Contest Description
What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of .............In Remembrance of Connie -Autumn Theme
Must be written in Constanza form invented by Connie Marcum Wong
Make your title- Autumn - Constanza
Select Rhyme as your Form
A Constanza consists of five or more 3-line stanzas. Each line has a set meter of eight syllables. The first lines of all the stanzas can be read successively as an independent poem, with the rest of the poem weaved in to express a deeper meaning. The first lines convey a theme written in monorhyme, while the second and third lines of each stanza rhyme together. All the first lines are added as a monorhyme at the end.
Rhyme scheme: a/b/b, a/c/c, a/d/d, a/e/e, a/f/f, aaaaa. 5 TRIPLETS, (15 LINES), FOLOWED BY A 5 LINE MONORHYME. SEE EXAMPLE BELOW.
I chose Autumn as it was her favorite Season
Example Here:
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/enchanted_earth_-_constanza_1269504
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 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.