New Result, a pleasant surprise.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

DISTANT THINGS
Contest Judged: 6/12/2016 12:00:00 AM
Sponsored by: John lawless
See Contest Description
Place PoemTitle Poet
Contest Winner Medal 1 The Distance of a Worm Hole 6 2016 Ingrid Showalter Swift
Contest Winner Medal 2 Wisdom Found In Looking Back Robert Lindley
Contest Winner Medal 3 Beneath The Ivy Broken Wings
4 Distant Memories Laura Leiser
5 A Close Distance Rita A. Simmonds
6 Distant together Sara Chansarkar
7 Magnificence of your grace Silent One
8 ADMIRATION FROM A DISTANCE nette onclaud
9 The Distant Things Andrea Dietrich
10 Distant Things Eileen Manassian
Contest Description

What to Submit?

1 original, NEW POEM, DATED, NO NAMES............

on the theme of .......DISTANT THINGS

ANY FORM IS ACCEPTABLE – PLEASE BE TRUE TO THE FORM CHOSEN

I have no idea where this theme will lead you but please follow it to the end or the beginning

Prizes

First Prize, Glory
Second Prize, Glory
Third Prize, Glory


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To robertjlindley@yahoo.com
Jun 12 at 4:45 PM
Dear Robert,

Congratulations, this is just a quick notice to let you know that your poem Wisdom Found In Looking Back is a ********** Premiere Contest winner for contest: DISTANT THINGS.

Thanks again for entering a Premiere Contest and congratulations.

See contest results and contact the poet sponsor here: DISTANT THINGS

Sincerely,

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I' ll take a second place win in a Premier Contest any day..
I had no clue that it was a " Premier Contest " for the poetry site when writing and entering the contest..
Had I known I'd not likely have entered a sonnet, as they are usually too short to impress judges enough to rate as first place or even in top three -regardless of how good they are.---Tyr
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Wisdom, Found In Looking Back

Ages ago, what fish might one have dared caught,
with bright rainbow nets and stronger bone hooks.
Adventure found , was such too highly bought
living so wild- rips more than shown in books!

Casting nets to gather more the huge blasts,
nights of love and mornings with deep remorse.
Nothing-not a damn loved thing ever lasts
yet one never knows Fate's wide, hurling course.

And such fine fish, spread in such glowing pools,
each always ripe to be plucked in due time.
Love lost, bitter pain for romantic fools
always searching for new land, better clime.

What of the deeper pools one never finds?
Saddest regrets, eat old and lonely minds.

Robert J. Lindley, 6-09-2016

Syllables Per Line: 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10
Total # Syllables: 140
Total # Lines: 17 (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: N/A
Total # Words: 112