This contest is for Double Poems. The first one of these I saw was 'Up There' by Chilliwoman. The only rule is that every other line is a single word which makes a sentence (the 'inner poem') by itself. It doesn't matter whether it is the even or odd lines that make up the inner poem. The other lines can be any length and can rhyme or not as you please.
As a (bad) specimen of what we are looking for, consider the following:
You want to
WRITE
a double poem
A
way to interlace
DOUBLE
meanings into one
POEM,
carefully weaving,
INTERLEAVING
two separate
MEANINGS.
The whole thing is the outer poem. The inner poem is in caps:
WRITE A DOUBLE POEM, INTERLEAVING MEANINGS
(Please don't use caps for the competition)
In judging we will value poems with a good linkage between the outer and the inner poems and we will be looking for humour, sentiment (rather than sentimentality) and plain good poetry. If you look at our own work, you'll see what we think of as good. If you have a poem like this as a pre-write you can, of course, enter it.
Good luck!
vic
As a (bad) specimen of what we are looking for, consider the following:
You want to
WRITE
a double poem
A
way to interlace
DOUBLE
meanings into one
POEM,
carefully weaving,
INTERLEAVING
two separate
MEANINGS.
The whole thing is the outer poem. The inner poem is in caps:
WRITE A DOUBLE POEM, INTERLEAVING MEANINGS
(Please don't use caps for the competition)
In judging we will value poems with a good linkage between the outer and the inner poems and we will be looking for humour, sentiment (rather than sentimentality) and plain good poetry. If you look at our own work, you'll see what we think of as good. If you have a poem like this as a pre-write you can, of course, enter it.
Good luck!
vic
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 15, 2005
- Rewards: Gold: 300
- Final notes: We had great difficulty judging this one because we had so many excellent entries. We really liked some of those we couldn't give awards to. We would like to mention Wildflowers etc., Stars, a Bunch of Lunch etc and, specially, A Beautiful night. Do take a look at them. In general, the standard was wonderfully high. And, as a positive response to I-Like-Rhymes, the winners were all strictly within the rules.
All the best ad thanks
vic & debs
Entries [9]
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The stars fully light this
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“Evolving Day’s”• Commented on by judge.
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This Fringe of life left for me
Is Nothing but misanthropy.by Vexxxy 11 lines, 14 comments, on Nov 10 10:37 AM 2005. In Dark, Contemporary
Bronze trophy winner
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silence
is the phantom hand that• Commented on by judge. -
See the children playing in the street.
Games of hopscotch and tag.• Commented on by judge. -
It seems, some people
Don'tby surreal realist 15 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 11 12:46 PM 2005. In Humor• Commented on by judge. -
You sometimes accept a piece that won't fit?by I-Like-Rhymes 15 lines, 22 comments, on Nov 14 8:17 AM 2005. In Humor• Commented on by judge.
Silver trophy winner
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im kind of confused...what kind of poem is this?
Meg -
im kind of confused...what kind of poem is this?
Gem -
The best thing to do is to take a look at an example. Chilliwoman has one on 'Up Here'. allpoetry.com/Poem/1611312 She has some discussion there in the comments on the form itself, but it is not, to the best of my knowledge, one of the standards.
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um, im kinda of confused. but if i got it, i probly would enter it. good luck everyone!
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Niceeee
Very interesting. Suprisingly, I think I understand this. Which scares the junk out of me. . . . . . I wish you the best best of luck with this, and if I have a sudden hit of inspiration, I will so definately enter. Great contest
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Interesting idea. Hope you get tons of quality entries. Grins.
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good luck in your contest~
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What happened to this page - it doesn't seem to go up anad down, but left to right and on and on and on??? Is it just my computer or is everyone seeing this?
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This seems like a good idea, i'll think about entering. ^_^
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Cool idea!!! I'll applaud you for this! Great, anyways, hope u get loads and loads of entries and good luck judging!!!
Maria
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sooo... what's a double poem?
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You Know... If I Knew What In The World You Were Talking About... Believe Me I Would Enter..I'm Bored.. I'm So Lost... Anyways..I'm Pretty Sure OnceI Figure Out What It Is I'll Be Like OMG!!! What An Awesome Idea!
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I am going to give this a try... Maybe =)
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Oh yes, do try this one! And have a look at Philogos' poems too - he writes some really wonderful stuff. He is putting up the points for this contest.
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Saw this and just had to try it out. It was a blast. Thanks for the inspiration to try write something.
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Interesting..........................................
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I'm all about form lately, but I seriously don't think I have it in me to create something like that. lol. Just strikes me as taking entirely too much thought, and I've been highly medicated lately! LOL. Love the idea, and I'll have fun reading the entries you get.
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A very interesting style, and contest. Ohhhh but my wee brain may burst from this. Ha ha ha. I may attempt it though. It is a unique idea. Have fun reading and judging.
Blessed be
~~Serenity~~
Billie Jean -
This is a brilliant idea of running a contest and I certainly loved this form. I will definitely have to work on this. I'll be there!!!
Love and light
Lencio
PS: Always when I am at the end and running out of inspiration, someone comes up with something! Thanks!!! -
Thanks for organising this competition and introducing me to a new idea in poetry. The winners were all excellent pieces and (as you said) obedient.
Jim S -
I was thrilled and suprised when I saw I has won this contest. I had read all the enties and thought- No way!
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Thanks for your comment I-L-R! We both liked your entry lots - no point in a contest without rules........Hope you will read some works by Philogos - he's very good indeed. But he adheres passionately to the rules!! x chilli
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Thanks for the nice shiney trophy!!!
And especially thanks for this contest. Made me think. Introduced me to something new. Inspired me to write something fresh. And...it was just plain fun to throw that poem together.
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Well done to all the winners.......oh and loosers, blimey it got all of my 3 little brain cells working overtime. Great unique idea.
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Maybe we can meet up in the ladies loo sometime!!!!! x chilli
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