Form Poem Contest

[Pendragon]

Wow! A great start for this round, Dark Muse!

[DanielBenoit]

aki kinu

Dry lotus flower
Peering in the day's aubade-
A fire at night.

Winds murmur
Clothesline trembling-
Festive moon.

(Leisurely
I look up to see
The cuckoo.)

Fireworks thunder
Celebrating summer's end
By the riverside.

[NikolaiI]

Seasoned old dragon
standing at the water's edge
feels a breath of air

carried his rider
over many a mountain
in untold ages

good days and bad days
he has seen his share of them
foolish ways, and love

journey is ended
and come to rest while standing
at the water's edge.

[hillwalker]

Winter Morning

dawn light frosted trees
withered fingers reaching out
grasping silhouettes

curved lines of charcoal
fading into whitewashed sky
moon blinks behind cloud

voices in the fog,
a curlew calling itself,
an echo answers

two graceless shadows
transform into stunned angels
escaping this poem

H

[NikolaiI]

September's too long!!

[Pendragon]

September's too long!!

I'm trying to encourage more people to post a poem into the contest

[TheFifthElement]

Four seasons by the pond in Astley Park

Snowdrops by the pond
shiver in morning’s embrace
a frosted carpet

Dragonflies hover
over waters thick with perch
pulsating sunlight

Violent with colour
fallen leaves layer the pond
night is approaching

Midnight at year’s end
a blanket of ice reflects
emptiness darkness.

[Pendragon]

The Results:

Contest closed, as we have had no new entries for a few days, and anyway the deadline was tomorrow:

One of the hardest contests I’ve ever had to pass judgment upon, but here goes:

Dark Muse: I loved the Native American imagery. A wonderfully flowing poem!

DanielBenoit: Loads of traditional haiku imagery, and a well crafted poem!

NikolaiI: Poetry about dragons I really love! Excellent.

Hillwalker: Loved the mix of colors, sounds, and shapes that combine to make this poem great!

TheFifthElement: Four seasons, four delightful images! Perfect!

I wish I could give this to more than one, but I must choose, and after carefully weighing all things, the choice is: Hillwalker

Congratulations, you may choose the next form!

[TheFifthElement]

Congratulations Hillwalker. They are lovely haiku, both individually and as a set. An excellent choice.

Thanks Pendragon

[hillwalker]

Thank you Fifth, everybody else who took part, and of course Pendragon. The same notable adversaries keep producing such good stuff I can sympathize with your difficulties in choosing one winner.

I hope the end of the vacation season might see more taking part in this month's comp.

I've gone for a tanka - the next stage from a haiku.....
one can stick to 5 -7 - 5 - 7 - 7 as a syllable count, but tankas are not so strict, as long as you have a short-long-short-long-long sequence.

The middle line is meant to be a pivot line - so the first 3 and the last 3 can be about 2 different things (with the middle line drawing a connection perhaps) but I'll leave your imaginations to come up with your own interpretations of the form.

Deadline - I suppose four weeks today gives enough time - one minute to midnight 28th September then.

Good luck, H

[AdoreroDio]

Forget this mem'ry
I am not worth your sweet sigh
But I'll remember
each smile, each glance...in my death
I will dream of your beauty

[hillwalker]

Straight out of the starting blocks.... brilliant start.

[DanielBenoit]

aki tatsu

Squirrels leap between trees
In September full moonlight,
Crossing from one end
To another, as I walk
Smelling Autumn's bonfires.

[Dark Muse]

Solider's Heart

Death was in your eyes
with fear buried deep inside
yet your heart still beats
while each stroke cries out in pain
you know I'll always be here.

[Pendragon]

The slaves revolted—
Desperate men sought freedom:
The Romans struck fast—
Crucifixion sentences pass—
Crosses line The Appian Way...