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The Bleaker the Better

Contest Judged:  6/25/2017 8:59:00 AM
Sponsored by: Julia Ward | Send Soup Mail
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Contest Description

I am looking for bleak poems this time.  Please make your poem fictional, but realistic.

IMPORTANT - Your Free Verse poem should end with this line in italics (after a line break) :

                                                but I have too much to declare.

What to Submit?

1 original poem on the theme of the title of this contest.

My rushed example, if you would like to read it, is dated 6/1/2017 and is called "I'm not Declaring", but your version would ideally be bleaker than that.

Prizes

First - Fifth 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.


Book: Shattered Sighs