Best of Rising Stars Hall of Fame

"The stars are the jewels of the night,
and perchance surpass anything which
day has to show."
- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

WINNERS:

October 2009

A WebountyofTurkeyWitchery! picked:

ID: 1487433   (Rated: 13+) Title: Double Standards…  Description: I guess we all have to live someone's double standards... Here's mine! By: TikkunOlam~R.S. Robin M Miller

Mi Belle * Thankful picked

ID: 1255016   (Rated: 13+) Title: The Flow of Love  Description: A mother's love has no limits. By: D.L. Robinson

Shine on Rising Stars! picked:

ID: 1565987   (Rated: E) Title: Topsy's Secret Habit  Description: Children's story starring Topsy O'Possum and Turvy McCoon By: Dutch Hill Girl

ShiShad picked:

ID: 1588053   (Rated: 18+) Title: Closer to Dead than Alive  Description: A parody of "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi By: Black Rose ♥s WDC!

Gabriella Loves RisingStars ! picked:

ID: 1592930   (Rated: E) Title: Chase the Light  Description: Written in class from a picture prompt - old friends reunited. By: Ceridwen~writing again!

ReikiDreamer~NaNo's picked:

ID: 1599316   (Rated: ASR) Title: Into the Quicksand  Description: Loneliness & Doubt...sucks me in By: Mires

Cubbycopia picked:

ID: 1598473   (Rated: 13+) Title: Elijah's Theorem  Description: An Amish Child's Configuration Leads To Darker Realizations By: Dr J-27X's The Charm!

*§apph-JoinTheB-dayFun#1341115 selected a piece by Rachel, RIP

September, 2009

ID: 1589770   (Rated: E) Title: Before Eternity's Gate  Description: Form Decuain. For Pond Poetry in memory of Van Gogh. By: Stephen's burnt toast

ID: 1518323   (Rated: E) Title: Memory Garden  Description: Forgotten Memories By: Ken

ID: 1590066   (Rated: E) Title: When the Gods agree...  Description: Keep the spirit cheerful. By: jaya

ID: 1339194   (Rated: E) Title: Mr. Joe's Stick (Revised Edition)  Description: Small town life at its best. Original characters tell their story. FUN TO READ By: Peter Yule

ID: 1534862   (Rated: 13+) Title: Little Sister  Description: Last year my sister nearly died in a car accident. This is for her. By: dannoden

ID: 1534994   (Rated: E) Title: A Kiss of Moonlight  Description: Love's sweet song By: ~Windsong~

ID: 1348406   (Rated: E) Title: Bathed in Light  Description: A piece for and about my starveiled Darklady By: Just a lil Melancholy Rose

July, 2009

ID: 1478662   (Rated: 13+) Title: A Guide to Eating Out in Paraguay  Description: The food in Asuncion is tasty, inexpensive but not for the health-conscious. By: Alex Morgan

ID: 1286111   (Rated: E) Title: I'm Lost  Description: When losing someone, no matter the circumstances, I find myself without direction By: bugzy

ID: 1560302   (Rated: 13+) Title: And Review  Description: What members should think about before lashing at a newbie's bad review. By: EarthenAura

ID: 1264568   (Rated: E) Title: Perseverance  Description: Perseverance is the might that allows By: SHEA

ID: 1546056   (Rated: E) Title: Eighth Wonder  Description: You lay within... By: Flower-LetsLiveLife!

ID: 1415055   (Rated: 13+) Title: I Can't Breathe  Description: A Long Ago Tale of Love By: Mari ~

ID: 1215055   (Rated: E) Title: Rainbow - Contest Entry  Description: Awarded 2nd Place - Submission to Monthly Acrostic Poetry Contest By: irisjustwrite has granddogger

ID: 1218841   (Rated: E) Title: Mr. Prufrock!  Description: Light fun poem, addressing TS Eliot's J Alfred Prufrock By: bluesky ♥ ☼

June, 2009

ID: 1494993   (Rated: E) Title: A Cat Named Scruffy  Description: Selected "Best of Rising Stars" - June 2009 By: RS - Aardvarkbark

ID: 1526948   (Rated: E) Title: Spirit WInd Song  Description: Inspired by a writing from Oldwarrior. "NO MORE SPIRITS IN THE SKY" By: Mystical Aura

ID: 1414203   (Rated: E) Title: "The Blueprint Of A Seedling"  Description: For those of you who plant peace,may the world be your garden! By: YahsPoet

ID: 1522721   (Rated: E) Title: What love means to me  Description: The way love lives in me By: jaya

ID: 1479743   (Rated: E) Title: Summer Memory--1964  Description: My daydreams on a summer day, about age 8. 1st Place "Week 5 "Splasharama"!! By: Ellen~1,000 views!!

ID: 1551341   (Rated: 13+) Title: What I Mean  Description: Some scars we wear with pride, others we try to submerge. By: Dennis Cardiff

ID: 1055051   (Rated: GC) Title: The Roaring Sea  Description: You can't take a sailor's heart from the sea! By: WilliamWriter

May, 2009

ID: 1543213   (Rated: E) Title: Shop Item Information and Guide  Description: All the information and help you'll need to make and maintain your very own Shop! By: *§apph-JoinTheB-dayFun#1341115

ID: 1491979   (Rated: 18+) Title: Depressed Again  Description: Divorce takes it's toll on me a year and a half and still not over By: luvleepoet back 2skool

ID: 1531246   (Rated: E) Title: LIVE LIFE UNTIL THE LAST PAGE  Description: Live life to the fullest, and "LIVE" it 'til the end! By: GYPSYROSE~Need Help Upgrade

ID: 1514840   (Rated: E) Title: Broken Promises  Description: We rely on nature... what happens when she finally says "no"? By: Hunter's Moon

ID: 1494047   (Rated: 13+) Title: The dancer  Description: a little nature poem I wrote during a day I called in sick for work...but wasn't sick. By: Kodachrome

ID: 1449636   (Rated: E) Title: Between the Lines  Description: A form of Cloned-Line Form. Written for the Wind beneath my Wings Contest By: Scott Kuttner (Bronxbishop)

April, 2009

ID: 1414115   (Rated: E) Title: <Working title> Raw Chestnuts  Description: Draft - see popnote for background. Think the chestnut blight + primal tree-self By: The Quirky Eye

ID: 1519040   (Rated: ASR) Title: Make Us Proud  Description: There comes a time when everyone has to take a stand... By: Mr Zaborskii

ID: 1536122   (Rated: 13+) Title: THE BEST IS YET TO COME  Description: Third Place Contest Winner By: Oldwarrior - Disabled Veteran

ID: 1395290   (Rated: E) Title: Who Decides?  Description: By what standard is man's worth truly measured? By: Of FireBorn~Autumnally Blissed

ID: 1470511   (Rated: E) Title: Hope; Faith, Friendship  Description: a pastoral poem By: The Music Man

ID: 1466432   (Rated: 18+) Title: She delights me  Description: Paths to eternity By: Verbum Dragon

March, 2009:

ID: 1402271   (Rated: E) Title: She Had to Endure  Description: A mother's love and devotion to her children. By: Magoo

ID: 1300954   (Rated: 13+) Title: The General  Description: Observations from a bus stop ~ character observation prompt. By: Acme

ID: 1420527   (Rated: E) Title: The Day  Description: Periods of the Day By: Judy_is_an_Aspiring_Poet

ID: 1494353   (Rated: 13+) Title: untitled  Description: A father and son engage in the old debate of science vs. religion. By: Split Infinitive

ID: 1472931   (Rated: E) Title: To Sing of His Quest  Description: A personal journey; a goal; hope. By: Dave Lane / Lane Diamond

February, 2009

ID: 1476844   (Rated: E) Title: Long Time It's been  Description: A reflection of sorts By: Shazi C

ID: 1480717   (Rated: E) Title: Imperfect Child!   Description: What one "sees" needs to be "seen" from the heart By: granny

ID: 1512122   (Rated: E) Title: Treasures in the Attic  Description: Rising Star Award. Finding a box of my poetry in the attic, . By: ~Windsong~

ID: 1413451   (Rated: E) Title: Sassy  Description: A short story about adoption. The first in a series of many I hope to write. By: Pat Nelson ~ A.C.E. Hearts

ID: 1333564   (Rated: 13+) Title: Black Eyes  Description: A song about abuse my sister went through. By: ~whisper~ RIP racheld

ID: 1527165   (Rated: E) Title: Return of the Sacred Dance  Description: Story in poetry-Passing on of the sacred dances to whoever wishes to learn. By: SWPoet

December 2008-January 09

ID: 841113   (Rated: 18+) Title: Hear, O Israel  Description: Delancey Sheffield was only eight on the day the world changed. By: JBJackson

ID: 1463027   (Rated: 13+) Title: catalyst  Description: a letter brings reflection By: anghusrns

ID: 1495143   (Rated: E) Title: Destiny Sings  Description: Prompt: a "funny feeling" at Stonehenge By: Jeanne

ID: 1319629   (Rated: ASR) Title: Daughterhood Blues  Description: This blues poem was inspired by the line "Give me back my Daddy." By: twyls and twin: gone after Dec

ID: 1347421   (Rated: E) Title: Do You Tie Your House In Place At Night?  Description: Text for a children's picture book about living aboard a sailboat. By: Mona Lisa

ID: 1496696   (Rated: E) Title: Winter Comes to the Burren  Description: a bare place becomes even colder By: NOVAcatmando'ing NaNo...

September-October, 2008

ID: 1333751   (Rated: 13+) Title: Light Survives Trilogy  Description: Three poems in order:Choosing Light Pt 1, Mixed Blessings Pt2, Second Chances pt 3. By: SWPoet

ID: 1391499   (Rated: E) Title: Your Mind is a Magnet!  Description: Attract what you want in life and learn how to repel the rest! By: ReikiDreamer~NaNo's

ID: 1444545   (Rated: 18+) Title: THE COFFEE-POT CAPER  Description: What kind of person would steal a coffee pot? BEST of RISING STARS RECOGNITION! By: Carol Marsella: NaNo WC 62,595

ID: 1475495   (Rated: E) Title: Meditation Under Moonlit Sky  Description: Somehow a sense of calmness found me... By: Fleckin' Furious!

ID: 1455599   (Rated: ASR) Title: Memory of a Memory  Description: "I think... I believe... I -know-... There was a time before this..." By: silverfeathers

ID: 1416537   (Rated: ASR) Title: Fall Nights  Description: The dark nights of fall... By: LadyBooBoo♥VonNalic

ID: 1380016   (Rated: E) Title: On Top of Stromboli  Description: A couple go on an ecotour to Stromboli Island. By: IdaLin

ID: 1470428   (Rated: E) Title: My Grandfather, My Hero  Description: My very own Super-Hero - My granddad By: Kay Jordan

ID: 1430762   (Rated: E) Title: The Power Of The Imagination  Description: A boy learns a new skill, but who has taught him? (Don't normally rhyme, but here goes...) By: wiggy

June-July. 2008

ID: 1308144   (Rated: ASR) Title: Good night!  Description: To a friend. By: Severin

ID: 1425836   (Rated: E) Title: From Caves To Valleys Of White  Description: (a real journey) By: AXiLeA

ID: 1339185   (Rated: E) Title: HARRY D. The Legend of Maine (Revised)  Description: A true to life folk legend from the Down Maine Coast. Fun read. By: Peter Yule

ID: 1359400   (Rated: E) Title: Present Now  Description: Each moment is perfect for where you're going By: D.L. Robinson

ID: 1434945   (Rated: 13+) Title: Mariposa  Description: Life is unbearable when all hope is lost. By: NaNo-Nicki D

April--May, 2008

ID: 1198836   (Rated: E) Title: Colors  Description: Strength through the weakness By: BrainCrumbs

ID: 1378217   (Rated: E) Title: Winter - Snowfall  Description: The role of the heart in appreciating beauty By: stephen alexander

ID: 1202682   (Rated: E) Title: I Run To You  Description: Poetic/Prose piece about God being my guardian in life. By: Rebecca

ID: 1377468   (Rated: 18+) Title: Weariness  Description: Depression is so hard to fight By: luvleepoet back 2skool

February-March, 2008

ID: 1309469   (Rated: 13+) Title: Playing With Fire  Description: An industrial accident at an oil refinery turns deadly. By: Brandiwyn♪

ID: 1314858   (Rated: E) Title: Part of Me  Description: A poem about missing my life in Africa. By: Pascale

ID: 1182325   (Rated: 13+) Title: Sea Story: A Sailor and a Unicycle  Description: A sea story of a sailor that couldn't swim. By: Tom F

ID: 1342360   (Rated: E) Title: Collection of Haikus  Description: Collection of Haikus I've written By: Going Away For Two Months

ID: 1284896   (Rated: E) Title: In the day's wake  Description: The morning says hello...An aubade. By: aeromournsRaychilled

ID: 1186572   (Rated: E) Title: Guiding Sydney  Description: Her laugh is such a healing sound. By: dpatrick

ID: 848443   (Rated: 13+) Title: A Note in Passing  Description: Only few people knew him as Ebenezer... By: destinydances (mailbox full)

ID: 1292233   (Rated: ASR) Title: Ocean  Description: My attempt at descriptive poetry By: twyls and twin: gone after Dec

Thank you for the creativity and passion that leads you to
keep writing and seeking to do your best.

Your work stands out like the brightest star in the night sky.

Meet our Panel of Judges:

Shine on Rising Stars!
ReikiDreamer~NaNo's
ShiShad
A WebountyofTurkeyWitchery!
Cubbycopia
Mi Belle * Thankful
Gabriella Loves RisingStars !