Weekly Contest Results Monday July 19

Hello Everyone,
I just want to thank our judges for their time and effort which they put in
each week to make this contest possible. Thank you judges! Congrats to our
front page winners: Milly Hayward for her poem Another Place, Surreal by
Walter and She’s a dream that fell into reality by Star; and Skyfire and Em
on receiving a HM. Well done everyone!

WINNERS://:

Another Place by Milly Hayward (10+10)

Surreal by Walter (7)

she's a dream that fell into reality by Star (7)

COMMENTS://:

Another Place by Milly Hayward (10 points)

Father time will always win over mother nature. This poem possets a
‘brighter’ alternative to our reality, ‘another place’ within a mirror. This
poem is not only written superbly well, but it also urges the reader to
question things like, vanity, mortality, and the chilling fact that when
all said and done, you cannot escape from yourself.
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Another Place by Milly Hayward (10 points)

This was a very intriguing piece that was really thought provoking and
made me amongst others, I guess, about the other side of life, bit necessarily
what's behind the reflection staring back at us. Brilliant
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Surreal by Walter (7 points)

I appreciate how this poet’s mind works. He creates wonderful
pieces week on week and this week is no exception! He uses pleasing
rhyme to describe a riddle, offering clues, keeping you intrigued until
the very end. Although it’s terribly sad to think of a life so very ‘harsh’
that one would seek the refuge of a dream world, I imagine that when
this poet dreams, he dreams only of the best that life can bring. Will his
dreams come true, I sincerely hope so…
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she's a dream that fell into reality by Star (7 points)

There's always something about stars poetry that resonates with me. This
was one of those pieces that that me said 'I can't have you so no one else
will' though I could probably be wrong.. it's like these people aren't good
together but they're not good without each other either; a definite catch 22
scenario.

HM’s://:

Responsible by Skyfire points (4)

no room for racism by Em (4)

COMMENTS://:

Responsible by Skyfire (4 points)

Although this is a short piece it really packs a punch within it and the
somberness of this poem is felt throughout and I can sense a lack of
self esteem, unfortunately, within this too. When one questions themselves
that is terrible for we're our own worse enemy. I've been there and after
years I'm finally learning to love myself again.
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no room for racism by Em (4 points)

This sport is also known as the beautiful game, but when the so-called
fans behave like ‘thugs’ and cast awful slurs against the football players
the game becomes ugly. This poet often writes in a no-nonsense way, and
here she calls racism out and like a penalty, kicks them off the field.

Congratulations to Walter and Star for their wins and to Em and Skyfire for their HM's
Huge thanks to the judges who gave up their time to judge and comment this week and to Meena who collated and published the results.
On a personal note thank you so much to the judges who voted for my poem and for the lovely and insightful comments made. Milly x

ThankS so much for the vote and comment :)
Congrats everyone!!

Thank you for your time judges and Meena!