Here are the poems published to Blockchain Poets for the week of Apr 11–Apr 16. Let’s have a look at the poems then we will get down to the contest winner.

This Week’s Poems

Gazes by @tahminasyed
Meditation by @vision-of-esca
𝐌𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 by @emrysjobber
Spontaneous Poesy 2 by @lucemtenebris
Beauty Is Truth, True Beauty by @whileponderin
Agent by @driptorchpress
For Inspiration by @lecumberre
Conflicts in My Mind by @positivesteem
Want No End by @vision-of-esca
Thoughts by @penyaircyber
To Bari: We Can Be Anything. I Think I Want to Be Something by @warpedpoetic
Letter to My Future Wife/Carta a Mi Futura Esposa. （Eng/Spa） by @kingobonnaya
These Days by @lecumberre
Poetic Practice by @akumagai
See Through Yourself by @obikay
Dove Symbol of Peace by @vision-of-esca
I Promise You by @whileponderin
Gallows by @driptorchpress
NightLight by @zakyj
（ENG-SPA） Obsession - Obsesión by @agreste
It Is Easy to Draw You in Verse by @lecumberre
Rain by @vision-of-esca
The Breakup by @positivesteem
Tonight by @joswag

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

Thank you everyone for following the rules and commenting on two posts for every one post you made.

@penyaircyber and @positivesteem were killing it on comments this week, so 1 Hive SBI 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. But since I’m doing the post a day early this week (I want to change it to this day going forward) I rounded up for some of you who didn’t give quite enough comments.

Excluding myself, that puts 8 people in the running for HIVE SBI and 12 people in the running for PIMP tokens.

I threw you guys into a random picker…

and the winner is…

For Hive SBI:

@positivesteem - 3 SBI
@dave7658 - 2 SBI
@davidbright - 2 SBI
@kingobonnaya - 2 SBI
@penyaircyber - 1 SBI

For PIMP tokens:

@lucemtenebris - 50 PIMP
@emrysjobber - 50 PIMP
@whileponderin - 50 PIMP
@penyaircyber - 50 PIMP
@davidbright - 50 PIMP

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 and PIMP. For PIMP, you must use the #pimp tag. For both SBI and PIMP, you must comment at least twice for every poem you post.

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.)

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.

(Also, upvotes help me afford to pay these rewards)

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 anything for the contest, such as Hive Engine tokens or Hive, please get in touch with me. Look for me as dbooster#6252 on Discord.)

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Calling all previous Blockchain Poets: @a-lass-wonders @aa9 @aamirwattoo @abisag @adriangamerxd @affiliatit1010 @agreste @akumagai @ambigenius @amnes14 @ange.nkuru @anj @anointingaz @ast3r @atma.love @azabache2021 @babstar @blockchainbeth @cesarj21 @chinyerevivian @chrysanthemum @chyssom @cliffagreen @crypt0sph3ryst @d-pend @danmaruschak @dante31 @darkfemme @dave7658 @davidbright @deraaa @dibblers.dabs @diebitch @digitized89 @driptorchpress @drivingindevon @drwom @elementm @elisa2021 @emmaba1 @emomo @emptyintentions @emrysjobber @enginewitty @ervin-lemark @evagavilan2 @evergreenfavour @fatma–27 @fibonacci2022 @floki-skarsgaard @forthefree19 @fredfettmeister @gatoguedexz @georgelumayag @gingerup @gone-hive @greenie.girl @hamsterpoweriii @haraya @harryhandsome @harryq11 @hbelakon1975 @heartofdarkness @hermaryrc @hilbyguy @hitz75 @inthenow @ismelda2305 @itohowo @itsostylish @itxilma @jacco25 @jakim7 @jamesdeagle @jane1289 @japhofin8or @jearyjoe @jerryzikko @jesuspsoto @jin-out @joalheal @johnbenn @johncarty859 @joseitosanchezs @josemalavem @joswag @joydukeson @justme4u @kaixin @kaysmile44 @kemmyb @kingobonnaya @kraken99 @latino.romano @lawrence27 @lecumberre @lenaspiritual @litguru @littlepiggies @ljus @lolawrites @lucemtenebris @lv99-rd-chocobo @lymepoet @maccazftw @malgarise @martinlazizi @martthesquire @marydelmar70 @mavido @maylenasland @mbkumasi03 @mejs @miangel100pre @michaelofurum @mirilarbarr @missingnins @mistural @mundomanaure @murliwala @muthmainnah @myklovenotwar @myztiqakusuk @obikay @oldschoolzen @onos-f @orthodoxnudism @oscarpower55 @overorlando @owasco @penyaircyber @peter32 @philomenob @poemsofasickmind @positivesteem @pregosauce @primestacks1 @rafa1272 @raj808 @rajiola @ramisey @rene.neverfound @repayme4568 @rikarivka @riverflows @sakura1012 @samsmith1971 @sarashew @sarix @schreib.hamster @scottclinton @sgarciacine @shiftrox @sisc @smilejerry @smilejerryhive @soul-subject @sp3ktraline @strivenword @tahminasyed @takeonrules @tasonia @technicalart @tedcipher @temitopemichael @tezmel @thecreativecasa @todayslight @trucklife-family @tuha.peut @unpoetaenamorado @veektur21 @viadelboss @vikbuddy @vision-of-esca @walkinverse @warpedpoetic @weone @whileponderin @witherbloom @writing.group @yablonsky @yahia-lababidi @yen1503 @zakyj

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

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