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Famous Art Contest Judged

Blog Posted:2/8/2013 12:36:00 PM

First of all, congratulations to the winners of my first contest!!! You can check out the winning poems on the Member Contest page.

I have to say, it was NOT easy to judge this contest. I was not prepared for such an onslaught of expertly written and uniquely observant poems. I was introduced to art I had never seen before, and I also got to read really beautiful descriptions of some of my all-time favourite paintings.

Thanks to all who participated! :)

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Robert
Pettit

Date: 3/5/2013 9:56:00 PM

It was fun to participate in your contest. I hope you have many more in the near future.

Heather
Ober

Date: 2/9/2013 8:12:00 AM

I'm so glad everyone enjoyed this contest! Like I said, it was SO difficult to judge. Next time I host a contest, can someone please submit a bad poem to make my life easier? :)

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 2/8/2013 3:19:00 PM

Heather, I am so happy you liked my poem. thanks for your contest and congrats to all your winners.

Mandy
Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 2/8/2013 2:43:00 PM

Thanks heather I enjoyed this one and congratulations to all those that placed xx

Carrie
Richards

Date: 2/8/2013 1:30:00 PM

Thank you, Heather........I am in such wonderful company, who are artists in poetry! So this is my honor! Andrew Wyeth is one of my favorite artists....it would be hard to choose between his paintings. I love the earthy tones, and simplicity of his work Thanks for giving us this opportunity to see other poets favorites! :)

David
Williams

Date: 2/8/2013 12:53:00 PM

Congratulations to all winners...David

My Past Blog Posts


Update on Duet Contest Date Posted: 12/29/2015 9:41:00 AM
New Contest - Write Me a Duet Date Posted: 11/23/2015 9:24:00 PM
Winter Dodoitsu Contest Finalized! Date Posted: 11/13/2015 10:12:00 AM
The Writer's Retreat Date Posted: 11/9/2015 3:14:00 PM
Update on Winter Dodoitsu Contest Date Posted: 11/9/2015 8:20:00 AM
New Contest: Winter Dodoitsu Date Posted: 11/5/2015 12:11:00 PM
Favourite Forms Contest Judged! Date Posted: 10/9/2015 9:38:00 AM
New Contest: My Favourite Forms Date Posted: 9/12/2015 9:53:00 PM
Make Me Laugh! Date Posted: 6/25/2013 10:08:00 AM
Moment of Truth Contest - Winners posted! Date Posted: 6/25/2013 8:07:00 AM
Moment of Truth Contest - REMINDER Date Posted: 6/10/2013 11:41:00 AM
New Contest: Moment of Truth Date Posted: 6/3/2013 7:04:00 PM
Love Letter Contest (finally) Finalized! Date Posted: 5/24/2013 9:08:00 AM
Update Date Posted: 5/21/2013 5:59:00 PM
REMINDER - Love Letter Contest Date Posted: 5/3/2013 4:37:00 AM
New Contest: Love Letter Date Posted: 4/29/2013 9:49:00 AM
Ocean-ku Contest Finalized Date Posted: 4/23/2013 8:53:00 AM
New Contest: Ocean-ku! Date Posted: 4/11/2013 1:02:00 PM
Famous Couples Contest Judged! Date Posted: 4/10/2013 8:59:00 AM
New Contest: Famous Couples/Duos Date Posted: 3/13/2013 1:48:00 PM
Beatlemania Contest Judged Date Posted: 3/13/2013 12:05:00 PM
Collaboration - Anyone interested? Date Posted: 3/4/2013 4:33:00 PM
New Contest: Beatles! Date Posted: 2/10/2013 6:32:00 PM
Famous Art Contest Judged Date Posted: 2/8/2013 12:36:00 PM
My First Contest :) Date Posted: 1/21/2013 5:48:00 PM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
5/25/2022	Sticky Hands	Prose	child,love,
2/28/2022	Innocence	Free verse	innocence,
1/28/2021	Winter's Dusk	Free verse	nature,
1/17/2019	Wistful	Sapphic stanza	beauty,nature,winter,
1/14/2019	Sleeping Volcano	Free verse	nature,
12/31/2018	Cardinal	Sonnet	farewell,grief,
12/20/2018	Puzzle Piece	Prose	family,love,son,
2/7/2017	Black Wick	Free verse	grief,
11/16/2015	Mother	Haibun	family,love,mother,
11/9/2015	Fleeting Moments	Verse	memory,
11/5/2015	Christmas Eve Retourne	Quatrain	holiday,
11/4/2015	Sand Dollar Dreams	Haibun	memory,nature,
10/29/2015	Constellations	Couplet	night,stars,
9/16/2015	This Hell	Blank verse	loneliness,loss,sick,
9/15/2015	Hirtle's Beach	Terzanelle	nature,nostalgia,
9/14/2015	Love Letter	Sonnet	love,
9/14/2015	Eternal Spring Collaboration	Sonnet	life,
9/11/2015	Poetic Justice	Free verse	first love,
9/9/2015	Unchained	Free verse	life,loss,solitude,sorrow
9/8/2015	Abbotsford Road	Rhyme	nostalgia,
9/7/2015	September	Quatrain	love,nature,
9/5/2015	Haiku 14	Haiku	nature,
9/4/2015	Denial	Rhyme	introspection,
6/17/2015	Linger	Free verse	grief,memory,
10/23/2014	Haiku 13	Haiku	home,
10/16/2014	Immortality	Free verse	family,
10/10/2014	Echoes of You	Sonnet	grief,hope,
9/17/2013	Waterloo Bridge	Ekphrasis	art,beauty,
8/26/2013	Doorways To Yesterday	Free verse	memory,
7/29/2013	Into the Gloaming	Sonnet	peace,
7/23/2013	Haiku 12	Haiku	art,nature,
7/21/2013	Evergreen	Free verse	friendship,
7/18/2013	Ardour's Cloth	Sonnet	memory,
7/5/2013	Stardust	Verse	stars,
6/29/2013	A Box of Truth	Terzanelle	allegory,
6/27/2013	Sending Waves	Tanka	confusion,
6/24/2013	Night Driving	Free verse	city,
6/21/2013	Clocks	Free verse	time,
6/19/2013	Lunenburg	Monorhyme	nostalgia,
6/17/2013	At the Pawn Shop	Rhyme	memory,
6/17/2013	Love Note	Tanka	longing,
6/14/2013	A Formal Evening	Light Verse	fun,
6/12/2013	Facebook	Haibun	life,
6/11/2013	Haiku 11	Haiku	grief,
6/9/2013	A Summer Couplet	Couplet	summer,
6/7/2013	Arthurian Footles	Footle	fantasy,
6/7/2013	To the West	Couplet	angst,
6/5/2013	What Is An Artist	Clerihew	art,
6/5/2013	Manmade	Verse	nature,
5/31/2013	Letter To An Old Friend	Free verse	memory,
5/30/2013	In the Wizard's Garden	Quatrain	art,fantasy,
5/28/2013	Raindrop Butterflies	Haibun	new year,
5/27/2013	Verses For Vivian	Lyric	depression,
5/14/2013	Happiness	Free verse	happiness,
4/30/2013	The Night Market	Free verse	culture,
4/26/2013	The Philosopher	Rhyme	metaphor,
4/24/2013	Haiku 10	Haiku	weather,
4/23/2013	I Just Found Out	Free verse	evil,
4/19/2013	25	Free verse	self,
4/15/2013	Little Langdale	Rhyme	adventure,mountains,
4/14/2013	Haiku 9	Haiku	peace,
4/10/2013	Then and Now	Free verse	write,love,
4/9/2013	Yellow Roses	Tanka	beauty,
4/8/2013	Five Stars	Quatrain	dedication,poems,
4/7/2013	Quite a Worry	Limerick	humorous,
4/5/2013	Sunflower Summers	Alliteration	summer,
4/4/2013	Haiku 8	Haiku	nature,
4/3/2013	Faye Dunaway	Sonnet	freedom,
4/2/2013	Fireflies	Haibun	love,nature,me,light,ligh
3/27/2013	Haiku 7	Haiku	nature,
3/25/2013	Footprints	Ninette	nature,
3/25/2013	Selene	Villanelle	moon,night,moon,night,sky
3/20/2013	Haiku 6	Haiku	nature,
3/19/2013	Three Fates	Villanelle	imagination,words,,fate,
3/14/2013	The Green Bench	Rhyme	summer,green,
3/14/2013	Early Spring	Couplet	spring,spring,easter,snow
3/13/2013	Maps	Free verse	family,miss you,
3/8/2013	Haiku 5	Haiku	summer,
3/7/2013	Eclipsed	Free verse	art,life,
3/4/2013	Haiku 4	Haiku	rain,
3/4/2013	Q Is For Quinoa	Couplet	food,health,
2/28/2013	Haiku 3	Haiku	happiness,
2/28/2013	Sweet Solitude	Quatrain	art,
2/27/2013	Nightmares	Free verse	introspection,
2/25/2013	The Dress	Rhyme	goodbye,
2/21/2013	Nana's Garden	Haibun	childhood,family,house,ga
2/20/2013	Battling Addiction	Shape	courage,me,me,
2/19/2013	The Potter's Wheel	Tritina	art,life,
2/12/2013	Or So I'Ve Been Told	Free verse	family,me,
2/6/2013	Haiku 2	Haiku	nature,
1/30/2013	Betrayal	Free verse	lost,
1/28/2013	Winter's Skin	Kimo	seasons,
1/27/2013	Careful Cursive	Free verse	fear,hope,write,write,
1/24/2013	More Wine Please	Footle	food,people,
1/24/2013	Unbuttoned	Free verse	life,
1/22/2013	In Your Attic	Light Verse	song-house,wife,crazy,hou
1/17/2013	Backward	Acrostic	life,
1/15/2013	Snowy Love	Haibun	love,seasons,
1/14/2013	Give Me Spring	Quatrain	seasons,me,me,
1/10/2013	I Burn	Rhyme	love,sorrow,

My Photos

Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Cinder Girl	Rhyme
Early Mourning	Free verse	death,friendship,funeral,
Time Before Winter	Narrative	introspectionautumn,time,
Night Owls	Haiku	animals,nature,religion,
Beauty In My Palm	Free verse	devotion,fantasy,friendsh
Campfire	Free verse	analogy,animal,earth,fire
Autumn's Season	Personification	nature,
Velcro Heart	Rhyme	heart,love,me,
Cornflakes, Crosswords and Coffee	Free verse	childhood,family,morning,
Poucha Dass Meditation	Free verse	introspection,life,music,
The Story of Joshua Bell	Free verse	art,introspection,life,mu
Pursuing the Comet	Sonnet	fantasy,
An Acrostic Reflection	Acrostic	introspection,life,
The Face of the Earth	Rhyme	cute,death,earth,me,
Hands That Dipped Me	Free verse	fathers day,inspiration,m
In the Corners	Senryu	imagination,peace,
Without Hope's Gleam	Terzanelle	flower,hope,joy,paradise,
Nightmare of a Beautiful Dream	Couplet	fear,life,loss,mother,mot
I Remove All My Clothing Yet I Am Not Naked	I do not know?	introspection,passion,lon
The Flame	Rhyme	life,light,
Dynamic Autumn	Acrostic	autumn,halloween,nature,s
A Tale of Fire and Ice	Rhyme	dream,fire,love,lust,
Closer Than a Kiss	Quintain (English)	lost love
Autumn Gold	Rhyme	autumn,beauty,
Winter Blues	Free verse	loss,
Office Concerto	Quintain (English)	life,music,work,
Old Excuses	Free verse	childhood,rain,
Why Do You Write	Rhyme	on writing and words,writ
Summer's Interlude	Free verse
Kiss the Rain	Sonnet	lost love,
Night Has Come	Terzanelle	grief,lonely,loss,war,lif
An Empty Mind	Free verse	introspection,life,
Dying Young	Couplet	death,
Sunday Morning, 1891 - Edmund Blair Leighton	Ekphrasis	art,autumn,autumn,morning
Silently She Weeps	Rhyme	daughter,family,grandmoth
Be a Flame	Than-Bauk	allegory,inspirational,
Moth	Haiku	dream,
Eating Grits	Kyrielle	inspirational,introspecti
Adrift	Free verse	passion,sea,
Inscriptions	Free verse	metaphor,
Submerged Cathedral	Free verse	art,confusion,introspecti
Lost	Free verse	dedication,devotion,me,
Admissions of a Sloth	Quatrain	funny,workme,
The Artist	Free verse	art,love,memory,
His Life, His Love	Sonnet	life,love,
The Fool	Free verse	life,music,
In Strangler's Wood - Tanka Version	Tanka	autumn,mystery,rain,
Oh Uhura - To Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah	Lyric	adventure,funny,humorous,
I Am Able	I do not know?	faith,brother,brother,me,
Natures Forest	Sestina	flower,nature,blue,
Tissue Box	Free verse	child,cry,daughter,grief,
Click, Click, Huh	Verse	loss,
Star Sugar	Triolet	nature,
The Pearl	Free verse	beauty,blue,love,moon,nig
Pulse	Personification	caregiving,childhood,daug
A Dryad's Tale	Rhyme	day,fantasy,me,tree,
In the Bed They Make	Free verse	life,psychological,slam,
The Shifting Stars	Couplet	dream,night,sea,stars,tim
Tangled Vines	Free verse	childhood,life,
4th Grade Music Room	Free verse	4th grade,nostalgia,old,s
Across the Universe	Quatrain	music,change,universe,
History Lesson	Quatrain	death,grief,history,loss,
Tone Down the Intensity	Free verse	metaphor,passion,
The Stone	Ballad	body,death,fantasy,kiss,l
Thank You, Photoshop	Free verse	introspection,life,social
Layers of the Onion	Free verse	introspection,life,on wri
Mirror Mirror	Free verse	fantasy,fear,
On Watching Innocence	Sonnet	dedication,
Something About Water	Free verse	nature,
Diner Girl	Quatrain	dream,
Unfinished	Free verse	journey,life,
Fickle Fickle- For Every Woman In a Pickle	Rhyme	men,
Moon	Triolet	moon,
The Cowboy Life I Love	Free verse	animal,cowboy-western,hor
Where Fools Rush In	Free verse	introspection,war,world,
As Love Grows Older	Free verse	for him,love,
Her Brittle Hands	Free verse	character,corruption,lost
Pieces of Me	Free verse	nostalgia,old,autumn,old,
Memento Mori	Sonnet	life,day,
Haiku 32	Haiku	nature,
And Luke Williams Has Gone Celibate	Free verse	love,
Fighting Sleep	Quatern	sleep,
Along Cherry Blossom Lane	Haiku	nature,
Tick Tock Tick Tock	Free verse	life,time,
Beautiful Muse	Free verse	art,beautiful,beauty,
We Can Dream On	Lyric	political,dream,dream,
Malimar	Monorhyme	fantasy,
Berries and Snow	Haiku	nature,snow,
The Tiger In His Glory	Quintilla	animal,cat,death,power,
Peace From Dead Skinned Fingers	Free verse	introspection,peace,praye
How Many Heroes Now Have Gone Unsung	Terzanelle	death,
To Heather Ober	Limerick	tribute,
A Summer Remembered --- Trois Par Huit	Rhyme	happiness,
Where Did She Go	Free verse	how i feel,introspection,
Together, At Last	Rhyme	absence,day,flower,happin
Leather Jacket	Pantoum	desire,passion,
Two-Faced Tempest	Sonnet	nature,
A Long Journey Made Short	Personification	age,birth,journey,love,lu
Your Ocean	Free verse	introspection,
Nearby Dale's Grave	Etheree	family,loss,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Debbie Guzzi	United States	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Nette Onclaud	Philippines	Read
Brittany Reynolds	United States	Read
Krystal Cochrane	Canada	Read
Carrie Richards	United States	Read
Isaiah Zerbst	United States	Read
David Williams	United Kingdom	Read
Richard Lamoureux	Canada	Read
Even Flow	United Kingdom	Read
Tim Ryerson	United States	Read
Kim Merryman	United States	Read
Eileen Manassian	_Not Listed	Read
Painted Hunter	United States	Read
Terry O'Leary	France	Read
Jeremy Martin	United States	Read
Charlotte Puddifoot	United Kingdom	Read
Poet Tacito	United States	Read
Jack Jordan	United States	Read
Laura Breidenthal	United States	Read
George Leblanc	United States	Read
Charmaine Chircop	Malta	Read
Connie Marcum Wong	United States	Read