Calling All Poets!

Calling all poets!
New contest online begins.
Grab your quill and ink,
   write a masterpiece .
The theme for a challenge is,
   “Diamond in the Rough.”

Calling all poets!
Step out of your comfort zone,
   and into a new
   realm of poetry.
Compose a form you’ve never
   done up till this point.

Calling all poets!
Any form will do just as
   long as it is true.
Be creative and
   original from your mind.
May surprise your self.

Calling all poets!
Step up to the plate to bat.
Knock a homerun in
   the stadium stands.
The Haiku prince calls for you,
   for the good of all.

Nathan Bane Leccese
© All Rights Reserved 05/22/2009
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009


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Date: 5/26/2009 3:57:00 PM
Thank you for the opportunity to be in your contest. I stayed in Rhyme - its content in me, but as i grow on this site, braver i'll be, James
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Date: 5/23/2009 10:52:00 AM
Nice invitaion, I like the way your structures a welcoming invite...Raul
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Date: 5/23/2009 4:43:00 AM
Awesome work my man...
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Date: 5/22/2009 9:47:00 PM
Yay!
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Date: 5/22/2009 9:12:00 PM
Now remember you don't have to write something different if you don't want to. The challenge doesn't state that. I'm just putting out a personal challenge to try something new. But you don't have to if you don't want to.
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Date: 5/22/2009 9:03:00 PM
Love this poem even if I can't come up with a creative entry. As with Carolyn, I'll have to give it some thought. Maybe some inspiration will find me. Thank you for sharing this challenge with us. Karen
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Date: 5/22/2009 8:06:00 PM
Sounds exciting, Nate! I usually shy away from the contests, but I do like pursuing new poetic forms. I'll have to give some thought to developing a new style. You've inspired me and I'm sure many will heed the call of the "Haiku prince." Like the verse you wrote to extended the invitation to fellow poets! Love, Carolyn
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