tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post3788819034905558928..comments2023-12-25T05:45:34.307+00:00Comments on Broken Biro: How to Come Second in a Poetry Competitionbroken birohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-68510071286314013242010-04-13T12:25:15.745+01:002010-04-13T12:25:15.745+01:00Oh, I remember now! I was 'out of the country!...Oh, I remember now! I was 'out of the country!'broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-55814822060175632512010-04-13T12:24:11.796+01:002010-04-13T12:24:11.796+01:00sorry for delayed responses to all of you here - I...sorry for delayed responses to all of you here - I have no idea why I didn't at the time. Shall we blame my computer? Yes - lets!<br />Moptop - yes, but at least you've come somewhere!<br />Friko - in the grand scheme of things it isn't really bravery, methinks<br />Fran - how fabulous. I think we should have wreaths here, too. I already have a pink sash.<br />Karen - I LIKE rhyming stuff and it's just as 'proper'. I struggle a bit with short stories.<br />TimT - I thought you were the OTHER Tim - which could have led to all sorts of confusion if I had actually responded the first time. But I'm just catching up on my blog-reading and your latest set me straight! I think we can forgive your winning in such circumstances because at least you came clean about it!broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-33602144451530967762010-04-08T06:45:49.072+01:002010-04-08T06:45:49.072+01:00Hah. Last poetry competition I won was two nights ...Hah. Last poetry competition I won was two nights ago. <br /><br />There were only 10 people in the room, including myself, and two other people were performing. My brother was also there. And he was a judge. And we were all a little bit tipsy. <br /><br />Can you put 'skills in nepotism' on a poetic CV, I wonder?TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-13327728435447189302010-04-01T18:40:12.459+01:002010-04-01T18:40:12.459+01:00Congraulations on your runner-uppery - very impres...Congraulations on your runner-uppery - very impressive! <br /><br />I can't write poetry to save my life (well only the rhyming stuff with proper poets laugh at) but I do enter short story competitions occasionally. Mostly smaller ones where I have more chance of winning :o)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-1760739026836541152010-03-24T22:11:00.562+00:002010-03-24T22:11:00.562+00:00Great advice. I came second in a competition to b...Great advice. I came second in a competition to be Poet Laureate in my local town. At the awards ceremony (in a castle's Great Hall - the best bit!) the winner had to wear a laurel wreath on her head and have her photo taken by the local paper. That was when second seemed like A GOOD THING.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-16670505637556151742010-03-24T16:54:14.484+00:002010-03-24T16:54:14.484+00:00no I don't, I lack the bottle.
wish I didn'...no I don't, I lack the bottle.<br />wish I didn't. I am just about brave enough to write a blog.<br />You should see my drawers (not knickers) stuffed with bits of paper<br />from before the days of the Infernal Machine.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-42693792089015872952010-03-24T15:58:33.582+00:002010-03-24T15:58:33.582+00:00Coming first can be a sticky position. You can onl...Coming first can be a sticky position. You can only go down.Moptophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03043271018134053860noreply@blogger.com