LAST WEEK~ EXTRA POINTS IF ENTERING!
Hello wonderful poets:
Gold Trophy -500 points
Silver Trophy-300
Bronze Trophy-175
This form is a little nitty, but encourages and
requires exquisite writing and thought process.
In fact, due to the simplicity of the form,
you will be amazed at the quality it will produce!
(Duette)-- a primarily self-created type usually written: in free or blank verse, mildly cryptic or obscure in content that concludes with an open question or statement. This type requires interpretation by anyone who comments.
A very flexible style!
*Form contains 5-7 lines with
numbers of words(A Frame)
or
syllables (B frame)
in this line sequence:
1st - 9 syllables or words:
2nd - 8
3rd- 7-8
4th-6-7
5th- 3-4
(if 6-7 lines)
6- 2-3
7- 1-2
© Zealberry Duette
(The A frame seems to be easier for most with 5 lines;
but it could be UP TO 7, long as you pay attention to the number/meter count!)
One example:
Last Words Ever (Duette- B Frame)
The tongue launches through ice-silver lips
words that shouldn’t be forsaken
were they last ones spoken
would you have them engraved
in a stone
for the world?
*Suggestion*
Work out the line by counting FIRST
then work with the subject matter.
Not too hard, huh?
Remember:
For Word style- A Frame
For Syllable style- B Frame
Place that form in your author's notes, please.
You can submit one of each form if you choose
...so you REALLY want to win with bonus points?
Lookie Below:
A great description and some examples:
(List)http://allpoetry.com/list/31699-Duettes-and-Other-of-My-own-Forms
I think you'll be quite stimulated to write one, and I will be anxious to read since it is my own published form!
Hint: It is easier if you work out the form FIRST, and then adjust the descriptives if necessary.
No extreme erotica or profanity;no sticky caps,
Although it isn't as likely you've written one before, ONLY DUETTE PREWRITES are allowed and must be reposted and not taken from your existing poem files due to the anonymity of this contest!
ATTENTION! So that I can be fair, it is very important that you do NOT reply to me in instant message unless necessary for then it will no longer be anonymous. If you edit or have questions, please post it to the page under the poem itself including any questions from there. I will review it. Hope this works.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Gold Trophy- 500
Silver Trophy-300
Bronze Trophy-175
Will choose Honorable Mentions and give points
according to quality.
Remember. Keep it light, fun, put on your wings but aim for the top!
Hello wonderful poets:
Gold Trophy -500 points
Silver Trophy-300
Bronze Trophy-175
This form is a little nitty, but encourages and
requires exquisite writing and thought process.
In fact, due to the simplicity of the form,
you will be amazed at the quality it will produce!
(Duette)-- a primarily self-created type usually written: in free or blank verse, mildly cryptic or obscure in content that concludes with an open question or statement. This type requires interpretation by anyone who comments.
A very flexible style!
*Form contains 5-7 lines with
numbers of words(A Frame)
or
syllables (B frame)
in this line sequence:
1st - 9 syllables or words:
2nd - 8
3rd- 7-8
4th-6-7
5th- 3-4
(if 6-7 lines)
6- 2-3
7- 1-2
© Zealberry Duette
(The A frame seems to be easier for most with 5 lines;
but it could be UP TO 7, long as you pay attention to the number/meter count!)
One example:
Last Words Ever (Duette- B Frame)
The tongue launches through ice-silver lips
words that shouldn’t be forsaken
were they last ones spoken
would you have them engraved
in a stone
for the world?
*Suggestion*
Work out the line by counting FIRST
then work with the subject matter.
Not too hard, huh?
Remember:
For Word style- A Frame
For Syllable style- B Frame
Place that form in your author's notes, please.
You can submit one of each form if you choose
...so you REALLY want to win with bonus points?
Lookie Below:
A great description and some examples:
(List)http://allpoetry.com/list/31699-Duettes-and-Other-of-My-own-Forms
I think you'll be quite stimulated to write one, and I will be anxious to read since it is my own published form!
Hint: It is easier if you work out the form FIRST, and then adjust the descriptives if necessary.
No extreme erotica or profanity;no sticky caps,
Although it isn't as likely you've written one before, ONLY DUETTE PREWRITES are allowed and must be reposted and not taken from your existing poem files due to the anonymity of this contest!
ATTENTION! So that I can be fair, it is very important that you do NOT reply to me in instant message unless necessary for then it will no longer be anonymous. If you edit or have questions, please post it to the page under the poem itself including any questions from there. I will review it. Hope this works.
Thank you for your cooperation.Gold Trophy- 500
Silver Trophy-300
Bronze Trophy-175
Will choose Honorable Mentions and give points
according to quality.
Remember. Keep it light, fun, put on your wings but aim for the top!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on May 16, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 300, Bronze: 175, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: Very hard this time! I'm going to have to do a 'Second Pick' Invitation to certain ones which didn't receive trophies.
I am stone-cold stunned at the fantastic entries which drifted in slowly, one at a time, each one taking on a different essence of the charming 'Duette'.
I had to go for form and magnificence, with unique word choice, progressive thought, and alliteration. I also had to go with those who received a viable interpretation since it is the other half of this kind of entry.
I can usually tell when the writer was loving this type , though it wasn't as obvious this time. Everyone was over the top in one aspect or another, therefore, everyone gets points, if not a trophy.
"Mazement" was, of course... amazing, full.
"Driven Along" pushed buttons that were barely touched before. Nice and 'heady'.
"Passing Love Note" caused me to look intimately into our Creator's intentional love. Adored the title.
, but I must admit that it did the cha-cha and tango (tangle) with
"luminosity", as I liked the word choice and the low-case letters better for illustrating the loneness in the universe. It will be chosen for a pass roll in the next few months.
"The Answer Why" "Adrift", and several others are going to receive a second roll also because of sharing messages that weren't mentioned as well.
Thank you all so much. I hope you at least enjoyed the flight enough to hold a Duette contest one day. The Lord bless your efforts.
Excellent writers...all of you!
Contest Winners
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by hoodoolover 6 lines, 3 comments, on May 13 8:20 PM 2008. In Other, Contemporary
Silver trophy winner
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Unrequited lover of all souls
He can see the intimacy• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
would You stifle the cortex betwixt corseted layers
You, the last Man to sleep alone tonightby Caoimhes Sin 8 lines, 2 comments, on May 13 10:01 PM 2008. In Contest, Thoughts, Weird
Honorable mention
• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 4225363, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Gold trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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Holding on, holding tight, to the one you love Telling true, tell tonight, who your dreaming ofby as.phy.xi.ate. 6 lines, 2 comments, on May 13 11:33 AM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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I'm totally confused, but that's normal for me..I think I might give this a try just for fun.
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So let me understand this right if I am.
When you talk about A frame and B frame meaning if I gave this a shoot I could do the syb count or the word in count. As long as it came out in the number per line in the meter? Oh Cookie its been so long I may try it. I think I lost my hope with poetry lol but ill try. -
an interesting contest, and an intelligent one also...best of luck to the entrants, and to the judging also
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This is...
jut a bit too much for me to wrap my mind around today.... -
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Thank you for at least replying! I appreciate it
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Thanks very much for the silver and for hosting this contest with a new form that I found fun and challenging! I enjoyed your interpretation, which perhaps touched on a deeper level, as mine was about a storm coming to the desert!
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Thank you for the joy of writing a duette ...
and for the gold and glitter, Dianne!
I loved to enter. Your form is superb, challenging and fun. And: I think NO duette can be ordinary -- the form just entices the poet to write with intense concentration.
Congratulations to all who entered -- and to the other winners.
Love
Myra
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