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Poetry soup contests something for everyone

Blog Posted:7/29/2016 2:45:00 AM

Although I have only just started dipping my toes in the water here, mainly because I tend to put things off. But even just reading the poems that are put forward just opens up so many different and wonderful perspectives or ways to look at  writing on a particular contest challenge. It helps me appreciate the diversity of the human race. It challenges one to step back and look at all the possibilities out there for us on planet earth. So many different ways at looking at somthing with none absolutely right or wrong but I hope for tollerance in all and I think that is so on poetry soup. The contests themselves offer also infinite variety for all of us at whatever level we are at at any point in time. Long may that continue. 

I think the way Poetry soup is set up lends itself to promoting diversity, tollerance understanding and fun.

Hope others agree. 

David signing off to watch New Zealand play Zimbabwe at Cricket.



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Date: 7/31/2016 4:02:00 PM
I agree with what you stated. I might enter another contest.
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Date: 7/30/2016 5:33:00 AM
Such a good point, David: We all have unique experiences to write about and the real secret to writing is I enjoying the process. Write on. SuZ
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Date: 7/30/2016 6:06:00 AM
Thank you Suzanne. Will look at your work. David in NZ
Date: 7/29/2016 9:03:00 AM
this is a beautiful way of looking at it. i love the way the contests motivate me. I was exhausting topics to write about for myself a good 13 years ago! Then I latched on to "challenge writing" and wow, that pulled more and more poems out of me! Glad you feel this way about Soup and the contests.
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