Hello everyone!! All I can say this week is WOW! The voting was the closest it has EVER been, the final results were:
A – 10
B – 7
C – 11
I had to count them up about ten times just to be 100% sure I was right, well done to all of you, but there can only be one winner and the winner of the title “A Thing Of Beauty” is wendystrohm , so everyone go and check out her blog you will not be disappointed, here is the link —> http://wendystrohm.wordpress.com/
This week the title for “The Poetry Challenge” is going to be “First Love” so try your best to make something out of it and get creative!
Remember to post your submission or link to your submission in the comment section below, anywhere else and your piece will not be entered into the competition.
I cant wait to see what you all do with this, I’m REALLY excited!
The voting and the top three will be posted next Friday, I hope you all enjoy!
First Love
We will always remember our first love,
At the time they were the only thing we could think of,
On our mind from the morning until the night,
The thing you would turn to when nothing went right,
My first love was pickled onion crisps,
Which took all attention off the my mothers cooked chips,
It was heaven in my mouth from the beautiful flavour,
Every moment from every crisp I had to savour,
The crumbs off my fingers would get licked away,
And I slurped the empty packed without delay,
They had to come with me where ever I went,
Because I got motivation from their delightful scent,
They knew that I wanted them and they also wanted me,
My favourite snack I thought they will always be,
But my love for them did finally end,
They were no longer my lover but just a friend,
I found something that satisfied me even more,
So the pickled onion stayed in the kitchen drawer,
What stole my heart was a chocolate cake,
A high calorie feast that my mother would bake,
But my first love I know I will never forget,
And maybe choosing the cake one day I’ll regret,
To me they will always be a delicious potato snack,
And they will still be in the drawer if I ever wanted them back.
This is kind of spooky – I just posted a poem today on my own blog about a first love (and dreaming about him recently). Probably just a few minutes before I read your post and the topic of your competition. Can I enter it for this coming week’s competition? It’s not as cheery as your poem. I’m feeling a bit old all of a sudden!
Anyway, here is the link:
http://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/midlife-middling/
Yes of course you can, but if you reach the top three I will have to title the poem as “First Love” okay?
Absolutely! That was the original title… (I told you it was spooky!)
Wow that is weird hahaha!
Lovely poem
Thank you ever so much – I can’t believe I’ve won your Thing of Beauty competition! I do feel very sorry for A (and B) as it was so close. There are two winners really. Thank you again Corey – this is lovely idea for us all to showcase our work.
It was such a close week, the most exciting to date!! Maybe you could become the first person to win the contest twice?
On another note since you won would you like to take part in Wednesdays addition of “The Guest” ? If so email me on cjbwork@hotmail.co.uk
Hi Wendy,
Congratulations! You deserve it.
I’m so glad I voted for you; and you won.
Keep it up! Kudos to you…
Thank you so much Chito – I really appreciate you support x
Hey, you deserve it Wendy! It was a fun competition after all, I really enjoyed it! Being nominated with great talents like you is such an honor
Well done my friend! 
just so you know, I was smiling profusely as i hit the Post Comment button, my co-worker saw me and gave me the “are-you-a-freak-you’re-smiling-all-by-yourself look, haha!
Love it! I am always smiling when doing the poetry thing – driving everyone else around me mad – but why not be happy!
Reblogged this on Wendy Strohm and commented:
I’m feeling very honoured…
Well done to all the week 6 poets – such a close run thing …
Really enjoyed all 3 of the finalist poems, very well done to all participants!
Here’s the link to my poem:
http://myuntamedmind.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/until-next-time/
Thanks
FIRST LOVE
the things I can make, anyone can make
but for you, First Love, and just for your sake
i can work wonders that no one can do
these things I will do, for the love of you.
i can cast pebbles on stillest water
without rippling waves (no circles scatter)
as upon your black hair, the strong wind blows
but uprooting not, any strand that grows.
i can tie a tiger’s stripes into knots
that he will think he’s a leopard with dots
like the spots your footprints leave on the shore
that tumultuous waters wash with uproar.
i can quickly climb a rungless ladder
right up the heavens where I will gather
all brilliant stars to lay heap by your toes
so there they may glow to wither your woes.
i can pluck whole notes from a lovely song
and make them necklace, for you they belong
to wear ‘round your neck, where they all glitter
white pearls they become, with you as keeper.
the things I can make, anyone can make
but for you, First Love, and just for your sake
i can work wonders that no one can do
these things I will do, for the love of you!
(c) Chito L. Aguilar
This is lovely
Thanks Wendy!
First Love
My first love was Steve with all his blond hair
His game was cricket and I couldn’t compare
My second love was Andy who liked lemon cake
And kissed me so much my jaw would ache
My third was Tony with beautiful brown skin
But his sweet heart I was unable to win
My fourth was Hank who was truly no good
He didn’t ‘love’ me as I thought he should
Fifth was Simon, or was it Craig, or Greg
I liked so many – they were all good eggs
Later came another Andy and a Nick
A Stephen, a Chris – none would stick
And then I turned ‘sweet’ seventeen
And met a Daniel who was extremely keen
Now I am old and married too
But I had lots of fun and so should you!
Hee-hee! Well done for remembering! I was trying to search for some of my old loves on Facebook and couldn’t remember their names…
Perhaps I shouldn’t admit it but there were an awful lot more that I forgot!
Great story, Wendy!
Oh, this is perfect. I want to enter, and have a thought rattling around, but first I have to ask … does the title have to be exactly that? Or can it be a variation? My variant simply adds punctuation, which somewhat alters the meaning of the title, if that makes a difference.
On your page it can be under another name, but if it makes the top three on my page it will still be under “First Love” okay?
Here’s my entry!
http://maisygirl.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/first-love/
Before I write the piece that’s rattling around in my head, I have this one. It’s a piece of a much longer work, but it is the one that makes me ache.
http://mywordsarealive.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/first-love-2/
Here’s mine! =)
http://ingenuinelove.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/first-love/
Here is my entry: http://twitterpoems87.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/first-love/
a tad bit sad…
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Here’s my poem. I hope you enjoy…
http://tooyoungtofeelold.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/first-love/
Greetings,
I was excited to see the topic for the week! This comes from a very special place. While it is not taken out of context it does reflect on the topic; First love!
Enjoy!
http://briellthewriter.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/first-love-poem
haha! I’m behind!but it was fun Corey, thank you so much
hehe…gotta scribble for the next challenge 
I’m finally catching up again on blog posts. Thanks for your patience!
There she stood
Oblivious
To everything
And everyone
Around her
The wind catching her hair
Blowing wisps of it
This way and that
A slim slip of a girl
In a world not her own
I looked on
How long I cannot tell
My eyes burned
It is a surprise
They did not burn out their sockets
I marveled at the creature before me
I’d seen her before
But never in this light
It happened then
As I stood watching
She became my muse
I went closer
And closer
To hear the words
That escaped her lips unaware
I wondered at her pain
And took salve to her wounds
And finally
I worshipped
Like countless others before me
Perfection stood before my eyes
I knew nothing else to do
But bow my heart in obeisance
My will,her slave
My thoughts, bound evermore to her
I saw
All at once
The most cherished virtues
The best parts of the self
I dreamed to be
The sun shone brighter
The rain fell merrily
Creation was in rapture
Filling my ears with the rhapsody
Of dreams that seemed to have come true
And still
My eyes would not leave her
Several years after
I still stand on that pier
Seeing her again as at the first
Though she does not stand there anymore
My eyes burn still
At the sight before me
They do not burn out their sockets
Because they are filled with tears
For there she stands
Forever in my heart
And I worship in her absence
My heart bowed
Still in obeisance.
Beautiful. I am awed.
really?glad u are.
i’m blushing though i’m black.
forgive me but i dream and get carried away.
love does that to a man even if it’s past.
i noticed you visited my blog.thanks.
hope u enjoyed the post.would like comments from time to time.
I usually have this cheshire cat grin on my face when people read my stuff.i usually wonder what the fuss is about.
hope to hear from you more.have a fab week.
Gorgeous, dreamy.
thanks.i see you read my latest post on my blog.would be grateful for comments.I LOVE to hear what YOU think.deal?
First Love
To have been in love
However long since
However many more
loves
in between
Always remains
Like scar tissue
on the heart
A line in the sand
Until death
To remind you
Of the possibility
Of the intensity
Of feeling
Of the possibility
Of the intensity
Of life
By Kenn Taylor
http://kenntaylor.wordpress.com/
Lovely, and so true!
Lovely. Just divine.
http://rlbk75.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/for-the-love-of-gold/ Not ‘my’ first love, but assuredly someones…
Here is my entry: http://bonniestaiger.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/first-love/
When thinking of her
My mind becomes still,
There’s something wrong with my stomach
I believe that I’ve become ill.
She encapsulates my heart
And I’m at her every whim,
A lot of her friends would say
I can’t believe what you’re doing to him.
A smile shined from my face
Every time that we would kiss,
I thought that I heard birds singing
But it was only a snake’s hiss.
It felt as though our souls were dancing
At a rate that would never end,
Yet after she was done with me
I cannot even call her a friend.
The time that we spent together
Seemed like a dream come true,
Yet I realized it was my nightmare
When the truth busted through.
My heart was thrown into a blender
And fed to the maiden of sorrow,
My emotions were out of my reach
And I no longer looked forward to tomorrow.
Confusion vomited onto my clarity
Causing everything to stink,
The beautiful colors had faded
So I just ordered another drink.
When I finally felt the void
My eyes were leaking their tears,
For finally surrendering to love
Was one of my biggest fears.
Even though I swam through chaos
There actually was some good,
I won’t be so giving with my heart
Unless their intentions are understood.
I wish that it would’ve ended differently
So we weren’t on such bad terms,
Because when I’m still at night
I feel that my heart still squirms.
Goodbye to my first love
For you’re someone that I’ll never forget,
I just hope that a time will come
When I’m not drowning with my own regret.
Congratulations Wendy! Thanks for the update and beautiful First LOVE poem, too, loved it! You’re a wonderful friend ~Deborah
Thank you very much
My submission:
http://afterhisimage.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/first-love-for-january-my-wife/
my first attempt to join a competition :> This is my submission
http://savethedreamer.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/first-love/
Here’s the link to my poem, thanks Corey: https://journalread.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/first-love/
Last week’s challenge was so close.
Here’s mine for this week! http://hashtagblogs.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/the-poetry-challenge-first-love/
I’ve just nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award, because I love your blog
http://atirahjewel.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/first-love/
The link to mine. I just realized, this is the FIRST time I’ve participated in this. lol
First Love
It is a new day’s dawn on my soul’s beat.
It reverberates echoes that call out to your heart.
Cupid flew our way to puncture both hearts with its dart.
Now we mesh like the hues that’s due to both of us.
A new color is born to create a new start.
Never to be separated through death-until-we-part.
I’m the man of your dreams and will be no other.
No dishonesty shall result in a voice that stutters.
No untrustworthiness shall result in a thought that is concerned.
No voice shall result in lips that are silent.
Your presence speaks volumes.
Your skin is fine like baby powder.
Your eyes scream to mines.
Girl, you are so fine!
You will always be mine.
My first love.
You make me shine!
“First LOVE”
It is the perfume of your hands and the
Way you walk, deserving of all eyes to rummage
Across your possession—
Hands that can crush and cut through the wilderness
Of life’s denseness—
Do not bid me to dim my eyes behind my
Inevitable delight, my gaze must deign courage
If I am to cheat demise—
In your hands I would lend to weightlessness
And breathless—
Love has no claim upon my exclamation,
Adoration the syntax of my prolific verbiage
Bent by your shadow—
Do you not hear the life of me teetering at best
Like confession’s guest?
Guilty, guilty, guilty! No cross examination
Could uncover, reveal what I have unleashed
With one sweep of light—
Suddenly I am autumn’s gold blown pleasure
By your feet!
http://readingafterbedtime.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/first-love-poetry/
My attempt.
http://adiamonduncut.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/of-first-loves/
