RESULTS - VALENTINE'S DAY CONTESTS

poetinahat · Feb 14, 2007

The results of the Valentine's Day contest:

1st place: eveningsdawn
for poem #19, Don't Buy Me Flowers, or Villanelle for a Valentine

2nd place: LimeyDawg
for poem #7, Remind Me to Breathe

3rd place: jst5150
for poem #4, È tempo
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The results of the Anti-Valentine's Day contest:

1st place: Cassie88
for poem #8, The Oak and the Rose

2nd place: dclary
for poem #16, Cheater

3rd place: moth
for poem #4, Jack Don't Know

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Congratulations, everyone!

THANK YOU to
- everyone who entered; your poems have entertained and inspired us.
- everyone who voted; your efforts and participation reward us.
- the prize donors, Jason (jst5150) and Mark (LimeyDawg); your generosity is humbling.

The additional prizes mean that there can be second and third prizes. I'll donate an additional subscription to the Absolute Markets Premium Newsletter, making a total of six prizes. First-place winners get first choice; second-place winners get second choice.

poetinahat · Feb 14, 2007

Poems by author - VALENTINE'S DAY

1: The Promise of Thaw – Pepperlandgirl
2: Time Theft – seaaircarol
3: how foolish – dclary
4: È tempo – jst5150
5: Valentine’s Day – DougW
6: Damn Me – NickDangr
7: Remind Me to Breathe – LimeyDawg
8: Valentine Togetherness – Susie
9: You, My Love – KTC
10: Know What Love Is – Doctor Shifty
11: Bloom – Zhabazha
12: Stardust – Annie O
13: A Love Feast – Kcpotatohead
14: My Surprise – Come Back Kid
15: All the Valentines Underneath – moth
16: A Happiness – Cassie88
17: First Love – Stew21
18: The Dying Man – skelly
19: Don’t Buy Me Flowers, or Villanelle for a Valentine – eveningsdawn
20: Untitled – damhnait
21: Valentine – Dee
22: Her Lover’s Prey – rhymegirl
23: the box a remembrance – kdnxdr

poetinahat · Feb 14, 2007

Poems and authors - ANTI-VALENTINE'S DAY

1: Screw You, Valentine’s Day! – rhymegirl
2: Wanted – damhnait
3: Gifting – NeuroFizz
4: Jack Don’t Know – moth
5: Untitled – mamie77
6: Finding the Whitman – Stew21
7: Shy – skelly
8: The Oak and the Rose – Cassie88
9: Untitled – AprilRain
10: My Funny Valentine – Doctor Shifty
11: Bloom – Zhabazha
12: A Broken Heart – Robert Rohloff
13: Take This Valentine – KTC
14: Ashes – Godfather
15: Valentine’s Dinner – jst5150
16: Cheater – dclary
17: A Gift – drachin8
18: Return to Eden – Annie O

Pat~ · Feb 14, 2007

Congratulations, winners! (Yippee, 2 of my vot-ees won in each category!) Great job, everybody.

A. Hamilton · Feb 14, 2007

awesome! congrats to the winners

dclary · Feb 15, 2007

Congrats all! The anti-category went exactly as I'd hoped it would.

Annie O · Feb 15, 2007

Congratulations to the winners. I got some right! Well done to everyone; there were some super entries.

Annie O

poetinahat · Feb 15, 2007

VOTE TOTALS

Here are the overall results, in order of votes.

To my mind, the poems that got few or no votes all would have been worthy; such are the vagaries of poetry votes.

It's easy to make a case for any poem in this bunch being worthy, and I very much hope you'll all be encouraged to have a go at the next contest.

VALENTINE'S CONTEST:
Number -- Title -- Points
19 -- Don't Buy Me Flowers -- 23
7 -- Remind Me to Breathe -- 20
4 -- E tempo -- 18
12 -- Stardust -- 13
18 -- The Dying Man -- 13
17 -- First Love -- 12
9 -- You, My Love -- 11
10 -- Know What Love Is -- 11
16 -- A Happiness -- 11
20 -- Untitled -- 11
3 -- how foolish -- 10
2 -- Time Theft -- 9
14 -- My Surprise -- 5
8 -- Valentine Togetherness -- 4
22 -- Her Lover's Prey -- 4
23 -- the box a remembrance -- 4
5 -- Valentine's Day -- 3
21 -- Valentine -- 3
1 -- The Promise of Thaw -- 2
13 -- A Love Feast -- 1
6 -- Damn Me -- 0
11 -- Bloom -- 0
15 -- All the Valentines Underneath -- 0

ANTI-VALENTINE'S CONTEST:
Number -- Title -- Points
8 -- The Oak and the Rose -- 30
16 -- Cheater -- 18
4 -- Jack Don't Know -- 16
6 -- Finding the Whitman -- 15
14 -- Ashes -- 15
10 -- My Funny Valentine -- 13
2 -- Wanted -- 11
17 -- A Gift -- 11
15 -- Valentine's Dinner -- 10
18 -- Return to Eden -- 9
7 -- Shy -- 7
13 -- Take This Valentine -- 6
9 -- Untitled -- 5
1 -- Screw You, Valentine's Day! -- 4
3 -- Gifting -- 4
12 -- A Broken Heart -- 3
5 -- Untitled -- 0
11 -- Bloom -- 0

Stew21 · Feb 15, 2007

congrats everyone! Great work!

KTC · Feb 15, 2007

yes, as Trish said, congrats to all. Wonderful work!

dahmnait · Feb 15, 2007

Congrats to the winners!
and another thank you to Rob, the prize donors, and to all the poets. It was hard to only pick three from each category and I have to agree with what Rob says.

poetinahat said:
To my mind, the poems that got few or no votes all would have been worthy; such are the vagaries of poetry votes.

It's easy to make a case for any poem in this bunch being worthy, and I very much hope you'll all be encouraged to have a go at the next contest.

Doctor Shifty · Feb 15, 2007

Congratulations to the winners, and to us all.

My first vote in each section came in as second place in each.
And my 1,2,3 in each section came in the final list in the order I voted, just a few other entries in between them.
Must be doing something right, just not quite picking them well enough to start betting on horse races yet.

Kim

KTC · Feb 15, 2007

I voted for 19 in love and 16 in anti...So I am happy to see my votes represented. But I also second what Poet said about all should be encouraged. I voted 6 poems, 3 for each. Only 2 of my votes win/placed/showed. That's 4 who didn't make it that I thought were phenomenal poems. And mine is only one voting story. We all cast votes for poems who didn't win/place/show. This contest is a matter of taste in the moment of voting. Be proud, all.

Annie O · Feb 15, 2007

I second that KTC!

Annie O

skelly · Feb 15, 2007

I agree with KTC. Only one of the poems that I voted for managed to make it into the top three of it's respective category. They were all brilliant. Good work everybody, and thanks Rob for all the effort.

eta: Oh, and a hearty congratulations to the winners. With so many great entries to choose from, it is an excellent accomplishment!

aruna · Feb 15, 2007

I only voted for one V-day one as I wasn't able to read the rules due to a software problem. I didnlt know we could vote for 3. But anyway, ther were al great and the choice was hard. Well done all!

dahmnait · Feb 15, 2007

Only one of my votes, from each category, placed in the top three. That is the wonderful thing about poetry, so much of it is subjective to the reader and the moment. Again though, it was hard to choose.

I don't care that I didn't place in the top three, I got the best prize.

My Valentine's poem made my bf tear up, just a little, but enough to know how much it touched him.

Stew21 · Feb 15, 2007

unfortunately i didn't write poems that could double as gifts.

and I had one vote in each category that turned up in the top three of each. And they were hard choices to make because in both cases I had a list of four poems that I just struggled with narrowing down. Poets be proud, this was a class act showing of poetic skills all the way around.

Susie · Feb 15, 2007

Congrats y'all. That's super! and way2go! And a big thanks much to everyone who participated in the contest, poets, donors and especially Rob.

Dee · Feb 15, 2007

Congratulations to the top 3.

Great job everyone!

moth · Feb 15, 2007

Congratulations and thanks to everybody who entered! In its own way, entering a contest takes guts (as does running one Rob!

), and everyone involved helped make this contest absolutely rock. :e2headban

My top choice for the Loves came out on top, and my top choice for the Anti's came in second.

seaaircarol · Feb 15, 2007

Congratulations to the winners! Yay for everyone who entered!!!

drachin8 · Feb 15, 2007

Congratulations to all winners, although I must admit I only voted for two of you. My tastes seem to run somewhat contrary to popularity, and with only three votes to give away, the competition was sure to be tough. There were a lot of good pieces in both contests, and everyone who entered should be proud of their work.

-Michelle

startwearingpurple · Feb 15, 2007

Congratulations to the winners i thought all the entries were great, It was damn hard to choose.

laurel29 · Feb 15, 2007

Only one I voted for made it. They all were great! Congratulations to the winners.

RESULTS - VALENTINE'S DAY CONTESTS

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Numbers are beautiful

Luftmensch Emeritus, A.D.D.

here for a minute...catch me?

Unabashed Mercenary

...fueled on Cadburys

Numbers are beautiful

Stand in the Place Where You Live

Just a figment…

Press Any Key

Stand in the Place Where You Live

...fueled on Cadburys

Kickin it old school, posers beware

On a wing and a prayer

Just a figment…

Thanks, special friend for my avi!

my own two hands

Frustrated Pluviophile

post-apocalyptic bunny

wild crazy curves of me.

has a lopsided smile.