Lay to rest the best witness to life,
follow a poet’s pen as it describes
slants and pants of mind’s strife
which emotive thought imbibes.
Light to bulb and thought to soul,
a complex visionary quest,
conduit to keep things whole
and stand the time of test.
From sight of self to self as holy,
piece of goodness heart-interred.
Writing dearest dream is most solely
dependent on divinity inferred.
Sight’s symbiotic quest to know
must oft be forsaken, set aside,
a swift and sudden nuance to forego
penchant for deflecting a chance deride.
I come to see, with brand new eyes,
Truth unburdened with glare’s guide.
What pen this is, and such surprise
at strange voice rising from blind side.
Author notes
What delight to find out who has touched truth, and our soul's, and won one of our contests. I find it difficult to hold contests now for reasons other than knowing who wrote the entry. As you said, it is a dead give-away in most cases. It does seem to allow for newcomers to known better. I have added a new favorite due to such. Although we deem our contests fair, there are, it seems, those who simply speak to our souls and that commonality comes no matter whether we see the author's name or not. It affirms that people belong on our favorites list, as well, when we realize we would have chosen them no matter who they were.
In a list
A contest entry
- VISION by ea.
425 points, ended December 8, 2006, 7 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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I like this idea of the surprise rising from the blind side. The use of blind-sided kind of threw me because it has negative connotations but I decided you are using it humorously. I enjoyed this poem and was impressed by it.
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thank you
thank you ea, for the bronze. Your contest was one that is foremost in most contest-holders's minds. We struggle witht he new format and the changes, and yet it is better, I beleive.
In my poem "Blind-sided, the first stanza, speaks to the reading of poems entered in our contest and how we are learning to enjoy peotry for poetry's sake not for a preconceived notion (through knowing the author) that it HAS to be good because they have written such good poems before.
The second stanza speaks to our writing for writing's sake and develping a voice that will stand the test of being good without our name attached to it.
The third stanza speaks to confidence we may have of our writing and the need to write whether it is good writing ro not.
The fourth stanza speaks to writing about a topic, perhaps, inspired, and that may feel a different writing than we usually do, even if we know the theme may not be agreed upon and not having to defned our writing.
The fifth stanza continues the fourthy in that, if we have confidence in our writing, we should always be surprised at when a different voice is projected, a voice that comes once in a while that rises froma place we were not aware of.
And, yes, it was a play on the word blind-side...
thank you ea..I do not know how many times I almost answered the replies..and it felt foreign not to quickly thank them for commenting.....I had to consciously go against my norm.....
Wanda and I were speakign of voice...I do nto know how to hide mine...it seems to be there, even though I am not aware of it, in all I write.... -
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you're welcome. Interesting to hear your analysis. I really had no idea this was yours. Your style is so varied, I actually don't recognize it but for some reason, I always like it, without exception.
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Oh, a relief
I have felt a change in voice lately ...not sure where it is coming from...but I like it in many ways. -
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I think it's possible that even the writers themselves can feel freer to express themselves with this system with even the "illusion" as the case may be, that contest holders are reading these less judgementally on who they are and more for the words. I think I have already felt that a little, though I have yet to really feel sure that people are actually making an effort to read these blind, which, let's face it, you have to do with the way it is currently set up.
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you are right
It is a simplistic format and simply ahving a favorite enter, gives them away...jsut as now as I go through my faovrites and make comments...there, I find a favorite who has entered my contest. We are encouraged to reply and to remark, and yet, that alone causes us to be known. I think I will just continue on the way I always did. I make a contest, in my notebook, I title the contest, put a list of numbers for entrants donw the lines. I divide off the page at the top with what it is I am looking for and then judge according to that with a point system. The lines across begin with Title, then the four or five things I look for in writing ( also the requirements of the contest, if I have one(s).
I say I am here to enjoy writing....at the moment the joy goes, I leave. I am here to enjoy reading good poetry, poetry that simplyt akes my rbeath away, as in the ocntest Soulful woman. Magnificient writing and writers int hat contest. I consider it full of the best entries any contest of mine ever held. I was thrilled to see who I had awarded the trophies and HM to....
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I agree that at times styles of poetry tell it's tale of who. But alas I choose to have a collab at all times to keep me on the even
I enjoyed your take on this subject Happy penning my Dear
Love and Light
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tks Frozentearz
There are pros and cons to this blind-sided contest format. It makes the whole process more difficult...and yet, I do enjoy the new challenge, as a contest holder, of guessing...lol...
i think this new change,really, was meant for the younger ones or the ones who were not judging fairly and it has been a case of punishing the just with the unjust.
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lovely
Your words express the happiness of our words being judged for their artistic qualities, and not for the sake of friendship.
Good luck in the contest.
Ethereal Melody
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Yes
i am hoping that the strength of my voice is strong and yet does not comply for compliance's sake.
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"I come to see, with brand new eyes,
truth unburdened with glare's guide.
What pen is this, and such surprise
at strange voice rising from blind side."
Nice poem that speaks volumes. Good luck in the contest. ~Mark
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Tks mj
If you see my end notes to ea, you will see what I meant about being blind-sided. Those poems that come from the ether, inspite of contest rules or no matter that we meant it to say something else, are a joy to me. It stews and brews and makes itself.
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