Form Poem Contest

Today was the appointed deadline but being as there are only three entires, very good ones thought they are, I will extend the time to see if we can get a few more. So if you haven't had a chance to enter yet, you now have until July 1st to do so.

Thank you all who have entered. All three were great entries and made choosing quite difficult.

Pendragon: I love the atmosphere you created with your poem. This painted a lovely and vivid picture in the mind and felt very serene indeed. It invoked some great imagery.

Melanie: This was a beautiful poem about the changing of the seasons. I particularly enjoyed the line "While a peaceful snowflake allures" I also thought your refrain "patterns of healing" was quite a lovely sentiment.

But the winner is

YesNo:

I felt that your poem most seamlessly integrated the refrain, and really made it flow quite well. I also enjoyed the story you told with your poem. The connection between the loss of spring with the loss of a lover.

YesYesYes to YesNo! Nicely done.

Thank you, Dark Muse. And thank you for the compliment, Melanie. I enjoyed reading all the other entries.


The next form is blank verse.

This has 10 syllables per line with 5 of the syllables accented. The lines are not rhymed. Usually the pattern of the 10 syllables is iambic, that is, one syllable is unstressed and the next is stressed. Any number of lines is fine.


Deadline: Saturday evening, July 27th.

I'm sorry but I had to delete this because I'm entering it into a cash-prize contest that requires no previous publishing.
I'll try to come up with a replacement in time.

Eeek. Iambic Pentameter... Not my cup of tea. Sorry!

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Originally Posted by Pendragon

Eeek. Iambic Pentameter... Not my cup of tea. Sorry!

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Give it a go, Pendragon. It's easy if you just tell a story using 10 syllables per line and don't worry about the iambic pentameter until you're all finished. Then read it back, out loud, to the rhythm of a heartbeat: daDUH daDUH daDUH daDUH daDUH. Make sure you don't go DUHda DUHda DUHda DUHda DUHda because that won't work. It probably won't be out of rhythm, but if it is in a few spots, it's an easy fix. That worked for me.

No problem. Melanie. Good luck on the contest! I look at these Lit Net contests as an opportunity to practice with different subjects and styles.

That sounds like a good technique for iambic pentameter that doesn't have end-rhymes. The meter differentiates it from prose.

Thank you. I like these Lit Net contests because they get me going. They provide the inspirational subject or picture or form, etc, and then I can take off with it. Otherwise, I'm too overwhelmed with all the things I could write about and then never pick just one because I can't decide. It's quite a challenge here sometimes...like when the subject is "broom" :D

This is supposed to be due today, but there aren't any entries. So I'll extend it two more weeks to August 10.

I'll give this a shot.

I started one - it was really bad.

eg

I wish I was the one who caused those tears,
Within my power would then their staunching be,

Sooooooooooo...

Do we need a restart, here? YesNo you may choose another form, or I can start us over again. Let me know.

Pen:confused5::confused5::confused5:

I guess the time is up again. You are welcome to provide a new form, Pendragon.

Thank you, Yesno

This form is song poetry, with rhyme in the middle of every odd line, with end rhyme on the even lines. The example is from Rudyard Kipling:

Nightsong in the Jungle

Now Chil the Kite brings home the night
That Mang the Bat sets free--
The herds are shut in byre and hut,
For loosed till dawn are we.
This is the hour of pride and power,
Talon and tusk and claw.
Oh, hear the call!--Good hunting all
That keep the Jungle Law!

End of August deadline. Good hunting all!