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Split Personalities

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Split Personalities | Memee's Musings

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.

IMPORTANT DATES:

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.*

New Era Poetry

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New Era Poetry | Memee's Musings

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:

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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.

IMPORTANT DATES:

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.”

Get Your Badge!
Thank you for partying with Memee! Invite your followers to enjoy the fun by displaying this participation badge on your site. Place it anywhere; a sidebar; your About page; with the poems you bring to Memee’s Poetry Party.  Challenge your friends to join!  It’s up to you!

Take a Peek!

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Take a Peek! | Memee's Musings

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!

Vote Now!

Voting ends March 31st, 2016.

My Linky Parties

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Poetry Linkup | Memee's Musings

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.

Bring Your Character to Life

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So we are less than 24 hours away from closing submissions to this month’s linky party: Poems to Santa, Rudolph, and Frosty! Did you write an ode to your favorite Christmas character? It’s not too late to create your submission and get linked up for the #OdetoChristmasCharacters poetry challenge.

Submit now!

Voting opens at 00:05 PST on December 23rd and ends on New Year’s Eve, December 31st, 2015, at 23:55 PST.*

Someone (a poem to myself)

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via Jade K Moore
Author: Jade Moore

 

Relief, pure relief is released
with the realization that you
are someone to somebody.

Happiness overwhelms your being
when you become someone
to yourself.

After years of being no-one
you have made it out into
the world.

You are ready to face up
to who you are and who
you want to be.

You are someone,
you are me.

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I hope you have enjoyed Jade’s award-winning poem and unique take on the theme of success. Challenge yourself and your followers to join us for this month’s poetry party… or just drop in during the voting window and cast your vote for favorite poem!

Writers of all languages, ages and skill levels are invited to join the current party… after you’ve submitted your original work, get your badge and challenge your friends to join in the fun! Who knows? Maybe you’ll be the next award-winning poet at Memee’s Poetry Party.

☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀

Submitted to Memee’s Poetry Parties by Jade K. Moore 10-18-2015.
Original Poem: Someone (a poem to me)  © Jade Moore 2015. All rights reserved.
Someone (a poem to me) post © Memee’s Musings, 2015-2017. All rights reserved.

Have you joined the LinkUp?

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Have you joined the LinkUp | Memee's MusingsTime is running out for linking up with your fellow poets currently challenging themselves to the topic of success.

Submit Now!

Are you confused about how to find the party?  It’s easy. At the top of every post are the menus for my blog. Hover your cursor over Memee’s Poetry Parties (which would take you to an informative page if clicked) and a new menu item opens entitled “current party.”  Click on current party.  If there is an active party going on that’s where you’ll find the theme, the relevant dates and the submit wormhole that will take you to the linkup.

This button will also take you and your followers to the linkup during the voting window. Though when it comes to getting your followers to the linkup so they can read the poems and vote for their favorite I’d suggest just making it easy for them and give them the LinkUp url. (You know, the one in your address bar after you’ve arrived.)

Voting begins on the 25th so get your poems in right away or you’ll miss out on getting those votes! Not to mention — okay, I am mentioning — the feedback of your fellow poets.

Submit Now!

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