As mentioned yesterday, I wanted to shine a light on some stuff in this excellent poetry contest.
Here's me votes
1st: # 20 -
Fevered
2nd: # 17 -
Under No Circumstances
3rd: # 24 -
Last Night I saw Pauline
Boy was it both hard and a pleasure to choose -- all the above (except my first place choice) had lines in them I really disliked, but in the end there was so much exceptional stuff in there they took my top three spots.
As for the rest (and rest is an unfortunate term as they were all good) ...
My Love of Movies was really great -- I l
oved these lines.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]They were so still before he came;[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]ate buttercups[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]and sucked tea from sugarcubes,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]danced on pinheads,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]occasionally chewed bones[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Bouganvilleas Remind Me of You[/FONT] wouldv'e been in my top three but I couldn't decide whether 'Colon's winds' were from Colin or his colon! Still, the poem was excellent and evocative and full of emotion for me and just missed out on my top three.
Some poems I loved but discounted for brevity ...
Crackaleur, Place of Lizard Dreams, Six Million Dollars and An Old Man's Amazement ...
all were brilliant but, for me, too short -- yes, I agree they had beyond page meaning and were the right length for the poem they were, still I liked 'em so much I wanted more. Even if more would've spoiled 'em. Hows that for the Hoskins Condition!
For a great first line, Summers Drums '
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]June night and moonlight' [/FONT]
was difficult to beat and
Replay was up there too. As was
Sleep drops a Dream.
As for the others, I could see how good they were -- but they didn't tweak my poetry nipples so much. That said, every single poem in the contest had something that drew me in and I could appreciate -- be it a few lines or an image and that makes me figure everyones a winner.
Well done all.