tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44412720002217457332026-02-24T03:34:14.932-08:00Poetic PausePoetry has a special place in my life. Please join me as I wander through my poetic world.Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.comBlogger203125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-47569564769604496462020-02-05T17:44:00.001-08:002020-04-22T00:18:46.493-07:00Adelaide Plains Poets competition 2020The theme of our poetry competition this year is the obvious theme for the year 2020 - and it is Vision, 2020 vision, get it?
These are the details and the wentry form, cut and past the form, and send your entries to me, the Competition Secretary. My details are on the forms.
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ADELAIDE PLAINS POETS Inc.
POETRY COMPETITION 2020
‘Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-83336239788392239732019-08-04T01:43:00.001-07:002019-08-04T01:50:54.427-07:00'Location' Judge's Report
ADELAIDE PLAINS POETRY COMPETITION 2019
JUDGE’S REPORT
In my consideration of the 111 entries received I looked particularly for beauty of expression, use of
imagery and metaphors as well as demonstration of emotional attachment to a particular location.
For first place I chose the poem, In the Shadows, which makes good use of metaphor and expresses a
clearing of Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-53143200805177760022019-01-13T20:21:00.001-08:002019-01-13T20:30:42.411-08:00Adelaide Plains Poets Poetry Competition 2019 LocationHere are the entry form and guidelines for the 2019 poetry competion, on the theme of Location:
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ADELAIDE PLAINS POETS Inc.
POETRY COMPETITION 2019
‘LOCATION’
1st, 2nd & 3rd cash prizes, plus Highly Commended & Commended certificates as awarded
by judge.
Total prize pool over $700
ENTRY GUIDELINES
Work enteredCarolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-59194834639453639582018-12-15T23:55:00.001-08:002018-12-15T23:55:50.705-08:00Adelaide Plains Poets Next Poetry CompetitionWell, 2018 is almost finished, just a week or so of shopping, then Christmas, then New Years Eve, and then Bang! it's 2019. The theme for the 2018 poetry competition was a big one, "Truth". We received a wide range of responses to this theme, and the Judge chose from that wide range, with many differing versions of Truth in his poems to hunt for winners through.
The theme for the competition Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-49238965675538650532018-08-01T12:00:00.000-07:002018-08-01T12:00:05.806-07:00Adelaide Plains Poets 'Truth' Poetry Competition
Adelaide Plains Poets Poetry Competition – Judge’s Report 2018
The winners of this competition were announced during the Adelaide Plains Festival of Words, as the penultimate event of the Festival.The Competition Judge, Alex Robertson, read his report (below). Some of the winning Open Section poets were present and their winning entries were read.
'This year there were nearly 90 entries inCarolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-26410532483635956342018-08-01T03:23:00.002-07:002018-08-01T03:23:33.685-07:00Winning Poem Open Section Adelaide Plains Poets 'Truth'
Pulling Strings by Cathy Hinder
His circular conversations, a word salad ensemble,a deliberately designed instrument of concussion toan abused, bruised mind, as it slowly implodes,diminishing the ability to focus, or foster self-worth.
Manipulated and controlled,independent thinking insidiously erased bycovertly pulling strings,spinning an alternate distorted version of reality.
UnfathomableCarolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-46352879894412845102018-07-23T23:19:00.000-07:002018-07-23T23:19:20.312-07:00Winners Will Be AnnouncedThe judge has made his decision, and the winners of the Adelaide Plains Poets poetry competition will be announced on 29 July, so that's next Sunday. I know who the winners are now, and am looking forward to the big day!
This will be a part of the final day of the Adelaide Plains Festival of Words, where there will be lunch at the P/A Hotel, then the announcement of the winners, then te reading Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-52493414980894165252018-07-09T23:06:00.001-07:002018-07-13T05:44:44.706-07:00'Truth' Poetry Competition entries have closed
So the entry date is passed now, and the competition secretary is waiting for a few more entries to roll in with the post. On Thursday the judge will receive the entries that have come in so far. Numbers in the Open section were lower than the last competition, but the entries on the two student sections were higher.
The theme of 'Truth' was a broad one again, and poets have taken some very Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-26626691734476061752017-12-20T16:32:00.000-08:002018-01-17T17:20:57.625-08:00Details for Poetry Competition Available Here!Yes, the next poetry competition details are now available and available right here! The theme for this competition is "TRUTH", and the competition secretary and the Judge are keen to see what the entrants are going to do with the theme, interesting things indeed, going by previous competitions, that's for sure!
ADELAIDE PLAINS POETS Inc. POETRY COMPETITION 2018
‘TRUTH’
1st, 2nd &Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-11393856132254551352017-05-30T22:16:00.000-07:002017-05-30T22:16:24.836-07:00Competition is judged, life moves onSo the Adelaide Plain's 'Freedom' poetry competition has been judged, awards handed over, or in the post, and now the next thing is approaching fast. The annual poetry brings out wonderful poetry, competing to be the best of the best, all around Australia.
And my, was the best certainly the best. If you read the Judge's Report, you can see that Jude Aquilina was definitely of the opinion that Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-33722204969206206862016-11-21T20:30:00.004-08:002017-12-20T16:39:03.769-08:00Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-74499500700491680042016-09-05T04:07:00.001-07:002016-09-05T04:07:50.606-07:00My New Poetry CollectionToday the postie brought me some lovely mail. One of the pieces was an event invitation, the other was a book. The event isn't relevant to poetry at all, but the book sure is. The book was my first copy of my newest book - a poetry collection, published by Ginninderra Press, a fine South Australian publisher, which many of my b=clever writer friends have been published by.
I've wanted to become Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-21310251365284823682016-08-30T02:41:00.001-07:002016-08-30T03:33:54.309-07:00Playing games with HaikuToday I was thinking about a new form of Haiku. Or it may not actually be a 'new'; form at all, I don't know. I'm prepared to hear what others think about my ideas concerning Haiku in Australia. I will call this form AussieKu or perhaps Ausku.
This form is about the idea of writing haiku which are Australian. Australia is a great big country, and many of the things about Australia are unique to Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-12129676392237710282016-06-21T01:18:00.000-07:002016-06-21T01:18:02.370-07:00Poetry is Many ThingsHi, I've been thinking about poetry, and enjoying the way my thoughts have been going. Poetry is indeed many things, and I wrote the following on a friend's Facebook page recently, in response to " Writers Write""Poe-try"
By posting that, what was I trying to put across? My initial thoughts were just to play with the word/words. That's certainly one of the ways at looking at it. But poetry is Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-83489193437536249712016-05-28T02:32:00.001-07:002016-05-28T02:32:28.561-07:00Adelaide Plains Poets "Transitions" Poetry Competition 2016 Judge's Report Judge: SB Wright
'Transitions' Adelaide Plains Poets 2016 Poetry competition Judge's Report
Adelaide Plains Poetry Inc
"Transitions" Competition
Judges Report
Judge: SB Wright
Rankings
Open Division
1st place: Fade Out (poem 57) Damen O'Brien
2nd place: raptor (poem 104) Glen R Jones
3rd place:  Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-73417794486961838742016-05-07T02:15:00.001-07:002016-05-07T02:15:41.349-07:00Gawler Festival of Words 2016The Adelaide Plains Poets writing group is again going to hold the Festival of Words in July. The Gawler event, the inaugural event, was successful and we are working hard to make the 2016 event even better! We've begun our first crowdfunding campaign, and are hoping many other people who love words will get involved and help us!https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-26263275660542199032016-03-12T23:29:00.000-08:002016-03-12T23:29:32.282-08:00Poetic Thoughts - a Ballad about the Terzanelle I currently do a poetry workshop on Sunday mornings, at a lovely cafe in Gawler called Poetic Justice Cafe Gallery. today, the poetic subject I was telling the attendees about was the Terzanelle, using this person's website: GryphonSmithI don't know this person, but I liked what they wrote about the form, so borrowed their words. I then went of to have a go at writing my own terzanelle poem, but Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-60876277340986186562016-02-22T01:24:00.000-08:002016-02-22T01:24:09.712-08:00The Poetry Competition - Transitions themeThe competition for 2015/16 is closed to entries now, but that certainly doesn't mean poetry isn't happening where I a! The judge of the competition has the entries now, and is busily reading the entries, and picking his lists of winners. We had a grand entry of exceptionally great poems, and I don't envy the judge Sean Wright his task - so many good poems, which is the best?
Sean will come up Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-542882813693772282016-01-29T03:44:00.000-08:002016-01-29T03:44:07.469-08:00Competition is now closed.The Adelaide Plains Poets poetry competition, with the theme of 'Transitions' is now closed, so the entry form and guidelines have been removed from this blog. The only new entries accepted now will be the ones that arrive in the post next week, postmarked by today (Friday 29 January), or are given to me on Sunday. So if you missed the post today, you'd better get to the Prince Albert Hotel in Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-55943314277423711182016-01-12T02:21:00.002-08:002016-01-12T02:21:48.316-08:00The Closing Date is Getting Closer!Yes, the closing date for the current Adelaide Plains Poets is January 29, just a couple of weeks away. Don't leave it until the last minute, and lose out, get your entry in soon. The postie is still bringing me some lovely entries, but who know which the judge may choose.
If you love writing poetry, but you've never entered a poetry competition before, why not make 2016 the year you start Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-54956626223233957792015-12-04T01:30:00.003-08:002015-12-04T01:30:44.329-08:00When Poetry Takes OverThese past few months seem to be becoming more and more poetic, and I'm excited about it all. My excitement is shaded a little by sadness, but more about that later. Why has poetry been happening more? I'll tell you all about it.
I've involved in a group - Adelaide Plains Poets. I'm the President of this group, and have been since the group began, back in 2004. The stated role of the group, Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-63651903423671524552015-10-16T18:34:00.000-07:002015-10-16T18:34:10.361-07:00Whether the Weather be Good ...Surely the poet with access to the outdoors will never be lacking in topics to write about. Personally, I certainly find much poetic inspiration in what Nature gives, from the soft and fluffy clouds making fantastical shapes in the sky, to the angry lashing rains and storms that excite and revitalise the venturesome spirit! Lightning strikes, and the mind springs to life.
The transitions of the Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-55435894759095677992015-01-28T18:33:00.000-08:002015-01-28T18:33:19.644-08:00Competition Closed!Many thanks to all of the lovely poets who visited this site and entered the 2014/2015 poetry Competition on the theme of 'Climate'. There have been some interesting interpretations of the theme, and I am excited when I think about which poems and poets will be chosen by the judge.
The winners will be announced at the March Gawler Poets at the Pub event, which will take place on 29 March at the Carolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-3623009191390990902014-08-30T01:34:00.000-07:002014-09-29T22:35:42.492-07:00The new Poetry CompetitionSo the word is now out concerning Adelaide Plains Poets new poetry competition! The theme is "Climate", and the poet is welcome to use it however they wish. Climate Change is certainly the big one at the moment, but there are other ways of using the word.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/climate gives this definition:
Climate
[klī′mət]
Use climate in a sentenceCarolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-39131735313144588862014-03-30T00:43:00.000-07:002014-09-29T21:41:41.944-07:00"My Passion" Poetry CompetitionWell, the poems have been sent in and judged, with the winners announced at the Gawler Poets at the Pub event at the Prince Albert Hotel, Gawler. Two of those receiving a Special Mention were there on the day, to receive their certificates, and to read their poems to those in attendence.
Cheques and certificates for others will be posted out tomorrow. Many thanks to those who entered this annualCarolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.com1