Contest Description
To enter this contest and win a signed copy of one of my books, you need to submit a poem... on any theme using the Trionet form... List it as a “triolet”.
Trionet
Created by L Milton Hankins, a two-stanza poem. The first stanza follows the rules for a standard triolet of eight (8) lines ABaAabAB (capital letters are repeated lines). The second stanza consists of six (6) lines, formed with five (5) lines repeated from the first stanza and adding an appropriate non-repeated rhyming last line with a rhyme scheme of AAABBb.
For this contest, you may write on any themn you wish.
An example of this style of poetry can be found at:
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/everlasting_love_1361317
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/misty_pink_shrouds_1361096
Please read the rules carefully!
Unfortunately, so many good poems get disqualified for not doing so!
All submitted poems must use the following:
https://www.poetrysoup.com/grammar/grammar-check.aspx
https://www.rhymezone.com/
https://www.howmanysyllables.com
when checking for grammar, rhymes, or syllable counts ...no other programs will be acceptable.
Rules:
1) "AI" poems are not acceptable
2) Do Not Place Your Name, Title, Quote, or “Anything Else On Your Poem Page!”
3) True rhymes only, no near rhymes
4) Be True To The Form you choose
5) Only submit poems relative to this contest; all others will not be read.
6) Must be a new poem as of Oct.1st, 2024
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Prizes:
First Place...........A copy of one of my books!
Second Place......A copy of one of my books!
Third Place.........A copy of one of my books!
Fourth to tenth place... Glory.