Contest Description
What to Submit?
1 original poem responding to this quote :
"If you desire healing,
let yourself fall ill
let yourself fall ill."
- Jalaluddin Rumi
It's astonishing, isn't it? Let your poems astonish me equally! You can do it, I know you can.
Free Verse only, please, with a minimum of ten lines.
Entitle your poems "My Response to Rumi", date it, and put the quotation and Jalaluddin Rumi's name.
SUMMARY
Respond to the quote in Free Verse only, with a minimum of ten lines;
Entitle your poem "My Response to Rumi";
Put the date of your new poem;
Put the quote after the date, and Jalaluddin Rumi's name.
You may like to read my example, dated 26/11/2016.
Prizes
First - Fifth Prize, Glory
3 Honorable Mentions
Preparing Your Entry
Submit one copy of your poem online. Format your poem. Please make your entry easy to read — no illustrations or fancy fonts.
English Language
Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible, unless you wrote both the original poem and the translation.
A Note to Poetry Contestants
You are welcome to enter this contest, whether or not you won a prize in one of my previous contests.