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Write an Epulaeryu Food Poem

Contest Judged:  5/4/2025 11:12:00 AM
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin | Send Soup Mail
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 PlacePoemTitlePoet
Contest Winner Medal 1 Honey Beau Barberis
Contest Winner Medal 1 Lemon Cake Sara Kendrick
Contest Winner Medal 1 Popcorn: My go - to Snack Andrea Dietrich
Contest Winner Medal 1 Steak Connie Pachecho
Contest Winner Medal 1 Chicken Piccata Lin Lane
Contest Winner Medal 1 Fruit Pavlova Jan Allison
Contest Winner Medal 1 Lemon Meringue Pie Jim Healey
Contest Winner Medal 1 pork barbecue Len Gasun
Contest Winner Medal 1 Roast Beef Dinner Tom Cunningham
Contest Winner Medal 2 Rice Vanya Evangeline
Contest Winner Medal 2 Rice thriveni c mysore
Contest Winner Medal 2 Prime Rib Oliver Mckeithan
Contest Winner Medal 2 - Ice Coffee - Anne-Lise Andresen
Contest Winner Medal 2 Apple Cobbler David Crandall
Contest Winner Medal 2 Pie Linda Alice Fowler
Contest Winner Medal 2 DELECTABLE KLEFTIKO Jennifer Proxenos
Contest Winner Medal 2 Fettuccine Alfredo Edward Ibeh
Contest Winner Medal 2 BURGER DELIGHT Beata Agustin
Contest Winner Medal 3 FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST Bryn Strudwick
Contest Winner Medal 3 Memos Christuraj Alex
Contest Winner Medal 3 pie Constance La France
Contest Winner Medal 3 Fruit Howard Kerr
Contest Winner Medal 3 The Treat Sotto Poet
Contest Winner Medal 3 Chocolate Malabika Ray Choudhury
Contest Winner Medal 3 Pancakes Valsa George
Contest Winner Medal 3 Pineapples Paula Goldsmith
Contest Winner Medal 3 Calamares, Chocos Michael Coy
Contest Winner Medal 3 Coucou Trina Layne
4 SOYLENT GREEN Howard Osborne
4 Mango Juice Subimal Sinha-Roy
4 Last Meal Anton Bradinger


Contest Description

What to Submit?

1. One new epulaeryu food poem.

2. Title is the food subject your poem is about.

3. Please check your poems with how many syllables.com.

4. Poems are 7 lines with this syllable count; 7/5/7/5/5/3/1

my example: https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/cake_1725379

Please follw the directions on writing these type of poems: An Epulaeryu poem is a poem that is entirely about food. It has seven lines with a grand total of thirty-three syllables. The meter of the poem is set so that it is, 7/5/7/5/5/3/1. This means that the first line has seven syllables, the second has five. The third line also has seven syllables. The fourth and fifth lines each have five syllables. The sixth line has three syllables. The seventh and final line concludes with just one syllable. 

 

Prizes

There will be 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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