The Pirouette Poetry Contest

What to Submit?

Inspired by the above picture, write The Pirouette verse - whet or wry. Let your max 5 word title reflect this theme, i.e. a sharp or darkly sardonic piece, or humorous, etc. It doesn't have to include the word 'squirrel'. See my irony (wry) piece: What a pair?

Ignore the caption with the picture - and don't describe this photoshopped pic - go with the prompt: 'whet OR wry'. The concepts illustrated  in the following Kyōka:

Whet and Wry | Poem (poetrysoup.com)

Design format:

A 9-line stanza (verse) consisting of an unrhymed 6-syllable per line quatrain, followed by the Pirouette (tail) of five 3-syllable lines.

Rhyme scheme:

The FIRST SYLLABLE (stressed or not) of the 1st line in the quatrain, rhymes with the last word in L5, first word in L6, last word in L7, first word in L8, last word in L9.

The Pirouette is presented indented and no space between it and the quatrain.

Example poem

What a Pair? (poetrysoup.com)

Prizes

It might include multiple placements.

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.

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