Here are the poems published to Blockchain Poets for the week of Dec 6–Dec 12. Let’s have a look at the poems then we will get down to the contest winner.

This Week’s Poems

Poesía a La Luna (Poema infantil) 「Esp - Eng」 by @palabreador
Watching a Child Grow by @drwom
How Do the Old Tree Live? by @kirlos
The Cotton Road (Poetry Reading) by @raj808
A Desert Pedestrian! by @chrysanthemum
From our Bedroom by @maylenasland
Achieved by @martinlazizi
your boy before you at the table by @allthemoneys
Money and the Minds by @tahminasyed
The Reality by @mistural
Cherry Pop Flavor by @litguru
Chaos Comes by @lv99-rd-chocobo
Yarn off the Spool by @hilbyguy
Never Read Out Loud by @raj808
Hope, Part 1 by @chinyerevivian
The Nature of Man/La Naturaleza Del Hombre 「ENG/ESP」 by @technicalart
That One-Day Love Is a Memory Embodied in Possession/Aquel amor de un día es un recuerdo plasmado en poesía 「ENG/ESP」 by @technicalart
Tricky Umbrella ~ Haiku of Japan by @dbooster
Oh Lord Guide our Young Generation by @jacco25
What Are Your Dreams Telling You? by @yahia-lababidi
An Answer To Our Prayers, A Haiku by @owasco
I Look to You as a Guide to My Destiny by @kirlos
Hope, Part 2 by @chinyerevivian
Between Music and Colors / Entre Música y Colores 「ENG/ESP」 by @sgarciacine
Fake Happy by @sakura1012
I Wonder Why the World Is Like This by @jacco25
The Singing Wound by @yahia-lababidi
Loving Me Is a War No One Wins by @warpedpoetic
My Foolishness by @davidbright
Tu esencia (Poema corto) 「Esp| Eng」 by @adriangamerxd
My Intuition - My Words, My Art, With Music That Inspired! by @trucklife-family
As It Darkens Your Infinite Soul by @kraken99
Winter Rain and No Hat ~ Haiku of Japan by @dbooster
The Masquerade by @oldschoolzen
The Machine by @danmaruschak
Rutas Marcadas / Marked Routes 「Esp - Eng」 by @palabreador
What Do Animals Dream? by @yahia-lababidi

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

Most of you did pretty well commenting this week. There were no standouts this week, but there were several people who still gave no comments. Please guys, I urge you to give at least two comments for every poem you post, if not more. Just as you love getting comments on your posts, so does everyone else, so let’s share that love.

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 13 people in the running for 10 shares of SBIs (split 3–2–2–2–1).

Also only those who used the #creativecoin tag are eligible for CCC tokens. 16 people are in the running for those

I threw you guys into a random picker…

and the winners are…

For Hive SBI:

@maylenasland - 3 SBI
@sgarciacine - 2 SBI
@owasco - 2 SBI
@raj808 - 2 SBI
@tahminasyed - 1 SBI

For CCC tokens:

@sgarciacine - 1000 CCC
@martinlazizi - 1000 CCC
@technicalart - 1000 CCC
@davidbright - 1000 CCC
@kraken99 - 1000 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 @heartofdarkness @hermaryrc @hilbyguy @hitz75 @ismelda2305 @jacco25 @jakim7 @jane1289 @jearyjoe @jesuspsoto @joalheal @johnbenn @johncarty859 @joseitosanchezs @josemalavem @justme4u @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 @repayme4568 @rikarivka @riverflows @sakura1012 @schreib.hamster @sgarciacine @shiftrox @sisc @strivenword @tahminasyed @takeonrules @tasonia @temitopemichael @tezmel @thecreativecasa @trucklife-family @tuha.peut @unpoetaenamorado @viadelboss @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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