Thread: Poll, early May, words

Time for the challenge to close at last and me to set up the voting thread, an excellent entry this time, so it should be with a subject so close to a poet's heart.

When you vote please remember this is a multiple choice poll, this has worked out much the best and fairest way of deciding the result. Vote for the Three poems that you have enjoyed the most, as simple as that, you only need to take things like technical brilliance into account if they added to your enjoyment.

There are plenty of poems to chose from this time around, finding three should not be a problem, (Though I suppose narrowing it down to three might). I am really hoping the number of voters this time around is equal to the number of votes divided by THREE.

Olly, Olly, Olly.

I always forget something, this time it was to set the time the poll will close. It is not essential, unless some clever admin person can find a way to edit it (Hint hint) I shall return in ten days time to close the thread manually. You have ten days to cast your THREE votes before the poll closes on Tuesday the 17th May.

Comments on the poems are also very welcome.

I have voted for Words Tumbling, Sage Words and What Words are Worth Debased. I thought it was a very good month for the challenge, but these three really stood out for me, and for that they get my votes.

Voted for Words, Dirty Word and What Words are Worth Debased. Loved "Dirty Word".

Very cool poems everyone. I voted for Dirty Word, Lewis' Tounge, and Sage Words. (Don't tell the other three but Dirty Word was my favorite )

It was a very difficult choice, voting on this competition. I had it down to six pieces, then struggled with myself which is the best three. Yes, I quarreled with myself a bit loudly.

I then boiled it down to four poems, and had a deadlock there...

Finally, the jury gets the decision, after almost thirty minutes of thinking:

What Words Are Worth Debased by Edgewise
Dirty Word by Lady S
Sage Words by Baron

Untitled. by Skeletor

Rhetorical intentions, by toddm

Obfuscations, by obi_have
Wanted to vote for Gumby's poem too but it already had 2 votes

Pig Sty Mind by Gumby: Great rhythm. The aural qualities of the first stanza, especially, stood out in the way that they refered back to that stanza's content. An excellent description of an author's mental clutter. I'm unsure about how the pigs and snouts alluded to in the title and last two lines relate to the bulk of the poem, but I found myself looking past that and simply enjoying the poems infectious playfulness.

Obsufcations by obi_hav: Fine meter. The chosen subject was broad enough to incorporate almost any line you could cook up, yet you made it cohere brilliantly. This poem got points for being outside the verbal box, even if I disagree with the sentiment expressed in the last two lines.

Lewis's Tongue by Nick: Brilliant. A fitting tribute to both the form and function of Jabberwocky; you created a world and a language that managed to be both totally unique and (mostly) comprehensible. Words are not static concrete blocks but can be molded, inverted, and twisted around. Lewis would probably be proud.

Shout outs to ChestersDaughter, Skeletor, and Baron. Your poems reached the threshold, but the above three went above and beyond in my opinion.

Moderators and Admins vote too, don't they? Just asking.

It's completely democratic Anyone can vote.

Wow, looks like it could be a three-way tie. Would that be a first?

^ As far as I know, no. The challenge before the last, with the prompt "War," had three winners.

Damn, I jinxed it.

And we have a winner!

Though this isn't official yet, since Mr Buckle has yet to announce it but, Congratulations, Lady S! A well-deserved win!

Sorry, I was unexpectedly late home last night. It certainly does not require my permission to congratulate Lady S on an excellent win, due to her ability rather than your jinxing I feel Bruno.