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"I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed but fine up against a wall."
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Current Highlights
Limelight Poet
Jul - Sep 2010:
 Richard Thézé
His chosen poem this week:
At Rebdorf Monastery
Resident Poet: 
Meg Dodsworth

We are pleased to introduce
Meg Dodsworth as the Resident Poet.
New entries:
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) The captive
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) The lovers
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) Nothing left unsaid
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) 3 travel poems
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) Cosy prison
limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) All I need is you
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) Memories of Grandma
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) Where are they now
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) Sorrow
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) Just one child
limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) Those were the days
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) Infected
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) Inferno
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) The funny rap
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) You can rap about anything
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) The writer of this poem
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) Untitled
 limearrow2.gif (868 bytes) A poem for my dog
July Limelight Poet:

Many congratulations to Richard Thézé who has been chosen to be the Limelight Poet for Jul - Sep 2010.
We look forward to working with him over .
 Click here for final standings.
Jul & Aug Theme:

The challenge we would like you to undertake is to write a traditional Haiku poem. More details about how to structure a Haiku poem can be found here....

Can you write a traditional Haiku poem?
 Click here for more information.
April Limelight Poet:

Many thanks to Pierre Lamont Dingley for all the help and support he provided during his time as Limelight Poet for Apr - Jun 2010.
Highlighted School:
 Amnuay Silpa School

 Click here to see their new entries.
Poem of the Week:
 3 travel poems

by Joe Denis
Previous winners here
Schools Poem of the Week:
 Nothing left unsaid

by  Lalita Kittisrikangwan
Previous winners here
Highlighted Story:
August 2010
 Underground

by Wayne Murray
Fortnightly Favourite:
 Freedom

by  Elaine M. Lord
Previous winners here

One-line Shrine:
 "Imagination is a wonderful thing, with it you can do anything, escape from dull reality"

 by Mary A. Shovlin
Previous winners here
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