Here are the poems published to Blockchain Poets for the week of Dec 13–Dec 19. Let’s have a look at the poems then we will get down to the contest winner.

This Week’s Poems

How Can You Describe the Love of a Mother to Her Child? by @yen1503
Insomniac Flow by @ange.nkuru
I’m No God by @martinlazizi
One Chance Life by @drwom
My Self-Care Menu by @rene.neverfound
These Days Flow By by @hilbyguy
The Song of LOVE by @tuha.peut
The Tiger’s Dreams - Senryu & Thoughts on the Work of William Blake by @raj808
Christmas Without You / Navidad sin ti by @ramisey
Дом канадец продавал… by @hbelakon1975
A Beautiful Chinese Legend About Lentils by @kaixin
「SPA-ENG」 eropido by @agreste
Escape by @chinyerevivian
The Divine Interpretation by @cesarj21
「ESP-ENG」 Contigo by @joseitosanchezs
¡Qué colorida es la vida! Poesía. 「ESP/ENG」 by @latino.romano
Why We Live by @justme4u
The Reincarnation of Stone (Poetry Reading) by @raj808
Poetic Fragments by @yahia-lababidi
Lilac - Original Haiku by @sp3ktraline
Distance and Time / Distancia y Tiempo 「ENG/ESP」 by @sgarciacine
the dream goes off by @vikbuddy
New Year’s Resolutions (in verse) by @yahia-lababidi
A Curated Existence by @emptyintentions
Indebted To You Forever by @davidbright
Cold Night ~ Haiku of Japan by @dbooster
Waves Of Gratitude, That Each Inhale And Exhale Convey by @trucklife-family

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 great this week. Thank you everyone who left some. You guys, rock.

There are, however, many of you who still aren’t leaving any comments. Please guys, try to leave a few more next time.

@joseitosanchezs left a fantastic number of them, so I feel I have to reward him. 1 SBI to you, buddy.

Winner of Hive SBI

Remember, only people who gave two comments for every poem they posted are eligible for SBI. The only exception is that new poets are giving a pass their first week here.

Excluding myself, that puts 14 people in the running for 10 shares of SBIs (split 2–2–2–2–2).

Also only those who used the #creativecoin tag are eligible for CCC tokens. 12 people are in the running for those.

I threw you guys into a random picker…

and the winner is…

For Hive SBI:

@hilbyguy - 2 SBI
@ramisey - 2 SBI
@martinlazizi - 2 SBI
@sgarciacine - 2 SBI
@davidbright - 2 SBI

For CCC tokens:

@ramisey - 500 CCC
@joseitosanchezs - 500 CCC
@latino.romano - 500 CCC
@sp3ktraline - 500 CCC
@cesarj21 - 500 CCC

Congratulations!

(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.

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.)

Everyone will be eligible for CCC. The CCC reward is being dropped to 500 each for 5 people.

So if you want a chance for Hive SBI & CCC, 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.

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

(Note: If you’d like to donate any tokens or other things such as NFTs for prizes, please get in contact with me. Look for me as dbooster#6252 on Discord.)

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Calling all previous Blockchain Poets: @a-lass-wonders @aa9 @abisag @adriangamerxd @agreste @amnes14 @ange.nkuru @anj @atma.love @azabache2021 @blockchainbeth @cesarj21 @chinyerevivian @chrysanthemum @cliffagreen @d-pend @danmaruschak @dante31 @darkfemme @davidbright @drwom @emptyintentions @emrysjobber @evergreenfavour @fatma–27 @forthefree19 @fredfettmeister @georgelumayag @greenie.girl @hamsterpoweriii @harryhandsome @harryq11 @hbelakon1975 @heartofdarkness @hermaryrc @hilbyguy @hitz75 @ismelda2305 @jacco25 @jakim7 @jane1289 @jearyjoe @jesuspsoto @joalheal @johnbenn @johncarty859 @joseitosanchezs @josemalavem @justme4u @kaixin @kemmyb @kraken99 @latino.romano @lecumberre @ljus @lv99-rd-chocobo @lymepoet @maccazftw @martinlazizi @martthesquire @mavido @maylenasland @mejs @mirilarbarr @missingnins @mistural @mundomanaure @murliwala @myklovenotwar @oldschoolzen @orthodoxnudism @oscarpower55 @owasco @peter32 @pregosauce @primestacks1 @raj808 @rajiola @ramisey @rene.neverfound @repayme4568 @rikarivka @riverflows @sakura1012 @schreib.hamster @sgarciacine @shiftrox @sisc @sp3ktraline @strivenword @tahminasyed @takeonrules @tasonia @temitopemichael @tezmel @thecreativecasa @trucklife-family @tuha.peut @unpoetaenamorado @viadelboss @vikbuddy @vision-of-esca @warpedpoetic @weone @witherbloom @writing.group @yablonsky @yahia-lababidi @yen1503

(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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