What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of .............
I know you're dying to try a choka! Don’t be afraid. Basically you are alternating between 5 and 7 syllables. So you will have to check with howmanysyllables.com. You are telling a story.
My Rules:
Repeat 5/7/5 syllable count to the end
You will have A FINAL (extra) line that is 7 syllables
Please do not make it too long!
Your poem should be emotive
Have some questions in your poem
Align your poem on the left side
No bold or italics
Just concentrate on the syllable count and story
PS rules: Nothing else below your poem
Example:
Her gown is red-bold.
She holds the hide of stallion
with her diamond hips.
His passion rises
at the riding up of skirts.
Might he turn away?
Attention she wants,
but this young man’s been brought up
to turn from trouble.
She whisks up the dirt.
The she-devil’s persuasion
in tornadic flow.
Is her gown redder?
There’s ruby in irises.
Appeals to his greed?
No! His money’s green -
earned honestly as wages,
saved up in the bank.
A competition -
he’s a winner…won’t he chase?
She begs him to race.
“Giddy-yup,” he yells
and races away from her…
…toward the good book…
Straight up finds a virgin wife.
Prizes
Up to 10 placements, glory
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.