What inspires you to write poetry

Contest Judged: 9/5/2017 11:50:00 PM
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Place	PoemTitle	Poet
1	I Write Poetry	Andrea Dietrich
1	The Poet Within	Curtis Johnson
1	Sad Influences	Lu Loo
1	What Inspires You	Shirley Rebstock
1	If It Wasn't For Poetry-	Sandra Haight
2	A Poet In Search of Poem	Subimal Sinha-Roy
2	I Should Have Been a Beat Poet	Terry Clothier
2	My Pen	Mohammad Yamin
2	What Inspires You To Write Poetry	Probir Gupta
2	Floating Within Me	Heidi Sands
2	What Inspires Me To Write Poetry	Jan Allison
2	Inspirations	Janis Thompson
3	A Poem For All Seasons	L. J. Carber
3	Inspiration	Joseph May
3	no poet am I -	Gregory Richard Barden
3	''Write It My Dear, Write It''	Constance La France
3	What Inspires Me To Write Poetry	Vijay Pandit
3	What Inspires Me To Write Poetry	Elaine Kuriger
3	Inspiration	Connie Marcum Wong
4	Poetic Inspiration 101	John Lawless
5	Addicted	Line Gauthier
6	Mischief	Jean Murray
7	Heirloom	Hannah Borke
9	Inspiration	Janice Canerdy
10	Entry To English Poetry	Anisha Dutta
Honorable Mention	Gathering Poems	Agnes Krampe

Contest Description

What to Submit?

1 original, poem on the theme of "What inspires you to write poetry?"

I want to know what gives you the inspiration to write poetry.

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.