Contest Description
"One by one, row after row,
Up and up the pine-trees go,
So, like black priests up, and so
Down the other side again
To another greater, wilder country."
The above is an extract from "The Flight of the Duchess" by Robert Browning.
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What to Submit?
One original poem in FREE VERSE on the theme of a wild country (in the strict sense of its vegetation and/or wild animals).
My example for you is called "Solitude in a Wild Country" and is dated 3/20/2020.
Prizes
First Prize, Glory
Second Prize, Glory
Third Prize, Glory
One Honorable Mention
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.