How to judge a poetry contest
OPTION 1. Printout all entries.
Take them to the top of a stairway
Toss them in the air
Those that don’t land on the stairway are N/A
Those on the stairs are rated from top step to bottom step.
OPTION 2. Print out all entries
Tack them face down on a cork board
Find ten darts
Stand back 10 feet
Blindfold yourself
Toss the 10 darts at the poetry board
VOILA….we have the winners
OPTION 3. Print out all entries
Fold them into paper airplanes
YA! You guessed it…
Fly them out the window…..VIOLA
OPTION 4. Install a poetry algorithm on your computer.
Hit the Sort, Collate, Categorize and Crown key….VIOLA
OPTION 5. Refer to Milton’s Blog
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