What to Submit?
1 original, new TERCET poem on the theme of "Nature" or "Love"
Only Tercet form is acceptable.
* Length - 12 to 48 lines, 3 lines per stanza
* Rhyme scheme - aba cbc dbd ebe.... (All the middle lines should rhyme with each other)
* All lines must have the same number of syllables (minimum7 - maximum12). Use www.howmanysyllables.com to check.
* My example is given below:
NATURE REMINDS ME
Dark grey clouds on a sky blue frame,
The sun sets with a golden glow,
How the heavens are set aflame!
Neem trees quivering in the gust,
As light showers from the sky flow,
The earth turns the colour of rust!
A cuckoo sings, its voice so trill,
And one can hear its call follow
Down the valley or up the hill!
Clouds curl into different shapes,
Moving across ever so slow,
Watch them transform, look how they traipse!
The sun, the rain, the clouds, the breeze,
They look lovely and seem mellow,
How can one not see God in these?
© Joanna Daniel
Prizes
Multiple Prizes and Honorable Mentions
Preparing Your Entry
Submit one copy of your poem online. Format your poem. Please make your entry easy to read.
English Language
Poems should be in English.
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.