"Summer" Poetry Contest Final

[Scheherazade]

Please vote for the poem you like best by August 20th.

Discussion of individual poems is not allowed.

PS: This poll has been posted for the second time because one of the poem was not included in the earlier poll.

[Virgil]

I wonder if the people who already voted realize they need to re vote. Tough choice for me. They are all very good.

[Scheherazade]

Yes, they have been all contacted.

This is going great! Only day 2 and 4 votes in!

Thank you, guys! :)

[Scheherazade]

Already 7 votes! :)

[Riesa]

They were all very nice. {edit}

[Scheherazade]

Seems like this competition is very close as well!

[Scheherazade]

Going once...

[Scheherazade]

Going twice...

[Scheherazade]

Congratulations to qimissung, who is the winner of our Summer Poetry Contest!

Summer Light

The Old Masters claim the morning,
White, gold, dignified,
The common man bent to his labors,
The sun glinting off the millwheel of life,
The river of humanity putting their shoulders to it still-
Tradition prevailing amidst the humidity and smog.

Gaugain owns the afternoon,
The blazing sun, the violent colors,
Untamed nature rampant,
The Haitian scenes transplanted to an urban
Landscape; people lunching, shopping, swimming,
Drinking, living under the white hot sun.
In truth, if not in reality, we all inhabit
Gaugain in the afternoon.

Monet paints the evening in dusky blue,
The scene awash in a softer light,
Twilight blurring the edges together;
Life is languid; a lady in a white, a small
Child holding a poppy, a crowd of people
Moving into a darkened theater.
We are a melding of color in
The pearly summer light.

Van Gogh is the night, all lit up with
Stars wheeling across the sky,
His hand applies the paint, slashing down swiftly,
Striking the surface with heat
Lightening under a full, swift moon.
We gaze, swirl our tea,
Sigh, and go inside to sleep.



I would like to thank everyone who has taken part.

If you would like to receive feedback on your poems, please post them in the Personal Poetry section.

[CdnReader]

Congrats, Qimi! Just beautiful! :)

[Virgil]

Congrats Qimi. Very good poem. I almost voted for it, but I wound up voting for my own. ;)

[CdnReader]

Congrats Qimi. Very good poem. I almost voted for it, but I wound up voting for my own. ;)


:eek2: You didn't!! :p

[Virgil]

:eek2: You didn't!! :p

Well, I did. :blush: But I liked mine. But other than Pablo (thank you Pablo:)) no one else liked it.

[Janine]

I have been trying to locate the entries, but could not find them, to my dismay because I did want to vote. I still would like to read the others if someone can direct me to the page. I just read the one that won and thought it was stunning. Of course, I would favor that one being an artist myself and able to relate. I loved it qimissung - you are a very fine visual poet! Good choice and congratulations!


Virgil, I imagine the president votes for himself. I didn't find it that strange that you did vote for your own poem. I do want to read it. I know you work hard for these contests. Sorry, I asked you for the link, but you did not send it to me...please don't be mad at me for not voting...most likely I would have voted for qimissung since I like the artists' correlations.. I am in the process of reading the short story entries for the current contest. I read half and have the others to complete; and then I will vote.

[TheFifthElement]

Congratulations qimissung, it is an excellent poem.

Virgil, voting for your own? That's not cricket ;)

[Virgil]

IVirgil, I imagine the president votes for himself. I didn't find it that strange that you did vote for your own poem. I do want to read it. I know you work hard for these contests. Sorry, I asked you for the link, but you did not send it to me...please don't be mad at me for not voting...most likely I would have voted for qimissung since I like the artists' correlations.. I am in the process of reading the short story entries for the current contest. I read half and have the others to complete; and then I will vote.
Janine, I did send it. It was in a recent PM.


Virgil, voting for your own? That's not cricket ;)
I usually don't. This time I did. ;)

[Nossa]

Congrates Qimissung! :D It's a beautiful poem :D

[qimissung]

Thank you Virgil, Janine, FifthElement and Nossa, for you kind remarks. I would also like to thank all (:)) the people who voted for my poem. I liked it, of course, but when I read the others I liked them, too. How do we find out who wrote them? Which one was yours Virgil? Anyway, it was a tremendous amount of fun, and I feel honored and happy that people liked it or felt touched by it.