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Complicated Simplicity

Blog Posted by Craig Cornish: 10/8/2024 11:41:00 AM

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Date: 10/8/2024 2:43:00 PM
I'm delightfully happy to be on your winning list, Craig. Thank you for considering my entry. To label poets 'elite' is a derogatory term that would suggest anyone on your list considers him or herself to be privileged, powerful, influential in the PS community. Knowing every one of the twelve poets that have placed, I find no reason to call any of them by such a disparaging name. Especially from someone who claims to be a peacemaker. Your assessment of that person seems to be on target, Craig. I'm grateful for those fine poets who continue to take an active part in this community despite such negative comments.
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Craig Cornish
Date: 10/8/2024 6:04:00 PM
Tom - truly not worth my breaths....
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/8/2024 5:02:00 PM
Um, perhaps you missed the fact that it was in Craig's comment to Andrea that the term "elite" was used. Did you wish to edit your comment?
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Lin Lane
Date: 10/8/2024 3:37:00 PM
There's not a darn thing wrong with it, Craig. I feel privileged to have found a site to post my poetry and have it appreciated.
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Craig Cornish
Date: 10/8/2024 3:31:00 PM
deservedly so Lin & this is not to condemn nor celebrate, but...now that it's been noted -- elite we shall be!! and what is the matter with that? It is by no means an exclusive club---everyone is welcome!
Date: 10/8/2024 2:36:00 PM
Cerulean is blue, magenta is red, lemon is yellow, poetry a simple flow.
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Date: 10/8/2024 2:30:00 PM
The elites Tom - please elaborate? Do you not take pride, nor strive for the best you can be...the best that your God would wish for you or, better yet, that you could or should wish for yourself and others? I wish you would read Arthur Miller's "The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder" because it is about you - a lost soul -- find it - I pray you do...
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/8/2024 5:01:00 PM
I do, but I would never consider my self an elitist, nor would I want anyone to think of me that way. Just the opposite, in fact. I'm not interested in being popular, just in taking a stand for what I feel to be fair, just and right, even if it puts me at odds with the so-called elite. My poetry gets a lot of attention and support. I'm content with that
Date: 10/8/2024 2:04:00 PM
Ahh yes, the elites. Sigh
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Date: 10/8/2024 12:58:00 PM
I just now saw that my sonnet placed eighth. Thanks so much, Craig! I bet your top winners are outstanding.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/8/2024 10:00:00 PM
I have lost a lot of your free verse type contests because you well know that I lean more toward narrative than actual free verse writing. I have such admiration for those who are skillful with free verse. . I am just thankful you also like sonnets!
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Craig Cornish
Date: 10/8/2024 1:45:00 PM
AD - Luv ya, and you are among the elite writers here, thanks so much, always, for being a poetic inspiration for us all.
Date: 10/8/2024 12:55:00 PM
I love Dilly Dally's unique writing style! And thanks for your thought provoking blog Craig, your contest, your rules and your decision of the winners:-) And it does help poets to think out of the box when they see your contest winners and what YOU are looking for as a sponsor.
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Jan Allison
Date: 10/10/2024 2:01:00 PM
I'll say one thing Craig, the best gift I have ever been given was an anonymous gift of a PM for the site, I wanted to make that person proud of me by learning as much as I can, and in 10 years I have grown so much in confidence. some may consider me just a poop poet but there is more to me than that:-)
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Jan Allison
Date: 10/10/2024 1:57:00 PM
aww thanks Craig, my proudest contest win was with your homeward bound contest, it makes me emotional when ive heard the piano music played locally Im trying to get the song sung by a male choir on the island
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Craig Cornish
Date: 10/10/2024 1:29:00 PM
Jan, I try not to be ordinary----though my wife (my best friend) doesn't say I'm extraordinary--except what does the "extra" prefix connote anyway? (I'm afraid to ask) Thanks Jan, you are elite here, in my mind, and that need not mean a snob, nor anything of the sort - but, it means a valuable contributor in both writing and thought!

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