Contest Description
Please go to "Famous Poets" on "Poetrysoup". Click under "Yeats, William Butler" to find his poem "All Things Can Tempt Me" in the alphabetical list of poems.
Please write a poem about what things tempt you away from writing poetry. Use the rhyme AA BB CC DD EE (like Yeats) - 10 lines, 10-11 syllables per line, "Rhyme" only. Humour is welcome, but keep it clean! Religion - fine, if RELEVANT. Begin your poem "All things can tempt me", but DO NOT quote the entire Yeats line.
Usual date, contest, sponsor included. My poem "Excuses, Excuses" is my effort on the theme.
What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of .............
Any form is acceptable.
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.