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Let The Words of my Mouth 16 lines or less

Contest Judged:  3/19/2025 7:21:00 PM
Sponsored by: Miranda Hawley | Send Soup Mail
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Contest Description

What to Submit? I grew up in church and as you might expect some Bible verses were memory verses. One verse in particular was recited at my church so very often, and that was Psalm 19:14. For those of you who are unfamilar it goes like this:

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, Oh LORD, my strength and my Redemeer." NKJV.

​Rules, to follow if you want to be considered for placement. Read carefully:

  1. Any title: The verse hopefully inspires you.
  2. 16 lines or less.
  3. Limericks are okay as are sonnets, free verse, and any style you want BUT NOT PROSE.
  4. Premire contest so I only have room to choose 10 winners. 
  5. I must understand your poem in order for it to place.
  6. Past poems are welcome if they fit the rules.
  7. If you are not Christian or did not grow up in church but you feel inspired by this verse then enter anyways. 
  8. Nothing political or nothing even close to political. 

 

1 original, poem on the theme of .............
Any form is acceptable.

Prizes

First Prize, Glory
Second Prize, Glory
Third Prize, Glory
Twelve Honorable Mentions

Preparing Your Entry

Submit one copy of your poem online. Format your poem. Please make your entry easy to read — no illustrations or fancy fonts. 

English Language

Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible, unless you wrote both the original poem and the translation.

A Note to Poetry Contestants

You are welcome to enter this contest, whether or not you won a prize in one of my previous contests.


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