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Contest Judged:  5/22/2018 7:02:00 PM
Sponsored by: Constance La France | Send Soup Mail
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 PlacePoemTitlePoet
Contest Winner Medal 1 First Rose of May Andrea Dietrich
Contest Winner Medal 1 Infinite Love Slumberous Soul Winged Warrior
Contest Winner Medal 1 Silence That I Keep Lu Loo
Contest Winner Medal 1 Flowing Down the River Laura Leiser
Contest Winner Medal 2 Nobody Spotted the Signs Jan Allison
Contest Winner Medal 2 To a Soldier's Grave Larry Bradfield
Contest Winner Medal 2 This Gathering of Words John Lawless
Contest Winner Medal 2 Needing a Granted Wish Nette Onclaud
Contest Winner Medal 2 My Pain Is Mine Michelle Faulkner
Contest Winner Medal 3 Beyond Gloom of Grey Subimal Sinha-Roy
Contest Winner Medal 3 New Pain of Loss Sandra Haight
Contest Winner Medal 3 Depth of My Pain Heidi Sands
Contest Winner Medal 3 The Whims of Fate Emile Pinet
4 A Blank Page Awaits Joseph May
4 Buried Beneath the Lies Frederic Parker
5 As the Petals Fall Brian Davey
5 When Life Is Over Curtis Moorman
5 Feel My Soul-Heart Eve Roper
6 A Story To Tell Natasha Turner
7 Roses Wilt and Die Susan Gentry
7 The Inkwell of Woe Mick Talbot
8 Every Laugh and Tear Dm Babbit
8 Faint and Fading Wishes Caren Krutsinger
9 Thank You David Bowie Virginia Waters
9 Blessed With Great Father Beata Agustin


Contest Description

What to Submit?

1.  New poem

2.  Dated, May 18 - June 18, 2018

        * I will only accept dated poems in this contest*

3.  Any Title but must be -* FOUR WORDS * 

      THE TITLE IS ONLY TO BE 4 WORDS ******* 4 WORDS

       THE TITLE IS ONLY TO BE 4 WORDS !!!

4.  Any form, 10 to whatever lines

     I do not accept-  I Do Not Know? as a form

     No linking shorties like Haiku, Senryu or Kimo

     **Concerning rhyming - I am very lenient, forgiving and merciful BUT

     your poem must rhyme on some level and follow some sort of pattern,

     perhaps note the pattern on the bottom, maybe ?

5.  Four themes to use, pick one and * USE * that phrase in poem

    1.  A wish faint and fading

    2.  Over the hill and far away

    3.  The rapture of this life

    4.  I gather up my words

6.  Four words that you * MUST * use

    1.  plunge

    2.  suffering

    3.  rose

    4.  soul 

7.  At bottom of poem note:

     1.  Date written, No date equals eliminate

     2.  Theme MUST be noted, theme must be noted

     3.  Contest

     4.  Sponsor

Check spelling, GRAMMAR, punctuation (if used), syllables, RHYMING, and 

presentation.  Make sure your poem makes sense.  You may add images,

audio, and video, if you wish.  No names or initials, please.

 

If you have any questions, soupmail me.

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