Contest Description
Please read the rules carefully to enter this contest and have any chance of placing in the top 10 positions! In my last contest, so many good poems had to be disqualified!
You'll need to submit a poem... on any theme of your choice, using the "Swap Quatrain" format.
Please write (from four to five stanzas) in the form of a "Swap Quatrain."
"Swap Quatrain"
Created by Lorraine M. Kanter. Within the Swap Quatrain, each stanza in the poem must be a quatrain (four lines) where the first line is reversed in the fourth line. In addition, line 2 must rhyme with line 1, line 3 must rhyme with line 4, and so on, but don't repeat the same rhyming pattern in subsequent stanzas. Rhyming pattern: AABB, CCDD, EEFF, and so on. All lines must have the same syllable count, (preferably 8), but I will accept other counts,
An example of this style of poetry can be found at:
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/a_pink_and_blue_sky_1484771
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/wondrous_wings_1478810
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/a_bullfrogs_croak_1258058
Rules:
1) Date Your Poem! New Poems Only submitted on or after Sept.1st, 2022.
2) Place the contest (Name and Sponsor) at the bottom.
3) Do Not Put Your Name on the poem!
4) True rhymes only, no near rhymes
5) Be True To The Form chosen
6) Only submit poems pertaining to this contest; all others will not be read.
7) All submitted poems must use :
https://www.rhymezone.com/ and
https://www.howmanysyllables.com
when checking for rhymes or syllable counts ...
No other programs will be deemed acceptable!
Prizes:
First Prize....... A signed copy of one of my books!
Second Prize… Podium Position
Third Prize....... Podium Position
Forth to the tenth prize... Glory.