That’s right, you read it in the title, #memeespoetryparties is a successful, once-monthly reoccurring event happening right here, at Memee’s Musings. You can participate by submitting your original theme-fitting poetry and/or vote for your favorite poem each month.
We had a great sampling of Love poems this month and Wow, I cannot believe the quality. Each and every entrant claimed to be a novice, a new poet, but each and every poem was surprising, magnificent, real and heartfelt. Whether it was about love of yourself, a family member, a love interest, be it the discovery of first love or the loss of your love, regardless of whether the love was good or the love was destructive each and every poem was truly meaningful and they all brought out true emotion in me as I read them.
I believe we all grew as writers, as poets, as bloggers, as humans and I know we each enjoyed reading the poems that were submitted alongside our own. I hope each and every one of you enjoyed mingling and getting to know one another. I sure am honored that all of you joined my event and I am inspired by the poetry each of you created! I hope you will continue in joining me in the challenge of writing and appreciating poetry.
And for those of you who are reading this who did not participate, either through submission of an original poem or voting for the submissions I hope you’ll consider joining us in mid-March!
And now, on to the How Do I Love Thee Poetry Party door prizes!
In no particular order, the door prizes went to:
Jarrod, author of the blog, The Haunted Lullaby
Blair, author of the blog, People, Things, and life
Eloise, author of the blog, Tea with Ellie
Each of their winning poems will be published on this website as a Sunday Calling Card. The three winning poets are invited to be Sunday Callers (aka guest writers) for an original piece* for exclusive viewing at Memee’s Musings later this year. All of my party attendees had fun, enjoyed excellent feedback and gained exposure resulting in new followers.
*The original piece can be of whatever genre desired. Sunday Callers are featured every Sunday and the Calling Cards they leave behind are published not only on my website and on WordPress, but also on Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, Facebook and BlogHer.
Memee's Musings 
Thank you for hosting my work on your blog Memee! I’m honored to have been selected for a door prize as all the entries were truly worthy.
The best part was meeting new people, following new blogs, and seeing inspired work from other poets.
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Reblogged this on The Haunted Lullaby and commented:
I placed in the contest! Thanks to all that supported me! The event was a lot of fun and all entries were worthy of placing! Please check out the additional poems as well as the host blog as they are great reads!
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Reblogged this on People, Things, and Life and commented:
Thank you to Memee for hosting this party and to everyone who voted! This was a great idea and it was so interesting to see everyone’s diverse takes on the simple topic of love.
This contest really gave me a sense of hope. All of the poems that were submitted were great and written by very talented writers, I’m honored to have placed. This is the first thing I’ve ever submitted a poem to and the first thing I’ve ever won through votes! 🙂
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