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New Contest: Winter Dodoitsu

Blog Posted:11/5/2015 12:11:00 PM

Hi fellow Soupers!

I've decided to embrace winter (which is looming on the horizon here in Canada) by hosting a winter-themed contest, which will hopefully inspire many of you to write an original dodoitsu (a form I haven't seen around here in ages). I've pasted the details below - please check it out and let me know if you have any questions!

What to Submit?

1 original DODOITSU on the theme of WINTER.

New poems only. Please add the date at the bottom of your poem. NO names.

Since this form of poetry is short and restrictive, try to impress me by packing in as much imagery as possible. Bonus points for using literary devices such as alliteration, personification, simile, and metaphor.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with this form, here is an example (one that I wrote awhile ago):

Silver dunes mimic the moon,
Curving in peaceful crescents
Toward the sea's endless depths
To embrace darkness.

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John
Lawless

Date: 11/6/2015 7:21:00 AM

HEY....Heather, can we get some ......DO DO IT shirts made up....

Heather Ober
Date: 11/6/2015 8:01:00 AM

Ha! Yes, I think that sounds like a good plan!

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 11/5/2015 3:56:00 PM

I have enjoyed this form in the past and am glad to see you doing a contest that is not too difficult. My muse is very unproductive this week and so I find THIS challenge one that might perk it up!! reading your example, it must be 7775. I could not remember. I just know there are lots of my fave numbers 5 and 7 in this form!!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 11/5/2015 6:32:00 PM

making it non metrical not so easy peasy for me. haha.

Heather Ober
Date: 11/5/2015 4:10:00 PM

Yes, Ma'am! 7-7-7-5, unrhymed and non-metrical :) Easy peasy!

My Past Blog Posts


Update on Duet Contest Date Posted: 12/29/2015 9:41:00 AM
New Contest - Write Me a Duet Date Posted: 11/23/2015 9:24:00 PM
Winter Dodoitsu Contest Finalized! Date Posted: 11/13/2015 10:12:00 AM
The Writer's Retreat Date Posted: 11/9/2015 3:14:00 PM
Update on Winter Dodoitsu Contest Date Posted: 11/9/2015 8:20:00 AM
New Contest: Winter Dodoitsu Date Posted: 11/5/2015 12:11:00 PM
Favourite Forms Contest Judged! Date Posted: 10/9/2015 9:38:00 AM
New Contest: My Favourite Forms Date Posted: 9/12/2015 9:53:00 PM
Make Me Laugh! Date Posted: 6/25/2013 10:08:00 AM
Moment of Truth Contest - Winners posted! Date Posted: 6/25/2013 8:07:00 AM
Moment of Truth Contest - REMINDER Date Posted: 6/10/2013 11:41:00 AM
New Contest: Moment of Truth Date Posted: 6/3/2013 7:04:00 PM
Love Letter Contest (finally) Finalized! Date Posted: 5/24/2013 9:08:00 AM
Update Date Posted: 5/21/2013 5:59:00 PM
REMINDER - Love Letter Contest Date Posted: 5/3/2013 4:37:00 AM
New Contest: Love Letter Date Posted: 4/29/2013 9:49:00 AM
Ocean-ku Contest Finalized Date Posted: 4/23/2013 8:53:00 AM
New Contest: Ocean-ku! Date Posted: 4/11/2013 1:02:00 PM
Famous Couples Contest Judged! Date Posted: 4/10/2013 8:59:00 AM
New Contest: Famous Couples/Duos Date Posted: 3/13/2013 1:48:00 PM
Beatlemania Contest Judged Date Posted: 3/13/2013 12:05:00 PM
Collaboration - Anyone interested? Date Posted: 3/4/2013 4:33:00 PM
New Contest: Beatles! Date Posted: 2/10/2013 6:32:00 PM
Famous Art Contest Judged Date Posted: 2/8/2013 12:36:00 PM
My First Contest :) Date Posted: 1/21/2013 5:48:00 PM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
5/25/2022	Sticky Hands	Prose	child,love,
2/28/2022	Innocence	Free verse	innocence,
1/28/2021	Winter's Dusk	Free verse	nature,
1/17/2019	Wistful	Sapphic stanza	beauty,nature,winter,
1/14/2019	Sleeping Volcano	Free verse	nature,
12/31/2018	Cardinal	Sonnet	farewell,grief,
12/20/2018	Puzzle Piece	Prose	family,love,son,
2/7/2017	Black Wick	Free verse	grief,
11/16/2015	Mother	Haibun	family,love,mother,
11/9/2015	Fleeting Moments	Verse	memory,
11/5/2015	Christmas Eve Retourne	Quatrain	holiday,
11/4/2015	Sand Dollar Dreams	Haibun	memory,nature,
10/29/2015	Constellations	Couplet	night,stars,
9/16/2015	This Hell	Blank verse	loneliness,loss,sick,
9/15/2015	Hirtle's Beach	Terzanelle	nature,nostalgia,
9/14/2015	Love Letter	Sonnet	love,
9/14/2015	Eternal Spring Collaboration	Sonnet	life,
9/11/2015	Poetic Justice	Free verse	first love,
9/9/2015	Unchained	Free verse	life,loss,solitude,sorrow
9/8/2015	Abbotsford Road	Rhyme	nostalgia,
9/7/2015	September	Quatrain	love,nature,
9/5/2015	Haiku 14	Haiku	nature,
9/4/2015	Denial	Rhyme	introspection,
6/17/2015	Linger	Free verse	grief,memory,
10/23/2014	Haiku 13	Haiku	home,
10/16/2014	Immortality	Free verse	family,
10/10/2014	Echoes of You	Sonnet	grief,hope,
9/17/2013	Waterloo Bridge	Ekphrasis	art,beauty,
8/26/2013	Doorways To Yesterday	Free verse	memory,
7/29/2013	Into the Gloaming	Sonnet	peace,
7/23/2013	Haiku 12	Haiku	art,nature,
7/21/2013	Evergreen	Free verse	friendship,
7/18/2013	Ardour's Cloth	Sonnet	memory,
7/5/2013	Stardust	Verse	stars,
6/29/2013	A Box of Truth	Terzanelle	allegory,
6/27/2013	Sending Waves	Tanka	confusion,
6/24/2013	Night Driving	Free verse	city,
6/21/2013	Clocks	Free verse	time,
6/19/2013	Lunenburg	Monorhyme	nostalgia,
6/17/2013	At the Pawn Shop	Rhyme	memory,
6/17/2013	Love Note	Tanka	longing,
6/14/2013	A Formal Evening	Light Verse	fun,
6/12/2013	Facebook	Haibun	life,
6/11/2013	Haiku 11	Haiku	grief,
6/9/2013	A Summer Couplet	Couplet	summer,
6/7/2013	Arthurian Footles	Footle	fantasy,
6/7/2013	To the West	Couplet	angst,
6/5/2013	What Is An Artist	Clerihew	art,
6/5/2013	Manmade	Verse	nature,
5/31/2013	Letter To An Old Friend	Free verse	memory,
5/30/2013	In the Wizard's Garden	Quatrain	art,fantasy,
5/28/2013	Raindrop Butterflies	Haibun	new year,
5/27/2013	Verses For Vivian	Lyric	depression,
5/14/2013	Happiness	Free verse	happiness,
4/30/2013	The Night Market	Free verse	culture,
4/26/2013	The Philosopher	Rhyme	metaphor,
4/24/2013	Haiku 10	Haiku	weather,
4/23/2013	I Just Found Out	Free verse	evil,
4/19/2013	25	Free verse	self,
4/15/2013	Little Langdale	Rhyme	adventure,mountains,
4/14/2013	Haiku 9	Haiku	peace,
4/10/2013	Then and Now	Free verse	write,love,
4/9/2013	Yellow Roses	Tanka	beauty,
4/8/2013	Five Stars	Quatrain	dedication,poems,
4/7/2013	Quite a Worry	Limerick	humorous,
4/5/2013	Sunflower Summers	Alliteration	summer,
4/4/2013	Haiku 8	Haiku	nature,
4/3/2013	Faye Dunaway	Sonnet	freedom,
4/2/2013	Fireflies	Haibun	love,nature,me,light,ligh
3/27/2013	Haiku 7	Haiku	nature,
3/25/2013	Footprints	Ninette	nature,
3/25/2013	Selene	Villanelle	moon,night,moon,night,sky
3/20/2013	Haiku 6	Haiku	nature,
3/19/2013	Three Fates	Villanelle	imagination,words,,fate,
3/14/2013	The Green Bench	Rhyme	summer,green,
3/14/2013	Early Spring	Couplet	spring,spring,easter,snow
3/13/2013	Maps	Free verse	family,miss you,
3/8/2013	Haiku 5	Haiku	summer,
3/7/2013	Eclipsed	Free verse	art,life,
3/4/2013	Haiku 4	Haiku	rain,
3/4/2013	Q Is For Quinoa	Couplet	food,health,
2/28/2013	Haiku 3	Haiku	happiness,
2/28/2013	Sweet Solitude	Quatrain	art,
2/27/2013	Nightmares	Free verse	introspection,
2/25/2013	The Dress	Rhyme	goodbye,
2/21/2013	Nana's Garden	Haibun	childhood,family,house,ga
2/20/2013	Battling Addiction	Shape	courage,me,me,
2/19/2013	The Potter's Wheel	Tritina	art,life,
2/12/2013	Or So I'Ve Been Told	Free verse	family,me,
2/6/2013	Haiku 2	Haiku	nature,
1/30/2013	Betrayal	Free verse	lost,
1/28/2013	Winter's Skin	Kimo	seasons,
1/27/2013	Careful Cursive	Free verse	fear,hope,write,write,
1/24/2013	More Wine Please	Footle	food,people,
1/24/2013	Unbuttoned	Free verse	life,
1/22/2013	In Your Attic	Light Verse	song-house,wife,crazy,hou
1/17/2013	Backward	Acrostic	life,
1/15/2013	Snowy Love	Haibun	love,seasons,
1/14/2013	Give Me Spring	Quatrain	seasons,me,me,
1/10/2013	I Burn	Rhyme	love,sorrow,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Cinder Girl	Rhyme
Early Mourning	Free verse	death,friendship,funeral,
Time Before Winter	Narrative	introspectionautumn,time,
Night Owls	Haiku	animals,nature,religion,
Beauty In My Palm	Free verse	devotion,fantasy,friendsh
Campfire	Free verse	analogy,animal,earth,fire
Autumn's Season	Personification	nature,
Velcro Heart	Rhyme	heart,love,me,
Cornflakes, Crosswords and Coffee	Free verse	childhood,family,morning,
Poucha Dass Meditation	Free verse	introspection,life,music,
The Story of Joshua Bell	Free verse	art,introspection,life,mu
Pursuing the Comet	Sonnet	fantasy,
An Acrostic Reflection	Acrostic	introspection,life,
The Face of the Earth	Rhyme	cute,death,earth,me,
Hands That Dipped Me	Free verse	fathers day,inspiration,m
In the Corners	Senryu	imagination,peace,
Without Hope's Gleam	Terzanelle	flower,hope,joy,paradise,
Nightmare of a Beautiful Dream	Couplet	fear,life,loss,mother,mot
The Flame	Rhyme	life,light,
I Remove All My Clothing Yet I Am Not Naked	I do not know?	introspection,passion,lon
A Tale of Fire and Ice	Rhyme	dream,fire,love,lust,
Closer Than a Kiss	Quintain (English)	lost love
Autumn Gold	Rhyme	autumn,beauty,
Dynamic Autumn	Acrostic	autumn,halloween,nature,s
Old Excuses	Free verse	childhood,rain,
Office Concerto	Quintain (English)	life,music,work,
Night Has Come	Terzanelle	grief,lonely,loss,war,lif
Why Do You Write	Rhyme	on writing and words,writ
An Empty Mind	Free verse	introspection,life,
Winter Blues	Free verse	loss,
Silently She Weeps	Rhyme	daughter,family,grandmoth
Summer's Interlude	Free verse
Be a Flame	Than-Bauk	allegory,inspirational,
Sunday Morning, 1891 - Edmund Blair Leighton	Ekphrasis	art,autumn,autumn,morning
Lost	Free verse	dedication,devotion,me,
Eating Grits	Kyrielle	inspirational,introspecti
Kiss the Rain	Sonnet	lost love,
Oh Uhura - To Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah	Lyric	adventure,funny,humorous,
Adrift	Free verse	passion,sea,
Dying Young	Couplet	death,
The Artist	Free verse	art,love,memory,
Submerged Cathedral	Free verse	art,confusion,introspecti
Moth	Haiku	dream,
A Dryad's Tale	Rhyme	day,fantasy,me,tree,
I Am Able	I do not know?	faith,brother,brother,me,
In Strangler's Wood - Tanka Version	Tanka	autumn,mystery,rain,
His Life, His Love	Sonnet	life,love,
Pulse	Personification	caregiving,childhood,daug
Inscriptions	Free verse	metaphor,
Layers of the Onion	Free verse	introspection,life,on wri
Click, Click, Huh	Verse	loss,
Something About Water	Free verse	nature,
Admissions of a Sloth	Quatrain	funny,workme,
The Fool	Free verse	life,music,
History Lesson	Quatrain	death,grief,history,loss,
Where Fools Rush In	Free verse	introspection,war,world,
On Watching Innocence	Sonnet	dedication,
Natures Forest	Sestina	flower,nature,blue,
Haiku 32	Haiku	nature,
Tissue Box	Free verse	child,cry,daughter,grief,
The Pearl	Free verse	beauty,blue,love,moon,nig
We Can Dream On	Lyric	political,dream,dream,
The Shifting Stars	Couplet	dream,night,sea,stars,tim
Peace From Dead Skinned Fingers	Free verse	introspection,peace,praye
Across the Universe	Quatrain	music,change,universe,
4th Grade Music Room	Free verse	4th grade,nostalgia,old,s
The Stone	Ballad	body,death,fantasy,kiss,l
A Summer Remembered --- Trois Par Huit	Rhyme	happiness,
Star Sugar	Triolet	nature,
Diner Girl	Quatrain	dream,
Tone Down the Intensity	Free verse	metaphor,passion,
Moon	Triolet	moon,
The Cowboy Life I Love	Free verse	animal,cowboy-western,hor
As Love Grows Older	Free verse	for him,love,
Two-Faced Tempest	Sonnet	nature,
Tangled Vines	Free verse	childhood,life,
Pieces of Me	Free verse	nostalgia,old,autumn,old,
Mirror Mirror	Free verse	fantasy,fear,
In the Bed They Make	Free verse	life,psychological,slam,
And Luke Williams Has Gone Celibate	Free verse	love,
Your Ocean	Free verse	introspection,
Beautiful Muse	Free verse	art,beautiful,beauty,
Thank You, Photoshop	Free verse	introspection,life,social
Memento Mori	Sonnet	life,day,
How Many Heroes Now Have Gone Unsung	Terzanelle	death,
Malimar	Monorhyme	fantasy,
Light Pockets	Verse	art,confusion,devotion,im
Along Cherry Blossom Lane	Haiku	nature,
Fickle Fickle- For Every Woman In a Pickle	Rhyme	men,
Table For One	Ekphrasis	artautumn,lonely,morning,
Unfinished	Free verse	journey,life,
Together, At Last	Rhyme	absence,day,flower,happin
A Long Journey Made Short	Personification	age,birth,journey,love,lu
Tick Tock Tick Tock	Free verse	life,time,
The Tiger In His Glory	Quintilla	animal,cat,death,power,
The Angel Inside	Rhyme	allegory,angel,art,beauti
Her Brittle Hands	Free verse	character,corruption,lost
Nearby Dale's Grave	Etheree	family,loss,
The Young Gardener	Verse	beauty,bird,daughter,gard
Fighting Sleep	Quatern	sleep,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Debbie Guzzi	United States	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Nette Onclaud	Philippines	Read
Brittany Reynolds	United States	Read
Krystal Cochrane	Canada	Read
Carrie Richards	United States	Read
Isaiah Zerbst	United States	Read
David Williams	United Kingdom	Read
Richard Lamoureux	Canada	Read
Even Flow	United Kingdom	Read
Tim Ryerson	United States	Read
Kim Merryman	United States	Read
Eileen Manassian	_Not Listed	Read
Painted Hunter	United States	Read
Terry O'Leary	France	Read
Jeremy Martin	United States	Read
Charlotte Puddifoot	United Kingdom	Read
Poet Tacito	United States	Read
Jack Jordan	United States	Read
Laura Breidenthal	United States	Read
George Leblanc	United States	Read
Charmaine Chircop	Malta	Read
Connie Marcum Wong	United States	Read