Yep, the criteria given By Judy and others is pretty much what I used. (I'm down to 7 finalists, well I may go back one more time.) I lost a lyric called "Hard Times" that I had marked on page 5 .Don't know where it went.
It might be worth noting that "lyrics" can refer to the words of a song "or" the words of a poem, tho' the reference to a song is usually given first. With the contest kind of springing from the lyric board, I expect it was generally assumed that it referred to songs but with a whole bunch of people entering that were not from the board, I don't know if that was a problem or not. I hope not
Well Jean, the same thoughts entered my mind but I thought I'd try to stay out of trouble for once. <g>