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Sound in Poetry

Read this poem: http://www.angelfire.com/tn/plath/alicante.html

Notice the ways that Plath plays with sound and imagery in her writing. Your goal: write your own poem, of any lenght, any style (though I must say, I hate rhyming poetry unless it is very well done), using sound as your main "motor". Be creative.

Also: no prewrites. You have two weeks, take your time to write something good.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on December 13, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 50, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 2 people
  • Final notes:
    Thanks to everyone who entered my contest!
  • To judge this contest, you need to have at least as many finalists as you have rewards. You have 4 awards but only 3 finalists.

Contest Winners

  1. Surgical Sounds
    All gloved and gowned as latex snaps in place
    blue clad nurses rustle about in paper sterility.
    by Tamera 49 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 26 10:59 AM 2007
    Gold trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]
  2. Sleepless Rhyme...
    by ParadoxFry 34 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 21 2:02 AM 2007. In odd, insomnia, rhyme, rhythm
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Soft Sounds
    The sun claps
    all the world awake
    by Emerald Lass 23 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 28 11:13 AM 2007. In Life, Thoughts
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]

Entries [6]

1 - 6 of 6
  • Gods Gift The Sky
    Something so beautiful bing sculpted by the wind.
    by Melissa Loves Jeffy 26 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 15 7:47 PM 2007
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • "Time's Progress"
    A hush settles over the fields of tranquility
    Soundless drumbeats arresting times progress
    by FallenAngel09 12 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 29 12:15 AM 2007. In Other
    • Viewed by judge.
  • The Fisherman's Point-of-View
    The soft whining of the line being tossed Through the air causes my thoughts to be lost,
    by Shakespeare 20 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 28 7:41 PM 2007
    • Viewed by judge.

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  • unraveled
    November 27, 2007
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    Excellent poem choice

    I have bookmarked
    Cassidy


  • Emerald Lass
    December 13, 2007
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    Thank you for the bronze!

    So glad... and my congratulations to all!