Britt's Contest - Who Are You - Poems!

Well I had a better turn out than I originally expected!

Below, I am going to post all the poems I have received. I want you (all members, even if you didn't send me a poem!) to help me!

Everyone, please post (numbered) guesses, who wrote what poem and who is it about... Example:

1) Written by Britt about Britt (of course it won't be about themselves, but I don't want to given anyone any ideas!

Everyone gets 5 points for entering their poem. Each correct guess gets you 5 points. No changing guesses! Once you guess, that's it ;)

Also, please PM me your favorite poem (can't vote for yourself) of the bunch, the one you thought was the best. We will have two winners here (maybe one if it's the same personal overall?). Any questions, please ask!

Remember, guess in the thread, PM me your personal favorite. Guesses/votes must be in by 6pm pacific time 6/30. :)

POEM 1:

Enlightened Poetess

Perhaps I am often misunderstood, though I speak many tongues.
I have found a way to reach more people with my fingers than my lungs,
With words I choose, the rhythm of my heart and each passing breath.
Touching other poets long after what is known to many as death.
Drifting into cyberspace more importantly to a sacred place.
Where the darkness meets the light we should desire to face.
We must learn to read between the lines and modern text,
To see the truth about what has been, and what is coming next.
The master says beauty is eternity gazing back at its wonder.
I seek shelter from the storm and dare not steal its thunder.

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POEM 2:

Five of a Kind

hailing from Canada way
down to the USA
admittedly she's gay
but finds it ok
for kids and pics, she's a sucker
went to college and became a pucker

A beautiful joisey girl
with smiles and a curl
got her degree
at the age of 53
while running a company

Her song must be square biz
cuz she tells it like it is
haven't seen her in awhile
but I miss her gorgeous smile
when she'll return, I don't know
but she's a nurse in Ohio

Can't say her way
but it's the legacy of Mcveigh
and redheads in bed
will knock a man dead
battered and abused
mistreated and used
she rose above it all
and now stands tall

prearranged marriages
create baby carriages
but not for this one
until her education is done
a lawyer, who fights to the end
you better make her a friend
or there will be hell to pay
over in Egypt way....

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POEM 3:

Your presence known for love and joy
a single message can brighten any day.

Tranquility surrounds your soul
as you write your poems in golden form.

Your ending phrases towards tender care
has inspired so many...do you remember?

Serene emotions are your spoken words
but inflamed passion, bears your heart's content.

A family interpretation bounds your true creations
as loss and gain is something you portray.

Always eager to give a helping hand
your inspiration flutters beyond formation.

Your hugs embracing those close to you,
is part of you're unchained dynasty.

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POEM 4:

Her pen name symbolizes
the muse of misfortune,
but her poetry deliberates joy
even when revealing anguish.

A gasp of novelty that flows
with her own words-a model
of a poetess that has no weapon
as honest as her sentiments,
when letters craft her sword.

A favorite of sunshine, regardless
of her own love for moonlight muses
of which she's a part of, of which she shows-
such a girl of secrecy
(that everyone knows).

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POEM 5:

Her mind,
it screams Remember me
in all of Springtime's bliss
for once the season's come to pass
we're left to reminisce

Her eyes,
They cry Remember me
in all of Summer's light
grasp those cheerful memories
don't let them from your sight

Her smile,
It say's Remember me
in all of Autumn's glow
laughing in spite of ourselves
for things we did not know

Her heart,
It sings Remember me
even in Winter's chill
when all that remains are markers
on this cold and windy hill

My friend,
You mean so much to me
how could I ever forget
you taught me how laugh again
I am forever in your debt

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POEM 6:

6:00 PM

Lighthanded,
she whisks a spoon around the kettle,
unraveling spools of savory spices

onions twined around carrots, licked
with garlic and snuggling in
with deep potato notes

dead blood pooling, curdling,
and meat bubbling off the bone.

Above the stove, sun whistles in
through the window. She gazes like
a sunflower, unseeing, face tilted
towards the light.

She sighs into the steam, hums a song
as quiet as a radish
still buried
notes drop, plop, plip into
the boil.
With a shrug of the shoulders,
spine resettling, she scratches an ankle
and hoists the pot,
twirling herself like cutlery.

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POEM 7:

On entering your world

Seize shifting my soils
with your words

as you effortlessly capture
seasons in bottles and weave
orange-colored details
in circles

You, Stranger, whether wrapped
in sand, soaked in carrot juice or in dough
often put the best thoughts
on paper.

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POEM 8:

Nobody knows me

Rain buckets down

on fertile land, this green paradise

where my father's fathers used to roam

The wind chisels new faces on the hillsides

I walk them barefoot, my skirt stuck to my skin

Nobody knows the sensitive soul

inside the coy dandy,

the romantic, that longs to be set free

With palms facing heaven

I stand alone, asking to the Gods

if anybody will every truly see me

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POEM 9:

That sunburst
must be sprouting shoots
by now, it's Summer and
if the ancient ice ever melts,
I think you'll find your ink
can stretch and grow, too,
just like any other creature.
I picture you now,
contemplating sixteen years,
leafing deciduous flags,
and now you wax logophilic,
over a picturesque shepherd,
carving through nonsense verse
to a place where you and yah stop
resisting conjugation...
You haven't said much lately,
and I can't be sure,
but it looks like you're blooming
new thesauruses
these days.

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POEM 10:

The unpredictable Elf

Moved into this shop awhile ago
cobbling shoes for a living
but found out soon it was haunted
by a shy and mis-talented elf.

Never know when to expect him,
but every night I leave out the leather.
Sometimes he comes, and leaves
me two right shoes - sewn together.

Other times my stack of orders
would be accepted overnight
leaving me the job of filling
too many requests so quickly.

If once I stumble into this place
and find him sitting here
so much I'd ask him, but mostly
What in the world were you thinking?

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POEM 11:

The Desert Rose

She danced
like a fiery flame

In the wind;

as the torrid sun
hung like a gold silk cloak
-a fitted overcoat-
'pon her velvety skin

refined by the fire
of ancient tales;
-a vision of Pele
only more fair-

haunting and well-told
in shades of red;
she exuded,

-a full-blown bloom-

well-perfumed
like soft dewy petals;
her lips,
sealed in form
and fragrance.

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POEM 12:

Her mind-

a collection
of butterfly wings,
dark skies
and rainbows.

She rides waves
with Nereids
gathering storms,
and holding them
tightly in her palm.

Strokes the mane
of Areion by day
and dreams of
Elementals by night.

She sews loose lips
with licorice strings
and plucks dandelions
from her heart.

She lives to love,
loves to live
Sinking her teeth
into the sweet
nectar of
life,
she releases
to the world ...

Iris

ALSO POETS WHO ENTERED THE CONTEST -- guess on your poem, but do NOT say you wrote it.

*If no one guesses anything correctly on your poem (so don't give yourself away!) you get an extra 10 points!

This isn't as easy as it seems, I think I saw almost everyone (or at least the same people) in every piece for a moment there.

Poem 1: michael to Nana.
Poem 2: Bob. 1st stanza is Amanda, 2nd stanza is Deana, the 3rd stanza is Rachel, the 4th stanza is Sher and the 5th stanza is me.
Poem 3: Nana to Britt.
Poem 4: Lu to Mel.
Poem 5: No Idea
Poem 6: Sibs to Abby or to Britt.
Poem 7: Jane to Abby.
Poem 8: apparently I for one failed to know her.
Poem 9: Narph to Nano
Poem10: to Bob?
Poem11: Tempts to Mel
Poem12: Mel to Lu

2: By Bob. Written about the 5 Nor mentioned.
4: Written by Lu, definitely about Mel.
6: The poet is Sibs. I was going to say it's about Abby, but I change my mind. It's about Britt.

You're only guessing on one?!!?

Oh drat. I'm not getting any of these.

Can I pick at it?
I'll give you some of my answers now, and fill in the rest when I have more time to think about it. Promise I won't edit my answers. :)

One by Michael for Miss Sunshine.
Two by Bob for Amanda, ?, Rachel, Sher, and Nor.
Four is written for Mel.... by Lu?
Five by Larry for Temps.
Six is by Sibs about Dixie? Or about Britt? Uh...
Seven is written for me by Miss Sunnnnshiiine. Maybe.
Eight by Ingrid... for... JANE?! No, I don't know.
Nine by Temps? For Nano?
I'll go out on a limb here and say Jane wrote ten for Bob, but I'm probably wrong.
Eleven is by Mel. About the Queen.
And Twelve is by Mel. For... Lu?

Bah. I'll try to figure the rest out before work tomorrow.

This is giving me such a headache.
Can't wait to see the results, though.

Lol Britt, ok I'll edit my post and put in a few more... I'm lost on most of them! Ugh.

This was tough....

I think:
poem #1 was written by Michael for Nana
poem #3 was written by LJ for me?
poem #4 was written for Mel
poem #5 was written for Jacey
poem #7 was written by Nana
poem #10 was written for Bob
poem #11 was written by Mel

Poem # 6 was my favorite because of the imagery and the happy feeling it gave me. I have no idea whom it is about, or who wrote it.

Sibs is a natural winner whose poetry can be smelt from Australia.

1) By Michael. For Nana? He likes her. She knows languages.
2) Very obviously by Bob. For Amanda, ?, Rachel, Sherry, and Nor
3) For Ingrid or someone in PR?
4) Obviously for Melpomene by someone from MM - Luanne?
5) For Courageous Dreamer?
6) Sibs for Britt.
7) For Narph, aka Ms Orange.
8)
9) I like this one. Narph? For Nana?
10) Moooost mysteriouuus. Something to do with mods, maybe Bob. Maybe Janis. By Jane?
11) An MM poem. By Courageous Dreamer? Nope, just had another read. From all the semi-colons, I'm going to say this one's by Nana.
12) An MM poem. By Melpomene? For... Luanne?

Sibs poetry scent is wafting up here to Queensland.

I suck at this game.

1. Michael for Nana?
2. Robert for Amanda, Rachel, Deana, Nor, & Sherry? [no order]
3. Ingrid for Cindy?
4. For me. If I knew Britt was writing one I's say it's by her. If you didn't enter then it could be Lu, or Kay. Ok haven't picked Kay so go with Kay.
5. Nana for Temps?
6. Sibs for Britt?
7. Temps for Narph?
8. LJ Root for Ingrid?
9. Narph for Nana?
10. Jane for Robert?
11. Nor for Myryn?
12. Lu for Yaki?

1. Michael-Nana
2. Bob- Amanda, Deana, Rachel, Sher, & Nor (In that order)
3. Sylvia- Cindy
4. Abby- Mel
5. Nana- Temps
6. Sibs- Britt
7. about Narphangu
8. Ingrid wrote it
9. Temps-Yaki
10. Jane- Bob
11. lj roodt - Ingrid
12. Lu- Mel

1. By Michael for Nana
2. By Bob for Amanda, Deana, Rachel, Sher, and Norhan
3. By Ingrid for Cindy
4. By Nana for Mel
5. By Larry for Nana
6. By Sibs for Britt
7. By Temps for Narph
8. By LJ Root for Ingrid
9. By Narph for Nano
10. By Jane for Bob
11. For me, by Norhan
12.By Lu for Yaki

Keep the guesses coming! I know its hard, but you can do it :)

1. Micheal for Nana
2. Bob about Amanda, Deana, Rachel, -- , Nor
3. LJ for Ingrid
4. for Mel
5. Nana for Courageous Dreamer
6. Sibs for Abby
7. Nana for Narph
8. Ingrid for LJ
9. about Nano
10. Michael about Kevin
11. Lu for Mel
12. Mel for Lu

They are all about Abby, subconsciously.

Oh Kev. lol

I've scored what we have so far, so if you have an update to guess on the ones you haven't guessed on already, please do so in a new post, don't edit your post or it won't be counted ;)

Close race so far!!

Maaann..i feeel popular...amazing poems britt..

but i only could?guess one, about ingrid...however am on phone and cant make my mind about any yet

this is funnn

1 - Michael to Nana
2 - Bob: Amanda, ?, ? Sher, Nor
3 - EDIT: to Courageous Dreamer
4 - Lu to Mel
5 - Kevin to Britt
6 - Sibs to Britt
7 - Nana to Britt
8 - Mohamed to Nana
9 - to The Poetess (Nano)
10 - to Janis
11 - to abracadabra
12 - Mel to Lu

There is no doubt that the would be poet that wrote the first poem nailed the way Sunshine is perceived
So I will say Jad wrote it before he went to camp

NO. 2 obviously by Bob. For Amanda, Deana, Rachel, Sherry, and Nor
NO3 Sylvia- Cindy
NO 4 Luanne for Melpomene?
NO 5 . By Larry for Nana?
NO 6 Sibs to Abby?
NO 7 Nana for Ingrid?
NO 8 Ingrid for Nana?
NO 9. Temps-Yaki?
NO 10. Jane- Bob ?
NO 11. LJ Roodt - Ingrid?
NO 12. Lu- Mel ?

I am not in a psychic mode today lol

LOL Mike, thanks for the guesses (you too, Larry!)

Keep them coming yet, you have til 9pm my time (so 7 hours and 10 minutes left!)

I don't feel fair guessing! Once I read what everyone else voted, I was like "Yeah, I can see that!" But there's no way I would have come up with the guesses on my own. I will go back and try.

1. Mike for Sunshine
2. Bob
3. Courageous Dreamer
4. for abby
5. Melpomene
6. Jordan for Abby
8. Jane for Abby
9. Narph for Jordan
10. Joe for... JANIS
11. for Abby
12. for abby

baha. I'm gonna win this.

Don't forget to PM me your favorite poems people.

Lmao Sib, so clearly everyone wrote for Abby. Do you realize almost everyone you guessed was in your club at one point in time? hahahah

So.. my original post says 6pm, and my other post says 9pm for results. I'm going to put together the results now. Between figuring all the point and guesses it should take a little bit..

Here are the actual authors and subjects:

1) Mike to Nana
2) Bob for: Amanda, Deana, Rachael, Sher, Nor.
3) LJ Roodt for Ingrid
4) Nana for Mel
5) Kay for Anna
6) Sibs for Britt
7) Nor about Narph
8) Ingrid about Kevin
9) Narph for Jordan
10) Larry for Janis
11) Myryn for Nor
12) Lu for Mel.

We have a few different winners. First winner is most popular poem - Sibyllene wins for "favorite" poem among all that have voted!!

Now for the points. We have a tie with two winners - both have entered, both have the most accurate guesses, and both were hidden (poet AND subject) in all the guesses! The winners: Dixiedaisy and The Queen!!

You get 5 points to enter. 5 points for every answer correct (5 per poet, 5 per subject). In Bob's poem, because he had 5 subjects, I gave an additional 5 points to whoever got ALL five right. The ones who stayed hidden got 5 points for subject and poet (10 total)

Dixiedaisy - 75 points
The Queen - 75 points
Abracadabra - 55 points
Melpomene - 55 points
Courageous Dreamer - 50 points
The Princess - 50 points
Narphangu - 45 points
Larry Chamberlin - 40 points
Michael Nalley - 40 points
Sibyllene - 35 points
Ingrid - 30 points
Silvershoes - 25 points
Bob, LJ, Sunshine, and Lu all got 5 points for entering.

Oh, this was fun! Thanks, Britt!

Congrats Sibs, Kay and Myryn!

Oh my gosh I got one right! WOO!

Apparently I'm a fail in the sneaky department, however. : D

Yeah, you definitely were outed pretty quickly!

One of these days I'm going to get all of you so good.

I wonder if this would have turned out differently if all the guesses were hidden? Like, if they just sent them to you, so you were the only one to see them. Hm...

Thank you for running this, Britt!

Part of what's so fun for me is seeing the guesses. I was going to keep them hidden, but it's fun to go back for others and see what they said.

Feel free to host one and hide the guesses, LOL. This took a HUGE amount of organization!

So...what you're saying is...after all that...NONE of the poems...were about ME?

I'm torn between disappointment and exhileration at coming third place without having anything to do with it.

Awesome contest, do it again.

Congrats, Sibs ma darlin. I knew you couldn't be writing about me, despite what others know of our love. There is no dead blood pooling in my cooking.

Congrats Dixie and Queenie for being super clever!

Thank you Britt this was a ton o9f fun and the poems were awesome

"I knew you couldn't be writing about me, despite what others know of our love. There is no dead blood pooling in my cooking."

It's kind of sad that the trickiest thing I could think of was to NOT write about you. I figured that would fool them all!

Britt, I don't know if I have your organizational chops. It -was- fun to see what everyone was guessing!

No worries, I didn't know I had them either. I have so many people here tell me how organized I am. If only you could see my house (well, the house is spotless because I'm home all day. But my desk on the other hand, if I organize it, I lose everything!)

I think the fact that you wrote about cooking and spines resetting people quickly thought of me, I know I did when I read it before I saw who it was for LOL.

Oh jeeze. It looks like I'm awful at guessing things.
But yay Sibs, you're the only one who got the Jordan thing! High five!

Thanks for doing this Britt, and telling me to do it, lol. It was fun. :)

EDIT:
Also, thanks Nor!! Your poem is so sweet, can't help but smile every time I read it. :D

Thanks Britt, I really enjoyed this.

Congrats to Sibs and Queen. You ladies rock!

Well done by everyone, you all have done an awesome job depicting people on here.

This was fun. Congrats to the winners and thank you LJ!

About my poem: the traditional dressing code for men is a kilt(skirt) in Scotland, the land of Kevin's ancestors.

And sorry for posting my favorite on here, Britt. I didn't read that part carefully enough.

That's okay. I just wanted to leave some part of this a mystery ;)

Wow. This was a cool contest. I nominate the Queen to run the next one since she was one of the winners & Kay just finished one not long ago.

Now thats very interesting!!
I like how i am not being able to read everything from this stupid screen but I can feel the thrill :P

Congrats guys and britt you should do this again, was very successful, thanks for your efforts..

on a side note:
Abby see there is someone else, who uses semicolons here :P

and Mikeeeeeee i love you and your poem XD very sweet! Thanks a lot....now I got my 2nd HAA <3