My Poem Wins Featured Poem Award at Creative-Poems.Com
June 4th 2007 03:37
I'm very excited to announce that my poem, Ashes, was one of this week's Featured Poem Award winners at Creative-Poems.Com! This award is given to as many as ten poems per week (five rhyming and five non-rhyming) which have been entered into the competition by their creators (who are also Creative Poems members).
I'm not certain how many winners there were in this week's competition, though only six are listed in the site's sidebar. (Not sure if that's because of space constraints or because there were only six winners--though I suspect that there likely were more than six, because the last time one of my poems won this award, it wasn't listed in the sidebar.)
Either way, it's an honor to win such an award from a website as credible as Creative-Poems.Com--a site that specializes in poetry and tends to have a fairly significant number of entries each week (though I'm not sure exactly how many there actually were this week.) I have no intention, however, of "looking a gift horse in the mouth," as the old adage warns, and therefore, most graciously and humbly accept my award with great gratitude to those contest judges who thought my work worthy of recognition.
Many thanks, Creative-Poems, for the personal satisfaction of receiving this award in recognition of all the hard work involved in crafting my poem into the dark, but hopefully insightful depiction of a life without purpose or meaning.
If you would like to read my winning entry in this week's Featured Poem Competition, it may be found at the following link: Ashes.
This is actually the third Featured Poem Award I have won at Creative-Poems.Com since January, 2007. (I won in January, for my poem, Childhood Voices* and in April, for The Tempest.)
In January, 2007, I also won the Special Poetry Contest (one of only two winners of this periodic competition, the theme of which was Changes) for my free verse poem, Pennies.
I must say it's been very rewarding to have my poetic creations recognized by the folks at Creative-Poems.Com! If you, too, dabble in poetry, I would highly recommend that you check out this site as an outlet for your poetic talent. Not only will you have a wonderful forum for showcasing your work to an appreciative group of readers, but you, too, will be able to avail yourself of the opportunity to submit your work to the weekly Featured Poem Competition and the occasional Special Poetry Contest. Who knows? Maybe you'll be the next winner!
If you'd like to know more about this great poetry site, check out my earlier blog post, Calling All Poets: More Info About Creative-Poems.Com.
Then pop on over to Creative-Poems.Com and start posting your masterpieces to one of the best poetry sites around! (They don't pay you for your poems at C-P, but you'll get great feedback from fellow poets and regular opportunities to have your work recognized through their various poetry competitions, all of which are free to enter.)
Have fun!
Jeanne
* Childhood Voices is also posted to the Orble Poems blog at Poems.net.au.
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Comment by David
I'm very reluctant to comment on any poems by Orblers for three reasons.
1. Most Orble Bloggers
born-again Poetsdon't know what constructive criticism is. (Even moreso when it comes from the world's greatest poet [that's a joke, okay?].2. Most Orble Bloggers don't know how to handle constructive criticism. (They're very good at dishing out criticism for criticism's sake though. I have to give them that. Kudos and Mojos and instant Karma and popularity to them all).
3. I'm being stalked by too many women.
So I tend to do what my poetry teacher taught me to do. Focus on my favourite line in the poem. (I read your poem. Yep, that's right. I made an effort to work out what a link is. I might not be that IT savvy to the point where I make shitloads out of blogging, and am in the position to instruct people on how to go about Blogging. But, at the same time, or a different time, I'm not the big ogre Orblers with severe emotional and mental crises portray me as. I'ts not my fault they're stuffed in the head).
My favourite line:
David ... (of the Spoon).
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
I'm glad you at least liked one line! And thanks for saying so! I truly do appreciate it! (Not quite sure, though, why the reference to "born again poets" and what it has to do with constructive criticism. Many of us who are born-again Christians [and therefore born-again poets, as well, I guess], can take constructive criticism quite well--though I assume you may be referring to criticism of our beliefs, rather than our writing skills. [Or have I misunderstood your born-again reference?] Most of us don't like criticism of our beliefs.)
I'd say it's fairly safe to assume that one or more people have, in the rather recent past, been a trifle unhappy with some of your feedback on their poetic artistry. But I'd also say that, while each of us is certainly entitled to our own opinion--and many of our opinions are bound to differ by virtue of the very differences that make us each the unique individuals we are--each must also write according to our own personal vision of what poetry is for us, wouldn't you say?
I really do value your opinion, David--and don't even mind a little artistic criticism now and then--but I'd be so very grateful if you'd use G-rated language on my blog. I'm kinda prudish that way. I'd like my blog to be family-friendly.
Thanks!
Jeanne
P.S. I don't think you're an ogre. Hope you won't hold my religious views against me.
Comment by Anonymous
I'll definitely check out your poetry.
(www.writingthoughts.com)
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
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Jeanne