Hello, poets and poetry lovers! Well this is going to be a double-sized issue today. As you might have noticed, I didn’t do a weekly review last week. My apologies. Last week was pretty busy and I was overwhelmed ad just didn’t get around to it. So today I’m going to try to make up for the miss and cover everyone from the past two weeks.

Here are the poems published to Blockchain Poets for the two weeks of Aug 28–Sep 11. Let’s have a look at the poems then we will get down to the contest winner.

This Week’s Poems

The Lonely Path by @shemzy
Embrace of Love a Spectrum of Emotions by @caelum1infernum
When You Are Born the Countdown Starts by @paintyourlife
Akasha’s Eye 👁️ - Poem About the Eternal Now by @raj808
Nostalgia en La Distancia|| (ESP-ENG) by @elpastor
I Am Free by @whitneyalexx
The Cicada Sing by @dbooster
Lumiliko Ba Ang Mga Ulap? by @spongebob27
I Need to Go by @paintyourlife
Disfraces [ESP\/ENG] by @joseitosanchezs
The Man in the Mirror by @dwixer
Recuerdos Bajo La Luna (Prosa Poética) Memories Under the Moon (Poetic Prose) by @silher
Without My Pen by @raj808
Friends: Acrostic Poem by @spongebob27
Hook, Line and Sinker by @erodedthoughts
You’re Your Own Hero by @typebox
Corruption (Corrupción) [ESP\/ENG] by @rinconpoetico7
I Fancy You (A Love Poem) by @lenaspiritual
Cuestion De Criterios・A Question of Criteria by @silher
From Crush to Life. [En-SP] by @natalialove
The Reincarnation of Stone (Poetry Reading) by @raj808
Del Amor No Salimos Ilesos/ We Do Not Come Out of Love Unscathed by @nancybriti1
Butterfly Warrior by @atma.love
Poema Para Un Domingo + Vintage Allusive Photo Enletrada [ESP-ENG] by @enletrada
It Happened Again by @boxcarblue
The City by @warpedpoetic
Oh for the Love of Dance by @trucklife-family
Vacuums I Bring by @tess100
He Was Once My Dandelion by @meday
Surf Is UP - Ocean Poem by @raj808
The End of the Cicada by @dbooster
Joke Poems by @ninong7
For Daisy / Daisy Için (Eng-Tr) by @bemier
I Would Like to Visit You at Night by @kraken99
Silence in the Dark by @shemzy
Limericks by @ninong7
Diagnosis by @kriszrokk
My Golden-Yellow Love by @kemmyb
The Art of Self Preservation by @typebox
Dance (Danza) [ESP\/ENG] by @rinconpoetico7
A Morsel of Bread by @dwixer
Son Teaches Father by @ninong7
Affection That Is Beyond This World… by @xaynie.lee
Opening Up to the Light by @raj808
You Are My Favorite Umbrella That I Keep With Me in Every Rainy Day. by @xaynie.lee
Poesia Libre by @kraken99
From Rags to Riches by @skyehi
Witness by @owasco
Harsh Bill the Texan by @ninong7
The Uselessness of Envy / Kıskançlığın Faydasızlığı (Eng-Tr) by @skyehi
Shape of Your Body by @lenaspiritual
The Future/El Futuro. [（ESP/ENG）] by @balikis95
BlockchainPoets Weekly Prompt - Gratitude by @mell79
The Wisdom of the Ant / Karıncanın Bilgeliği (Eng-Tr) by @skyehi
I’ll Hold You Tight by @akumagai
Finally, It’s Time to Smile by @olawalium
The German Navy by @gravis18
Hunting With the Mother-in-Law by @ninong7
Weekly Prompt: Gratitude, a Poem About a Storm by @youloseagain
Blockchain Poets Weekly Prompt - Gratitude by @jmis101
Triste / Sad by @saulos

We had a number of new poets these past two weeks. They are @enletrada @gravis18 @jmis101 @meday @skyehi @spongebob27 and @xaynie.lee. Welcome all! I hope you enjoy it here and come back in the future.

There we go. If you have time, check them out and see what you think. And if you like any, let the author know about it by leaving a great comment!

Discord, Tags, Delegations, and Membership Upvotes

Please remember to use both the #pimp tag and the #india (or #indiaunited) tag on your posts. Using both will increase your chances of being curated by these two places. Also, using the #PIMP tag (and doing the required comments) will make you eligible to win some pimp in these end of the week reviews. Thank you to @enginewitty for kindly donating the PIMP to the group.

Please join our discord → Here. It’s kind of quiet there right now, but we hope to grow it. So please join, share your posts in the share room, and meet your fellow poets.

All active poets in our community will get a 70–80% upvote from the community account. When the voting mana drops too low (under 90%) then preference will be given to poets who follow the community rules and comment on at least two other poems for every poem they post. Members will get a 100% upvote.

Please remember to delegate to us (this account, @hive-161465) if you are able. The more delegations we can get, the better the upvote we can give and the faster we can grow this community. If you delegate at least 10 Hive, you will be given a Member role in the community.

Finally, please join us on Threads. Think of Threads as Twitter on Hive. Read my intro post about it here. You can post short poems there, parts of larger poems, or just a link to your current post. Posts on Threads do not count as regular Hive posts, so don’t worry about screwing up autovoters or SBI votes. If you post there, use the #bcpoets tag to receive a vote from our @bcpoets.threads account. It’s a great place to attract further attention to your poetry. Our community account has been delegated some LEO to help with curating you guys. Thanks to @anomadsoul for that!

Contest

One more thing before we get to this week’s winners of SBI, PIMP, and Ecency POINTS. LeoFinance is now sponsoring us in their Author of the Week program. In this program the group mods will select four posts every week, you all will vote on your favorite of them, and the winner will be set as the beneficiary to a lot of Leo whale upvotes. These upvotes can help you grow your account quickly. It’s a great program to encourage more interaction in the communities and better quality posts.

See are latest contest right here and be sure to cast your vote!

Comments

In Blockchain Poets we support interaction, support, and comments. You will not be eligible for the SBI or the PIMP drawing below unless you comment on at least two other poems for every poem you post (for example: if you post two poems, you should comment on four other poems). Also, the two people with the most comments each week will win 50 Ecency POINTS each.

This time the top commenters were @rinconpoetico7 and @mell79. Thanks for the great effort! 50 POINTS to each of you!

Winner of Hive SBI and PIMP

Remember, only people who gave two comments for every poem they posted are eligible for this contest. The only exception is that new poets are giving a pass their first week here. Also, to be entered in the Pimp contest, you must use the #pimp tag on your post.

Now usually I give out 10 HSBI, divided up 3–2–2–2–1. Today I am upping that to 20 HSBI! I’ll keep the same division, making it 3–3–2–2–2–2–2–2–1–1. I’m just going to give out the normal amount of PIMP since that is donated and we have a limited supply.

But in addition, @owasco has very kindly offered to donate another 10 HSBI, so I will split this two ways and do a grand price draw with every poet who posted for the past two weeks, with 5 HSBI going to each of the two winners.

Excluding myself, that puts 22 people in the running for 20 shares of Hive SBI and 20 in the running for some PIMP this week. Then two for the grand price of 5 HSBI each.

I threw you guys into a random picker…

and the winner is…

For PIMP:

@silher - 40 PIMP
@spongebob27 - 40 PIMP
@shemzy - 40 PIMP
@jmis101 - 40 PIMP
@enletrada - 40 PIMP

For SBI:

@enletrada - 3 SBI
@youloseagain - 3 SBI
@gravis18 - 2 SBI
@kemmyb - 2 SBI
@bemier - 2 SBI
@rinconpoetico7 - 2 SBI
@silher - 2 SBI
@spongebob27 - 2 SBI
@caelum1infernum - 1 SBI
@shemzy - 1 SBI

and for the 10 SBI grand prize!

@trucklife-family - 5 SBI
@dwixer - 5 SBI

@owasco will get that sent to you two as soon as she is able.

Congratulations!

(if you aren’t sure what SBI is, it’s kind of lifetime payment system run by the amazing @josephsavage. You can read about it here)

And thank you all for your wonderful poems!

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Next Week ~ Next Prize

Next week will be the same reward — shares of Hive SBI and PIMP

The exact amount of Hive SBI depends on how many poets submit poems for the week and currently the amount of PIMP will be 50 each (but this may decrease in the future as the price of PIMP increases).

0–9 poets - 1 SBI
10–19 poets - 5 SBI (split 2–2–1)
20–49 poets - 10 SBI (split 3–2–2–2–1)

(Note, these numbers don’t include @moeknows or myself.)

So if you want a chance for Hive SBI, go write a poem! If you want a chance for a lot of Hive SBI, go recruit others (and write a poem)! Spread the word, upvote and share this post to make it more visible, contact poet buddies on Discord and try to talk them into joining our group.

Just remember the rules:

1. Comment on two other poems for every one that you post
2. Make it a good comment (not just “great poem!”)
3. If you offer criticism, keep it gentle and polite and remember the golden rule of criticism: say at least two positive things for every one thing you criticize.

Anyone who doesn’t follow these rules will not be eligible for the reward.

I’m looking forward to reading everyone’s new poem in this next week.

(Note: I’d like to start offering more prizes in the future. Please get in contact with me if you’d like to donate any Hive tokens or other rewards. Look for me as dbooster#6252 on Discord.)

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(If you’d rather not be mentioned here, let me know)

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All poets and poetry lovers are encouraged to join Blockchain Poets, a Hive community started by @moeknows and run by @dbooster, @inthenow, and @martinlazizi.

Things you can do to help us grow:

• Delegate to us. There are perks
• Comment on each other's posts. Beyond the advantage of making each other feel good, there are perks
• Write great poetry and be featured in the weekly review where you could win free stuff!
• Invite other lovers of poetry to our group