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Blog Posted:5/16/2025 9:59:00 PM

I think it is a little unfair that a contest is held that precludes all but Americans for entering.

Well I guess we were all invited to enter as long as our poems are about remembering armed service folk that fought for America. The details are very specific that it be about America.

I refer to the Memorial Day contest, currently posted. I have been called a foreiner by a lot of Americans who consider all other than Americans are foreiners, many countries are represented on Soup. I entered anyway, knowing I will be disqualified for not following the contest outline, but its my little protest. BTW, some of the nicest people I know are Yanks ( including my daughter with duel citizenship and son in law born and bred a Yank). Am I the only one that feels this way?

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Constance
La France

Date: 5/17/2025 3:01:00 PM

I am Canadian so that contest is not for me, maybe someone will do one for Canadians, although we are long past our memorial day ~

I Am
Anaya

Date: 5/17/2025 12:33:00 PM

It is the WWW. My ambitious nature was urging me to sponsor a contest, get this, then I realized that it dealt with American issues and would not be fair to international contestants. Political theme of course. I don't know, SV...memorial means memorial, yes!

Unseeking
Seeker

Date: 5/16/2025 10:38:00 PM

Probably the poet can unify the idea of valour and sacrifice, as extended beyond America to all nations, underlying unity of consciousness and spirit as a singular emanation of God, to awaken the spiritual eye within. Or of course, any similar idea, which prioritises welfare of others before ourselves, blurring boundaries of colour, caste, religion, ideology and nationality.

Tom Woody
Date: 5/17/2025 11:56:00 AM

I like the latter part of your comment.

Speaks Volumes
Date: 5/17/2025 3:25:00 AM

The idea of a poem about a Memorial Day is great. If the details of the required poem for the contest are read:"all the fallen who have served to save this country. (pertaining to the American Flag).This contest is meant to honor those who have given their all for this country. Your poem may be about an ancestor who fought in any of this country's wars be it the Revolution, Civil War, etc....but maybe I am taking it too literally and maybe rules of a contest posted are meant to be bent to the shape a contributor feels fit. Not trying to put anyone down by this blog.

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Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
7/1/2025	My Destiny - 1394	Sonnet	destiny,
7/1/2025	117- A Nymph isn't Real	Rhyme	imagination,
7/1/2025	GIVE ME A CHANCE	Lyric	love,
6/30/2025	Our Gate To Heaven	Rhyme	i love you,
6/26/2025	NIGHT AT THE CARNIVAL	Other	kiss,love,
6/26/2025	FOR THE STORY	Rhyme	child abuse,murder,
6/25/2025	The Wolf	Rhyme	animal,
6/23/2025	Where the wild flowers grow	Shape	flower,freedom,
6/21/2025	This should make you smile too	Rhyme	smile,
6/21/2025	Be still my heart 1391	Rhyme	heart,
6/21/2025	Honestly	Acrostic	truth,
6/19/2025	Life 1390	Haiku	life,
6/18/2025	You Are My Fantasy	Lyric	love,
6/17/2025	Follow The Arrow	Haiku	destiny,
6/17/2025	In stars above	Narrative	star,
6/17/2025	summertime	Haiku	summer,
6/15/2025	A Sight To Behold	Roundel	sun,
6/14/2025	Their Plights	Englyn	light,night,
6/14/2025	Righteous Redemption	Rhyme	devotion,
6/13/2025	AI -To Be Or Not To Be	Monoku	inspirational,
6/13/2025	The Way They Feel - Z	Shape	cry,
6/12/2025	Always the Empty Room	Rhyme	sun,
6/12/2025	Inner Voice	Rhyme	encouraging,
6/12/2025	Fireside Cuddling Was So Nice - Your Choice Y	Haiku	fire,weather,
6/11/2025	Out on a Lim	Limerick	cat,
6/11/2025	Madness to the Method	Rhyme	child,
6/7/2025	Sleepless in Seattle	Rhyme	dream,moon,sleep,star,
6/6/2025	By Accident	Rhyme	car,together,
6/5/2025	Natures Pride - Choose a Line 3	Rhyme	autumn,wind,
6/5/2025	Spiritual Blissful Utopia and Eternal Damnation	Lyric	heaven,magic,song,
6/4/2025	Tears - Your Choice U	Haiku	rain,
6/4/2025	Unloved And Became Decrepit	Rhyme	age,fate,nostalgia,perspe
6/4/2025	The Proposal	Etheree	beautiful,devotion,growth
6/2/2025	A Hard Day's Night	Lay	clothes,house,work,
6/1/2025	Your Choice S - Bird 1923 Brancusi	Ekphrasis	bird,flying,
5/31/2025	I had to Leave - Your Choice R	Quatrain	best friend,leaving,
5/30/2025	The noise was christened as silence listened	Rhyme	song,
5/30/2025	RE- POSTED - wallflower	Monoku	dance,
5/29/2025	Q - I the Clown - You Always so Wise	Quatrain	sister,sky,
5/27/2025	Your Choice P Hardware Girl	Rhyme	sorrow,
5/27/2025	Cemetery Flowers Wont Fade	Rhyme	bereavement,death,devotio
5/26/2025	To Twilight	Rhyme	tribute,
5/26/2025	Just For Giggles - A Tess By Any Other Name	Rhyme	boyfriend,marriage,
5/25/2025	The Difference a Rhyme Makes	Rhyme	angst,color,depression,
5/25/2025	Grey	Free verse	color,emotions,
5/24/2025	grape	Haiku	fruit,wine,
5/24/2025	kiwi	Haiku	fruit,growth,wine,
5/23/2025	Accepting My Fate-Breathless	Rhyme	fire,
5/23/2025	Tears On My Pillow	Rhyme	dream,
5/23/2025	Mr Bojangles-Piano Man	Rhyme	appreciation,cool,emotion
5/19/2025	Along With The Thunder	Rhyme	color,light,
5/17/2025	What Makes Me Smile	Rhyme	smile,
5/16/2025	In Honor of Them Every Day	Rhyme	remember,remembrance day,
5/16/2025	The Fire Within - Abstract by Lee J Morgan	Ekphrasis	fire,
5/15/2025	She reassured me with an unfamiliar line	Rhyme	blessing,grandmother,
5/15/2025	Good Intensions	Free verse	nice,
5/15/2025	Shadows of the Valley	Rhyme	sin,
5/14/2025	Castles	Verse	love,
5/6/2025	New dreams	Rhyme	dream,hope,
5/6/2025	Rush Hour	Verse	birth,
5/6/2025	Imagining - Hexaline	Verse	hair,
5/5/2025	Whither thou goest	Quatrain	death,endurance,faith,gra
5/3/2025	Splendiferous So Simply Succumbed	Alliteration	environment,
5/3/2025	Kindness is Free	Rhyme	light,
5/2/2025	A Rainbow of Colours	Rhyme	creation,
5/2/2025	unintended innuendo	Rhyme	innocence,
4/28/2025	Tomorrow is a brand new day	Rhyme	happy,
4/24/2025	Writing A Poetic Rhapsody	Rhyme	music,
4/10/2025	The Door of Uncertainty	Rhyme	life,
12/25/2024	True Christmas Miracle	Rhyme	miracle,
12/24/2024	Merry Christmas	Free verse	christmas,
12/13/2024	Christmas Word Morph	Rhyme	christmas,
12/13/2024	WORD MORPH	Rhyme	hate,love,
11/22/2024	The Pros and Cons of a relationship	Free verse	friend,
11/15/2024	If I Were Your Love	Rhyme	addiction,
11/9/2024	Jolted by Twilight	Rhyme	sunset,
9/25/2024	Fondest Memory	Rhyme	memory,
9/25/2024	Ocean's Glory	Imagism	ocean,
9/25/2024	Without the fear of dying	Rhyme	war,
9/25/2024	Autumn	Haiku	autumn,
9/25/2024	Sensuality	Rhyme	sensual,
8/25/2024	Over the Town by Marc Chagall	Monoku	flying,
8/25/2024	Review It	Rhyme	corruption,
8/25/2024	A Couple - Tri	Rhyme	anniversary,
8/25/2024	Its Simple	Rhyme	girl,
8/25/2024	Little Feather	Rhyme	bird,flying,nursery rhyme
8/24/2024	New Beginning	Quintain (English)	day,
8/24/2024	Judge Me Gently	Rhyme	poetry,
8/23/2024	My Sightless Serenity	Hybronnet	feelings,
8/22/2024	BIG TRAIN inspired by Glenn Hughes	Lyric	kiss,
8/22/2024	Melancholy	Rhyme	beauty,
8/21/2024	Twice is nice	Limerick	marriage,
8/21/2024	I am alive	Grook	life,
8/14/2024	A Special Poet	Rhyme	poems,poetry,poets,
8/8/2024	I dont wanna go to school - A Nursery Rhyme	Rhyme	nursery rhyme,school,
7/21/2024	Going Home - Abracadabra	Rhyme	home,mountains,
6/22/2024	I don't need love - No 86	Free verse	love,
6/19/2024	Contrast	Couplet	youth,
6/18/2024	LIFE	Carpe Diem	life,
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PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Being Rich Is So Much a Bore	Rhyme	humorous,
My Muse and Me	Pantoum	muse,
Halloween's Mask of Comfort	Rhyme	desire,halloween,
In a Dream	Free verse	dance,desire,dream,happin
The Silent Saint	Monoku	work,
Peace of Heart - Potd	Free verse	appreciation,love,peace,
The Charlie Norton School Performing Arts	Rhyme	art,career,education,ment
A Yorkshire Tale	Rhyme	imagination,passion,roman
Faith and Prayer	Rhyme	appreciation,growth,
Identity Crisis	Rhyme	confusion,dream,lost,myst
The Nearly Men	Rhyme	atheist,feelings,humanity
Absent Friends Salute	Rhyme	dedication,friendship,mil
Master of Science	Rhyme	celebration,happy,life,pe
Last Night	Free verse	inspirational love,love,m
Creation	Free verse	creation,drink,freedom,po
No Angels In Foxholes	Rhyme	dream,memorial,military,s
Candid Camera	Rhyme	christmas,fun,
Ode To My Wellie Boots	Rhyme	memory,nostalgia,remember
Lessons	Tristich	beauty,goodbye,memory,pai
My Many Muses	Free verse	growth,inspirational,love
The Eastern Gate Part I	Rhyme	break up,leaving,lost lov
A Beating Heart	Free verse	fate,feelings,first love,
By the Lake	Rhyme	love,
By Throckrington Moor	Rhyme	beauty,earth,environment,
I Remember Years Ago Potd	Free verse	memory,
I Felt Your Love	Rondeau Redouble	beautiful,emotions,feelin
Gratitude	Rhyme	graduate,poetry,voyage,
Alienation	Rhyme	christmas,class,humanity,
Tomorrow Will Take Care of Itself	Rhyme	day,
Spring Is Never Far Off	Free verse	love,seasons,
Isolation	Rhyme	age,birthday,depression,e
Headline News Today	Rhyme	how i feel,
What Do I Think of Love	Rhyme	love,
And the Dog Laughed Too	Rhyme	dog,friendship,humor,
Whispered Melodies - First Place Contest Winner	Rhyme	appreciation,beauty,cheer
Lucidity	Sonnet	meaningful,poetry,words,w
Mission Statement	Rhyme	philosophy,
Imagine	Rhyme	fantasy,imagination,space
Earthliness	Rhyme	analogy,appreciation,beau
Losing Touch	Free verse	11th grade,angst,body,can
Love In the Making	Free verse	love,
Begging To Be Someones Family	Free verse	absence,addiction,betraya
Mama I Love You To No End	Free verse	devotion,love,mother daug
Political Speak	Free verse	inspirational,meaningful,
In Gratitude	Rhyme	anger,appreciation,betray
Fauna of New Yawk	Rhyme	animal,new york,
My Mother's Book	Rhyme	mother,
In a Vampish Way	Roundel	environment,god,moon,nigh
Fantastic Journey	Rhyme	adventure,fantasy,journey
Evolution	Rhyme	humor,perspective,
- Portal -	Sijo	beauty,death,deep,journey
Let Me Hold You	Rhyme	cheer up,courage,love,
The Pebble	Free verse	extended metaphor,inspira
Rain - Raging	Verse	environment,feelings,lost
Our time is now	Kyrielle	spiritual,
Snow White	Limerick	fruit,funny,humorous,kiss
Odd Cultural Topics	Rhyme	allusion,analogy,change,c
Ins and Outs	Monorhyme	life,
The Captive Quill	Rhyme	addiction,analogy,appreci
Rise And Fall	Terzanelle	beach,romance,sea,
A Directive To Be	Rhyme	endurance,god,loss,missin
Sneaky Snakes	Quatrain	animal,farm,friendship,
Value of a Word	Free verse	books,dream,fantasy,feeli
If Anything	Rhyme	desire,destiny,
Nemesis-POTD	Rhyme	analogy,appreciation,crea
Womans Desire	Free verse	feelings,gender,love,rela
Why Can'T We All Just Get Along	Rhyme	life,
Quiet My Dreams	Quatrain	lost love,
Baby Steps	Free verse	change,christian,confiden
Angelic	Rhyme	angel,feelings,irony,long
Radiant Fall	Rhyme	autumn,color,flying,seaso
Whispers In the Shadows	Rhyme	analogy,appreciation,beau
Sunset	Rhyme	beauty,dream,environment,
The Stanzas By the Sea	Free verse	beach,england,holiday,mem
Melody of Lonely Angel	Rhyme	analogy,angel,appreciatio
Christmas, 2022	Free verse	christian,christmas,faith
The Day We Met	Couplet	love,
Walter	Blank verse	death,
Your Red Balloon	I do not know?	dedication,i miss you,
Nonstick Coating	Rhyme	betrayal,corruption,polit
Making the Grade	Limerick	humor,
Overjoyed-Originally Del Valle	Rhyme	baby,birth,daughter,
Confronting Inner Demons	Rhyme	analogy,bereavement,chara
Update	Limerick	religion,
Secret Love - 2nd Place Contest Win	Crown of Sonnets	analogy,appreciation,beau
That's Grace	Free verse	appreciation,god,inspirat
Should I Quit Being a Poet	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,love
Self Confidence	Free verse	confidence,
- Haiku X 238 - Christmas Memories -	Haiku	childhood,christmas,natur
A Haiku Writes Itself	Haiku	art,feelings,nature,writi
Autumn Splendor	Rhyme	autumn,color,tree,
Quest	Rhyme	life,
Angelic	Free verse	appreciation,granddaughte
Something of Mine	Rhyme	care,happiness,love,wisdo
The Windmills of Babel	Free verse	bird,change,environment,f
Nature's Worst	Haiku	nature,
Mother	Rhyme	mother,
The Meaning of Real Friendship	Rhyme	friendship,meaningful,tru
Sorry	Free verse	wisdom,
Silent At Sunset	Quatrain	nature,silence,sky,stress

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Poet	Country
Rico Leffanta	United States	Read
Linda Alice Fowler	United States	Read
Terry Ireland	United Kingdom	Read
I Am Anaya	United States	Read
Terry Miller	United Kingdom	Read
Jay Narain	United States	Read
Leo Larry Amadore	United States	Read
Susan Ashley	United States	Read
Christina Bowring	United Kingdom	Read
Edward Ibeh	United States	Read
Merv Hold	Australia	Read
Tom Woody	United States	Read
Anne-Lise Andresen	Norway	Read
Craig Cornish	United States	Read
Scottie Jackson	United States	Read
Markus Jay	Australia	Read
emelia madelyn	United States	Read