Contests Poems - Poems about Contests

Just wanted to make a few things clear for my fellow poets If you are going to use A I, to write a poem for a particular contest, then be sure to let the sponsor know by adding A I on top of your poem, so the sponsor of the contest can then decide whether...

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(Poet’s Note : AI will be able to decipher Light Language soon. For now, it cannot. Light Language is not classified as an “other” language yet.) language of Love has no w Or ...

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Your cheating ways, you've sunk so low, to win contests - that isn't right. You've used AI, few sponsors know Your cheating ways MY ideas form, it’s time to write, (Unlike AI, my brain is slow) When poem’s done, I feel delight! But AI wins, it's quite a blow It's unfair and I feel uptight We're NOT blind sheep, I want to show Your cheating...

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Alphabetical Nice simple pithy poems Brian Strand contests...

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I say the word and feign a Freudian slip From between its legs duplicities drip Often doubling as a quip and tasting chalky, just a bit History will record the troubling truth that I never existed if I don’t submit I’ll submit this thing as if it’s a soliloquy while being transparent with reverse psychology When transparency is brutal it packs a...

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The contests started slowly all in appreciation of Glenn Hughes Only a few would enter using inspired words so eloquently But in due time the Glenn Hughes contests caught on fire and everyone was scrambling to enter The contests filled up so quickly I as judge had to breathe deeply to concentrate It came a time I didn’t have to remind...

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write the most depressing mournful doleful macabre missive make sure it is less than one hundred words write something you would be embarrassed to write. make sure it is less than one hundred and fifty words. write a poem about something you did that you are ashamed to tell anyone in less than two hundred words. I am not in the...

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He stands, mocking, full of his worth and crowned by stinging opinion He’s won. By one. ‘Not even one whole point’ I want to say to everyone - ‘by a rounding error.’ We rejoice in wooden dialogue snaps are fired, content is captured I feel ridiculous and awkward As the great pageant ends, he leans in, in a hugging action but I will not grow...

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we have been asked to police contest entries for plagiarism relying on unproven software sponsors are expected to comply to make judging somewhat fair perhaps we need to introspect why are contests floated at all is it not to cajole poets to connect sharing hearts musings intimate that all be in their ink bliss flecked is our story merely borrowed glory how low has fallen...

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I like poetry contests, because it is terrific to imagine what is being sought. I especially like the ones that have made up words, guidelines, and artwork. they are a delightful challenge to me and they give me incredible new ideas. I like seeing how many greens I get before a gold pop up, it amuses me. I especially...

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In sorrow, I turned to writing verse, To ease the pain, my heart immerse. Love, nature, family, and spirituality, Themes that flowed, with sincerity. Years passed, inspiration took flight, A hundred poems, crafted with might. Retirement brought idle hours to fill, Isolation and pandemic, a bitter pill. Poetry contests sparked excitement anew, Learning the craft,...

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Limits should be set in many situations, contests being one. Better, however, are by these: sensible, clear instructions....

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This contest style’s description is one I’ve never heard I’m unfamiliar with that particular word An internet search comes up empty However, others seem to have poems aplenty My eyes are getting blurry a total collapse seems imminent Quickly penning an entry appears to be the only way out of my predicament My freshly emerged imposter’s...

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be authentic be true to the song playing in your heart there is no need to contract consciousness by betraying the muse reverberating within imitation as flattery scars the soul recognise and celebrate your uniqueness...

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Not a professional contest-enterer, because I am not paid, but whee… I have entered a bunch of contests, -actually six thousand and three. This is a numbers game, I delight in the variety of ideas they give me. A numbers game a numbers game, winning is a numbers game, you see! My goal is not the gold, silver or...

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