Contest Description
What to Submit?
One original AND TASTEFUL poem on any theme, leading up to the Romani proverb of "A fly does not enter a closed mouth".
A further instruction THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED regarding the last two lines -
Your penultimate line will need a comma for leading on into your last line of:
For a fly does not enter a closed mouth.
OR
for a fly does not enter a closed mouth.
*** The word "for" or "For" HAS to be in the last line.***
(The capital or small "f" would depend either on style or development.)
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Make your poem either wise or funny, depending on what occurs to you for the main subject.
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Any form is acceptable.
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My examplar is "Gossip Here, Gossip There", dated 8/7/2019.
Prizes
First - Third Prize, Glory
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.