Read all the way to the end!!! If you want to place, read everything and enter the form(style) of poetry that I want to read..Check closely to see if I add an update or do a blog about this contest so that you can have a chance of placing..I am giving plenty of time for the contest so take your time.Please give it some thought ~~then write..
I watched a movie called "Notting Hill" this week and this line caught my
imagination..This is not a direct quote but something like this "I've tasted
love heroin and will never have that high again"..That is # 1..
Then he related,"It was something like opening Pandora's Box.".Then his
roomate uttered, "I knew a girl in school whose name was Pandora but I
never opened her box." That is #2
This is # 3...
Quotes from Virginia Woolf's novel "The Waves"
"I see a ring," said Bernard, "hanging above me. It quivers and hangs in a loop of light."
"I hear a sound, " said Rhoda, "cheer, chirp; cheer, chirp; going up and down."
They are describing a sunrise..She is using poetic techniques in her writing..
Write a poem using poetic techniques about a sunrise..
Choose ONE of the three ideas above.
Write a poem.
Use ONE of these forms(styles) of poetry to write it..
Quatrain--8 syllables per line with this rhyme scheme a,b,a,b
four to seven stanzas
OR
Sonnet--10 syllables per line with this rhyme scheme
a,b,a,b (First Stanza)
c,d,c,d(Second Stanza)
e,f,e, f(Third Stanza)
g,g(Final stanza a rhyming couplet that summaries the poem)
Sonnet
Please remember the rules of poetry soup when writing..
Do not disobey the rules..
If you write about sex please let it be like the Pandora's Box line in that adults know what you are talking about but it could not be understood by youth under 18 years of age but then again they probably are more
precocious then me..LOL
Please use a very creative and unique title for your poem..
Thanks for the lovely poems that I am going to receive..
Sara
Prizes
First Prize, Glory
Second Prize, Glory
Third Prize, Glory
Twelve 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.