Get Your Premium Membership

Back

This poetry contest is closed. Enter a new contest here: Poetry Contests

Blitz of Words

Contest Judged:  2/17/2024 10:49:00 AM
Sponsored by: Silent One | Send Soup Mail
See Contest Description
 PlacePoemTitlePoet
Contest Winner Medal 1 Spice of Life Andrea Dietrich
Contest Winner Medal 1 Changes are Encouraging Lin Lane
Contest Winner Medal 1 Entertaining of Peace Eve Roper
Contest Winner Medal 1 Mystery of Chaos Zainab Wasel Ali
Contest Winner Medal 1 Days without Words Ink Empress
Contest Winner Medal 2 Tattered But Warm Sara Kendrick
Contest Winner Medal 2 Rising of Dove Hiya Sharma
Contest Winner Medal 2 Memory At Sunset Subimal Sinha-Roy
Contest Winner Medal 2 Wild And Free Howard Kerr
Contest Winner Medal 2 Joy of Years Janis Thompson
Contest Winner Medal 2 Kernels of Success Sotto Poet
Contest Winner Medal 2 Time and Stardust Ariana Pataki
Contest Winner Medal 3 Feelings and Words Constance La France
Contest Winner Medal 3 Descent To Read Anisha Dutta
Contest Winner Medal 3 Tiger Notwithstanding Closing Di11y Da11y
Contest Winner Medal 3 Prowling For Prey Edward Ibeh
Contest Winner Medal 3 Sunday by Necessity Speaks Volumes
Honorable Mention Care to Live Courtney Hubbert
Honorable Mention War on happiness Paghunda Zahid
Honorable Mention Love's Garden Regina Mcintosh
Honorable Mention Power of Music Marilene Evans
Honorable Mention Best De Tour De Force I Am Anaya
Honorable Mention Lovely Be'eth Nature Charles Messina
Honorable Mention Rain is Joy Mark Anthony Bartolo
Honorable Mention Word is Eternal Hilo Poet
Honorable Mention Highway to heaven Abdul Malik
Honorable Mention Christ is Jesus Beata Agustin


Contest Description

This is a BLITZ form contest.  Please read all the instructions.

Poem can be on any theme.

Instructions how to do a Blitz are below, but here are some important points: Its a lot easier than it sounds.

Any theme

- It is a 50 line poem of SHORT VERSES

- The important part is to write verses that can be read quickly and flow

- Its all about how is sounds and being able to read quickly - so silly metaphors is not a good idea

- Simple words are best

- Your TITLE is always three words!  First words from Line THREE and FORTYSEVEN. With a preposition or conjunction inbetween.

Please follow all of Poetry Soup contest rules

Below are some examples that I have written.

Colours of poetry

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/colours_of_poetry_1614739
 
Feel of character
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/feel_of_character_1612457
 
Vibrations of heart
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/vibrations_of_the_heart_-_blitz_with_ink_empress_1603781
 
What is thought
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/what_is_thought_-_blitz_1603552

Message me if you need any further help.

A form of poetry created by poet Robert Keim in 2008. It is a 50-line poem of
short phrases and images. The "Blitz" poem is well-named, as the fifty short
lines are read in rapid-fire fashion. “The form really relies on sound and
rapid "flow." ~Rob Keim.


Here are the rules:
Line 1 should be one short phrase or image (like “build a boat”)
Line 2 should be another short phrase or image using the same first word as the
first word in Line 1 (something like “build a house”)
Lines 3 and 4 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 2
as their first words (so Line 3 might be “house for sale” and Line 4 might be
“house for rent”)
Lines 5 and 6 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 4
as their first words, and so on until you’ve made it through 48 lines
Line 49 should be the last word of Line 48
Line 50 should be the last word of Line 47
The title of the poem should be three words long and follow this format: (first
word of Line 3) (preposition or conjunction) (first word of line 47)
There should be no punctuation, except for an ellipses after the final two words
in lines 49 & 50

 

Have fun


Book: Reflection on the Important Things