Form Poem Contest

[Dark Muse]

Thank you very much!

[Pendragon]

Congrats, DarkMuse!

[Dark Muse]

Thank you!

[Dark Muse]

Ok your next form is Pleiades

It is a poem with a one word title and a single seven line stanza. The first word of each line starts with the same letter as the first word in the title.

For and example look here:

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/pleiades.html

[Pendragon]

Sorrow

Suffering long takes a long, long time
Solitude assures that I can clear my mind
Shifting memories that can haunt me at times
Seeking ever restful, calm unending rhyme
Softly now from somewhere deep inside
Somber questions from heart depths arise
Sound of silence echoes from dark skies...

Pendragon
(C) 7/23/2012

[cacian]

congratulations Dark Muse this looks quite interesting.
I will come back to this...

[Dark Muse]

congratulations Dark Muse this looks quite interesting.
I will come back to this...

Thank you!

[cacian]

eminent

elevate a thought to make a sought
extrapulate a sound to make a prow
evaluate a mind to strike a say
emancipate a play to write a tale
expell the lows to reach the highs
eliminate the brash to look the part
entranch the whys and does and be the best

[YesNo]

Bright

By the park, they watch through twilight.
Bettie and her Tom are walking.
Bright the moon, then bright the midnight,
Bright the dreams that frame delight,
Bright the eyes that focus their sight.
Bettie and her Tom are talking
By the park with hands held tight.

[moonbird]

Muse of artists' painted stroke
Music voice as soft as smoke
Melting into glittered stars
Making streaks like whitened scars
Mask to hide the darkened skies
Madness shrieks in night birds' cries
Moonlight shine your chilling glow.

[WhiteRabbit24]

I haven't written a poem in ages but here goes...

Water

Wake up next to a cool spring
whistling waves of breeze
Wash and wear the sea creatures'
wardrobe: a clear tease
Why, weep! Because, in truth, these
woven currents are filled with
waste and debris

[cacian]

Any judges around?

[Dark Muse]

Yes soon, I just recently got back from vaccation so I haven't got around to it yet, but I have been meaning to shortly.

[Dark Muse]

Pendragon: Beautiful and elegant, in spite of the darkness ( or perhaps because of it, for me) there was something I found almost serene within this poem. It had a lovely flow to it, and I really enjoyed your use of rhyme. Wonderfully written.

cacian: I am not sure I really understand this one, but it was quite interesting. I really enjoyed your use of language here, and the broad vocabulary, also I thought it did have a good rhythm to it.

YesNo: Another poem with a good use of rhyme. I really liked the repetition of "bright" I thought it worked quite well within this poem and it gave it an almost lullaby like feeling. I also really enjoyed the atmosphere which the poem set. It painted a vivid picture in my mind of a pair of lovers walking together in the park.

WhiteRabbit24: An interesting poem, I like the way in which there is both a touch of humor to it, as well as bleak reality. I enjoyed that sort of balance of the poem, as it starts out with a rather claming image, and then diverges into something more cynical.

And the winner is......

moonbird: I loved the imagery of your poem, and thought it had some beautiful lines and was quite haunting and enchanting. Loved the darkness of the mood and the touch of whimsy to it.

[moonbird]

Thanks Dark Muse! The next form is one I only recently discovered, the Fibonacci poem. You may be familiar with the mathetician's famous sequence, where the sum of the last two numbers equals the third. This poetic style uses the sequence for its syllable count, which is as follows: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, etc. You can make it as many lines as you like in this pattern. For more information see the link below. Deadline August 1. Good luck.

http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-...ew-poetic-form