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Slam Contest Closed and Disappointing

Blog Posted:5/7/2018 6:55:00 PM

UPDATE: The names of the winners have been sent to TPS. They say it can take up to 24hrs to apply PMs to accts. Congrats to the winners.

25 out of 35 entries disqualified from the start simply for not following the title rule.

Three more were removed for missing words, name left on poem, or being off topic.

In the end sadly only seven met all qualifications.

When judging is complete this evening there will be five placements and two honorable mentions.

Because this seemed to be so difficult for so many the five that place will all be given premium memberships rather than the initial first through third placements.

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Eileen
Manassian

Date: 5/8/2018 4:37:00 PM

My dear FLO...so like you to do something like this. As someone who has been gifted...so generously by you, I can only say I hope your kindness is appreciate, dear. You are one of the beacons of light on this site. Love you!

Fj Thomas
Date: 5/9/2018 7:14:00 AM

Thanks Eilee, they earned these; I just hope they have fun with it. But you know that what I tell everybody. ;)

Fj
Thomas

Date: 5/8/2018 1:35:00 PM

Any others who have a question, respectful question, about an entry please inbox me. I'd rather you didn't ask in a blog.

Jan
Allison

Date: 5/8/2018 2:11:00 AM

You are an angel Flo, I speak from the heart as I was blessed by you and several other such wonderful people on soup. I hope the 7 poets use their gift to the best of their abilities. I doubt I would not have blossomed with my 'pooetry' so much without this 'gift of words' and all I wanted to do was make those generous poetry soup angels (there are several I know of) proud:-) Sorry the contest was so difficult to judge and many congrats to the winners hugs jan xx

Fj Thomas
Date: 5/8/2018 7:45:00 AM

Lolol I still prefer Queen of Humor but I guess that in itself removes some of the humor lol.

Jan Allison
Date: 5/8/2018 7:32:00 AM

I agree you don't need a PM to flourish with your writing but in my case I was a total novice to poetry (in fact I hated poetry at school) so spurred me on to try and learn as much as I could and make my 'mystery benefactor' proud and now I wear my 'rhinestone crown' as Queen of poop and I will never relinquish my throne lol:-) hugs jan xx

Fj Thomas
Date: 5/8/2018 7:11:00 AM

I wouldn't mind if it had been difficult Jan. I was disappointed because I only had seven to judge. I hope your hand is feeling better! And a person does not need a membership here to flourish with their words, you definitely would not have needed one Jan :)

Faraz
Ajmal

Date: 5/8/2018 12:53:00 AM

Congrats to all the winners who s entry aren t disqualified, lol 28 are disqualified, I have one question that is my poem disqualified because in title instead of writing slam time, I have written slam poem, my title was something like this, "hey you think that you can rhyme, a slam poem" or was there any other reason coz as far as I remember, when i post it, somebody chose it as a member favorite, so I thought that you like it and well that I ll won,

Fj Thomas
Date: 5/8/2018 7:12:00 AM

Thank you and good morning to you.

Faraz Ajmal
Date: 5/8/2018 7:09:00 AM

Oh my bad, anyway thanks for giving everyone an opportunity to participate and get s premium membership,

Fj Thomas
Date: 5/8/2018 7:07:00 AM

Hello Faraz, If that was the title then yes that would be why you were disqualified. One of the rules said that the title needed to have "Slam Time" in it.

Rebecca
Campbell

Date: 5/8/2018 12:13:00 AM

was mine disqualified or did I not enter it properly? Congratulations to all that won!

Fj Thomas
Date: 5/8/2018 7:05:00 AM

Hi Rebecca. Yours would not have been disqualified but I don't have it as an entry. When you have time click on your name at the top of your screen, it'll be toward the top right if you're looking at a desktop. That brings it to your "member area," which you may already know, but go to the "manage contest entries" link and check to see if it was actually entered into this contest and let me know please. I've gone through my screenshots and I don't have yours.

Constance
La France

Date: 5/8/2018 12:08:00 AM

That was so nice of you to do this for these new poets. Do not feel bad many new poets take a while to develop their skill at writing and reading all the rules of contests. I get lots in my contests that I have to disqualify.

Fj Thomas
Date: 5/8/2018 7:08:00 AM

New people I understand Constance. But you know when you have a contest most of the time it's not new people not following the rules lol.

Tom
Cunningham

Date: 5/7/2018 10:50:00 PM

I agree with all the others on here, you are truly are angel FJ, I hope everything good in life happens to you. Congrats to all the winners. Tom.

Fj Thomas
Date: 5/7/2018 11:06:00 PM

Thank you Tom. I wish the same for you :)

Line
Gauthier

Date: 5/7/2018 10:07:00 PM

Congrats to these promising poets. Your generous gift will undoubtedly be most appreciated.

Fj Thomas
Date: 5/7/2018 10:11:00 PM

Good evening Line. I hope you've had a peaceful day. Thank you :)

Maureen
Mcgreavy

Date: 5/7/2018 9:42:00 PM

You are an angel! , I must commend you on all of your wonderful generous gift to the Soup FJ. Congratulations to all of the winners. :)

Fj Thomas
Date: 5/7/2018 10:09:00 PM

Hi Maureen. I was actually here years before I could afford a membership. Some members here shamefully hold it against others for not having a PM. So now, when I can, I just like to be able to give others what I couldn't get when I started here.

Eve
Roper

Date: 5/7/2018 9:09:00 PM

Bless you, Flow, you are a very special angel... Hugs sweet lady.. Congratulations to all the winners..

Fj Thomas
Date: 5/8/2018 7:13:00 AM

Yes! I wish he'd slow down! Lol

Eve Roper
Date: 5/7/2018 11:42:00 PM

He is so handsome and growing so fast:-)

Fj Thomas
Date: 5/7/2018 10:30:00 PM

OH! Eve click the photo link under the bio so you can see my kona bean :D

Fj Thomas
Date: 5/7/2018 10:06:00 PM

Hey Eve. Though this is something I grew up around it seems to be foreign to a lot of other people so it only seemed fair.

Laura
Leiser

Date: 5/7/2018 7:41:00 PM

Very generous of you, FJ. But if I remember correctly, you have given out many PM memberships in the past with your most kind and giving heart! :)

Fj Thomas
Date: 5/7/2018 8:10:00 PM

Thank you Laura. This time they had to work for them lol ;)

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1/27/2023	Cradle To Grave - Tricube	Other	age,life,
1/26/2023	Forsaking 'E' - Lipogram	Rhyme	perspective,
1/20/2023	Reflecting	Other	life,pain,
1/17/2023	Season of Tears	Rictameter	seasons,winter,
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1/13/2023	Purple	Diamante	color,purple,
1/13/2023	Interpreting the Heavens	Sedoka	imagery,love,metaphor,sta
1/9/2023	Broken Reflections	Sedoka	abuse,
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1/5/2023	The Holiday of My Muse	Rhyme	life,poetry,writing,
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6/20/2022	Split Wide Open	Free verse	betrayal,dark,emotions,mu
7/2/2021	Ashes To Ashes---	Fibonacci	death,life,math,
5/4/2021	Fire and Ice	Rhyme	marriage,
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4/23/2021	Tainted By Love	Rhyme	anger,betrayal,
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12/31/2019	Haiku - Celestial Seduction	Haiku	moon,night,snow,stars,win
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Don'T Fall In Love With a Poet	I do not know?	poets,
If Your Crown Is Crooked	Free verse	adventure,beauty,confiden
The Veil I Wear	Dramatic Monologue	analogy,identity,
Tell It To the Rain	Rhyme	hurt,rain,sad,
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My New Name	Sonnet	angel,tribute,
Just a Note To Say Thankyou and Farewell	Free verse	destiny,
For My Ukht Al-Kubra	Prose Poetry	friendship,inspiration,lo
sweet poison, mine -	Rubaiyat	desire,irony,love hurts,m
Some Hearts Can Never Be Tamed	Free verse	angst,loss,lost love,love
The Queen of Poop On Poetry Soup	Limerick	friendship,humorous,me,po
My Angel In Disguise- Tribute To Fj Thompson	Sonnet	angel,friendship,tribute,
Inspired By Shadow of the Past - I Too Have Walked Blind	Free verse	anxiety,words,
Thank You Poetry Soup Angel	Prose	angel,
Who I Am	Free verse	adventure,animal,fantasy,
Poetry Soup Heroes For Contest	Rhyme	angel,for her,for him,fri
Cash Cow	Limerick	friendship,thank you,trib
Thank You	Blank verse	thank you,
This Poem	Rhyme	writing,
Broken People	Free verse	people,
Flo J Thomas a Walking Angel Gone	Free verse	absence,
Somewhere Poets	Rhyme	encouraging,hope,poets,
There Is a Poem In My Heart	Free verse	poetry,poets,
To My Benefactor	Monorhyme	appreciation,thank you,
My Cyberspace Angel	Rhyme	dedication,
Will It Sing	Rhyme	poetry,song,
In Grateful Appreciation	Rhyme	appreciation,thank you,
You Know	Ode	emotions,friendship,happi
The Day Will Come	Sonnet	dark,sad,
With Flo and Charmaine	Couplet	allegory,analogy,
One Year Ago	Couplet	anniversary,appreciation,
Flo	Couplet	allegory,analogy,
Muse Blues	Lyric	blue,friend,fun,missing y
More To Me	Rhyme	how i feel,identity,
Music and Poetry, Perfect Bedfellows - Inspired By Fj Thomas Blog	Rhyme	nonsense,
The Acknowledgement of the Gift	Rhyme	encouraging,friendship,in
Fj Thomas -A Walking Angel	Acrostic	angel,
Dear Fj Is Back	Limerick	tribute,
Gratitude	Senryu	appreciation,
Missing: Jack Ellison's Mojo	Rhyme	absence,friendship,
Acceptance of Our Time	Verse	absence,death,grief,life,
A Smile Appeared	Free verse	wind,
A Petition For Flo	Narrative	love,
Queen Eileen Remembers	Rhyme	friendship,remember,thank
Go With the Flo	Quatrain	tribute,
The Sand Man	Couplet	introspection,life,people
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A Gift From An Anonymous Angel	Rhyme	emotions,
The Pm Fairy Strikes Again	Limerick	giving,poetry,
To My Angel Unknown	Quatrain	angel,appreciation,blessi
Who's Gonna Own Up	Couplet	appreciation,thank you,
A Wonderful Surprise	Limerick	happiness,thanks,
To My Angel	Quatrain	angel,thank you,
Torches of Light	Rhyme	analogy,angel,
Grateful	Rhyme	giving,thank you,
Unbearable Weight	Monoku	allegory,allusion,extende
Feeling Grateful	Free verse	thank you,
Thank You	Rhyme	giving,smile,thank you,th
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