Form Poem Contest

[Pendragon]

Structure

Slightly askew
Slightly off center
Staggered and misaligned
Somehow it still balances
Somehow it defies the odds
Sheltering our feelings
Sealing our heart...

Pendragon
10/24/2013

[YesNo]

People like the number seven,
Pretty odd though small enough,
Plentiful, like big eleven,
Pure of heart though often tough,
Popular in many ways,
Pleasant on most rainy days,
Plain and shy and rarely rough.

[cacian]

Ok time's up. only two entries. never mind
Pendragon i enjoyed structure so much truth in one tidy piece .

and the winner is
YesNo I enjoyed the simplicity of the piece. it reads happily to me

[YesNo]

Thanks, cacian!

The next form is a limerick.

Deadline: November 24th, three weeks.

[YesNo]

Just a bump. Looking for some limericks.

Let's see if I can write a deep one to get people started.

There once was a monster named Moe
Who wrote a sweet limerick, though
It didn't quite rhyme,
Didn't bounce well in time,
But who cares? He's a monster named Moe.

[cacian]

Just a bump. Looking for some limericks.

Let's see if I can write a deep one to get people started.

There once was a monster named Moe
Who wrote a sweet limerick, though
It didn't quite rhyme,
Didn't bounce well in time,
But who cares? He's a monster named Moe.

hi YesNo this is a cool limerick indeed.
i am not good at limericks and never have. i do not understand them however i will post one even though it may be not right.
is there a numbering of syllables in each line?

[cacian]

here is mine if it is incorrect please do let me know and i will write it again. thank you YesNo.

there was once a little lady
who liked to move ever so slightly
from right to left
she was so quietly
not once anyone noticed her partly.

[virtuoso]

Dark Muse, I really like your poem Obsession. It is a colorful montage of love is wrapped in a dark shroud. I love how you artfully describe the emotive strains of love turning into an uncontrollable passion.

[YesNo]

hi YesNo this is a cool limerick indeed.
i am not good at limericks and never have. i do not understand them however i will post one even though it may be not right.
is there a numbering of syllables in each line?

Thanks for the entry, cacian! Your entry is right enough for my standards.

As far as the form goes, it has five lines with one end rhyme on the 1st, 2nd and 5th lines and with a different end rhyme on the 3rd and 4th lines. I can't remember the name of the meter, but each "foot" has two unaccented syllables followed by an accented one. There are 3 feet in the 1st, 2nd and 5th lines and two feet in the 3rd and 4th lines.

[YesNo]

It is November 24th and the deadline has been reached.

The winner is cacian!

Congratulations!

[Melanie]

WTG, cacian! I'm so impressed that this was your first limerick, stepped out of your comfort zone, gave it all you had, and came out a winner!! Good poem!

[cacian]

YesNo thank you and Melanie thank you too trying is what it is all about I guess haha
I will think up a new form coming soon.

Ok : a haiku
topic: love.
good luck
and deadline is in a week and a half.
the 5/12/13.
good luck!!

[YesNo]

Wondering because
what was once comes round again:
sun-lit moon above.

[Dark Muse]

The Ocean Meets the Horizon

The ocean's soul rose
embraced by the horizon
two hearts become one.

[Pendragon]

The panic is rising
My heart flies and my pulse pounds
No sleep for tonight