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My name is Timothy Hicks, and I've been writing for 5 years now, since I was 13. My main hobbies include writing, playing my piano, origami and bicycling.


I'm a bit OCD about some things and some would refer to me as a nervous pacer. I like to do outdoor activities, but at the same enjoy my alone time where I can sit and write. I'm a very avid reader and enjoy several different genres: horror, science-fiction, fantasy, and mysteries such as Sherlock Holmes.


I've had several different jobs including shakerboarder, pizza-make and cotton candy maker-and-distributor.


I like to think of myself as someone that can fit into almost any crowd and I always try to stay on the bright side of things. I swear very little and hardly ever get mad at people. I believe spreading smiles is a much better practice than sharing negativity...

Glitches

Blog Posted:4/27/2016 12:03:00 PM

Hey Folks ...

 

A couples times after finishing up a contest I'll read a couple poems that have a note at the end that says, "Entered into such 'n' contest", and I realize that I've never actually read the poem. I'll send the poet a Soup Mail and they say they entered it in, but I check back and I never received it as a contest entry.

 

This happened with my Ghazal contest and my 13 syllables or less contest. Is this a common thing? Has this happened with anyone else? It's kind of unfortunate because people think their work was rejected when it actuality it was never even sent in ...

 

-Tim



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Connie
Marcum Wong
Date: 4/28/2016 1:42:00 PM
That has happened to me a few times Timothy. Now I double check after entering a contest by going to member area and then contests entered. It is very disappointing to write a poem especially for a contest and then see it never was entered. Stuff happens! Thanks for your blog. Aloha, Connie
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Stephen
Pennell
Date: 4/28/2016 2:02:00 AM
I have had a couple I thought entered and not and one checked my contest page and it was another poem mine could be the stephen effect lol cant multi task lol
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Suzanne
Delaney
Date: 4/28/2016 1:41:00 AM
I think a website with as much traffic as here is bound to have glitches. I remember times when a poem I gave a good placing to showed on the next page as being N/A'd I had to re- check it with the correct placing. I know I have had poems I entered that I knew were good entries but show up as being N/A'd so, I don't entirely trust the system.
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Constance
La France
Date: 4/27/2016 7:26:00 PM
Tim, it has never happened to me, but what I have done is thought I entered and did not or entered it in the wrong contest, now I always check my own contest entered page to make sure it is there and in the right contest... not sure if that is a guarantee, but so far it has been okay, if I see even an NA, I know the poem was in the contest . . . often when I sponsor a contest, I get a few more poems even days after the 35 is reached, that is something I do not understand, how did they enter when the contest was not on the contest page anymore ??
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/28/2016 1:20:00 AM
good question!!
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Andrea
Dietrich
Date: 4/27/2016 3:16:00 PM
Once in a while people forget to actually enter the contest, like Craig said. Sometimes several poems get into a contest at the very last minute. Maybe it's too many people entering at the same time. I've had poets tell me they entered, but their poems never had appeared in my box. it does not happen often, but it does happen. are you still in Texas? Keep on truckin'
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Tim
Smith
Date: 4/27/2016 12:13:00 PM
I've heard others mention this before. I wonder if it is the same jumping that occurs when two comments are made on the same blog or poem and then they get entered into the wrong contest.
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Julia Ward
Date: 4/30/2016 7:55:00 AM
"Entries meant for other contests." Are you sure they are for other contests? Examples I have seen are trolling.
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 4/27/2016 12:16:00 PM
That's too bad :/ The weirdest glitch that happened to me was that I received a contest entry AFTER my contest was over. I sent the person a response and she said she never sent it and hasn't been on the site for months ... weird!
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Tim Smith
Date: 4/27/2016 12:14:00 PM
BTW...How is the trip/move going?

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Let's All Come Together - A Call To Understanding
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Five Words - Concluded & Judged
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A Poetry Game
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Five Words --- Update
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A Question About Best Poems
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At the Mountains of Madness - Concluded
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At the Mountains of Madness - Update
Date Posted: 5/21/2016 12:31:00 AM
What Do Friends and Family Think?
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Home Sweet Home
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Glitches
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Getting Closer to Crunch Time
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From Constipated Pelicans To Lavender Recessions
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Thirteen Syllables - Concluded
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Ghazal - Concluded
Date Posted: 3/27/2016 12:30:00 AM
March of the Footle - Concluded
Date Posted: 3/10/2016 8:32:00 PM
Update on Footle Contest
Date Posted: 3/2/2016 7:02:00 PM
First Contest, and First Blog
Date Posted: 2/29/2016 8:51:00 PM

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3/23/2021 I Toss Another Stone Free verseallegory,analogy,apprecia
5/17/2020 As Above So Below Verseanalogy,appreciation,beau
5/12/2020 Lune - Music Versemusic,
5/12/2020 The True Wonder Bread Free verseanalogy,angst,childhood,c
5/9/2020 Coccinella Magnifica Light Verseadventure,cute,friendship
5/6/2020 The Heavens Trapped Prose Poetrybeauty,bereavement,humani
5/4/2020 Avian Legos Imagismanimal,appreciation,beaut
5/2/2020 In the Wild, Far From My Home Dramatic Verseabsence,change,endurance,
4/29/2020 We Were Fireflies Prose Poetrychildhood,confusion,deep,
4/26/2020 To the Dandelion In the Concrete Personificationcharacter,endurance,flowe
4/25/2020 Who Knows If Magic Exists Prose Poetryappreciation,beauty,famil
4/24/2020 The Dandelions Beg To Differ Prose Poetryanxiety,appreciation,beau
9/3/2016 Never Out of Season - a Short Story Narrativeaugust,bereavement,blue,c
8/1/2016 Eclectic Wonders In Seasonal Flowers --- a Collab Rengayappreciation,beauty,flowe
6/20/2016 The Holiday Season Grookanger,deep,holiday,humani
6/20/2016 From Words - Everything Grookanalogy,bible,christian,d
6/11/2016 Space Cadet Grookanalogy,deep,humanity,hum
6/5/2016 Birds In Tuxedos - a Collaboration Rengayanimal,beauty,change,imag
5/28/2016 January Jest - a Collaboration Rengayautumn,beach,change,natur
5/26/2016 Beautiful Callouses Sonnetbeautiful,beauty,desire,d
5/24/2016 Musical Pantoum Pantoumchildhood,feelings,growin
5/23/2016 Convictions and Visuals Grookanalogy,christian,deep,hu
5/18/2016 Cascade Adventures --- Pt 2 Haibunadventure,beauty,childhoo
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5/16/2016 Summer Haiku Haikubeautiful,beauty,happy,na
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5/12/2016 The Man of the House Trioletblue,childhood,dad,father
4/27/2016 Ego-Beneficiary Grookanalogy,deep,philosophy,u
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4/9/2016 Everyday Is Beautiful Carpe Diemappreciation,cheer up,chi
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4/7/2016 A Question In the Sky Verseadventure,allegory,beauty
4/5/2016 Who Are You --- Not For Contest Light Verseaddiction,character,cheer
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4/3/2016 Element Water Free verseallegory,allusion,bible,d
4/2/2016 The Only Thing That Is Foreseeable Grookdeep,poetry,poets,simple,
3/30/2016 Love Without Hope Quatrainallusion,analogy,desire,g
3/28/2016 The Apple Doesn'T Fall Far From the Tree Free verseadventure,crazy,cute love
3/28/2016 Is Humanity That Bad Monokuanxiety,bereavement,coura
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3/22/2016 Some Words Are Like Mountains Elegyanger,angst,betrayal,blue
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3/18/2016 Element Wind Alliterationadventure,allusion,bereav
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3/8/2016 Amber Questions Fibonacciallusion,appreciation,bea
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2/27/2016 Life According To Miss Ooh-La-La Romanticismbeauty,fantasy,feelings,f
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2/24/2016 Here's An Idea Light Verseanxiety,bereavement,forgi
2/24/2016 Sitting Awkwardly So They Don'T See the Evidence Footlecheer up,fun,funny,giggle
2/23/2016 Dragonfly --- Haiku Haikuappreciation,beautiful,be
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2/19/2016 What It's Worth Free verseallusion,bereavement,deep
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Story Teller Free versefantasy,wisdom,
Those Who Follow Me I do not know?on writing and words,phil
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This Is Poetry Rhymewrite,writing,life,writin
The Storm Watcher Free verseemotions,storm,
Mixing of the Bones Free verseintrospection,life,togeth
Timothy's Bridge I do not know?friend,
Color Me Free versephilosophy,god,me,people,
You Say I Say Quatrainfriendship,
Somewhat Twisted Thoughts of the Day Light Versefunny,life,
My Chance Prose Poetrydream,
Children of a Lesser God Free versegod,uplifting,
Have You Looked Up At the Sky Today Coupletbeautiful,life,uplifting,
It Is a Sin Prose Poetryinspirational,life,pain,p
Two Worlds of Imagination Terzanellechildren,life,
Crystal Clear Prose Poetryfamily,love,
How To Slow Down Time Free verseanalogy,imagination,time,
On My Porch Prose Poetrylife,nature,
The Last Poem Free verselife,people,me,
Amazing Prose Poetrywriting,
Lost Senryuconfusion,
Please Lord Rhymegod,grief,poetry,
Why I Want To Go To Heaven Proseheaven,
1 Cherry Blossom Haiku Haikuapril,children,spring,
He Was My Sun Pantoumwar,
The Gift To God, I Gave To Give - Odedevotion,
What Annoys Me Coupletbetrayal,
Quieter Voice Terzanellevoice,
What Are We Free verselife,love,people,
Take Me To Church Monokubird,
The Quill Masters Free versefun,poets,
Not Today, Not Anymore - Epicbusiness,work,me,work,hig
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Rain and Rain and More Rain Free versenature,
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How To Die Free verseage,death,dream,
Time Lost Eyes Blitzimagination,
The Young Gardener Versebeauty,bird,daughter,gard
Innovation Acrosticchange,light,
Responding To Pain Rhymechristian,inspiration,pai
My Real Name Free verselife,
Self Less Coupletintrospection,
Quote Inspired By Justin Free versebeautiful,devotion,emotio
Haiku 69-About the Swan Lake Haikubird,blue,
Wisdom Is Monokumen,wisdom,universe,
Of Stargazers and Starshooters Narrativeanalogy,appreciation,poet
Butterflies of Saturn Coupletbeauty,butterfly,fantasy,
Wimpy Kid With a Big Imagination Free versedeep,children,hope,meanin
Love Is Free Senryufreedom,love,
Around the Campfire Quatrainadventure,beautiful,color
Today I Wrote Poetry Prosehappiness,society,solitud
The Big Question For Those of Little Faith Free verselife,
The Celestial Pillow Monokublessing,death,life,
Little Glistening Salmon Free verseadventure,appreciation,be
Butterfly Alphabet ABCbirth,butterfly,creation,
Hearts and Solitaire Verseangst,humanity,loneliness
Gathering Wool Free verselost love,
My Poetry Garden Narrativegarden,
On Coming Home Free versespace,
Little Fire Dramatic Monologuecourage,death,fire,growth
December Acrosticbeauty,blessing,growing u
Ode To Earth Free versebeauty,earth,nature,
For the Beautiful Mystic Rose Odebeauty,dedication,deep,fo
John F Kennedy - Martin Luther King Jr - Robert F Kennedy and Donald Duck Free versephilosophy,
In a Field of Gold Quintain (English)lost love,nature,
Insipid Nights Tankafeelings,people,
Instant Telegram Haikuadventure,art,beauty,happ
I'M Sorry My Love-An Almost Sonnet of My Deepest Admiration Rhymegoodbye,humor,silly,
King of Silence Proseallegory,evil,humanity,po
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Summer Splendour Haikuimagery,
At the Mountains of Madness Free verselost love,
Boats of Shame Blitzabuse,baptism,courage,sla
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Impending Sense of Nap Coupletsleep,
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