Steemit Slam #1 – Theme: Leaving

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 Steemit Slam Week 1 


    


The theme this week: LEAVING


Prize for 1st place: 30 SBD + 50% of this post’s author SBD payout


How to win:

  1. Write a poem, a story, a song, any form of lyrical content about the topic of LEAVING. This might be leaving for a journey, a loved one leaving you, a happy text, a sad text… What you make of the theme is up to your creativity. You may publish a poem that you have written any time in the past, but it must be originally written. Potential winners will be checked for plagiarism.
  2. Publish your text on Steemit with “Steemit Slam” anywhere in the title. Your tags must include “slam” and “poetry”, just like this post. You may include other tags as well.
  3. Upvote and Resteem this post so that more people can take notice of the contest and the prize gets increased for the winner, which might be you.
  4. Look for at least one other post during the contest that you enjoyed reading and upvote it. After all, this contest is about community of writers, and your goal should also be to find minds that think alike on this platform. You can find other participants when clicking on the tag “slam” under this post. Supporting more poets is possible and very welcome.
  5. Post a comment under this post with this roughly this structure:


This is my entry for the Steemit Slam, a [poem/ song/ haiku/ etc.] about [further description of your post, e.g. “my father leaving our family because of war”] 
[link to your post]
I also highly recommend reading @[other steemian]’s post about [further description of the post]
[link to his/her post]


We will Resteem several entries that we support, but depending on the number of entries, we might have to get selective as to not flood our follower’s feed.


This slam ends on 9th of July. You may post your text on any day before this date!

The participant with the most successful post will be crowned the winner of the 1st Steemit Slam!


Remember, this Slam is about creativity, but also community!

Steem on!


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Edit: "Most successful post" refers to individual votes. This means that Bot whale votes like @randowhale or @booster, as well as @minnowsupport or similar votes will only be counted if initiated by other Steemians. Obviously you may still use these, but independent votes will be taken into consideration the most.

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This is my entry for Steemit Slam, a short poem about the confusion of not being able to understand the world around me at a young age.

https://steemit.com/poetry/@tonyr/my-entry-for-steemit-slam-contest-week-one-somehow-some-way-a-short-poem

I also highly recommend that you read and vote for @uglysweater's post!!

https://steemit.com/poetry/@uglysweater/steemit-slam-1-poem-entry-leaving-childhood

A great contest @poetrytrail!

Thank you! :{)

Really enjoyed your entry @tonyr... guess it just resonated with a large chunk of my life.

Thanks a lot @denmarkguy. That really means a lot to me. Glad you enjoyed it. :)

Thank you very much for kindly recommending me! 😊

You are most welcome @uglysweater. It was a beautiful piece of poetry.

Hope you are having a lovely day and good luck in the contest! :{)

Thanks, same to you! 😄

Greetings to all, this is my entry for the Steemit Slam, a poem entitled Closing Doors, I wrote this poem as a meditative writing, and medicine for my spirit and soul, while going through an abusive relationship. https://steemit.com/poetry/@rensoul17/poetry-trail-s-steemit-slam-1-closing-doors-original-poetry

I also highly recommend reading , https://steemit.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/poetry-trail-s-steemit-slam-1-children-left-behind-original-poetry

This is my entry for the Steemit Slam, a poem about my feelings after the dead of my grandfather
https://steemit.com/poetry/@mimi2792/our-sun-our-star
I also highly recommend reading @timbot606’s post about https://steemit.com/portraitcontest/@birdiewonder/portrait-contest-entries-eyes

I really enjoyed your poem. I'm going to send it to my mom @violetmed because she likes practicing her Spanish :)

This is my entry for steemit slam 💜 I hope to put two entries in altogether!I hope you all like it!!!! It's pretty dark lol!

Its about despair and regret of words left unsaid, When one just sees darkness and an eternal abyss of pain and desperation. My poem is a bid to express that raw emotion!!

Also..

I hope youenjoy and good luck to all taking part in this competition , also, I am excited of the possibility of connecting with other writers, feel free to follow if you like and let me know if you do so I can follow u too :)

Here is my poem entitled : MEMORY FAILS HIM
https://steemit.com/poetry/@aineyann/memory-fails-him-poem-original-steemitslam

& I would like to recommend @uglysweater 's post about childhood, sad and beautiful at the same time https://steemit.com/poetry/@uglysweater/steemit-slam-1-poem-entry-leaving-childhood

gσσ∂ ℓυ¢к!!!

Thank you! 😊

You are most welcome Dear :)

Firstly I want to say thank you to @poetrytrail for supporting the art of poetry on Steemit. Contests like these inspire me to connect with other poets and do my best work!

Here is my entry to Steemit Slam #1, a poem about the intensity and complexity of young love, and the separation that occurs when communication breaks down and distance sets in physically and emotionally.

https://steemit.com/poetry/@d-pend/leaving-home-original-poem-entry-for-steemit-slam-1

I highly recommend reading @rensoul17's poem about creating boundaries and closing doors in unhealthy relationships. I found it very powerful and heartfelt and I hope you will enjoy it as well.

https://steemit.com/poetry/@rensoul17/poetry-trail-s-steemit-slam-1-closing-doors-original-poetry

Best of luck to all entries, let's help create a strong poetry community on Steemit by supporting each other!!!

This is my entry for the Steemit Slam, a poem about childhood:

Leaving Childhood

I also highly recommend reading @iggyg85’s post:

Literary Hostage

Upvoted for your awesomeness in recommending me!

Hello,

Please accept my entry for the Steemit Slam, a poem about the the act of leaving and its contrast with greetings.
https://steemit.com/slam/@haiyangdeperci/a-goodbye-kiss-my-entry-for-the-steemit-slam-1

I also highly recommend reading @trumotiv’s post about unrequited love and its ramifications.
https://steemit.com/poetry/@trumotiv/the-man-i-once-knew

This is my entry for the Steemit Slam, a poem about father leaving because he couldn't handle life being a dad.

https://steemit.com/poetry/@mitchelljaworski/poetry-trail-s-steemit-slam-1-children-left-behind-original-poetry

I also highly recommend reading @verbal-d’s post about people leaving steemit.
https://steemit.com/poetry/@verbal-d/poetry-trail-s-steemit-slam-1-entry-to-all-those-who-have-left-steemit-original-poem

I truly connected with your poem, found it very moving. It takes me back to earlier times. The picture you used also connects very well with the poem. In summary...I Love It!!!

This is my entry for the Steemit Slam, A poem about a chance meeting that led to a brief but enduring affection.
https://steemit.com/poetry/@wandrnrose7/leaving-poetry-slam-challenge

I also recommend @mimi2792 & the insightful poem about her grandfather.
https://steemit.com/poetry/@mimi2792/our-sun-our-star