Poetry competition CLOSED 25th May 2013 8:56am
WINNER
lightbaron
lightbaron
RUNNER-UP:
clio13
BEST DU POET ;) !!!!!
Anonymous
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TRIBUTE TO THE BEST
The best is not the one who has the most trophies
The best is not the one who has the most poems
The best is not the one who makes the most comments
The best poets hide in plain site
The best offers help when you do not ask
The best writes an email to contact
The best does not want to bask
In glory for the sake of genomic skill
The best gives more than one can see
For it is in the nature of givers
To be the excellent but silent
Quiet and grounded as they write on
Not for vanity, power, or glory
Many try to tell their story
With the careful use of vocabulary
Well woven strings of thought
Balance on top of spiraling imagination
Building a tower reaching for heaven
Digging down to make large roots
The poems flourish under their care
You can tell the best poets by their poems
Which are strong at the base but flare
Touching the unimaginable and make it look easy
Like a ballerina flying through the air
Captured on film or on paper
Dazzling with intelligence, perception and bright
Whirling the person around with his pen
For the best pens are poets
Whose vision is bright
Whose grammar, spelling, reading and writing
Leave the reader intrigued and enchanted
So they read more of the best
Through the long night.
PLEASE NOTE: The competition asked for one best.
However, in my observation there are several best poets who fit that category, so I thought it better to write about the characteristics of the best poets in DUP as a plural - the best poets and an explanation of why they are the best.
TRIBUTE TO THE BEST
The best is not the one who has the most trophies
The best is not the one who has the most poems
The best is not the one who makes the most comments
The best poets hide in plain site
The best offers help when you do not ask
The best writes an email to contact
The best does not want to bask
In glory for the sake of genomic skill
The best gives more than one can see
For it is in the nature of givers
To be the excellent but silent
Quiet and grounded as they write on
Not for vanity, power, or glory
Many try to tell their story
With the careful use of vocabulary
Well woven strings of thought
Balance on top of spiraling imagination
Building a tower reaching for heaven
Digging down to make large roots
The poems flourish under their care
You can tell the best poets by their poems
Which are strong at the base but flare
Touching the unimaginable and make it look easy
Like a ballerina flying through the air
Captured on film or on paper
Dazzling with intelligence, perception and bright
Whirling the person around with his pen
For the best pens are poets
Whose vision is bright
Whose grammar, spelling, reading and writing
Leave the reader intrigued and enchanted
So they read more of the best
Through the long night.
PLEASE NOTE: The competition asked for one best.
However, in my observation there are several best poets who fit that category, so I thought it better to write about the characteristics of the best poets in DUP as a plural - the best poets and an explanation of why they are the best.
somelikeithot said:
TRIBUTE TO THE BEST
The best is not the one who has the most trophies
The best is not the one who has the most poems
The best is not the one who makes the most comments
The best poets hide in plain site
The best offers help when you do not ask
The best writes an email to contact
The best does not want to bask
In glory for the sake of genomic skill
The best gives more than one can see
For it is in the nature of givers
To be the excellent but silent
Quiet and grounded as they write on
Not for vanity, power, or glory
Many try to tell their story
With the careful use of vocabulary
Well woven strings of thought
Balance on top of spiraling imagination
Building a tower reaching for heaven
Digging down to make large roots
The poems flourish under their care
You can tell the best poets by their poems
Which are strong at the base but flare
Touching the unimaginable and make it look easy
Like a ballerina flying through the air
Captured on film or on paper
Dazzling with intelligence, perception and bright
Whirling the person around with his pen
For the best pens are poets
Whose vision is bright
Whose grammar, spelling, reading and writing
Leave the reader intrigued and enchanted
So they read more of the best
Through the long night.
PLEASE NOTE: The competition asked for one best.
However, in my observation there are several best poets who fit that category, so I thought it better to write about the characteristics of the best poets in DUP as a plural - the best poets and an explanation of why they are the best.
Thanks for offering a grand start to the competition.
TRIBUTE TO THE BEST
The best is not the one who has the most trophies
The best is not the one who has the most poems
The best is not the one who makes the most comments
The best poets hide in plain site
The best offers help when you do not ask
The best writes an email to contact
The best does not want to bask
In glory for the sake of genomic skill
The best gives more than one can see
For it is in the nature of givers
To be the excellent but silent
Quiet and grounded as they write on
Not for vanity, power, or glory
Many try to tell their story
With the careful use of vocabulary
Well woven strings of thought
Balance on top of spiraling imagination
Building a tower reaching for heaven
Digging down to make large roots
The poems flourish under their care
You can tell the best poets by their poems
Which are strong at the base but flare
Touching the unimaginable and make it look easy
Like a ballerina flying through the air
Captured on film or on paper
Dazzling with intelligence, perception and bright
Whirling the person around with his pen
For the best pens are poets
Whose vision is bright
Whose grammar, spelling, reading and writing
Leave the reader intrigued and enchanted
So they read more of the best
Through the long night.
PLEASE NOTE: The competition asked for one best.
However, in my observation there are several best poets who fit that category, so I thought it better to write about the characteristics of the best poets in DUP as a plural - the best poets and an explanation of why they are the best.
Thanks for offering a grand start to the competition.
Anonymous
“Plodding Along in Skivvies (Humility Wears Underwear)”
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We’re told beauty is
in the eye of the beholder
and
I am a believer,
so be it.
Under the
guise of enlightenment,
we,
the poets,
have our likes
and our dislikes.
Yet still,
we should not pass judgment,
wearing the spiritual-side
on
our shoulder,
growing bold with
underhandedness,
kissing ourselves.
Most writers
wear humility
like underwear
and
for that,
I love them
the best.
After all,
they are my peers,
my motivation to keep
plodding along
in my skivvies,
not terse
writing verse.
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We’re told beauty is
in the eye of the beholder
and
I am a believer,
so be it.
Under the
guise of enlightenment,
we,
the poets,
have our likes
and our dislikes.
Yet still,
we should not pass judgment,
wearing the spiritual-side
on
our shoulder,
growing bold with
underhandedness,
kissing ourselves.
Most writers
wear humility
like underwear
and
for that,
I love them
the best.
After all,
they are my peers,
my motivation to keep
plodding along
in my skivvies,
not terse
writing verse.
Not A Chance
A fickle finger may fall
across certain lines of disconnection
but the words and syllables
some writers bleed onto DUP
can take my breath and steal me away
can cut to the bone with their sharp edge
or melt me silly with silk passion
open my eyes with insightful blasts
give me courage when I've had enough
they never make me cry as my tears rarely leak
but many still reach in and grab my attention
no matter their shape form or genre
the digit definition laid before my eyes
can hit like a hammer or stroke me serene
a passionate pen that drips with cryptic verse
will stretch my mind like a rubber band
so the best poet for me on this here site
are many and more
not ever one
not a chance
A fickle finger may fall
across certain lines of disconnection
but the words and syllables
some writers bleed onto DUP
can take my breath and steal me away
can cut to the bone with their sharp edge
or melt me silly with silk passion
open my eyes with insightful blasts
give me courage when I've had enough
they never make me cry as my tears rarely leak
but many still reach in and grab my attention
no matter their shape form or genre
the digit definition laid before my eyes
can hit like a hammer or stroke me serene
a passionate pen that drips with cryptic verse
will stretch my mind like a rubber band
so the best poet for me on this here site
are many and more
not ever one
not a chance
.:There's Alotta Monarchs That Reign:.
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me.
myself
& eye
have not
seen
just one;
nigh
not
a single cat
(e)r pillar’d
high
nor
the butter
smooth
whom
sit that
fly
...
RB&S
Anonymous
All or None...
Logging in to write, like
lost warriors who remember the sword
Here to spill their ink, not blood
exposing depths of inner storms
laying it all out, like hides
to dry or preserve
depending
To judge who's best
whose pen qualifies as superior
in how it scribbles and arranges the letters
that clarify reasons, who best leaves their words
like stains, monogrammed
for us to read
Enter the poets
the writers amass here
congregating with hopes
of finding truth by expelling some
Some shout emotion in grammar that could
use improvement and some from a place
of such immaturity that to me, it's useless
but to another, necessary
and every soul captivated by poetry
is caught with different bait
different ways...
but the captured is equally worthy
regardless of the lure
it's like a comparison of night and day
rain and sun...
it's all or none
Logging in to write, like
lost warriors who remember the sword
Here to spill their ink, not blood
exposing depths of inner storms
laying it all out, like hides
to dry or preserve
depending
To judge who's best
whose pen qualifies as superior
in how it scribbles and arranges the letters
that clarify reasons, who best leaves their words
like stains, monogrammed
for us to read
Enter the poets
the writers amass here
congregating with hopes
of finding truth by expelling some
Some shout emotion in grammar that could
use improvement and some from a place
of such immaturity that to me, it's useless
but to another, necessary
and every soul captivated by poetry
is caught with different bait
different ways...
but the captured is equally worthy
regardless of the lure
it's like a comparison of night and day
rain and sun...
it's all or none
mikimoondancer said:All or None...
Logging in to write, like
lost warriors who remember the sword
Here to spill their ink, not blood
exposing depths of inner storms
laying it all out, like hides
to dry or preserve
depending
To judge who's best
whose pen qualifies as superior
in how it scribbles and arranges the letters
that clarify reasons, who best leaves their words
like stains, monogrammed
for us to read
Enter the poets
the writers amass here
congregating with hopes
of finding truth by expelling some
Some shout emotion in grammar that could
use improvement and some from a place
of such immaturity that to me, it's useless
but to another, necessary
and every soul captivated by poetry
is caught with different bait
different ways...
but the captured is equally worthy
regardless of the lure
it's like a comparison of night and day
rain and sun...
it's all or none
<3 your soul right now..
Logging in to write, like
lost warriors who remember the sword
Here to spill their ink, not blood
exposing depths of inner storms
laying it all out, like hides
to dry or preserve
depending
To judge who's best
whose pen qualifies as superior
in how it scribbles and arranges the letters
that clarify reasons, who best leaves their words
like stains, monogrammed
for us to read
Enter the poets
the writers amass here
congregating with hopes
of finding truth by expelling some
Some shout emotion in grammar that could
use improvement and some from a place
of such immaturity that to me, it's useless
but to another, necessary
and every soul captivated by poetry
is caught with different bait
different ways...
but the captured is equally worthy
regardless of the lure
it's like a comparison of night and day
rain and sun...
it's all or none
<3 your soul right now..
Anonymous
Thank's Carpe, glad you like this one!! :-)
The Best
Hearts and souls
On white sheets
Emotions and passions
On tearstained scrolls
Anger splattered on the wall
Hurts shouted
Sarcasms dripped
Hate and rage
Reviles and revolts
From their Pen
And touches others
Deeply and surely
They are the Greatest
Poets of Dup
Hearts and souls
On white sheets
Emotions and passions
On tearstained scrolls
Anger splattered on the wall
Hurts shouted
Sarcasms dripped
Hate and rage
Reviles and revolts
From their Pen
And touches others
Deeply and surely
They are the Greatest
Poets of Dup
wow, seems like a unified rebellion against you huh? haha
and as much as I like rebellion, and these wide net praise poems, I think we are giving this kid a hard time. Yeah the title says "DU best" and we all hate that, and it's subjective, and all that jazz.. but, he does detail that he just wants a poem about your favorite poet... there has been a million comps like this, just phrased differently. Maybe since he is newerish, he just wants to know which poets we are into here, so he can check them out, or he is a fascist prick, dunno
edit: plus he put the goddamned squinty-eye-semicolon thing in the title... C'MON now
and as much as I like rebellion, and these wide net praise poems, I think we are giving this kid a hard time. Yeah the title says "DU best" and we all hate that, and it's subjective, and all that jazz.. but, he does detail that he just wants a poem about your favorite poet... there has been a million comps like this, just phrased differently. Maybe since he is newerish, he just wants to know which poets we are into here, so he can check them out, or he is a fascist prick, dunno
edit: plus he put the goddamned squinty-eye-semicolon thing in the title... C'MON now
Anonymous
lightbaron said:wow, seems like a unified rebellion against you huh? haha
and as much as I like rebellion, and these wide net praise poems, I think we are giving this kid a hard time. Yeah the title says "DU best" and we all hate that, and it's subjective, and all that jazz.. but, he does detail that he just wants a poem about your favorite poet... there has been a million comps like this, just phrased differently. Maybe since he is newerish, he just wants to know which poets we are into here, so he can check them out, or he is a fascist prick, dunno
edit: plus he put the goddamned squinty-eye-semicolon thing in the title... C'MON now
Lb,
I'm not sure if it is a rebellion or we just have too many "bests" to single any particular poet out...pondering!
Ha ha.
Strider
and as much as I like rebellion, and these wide net praise poems, I think we are giving this kid a hard time. Yeah the title says "DU best" and we all hate that, and it's subjective, and all that jazz.. but, he does detail that he just wants a poem about your favorite poet... there has been a million comps like this, just phrased differently. Maybe since he is newerish, he just wants to know which poets we are into here, so he can check them out, or he is a fascist prick, dunno
edit: plus he put the goddamned squinty-eye-semicolon thing in the title... C'MON now
Lb,
I'm not sure if it is a rebellion or we just have too many "bests" to single any particular poet out...pondering!
Ha ha.
Strider
