Contest Description
What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of .....an innocent childhood memory........
Total12 lines (4 stanzas of 3 lines each)
Rhyme scheme: Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD.
4th stanza consists of repeat of 1st line of stanza1, 2nd line of stanza 2, and 3rd line of stanza 3.
Syllable count :
Stanza 1: 6,12,3,
Stanza 2: 4,8,2,
Stanza 3: 2,4,1,
Stanza 4: 6,8,1.
Submitted poem should stick to a chosen theme.
Pl. title your poem same as my poem, i.e., ' an innocent childhood memory'
Example: see my poem 'an innocent childhood memory'
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.