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December 2011 contest

2012-01-12T11:49:00.002+05:30

The year came to an end.......a very eventful year indeed .

Wishing all our members a joyous,healthy and happy new year !!!

The topic of the last contest of 2011 was 'Dreams' and we were intrigued by the various entries.Everybody has dreams from childhood and life would be so uninteresting if we did not have dreams .

Annnnnnd the winning entry of the contest is......

सपनों का संसार by Rajendra Sharma 'Vivek"

http://p4poetry.com/2011/12/26/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0/

Congratulations,Rajendra !!

You win a book of your choice from www.manjulindia.com

The Runners Up entry is.....

सपनों ना इस दर पे आना कभी by Sushil Sarna

http://p4poetry.com/2010/07/27/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B8-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80/

The Jan 2012 contest is open and this time we have a unique topic. We have given an opening line and everybody has to interpret it their way and complete the poem.

All the best and we look forward to your entries !!!

October 2011 contest extended till end of November 2011!!

2011-11-08T07:59:00.000+05:30

Dear Members,

While the time to judge the October contest poem approached, we realized that the category to tag contest entries (ie October 2011 contest) was missing. We also noticed that some members did post poems on the relevant contest topic being 'music is.../संगीत है….. '. Hence, for the benefit of all the members and to make up to you guys for missing out on creating the contest tag, we are extendeding the contest by a month!

The last date to submit your entries is November, 2011!!

Start writing guys....feel he music!!

Regards,
p4poetry team :)

Contest Announcement

2011-10-12T21:39:00.000+05:30

Dear Members,

After a lot of deliberation,we have come to a conclusion that we will not announce any winner for the September contest.We got a good response in terms of the number of entries but we felt that none of the poems were 'winning' poems. The evaluation of the poems is done by a panel of judges and none of us could select a poem that we felt met the standards of a contest winner.

We do hope that this will motivate you to put your thinking caps and give us some precious gems for this month's contest.

Best regards

P4poetry team

July Contest Result

2011-08-14T12:40:00.002+05:30

The topic for the July contest was " Betrayal " and we received a great response .......

Thanks for your participation.

The winning entry is.......

Truth by Rajdeep Bhattacharya.

He wins a book of his choice from Manjul Publishing.

The runners up are.....

1st Runners Up :

धोखा तकदीर का by Jaspal Kaur

2nd Runners up

Betrayal by Viju

Congratulations !!!

We look forward to your active participation for the August contest.

June Contest Results

2011-07-09T13:13:00.002+05:30

Hi Folks,

The results of the June contest are out ......
The theme of the contest was " Ghosts" and the winning entry of the contest is......

Ghosts by Hitesh .

Congratulations,Hitesh !!

The Runners Up entry is ........

Under the Hood by Sarla Kurup Jagan.

Congratulations, Sarla for being the runners up twice in a row!

May Contest Winners

2011-06-07T15:24:00.003+05:30

Dear Members,
Announcing the results of the May Contest for which the topic was " Hatred"

And the winner of the contest is.....

Parminder for her poem लावारिस Rolling Stone .

The Runner Up entry is.......

The Dark Dansuese by Sarla Kurup Jain

Congratulations !!!!!

April Contest

2011-05-10T16:01:00.002+05:30

Hi folks,
We are back on the blog and all website announcements will be made from here now.

April contest results are out and sorry for making you all wait.....
The contest topic was " Anti Corruption Movement/Anna Hazare" and the winning poem is......

Anna Hazare by Sudha Goel

She wins a book of her choice from Manjul Publishing and will be featured on the website for a month.

The Runners Up are.....

1. हर शहर से एक अन्ना by Rajiv Srivastava

2. Anti Corruption by Hiral

Congratulations !!

We would like you to suggest topics for next month so please come up with as many as you can !!

Welcome the New Moderators

2010-10-22T16:41:00.002+05:30

Dear Members,
To give a new breath to our crowning process...we have added two moderators from our large family.Please give them a hearty welcome.....

Neeraj Guru who will focus on the hindi poems
Gion Gion( Fergus) who will focus on the english poems.

We will make this a regular feature of adding moderators amongst all of you .Anybody who has the will,energy and regularity to go through poems on a daily basis can write to us and we will consider you as the next addition to our group of moderators !!

Take care !

Good News

2010-09-07T18:43:00.004+05:30

We did not have any targets or figures in mind when we started our journey of p4poetry .We were just looking at creating a forum where we could share our works and give an opportunity to others like us who wanted to share their works.....but the response that we have got is awesome !

Would like to share with you that we are a member base of 2750 poets today. We started with just 4 ! Congratulations to everybody !!

Also,would like to share some poet/author statistics ...

TOP POETS - Poem Views

Vishvanand : 3,17,611 views ........http://p4poetry.com/author/vishvnand
Krishna : 1,34,605 views........http://p4poetry.com/author/krishna
Medhini :122387 views... http://p4poetry.com/author/anandavalli-r-chandran
Sushil sarna : 107134 views..... http://p4poetry.com/author/sushil-sarna
Vikash : 96,999 views.... http://p4poetry.com/author/admin
Nikhil Parekh (Love Poet): 88,525 views... | http://p4poetry.com/author/nikhilparekh
Parespeare :75,341 views... http://p4poetry.com/author/parikshit renu rakheja :70.337 views... http://p4poetry.com/author/renu-rakheja
shalu :65,711 views....http://p4poetry.com/author/shalu
shakeel :65,165 views....http://p4poetry.com/author/shakeel

TOTAL COMMENTS RECEIVED

| Vishvnand | http://p4poetry.com/author/vishvnand | 6912 |

| siddha Nath Singh | http://p4poetry.com/author/siddhanathsingh | 2481 |

| sushil sarna | http://p4poetry.com/author/sushil-sarna | 2395 |

| medhini | http://p4poetry.com/author/anandavalli-r-chandran | 2334 |

| ashwini kumar goswami | http://p4poetry.com/author/ashwini-kumar-goswami | 1971 |

| krishna | http://p4poetry.com/author/krishna | 1431 |

| rachana | http://p4poetry.com/author/rachana | 1428 |

| parminder | http://p4poetry.com/author/parminder | 1285 |

| shalu | http://p4poetry.com/author/shalu | 1279 |

| C K goswami | http://p4poetry.com/author/c-k-goswami | 1100 |

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May Contest Winner

2010-06-11T19:46:00.000+05:30

Hey Guys,

The May contest theme was nature, aptly so when the heat was rising and we all were waiting eagerly for the monsoons! We got a great mix of entries which can be viewed here.

The winner for the May 2010 Contest is-
A Trail in the woods by Ulhas

The runner-up is-
मैं, प्रकृति की बेटी! by Rachana

Congrats to the winner and the runner up!!

April Contest Winner

2010-05-16T17:12:00.002+05:30

Hi Folks,
Sorry for the delay in announcing the results this time.....
Our theme for April was " Passion for Poetry" befitting the 2nd anniversary of P4poetry.....and we got a lot of enthusiastic entries.

The winner of the contest is .....
Passion for Poetry by Rakesh Rao/Raju

And the Runners Up are ......
Calendar by Purabi
I Am Not A Poet by Swati/Aazaan

Congratulations !

You would have also seen that we have a page on facebook.If you are hooked on facebook....do keep on getting our daily updates by just clicking on the " I like" tab on facebook.We have given a link on the P4poetry page.

Anniversary/ March Contest Winner

2010-04-11T15:12:00.002+05:30

Dear Members ,

First of all,congratulations to all of you for completing two years !! Its been a memorable journey with some great,cherished moments and hopefully,many more to come.
It has also been extremely fulfilling with many member's having come forward and shared their emotions with us about what p4poetry meant to them.We hope to continue to meet your expectations and look forward to your involvement as well.

The winner for the March contest is ....
मैं हूँ वीर by Rachana

And the ruuner up is

कौन सबल by Parminder

Congratulations and keep up the passion for poetry.

Since it is the anniversary month,the contest topic for April is also " Passion For Poetry".So all our poetry enthusiasts- come on and submit your entries !!

Take care

February Contest Winner!

2010-03-03T10:56:00.000+05:30

The theme for Feb contest was Beauty.

The winning entry of the contest is....

Beauty. by Gion Gion aka Fergus Carty!

Congratulations!!

The Runner up is
सुन्दरता! by Rachana

Look out for the March contest on the website ! Keep writing! :D

January Contest Result

2010-02-08T14:53:00.002+05:30

With the advent of the new decade,the theme of the January Contest was - A New Decade,A New Dawn.

The winning entry of the contest is....

A New Decade,A New Dawn by Parespeare.Congratulations !!!

The Runners up are

It Just Dawned on Me by Ray

नया दशक, नयी दिशाए by Rachna

Look out for the Feb contest on the website !

now YOU decide the CROWNS

2010-01-14T11:34:00.002+05:30

At p4poetry.com we believe everyone must have a say in the working of this site! Hence the -1 and +1 rating system that you see on each poem.

Confused? Read on...

We made the transition to +1 and -1 rating from the original 5-star rating scale in the beginning of January. This new rating system gives YOU the member the POWER to decide which poem deserves to get crowned which dosen't!

Everyday the poem with maximum +1 votings will be the crowned :) Further, don't be afraid to rate a poem as -1 for that dosen't imply that the poem isn't good, it just means there is scope for improvement and certain better poems deserve the crown more!

We hope you all use this power wisely! Let the best poem win the crown!

December Contest

2010-01-09T11:00:00.002+05:30

The topic of the December Contest was" Doha/Couplet/Sher"

Unfortunately a lot of poems were disqualified either because they were complete poems ie a collection of dohas/couplets or because the member had not posted the link of the poem in the contest box.If you are not clear about a rule,you can always write to us and ask ! We would really request all members to read all rules carefully before submitting the entries.

The winning entry of December is.....

An Air Of Positivity by Ray.

There are no runners up entries this month.

Hope to see better entries this month adhering to the rules !!

November Contest Winner

2009-12-08T14:18:00.003+05:30

The theme for the November contest was ' Yatra/Journey"

The winner for this month is......

यात्रा की महक by Sushil Sarna

The Runner up poem is.....

Flight by Parminder

Congratulations Sushil ji and Parminderji

Look out for the Dec contest announcement

October Winner

2009-11-08T10:55:00.002+05:30

The theme for the October Contest was a 'Limerick'

And this month we also put up all the entries on the forum....as requested by Ulhas.

We had to rate all the poems on the basis of whether they were limericks in the true sense or not.

Limericks should have the following.....

1) aabba rhyming.( some of you used the same word for a or b- thats not rhyming.

2) Limericks have to be witty and humorous

The winner for this month is......

The Truth by Ray

The joint runners up were

A) Limericks- some political and some just silly by Sangeeta .( Not all of them were true limericks though)

B) Hindi limerick- Ek Sankalan by Sushil Sarna ( Again not all of them were true limericks)

We will be announcing the subject for the next contest soon

September Contest Winner

2009-10-09T16:56:00.002+05:30

The theme for the September Contest was " Haiku " and we think it was a great learning experience for everybody- We got a lot of entries and discussions on this topic.Special thanks to Anuradha and Vartika for enlightening everybody on the subject

The winner entry of the contest is........

The Morn Arises by Sangeeta

Sangeeta won by a small margin and close to her heels were two equally good entries which have a tie for the Runners Up

- हायकू संकलन by Sushil Sarna
- Winter- A Haiku by Asma Bahrainwala

Congratulations !!!

Just another note.Some of our members are not reading the rules and submitting more than 1 entries.Unfortunately they had to be disqualified from the contest so please take care next time !!

August Winner

2009-09-07T11:27:00.002+05:30

The theme of the August Contest was ' Independence" - free for interpretation and the winner is......

मेरे देश की कहानी, आज by Rajesh Gupta

And the runner up is

Udna Chahoon Mukt Gagan Mein by Praveen

July Contest Winner

2009-08-06T18:26:00.002+05:30

The theme of the July contest was " A Fairytale" .....Hmmmm.......we thought that this would have tickled a lot of minds but surprisingly we didn't get too many entries this month.

But again it was tough deciding the winner since all the entries that we got were good .

The winner for the July Contest is
Pari Basanti by Ashwini Kumar Goswami

And the runners up are
1st Runner Up : Hansti Pari by Parminder
2nd Runner Up : A Fairytale by Parikshit

Look out for the August contest !

JUNE CONTEST

2009-07-04T15:43:00.002+05:30

When we came up with the idea of the topic- " A Writer's Block"- we never thought that it would unblock a lot of minds !!! We received really great entries this month and lots of them.....It seems that creative juices started flowing copiously :)

The contest was also very very close and we had a tough time judging the entries.Unfortunately we can have only one winner but you will see a lot of Runners Up this time

Winner of the June contest issssssss................

WEEKEND by Purabi

And theres a tie for the 1st Runners Up....

Blocked In Translations by Ulhas Kavale
Writer's Block by Parminder

Oh ! My Muse has Deserted Me by Rajdeep Bhattacharya

2nd Runners Up
A Writer's Block by Viju

Our minds are already ticking for the topic of the July Contest- Look out for the announcements soon !

Poetic Thoughts of a Passionate Poet-lll

2009-06-17T14:51:00.014+05:30

Romance poetry

Romance is a reckless adventure of emotion that flies in the face of practical reality and sound rationality.

-karmayogi

The first rain drop! The fresh splash! Poetry burbles. Droplets of words create ripples, all over. Smashing you hard as never did one. The smile on the lips of a flutist. The florist too has a spread. A look at a well arranged bouquet romance springs. Preserved black and white memories, sweeps you off. The fragrance of bamboo shoots. Bijou sprinkled. In the silent gaze at your beloved and love, the unwelcome, uncanny romance battens.

What am I talking about!

Well, I talk of poetry garnished today, but with a different ingredient- Romance.

Falling in love, staying in love, stumbling in love, lost in love: desire, pain, hope, happiness a whole bunch of varied flowers spring in your little nursery. Words penned and verses germinate: a poet in you teehee. Serious looks, thoughtful eyes, frequent sighs: tag you as a poet.

“The one thing we never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.”- Henry Miller

Romance and poetry have an age old affair. Brought to us in the second half of the eighteenth century, Romanticism emphasized on aesthetic presentation of emotion, it swayed its way through the pages of literary history. Surviving till date with more gusto perhaps even Wordsworth hadn’t dreamt of. Nature poetry was the first face of romance poetry that Wordsworth served to the world through his Lyrical Ballads.

Love for the moors, love for divinity, love for music, poetry and human kind. Love for everything and nothing. Romance accompanies you. A subject so simple yet so difficult to compartmentalize with a set definition, has not failed yet to be a theme for starters even at this age. Since ages the subject has kept us focused. It bears us all. We need it the most when backslided in love!

What is love? 'Tis not hereafter;

Present mirth hath present laughter;

What's to come is still unsure:

In delay there lies not plenty;

Then, come kiss me, sweet and twenty,

Youth's a stuff will not endure.

- William Shakespeare

Passion and emotion we live with. Often a conflict stirs up our soul. Romance breeds even in that state. Animosity-humanity, love-hatred, war- peace…poetry toddled softly, gently. We just love to float along the line of romance.

After months,
I slid my flute out of its cover,
and with it, slid out
some rummy notes…
unfinished and happy;
For what is to be gained from
untimely fulfilment?
Each hole a reminder of a blessing
Each one a love note…

-Vinod (from Bamboo Blessings;p4poetry)

With love on its side and romance airing, divinity too flows across. There is divinity, sanctity, sublimity. Overflowing. The air sententious. You need no hero to cry aloud, neither a lady love to spurn. Rhyming lines makes one Tagore or Wordsworth. The singer sings. The throat fills in melody. The high tide that moved my hair, made my walk along Porbandar shore, so ethereal. Romancing with the sea, the sky, the shore, the floating silence- my pulsating heart could only sing aloud:

For God sake hold your tongue, and let me love…-John Donne.

Leave me alone and let me waggle wiggle with the wind, the clouds have just dropped down host of stars. The swing made. The dark star-adorned night, the suggestive sea, the au naturel mind, all in kinship. Poetry walks affront.

Your kiss, your gaze or your breath
What do I cherish more?
Your breath that I breathed
Suffusing me to the core
Sanctifying me…..

-Renu Rakheja(from- What do I cherish more;p4poetry)

The kiss of the dews left me so wanting. Walking back to my hired shelter, verses galloped as zebras. Closer home, Gulzar for that matter leaves for us so many lines to hum, when we are all by our side. Not necessarily shedding a tear or two!

Sometimes all the pain collected in the jar of our heart lets us scream out with joy. Ecstatic, some call it; others consider it a stroke of faith. Take it anyways, sip it and you have memories to romance. Poetry never waves good bye.

I have nothing to disturb me,

except the peace that your thought gives me

-Preeti Datar( from-SMS poetry, p4poetry)

But, the writer is compelled to bid adieu, at least for now.

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MAY Contest Winner

2009-06-02T14:48:00.004+05:30

The theme for the May contest was " Holidays" - open to interpretation and we got some good entries this month !

We are pleased to announce the winner for the contest.....who is one of our younger,regular members......

छुट्टी के दिन by Vartika

The Runner up are.is....
Wooing Life by Parminder

Look forward to your participation in the June contest which will be announced soon !!

Poetic thoughts of a passionate poet-ll

2009-05-19T21:28:00.008+05:30

NATURE -POETRY

After a dramatic election fruition, back to grind (sigh). It didn’t rain. It smelt so thick! The message was guarded in the air. A malaproped information was just recorded. The air broadcasted the winsome score of the youths, much to the discontentment of many. Revere the juvenescence, they say. A sudden tidal-surge. India pledges.

Does a poet have anything to do with this political pulsating thump? “Well, is he not a citizen?” answered my helper.

Day, tries hard to catch forty winks. Roasting air baby sits.

In a remote corner on my pleasure armchair, Tagore was being read. No, not read exactly but hummed aloud. Within.

‘Gitanjali’…hmm, the bountiful nature, the monologue of a surreal lover… divine and flawlessly sewed with pearly words. Words which flow like a never aging hilly stream! Sparkling, mewling, chattering and flowing ad nauseum. And look… what it does. Sweeps our mind off and we, let ourselves flow.

“We do not enjoy poetry unless we know it to be poetry”- how correctly Thoreau put across the very essence of understanding the life called ‘poetry’. You can sew it, you can sing it, you can swing with it. She is just a beauty. Period.

Many have negated the poet’s world. Whimsical, they called it. They perhaps failed to have what we call vision. Poetry. An aquarium. So very known, so very colorful; life swims across. Smile liquidates.

Nature poetry has always appealed to us. Wordsworth, Keats, Byron, Shelley- you name them and well, the journey begins. Nature becomes a religion par se. The light handed over to us. Grey over the green. Poignant. In this burnished nature though, our poetry does oxygenate lilies and daffodils too. It hasn’t greyed as yet. The flower of november does celebrate its birthday . The dolphins do dance and paddle around. The birds flap their wings too. Well, the sun sinks in the arms of the sea again.

Blue, white, red and yellow, greets the colour-blessed rainbow.

Nature is unfledged. It always sweetens the pot. Our poetry needs to fan and room it. Nature mothers us, Wordsworth pays his tribute, so does Tagore in almost all his song poems. Poetry is a pleasure read. It is not certainly meant for people in the run and hit world. See a guitar, music just heard. Let your eyes fall on to a window-side flower, colour splashes.

Almost all those who claim to be muses, do ones in a while consecrate tune and lines for her. Nature and poetry are quite the inseparable. Poetry is ornamented when nature eulogized.

“Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine.

Ages passes, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill. “

Tagore voices our heart in one of his song poems. So much it offers, we contain only as much we can hold. Pure love cascades. Looking at the rainbow, which stills us with the untouched feel of color, a man is always full of thought, how does it form? Scientific conclusions paid no heed. Its simply beauty to the beholder. Poetry spills over.

In our melancholic self, it is the best to return to nature. Nature soothes. It helps to sow the seed of verses. An active conversation develops between nature and man. Thus, ones the heavy heart, lightens up. I have celebrated reading aloud Wordsworth’s ‘Leech Gatherer’. Nature has been outpoured in the poetry as some of its lines just reverberate:

All things that love the sun are out of doors;

The sky rejoices in the morning’s birth;

Travelling amid natural beauty just lets ourselves, unwind. Lost in the sounds of insects, piping birds sizzling flow of a stream and the sudden gush of wind that disarrays lock of hair, a poet… instantly takes birth. Its in such instances that divinity can actually be felt and lived through.

Just the other day, host of pastoral lads visited our flat. A bee hive built on the top floor, blocks the human locomotion. The hive had to be destroyed. Poor bees lose their homes. After all, its survival for the fittest and at this moment it fits us to annihilate them. For we have encroached upon their territory. Cruel man rules over land, water and air. Now, space too.

Pages fill in, thoughts awarded the pink slip…

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.....because a poet is much more than his poem!