{"id":1556,"date":"2009-05-01T13:50:45","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T20:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2009-05-01T13:57:06","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T20:57:06","slug":"a-little-poetry-contest-the-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2009\/05\/01\/a-little-poetry-contest-the-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little Poetry Contest: The Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sascha Cooper<\/em> is our Little Poetry Contest winner.\u00a0 Her poem, A Blank Canvas<\/em>, is a meditation on the power of creativity in normal surroundings.\u00a0 We didn’t get many poems for the contest so it only makes sense to pick a single winner.\u00a0 Perhaps more poets will want to enter the next Little Poetry Contest.\u00a0 But this poem would stand out in any group of poems.\u00a0 Actually, I was quite surprised to receive a poem this good during the very first contest.<\/p>\n

You can listen to the winning poem with the player above while you read it here.<\/p>\n

A Blank Canvas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inspiration comes from all seeing eyes.
\nLet the imagination run wild
\nWith all colours that light up at night.<\/p>\n

Outside the window looms a palace
\nWith domes that stretch up to the sky.
\nStuck in time, yet current;<\/p>\n

Transporting me back to a time of
\nPrinces, kings and queens.
\nArabian nights coax and tempt me.<\/p>\n

Back in the land of reality,
\nThe box is blaring, mum is cooking
\nAnd my best friend is next to me.<\/p>\n

The computer is on a small table
\nThat was a shelf – makeshift, but handy.
\nDrink and numerous papers at my side.<\/p>\n

White walls, sleek lines;
\nCarpet that\u2019s light and not right,
\nSliding doors of black and silver.<\/p>\n

All this in a box of glass
\nReady to be personalised.
\nA blank canvas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DOWNLOAD MP3 AUDIO Sascha Cooper is our Little Poetry Contest winner.\u00a0 Her poem, A Blank Canvas, is a meditation on the power of creativity in normal surroundings.\u00a0 We didn’t get many poems for the contest so it only makes sense to pick a single winner.\u00a0 Perhaps more poets will want to enter the next Little […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[86,68,330],"class_list":["post-1556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-audio","tag-contest","tag-winner"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t