Simon’s Cat Poetry Poll: Last Day!

Today is the last day to vote in the Simon’s Cat poetry poll! Three poems are on the ballot waiting for readers to choose which one will be submitted to the Simon’s Cat Poetry Competition. If you have a few seconds, I would appreciate your vote! Follow the link to the poll to pick your favorite:

Simon’s Cat Poetry Poll

Thank you!

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Just for fun, here’s the video that started it all:

(This pretty much describes my morning)

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Simon’s Cat Poetry Poll

With my Simon’s Cat toy sitting on my desk, I’ve been busy writing possible entries for the Simon’s Cat Poetry Competition. Writing cute and funny poetry is definitely a challenge for me as I usually rely on nature and architecture as a means of inspiration. I’ve got a few poems that I’m relatively happy with and I thought it might be fun to let my readers decide which one I will submit. The last poetry poll was so successful, I figured this was the perfect way to usher in my first writing submission of 2013.

For each poem, I listed the inspiration as the competition is looking for poetry inspired by Simon’s Cat images or videos. I stuck with my favorite videos, (click on the images to watch the full length video) as well as the drawing that introduced the contest.

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Baseball Bat and Empty Dish

See my dish,
where’s the fish?

Cute and fat,
fill my vat

Starving cat
swings a bat

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Sticky Tape

Sticky tape
on my foot
tongue and ear

Meow! Get off!
I panic
still not clear

There, it’s gone
Meow! I win!
Tail flick cheer

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Fly Guy

Simon sits
unaware

Buzzing fly
stalking cat

Big eyes watch
waiting to pounce

Curtains shred
lampshade dead

Fly goes splat
Meow, now what?

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Thanks for voting! Results will be posted on Friday, January 25th.

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Last Day to Vote!

Today is the last day to vote on any and all rounds of the Poetry Poll!  Results for all four rounds, including the winners will be announced tomorrow.  How exciting is that?!

Follow the links to cast your vote:

Poetry Poll #1

Poetry Poll #2

Poetry Poll #3

Poetry Poll #4

Thank you so much! I never cease to be amazed by my wonderful readers.

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Poetry Poll #4

Thanks so much to my readers for making the first three rounds of the Poetry Poll a success. Your participation has made this process a fun and enlightening experience.

The fourth and final round of initial voting is here and ready to go with the last batch of poems. Once again, my wonderful readers will decide which one deserves to move on to the final round.  Your vote truly does matter as poll results will determine which three poems I will submit to  Wordrunner eChapbooks, (in response to their call for poetry that relates to the theme of “found”).

All polls will remain open until Poll #5 is posted with the finalists.  This is a numbers game, so the poems with the most votes overall across all polls will make it to the final four.  Follow me on Twitter or my page on Facebook, (see  sidebar) for daily updates on poll numbers.

Need to catch up?  Check out the previous rounds here:

Poetry Poll #1

Poetry Poll #2

Poetry Poll #3

Ready, set, Round 4 . . .

A Bridge Crossed

Unknown Steps

Solitude

Dawn

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Thanks so much for casting your vote!

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Poetry Poll Update

Going on vacation is always fun, but so is coming home. As I get unpacked and adjusted to a three-hour time difference, I thought this would be a good time to do a quick update on the first three rounds of the Poetry Poll series.

Here are the current standings for all three polls:

Poll #1

Force of Nature – 10

Peaceful Respite – 4

The Guardians – 6

Moments of Light – 4

Poll #2

Gather Resilience – 3

Where Peace Resides – 12

Shattered – 4

Changing Hands -1

Poll #3

Lifewalk – 5

Secret Passage – 5

Kaleidoscope – 5

Where Dreams Wait – 2

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It’s all about the numbers, so the poems with the most votes overall across all polls will make it to the final four.  At this point these are the top three:

Where Peace Resides – 12

Force of Nature – 10

The Guardians – 6

Guess what?  All polls are still open and remain so until Poll #5 is posted with the finalists.  One vote can change everything! Thanks so much to everyone who has taken the time to participate! As I’ve said many times before, my readers are amazing.

Poll #4 will posted on Friday with the last batch of poems up for voting. Before it goes up, you can catch up on the first three rounds by following these links:

Poetry Poll #1

Poetry Poll #2

Poetry Poll #3

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