jackbauersballs: What's Maclatunji's qualification to judge poetry?

maclatunji: My review of the poems for the Competition


Judge 1 from Round 1 and Judge 5 from Round 2.

timpaker:
Huh?

I know its amateur abeg manage am. I've been outta words since today (maybe later)

Cuddlemii: Flirting is permitted, just for today

princesa: Thanks to the organizers and all the judges (xcept the famous Judge 1 offcourse, who was determined to keep dishing me the '9 variants that i so hate! ) I say thanks to all of you, for your time and effort...

And For those who read my poems and gave me feedback on what they think about it...i love you all

To My designer and friend, onegig...you know you're the best, right?

my friend again, ayd9...its being a while dude, guess you gave in ur all and came out better, well guess what, we tied! Ironical hunh?

and offcourse, humbled, cuddles, uj-sizzle, tgirl, mynd, shuga, thank you all

and so...


On to ...forever after!

Rocktation: Oh I was judge 4 in the first round and 3 in the second by the way and my favs include Father-less, Falling off the cliff, Screaming Silence (don't let me go), The feeling game, From the fathers, Scorpidmo's Female circumcision, Orin aro, Classicdea's My alter ego, Jackbauersballs's Rapture and Tim Packer's Hapless seductress.

badmusace: From Little Starts

Before plants grew into giant trees,
They began as minuscule seeds;
Before men reigned as revered kings,
Without aim they crawled as little kids;
Tiny young water bulbs with time
Become the old large lady brine;
That gentle spark of unseen light
Can eat up forests in one hateful spite.
Despise not the days of little beginnings,
For within their grasp still lies graceful endings.

to all who took part

Congrats to timparker !

badmusace: Nice one , I once wrote an acrostic.



To most, this may be another odd write up.
Be not shocked it hides the name of one I know.
Remember, it's just a word it hides. A top
Feminine, whom some say her words I follow.
Riddle this, read closely and do tell me who.
I may love her, although I'm not really sure.
I have already given you more than a clue.
She gets up the hidden man with her allure.
Look at my words, scheme through every line,
And soon realize whom, like Poe's "A Valentine".

The first line d first letter, the second line second letter, the third line d third letter and so on. This one actually forms 'temiloluwa'

ayd91: Congratulations Timpaker, now you stand on the pinnacle of Nairaland's Poetry Corner. .

Don Oms:
Now the famous Judge has been unveiled. If there were Round 3, I would have written a great piece on "THE REPENTANT JUDGE!" *smiles* Well done bro!

ayd91: I'll provide my own critique of every work as soon as I am chanced (that includes you Princesa ).

coogar:

princesa is another excellent writer - she's the ideal poet. her work had enough substance and it seized my interest right away. her closers did not insult the reader's intelligence as it left no doubt about why the poem was written.

pc guru: To all the members under me, just want to say sorry for not responding on time,its not intentional, after coming back from work, i still stay up almost all night doing another freelance work, so let's say i sleep 5 hours almost everyday. that's why its hard replying asap. All the best, sad part is i write poems too, just coouldn't participate will join the next one. great job cuddlemii

ITbomb:
You know me na
I didn't have to wait for ur permission
*future husband tinz*

maclatunji:

Oh! I did not change at all. I still graded the poems in much the same way I graded in Round 1. What changed was the grading format which I believe flatters the contestants too much.

However, I work within rules and regardless of personal reservations believe that the competition has scored an 'A' in terms of organisation and results. No human endeavour is perfect.

coogar: congrats to all the contestants - timpacker deserves a medal although he wasn't my favourite in the whole process but he deserves the victory nonetheless.

everyone did a great job, i cannot even remember if i was judge 3 or judge 9. anyway, i must admit i was particularly pleased with the works of don oms, jackbauer & princesca.

jackbauer's tightly constructed poetry had enough heft in it to compete with don oms longer poem. what i liked about don oms' work was the fact that he maintained a consistent quality throughout.

princesa is another excellent writer - she's the ideal poet. her work had enough substance and it seized my interest right away. her closers did not insult the reader's intelligence as it left no doubt about why the poem was written.

timpaker: Seriously, I'm speechless. I still can't believe I won.
I wish to congratulate everyone that participated, both the organizers (who gave me the opportunity to tell my story through poetry), judges (who appreciated my work and judged me accordingly), poets(you guys rock! Not to mention those whose I wished I wrote especially the piece titled "two hours to live", designers (especially Kennikazi, that guy na chairman. I'm sorry I bombarded you with grains of mails and for also making you fall in love with my 'seductress').
I could go on and on thanking and appreciating you all...

I'm not perfect, so I'm very open to the doors of improvement.

The poem reflex my personal experience with a woman hence my too many exaggerations in it.
I still don't see myself as a winner. You guys are the winners from whose shadow I'm lucky to find myself.

Thank you.

OMA4U:

Love this poem, very encouraging. Thanks.

Pdizzle: madt

Asakel:
Princesa's poem was a bomb.
Wow!
And I love it how it ends in 'refrain' Kudoz sis.

princesa:
i hope we can still pick ur pieces


thanks bro