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Valentine's Poetry Contest WINNERS - 02/12/2010
by JD Clay

Congratulations to the Winners of the Pathetic Valentine’s Poetry Contest! Along with the designated prizes, the top winners will also be featured as Poem Of The Day in the near future. Here are the winners as selected by the judges:

Valentine’s Heaven Winner: A Valentine Date by Angela Nuzzo
Valentine’s Hell Winner: Stupid Cupid by Jennifer Ragan

Laurie Blum and Joe Cramer would also like to acknowledge all the judges, from behind the scenes, who helped to make this wonderful contest possible.

Thanks to ALL Participants!

Valentine's Poetry Contest - 01/27/2010
by JD Clay

Laurie Blum and Joe Cramer would like to announce a new poetry contest posted in the Contest Forum, complete with prizes for the two winners. They cordially invite all pathetic members to join us in "Heaven or Hell" this Valentine's Day. Be sure to check the announcement in the Forum on this contest as we will be offering two different categories.
Click on Valentine's Poetry Contest for a direct link to view and enter the competition.

Temporary Server - 01/23/2010
by Gavin M Roy

I have completed the move to the new temporary server. I will be moving the site back on to it’s normal server once it has made the move from California to the east coast.

Pathetic Hauntings Poetry Contest Winners - 10/29/2009
by JD Clay

Congratulations to the Winners of the Pathetic Halloween Poetry Contest! Along with the designated prizes, the top winners will also be featured as Poem Of The Day in the near future.
Without further ado here are the winners as selected by the judges:
1st Place: Maria Francesca
2nd Place: (TIE) Kristina Woodhill and Peter Humphreys
3rd Place: Jennifer Ragan
Honorable Mentions go to the following poets in no particular order: Siqurdur Haraldsson, Garth Hill, LK Barrett, Vikki Owens, Peggy Eng, Mary Ellen Smith, S.K. Kenworthy , Angela Nuzzo Elizabeth Jill, John Weaver, Thomas Hunt, Christopher Shin and Sean Rooney.
Please take the time to read ALL the entries in the contest; they are all frighteningly imaginative and ghoulishly composed.
Laurie Blum and Colleen Sperry would also like to acknowledge all the judges, from behind the scenes, who helped to make this wonderful contest possible. Thanks to ALL Participants!

Older News
Poem of the Day for 09/02/10

titles
by Alex Gee

some poems have titles,
but words don't seem to follow.
the stresses of life take precedence-
to the words flowing from my soul
stop
now rewind.
i can dig deeper in my mind.
let these words turn to phrases,
before i run out of pages.

12/08/2009

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