Here are the poems published to Blockchain Poets for the week of Oct 4–Oct 10. Let's have a look at the poems then we will get down to the contest winner.

This Week's Poems

Friendship Fright, Choices by @temitopemichael
Moving the Mountain by @martthesquire
Love Poem! →1 by @chrysanthemum
Echos of the Past by @trucklife-family
The Spider Lilies by @dbooster
Just Mercy by @emrysjobber
Unity Is Key by @temitopemichael
The Dance of the Rain by @jearyjoe
Dawning by @yahia-lababidi
ENG-ESP, Fear. / Temor. by @joseitosanchezs
Dust Like You by @thecreativecasa
Rainy Ribbons by @moeknows
Preparing for Dying by @yahia-lababidi
Crossroad of Options by @temitopemichael
What We Can Learn From a Dog by @yahia-lababidi
This Is Not My Reality! by @trucklife-family
ENG-ESP, Numbers./Números. by @joseitosanchezs
La luz es... la lluvia... cada gota cae del cielo... Reflejo by @unpoetaenamorado
Cataclysm by @thecreativecasa
Irony of the mind by @tahminasyed
Is This Love?? by @davidbright

Also, join with me in congratulating @yahia-lababidi at having a poem published. Read about it here.

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!

Comments

Comments were much much better this week. Thank you all for the wonderful job! I expecially want to mention @temitopemichael for leaving an impressive number of comments. He left more than one comment on almost every poem this week! Wow!! Great job! We should all learn from his great example. For being such a fantastic example, 2 SBI headed your way @temitopemichael.

Unfortunately there for a few who still gave no comments. I'm afraid I will have to exclude you guys from the drawing this week. I will not name names, but you know if you didn't leave any. Please try to do better next week.

Winner of Hive SBI

Excluding myself, @moeknows, and the people who didn't leave any comments, that puts 8 people in the running for 2-2-1 shares of Hive SBI this week.

I threw you guys into a random picker...

spun 3 times...

and the winner is...

For 2 SBI - @thecreativecasa
For 1 SBI - @trucklife-family
For 1 SBI - @davidbright

Congratulations guys! The SBI is headed your way.

(if you aren't sure what SBI is, it's kind of lifetime payment system. 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.

The exact amount of Hive SBI depends on how many poets submit poems for the week. I'm bumping up the win amounts this time.

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

At my discretion, I may also award others for various things (but don't expect this).

(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 caught breaking these rules will not be eligible for the reward.

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

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Calling all previous Blockchain Poets]: @aa9 @amnes14 @ange.nkuru @anj @atma.love @chrysanthemum @d-pend @darkfemme @davidbright @emrysjobber @evergreenfavour @fatma-27 @georgelumayag @hamsterpoweriii @harryhandsome @harryq11 @hitz75 @jacco25 @jearyjoe @jesuspsoto @joseitosanchezs @kemmyb @latino.romano @ljus @lv99-rd-chocobo @lymepoet @martthesquire @mavido @mirilarbarr @missingnins @murliwala @myklovenotwar @orthodoxnudism @oscarpower55 @owasco @peter32 @primestacks1 @raj808 @repayme4568 @rikarivka @riverflows @schreib.hamster @shiftrox @sisc @tahminasyed @takeonrules @temitopemichael @thecreativecasa @trucklife-family @unpoetaenamorado @warpedpoetic @weone @writing.group @yahia-lababidi

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

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Thank you all for submiting your wonderful work and reading. You rock!

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