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<p>Okay, so it is official now. My poem 'Kiss' won fourth prize, and my poem 'Soap' won a Judge's choice award in the Ontario Poetry Society Ultrashort poetry competition. Very happy with this. </p><p>Max 8 lines of max 8 words each.</p><p>A book of the winning poems will soon be available here.</p><p><a href="https://theontariopoetrysociety.ca/Ultra-Short-Poem-Competition-2025-Winners-List.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theontariopoetrysociety.ca/Ultra-Short-Poem-Competition-2025-Winners-List.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theontariopoetrysociety.ca/Ult</span><span class="invisible">ra-Short-Poem-Competition-2025-Winners-List.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/competition/" rel="tag">#competition</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#poems</a> <a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#Smallpoems</a></p>
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<p>Splinter Dread</p><p><a href="/tags/socialsplatter/" rel="tag">#SocialSplatter</a> <a href="/tags/sundries/" rel="tag">#Sundries</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#Poems</a> <a href="/tags/posts/" rel="tag">#posts</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/yesterdaysriff/" rel="tag">#YesterdaysRiff</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a> <a href="/tags/tanka/" rel="tag">#tanka</a></p><p><a href="https://ambientdread.net/2025/10/04/oct-3-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ambientdread.net/2025/10/04/oct-3-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ambientdread.net/2025/10/04/oc</span><span class="invisible">t-3-2025/</span></a></p>
<p>Turkey Dread</p><p><a href="/tags/socialsplatter/" rel="tag">#SocialSplatter</a> <a href="/tags/sundries/" rel="tag">#Sundries</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#Poems</a> <a href="/tags/posts/" rel="tag">#posts</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/yesterdaysriff/" rel="tag">#YesterdaysRiff</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a> </p><p><a href="https://ambientdread.net/2025/10/11/oct-10-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ambientdread.net/2025/10/11/oct-10-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ambientdread.net/2025/10/11/oc</span><span class="invisible">t-10-2025/</span></a></p>
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<p>Catkin Dread</p><p><a href="/tags/socialsplatter/" rel="tag">#SocialSplatter</a> <a href="/tags/sundries/" rel="tag">#Sundries</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#Poems</a> <a href="/tags/posts/" rel="tag">#posts</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/yesterdaysriff/" rel="tag">#YesterdaysRiff</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a></p><p><a href="https://ambientdread.net/2025/10/18/oct-17-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ambientdread.net/2025/10/18/oct-17-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ambientdread.net/2025/10/18/oc</span><span class="invisible">t-17-2025/</span></a></p>
<p>Butterfly Dread</p><p><a href="/tags/socialsplatter/" rel="tag">#SocialSplatter</a> <a href="/tags/sundries/" rel="tag">#Sundries</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#Poems</a> <a href="/tags/posts/" rel="tag">#posts</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/yesterdaysriff/" rel="tag">#YesterdaysRiff</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a><br><a href="/tags/tanka/" rel="tag">#tanka</a> <a href="/tags/monoku/" rel="tag">#monoku</a></p><p><a href="https://ambientdread.net/2025/10/25/oct-24-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ambientdread.net/2025/10/25/oct-24-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ambientdread.net/2025/10/25/oc</span><span class="invisible">t-24-2025/</span></a></p>
<p>Little Green Men Dread</p><p><a href="/tags/socialsplatter/" rel="tag">#SocialSplatter</a> <a href="/tags/sundries/" rel="tag">#Sundries</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#Poems</a> <a href="/tags/posts/" rel="tag">#posts</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/yesterdaysriff/" rel="tag">#YesterdaysRiff</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a><br> <a href="/tags/monoku/" rel="tag">#monoku</a> <a href="/tags/tanka/" rel="tag">#tanka</a> </p><p><a href="https://ambientdread.net/2025/11/01/oct-31-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ambientdread.net/2025/11/01/oct-31-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ambientdread.net/2025/11/01/oc</span><span class="invisible">t-31-2025/</span></a></p>
<p>Dread Wrapped</p><p><a href="/tags/socialsplatter/" rel="tag">#SocialSplatter</a> <a href="/tags/sundries/" rel="tag">#Sundries</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#Poems</a> <a href="/tags/posts/" rel="tag">#posts</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/yesterdaysriff/" rel="tag">#YesterdaysRiff</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a></p><p><a href="https://ambientdread.net/2025/11/08/nov-7-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ambientdread.net/2025/11/08/nov-7-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ambientdread.net/2025/11/08/no</span><span class="invisible">v-7-2025/</span></a></p>