Picture Poetry Contest (...continued...)

[mazHur]

i think it's high time someone senior among us ( i propose Pen) decided this contest

[AdoreroDio]

I agree, that is of course, if Pen wouldn't mind ignoring his own entry and judging? Or we could find someone who has not submitted a poem? I just want this to continue on...

[autolycus]

I've not posted a poem here, but if I had to judge I know which one I'd pick... *grin*

Edit: I mean, not posted for this particular competition, of course.

[mazHur]

Hey
what are we waiting for??
I hope others here would also agree on appointing Pen as the Judge for this contest and hopefully he would withdraw his participation herein due to change in his status as a selector ?
Any comments?

[ampoule]

I agree.

[TheFifthElement]

I don't think it's fair to ask Pen as he has contributed to the contest, but autolycus has volunteered to judge see post 558 above.

I'd propose that a non-contributor to this round judges the contest - if not Autolycus then I'd be happy to do it.

[Jozanny]

I don't think it's fair to ask Pen as he has contributed to the contest, but autolycus has volunteered to judge see post 558 above.

I'd propose that a non-contributor to this round judges the contest - if not Autolycus then I'd be happy to do it.

I'm lost. Where are the contest rules?

[TheFifthElement]

I'm lost. Where are the contest rules?

Contest rules are as below:

For any newbies, here's a list of the rules describing how this works:

1. The winner from the previous round will select a picture for the next round and set an appropriate deadline date for submissions (usually about two to three weeks has worked out well). The same person who selects the picture is also the judge for that round.

2. Participants then write a poem inspired by what they see in the picture for that round and submit the poem in a post to the thread before the deadline date.

3. Only one poem per person may be submitted for judging in each round.

4. The judge for each round is responsible for posting when the deadline has been reached and the contest is closed to any new submissions for that round. He/she is then responsible for selecting a winner in a (hopefully) timely fashion.

5. Once the judge for that round has posted the winner, then it is that winner's turn to select the new picture and act as judge for the next round. (Traditionally judges have given brief feedback to all participants in addition to selecting a winner).

6. This contest is designed for the purposes of having fun and exercising our poetry skills. The only prize offered is the pride of winning and the fun of getting to select the next picture and act as judge. The greatest reward, however, has proven to be the enjoyment of improving one's own poetry and the chance to read the really great contributions of others here. So join in, and have fun!

these are at post 1 of the thread. Strictly speaking, schadenfreude should judge the contest but schadenfreude seems to have disappeared. In her (I'm assuming 'her'!) absence, someone needs to judge the contest and move it along. I think we've got enough people on the site who could judge it without having to ask Pen to do it. Autolycus has offered, I would be happy to do it, or perhaps, for a fully objective solution, one of the mods could be asked to do it?

[mazHur]

okay, let's leave the matter for the mods to judge ,,any volunteer??

[Pendragon]

We had two volunteers, Auto and Fifth. Perhaps both will do so? And thanks, Fifth, for saying it wasn't fair to make me ignore my poem! I worked hard on that one!

[Jozanny]

Contest rules are as below:



these are at post 1 of the thread. Strictly speaking, schadenfreude should judge the contest but schadenfreude seems to have disappeared. In her (I'm assuming 'her'!) absence, someone needs to judge the contest and move it along. I think we've got enough people on the site who could judge it without having to ask Pen to do it. Autolycus has offered, I would be happy to do it, or perhaps, for a fully objective solution, one of the mods could be asked to do it?

I see. I am a published poet, with over 300 pieces in various print and online archives, and one small magazine issue unto myself. If that serves as sufficient criteria for judging, and I don't know, maybe it doesn't, I'd be happy to help.

I have no interest in posting my own material on LN unless it is a cash award thingy . For money I'd stoop!

Thanks for the enlightenment Fifth, as always, a pleasure.

[autolycus]

*grin*

I will step aside for anyone else who wants to judge and pick a picture for the next round. I'm just here 'in the breach', so to speak. My poetic bona fides are certainly nowhere as extensive as Pen's or Jozanny's or any of many of the other contributors around here.

[mazHur]

if any one of the 2 is from the mods let them take the charge,,,
or let both of them pass a unanimous decision jointly

[AdoreroDio]

I agree, but do it quickly, that is the point right?

[autolycus]

OK, in the interests of the competition and in the spirit of the Games... oops, I mean the Picture Poetry Contest... I hereby declare (most precipitously and without any authority whatsoever except that of being impetuous and unable to withstand anymore of this tension) that:

Based on the atmosphere of childhood fear and creeping gloom engendered by the poem, and the responses made, all of creative poetic merit...

I would vote that Pen take this round, since my completely subjective judgement is that if I were to put that picture in a book, next to a poem which would fit the mood of the book and genre of the book, it would most likely be Pen's.

Seriously, the Pendragon's poem is exactly of that ghoulish (almost Dahlian) kind of child-scary material which is funny and yet might conceal something darker. And hence, if everyone is willing to give me my druthers, it's Pen!