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Blog Posted:6/13/2022 6:49:00 PM

Thank you so much for entering my Rubaiyat contest and congratulatins to all the winners for your wonderful poems.

Reasons for NA's ...

syllables off should be 8 syllables per line

rhyming off , true or near rhymes were acceptable but it had to rhyme

no date written noted

no contest or sponsor noted

no theme chosen noted

presentation sloppy

quote used but with no writer noted

form required not correct should be 5 stanzas, 20 lines, 8 sylls per line

New contest posted - any form - about women in my family see the contest description for all the details.

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Constance
La France

Date: 6/14/2022 7:46:00 AM

Sotto, thank you so much for the inspiration and the contest and my great placement. I have to NA poems for the same reasons in my contests, what else can we do. Congrats to all your winners, blessings ~Constance

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 6/13/2022 10:51:00 PM

Thanks so much for showcasing this fun poetry form and for my placement. Congrats to all your winners.

My Past Blog Posts


Appreciate your Support Date Posted: 3/27/2024 7:51:00 AM
About the contest Who Is Your Best PS Poet Or Poetess. Date Posted: 12/3/2022 3:21:00 PM
The Contest " Women in your family " Finalized and New contest Posted Date Posted: 7/12/2022 5:59:00 PM
Rubaiyat Date Posted: 6/13/2022 6:49:00 PM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
4/25/2024	Pure Heart - Mirror	Rhyme	appreciation,heart,sin,
4/24/2024	Etched Humanity	Other	analogy,humanity,peace,
4/23/2024	Never Forget Flowers	Senryu	analogy,identity,
4/22/2024	Prologue to Springtime	Free verse	analogy,beauty,spring,
4/22/2024	Life	Acrostic	life,
4/21/2024	Life Mire - Andaree	Rhyme	bereavement,life,
4/21/2024	Euphoria Mystical Apathy	Free verse	bereavement,feelings,rela
4/20/2024	Spring Exhibition	Rhyme	analogy,spring,
4/20/2024	Flower In The Sea	Sonnet	analogy,introspection,
4/19/2024	Midnight Melody For Glenn Hughes-Gettin Tighter Lyric	Rhyme	analogy,celebrity,song,
4/19/2024	Zinnia	Rhyme	appreciation,flower,
4/19/2024	Breeze Poetry	Free verse	analogy,poetry,wind,
4/19/2024	A Whimsical Rainbow	Free verse	analogy,emotions,rainbow,
4/18/2024	Osyter Orchestra	Other	analogy,love,sea,
4/18/2024	Albatross Feather in Jeopardy	Rhyme	analogy,appreciation,bird
4/18/2024	To Which Image Should we Cling	Rhyme	analogy,emotions,life,
4/16/2024	Letter to Ocean	Rhyme	analogy,life,
4/16/2024	Love Transcends Stars	Free verse	first love,heart,longing,
4/15/2024	Yearn	Rhyme	analogy,longing,love,
4/14/2024	Paradise Festival	Rhyme	appreciation,muse,
4/14/2024	Forgotten Field of Forever	Free verse	analogy,fate,flower,
4/13/2024	I Saw God But Now What	Couplet	analogy,dream,god,
4/13/2024	That was Then This is Now	Free verse	analogy,change,fate,
4/12/2024	After The Flood	Rhyme	analogy,rain,
4/10/2024	Wistful	Rhyme	dream,longing,love,
4/10/2024	Anomie	Rhyme	analogy,drug,identity,
4/8/2024	Metronomic Heirloom	Rhyme	analogy,family,
4/7/2024	Serene Meadow	Rhyme	friend,nature,
4/6/2024	Resilient Life-Altering Force	Rhyme	analogy,life,
4/6/2024	Empathetic Healing Power	Rhyme	analogy,heart,
4/6/2024	Twinkling Star Wish	Rhyme	star,
4/6/2024	The Dawn	Couplet	appreciation,mother,
4/5/2024	Ethereal Words	Rhyme	emotions,
4/5/2024	Sullen Scenery	Rhyme	nature,
4/4/2024	Spectral Dryads	Rhyme	analogy,nature,
4/3/2024	Dwelling Vespers	Free verse	analogy,devotion,
4/1/2024	Legend	Rhyme	appreciation,celebrity,
3/31/2024	Hope my final sigh is Relief	Free verse	analogy,body,introspectio
3/31/2024	I wish I had	Free verse	analogy,emotions,
3/30/2024	Ethereal Lanterns	Free verse	light,spiritual,
3/29/2024	Why Don't You Stay	Rhyme	celebrity,song,
3/28/2024	Wounded Sigh	Rhyme	appreciation,bereavement,
3/28/2024	Voyage	Rhyme	adventure,voyage,
3/15/2024	Utopia	Rhyme	appreciation,
3/13/2024	Happiness	List	beauty,happiness,
3/12/2024	Seasonal Harmony	Free verse	blue,sky,
3/10/2024	Guess Who	Rhyme	celebrity,courage,
3/10/2024	Unleash the Butterfly	Free verse	analogy,butterfly,freedom
3/10/2024	Gratitude and Candor	Free verse	inspiration,strength,
3/9/2024	String of Pearls	Free verse	america,devotion,spiritua
3/9/2024	Waning Twilight	Free verse	longing,spring,
3/8/2024	Telepathic Serenade	Free verse	love,sympathy,
3/8/2024	Devoted to Love	Rhyme	love,soulmate,
3/7/2024	Tearful	Couplet	funeral,sad,
3/7/2024	A World Without Conflict	Free verse	war,world,
3/5/2024	Hibiscus	Personification	flower,
3/5/2024	Azoth	Rhyme	history,spiritual,
3/4/2024	Change One Thing	Rhyme	change,
3/4/2024	Harbinger of Time	Free verse	analogy,time,
3/2/2024	Do What you Love Beautifully-Mixed	Rhyme	appreciation,beauty,dedic
3/2/2024	Omitted Rumble	Free verse	appreciation,beauty,lost
3/1/2024	Spring Sonata	Free verse	appreciation,love,spring,
2/29/2024	Happiness vs Misery	Free verse	analogy,angst,happiness,
2/29/2024	Escape Boundary	Free verse	appreciation,butterfly,
2/29/2024	Mama	Free verse	appreciation,mother,
2/28/2024	Stir	Sonnet	analogy,fire,riddle,
2/27/2024	Pearl Moon Blooms	Free verse	beauty,flower,love,
2/26/2024	Ripple Blaze	Villanelle	dream,fire,
2/26/2024	Dozing the Depths	Sonnet	appreciation,dream,sleep,
2/25/2024	Abysmal Vacuity	Free verse	adventure,allegory,analog
2/25/2024	Man Alive-Deep Purple	Rhyme	analogy,appreciation,cele
2/24/2024	Porcelain Spirit Dreams	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,beau
2/23/2024	A Lesson in Wit and Humor	Limerick	childhood,class,fruit,fun
2/23/2024	Banana vs Orange	Limerick	fruit,funny,
2/23/2024	Spontaneity	Rhyme	analogy,appreciation,ligh
2/22/2024	Symphony of Rainfall	Rhyme	analogy,appreciation,cele
2/22/2024	Mystery Castle	Rhyme	anxiety,birth,character,f
2/22/2024	I Am	Rhyme	analogy,appreciation,char
2/19/2024	It Started With A Blank Canvas	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,beau
2/19/2024	The Heart	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,emot
2/19/2024	Romance Ripple	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,beau
2/15/2024	Rambling	Rhyme	allah,appreciation,charac
2/14/2024	Building Tension	Rhyme	analogy,anger,mystery,tim
2/12/2024	Mozart Requiem	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,cele
2/11/2024	Picturesque Propinquity	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,beau
2/10/2024	Twilight Serendipity	Free verse	analogy,confusion,deep,dr
2/8/2024	Love Musings	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,beau
2/7/2024	A Pristine Swan	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,cult
2/6/2024	An Exultant Reverie	Free verse	analogy,beauty,character,
2/5/2024	Heart Spilling Blood	Free verse	analogy,anger,bereavement
2/5/2024	Serenade	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,care
2/3/2024	Weeping willow	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,cry,
2/2/2024	Magic Tree	Rhyme	analogy,appreciation,magi
2/1/2024	A Graceless Sailor	Free verse	analogy,dream,earth,
2/1/2024	Rhapsody Renewal	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,poet
1/30/2024	Quiescent	Rhyme	analogy,appreciation,care
1/30/2024	Ethereal Openness	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,natu
1/30/2024	Community Verse	Rhyme	bereavement,character,peo
1/29/2024	The Rose	Limerick	appreciation,valentines d
1/29/2024	Unnamed Heart	Ghazal	adventure,analogy,appreci

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
A Mountain From a Pile	Rhyme	allusion,corruption,preju
Rest	Free verse	death,freedom,heaven,jour
In Spring	Ninette	spring,
Tunisian Winds -- Song Lyric --	Free verse	12th grade,
Not Quite Write	Couplet	character,fantasy,imagina
Finding a Rainbow	Free verse	lost love,
Smitten and Bitten By Bytes	Rhyme	computer,crush,fantasy,lu
A Kiss Under Falling Autumn Leaves Potd	Verse	autumn,imagery,love,
A Mystic Place To Live ------ Potd	Free verse	creation,
Gentle Harbinger	Couplet	angel,beauty,bird,blessin
Simple Honest Woman	Acrostic	friend,friendship,woman,w
Clouds	Rhyme	nature,silence,sky,storm,
In the Mirror	Rhyme	age,mirror,time,
Monoku Quotes	Monoku	wisdom,
Love From a Tongue Tied Lover	Free verse	love,
Anatomy In Gestures	Ekphrasis	art,
Neutron Binary Star Collision	Rhyme	love,space,stars,
A Gift Forgotten	Free verse	anxiety,conflict,emotions
Becoming Morally Impeccable	Villanelle	inspirational,perspective
Musing On the Scene Below Me	Rhyme	love,
Best Friend Defined	Rhyme	friendship,hope,love,frie
Whispers of Nature - Potd	Rhyme	nature,
The Lady In White	Rhyme	car,dark,humor,scary,
Authentic Beauty - Ap	Abecedarian	beauty,
Immortality	Italian Sonnet	life,
Peace Or Problems	Couplet	america,patriotic,
In a Sunken Garden	Verse	garden,love,
A Beautiful Day In Spring	Rhyme	beauty,day,environment,he
Cross Over To Tomorrow	Verse	inspirational,life,
A Tribute To My Mother	Rhyme	mother,mothers day,
Sun	Haiku	summer,
Our Ring of Peace	Tanka	peace,world,
Winsome Visage of Spring	Rhyme	spring,
Oblivious To Nature	Verse	nature,
Fig Leaf	Free verse	lost love,love,
Poetry Soup	Name	inspiration,philosophy,po
On the Seas of Night Potd	Couplet	adventure,fantasy,nature,
Life On the River	Sonnet	emotions,life,pain,river,
Flipped Hourglass	Free verse	environment,natural disas
Love Endearing	Verse	love,
Onslaught	Rhyme	allusion,america,world wa
Our Final Test	Sonnet	death,heaven,judgement,li
Space and Time	Free verse	appreciation,beauty,bless
If Only My Wish Would Come True	Rhyme	children,hope,inspiration
Womb of Existence	Jueju	life,spiritual,truth,
Your Divine Worth	Roundel	spiritual,
Magical Love	Free verse	love,
Ode To Dewdrops	Rhyme	emotions,feelings,metapho
Tributes	Other	poetry,
Gilded Breath of Autumn	Quatern	autumn,
The Smiles Follow You	Couplet	fantasy,imagery,joy,natur
Life's a Beauteous Dream	Verse	dream,love,
I Wonder What He Would Say	Rhyme	adventure,angel,giving,in
Venus Dreamer	Sonnet	dream,love,
Between November and December	Quatrain	angst,autumn,beautiful,ti
The Poems I Never Wrote	Free verse	imagination,writing,
Words	Free verse	poetry,
Pretty Rich	Haiku	autumn,beauty,color,god,m
Wondering Vii	Free verse	god,life,people,
Night of Aurora	Free verse	light,sky,winter,
Autumn's Serenity	Free verse	autumn,beauty,color,
Likeness Ssenekil: Part 1	I do not know?	word play,
A Simple Whim- POTD	Verse	cheer up,fantasy,river,
If You Ever	Quatrain	god,happiness,uplifting,
Wisdom and Man Iv	Questionku	friendship,men,wisdom,
Characteristics An Open Form	Free verse	poetry,
Our Honourable Muhammad Saw	Free verse	angel,animal,earth day,ea
Song of Love and Joy	Rubaiyat	love,song,
The Lady In Green POTD	Couplet	beauty,fantasy,fashion,gr
Anti-Antitheists	Senryu	change,confidence,
A Daughter's Heart On Mother's Day	Rhyme	emotions,hope,mother daug
Voice of Poetry	Rhyme	poetry,
Each Passing Cloud	Rhyme	grief,lost love,memory,
Promise of Love	Rhyme	love,
I Wandered Lonely As a Boat	Lyric	age,boat,fate,lonely,meta
Time To Cherish	Etheree	bird,peace,song,
Heading Into Mothers Day Weekend	Blank verse	imagery,weather,
Rainbow Scales Beckon Me	Free verse	appreciation,beauty,child
Rise Up Warrior and Slay the Savage Beasts	Rhyme	art,heart,life,perspectiv
Zestful	Rhyme	death,love,tree,
Talismans	Other	blessing,future,meaningfu
Zombie	Rhyme	drug,
Beyond Reach	Verse	child,dream,fantasy,imagi
12 Values a Child Should Learn	Didactic	meaningful,perspective,wi
Rhymed Hiku	Haiku	nature,
Gambit	Dizain	spiritual,
What About These Days	Free verse	life,
Be the Flame of Compassion	Rhyme	care,encouraging,inspirat
Dad	Free verse	appreciation,father,memor
Voice of Spring	Free verse	bird,joy,spring,
Window Looking	Free verse	angst,character,deep,huma
Wave of Fantasy	Verse	dream,fantasy,
How Do You Feel	Rhyme	pain,
A Nocturnal Adventure	Free verse	love,night,sun,
Affections An Open Form	Free verse	poetry,
Over the Pill	Rhyme	growth,satire,
The Sea Gulls Came Home Potd	Free verse	bird,love,storm,
They Told Me You Cried	Sonnet	lost love,recovery from,s
How Do You Feel	Free verse	appreciation,feelings,int
Dark	Free verse	dark,deep,moon,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Besma Riabi Dziri	Tunisia	Read
Edward Ibeh	United States	Read
Denis Briggs	United Kingdom	Read
Brandy Nicole	United States	Read
David Kavanagh	Ireland	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Alexis Y.	United States	Read
Victor Buhagiar	Malta	Read
Paula Goldsmith	United States	Read
Stanfield Major	United States	Read
Evelyn Judy Buehler	United States	Read
Susan Ashley	United States	Read
Constance La France	Canada	Read
Line Gauthier	Canada	Read
Vijay Pandit	United States	Read
Ken Rone	United States	Read
Wren Rushing	United States	Read
Jayme Chapin	United States	Read
Pashang Salehi	United States	Read
Delice Arleen Skelly	Ireland	Read
Ansar Mohammed	Trinidad and Tobago	Read
Richard Lamoureux	Canada	Read
Caren Krutsinger	United States	Read
Brian Strand	United Kingdom	Read
L Milton Hankins	United States	Read
Rama Balasubramanian	India	Read
Eve Roper	United States	Read
Hilo Poet	United States	Read
Robert James Liguori	United States	Read
Paghunda Zahid	New Zealand	Read
Dana Smith	United States	Read
Tom Cunningham	United Kingdom	Read
Silpika Kalita	India	Read
Harry Horsman	Australia	Read
Valsa George	India	Read
Bill Baker	United States	Read
Chetta Achara	United States	Read
Gershon Wolf	United States	Read
Susan Lawrence	United States	Read
Meghan Hutchings	United States	Read
Unseeking Seeker	India	Read
Michael Tor	United States	Read
Anne-Lise Andresen	Norway	Read
Bobby May	United States	Read
John Gondolf	United States	Read
Robert Lindley	United States	Read
Miranda Hawley	United States	Read
Speaks Volumes	Australia	Read
Nancy Kaufman	United States	Read
Sydney Morrison	United States	Read
Paul Callus	Malta	Read
Hiya Sharma	India	Read
Tom Woody	United States	Read
Silent One	United Kingdom	Read
Ink Empress	Maldives	Read
Dr. Robert Ippaso	United States	Read
Duke Beaufort	United States	Read
Arthur Vaso	Canada	Read