Medal Awards second event.

[Unmasked Poet]

Poems were judged on 3 criteria on a 1 to 10 scale by 5 judges.

Style (The indescribable flair the artistry)

Form (Technical merit, grammar, line breaks etc.)

Imagery (Use of language to illustrate emotion.)
.....................Bronze.........................................GOLD.......................................Silver
..................Smithpeter...................................WickedEve.............................SA Storm
.....She weighed much, she's heavy.......Irony:The heavy element...........Heaviness of Truth

The Scores:

..............................SP...........WE............SA

China........Style.....10.............8................8
China........Form.....7.5...........10................8
China......Imagery...10...........7.5................8

France........Style...10............7..................9
France........Form....8.............7..................9
France......Imagery.10............7..................8

UK..............Style...7..............9..................8
UK..............Form...5.............10.................9
UK.............Imagery.5.............9...................8

Russia........Style....10...........8...................9
Russia........Form....7.............9...................8
Russia.....Imagery.10............7..................8

USA...........Style...3..............9.................7
USA...........Form...8.............10.................9
USA........Imagery..2.............10................7


SCORE...............7.5............8.5................8.2

 

[lovetoread]

Congrats to you three!

's to all of you.

 

[MissTaken]

*applauding all three*


Good job, all!

BTW: UP, I love what is happening at lit with the poetry. The contests and other threads are really interesting and helpful to those of us lacking the confidence and expertise to submit.

 

[daughter]

Uh, and where are the scores

I don't care if I know who the judges are, but I want to know how the scoring went. We see them in the Olympics.

Great job, folks!

Peace,

daughter

 

[REDWAVE]

Get Real!

Oh, come on, daughter, you know the judges are just a product of UP's feverish imagination. There are no judges-- he just made that stuff up!


My agents are continuing to search and probe every nook and cranny of the globe, seeking to uncover evidence which will reveal UP's true identity. (Yeah, he is kinda like a superhero, folks-- or maybe a supervillain!) There recently has been a major break in the case-- stay tuned for further developments. I'm still busy fabricating and doctoring-- I've mean examining and assuring the validity of-- my evidence. But at least I have more evidence than Bush does against Osama bin Laden!

 

[daughter]

Nut

RED--

While you're at it, make sure you round up those evil people voting down the #1.

Some souls are convinced that folks wait for the opportunity to shoot down stars. I know some folks may be jealous, but this is really too much.

Peace,

daughter

 

[Camille]

LMAO

What is going on with Red and U.P.?

Great job everyone especially my girl Eve, If I could stand it I would award you the crystal menace. But daddy has gotta stay home with momma.

Cam

 

[WickedEve]

camille

Forget the gold medal! I want the crystal menace!

And camille, I think it's obvious what's going on with Red and UP. They're the same mad genius!

 

[REDWAVE]

Oooh, baby!

WickedEve--

Clever of you, you wanton hussy, to accuse me-- to divert suspicion away from yourself! See my new poll.


You're up for an interview next, babe, in case you haven't heard already. I'm gonna shake your tree, and I've got some very heavy fruit to bear!

 

[REDWAVE]

P.S.

Or was that heavy fruits! O, well . . .

 

[WickedEve]

Yes, I'm a wanton hussy and don't you forget it you REDTERROR!

What interview?!!! Me? Don't tell me you're interviewing me!
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Wicked Eve

 

[Manjaro_Eve]

Wicked Eve

Congratulations, baby.

Manjaro

 

[tigerjen]

I extend......

my congrats to all the medalists! Great job, all!

WickedEve.....was I right when I said you'd kick the guys'
asses in this competition? Way to go, girl!

Also, want to extend to *everyone* who participated
in this 2nd event of the Poetry Olympics a and
a congrats........this event has put all of us on the Literotica
map! Can't wait for the 3rd event, whenever that's
coming along!

tigerjen

 

[WickedEve]

tigerjen

Thanks! It was tougher this time. Last time I slept with the U.S. judge. This time I had to please 3 of them to get the gold!

smithpeter, storm, way to go!

Okay, what's the next event, U.P.?

WE

 

[tigerjen]

Re: tigerjen

Thanks! It was tougher this time. Last time I slept
with the U.S. judge. This time I had to please 3 of
them to get the gold!
smithpeter, storm, way to go!
Okay, what's the next event, U.P.?

WE.....

Hehehehheh yah I heard about you sleeping with the
U.S. judge....... Oh my.....you naughty self, you....
gettin' it on w/ Storm and smithpeter AND the judge to
get to the top!

I'll second what you said......"U.P.....when is the next event
coming up, hmmmmmmmmm?"

tigerjen

 

[smithpeter]

A short speech,

I have been submitting here a relatively short time. Getting this close to winning in a competition was not going through my mind when I decided to start sending things in. The overall quality of this site, the talent of it's participants and warmth shown to newcomers is unparalleled in my experience. My warmest regards and respect to all who send, look and listen.
Congratulations to everyone,
'specially to EVE and STORM

 

[Whispersecret]

I'm with daughter. I want to see the scores! Why were they posted last time and not this time?

Did the poets get to see the scores? If I were them, I'd want to know exactly where I stacked up in the different categories (style, form, imagery). Then I'd know where I might focus my energy.

Congratulations to all. The entire contest was great.

 

[Unmasked Poet]

I'm gonna do it

Whisper,

I'll put them up. I've been a little busy today.

The real U.P.

 

[Whispersecret]

*claps* Hurray! If I can't know who the judges were, at least I can see the scores!

 

[Vailyn]

Three!

I like the number three and I agree with Whisper and daughter. So... post 'em post 'em! <GrinS> I know. I ask for too much. =P

<<<<<<<HUGS FOR EVERYONE CUZ WE'RE ALL WINNERS>>>>>>>>

And extra BIG HUGZ to the three who got medals. Nice and shiney. OooOooooOoOooOoOoOOOoooO


This whole contest thing is great! Although I haven't written anything new since. <ducks>

I'm really really trying tho!

That stressin the syllables crap in sonnets is kickin my puny ass!

Erp! Sorry... going now.

-V

 

[Whispersecret]

Protest!

I would like to discuss the score that smithpeter received from the American judge.

Since style is, in my opinion, a wholly subjective matter, I can't argue the American's score of 3, although I think the poem had tremendous style.

BUT, I will say something about imagery score.

I would very much like to know what caused the American judge to give him a 2 in imagery. The imagery in that poem was strong. Here's why:

I dare anyone to read that poem and not get the crystal clear picture of that bitch whipping her head up and snapping, "shut your pie hole you fucking jerk"

Directly after that, Smithpeter gives us that beat of pause where we see the man's stunned shock: No punctuation was polite enough Can't you just picture him standing there, blinking stupidly at her coarse outburst?

Then comes the chirp that broke the camel's back: Some stupid bird sang a Disney song How much more perfect can that be? It's just that one more innocuous thing that sets him off.

How can the American judge not have felt the man's anger and frustration and shock? Shock so great as to cause him to fling her off the bridge in a fit of anger? And anger so great that he curses innocent woodland creatures?

The repetition of the word "stupid" so perfectly illustrates his state of mind, which is so angry and frustrated that he can't even speak coherently, but is reduced to babbling.

Good God, the poem writhes with emotion. Even a score of five would have been wrong in my opinion, but TWO?

And by the way, I don't know smithpeter from Adam. I've sent him feedback, and he's thanked me for it. Beyond that, we're total strangers. I am --AS ALWAYS-- judging the WORK, not the person.

I would like to hear from the American judge. As a responsible judge, you must have your reasons why you slapped down this poem with such a base score. Stay anonymous, but do please come here and just list your reasons. A two score means you felt strongly that smithpeter's poem has little or no imagery. Such strong feelings won't be difficult to express, so please help me understand your thought process.

 

[WickedEve]

I really wanted to know where my poem stood. So, I did what I did after the results of the first votes that we received last week. I left out the American judge's votes, and found out the average score using the other 4.
This time around (without the U.S. votes) SA had a 8.3, smithpeter 8.29 and WE 8.2
I was happy to have done that well. I know that SA's and smithpeter's poetry is more accomplished than mine.
Whispersecret, perhaps the U.S. judge allowed himself/herself to vote on more than just the criteria. It's possible the poets were being rated as well as the poems. If that's the case, I'll happily take the bronze.

WE

 

[Unmasked Poet]

Judges

Whisper I also scratched my head on that score, as well as scores from the first round. But I stand solidly with the judge. It is about opinion and review. The judges were chosen particularly for diversity in taste and skill. On the next round I will do the same again.

I do not want the judges intimidated by disagreement with their view, hence the anonymity. I suggest if that judge wants to contact you, they do so through pm or anonymous feedback and not as part of the thread.

U.P.

 

[Whispersecret]

Eve, I admire your even keel here. I know that were I in your place, I might not have been so able to discount the American vote. I'm egotistical enough to want to believe that that judge was the only one who knew what he/she was talking about. LOL. I would like to think that I would have noticed how far off that judge was from the others and taken that into consideration.

Is that what you did? Because I wondered why you averaged the other four scores, excluding the American vote.

And perhaps the American judge did use other criteria. If so, why? I assumed this was about the poetry, not the people.

I hope you did not take this rant of mine to demean what you wrote in any way. I quite liked your ditty about Jekyll and Hyde.

 

[Whispersecret]

Re: Judges

I do not want the judges intimidated by disagreement with their view, hence the anonymity. I suggest if that judge wants to contact you, they do so through pm or anonymous feedback and not as part of the thread.

U.P.

They could remain anonymous very easily by posting as unregistered, or registering as "American Judge." Something like that. However, pm or email is just fine too.

I suppose that in the Olympics, no one really ever knows why people score the way they do either.