Winners Announced For Dog Days of Summer Contest
Category: Writing and Poetry

Well after losing the award banners in transfering them from my blog to this blog, winners of the contest may go to my blog to pick up your banners.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=66032767&blogID=416737792&Mytoken=93178908-108C-442F-A0302616FB41A51E108676787

I would like to thank Ms.Cee Sending Southern Love for helping me judge this contest. (Kudos my friend)

 http://www.myspace.com/southernladyofcolor

This was a fun blog to host and the entries were all very well done. I hope it was fun for everyone and hope you may have even made a friend. Congratulations to The Dog Days of Summer Challenge/Contest winners:

FIRST PLACE - Team 8 - A-Rhodi & Seeturtle

Solar Maximus

"The Dog days of summer"
Now isn't that a joke
Some say it makes them miserable
It makes me want to choke
Three months of obedience school
Now that's just not cool
At my very first chance
I broke their Golden Rule

My owner is a cutie
She's got a lot of Heart and Soul
But when she left my gate open
It was "Sorry… Gotta Go!!!"
I saw my trainer on the corner
Looking for "you know who"
So I hopped aboard a moving train
Headed for Cancun…

Tequila & Senoritas!!!
Mucho favoritos para mi!
With my good looks and charms
They put me up for free!!
But as I dozed off to sleep
A pointy head shadow
Stepped on to the beach
My sunburned trainer
The pointy-headed gnome
Followed me here to take me home

I was off and running like a shot
This was not my time to get caught
I made it down to the port
And snuck quickly aboard
A cruise ship
Happy that I'd given him the slip!

The ship left for the Bahamas
Three days I was on the beach
With the island mamas!!!
But all good things must end as this one did
When that pointy-headed shadow
Fell across my eyelids
he sure is sharp and cunning
But I am faster and was off and running!!!

But I made it to the airport
Hiding inside a purse
Was an easy transport
I've often traveled worse
With a layover in New York,
Off to London then Beijing
I slipped into the Olympics
There I cheered for
The U.S.A. winning team
And then quickly left the scene!

I flew down to Sydney
Had a BBQ on the beach
Took another purse to Tokyo
Went "Anime" in the streets
But alas that Gnome
Who likes to roam
Followed me again
Back to the airport lickety-split
Inside a carry-on I caught a lift

Back to Europe I went
London, Paris, Switzerland
All with memories of
The moment
Dodging Gnome
And making friends
Brussels, Istanbul, and Munich
So much fun I must admit
Summer's days should never end
As long as I don't have
Gnomes for friends

But I gave it up in Munich
To a Fräulein friend
Just to get a room
Knowing my days were numbered
Gnome would be here soon
I couldn't help but wonder how
He kept up his pursuit
Feeling paranoid
And not knowing what to do
And then it suddenly occurred to me
An implant chip had to be the key!!

Now he takes me out for a walks
Tethered on a leash
As I plot my next escape
And treasured release
I'll give him what's his also soon
A mad Chihuahua's version
Of a "Dog's Day Afternoon"
And then I'll shoot the moon!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Today's the anniversary
Of when I put him in that can
I'm afraid I'd have to kill you
If I told you where I am
But I don't bear any grudges
When I see him on TV
Touting lower rates and fares
And "pushing" Travelocity
While coming after me
Sincerely,
Gnome Nemesis

Solar Max

SECOND PLACE - Team 13 - Redwine12roses & Jimmy B

First Kiss (Won't copy because it's a poem in a pic)

THIRD PLACE - Team 5 - Ediemay & Laurel

NEW SUMMER FRIENDS

Would you like to take a walk with me?

Down by the old wood bridge

I'll help you across, the timbers are worn

We'll go out on the island and sit

~*~

In the morning we'll watch the Blue Heron

Barely visible through the mist

Dangle our feet just beneath the cool surface

Giggle when we get minnow kissed

~*~

Come take my hand, let me show you

A watercolor painting in real life

The sun dances freely on the Upper pond

The autumn colors reflected in its light

~*~

I'll lead you from grassy mound to grassy mound

That the water trickles in between

Then take you down the needle soft trail

To a red pine stand tall as you've ever seen

~*~

Then we'll walk down deep in the cedars

Where it's cool and green and lush

To a place I call peaceful valley

It's a place I can't visit enough

~*~

If we sit there long and quiet for a while

The life there mysteriously comes near

As the cricket and frog start their evening song

And the moon from behind clouds appears

~*~

Come follow me now up the creek

To the final place I want you to see

Just below the dam where the water pools deep

We'll bathe in moonlight…unfettered and happy

And then you'll know

What this place means

To me

~*~
HELLO MY FRIEND
OUR FRIENDSHIP IS NEW
I'D LOVE TO TAKE
A WALK WITH YOU.
~*~
I'LL TAKE YOUR HAND
AS WE WALK YOUR BRIDGE
I'LL TRUST IN YOU
BUT BE SCARED A SMIDGE.
~*~
I'D LOVE TO DANGLE MY FEET
AND LET MINNOWS KISS THEM TOO
AND SIT AND GIGGLE AND TALK
JUST ABOUT ME AND YOU.
~*~
TAKE ME TO YOUR PINE TREE
THAT STANDS SO STRAIGHT AND TALL
SHOW ME YOUR AUTUMN COLORS
I WANT TO SEE THEM ALL.
~*~
LEAD ME TO YOUR VALLEY
WHERE WE CAN SIT AWHILE
AND WE CAN SHARE OUR DREAMS
AND THINGS THAT MAKE US SMILE.
~*~
TAKE MY HAND AND SHOW ME
WHERE THE WATER POOLS DEEP
WE'LL BATHE IN YOUR MOONLIGHT
AND SEAL THE FRIENDSHIP WE WILL KEEP.

~*~

HONORABLE MENTION - Team 2 - Summer Heat - Just Jo & Nancy

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TWEETIGIRL THURSDAY - Realization Comes Out Of Hiding
Current mood: blissful
Category: Writing and Poetry

GOOD DAY FELLOW NESTERS!!
It is I ,TweetiGirl your host today

Now once a friend emailed me stating how they notice that some challenges become more personalized for some Host's.  Well I think that is true, considering we all write from our lives and hearts.  Thus all the emotional challenges we hold! Its a way for us to share and relate to others what is going on in our minds and hearts.  Would you not agree?

So
yesterday I took this survey called
"I've Come To Realized"


After taking this survey, I reread my answers and ya know what?  I realized I have been hiding in the misery of my own life.  Then I realized that some of my friends
ARE DOING THE SAME THING!
HIDING!!!


We hide in our own hurt and pain as a reminder to not let it happen again even if we want to be happy.  We complain about how happiness eludes us, YET we are the one that lets it elude us.  We get so wrapped up in our own feelings that we cannot LET GO!!

SO
Now I ask you
TO COME OUT OF HIDING!!



AND SHARE WITH US TODAY


I WANT YOU TO DIG DEEP DOWN
TO REALIZE
SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR LIFE
YOU HAVE YET TO REALIZE
AND
MOVE ON FROM THIS HOLD
YOUR EMOTIONS HAVE
TO MEND YOUR BROKEN HEART
AND DRY THOSE CRYING EYES

EXPRESS YOURSELF




NOW IT IS TIME FOR
REALIZATION TO COME OUT OF HIDING!!!


THE RULES
Please be kind to our other poets by leaving them comments!!!!
We all need feedback from each other.

HUGS, LOVE, & HAPPY WRITING!!!!
LUV YA
MAMABIRD!!!!

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The Dog Days of Summer Collab Challenge/Contest (OPEN)
Category: Writing and Poetry

Dog Days of Summer Collaboration Challenge/Contest

This PoetryNest Collaboration Challenge/Contest had a pre-blog sign up to participate with teams being picked at random out of a hat.

The collaboration teams have been chosen and notified for the PoetryNest Dog Days of Summer Collaboration Challenge/Contest.

Teams will submit their final entry in this Dog Days of Summer Collaboration Challenge/Contest Blog here today.

Please submit only the final copy on August 19th and also which ever team member posts the final copy please list both collaborators names and your team number. This blog will only be open for your submissions for 24 hours. Thank you, Lee (Buddah)

All About U’r First Love, hosted by Enigma X
Current mood: amorous
Category: Writing and Poetry

Hello there Nesters,

I have been feeling all gooey soft and chewy with these love themes and decided to continue the theme.  Today I want to know all about your first true love and I don't mean that cute childhood crush.

I mean that one that makes you realize that what you thought was love was nothing more than the above. 

"Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night."
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, 1.5

The one that makes time stop with a single kisses that plummet's you into an abyss of such an overwhelming feeling of completeness.

"These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume."
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, 2.3

The one that makes all those mushy love songs make sense.

Now let me see you write about him or her and keep this mushy feeling alive. 

Many Whips and Licks,

Enigma X

Currently listening : Afterglow By INXS Release date: 2006-04-25

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The PoetryNest 2 Friday Flight to Poetry Challenge with A-Rhodi
Current mood: thoughtful
Category: Writing and Poetry

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The Poetry Nest Presents: A BROKEN HEARTS Challenge hosted by The Green Goddess!
Current mood: good
Category: Writing and Poetry

Green Heart Hugs my dearest Nesters!

It's  another THUNDEROUS THURSDAY yet again with me your host

The Green Goddess

In keeping with the heart tugging on Thursdays, I have decided to go down a path we have all gone down before at one time or another in our lives and that is the path of --the broken heart. Now, before I continue I do want to say that my theme is not meant to get anybody down by any means at all. I just feel it's a theme we can all definitely relate to and tackle with tact and ease.

Whew! (wipes brow) Okay, that being said…shall we?

A BROKEN HEART.

We have all had one before at one time or another in our lives. We have all reached that point in our love/life stories where we have had to part with someone for some reason…sometimes reasons which make no sense…sometimes reasons which perfect sense. And soon enough, we feel the inevitable pain that comes with parting, a pain so strong- it literally feels like our hearts are breaking…

Today, I present a TWO PART CHALLENGE:

FIRST,  I would like you to write a poem about any facet of heartbreak (maybe it wasn't a lover that broke your heart—tell me about that too!)  If you already have one in your poetic treasure chests, then please do post it here- as many as you would like! Tell me how your heart was broken. 

SECOND, Immediately after your poem, share a piece of advice on how to cope with a broken heart or tell us how you overcame yours. If any of us are really suffering from one right now, this is one of the best ways we can help them through it!

Here are a couple of mine:

Broken--

There I stood in the middle of our "used to be" love

In front of you—

You, who I still love so dearly…so much.

While you tell me it's over and done

You've moved on

"It's not you—it's me…"

Watching those words escape your lips

And feeling them burn me,

Branding my skin hard.

And then it begins, my descent into pain,

The torturing of my mind with your every memory

The constant ripping of my heart into pieces…

The tears that turn acidic and erode my cheeks.

And now I'm lying here in the darkness of my room

Wondering why I'm forgetting to breathe,

Wondering why my heart refuses to beat.

I am crushed in spirit,

Torn in my soul,

My heart--broken in two.

And I cannot imagine,

I can no longer see

My life without…you.

 copyright 2008 JayneDS

And

I watched you walk away...

slowly

becoming a mere fragment

of my used to be reality,

wanting to make you stay

yet knowing

each minute I let you linger,

I'd only die a little more.

Never knew I possessed

the courage

to finally end the madness

Never knew I'd been

shallow breathing

all this time.

And yet,

though it is done

For a time and a moment,

I'll still reach out to you,

though you will never see my outstretched arms

I'll still call your name,

though  you will never hear my voice.

I'll love you still,

but you will never,

never know.

 c 2008 Jayne DS

ADVICE: For me, my writing was therapeutic and vital to my healing. Sharing my pain with my best friend also helped me cope. I also found that I had to give myself time to grieve (i.e. looking at old pics, listening to sad songs, etc) But not long enough for it to consume all of my time. Eventually, time did it's thing—and my broken heart healed, but it's memory remains, its just not strong enough to harm me or make me sad anymore. I may revisit every now and then—but I never stay!

As always, do kindly leave comments of encouragement and praise for your fellow poets. We are here to inspire and cheer each other on!

I can't wait to read all of you!

GREEN HUGS TO YOU ALL!!

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Collaboration Teams Chosen for Dog Days of Summer
Category: Writing and Poetry

The PoetryNest Dog Days of Summer Collaboration teams have been chosen. I have given the link to your collaboration team mate. It is your responsibility to contact each other. Please submit only the final copy on August 19th and also which ever team member posts the final copy please list both collaborators names and your team number. Thank you, Lee (Buddah)

Remember your topic is simply the Dog Days of Summer.

The only rules are the ones stated above regarding posting your entries.

Team One

 Panhead Josh

http://www.myspace.com/themysteriousrhinestone

 Summer Stormes Within My Soul

http://www.myspace.com/moongirl74

Team Two

 Just Jo

http://www.myspace.com/josrambles

 Nancy

http://www.myspace.com/nancym109

Team Three

 Sammi-Jo

http://www.myspace.com/strangemystic

 Ms. K

http://www.myspace.com/pinkkg

Team Four

 Max

http://www.myspace.com/maxed454

 Dawn

http://www.myspace.com/blueangelshaven

Team Five

 Ediemay

http://www.myspace.com/believer1949

 Laurel

http://www.myspace.com/queenofthemanor

Team Six

 barbara

http://www.myspace.com/thecluelessvisitor

 M

http://www.myspace.com/dark_poetess37

Team Seven

 Linda

http://www.myspace.com/heiressofsalvation

 Michael Ray

http://www.myspace.com/papamichael1960

Team Eight

 A-Rhodi

http://www.myspace.com/apollonius_rhodius

 Seeturtle

http://www.myspace.com/seeturtle

Team Nine

 Mary-Ska

http://www.myspace.com/maryhzn

 Joskibear

http://www.myspace.com/mintybear

Team Ten

 Ronnalee

http://www.myspace.com/ronnet

 Cathetel

http://www.myspace.com/deervalleys

Team Eleven

 TweetiGirl

http://www.myspace.com/jfuselier

 Nissmech

http://www.myspace.com/inissmech

Team Twelve

 Raiden

http://www.myspace.com/wwwraidenqueenofdarkness

 Graphics By Lady Kira

http://www.myspace.com/dreamweaver3959

Team Thirteen

 Redwine12roses

http://www.myspace.com/redwine12roses

 Jimmy B

http://www.myspace.com/oogrre

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Tuesdays Weather Report
Category: Writing and Poetry

Our dear Miki cannot host today.  so lets send some prayers her way and hope all is well.
  So Today I am your guest host.  I know I am late getting the blog up.
Here in Louisiana it is Raining due to Tropical Storm Eduardo.
So I thought hmmmmm....How about we do some weather reporting.


The wind is blowing up my umbrella


HAHHAHA
Sometimes  the weather brings us some sort of feeling. 
Am I right?


So today is all about weather.  If its just what you see outside or if relates to your heart. 






Hugs, Love & Happy Writing!!!

Love Mamabird

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The PoetryNest 2 Manic Monday Cahllenge: Jumpstart Poetry
Category: Writing and Poetry

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FRIDAYS OPEN MIC - TWEETIGIRL STILL WAITING FOR OUR HOST
Current mood: hungry
Category: Writing and Poetry

Good Friday to all!!!
Its Mamabird manning our Nest today.  Beka I think forgot she was hosting today.  Giggles . 
so instead of me doing an off the cuff challenge, I wanted to go eazy breazy.

OPEN MIC


  Submit whatever poem you want(except erotica).  Let it be old or new.  Story form, poetic form.  Sweet and Sassy.  Short and sad. Happy tercets.  I want to see it all.  Maybe Beka will show or maybe she might post her challenge.
UNTIL THEN
YOU ARE STUCK WITH MAMABIRD

REMEMBER OUR RULES
COMMENT THE OTHER  POETS IF YOU ARE LEAVING A POEM
HAVE FUN

HUGS, LOVE,
&
HAPPY WRITING!!!
TWEETIGIRL AKA MAMABIRD

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