The Writers' Block Poetry Contest #5 Results and Contest #6

The Writers’ Block Poetry Contest (#twbpoetrycontest) is excited to announce Week #5’s winners, at long last!

Once again, thanks so much to our five judges, as without them, this contest would not be possible:

@sunravelme
@damianjayclay
@jrswab
@jessandthesea
@dbooster

And the winners are:

First place and 15 SBD: @anikekirsten’s poem Of Man and machine

Second place and 10 SBD: @warpedpoetic’s poem In Love and War

Third place and 7 SBD: @godflesh’s poem The Bee and the mirror

Congratulations to the winners, and a shoutout to all of the participants as well. Last week’s prompt may have been a bit more complex, so to all those who braved into those waters, we commend you too! And now, on to the new prompt!

The Writers’ Block Poetry Contest: Week #6

 
WRITING PROMPT:

Write a poem using the following image:

A small canoe tied to a pier, bobbing in the water under almost stormy skies.

  • Original work only. All plagiarized entries will be disqualified.
  • Unless designated by the prompt, the structure of the poem can be anything you like. Free verse, rhymed, and prose poetry are all 100% welcome.
  • One entry per person, per week.
  • Post your poem to your own blog to enter. The title of your post should be [the title of your poem - Writers Block Poetry Contest Week 6].
  • Tag your entry with #twbpoetrycontest
  • Post a link to your poem in the replies to this post.
  • This contest runs until 23:59 UTC / GMT March 19th.

The winner will receive 15 SBD. Second place will win 10 SBD and third will receive 7 SBD.

Good luck!

Once again, a super warm thank you to our wonderful sponsors @anomadsoul and @gmuxx for their generous support for this poetry contest, making it possible that the winners receive an SBD prize.

@jessandthesea



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