Bottom Line Poetry Contest

Posted by Kate Murphy on March 11th, 2009

Inspired? Got some special words about colonoscopies?

Digestive Care gastroenterologists in Florida want to hear your poems . . . and will award $500 for the best new poem featuring colonoscopies during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Or the winning poet can have a free colonoscopy.

So sharpen those pencils, fire up your computers, apply the seat of your pants to the seat of the chair . . . and write!

Send your poems to info@digestivecareonline.com with COLON POEM in the subject line. You must also include:

Your name
Address
Phone number
Email address
Age — you must be at least 18 to enter
Title of the poem

ENTRY DEADLINE: All original poems must be received no later than midnight, March 31, 2009. The winners will be announced in April and the winning poem published online.

I’m a poet

My colon shows it.

It’s a Long Fellow.

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4 Responses to “Bottom Line Poetry Contest”

April 08, 2009 at 1:13 am, Sherry Tellitocci said:

Have the winners been published yet?
April 24, 2009 at 11:43 am, Amy said:

The poems used to be on the website but now i can’t find them….
April 24, 2009 at 1:52 pm, Kate Murphy said:

All the poems that have been entered are on the Digestive Care Website. Click on the flashing yellow POEMS to read them.

Or go directly to a PDF file with all of them.
May 11, 2009 at 10:59 am, Sherry Tellitocci said:

Has the winner of the Bottom Line poetry contest been named yet??

S. Tellitocci

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