The results are in (kazoo fanfare):

Knot4U 7/5 1.4
Tresamie 11/10 1.1
Chuck Evans 12/8 1.5
Jagill 16/10 1.6
Caledonia 17/10 1.7
Crescent 11/10 1.1
oOii 18/12 1.5
elvanshalle 18/15 1.2

By a narrow margin Caledonia has retained her spot on the Laureate square.

While all the poems were excellent, the biggest problem was length. The shorter poems just didn't have enough material and the longer poems set the standard for themselves so high
they just couldn't get enough points either.

I am currently working on a full checklist for the points
that I will go through when scoring. I feel that for the artist it will cause the poetry to be forced, but if anyone
absolutely wants to argue with the points...he can talk to the Bulgarian judge because he's the one who insists on all these strange systems.

The rest of us are in it for the fun of it. The competition
can be fun...if you allow it to be. The next competiton has to do with a form, a really tough one that will scramble your grey matter. It will be in line with our graphics and
a challenge to the writer in us as well. Stay tuned.

Ya, that was a good one. Congrats, Caledonia. jon

Thanks for the challenge tjames and nice job Caledonia.

Whoa is me, pan to dismay I do not even win a say ~from high poet flight to empty headed lows to wit; ignored my~ lite-witted prose. Ummm,...heh heh~ jus' kid'n...

I took a long time with Jstro's poem...I think I liked it the best ,but like I said with 19 lines you had to get 32 points to get the 1.7. Look at it this way you got more points than anyone else, and like you said the poem started to feel forced, that's what I'm trying to avoid.

scoring tips ordered pairs are valid as long as their not too unusual...you can rhyme on a dime and if you flip it heads or tails it doesn't meter (ouch) If you walk the fine
line and manage to keep your focus and balance that's good and finally I always appreciate speechwriter's and the
tecniques they use to break their audiences preoccupation.
'nuff said

Congrats Caledonia!:)

Yep, Cal-Girl is good at this!

Thanks all. I needed some happy news today!

I won't read between the lines...I am so bad at it. However, I WILL say happy news should ALWAYS feel good. Just feels better sometimes than others.

I'm glad you liked it. :-) I struggle with poetry as you can tell, unless it comes to mind as a song, which this did not. I don't know the first thing about poetry, and could not tell you what, if anything, it was supposed to be. Except I know it was not a haiku. ;-) jon