I came 2nd in a poetry competition

pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
edited May 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
... In year 5.

I relived it today at uni, when we were talking about positive encouragement and detrimental things in child hood.

I said how I was a naughty boy, and I fluked this poem, and my teacher who used to dislike me, started to ask for my opinion on all this fucking poetry that I didn't have a clue on.

then this booklet got printed on the finalist. They summarised the poems and they talked about mine, then they went to the person who came 1st and said "this poem is significantly better then the runner ups"

talk about both ends of the positive encouragement and detrimental spectrum.

My tutor loved this story
Sydney 11/02/2003
Sydney 14/02/2003
Sydney 07/11/2006
Sydney 18/11/2006
Sydney 22/11/2009
EV Sydney 18/03/2011
EV Sydney 19/03/2011
EV Sydney 20/03/2011
Melbourne 24/01/2014
Sydney 26/01/2014
EV Sydney 13/02/2014
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Comments

  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,143
    Roses are red
    violets are blue
    you came in second
    good for you


    (And this is the poem tha beat you and came in first)
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Nothingman54Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    Rose are red
    Violets are black
    Why is your chest flat as your back?
    I'll be back
  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    Right on! Some old fart that I wait on won some sort of poetry competition and received $100,000. Gary Snyder?
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    Like my pappy always says.... 2nd place is 1st loser.
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