Stars In Our Hearts (World Poetry Movement)

[Kaydea]

So about a month ago I was doing "free offers"
to earn something or another on some site.
One of the offers was entering a poetry contest.

Yesterday, I got notice via letter that I'm a semi-finalist
and in the running to win the $1,000 grand prize!

Also, my submitted poem is getting published in a book, Stars In Our Hearts,
which is due for publication June 2012.

Has anyone else been published via one of the World Poetry Movement's contests?
If so, were you as psyched as I am when you received the letter?

If anyone wishes to give their opinion on the lyrics that will be being published,
click here.

[gunny]

No (I don't write poetry) but that is pretty damn cool.

Congrats and good luck.

[Kaydea]

Originally Posted by gunny

No (I don't write poetry) but that is pretty damn cool.

Congrats and good luck.

Thanks! I'm nervous though.
Ughhhh. Stupid anxiety.

[gunny]

I'm sure you'll be fine.

[Kaydea]

^ Edited first post; link included to view lyrics now.

Well; I'm already published... It's the grand prize I'm after.
Really need that money. Haha.

[joeyc138]

I've been writing poetry for a little over 10 years now and have made it a hobby of mine to view the words of others. The poetry that a person writes can open more windows to their soul then just about anything, as I've learned that you can't lie in poetry. It always has to be from the heart and how you feel or you can't write it properly, something my wife and I learned from each other.

Viewing 'Coming Out' through the DeviantArt link you posted was a very nice experience. It's good to see that you're publishing your work and I really liked the writing technique you used in your poem. You were telling a story outside of just piecing random rhymes together to make it sound good and that's what makes any writing stand out. I'm sure that you'll be able to become a standout poet if that's what you were trying to achieve, as long as you still have words to put down on paper.

[mjfan97]

I don't like or write poetry but good luck though!

[Kaydea]

Originally Posted by joeyc138

I've been writing poetry for a little over 10 years now and have made it a hobby of mine to view the words of others. The poetry that a person writes can open more windows to their soul then just about anything, as I've learned that you can't lie in poetry. It always has to be from the heart and how you feel or you can't write it properly, something my wife and I learned from each other.

Viewing 'Coming Out' through the DeviantArt link you posted was a very nice experience. It's good to see that you're publishing your work and I really liked the writing technique you used in your poem. You were telling a story outside of just piecing random rhymes together to make it sound good and that's what makes any writing stand out. I'm sure that you'll be able to become a standout poet if that's what you were trying to achieve, as long as you still have words to put down on paper.

Unless you're writing a fictional poem. I mean yes, emotional poetry is the majority of it, I'd say. It's true that you'd have to open yourself up and be uncomfortably honest for most details (for me anyways), but there are small tid bits, or pseudo-plot developers that one can throw in there that has never actually happened, or isn't happening in the way they are saying.

For example: In my poem "Coming Out" I directed it as if I were talking to one person, saying "I can tell anyone but you", when in reality I've been walked away from so many times due to my sexual orientation that every person whom the topic comes up with is nerve-wrecking.

I really appreciate the comments you've made on my writing, thank you so much. Anytime someone enjoys reading something of mine, it brightens my day.

c:

Originally Posted by mjfan97

I don't like or write poetry but good luck though!

Thanks!

[Baritonic21]

Awesome stuff...I had a video & melody playing in my head as i reading it niiice. I myself am a spoken word artist...so I respect this

[Kaydea]

Originally Posted by Baritonic21

Awesome stuff...I had a video & melody playing in my head as i reading it niiice. I myself am a spoken word artist...so I respect this

Care to describe the video you imagined?
Might inspire a flash toon.
xD