Here are the poems published to Blockchain Poets for the week of Dec 24–Dec 31. We had 49 poems and 33 poets last week!! Not quite a record, but getting close to that level. Wonderful to see so many people turning to poetry at the end of the year.

Let’s have a look at the poems then we will get down to the contest winner.

This Week’s Poems

Before we begin, we had some new poets this week. Please welcome @adatilda @borjan & @maytham.brooke. Hope you guys enjoyed your stay and keep submitting poems every week!

The poems for this past week are:

Waiting for Tomorrow by @ninong7
All I Want for Christmas Is ___? [ENG - SPA] by @natalialove
Lukasz Korbanski #8 - Lonesome on Christmas by @lukakorba
Absence of Life by @kelvinpeters
We Will Be Patiently Waiting by @rukkie
Thought Space Is Shrinking by @chireerocks
Keep Living | Seguir Viviendo by @fragozar01
Historical Shorts by @ninong7
The Givers of Death by @fashtioluwa
Its Christmas by @maytham.brooke
Souls Song by @akumagai
[ES-En] Una Fina Película De Sangre Sobre El Asfalto | a Thin Film of Blood on the Asphalt by @agreste
Way of Decoding by @chireerocks
[ESP/ENG] Christmas Magic by @leydeatraccionkm
Historical Shorts 2 by @ninong7
Perdóname [ESP\/ENG] by @joseitosanchezs
Lukasz Korbanski #9 - Steadfast Love by @lukakorba
Rules Are Made to Be Broken by @adatilda
Isolophilia by @jessicaaaa
If You Want Peace, Get Ready For… by @balikis95
Obstacles by @trucklife-family
Dame Un Segundo/ Give Me a Second (ESP/ ENG) by @nancybriti1
A Gift From Nature and a Tiny Poem by @katrina-ariel
Ruleta [ESP\/ENG] by @joseitosanchezs
The Ants (Las Hormigas) [ESP\/ENG] by @rinconpoetico7
Quanta: A Mere Ripple by @weone
Lukasz Korbanski #10 - Run to Your Bible by @lukakorba
Diving Deep in Questions by @chireerocks
Intrinsic Intelligence by @kriszrokk
A Dialogue With the Reaper by @esther-emmanuel
Baile De Palabras/ Dance of Words by @edujo
Dusty Spirit by @michaelofurum
Threads of Life by @davidbright
Amor Perdido by @kraken99
My Life Wife by @ninong7
Prosa Del Resquemor (Prosa Poética) Prose of Resentment (Poetic Prose) by @silher
[En-ES] en El Naufragio De Lo Prohibido | in the Shipwreck of the Forbidden by @rdsmas
Of All Feelings by @restcity
Why Envy God if You Are Not the Devil by @oyebolu
Enfócate [ESP\/ENG] by @joseitosanchezs
My Tesuba ( My Rosary) by @oyebolu
Lukasz Korbanski #11 - See My Soul by @lukakorba
Crypto Bro in the Rain by @borjan
A New Song by @riverflows
Who Decided That? by @chireerocks
In Respect to Royalty by @oyebolu
Written in Subliminal Ways by @chireerocks
Get Things Done [ENG-ESP] by @restcity
2024 [ESP\/ENG] by @joseitosanchezs

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!

Discord, Tags, Delegations, and Membership Upvotes

Please remember to use both the #pimp tag and the #india (or #indiaunited) tag on your posts. Now that LeoFinance has made the transition to a general community, I’d also suggest using the tag #inleo to make yourself visible to them. Using all three will increase your chances of being curated by these places. Also, using the #PIMP tag (and doing the required comments) will make you eligible to win some pimp in these end of the week reviews. Thank you to @enginewitty for kindly donating the PIMP to the group.

Please join our discord → Here. It’s kind of quiet there right now, but we hope to grow it. So please join, share your posts in the share room, and meet your fellow poets.

All active poets in our community will get a 70–80% upvote from the community account. When the voting mana drops too low (under 90%) then preference will be given to poets who follow the community rules and comment on at least two other poems for every poem they post. Members will get a 100% upvote.

Please remember to delegate to us (this account, @hive-161465) if you are able. The more delegations we can get, the better the upvote we can give and the faster we can grow this community. If you delegate at least 10 HIVE, you will be given a Member role in the community.

Finally, please join us on Threads. Think of Threads as Twitter on Hive. Read my intro post about it here. You can post short poems there, parts of larger poems, or just a link to your current post. Posts on Threads do not count as regular Hive posts, so don’t worry about screwing up autovoters or SBI votes. If you post there, use the #bcpoets tag to receive a vote from our @bcpoets.threads account. It’s a great place to attract further attention to your poetry. Our community account has been delegated some LEO to help with curating you guys. Thanks to @anomadsoul for that!

Comments

In Blockchain Poets we support interaction, support, and comments. You will not be eligible for the HSBI or the PIMP drawing below unless you comment on at least two other poems for every poem you post (for example: if you post two poems, you should comment on four other poems). Also, the two people with the most comments each week will win 50 Ecency POINTS each. If one of the winners happens to me a member of the group (How to Become a Member) then that winning amount will be increased to 100 POINTS. Wow!

This week the top commenters are @joseitosanchezs and @chireerocks [member].

Winner of HSBI and PIMP

Remember, only people who gave two comments for every poem they posted are eligible for this contest. The only exception is that new poets are giving a pass their first week here. Also, to be entered in the Pimp contest, you must use the #pimp tag on your post.

Excluding myself, that puts 17 people in the running for 10 shares of HSBI and 15 in the running for some PIMP this week.

I threw you guys into a random picker…

and the winner is…

For PIMP:

@agreste - 25 PIMP
@rinconpoetico7 - 25 PIMP
@borjan - 25 PIMP
@kriszrokk - 25 PIMP
@nancybriti1 - 25 PIMP

For SBI:

Remember, for HSBI, members get double the number of shares!

@rukkie - 3 HSBI
@restcity - 2 HSBI
@esther-emmanuel - 2 HSBI
@rinconpoetico7 [member] - 2 HSBI
@agreste - 1 HSBI

Congratulations!

(if you aren’t sure what HSBI is, it’s kind of lifetime payment system run by the amazing @josephsavage. 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 HSBI and PIMP

The exact amount of HSBI depends on how many poets submit poems for the week and currently the amount of PIMP will be 25 each (but this may decrease in the future as the price of PIMP increases).

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

(Note, these numbers don’t include @moeknows or myself.)

So if you want a chance for HSBI, go write a poem! If you want a chance for a lot of HSBI, 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 who doesn’t follow these rules will not be eligible for the reward.

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

(Note: I’d like to start offering more prizes in the future. Please get in contact with me if you’d like to donate any Hive tokens or other rewards. Look for me as dbooster on Discord.)

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Calling all previous Poets (click to see list)

@a-lass-wonders @aa9 @aamirwattoo @abidemiademok21 @abisag @adedoyin-g @adriangamerxd @affiliatit1010 @agreste @aidee25 @akumagai @alexlight @aljif7 @almightymelon @alther @amakauz @ambigenius @amicablepeace @amiegeoffrey @amnes14 @anarkia @ange.nkuru @angelinacobbs @anggreklestari @anikekirsten @anj @annabeth @anointingaz @antonioeviesart @apehjames @arlin19 @artrender @ash2–0 @asif7 @assegai @ast3r @atma.love @awuahbenjamin @azabache2021 @b-rays @babstar @baesick @balikis95 @bayuismail @beaescribe @bemier @bettyhandayani @bigabigail @blackdaisyft @blackdovy @blessingjohn @blockchainbeth @blurtpoem @blx01 @botefarm @boxcarblue @caelum1infernum @carmenaltuve1 @carmencitavdc @cataluz @cesarj21 @chelsie-b @chiddoken @chidubem26 @chinay04 @chinyerevivian @chrysanthemum @chuksmeezy @chyssom @clayboyn @cliffagreen @cloflo @computergenie @concreteshallows @consciouscat @consciouscat @creanovation777 @creeptor @crily.love @crosheille @crypt0sph3ryst @d-pend @dagger212 @danladi @danmaruschak @dante31 @darkfemme @dave7658 @davidbright @dbooster @deepspiral @deraaa @dibblers.dabs @diebitch @digitized89 @diikaan @diosarich @driptorchpress @drivingindevon @drwom @dwixer @dxworks @edujo @edwin638 @elementm @elisa2021 @elpastor @emeraldtiger @emmaba1 @emomo @emptyintentions @emrysjobber @enginewitty @enletrada @ericus.pappus @erodedthoughts @ervin-lemark @evagavilan2 @evergreenfavour @faithetim @faniaviera @fantom22 @farhanaa @fatma–27 @fibonacci2022 @floki-skarsgaard @floruth @forthefree19 @fragozar01 @franciscoluis @fredfettmeister @gabyshau @gatoguedexz @gaurav.art @georgelumayag @germanandradeg @giftmbaba @gingerup @ginika @glotokens @gone-hive @gravis18 @greenie.girl @grindan @hamsterpoweriii @hanen @happy-dream @haraya @harryhandsome @harryq11 @harulovesanime @havandris @hazmat @hbelakon1975 @heartofdarkness @hekoboss @hermaryrc @hetty-rowan @highsteam1900 @hilbyguy @hiramdo @hitz75 @honeydue @horla-mideh @ianmcg @ifarmgirl @ifarmgirl-leo @inthenow @ipmono @ismelda2305 @itohowo @itsjunevelasquez @itsostylish @itsprachi @itxilma @itzsamantha @jacco25 @jakim7 @jamesdeagle @jane1289 @japhofin8or @jayblak @jearyjoe @jeremiah25 @jerryzikko @jesuspsoto @jhymi @jianna @jjmusa2004 @jmis101 @joalheal @joelibra @johnbenn @johncarty859 @johnsdowie @joseitosanchezs @josemalavem @joswag @joydukeson @jtaylor145 @juniorgomez @justfocus @justfornature @justme4u @kaixin @kater001 @katrina-ariel @kaysmile44 @kemmyb @kingobonnaya @kingsleymark @kristowe @kriszrokk @ladytitan @latino.romano @lawrence27 @lecumberre @lenaspiritual @lightedxy @lilougreen @litguru @littlepiggies @liyuxiexie @lizella27 @ljus @lolawrites @loredana72 @lucemtenebris @lukakorba @lv99-rd-chocobo @lydiapauline @lymepoet @lynn2005 @maccazftw @maggotmilk @malgarise @manclar @mandala28 @mangomayhem @marconisnghtmr @marilour @markworkout @marriot5464 @martinlazizi @martthesquire @marydelmar70 @matyr @mavido @maylenasland @mbkumasi03 @mbracho @mcaspectacular @meday @mejs @mell79 @mercysugar @mesonia @mharieland @miangel100pre @michaelofurum @miguelmederico @mirilarbarr @missingnins @mistural @mmenyene @moeknows @monoartista @morenxo @mr-chuks @mrenglish @mundomanaure @murliwala @muthmainnah @myklovenotwar @myztiqakusuk @nachomolina2 @nancybriti1 @nancybriti1 @natalialove @natica83 @new-spirit @nickydee @ninong7 @nittovieira04 @noodlypanda @nurudeen081 @oacevedo @obikay @officialrosh1 @olawalium @oldschoolzen @onos-f @opidia @orthodoxnudism @oscarpower55 @overorlando @owasco @oyebolu @paintyourlife @pannyy @peazy001 @penyaircyber @peter32 @philomenob @phyna @poemsofasickmind @poezio @pollenpiggy @portsundries @positivesteem @prechyrukky @pregosauce @primestacks1 @quduus1 @queenneche @qwertpa @radenkusumo666 @rafa-noor @rafa1272 @raj808 @rajiola @ramisey @rene.neverfound @repayme4568 @restcity @rhozolive @rikarivka @rinconpoetico7 @riverflows @roman02 @royaldiadem @ruggedbeardmedia @rukkie @s3ttt @sailawana @saimjan @sakura1012 @sam9999 @saminakhanktk @samiwrites @samsmith1971 @samueluche07 @sapphireissafy @sarashew @sarix @saulos @sayury @schreib.hamster @scottclinton @seha76 @sequentialvibe @sgarciacine @shemzy @shiftrox @shohana1 @silher @silviu93 @sirenahippie @sisc @skyehi @smc.arike.oba @smilejerry @smilejerryhive @sodeeyum @sofs-su @soul-subject @soumikroy @sp3ktraline @sperosamuel15 @spongebob27 @steemtpistia @strivenword @stuartcturnbull @surrealfia @swagatoroy @tahminasyed @takeonrules @tarazkp @tasonia @tayoo @technicalart @tedcipher @tegoshei @teknon @temitopemichael @tess100 @tezmel @thayeblohangen @thecreativecasa @thegreens @thomashnblum @todayslight @toluwanispecial @tonyes @tozill @travellingcogs @trifecta-tt @trucklife-family @tuha.peut @typebox @unholyghost @unpoetaenamorado @validupsetlap @veektur21 @viadelboss @vikbuddy @vinally @vision-of-esca @walkinverse @wanderlust7 @warpedpoetic @weone @whileponderin @whistler73 @whitneyalexx @witherbloom @wongi @writing.group @wrsd54 @xaynie.lee @yablonsky @yahia-lababidi @yen1503 @youloseagain @zakyj @zeleiracordero–2 @zellypearl

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

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All poets and poetry lovers are encouraged to join Blockchain Poets, a Hive community started by @moeknows and run by @dbooster, with plenty of help from @inthenow, @martinlazizi, @stuartcturnbull, @josemalavem, and @amiegeoffrey.

Things you can do to help us grow:
- Delegate to us. There are perks
- Comment on each other’s posts. Beyond the advantage of making each other feel good, there are perks
- Write great poetry and be featured in the weekly review where you could win free stuff!
- Invite other lovers of poetry to our group