we can get back to normal again now. The site doesn't need reinventing but if someone wants to run their own style of contest where everyone wins then they are free to do so with immediate effect. Put their money where their mouth is and put in the graft of sponsoring contests. I appreciate all the interesting and fairly judged contests you have run x

Keith D
Trestrail

Date: 10/12/2024 7:57:00 AM

Is that like a red pill?

Aysha Nuwas
Date: 10/14/2024 1:28:00 AM

Di11y Da11y you have articulated the issue very well dear.

Keith D Trestrail
Date: 10/12/2024 4:34:00 PM

Too tangential for me. Gotta go, got laundry to do.

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/12/2024 4:20:00 PM

I'll happily retain the chill pill if you agree to keep your lines about whether you dress to the left or the right to yourself. It isn't my idea of a healthy exchange of ideas at all, seems somewhat off topic if anything. Thanks but no thanks. End of discussion.

Keith D Trestrail
Date: 10/12/2024 4:09:00 PM

No misunderstanding. I won’t be taking a chill pill. You might wanna keep it. Different points of view are a good thing so as far as I can see no one needs to take a chill pill. You do believe in the healthy exchange of ideas don’t you?

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/12/2024 3:39:00 PM

Think you might be misunderstanding Keith - I googled "the red pill" not you personally. Whatever Google holds on you as an individual you will have to take up with them.

Keith D Trestrail
Date: 10/12/2024 3:26:00 PM

I’m confused. What do you mean by far-right? Is that a reference to the way I dress ‘cos sometimes I go left.

Craig Cornish
Date: 10/12/2024 10:41:00 AM

I'll just simply be "A Pill"?! Will pick a color later - lavender blue perhaps - sorry for blog bombing DD hugs

Keith D Trestrail
Date: 10/12/2024 8:19:00 AM

Lol

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/12/2024 8:18:00 AM

I had to Google your reference Keith and got "The Red Pill terminology grew in male supremacist forums and was adopted more broadly by far-right and white supremacist groups to describe their own versions of awakenings, conspiracist worldviews that often overlaps with male supremacist positions, such as antifeminism." Therefore, I'd say no - this is more like trying to remove a platform for bullies to take an issue and use it for their own agenda and to exist peacefully on a poetry site.

John
Lawless

Date: 10/12/2024 6:21:00 AM

Does it come in a liquid as i"m having trouble swallowing all this. I write poetry/poems all by myself, alone in a room. the idea that a "POETRY" site(?) would consider AI generated "poetry" AKA (FITB) to be allowed in any of its many forms is like drinking "near beer" and talking to a hand puppet.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/12/2024 10:01:00 AM

Haha. I liked your analogy.

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/12/2024 6:28:00 AM

I mean saying it's inevitable and therefore we should just wade through it does not sit well with me. If I wanted AI poetry I can generate that myself as well as AI feedback. I want human poetry that expresses the voice, not a replica. Anyone using it and passing it off as their own work is misunderstanding what poetry is about. You wouldn't pick a book up and just scribble out the authors name and replace with your own. It defeats the object of poetry and I personally want to say quite clearly I don't want to read AI poetry.

Craig Cornish
Date: 10/12/2024 6:25:00 AM

Always both truthful and entertaining John

Craig Cornish
Date: 10/12/2024 6:24:00 AM

We're all God's children, but we're not all good poets, nor good singers, nor good golfers (if you suck at it like I do), but we all can have fun in the attempt if we accept our limitations!

Craig
Cornish

Date: 10/12/2024 6:17:00 AM

Lavender's blue - good one Silly Dilly!

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/13/2024 4:12:00 AM

Haha Craig just got the lavender blue pill joke (on the other thread) - straight up funny lol

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/12/2024 10:31:00 AM

Thanks Jan, there must be three songs then! I didn't have any in mind when I chose the name haha just a random thought in order to allow for poetic freedom :)

Jan Allison
Date: 10/12/2024 9:59:00 AM

that's from My fair Lady , I think the correct title is 'Get me to the church on time'. I'm getting married in the morning dont Dilly Dally on the way. No dilly Dallying with you and the wisdom in your blog! hugs jan xx

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/12/2024 9:46:00 AM

I'm singing the one about not being able to find my way home as my theme tune haha :) (Don't Dilly Dally on the Way)

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/12/2024 6:23:00 AM

You'll have to explain that one Craig, but since you're one of the sponsors I hold in high regard then I'm going to assume you agree haha

David
Kavanagh

Date: 10/12/2024 5:46:00 AM

You really do have the best interests of the PS community at large Dilly, no grandstanding or pontificating, just a common sense well meaning all inclusive blog, A must read for everyone on the soup no matter what way they like their portion served, cheers David

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/12/2024 6:22:00 AM

Thank you David. I don't write poetry or blogs to gain followers. I am concerned that if the site loses members due to AI spamming, move away from challenging contests, placements reflecting merit and removal of ability to post poems readily then there will be no site and the community will drift away.

Tania
Kitchin

Date: 10/12/2024 5:36:00 AM

Di11y, a well thought out recipe for well balanced and hearty soup, success on PS. I like your ideas. Unfortunately, there are some members (soup trolls) who continue to sour and spoil the broth and they will never be happy no matter what the outcome will be.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/12/2024 10:01:00 AM

Yeah i saw the the about the gift of a self published book being full of grammatical errors. the term never look a gift horse in the mouth springs to mind !

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/12/2024 6:16:00 AM

I've been saddened by the offensive comments about sponsors, contest winners and self published poets I read in one blog. I'm hopeful nothing like that occurs again. I'm not against alternate ideas but they need to reflect the views of those that use the site or run alongside them. I hope these suggestions can allow for implementation of their well intended type of contest and also ensure the traditional contests continue.

Lin
Lane

Date: 10/12/2024 4:26:00 AM

Dilly, your recipe sounds like a soup everyone should be cooking. We can each add a pinch of different spices, but too much salt and certainly too much pepper makes it unpalatable. The saying of "too many cooks spoil the broth" does hold true in PS because we are many with different tastes but that 'funky froth' you mentioned is ruining the broth. When that happens, the soup tastes more like a witch's brew stirred in a cauldron. No eye of newt or toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog do we want that would spoil our soup. Thanks for your effort to offer a tasty recipe.

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/12/2024 6:09:00 AM

It just seems the biggest drama was caused over contests, yet any premium member with strong feelings regarding that can run contests that award each entrant a placement, further more they can offer praise and feedback to all entries and make this a regular option. I get that people are passionate when speaking up for others less inclined to be vocal and hopefully their passion can really help those that they represent by them sponsoring the types of contests that they believe are missing from the site. How lucky that the site has the system already in place for them to implement a change so important to them.

Jan
Allison

Date: 10/12/2024 4:15:00 AM

well said Dilly-Dally,I am so pleased you posted this well presented blog. As you know I am saddened about the reduction of poems from 10 to 5 - based on a VERY small minority's opinion of about 8 members some of who seldom even post poetry on the site. Your final 2 lines speak volumes. why change for changes sake to accommodate the views of a select few. a tweak to titles is ALL that is needed to stop poems disappearing quickly. If poets could use a short title on initial posting THEN add a full length title when it has gone off the main page then that would solve one big issue! write on! hugs jan xx

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/12/2024 12:12:00 PM

Quite a few factors would affect that I'm sure, as will less people parting with lifetime membership money...

Jan Allison
Date: 10/12/2024 11:15:00 AM

Dilly-Da11y what upsets me most is that admin covertly reduced the number of poems that can be posted in a day and are seemingly kowtowing to a small minority of around 8 or 9 people and not looking at other factors which can cause poems to go off the main page quickly. A good example is 6 of the same poem were posted today which takes up 12 lines on the new poems page. hugs jan xx

Jan Allison
Date: 10/12/2024 11:09:00 AM

Thanks Craig i already have a poem with a long title I will post it later and add 7 categories and prove it is those factors that cause the poems to disappear off the screen quickly and not 10 a day. hugs jan xx

Craig Cornish
Date: 10/12/2024 6:17:00 AM

Jan, you've given me a great idea (between you and I) make the title longer than the poem I've got the whole page! Especially since I post one poem a week at most? Joshin ya Jan!

Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/12/2024 6:03:00 AM

That's an excellent spot Jan. Adjusting the character length for titles makes great sense to ensure we can view more poems. There are so many reasons people post the full amount. I know people who are transferring their back catalogue of poems onto this site (making the lifetime membership attractive), so reducing how many can be uploaded will disrupt that. I also posted loads when I first joined (for a full on year or more actually) as I write for therapeutic reasons mainly. I did get criticised at times due to lack of understanding. Some members spent most of their day writing, so the reduction will be upsetting for them. Thanks for commenting x

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4/29/2025	hiku	Haiku	appreciation,
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4/27/2025	I can't even get past the tomatoes	Free verse	appreciation,
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4/24/2025	Runner	Free verse	animal,
4/23/2025	Plagued by Memories	Free verse	angst,
4/22/2025	Interview with the Mirror	Rhyme	addiction,appreciation,be
4/20/2025	Memento on the Moon	Ekphrasis	art,
4/19/2025	Gazpacho	Pleiades	food,
4/18/2025	The Chaos in my Heart	Free verse	angst,
4/17/2025	Happily Discontent	Rhyme	angst,appreciation,
4/15/2025	Raphaelesque Head Exploding - Dali	Ekphrasis	art,
4/14/2025	Key to the Fields - Magritte	Ekphrasis	art,
4/12/2025	The Cold Embrace of Death	Ekphrasis	art,
4/12/2025	The Cold Embrace of Death WIP	Ekphrasis	art,
4/11/2025	Superstition	Rhyme	appreciation,
4/11/2025	Threads	Rhyme	emotions,
4/11/2025	The Book of Souls	Rhyme	angst,
4/10/2025	Twilight	Etheree	sunset,
4/8/2025	In Sleepy Bay - Ida Rentoul Outhwaite	Ekphrasis	art,
4/8/2025	The Ambassadors - Hans Holbein the Younger	Ekphrasis	art,
4/7/2025	Enclosed Field with the Rising Sun - Vincent Van Gogh	Ekphrasis	art,
4/4/2025	The Artist is Present - Marina Abramovic	Ekphrasis	art,
4/2/2025	Christian Marclay’s The Clock - quick draft	Ekphrasis	art,
4/2/2025	The Amorous Perspective - Magritte	Ekphrasis	art,
4/2/2025	what makes you feel poetry contest	Monoku	emotions,
4/1/2025	Water Serpent's I - Klimt	Ekphrasis	art,
3/31/2025	beauty in contrast	Free verse	appreciation,
3/31/2025	spring haiku	Haiku	appreciation,
3/31/2025	spring haiku	Haiku	appreciation,
3/30/2025	Afterglow	Free verse	appreciation,
3/28/2025	5 by 5 Faith	Bio	appreciation,
3/28/2025	Dance of Death - Iron Maiden Contest	Quatrain	appreciation,
3/26/2025	The Telescope - Magritte	Ekphrasis	art,
3/24/2025	Getting on my own nerves - two line quotes	Free verse	inspiration,
3/24/2025	Two line quote	Free verse	anxiety,
3/24/2025	I wasn't looking at the Arc de Triomphe	Free verse	appreciation,
3/24/2025	Ophelie - Paul Albert Steck	Ekphrasis	art,
3/22/2025	thoughts from myself with guest appearance from the oldest tree in Paris	Free verse	appreciation,
3/20/2025	Study of Birds	Ekphrasis	art,
3/19/2025	Blue Cheese and Old Pickles	Free verse	angst,
3/19/2025	Deprivation of Limelight	Limerick	character,
3/18/2025	That's what you get - Paramore	Rhyme	appreciation,
3/17/2025	St Patrick's Day Musing nfc	Free verse	appreciation,
3/16/2025	Journal Intime - Magritte	Ekphrasis	art,
3/15/2025	Portrait of a sleeping woman III - Picasso	Ekphrasis	art,
3/15/2025	Can I play with madness	Lyric	life,
3/14/2025	On Time Off Time, painting by Dorothea Tanning	Ekphrasis	art,
3/13/2025	Preserving my Marbles, photorealistic painting by Daryl Gortner	Ekphrasis	art,
3/13/2025	Not nicking my coat	Bio	appreciation,
3/12/2025	Faraway love	Free verse	art,
3/12/2025	The Poetess - Miro	Rhyme	art,
3/11/2025	The Innocent Eye Test by Mark Tansey	Ekphrasis	art,
3/10/2025	Varoom! - Roy Lichtenstein	Ekphrasis	art,
3/9/2025	The Anger of the Gods - Magritte	Ekphrasis	art,
3/9/2025	Beauty Before You	Rhyme	appreciation,
3/8/2025	The Ghost of a Flea - William Blake	Ekphrasis	art,
3/7/2025	thinking about - The Kick Inside	Ekphrasis	art,
3/6/2025	Two Dancers - Dali	Ekphrasis	art,
3/5/2025	I taste love no more	Free verse	poetry,
3/4/2025	Shoe thoughts	Free verse	anxiety,
3/4/2025	The inner monologue	Free verse	nice,
3/2/2025	To Add One Meter to an Anonymous Mountain - Zhang Huan	Ekphrasis	art,
2/28/2025	Vase of Peonies - Claude Monet	Ekphrasis	anxiety,art,
2/27/2025	self sabotage	Other	anxiety,
2/26/2025	The Double Secret - Magritte 20 minute draft	Ekphrasis	art,
2/25/2025	The Nostalgia of the Infinite by Giorgio de Chirico -10 minute draft	Ekphrasis	art,
2/24/2025	The Commonplace - Magritte	Ekphrasis	art,
2/23/2025	The Tower of Blue Horses Painting by Franz Marc	Ekphrasis	art,
2/22/2025	musey bluesy	Rhyme	poetry,
2/20/2025	Bird in Space sculpture by Constantin Brancusi	Ekphrasis	art,
2/19/2025	A Magical Journey	Acrostic	music,
2/19/2025	Oil and Water - Glenn Hughes	Rhyme	art,
2/19/2025	Plages Roses by Amedee-Julien Marcel-Clement	Ekphrasis	art,
2/18/2025	Healing Poetry	Monorhyme	poetry,
2/17/2025	Skating upon Saturn's Rings	Rhyme	fantasy,
2/17/2025	A Vine in Winter	Free verse	growth,
2/16/2025	I've been listening to your eyes contest	Rhyme	art,
2/16/2025	Tear	Etheree	fear,
2/14/2025	Abstraction White Rose	Rhyme	art,
2/14/2025	Golden Age of Music Contest	Senryu	music,
2/14/2025	The Bride's Dreams - Vignette	Other	dream,
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2/13/2025	Sand Promises	Ekphrasis	art,
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My Photos

Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
A Hand In Time	Free verse	age,memory,
I Read a Poem Then Thought About It a Lot	Ekphrasis	art,poetry,
Late Evening On Ferguson Pier	Free verse	eve,time,world,
No Worries	Rhyme	age,love,marriage,
The Longing	Free verse	longing,spiritual,
Peaches	Prose Poetry	cat,pets,
Seagulls On Williamstown Beach	Free verse	beach,morning,
Putting Myself Together	Free verse	creation,identity,self,
Still As My Shadow	Rhyme	devotion,i miss you,lost,
Just a Bit of Dust	Rhyme	humor,silly,
Rinse Clear POTD	Free verse	introspection,pollution,
Alone	Suzette Prime	analogy,inspiration,metap
Written Pages	Free verse	morning,universe,writing,
Glass Hours	Sonnet	death,fate,time,
Simple Pleasures	Free verse	memory,sun,wine,
Ricochet	Haiku	bird,fun,
All That I Have Taken In	Free verse	eve,nature,spiritual,suns
Downsizing	Free verse	introspection,self,stress
Suspension Tableau	Verse	longing,love,passion,
Meditations On a Derelict Wharf	Free verse	age,hope,mystery,visionar
Must You Torment Me	Sonnet	summer,
The Sublime Myth	Free verse	dark,hope,image,myth,
J Is For Journey	Bio	journey,poetry,
Poetry Conceived	Didactic	poetry,
Relish the Richness	Verse	poetry,
Ekphrasis Wols	Didactic	art,
Pond-Erings	Verse	peace,water,
Poetics the Essence	Didactic	poetry,
am I not art	Free verse	emotions,
On Rainy Afternoons	Free verse	child,sad,solitude,
The Instrument	Free verse	song,
This::illusion	Monorhyme	life,perspective,word pla
Heartbroken	Quatrain	heart,love,spiritual,
A Picture of Him	Free verse	grandfather,memory,
The Shadow	Free verse	dark,dream,poetry,
The Work	Free verse	allusion,poetry,self,
The Persistence of Memory Painting by Salvador Dali - Collaboration with Dilly Dally	Ekphrasis	art,deep,imagery,poetry,s
Nowhere	Free verse	journey,life,
Formless Poetry	Free verse	art,poetry,poets,
more than meets the eye	Tanka	how i feel,perspective,
Haunting	Free verse	psychological,
Gathering	Free verse	autumn,
We Are Not Alone	Free verse	poetry,
Newspaper clippings	Rhyme	confusion,god,life,
Talking	Free verse	poetry,
The Mythical River Beast	Free verse	boat,magic,river,
Poetaholic	Verse	analogy,poetry,poets,
My oblivious eye	Rhyme	deep,life,perspective,
Vigilant Veil	Free verse	analogy,angst,emotions,fe
Hector	Free verse	bird,humor,nostalgia,
The Labrador	Free verse	care,creation,dog,earth,s
Spontaneity	Free verse	life,perspective,spiritua
Zen Mode	Free verse	love,
swizzles	Free verse	homework,school,student,
The Other	Free verse	eve,self,
On the Other Side of a Peep Hole	Free verse	childhood,depression,memo
Wildflowers	Free verse	flower,thanks,time,
In Memory of Backyards	Free verse	childhood,growth,home,in
wind dreams	Free verse	dream,wind,
MIDNIGHT'S TRYSTS	Sonnet	love,lust,moon,
A Poet's Prayer	Free verse	poetry,prayer,
in the realm of silver linings	Monoku	life,meaningful,perspecti
The Relic	Free verse	life,poetry,sea,
The Balance	Free verse	poetry,
I walk in the shadow	Rhyme	how i feel,life,perspecti
The Narcissist Who Saved Himself - Cynthia Howard - collaboration with Dilly Dally	Ekphrasis	angst,deep,mental health,
In The Nick Of Time POTD	Light Verse	fun,humorous,light,
Being on the Outside	Free verse	love,pain,self,
The space between stars is not empty	Rhyme	perspective,space,stars,
Many Coffees Go Cold - Reality Explained	Free verse	fun,humorous,life,people,
The Great Conundrum	Free verse	earth,hope,life,spiritual
DATSON	Acrostic	inspiration,inspirational
This Place	Free verse	mythology,places,poetry,
Empty the Pot	Free verse	poetry,
That Guy	Free verse	poetry,
Dying in the Moment	Free verse	poetry,
Novembers End	Free verse	poetry,
::Limited edition::	Rhyme	confusion,i am,perspectiv
Moving Out	Free verse	poetry,
Anywhere but here	Free verse	how i feel,mental health,
Swans	Free verse	bird,mystery,self,
When My Nikon Died	Free verse	poetry,
Small Fish	Free verse	fish,mirror,self,water,
Lifting of The Wreck	Free verse	boat,history,river,
uncontested	Tanka	conflict,deep,introspecti
Never Born, Never Died	Free verse	poetry,
Humanity	Rhyme	humanity,perspective,scie
the human condition	Rhyme	innocence,introspection,l
I shall find a way or make one	Rhyme	dark,dream,life,
From The Poets Laboratory	Free verse	poetry,
Trial of Bridget Bishop	Rhyme	feelings,history,
veins of vanity	Free verse	deep,muse,
Sensuous Art -Pink Sweet Peas by Georgia O'Keeffe	Rhyme	art,perspective,
skating upon saturn’s rings	Tanka	deep,how i feel,perspecti
Insignificant Monster No More	Free verse	dark,gothic,imagery,night
burgundy bliss	Free verse	deep,
I swear to tell the truth	Free verse	how i feel,life,perspecti
she’ll be right mate	Monoku	anti bullying,internation
Shadows	Suzette Prime	love hurts,
Zen mode	Free verse	i am,spiritual,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Peter Rees	United Kingdom	Read
C.W. Bryan	United States	Read
Valsa George	India	Read
Gary Radice	United Kingdom	Read
Hat Bueckert	Canada	Read
Paul Willason	Australia	Read
Terry Ireland	United Kingdom	Read
David Kavanagh	Ireland	Read
Paul Bell	United Kingdom	Read
Emile Pinet	Canada	Read
Daniel Turner	United States	Read
John Lawless	United States	Read
Triny Xiang	United States	Read
Speaks Volumes	Australia	Read
Eric Ashford	United States	Read
Suzette Richards	South Africa	Read
Silent One	United Kingdom	Read
Joanna Daniel	India	Read
Unseeking Seeker	India	Read
Hilda Greenhough	United States	Read
Bill Baker	United States	Read
Vickey Rhymer	United States	Read
Brian Strand	United Kingdom	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Karen Jones	United States	Read
Craig Cornish	United States	Read
Clive Culverhouse	United Kingdom	Read
Mat Ignacio	Canada	Read
Ink Empress	Maldives	Read
Candide Diderot	United Kingdom	Read
Lin Lane	United States	Read
Jan Allison	Isle Of Man	Read
Hiba Junaid	_Not Listed	Read
Edward Ibeh	United States	Read
Sara Jama	United Kingdom	Read
Billie Jama	United Kingdom	Read
Daniel Henry Rodgers	United States	Read