Poetry Contest

Judges Needed for Poetry Contest

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I’m recruiting lovers of literature to act as judges of poems for a poetry contest we have begun in our Coram Deo Academics class (a Classical Education homeschooling resource in Michigan). This is a middle-school aged group of kids. 10 poems are entered in the contest. Please review the poems and send an email message to me indicating your choice for first, second, and third place to dblindseyjr@gmail.com (or, if you wish, post a comment with your top three choices: first, second, and third best).

The only criteria for the contest is that the poems must either mention or allude to a character or plot line in the classic Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, by CS Lewis, and all 10 poems have fulfilled that requirement.

Rewards will be given to all students participating.

I will monitor all comments, tally all votes and announce the top three place winners in a new post on this blog. To decrease bias and increase Internet safety, each student’s name is attributed an alias.

Scroll down to see all 10 poems. Thank you for your help!

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Orual the Thief

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Orual the Thief

Orual was an ugly person, Orual was a thief,

Orual came to my house and stole a piece of beef,

I went to Orual’s house and Orual wasn’t in,

I came upon her Sunday hat and poked it with a pin,

Orual was an ugly person, Orual was a sham,

Orual came to my house and stole a leg of lamb,

I went to Orual’s house and Orual wasn’t in,

I came upon her Sunday clothes and put ’em in a bin,

Orual was an ugly person, Orual was a beast,

Orual came to my house and had a gigantic feast,

I went to Orual’s house and Orual was in bed,

I went up and threw a bone at her head.

©  by Rap Stamper

Beauty

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Beauty

 Beauty is sweet music, tender, joyful, or sad
Soothing for the heart in times good or bad
 
Beauty is the flaming sunset—colorful and bright
Illuminating the horizon with a blazing light
 
Beauty is a graceful swan, gliding on a lake, fine and delicate
Snowy white feathers, gleaming, perfect and intricate
 
Beauty is a red rose—the color of life-giving blood
Without blemish, tiny and perfect, is a fair rosebud
 
Beauty is a sparkling stream with its chuckling call
It is also in a rushing, roaring waterfall
 
Beauty, in human form, is the goddess-queen Psyche
She, by the wise Fox, is called Aphrodite
 
Beauty is in the earth; hidden diamonds, rubies, many a wondrous gem
They dazzle the eye, and for many a king is a treasured emblem
 
Beauty is a majestic horse, tall and proud
Whose noble head is high, and whinny loud
 
Beauty is the topmost tree in an oaken forest
Strong and ancient, reaching up with branches highest
 
Beauty is the etched lines in an aged man’s face
Smiling on his family—full of joy and grace
 
Beauty is in speech, story, song, and poem
Words mixed and put together to create a wondrous anthem
 
Beauty is in this world; it is everywhere
Amid darkness, it shines royal, bright, and fair
 
All this wonderful, stunning beauty God created for us to see
To enjoy, love, remember, and that in itself is beautiful, all can agree
 

© by Juliet Tempest

Forever in Fear

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Forever in Fear

Psyche looked upon her husband with lantern in hand,

Unknown her fate at hand with a startle he awoke,

Terrible her husband’s wrath,

Tearing down walls ripping their palace apart,

Sent away Psyche crying and in fear,

To a terrible fate wandering forever in fear.

© by Kory Cavedweller