The Love of Language Award

I have decided that on some rare occasions, five stars just isn't enough to show my admiration for a beautifully crafted piece of writing.

To those amazing pieces, I humbly present my "Love of Language" award in acknowledgment and celebration of your talent!

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My first "Love of Language Award" goes to a poem that swept me away with dazzling imagery and evocative language.

Rape of the Swan Pond  (GC) Field and Stream once ran a series titled Witness to Outrage. Here, I bear witness. #388212 by Harlow Flick, Right Fielder

2/7/03 - presented to a hilarious supremely-written monologue, unfortunately no longer valid as an item.


2-27-03: My first award given to a journal - an awesome, delicious, hilarious, in-the-pocket kind of amazing writing that's one-of-a-kind and guaranteed to be a page-clicker!

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3/24/03 - a whole-folder award for some of the best no-words-wasted poetry I've seen on writing.com, or anywhere for that matter. I'm shocked it's not covered in awards already.

Return of Son of Slam  (18+) return of sos #621689 by Raindog

6/15/03 - Blew me away... I felt compelled to read it again and again!

Charles Bukowski and Me  (GC) Harlow Flick dreams he’s “Beat”, hard, and testifying. #704696 by Harlow Flick, Right Fielder

3/13/04 - Okay, so I'm a Harlow Flick, Right Fielder groupie. What can I say? The guy is GOOD.

Ted and Me  (18+) Burning rage, Hell to pay. #825443 by Harlow Flick, Right Fielder

1/17/05 - As part of the Season Tickets raffle, I promised to review five items from the winner's port and award my favorite. Well, I found my favorite (so far!)...

Ghosts  (13+) If life is a dream, what is death? #904276 by Robert Waltz

5/4/05 - This is a continually-updated treasure chest of information on all the different poetry forms. Wow!

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Poetry Forms  (13+) Poetry Forms Easily Explained - a work of Bianca with additions by kansaspoet #945530 by Bianca

4/6/11 - This man's work is always from his heart, and I think this piece especially so....very well-written, almost self-deprecatingly so, with tongue in cheek at times, playful at others, and sometimes there's that glimpse of pain and love and raw emotion.

Euterpe, The Queen of Spades  (13+) My muse has abandoned me - what shall I do? #1760971 by Jakrebs

4/2/21 - So it's been TEN YEARS since I gave an award - I have been dormant here but am back! I love this poem....it contains all the elements of great poetry and captures moments so clearly, giving you such a complete picture.

Postcards from Venus  (E) do you ever feel you're an alien? #1093396 by ridinghhood-p.boutilier