Comments on: The Charles Prize for Poetry, 2010

By: SeaSpray

SeaSpray — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:06:00 +0000

Congratulations to the winners of this fabulous contest! Outstanding!

A while back when I was perusing through the poems looking for a certain one ..I got *lost* in reading them …so much so ..that I didn’t do anything I had planned to do that afternoon. 🙂

Precordialthump said :I’ve seen some incredible writing over the last month – I might have been too intimidated to enter had I not got in early!”

Ha! I was intimidated the entire time and so did not enter. To say that poetry is not my strong suit is an understatement. 🙂 However …thanks to the emotions swirling around in me about having to do something I do not want to do …it poured out on paper and at the last hour/minutes ..sent it in… and it felt good. I needed to release it ..and I guess feel heard.

I am saying this because I don’t pretend for a second that my entry was a match for the amazing poems submitted.

It was a treat to have so many wonderful poems to read and glad I participated. I am still so moved by one particular line in someone’s poem.

I look forward to next year Dr Charles. Thank you again for contest and the opportunity to participate. 🙂

By: Peter McCartney

Peter McCartney — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:17:20 +0000

Congrats to all the winners – Well Done!

By: robin andrea

robin andrea — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:46:07 +0000

Excellent choices, Dr. Charles.

By: precordialthump

precordialthump — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:55:08 +0000

Fantastic concept – thanks for running the contest Dr. Charles.
I’ve seen some incredible writing over the last month – I might have been too intimidated to enter had I not got in early!
Congrats of course to the Judge’s select few. I cannot argue with their judgments.
Well done to all.
Chris

By: Ann

Ann — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:37:48 +0000

I’m truly blown away at the wonderful pieces that were presented, and to the winning poem and all those who won honorable mention, CONGRATULATIONS! I’m sure the task was difficult in choosing those that stood out amongst the others, for the ones that I had the pleasure of reading as the contest went along were all of high quality. This is a great way of sharing insights and some of our deepest feelings with each other. What a great idea this was Dr. Charles. And of course, please make this an annual thing. Also, as I was reading the ones chosen from the rest, I was thinking what a good idea it would be to compile them into a little book! What do you think about that – with perhaps the best of, say, 5 years of contests in one volume.

That’s a great idea. I will look into this for sure.

By: John Peacock

John Peacock — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:52:41 +0000

Would it be possible for you to provide us all with the complete collection? You say you already collected them into a single document for the judges so it shouldn’t be much work.

Time permitting I will try to put together a grand finale, but I’ll have to sort through permissions, etc.

By: ZDoggMD

ZDoggMD — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:05:10 +0000

Fantastic and moving, as a physician and the son of physicians…thanks.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:32:07 +0000

Absolutely awesome.

By: Dream Mom

Dream Mom — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:29:33 +0000

Thank you for doing this. There were many good poems; I am sure the judges had a tough time. Congratulations to the winners.

By: Mike Cadogan

Mike Cadogan — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:25:34 +0000

Wonderful.
A great competition and all entrants are to be congratulated for making this such a pleasurable experience.
The outstanding poems on this page will surely ignite a “a spark from dying embers” and ensure a flurry of entries for next year
Well done to all