Hi, for this contest I'd love to read some good form poetry.
Sedoka
The Sedoka is an unrhymed poem made up of two three-line katauta with the following
syllable counts: 5/7/7, 5/7/7. A Sedoka, pair of katauta as a single poem, may address the
same subject from differing perspectives.
Haiku
Most popular definition, but there is more to haiku than meets the eye:
Haiku (also called nature or seasonal haiku) is an unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three
unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all. Haiku is usually
written in the present tense and focuses on nature (seasons).
The 5/7/5 rule was made up for school children to understand and learn this type of poetry.
For an in depth description of Haiku, please visit the Shadow Poetry Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
section. There is much more to haiku than the made up 5/7/5 version.
Cinquain
Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed
as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines. It was developed by the Imagist poet, Adelaide Crapsey.
Another form, sometimes used by school teachers to teach grammar, is as follows:
Line 1: Noun
Line 2: Description of Noun
Line 3: Action
Line 4: Feeling or Effect
Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun.
all definitions came from shadow poetry.
The only rule is please do not have your poem in another contest while it is in mine. I will remove it with no explanation.
I'm really looking forward the the entries in this one. Thank you!
♥
whisper
Sedoka
The Sedoka is an unrhymed poem made up of two three-line katauta with the following
syllable counts: 5/7/7, 5/7/7. A Sedoka, pair of katauta as a single poem, may address the
same subject from differing perspectives.
Haiku
Most popular definition, but there is more to haiku than meets the eye:
Haiku (also called nature or seasonal haiku) is an unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three
unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all. Haiku is usually
written in the present tense and focuses on nature (seasons).
The 5/7/5 rule was made up for school children to understand and learn this type of poetry.
For an in depth description of Haiku, please visit the Shadow Poetry Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
section. There is much more to haiku than the made up 5/7/5 version.
Cinquain
Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed
as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines. It was developed by the Imagist poet, Adelaide Crapsey.
Another form, sometimes used by school teachers to teach grammar, is as follows:
Line 1: Noun
Line 2: Description of Noun
Line 3: Action
Line 4: Feeling or Effect
Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun.
all definitions came from shadow poetry.
The only rule is please do not have your poem in another contest while it is in mine. I will remove it with no explanation.
I'm really looking forward the the entries in this one. Thank you!
♥
whisper
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on February 22, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 100, Bronze: 25
- Final notes: These form contests for me are always my favorites, I always get such awesome entries. Thank you all so very much for your poetry, I really enjoyed this.
♥
whisper
- To judge this contest, you need to have at least as many finalists as you have rewards. You have 3 awards but only 2 finalists.
Contest Winners
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Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [6]
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revenge dark purge of heartsby Peteskid 6 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 8 3:40 PM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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can i enter a cinquain if i only wrote it today?
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thank you for Gold whisper...I love form poetry too...thanks for hosting and congratulations to the other winners and poets represented here...
Mal
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