Contest Description
To enter this contest and win a copy of my NEW BOOK, “Emotional Entanglements,” you need to submit a new (Lipogram poem)... on any theme and any form! But you must be true to the form used, such as syllable counts and rhymes if called for!!!
A Lipogram:
A lipogram is a composition from which the writer systematically omits a certain letter or certain letters of the alphabet.
For this contest you may write “anything you want from 14 to 25 lines”... but it must be a Lipogram ( you may omit your choice of any of the following vowels... (a, e, i, o) and indecate which vowel you are omitting at the bottom of the page.
And example of this style of poetry can be found at:
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/ode_to_a_red_rose_1354600 NO “e”
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/love_evolved_from_trust_1275991 No “a”
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/but_for_love_1276866 No “ i”
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/natures_innate_beauty_1279845 No “o”
Please read the rules carefully!
In my last contest so many good poems unfortunately had to be disqualified!
All submitted poems must use :
https://www.rhymezone.com/
https://www.howmanysyllables.com
when checking for rhymes or syllable counts ...no other programs will be acceptable.
Rules:
1) DATE YOUR POEM! New Poems Only submitted on or after May 31, 2021.
2) Place the contest (Name and Sponsor) at the bottom.
3) DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THE POEM!
4) Only submit poems relative to this contest all other will not be read.
5) Be True To The Form
6) true rhymes only no near rhymes
Prizes:
First Prize....... A copy of my new book “Emotional Entanglements,”
Second Prize... Podium Position
Third Prize..... Podium Position
Forth to tenth prize... Glory.