Everyone is a Winner on Runaway Rhymes 8, And Introducing Runaway Rhymes 9 - SBD to winners

Without further ado, as there is a lot of exciting poetry stuff contained within this post...

The subject of this week's competition is:

Here are the winners of Runaway Rhymes 8: Have You Heard About the Word

Everyone who entered!

1st: @g-force1980 with Goals
2nd: @sumsum with I want to have the key
3rd: @truconspiracy with Key to the draft

Honorable Mentions:
@scoloscope with "Scoloscope is my nickname...

@greatness96 with Just a Game We Play

Winnings Paid From My Wallet

Exciting Poetry Annoucements

(1) New Daily Poetry Contest based on or inspired by each day of the Steem-Pocalypse:

Entry into today's contest can be by clicking on the image below:

(2) Here is your invite to a place for poets to mingle and talk poetry and help each other.

Clink on the Poetry Workshop picture below:

Click here to read more about what the Poetry Workshop has to offer

RUNAWAY RHYMES WEEK 9: Pause for the Cause

What to do: Write a poem about a cause that is important to you.

EXAMPLE: HERE'S ONE I DID EARLIER!....

I wrote this when I was 10. Its so sad that its still an issue.

Elephants in Danger

Lots of elephants are killed each year
And their extinction is critically near.
The elephants have to be saved.
Together we must stop the ivory trade

Another threat faces this noble beast
Losing the food on which they feast
This happens when man farms the land
Where elephants live, roam and command.

Will the poachers still kill these animals
Before their population even further falls?
If we don't act soon, with the help of drought
These mighty creatures will soon die out.

PRIZES

First prize 5 SBD
Second Prize: 3 SBD
Third Prize: 2 SBD
Honorable Mentions: 1 SBD

RULES

The rhyming poem has to be 8 lines or more.

It has to rhyme (or almost rhyme).

Please add your poem or post link to the poem into the comments of this post. (If its not in the comments, or linked to in the comments it won't be included in the competition).

3 entries per Runaway Rhymes Round (but you can only win once)

OPTIONAL, BUT HELPFUL

Please let as many poets (or anyone who might want a go who then discover they are poets but didn't know its) know about this competition as possible by re-steeming this post, and/ or including a link back to it in your Runaway Rhymes post.

DEADLINE:

Midnight Sunday 20th August
I will judge and do all the payouts on Monday 21st August (or will try as have a trip planned and not sure what internet access will be like on my ancient phone)

Let's make this the BIGGEST and BEST Runaway Rhymes round so far, so please do spread the word far and wide. After all we all have something that is important to us, or gets our backs up.

Good luck and I look forward to reading your poems in the comments (and maybe seeing you about in the Poetry Workshop

Why not enter your Runaway Rhymes poem entry into the Creative Competition as well, just click on the picture. Every entry gets a share....