Submission deadline is TODAY, January 24th, 2017, at 23:55 PST. Submit now!
Voting opens at 00:05 PST tomorrow and ends on Tuesday, Jan 31st at 23:55 PST. To read all the poems and vote, click any of the links previously given for this #NewEra poetry contest-challenge linky party!
Participants should remind their followers, beginning tomorrow, to go read and vote on their #1 Favorite poem for this challenge theme. Submit, Vote, Win… that’s how this linky party works!
Caring and Compassionate
Lady of Liberties
Indiscriminate and Independant
Nowledgeable* Negotiator
Tenacious yet Tactful
Open-minded Overachiever
Nasty Woman
Rude Racist
Uncouth, Unapologetic, Un-American
Misogynistic Millionaire Megalomaniac
Phony President
*K=Know-how
This month’s Poetry Party theme is Politics! Whether you agree or disagree with my perspective I encourage you to participate! The more we share with one another, the better we know and understand one another. And although I do not vote and cannot win I never put forward a poetry challenge without requiring myself to participate. So please accept my poem for what it is… my feelings based on my life experiences, biases and perspectives just as your life experiences, biases, and perspectives aid you in determining your viewpoint on any given topic. Below you will find the important dates and the submission link for #NewEra Poetry or, to learn more, click the previously given link.
Submission deadline is Tuesday, January 24th, 2017, at 23:55 PST. Submit now!
Voting opens at 00:05 PST on Wednesday, January 25th and ends on Tuesday, January 31sh at 23:55 PST.*
So, how about that election? It’s a new year and a renewed commitment to my blog which was lagging there at the end of last year. Being that we have a new exciting/controversial President-elect, a new congressional balance, and many changes in the wake I thought it appropriate that our first poetry party of this new era be about and around politics.
Yep, you heard me right. This will either be amazing or sink into the deepest waters of blogpost detritus. No matter what country you live in, what language you speak, your age, or political alignments please put your thoughts about anything politics into poetic form and join us for #NewEra poetry. The best thing about poetry is that it can be freeform, #norules!
There are however rules for Memee’s Poetry Parties:
The hashtag for this month’s party is #NewEra. I will post a reminder for final submissions and a call for you to let your followers understand that voting occurs offsite and you’d like them to go to the punchbowl, read all the submitted poetry, and vote for their very favorite.
Submission deadline is Tuesday, January 24th, 2017, at 23:55 PST. Submit now!
Voting opens at 00:05 PST on Wednesday, January 25th and ends on Tuesday, January 31sh at 23:55 PST.*
All participants get a badge, and the favorite poem will be featured, reblogged, archived for posterity and that poet will receive a one-of-a-kind badge representative of their achievement. Winner announced Feb 1st, 2017.
Questions? Comment below or follow the link at the top of every page entitled “Memee’s Poetry Parties.”
Pets come in all shapes and sizes and personalities. Some of us have a favorite while others define their homes as a “zoo.” All I know is that our pets make life so much richer. I cannot imagine life without a pet by my side. Families who don’t have pets are confusing to me. I just don’t understand why people would want to deprive their children of the wonderful unconditional love and friendship that a pet can give, not to mention all we learn from them by bearing witness to their lives.
And so this month, in honor of my best friend, Forest, who has been sick this past week with his first episode of Canine Vestibular Disease, I am asking that you focus your poetry this month on your pets and that special relationship you share with them.
Submission deadline is Sunday, April 24th, 2016 at 23:55 PST.
Submit now!
Voting opens at 00:05 PST on Monday, April 25th and ends on Saturday, April 30th at 23:55 PST.*
MEMEE’S POETRY PARTY RULES OF CONDUCT:
1. No naughty thumbnail pictures. (This will disqualify you.)
2. Submit the URL address to your relevant original poem.
3. Please try to visit at least two party guests, leave them a nice compliment or begin a friendly discussion with them. It’s a party: Mingle, people, mingle!
4. This party’s unique hashtag is #pets, use it. Link back to me and, of course, if you tweet me, I’ll tweet you… tweet, tweet! (Even if you don’t have a twitter account please use the hashtag as a blog tag.)
5. Let your followers know that you’re partying at Memee’s Musings and they’re invited to drop in and join the party! Just give them this direct link: http://www.inlinkz.com/new/view.php?id=625302 or send them to the Current Party tab to read this post https://memeesmusings.com/category/current-party/.
Spreading the word about your linking up is also the perfect excuse to show off your participation badge! Because I do not vote it is important that you participate in promoting the event. The more word of mouth the more activity and the greater the traffic impact on everyone’s website. Also, remember, once we start hitting 100 bloggers linking up then tangible, in-your-hand prizes will be awarded to the winners along with their trophy and bragging rights. So challenge your fellow poets to party with us and solicit your followers to read all of the poems and vote their favorite (while the voting window is open).
Collect your participation badge and find more answers at: Memee’s Poetry Parties.
HELPFUL LINKS:
Here’s a Video.
Or if you prefer infographics, go to this post.
*(If you don’t know PST just Google “What time is it now in PST?” and calculate against your time zone)
Not all beginnings start on a new path.
Barriers between here and there
A single span bridges the cross over.
Covered intentions lead to other side.
The mystery in those strange lands
Beckons from inside and afar.
Shadow currents twist and turn
Below runs a subtle river
Wooden beams grown around me
Wind peers through the windows
The cross breeze tries to distract
A clear view of a foreign land
The challenges lie in wait.
Direct wolves surely slumber
In the woods sunlight passes
Freely I move to new Beginnings.
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This beautiful expression of New Beginnings as told through the framework of nature was voted as last month’s favorite poem at the March Memee’s Poetry Party. I send congratulations and gratitude out to Mark and hope that you will visit his site, Coloring Outside the Lines. He travels the world and takes marvelous photos and writes posts which I enjoy. If you enjoyed this piece of poetry, please visit his site and let him know!
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Submitted to Memee’s Poetry Parties by Mark, writer-photographer at Coloring Outside the Lines 3-23-2016.
Original Poem: New Beginnings © Coloring Outside the Lines 2016-2018. All rights reserved.
New Beginnings post© Memee’s Musings, 2016-2018. All rights reserved.
Photograph © Coloring Outside the Lines 2016-2018. All rights reserved.
Submissions for this month’s poetry challenge have come to an end, and it is now YOUR turn to take a peek at the wonderful poems that were submitted for the theme #newbeginnings and then vote for your favorite!
Voting is easy. Just go to the party, click thumbnails to read the entries and then when you’ve decided, click on the heart resting on the thumbnail of your favorite and your vote is registered. You only get one vote, so choose wisely!
Voting ends March 31st, 2016.
Do you know about my linky parties? There is one going on now. Actually, submissions end tonight just before midnight California time.
(If you don’t know PST just Google “What time is it now in PST?” and calculate against your time zone).
Once a month, on or around the 15th I upload the new party. The easiest, fastest way to find it is by hovering over the Page link at the top of every page entitled Memee’s Poetry Parties and then click Current Party. All the details for that months party can be found there. The challenge theme, the dates and deadlines for submissions and voting.
This month’s poetry theme is #newbeginnings. Because time is short for submitting your link, I’m just going to give you the button that will whisk you there immediately:
I hope to see you there!
Oh, and I almost forgot: To see past winners click the tab Poetry Party Favor(ites), also under the page heading Memee’s Poetry Parties.
