Poetry Contest

[Petrarch's Love]

Hi Female Mind--The contest closes February 10th, so you still have ten days. Here's the original post with the picture for this round:

I figured it's probably about time that the Lit. Net. poetry contest had a book related picture, so here it is. The recent to do over the ambiguity of the judging process has awakened the teacher in me, so I'm going to set up a deadline for three weeks from now (that seemed to have been a reasonable time for past rounds). That means this round of the contest will close at the end of Saturday, February 10th. The results will be posted by the close of Monday the 12th. If people have serious objections to this for some reason, or want to plead for a short extension or something, then either post here or pm me.

Good luck everyone!

[Virgil]

Oh good. I have time. I wrote one, but I wanted to give it a little time to digest.

[thefemalemind]

ok. thanks Petrarch

[Triskele]

can we post more than one? or is that a fairly arrogant and intrusive concept?

[ktd222]

can we post more than one? or is that a fairly arrogant and intrusive concept?

I don't think that would be fair to the other contestants or the person judging the contest. I mean if you have more than one poem for an image then just choose the one you believe is best and sumbit it. Don't water down the pool of entries.

[Virgil]

I agree. One submission per person. If you wish to substitute for the one you submitted, either you can edit that previous post by deleting the first and replacing it with the second. Or you can tell Petrarch which one you want in.

Sorry Triskele, but it will get too confusing otherwise. But if everyone else agrees, then what can I say.

[Petrarch's Love]

To second the above posts, only one poem per person can be judged. It's fine if you're inspired to post two poems, but only one can be considered for the competition. If you do post two, please clearly mark the one you want considered for contest purposes versus the one that's just for fun.

[Triskele]

I don't think that would be fair to the other contestants or the person judging the contest. I mean if you have more than one poem for an image then just choose the one you believe is best and sumbit it. Don't water down the pool of entries.

i certainly agree, in retrospect probably a bad thought. thanks for setting me straight and remaining true to the contest.

[Pendragon]

Besides, the person judging has enough to do deciding on a winning poem and commenting on each entry with only ONE per person! And Petra has only given herself two days to do all of that! Take pity on her!

[Virgil]

OK, here's my entry to this one.

The Point of Hinge

The pages pivot across,
While words animate to a conclusion,
A maelstrom of logic inveigles the reader.
We can parse all we want,
But the pages still pivot.

Is it logic we seek?
Is it logic that connects the soul with life,
The life that breathes the pine smell
Of trees that will be ground to pages?
Every pivot has a point of hinge.

The pages pivot but the pine trees
Sway to the artic gust beneath the cloudy sky.
Upon a crusty branch,
A cerulean warbler finagles the earth.

[ktd222]

Wow! This is the most entries I've seen for a poetry contest.

[mir]

Yeah, this thread is really warming up for this contest. I've just been reading through some of the entries - these are all amazing! I love everyone's poems; great job, all!

[Petrarch's Love]

Besides, the person judging has enough to do deciding on a winning poem and commenting on each entry with only ONE per person! And Petra has only given herself two days to do all of that! Take pity on her!

Thanks Pen. This contest is shaping up to be especially challenging to the judge since, as ktd and mir point out, there are quite a number of entries. Since they're all such good entries, though, it makes it an exceptionally pleasant challenge. Besides, I'll just have finished grading a big stack of student papers that weekend, so I'll be in top form for meting out judgment.

[Triskele]

Thanks Pen. This contest is shaping up to be especially challenging to the judge since, as ktd and mir point out, there are quite a number of entries. Since they're all such good entries, though, it makes it an exceptionally pleasant challenge. Besides, I'll just have finished grading a big stack of student papers that weekend, so I'll be in top form for meting out judgment.

wow, hell of a workload, i wonder if you do not have time turner to do all of that in a mere 48 hours

[ktd222]

wow, hell of a workload, i wonder if you do not have time turner to do all of that in a mere 48 hours

You need to subtract the amount of sleep out of that 48 hours What's left?