The Method
Each day, I open every poem shared on the Steem Poets United discord channel. I upvote and comment on my favourites. If they have the #poetsunited tag, I bookmark the poem, and make them eligible for this curation project. Every Friday, after the set amount go to the Daily Issue, I evaluate which poetry I like best, and feature the top 3 in this post.
As some of the poems might be no longer receiving payout when you get to read them, this posts' payout will be shared with the feature poets. In week 2, the post paid me out just 0.332 SBD. I paid it all to last week's winners on Friday. Due to this, I will not be making promises no the exact share of the SBD payout; I will try to keep it fair. If the payout is too low, it might not make sense to divide it between three. The featured posts' payout will also be considered.
Make sure to share with the #poetsunited tag and be active with the community to have a chance of being featured! Those who drop links and never interact may be excluded from this intiative, as priority is given to those who contribute to the community.
Recap of Week 2
The winners of Week 2 were:
| Rank | Poem (Title) | Poet |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Photography and Poetry: Untitled | @warpedpoetic |
| 2nd | A Birthday Limerick | @madevi |
| 3rd | When the Words Came Along | @hazem91 |
Week 3's Featured Poetry
| Rank | Poem/Title | Poet |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patrick | @bennettitalia |
| 2nd | The Sun is Not My Friend | @warpedpoetic |
| 3rd | Winter Web | @damianjayclay |
The poems may be read by clicking the respective titles!
This week, our top 2 poems have been curied! It's amazing to see that our poets are getting the recognition (and payouts) that they deserve. Their poems have been exceptional, and I had bookmarked them before they got curied.
Round-up
We hope that this project encourages you to share more poetry with us, as well as doing your best on each and every one of your poems!
The rewards are dependant on the payout, so be sure to upvote and resteem for higher visibility! The bigger the reward and community, the better opportunities we are providing you.
If you have not yet been chosen, you might still have had a great poem! Especially when other poems in the run have made it to curie - you know the competition is TOUGH! In the end, I have to select just a few, and as always, my opinion is subjective and is biased to my own likes (although I try to remain objective). Do your best and enjoy being part of the community.
As I will be busy doing contest judging in the future weeks, I will be looking to hand this curation to someone else. Let me know on discord if you are part of Poets United and you are interested in doing this weekly. ~
Congrats to all the poets :)
Congratulations indeed! It's a very tough job. The contest has been even harder to judge; we should be announcing and deciding on the final winners in a day or so.
I’d like to join in on this community if the people don’t mind. How should I go about doing that?
A lot of communities reside on Discord - here's the link to this group's discord: https://discord.gg/vHnhzq3
Discord makes it easier to share and communicate; in case you haven't used it yet. We hope to see you there :)
Edit: I see that you're already on our discord! Welcome
Congratulations to all