Mother's Day Poetry Challenge Updated.

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Success33 and Shawn Princeton Win CafeRg's Splash Poetry Picture Challenge

Please join me and Congratulate Success33 First Place Naked In The Storm and Shawn Princeton Honorable Mention in the Splash Poetry Picture Challenge 'Naked In The Storm'

Two Awards voted by you our Splash Members and well deserving for fine poems.



Naked in the storm
by Success33

Naked in the storm I awake
confused, frightened and alone
as if dropped from the sky I wait
naked in the storm

Frightened but eager at what
awaites me I wait peched on stiletto
heels naked in the storm

My body aches in anticipation
of what pleasures you will inflict
upon me as I wait naked in the storm

My face hidden from the unknown as
my bare body embraces the unknown
I wait naked in the storm

My body explodes with bursts of sexual
energy escaping from my fingertips
eager to caress your awaiting man tool

Excited at the thought of you exploding
from the essence of you I wait naked in
the storm

I can feel your essence in the night air
as I sit, watch and wait naked in the storm
perched on stiletto heels

© 2005 success33 AKA Lyric



Storm Mask
by Shawn

Her lover left her stranded, screaming violated cries
she watches on with pitiful eyes, inside she feels demise.
By the shadows of the dark, the moon shines on her skin
and illuminates the careless slut that masks away the sin.
Prompted by the hurt and pain, fresh within her mind
Her senses come alive again, fears silhouette defined.
With the night so cold, she leans and licks her lips
and tastes the blood of fury from his frantic fists.

Here within the terror, as the wind howls across her face
just the sight of chickens to witness her disgrace.
Silently she breathes her prayers upon the night
and offers up salvation to remove the awful fright.
His tire prints on the soaken ground, brings tears to her eyes
as she gazes hard into the night her breath comes in sighs.
His ruthless manner brought mistrust and stole away her grace
and takes her oh so far away to escape without a trace.

© 2005 Shawn Princeton

ConGrats!! again!

Be sure to enter the Mother's Day Poetry Picture Challenge'A Mother's Love'

We are including our New Fresh Roasted Fair Trade Organic Coffee in the prize pool starting with Mother's Day Challenge. (sorry only USA shipping available).


5lbs of Fresh Roasted Fair Trade Organic Coffee
to be shared by both First Place and Honorable Mention.

Also check out the Editor's Choice Mother's Day Poetry Challenge at Rollin Thunder Poetry. Where the winners are chosen by the editors of Rollin Thunder Poetry. You can enter both.

This Mother's Day Show Mom Your Poetic Love In The Rollin Thunder Poetry Picture Challenge

Show mother your poetic love - take Rollin Thunder's Poetry Picture Challenge. Muse the picture 'Mother's Day'. Mother's Day is Sunday May 8th, 2005. Then post your Mother's Day poem by clicking Create A Comment Or Poem below.



Top poems for each poetry challenge receive award banners and other prizes - see prize pool for awards prizes from our sponsors. First Place and a Honorable Mention will be awarded prizes. Winning poems will be published on our syndicated blogs Rollin Thunder Poetry Blog and Blogosphere Zoo Blog

Poems are judged by a point system by our editors. Submissions close May 1, 2005 - Winners will be announced on the May 4th. Mother's Day is Sunday May 8. 2005.

Share the Rollin Thunder Poetry Picture Challenge ..invite your friends to take the Rollin Thunder's 'Mother's Day' Poetry Challenge with you! Submit your poem or prose today... Make this Mother's Day Special!

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Watch for the Mother's Day prize pool grow - enter today. Its all Free!

Also check out the Peoples Choice Mother's Day Poetry Challenge at CafeRg's Splash Poetry Picture Challenge. Where the winners are chosen by the Members of the SplashHall Poetry Boards. You can enter both.

If you have any suggestions or need help, please email me at cafeRg@gmail.com

Your submission is your permission to The MountainSplash.Com and SplashHall Poetry to post your poem at will within its communities. You keep all creative and intellectual property rights. Tell your friends. Lets make this Mother's Day special!

Congratulations Andrea And Cheryl ~ Top Poems Rollin Thunder Poetry Challenge 'Naked In The Storm'

Congratulations Andrea And Cheryl ~ Top Poems Rollin Thunder Poetry Challenge 'Naked In The Storm'

The Judges return. The verdict is in. Congratulations goes to First Place Andrea Mendoza aka Angel Adawehi for The Wind Changes Direction and Honorable Mention Cheryl for I'm Going To Fire My Agent.


First Place
Rollin Thunder Poetry


Honorable Mention
Rollin Thunder Poetry

Judging of all the poems came right down to the wire as this was one of the closest challenges I have seen in a long time. So close only fractions of points seperated the top poems. Even the last place poem was only points away. So close I need to mention some of the runner ups. Also worthy of of mention was ...

Izrael Zonich
Under the Same Storm

Vickie
Storm

Rainbow*Brain aka Bruce Larson*Moore
Edge

Erin Monahan
Mona Lisa Dances

You can read the top poems here including all the fine poems. Thank you all for your support and participation. All poems were really great. We will have our next poetry challenge up shortly. The theme will be for Mother's Day.

Andrea and Cheryl I will need your email and relative Traffic Exchanges IDs so we award you your Award Banners and Prizes from the Sponsors. Please send your information to cafeRg@gmail.com

Why Fair Trade And Organic Coffee Is Better For You, The Grower And The Environment. Prelude

Fair trade and organic coffee is grown by small coffee farmers that grow organic, shade grown coffee mostly through fair trade coffee cooperatives that help the coffee growers receive fair payment for their efforts. These efforts include growing a better coffee cherry, coffee beans, while paying attention to the environment.

Fair Trade coffee beans are organically grown, producing the highest quality taste and aroma. To become Fair Trade certified, an importer must meet stringent international criteriat. Fair Trade for coffee farmers means education, healthcare, environmental stewardship, and community development.

When you purchase and drink fair trade and organic coffee you get a coffee that has a distinct taste and aroma. Like fine wine or a great brewski you can immediate taste the difference. This distinct difference sometimes needs to become appreciated due to the fact the coffee you have been drinking is mostly mass produced and marketed coffee.

But Wait! Just because it says its fair trade or organic coffee doesnt make it good. That coffee, to be sure of proper processing, has to be roasted correctly. It has to be packaged correctly. Lastly, it has to brewed correctly.

Enter the mini or micro coffee roasters. They are a fair trade and organic coffee elite here in the USA. They care to roast and brew the best coffee and they care for the coffee growers and the communities, both locally and the coffee growers communities. You can meet both here www.cooperativecoffee.com .

Another way of assurring yourself that you are drinking the best freshest fair trade and organic coffee is to buy whole bean coffee and grind it at home, all coffee becomes stale in less than two weeks. You grind only what you need for the day or if you are lazy like me for a couple of days. Some coffee lovers will buy green coffee beans and roast the beans, themselves for an even more satisfying organic coffee experience.

I'll be making fair trade and organic coffee a regular addition here at the Zoo. We'll explore the art of buying, roasting, brewing great organic coffee. We will also discover together how fair trade and organic coffee is not only good for you, but is good for the planet and its humanity benefits for all concern.

Won't you join me from some great coffee and conversation?

'Naked In The Storm' Poetry Challenge Ends Sunday Night (USA)

Poetry Submission for Our Poetry Challenge - 'Naked In The Storm' will come to an end late Sunday Night USA time. We thank everyone who has participated, poets and sponsors alike. It has been very successful. The editors of Rollin Thunder Poetry are putting on their reading glasses on and will begin to evaluate poems for creativity and form.

Over 4000 blogging credits are up for grabs and will be awarded to the First Place and Honorable Mention winners by March 23rd, 2005. Also up for grabs is a complete blog makeover.

For more information and to enter your poem, please go here - Nake In The Storm Poetry Challenge

Good Luck and thanks again!

Transfer Of Power ~ A Political Limerick

I got ambitious and decided to write a political limerick to go with an article I wrote "Bloggers! The New Minutemen. A Transfer Of Power, Here".

A Transfer Of Power!

Got myself a blog today,
now I can have my say.
Power to the People! Power to the Bloggers!
A transfer of power -
now its the bloggers way.

Speaking of limericks, please join me in welcoming our newest editor Mad Kane, an award-winning humor columnist and poetress of limericks and poetry. She is fantastic at limericks.

Please join in and write a limerick of your own, on the topic of 'political blogging'. Just click 'Express Yourself' below.

Red Bull Word Clash Webcast ~ A Street Poetry Competition

Welcome ...to the OFFICIAL online home of Red Bull Word Clash (formerly the North Carolina Poetry Grand Slam). The Red Bull Wordclash is fast becoming one of the nation’s premier Street Poetry Competitions. Hosted by Monte Smith, the event was created by Smith and 33third.com co-founder Matthew Stibbe with help from Red Bull. The first event was in 2002 and since then it has grown, grown, grown! 2005 is slated to be the best event yet with a large number of poets coming in from around the country to battle for the 2005 title.

If you cant be there, you can watch it LIVE here.

The Red Bull Word Clash LIVE Web Cast will begin on March 5, 2005 (Thats Tonight Folks) at 8PM EST sharp. Tune into this page to watch the event LIVE!

NOTE: I tried to bring the Webcast up now but apparently it wont be up until 8PM EST

Would You Like Some Coffee With Your Poetry?

There are two main species of the coffee plant; Arabica is the traditional coffee, and considered superior in flavor. Robusta, which is higher in caffeine, can be cultivated in environments where Arabica will not thrive, leading to its use as an inexpensive substitute for Arabica in many commercial coffee products. Robusta is not usually consumed by itself, due to its bitter and acidic flavor. Higher quality Robustas are used as ingredients in some espresso blends.

Arabica coffees were traditionally named by the port they were exported from, the two oldest being Mocha and Java. The modern coffee trade is much more specific about origin, labeling coffees by country, region, and sometimes even the producing estate. Coffee aficionados may even distinguish auctioned coffees by lot number.

One unusual and very expensive variety of robusta is the Indonesian Kopi Luwak. The beans are collected from the droppings of the Common Palm Civet, whose digestive processes give it a distinctive flavour.

Kopi Luwak are robusta coffee beans which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Common Palm Civet. This process takes place on the islands of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago, as well as the country of Vietnam.

"Kopi" is the Indonesian word for coffee and "Luwak" is local name of this animal which eats the raw red coffee 'cherries' as part of its usual diet. This animal eats a mixed diet of insects, small mammals and fruits along with the softer outer part of the coffee cherry but does not digest the inner beans, instead excreting them still covered in some inner layers of the cherry.

Locals then gather the beans -- which come through the 'animal stage' fairly intact -- and sell them on to dealers. It is believed that enzymes in the stomach of the civet add to the coffee's flavour through fermentation of some type.

The bean is usually given a light roast so as to not destroy the complex flavours which develop through this process.

InterBoard Poetry Community News

IBPC Welcomes New Members Boards:

South Carolina Writer's Workshop to the fold.

And still just a month old in their time with us is "Lit with Kick"

Poetry News

The Singing of the Wheels by J. Brian Long has been nominated for the Kentucky Literary Award. Congratulations Brian!

Suzanne Frischkorn's collection, Spring Tide, was selected by Mary Oliver for the 2004 Aldrich Poetry Competition and is forthcoming from the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in May 2005. Congratulations Suzanne!

IBPC Monthly Poetry Competition

Each month the InterBoard Poetry Community host a poetry competition between a variety of poetry boards from around the world. Rollin Thunder's parent website is SplashHall Poetry and a member board of the IBPC. Join in a variety of competitions at SplashHall Poetry Boards including the IBPC Competition.

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