What to Submit?
This is not a traditional haiku contest.
I have in mind my own design, named for the genus of the 13 and 17 year Periodic Cicada of Eastern North America, 13 or 17 syllables in three lines 5/3/5 or 5/7/5.
Unlike haiku, title is integral to the poem. Emotive verse crammed in to a strict form. Consider a controlled explosion; the piercing pitch of the cicada... after seventeen years in the dark, to at long last sing in the sun, for but only one, too brief a summer. Precious words chosen wisely. Affect me.
For examples see my "woe is the sea", "my religion is dying"
I wrote two in April with this form and contest in mind, "13" and "17".
I do not expect Magicicada to catch on , just having some fun, observing my own flagrant free verse tendencies whilst trying to write haiku true.
I get the impression many do not read all of the contest instructions, so, if you're still reading you get a prize! My oldest joke:
What did one eye say to the other eye?
"There's something in between us that smells."
Have Fun!
Prizes
Placements to be decided.
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.