RESULTS -- Poets' Graveyard Contest

poetinahat · Oct 31, 2007

First, a warm congratulations to all the poets; you created a wonderful collection, and I know we've all enjoyed reading the epitaphs.

Second, a hearty thanks to all the voters; I hope you enjoyed the reading. Your interest and participation have earned our gratitude.

Third, a deep thanks to MacAllister for donating the second- and third-place prizes. Your generosity and support are wonderful and deeply appreciated.

Fourth, I realise I haven't actually revealed the first prize in this contest. Here it is:

Birds -- Poems by Judith Wright

Judith Wright was an Australian poet; her work is well-loved here. This book combines her poems with exquisite illustrations. It's a gorgeous book; I'm going to order it again for myself.

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Finally, here are the podium placings of the Poets' Graveyard contest:
1st place: Delarege
for epitaph #23, My Poor Old Boots

2nd place: Priene
for epitaph #31, Sergey Esenin

3rd place: Norman D Gutter
for epitaph #8, For Charles Lamb, who died too young
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I will contact the winners by PM to arrange delivery of their prizes.

I have updated the contest entries with poets' names. To the entrants: If you don't want your name listed, please let me know right away.

A more complete list of results is at post #14 in this thread.

Thank you, everyone!

nerds · Oct 31, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!! :Sun:

Yay! I voted for two of those. (and none were my own lol.)

:TheWave:

Sarita · Oct 31, 2007

Congratulations!

Excellent entries, everyone. I really enjoyed this contest.

Sara

Stew21 · Oct 31, 2007

Way to go, DEL!

and congrats to the others who placed (and all the poets who entered!)
what a great contest!

Pat~ · Oct 31, 2007

Congratulations you guys! I'm so glad--I LOVED those three poems (in fact, voted for 2 of them!) Wonderful work.

Rob--thanks for a fun contest!

A. Hamilton · Oct 31, 2007

Congratulations guys-great job!
This one was a lot of fun.

And thank you Rob for putting this together.

mkcbunny · Oct 31, 2007

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone.

ddgryphon · Oct 31, 2007

Congratulations to all the winners!

Haggis · Oct 31, 2007

Well done, Poet, and poets.

scribbles · Oct 31, 2007

Congratulations!!!!!!!!! :hooray:

that was a fun contest, Poet. Thank you!

Magdalen · Oct 31, 2007

Yay, Hooray and Three Cheers for the winners -- I voted for one of 'em!

Thanks poet, a fine contest and fun too!

PrettySpecialGal · Oct 31, 2007

YEAH to everyone! Congrats on your hard work! Enjoyed reading them all.

poetprncess · Oct 31, 2007

Congratulations to the winners!
That was a very fun contest - and it was extremely hard to vote as there were a lot that caught my eye ... Charles Lamb had been one of the 4 poems I put in the hat and then picked three ...

Hugs, Liz

poetinahat · Nov 1, 2007

FULL RESULTS

Here are the total scores for the poems receiving votes. Three points per first-place vote, two per second-place vote, and one for a third-place vote.

I've also added the poets' names next to their entries.

Points...Number....Title.................................Poet
..27.......23....My Poor Old Boots.......................Delarege
..19.......31....Sergey Esenin...........................Priene
..17........8....For Charles Lamb, who died too young....Norman D Gutter
..14.......16....Rudyard Kipling.........................JRH
..13.......30....Bram Stoker.............................KTC
..11.......12....Sherlock Holmes.........................Writer???
..10.......36....Sir Thomas Crank........................scribbles
...7.......17....A Patriotic Soldier.....................threedogpeople
...7.......24....James C. Ductor.........................Pat~
...7.......26....Mel Blanc...............................poetprncess
...6.......11....Joseph A. Sixpack.......................Rich
...6.......29....visit oft'..............................kdnxdr
...5........7....Sylvia Plath............................KTC
...5.......38....Andy Paul...............................Magdalen
...5.......39....Untitled................................Magdalen
...4........2....William Blake...........................dclary
...4.......14....O. Henry................................PrettySpecialGal
...4.......20....Count Dracula...........................rhymegirl
...4.......37....Big John................................scribbles
...3........4....Untitled................................NeuroFizz
...3........6....Abe Lincoln.............................Susie
...3.......18....Epitaph for Opposites...................nerdsRus
...3.......19....Elvis Presley...........................a_sharp
...2........1....Life's Garden - Epitaph for a Florist...Teena
...2.......15....Shel Silverstein........................JRH
...2.......21....Hamlet, Prince of Denmark...............jpospich
...2.......27....Harry Houdini...........................rhymegirl
...2.......34....R.I.P...................................beckyinak
...1........5....Hump T. Dumpty..........................totidem_verbis

poetinahat · Nov 1, 2007

THIS JUST IN

Our winner, Delarege, has donated his first prize to be auctioned.

Since the AW auctions aren't running at the moment, I'll put it back in the prize pool. I'll sort out the prizes again. And the fourth-place winner, JRH, will now receive one of the prizes.

When the auctions are running again, I'll donate *another* copy of the Judith Wright book to the auctions in Del's name.

Thank you, Del. You're a champion.

KTC · Nov 1, 2007

oh. I was so close. (-;

Writer??? · Nov 2, 2007

CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS!!!!

I voted for "Boots" so I must not be a complete idiot when it comes to poetry.

Thanks Rob and fellow poets for all the work and participation. This was a lot of fun!

dobiwon · Nov 2, 2007

Congratulations to the winners--and thanks to all those who entered. I really enjoyed reading them all.

BTW, the three that I voted for all finished near the middle of the pack--but in my opinion were still the best :Clap:

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poetprncess · Nov 2, 2007

My votes went to Sherlock Holmes, Joseph A Sixpack and Epitath for opposites (Not necessarily in that order ... ) And I still go back to the thread to reread them for the wonderful smile each gave ... Excellent submissions from everyone - it was a most difficult task ... and I think that the OPPOSITES contest will be even more difficult.

Perks · Nov 2, 2007

Congratulations Delarege, Priene and Norman!

I loved this idea for a contest and think it should be a Halloween staple.

kdnxdr · Nov 2, 2007

Thank you PNHT for all that you do to make our poetry forum a fun and interesting place to hang out! Thank you to all who participated and CONGRATULATIONS to all who won, you guys made it worthwhile!

kid

Paint · Nov 7, 2007

Congratulations to all!! It was a fun contest--Thank you to Poet!!

kdnxdr · Nov 10, 2007

I resurrected this one for fun:

poem of my tomb
my epitaph
will laud my life,
get the last laugh;
extolling my virtues
remembering my past,
hiding my secrets
my word's the last.
come and visit
my quiet spot,
don't bring a book
I talk a lot.
cryptic and wise,
a puzzle to quiz
I have my critics,
working with words, I'm a whiz.

RESULTS -- Poets' Graveyard Contest

Numbers are beautiful

of all the gin joints

carpe noctem

Luftmensch Emeritus, A.D.D.

here for a minute...catch me?

Bufflehead

King of Sloth Town

Evil, undead Chihuahua

Petulantly Penitent

roll, roll, roll in ze hay

Numbers are beautiful

Numbers are beautiful

Stand in the Place Where You Live

Because EYE said so!

Planning to retire for the 5th time

delicate #!&@*#! flower

One of the most important people in the world

Warrior of Truth

One of the most important people in the world