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THE NUMBERS GAME Poetry Contest

Kimo poetry form only.
Poetry Contest Deadline: Wednesday, September 30, 2026
35 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud | Send Soup Mail

Contest Description

 

good day, dear soupers...it's time to write about numbers using the form kimo: A post-Haiku poetic style ,

consisting of three lines of 10, 7, and 6 syllables, unrhymed... choose one of the prompts below --- make it flow, jump off the page with distinct imagery, poetic cadence, and overall appeal of content.

1.  A HUNDRED MILES

2. AN OUNCE OF TEARS

or

3. LOVE, THE SECOND TIME AROUND

 

an example, just a draft :

October's fleeting joy is a heart’s plea 

for time curt, this autumn vanished

like a thin note, unsung

 

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 to qualify: *add sponsor's name,contest title, and date of poem… ONLY NEW POEMS ARE ACCEPTED.

*use www.howmanysyllables.com as your  counter ( please review your syl count)…

*write ONLY ONE KIMO and avoid filler words

* use chosen prompt as your title

* avoid AI or plagiarized works

keep soaring!


 

 

 


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