This is the second week of the poetry contest.

This is a contest sponsored by @voiceshares

Voice of Steemit is a project that has been started for those who are in need of help... a voice to speak out for those whose voices have been suppressed for far too long. It is a token backed community project to create a support system for those of our fellow Steemians in need of help.
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It is an initiative led by @rideofpassion and backed by @officialfuzzy.
The core team is comprised of @looftee, @rgba, @motionemotion, @l0k1, @mialinnea, @densgirl94, @shrey and @patelincho.

To know more read: Introduction Voice of Steemit Project – Roadmap and Initial Token Offering – Join the Revolution on Steemit!!

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The rules:

1. Create a new post and write an original poem about this week's theme which is "Let your voice be heard"
2. Upvote and resteem this post for more visibility
3. Post the link in the comments in this post also include your bitshares/openledger username in the comment.
4. Your post must include the tags #voiceshares and #poetrycontest .
5. Only ONE entry per user.
6. Entries can be submitted till this post is paid out.
7. If an entry doesn't follow all rules, it will be disqualified.
8. Plagiarism will be reported.
9. Winners will be determined by the judges which include me and some folks from the voiceshares team.

The pot

The first prize is 30 voiceshare and the prize for the runner up is 15 voiceshare provided by the generous voiceshares team.

I have chipped in an additional 3 SBD for the winner and 2 SBD for the runner up.

There might be some honourable mentions too.

The guidelines

1. Keep everything child friendly.
2. Using poetic devices like but not limited to alliteration, metaphors etc. is encouraged.
3. Poems with a definite rhyme scheme is encouraged.

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Previous week's winners:

It was a hard time for me to choose the winners since all the entries were good.

First prize of 30 voiceshare and 3 SBD goes to @xyzashu for his poem,

Why do we live?

Second prize of 15 voiceshare and 2 SBD goes to @bilbop for his poem,

Suicide is not an option

Honorable mentions, 5 voiceshare each:

These are the ones I liked which didn't make it to the winners list.

@andreanoronha for her poem,

Set me free

@dbzfan4awhile for his poem,

Purge

All the winners please reply with your bitshares/openledger username.

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If anyone would like to donate to increase the pot, feel free to do so.

That's about it. Have fun guys. Cheers.