Hello Fellow Poets,
This contest is dedicated to T.S.Eliot. I love all his poems, so I want you to be inspired by one of them. It doesn't matter that you have his same beliefs or write his same themes or in the same technique...I just want you to write something that when I read I say "YES, this reminds me of Eliot". & By the way in my last contests I found many Poets that have that sense & style...
Some Rules:
1- Don't get astray, If you don't understand, don't just submit a poem, instead ask me for further details.
2- Free Verse, Rhymed, Any form & Any Genre, Just keep it to the point.
3- No longer than 40 lines.
4- Plz don't forget to mention which poem you were inspired by.
5- You can be inspired by one of these poems:
***Update***:
Upon Request, here's a link for most of Eliot poems in general & all the poems I mentioned in the contest:
http://www.everypoet.com/Archive/poetry/t_s_eliot/t_s_eliot_contents.htm
a- The Waste Land --or one of its sections
--Burial of the dead
--Game of Chess
--The Fire Sermon
--Death by water
--What the thunder said
b-The Four Quartets --or one of its sections
http://www.tristan.icom43.net/quartets/
--Burnt Norton
--The East Coker
--The Dry Salvages
--Little Gidding
c- Sweeney Among the Nightingales
d- The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock
e- Journey of the Magi
f- Ancient Marina
g- Truimphal March
h- Whispers of Immortality
i- Hollow Men
That's it!
Thnx, & hope you enjoy
This contest is dedicated to T.S.Eliot. I love all his poems, so I want you to be inspired by one of them. It doesn't matter that you have his same beliefs or write his same themes or in the same technique...I just want you to write something that when I read I say "YES, this reminds me of Eliot". & By the way in my last contests I found many Poets that have that sense & style...
Some Rules:
1- Don't get astray, If you don't understand, don't just submit a poem, instead ask me for further details.
2- Free Verse, Rhymed, Any form & Any Genre, Just keep it to the point.
3- No longer than 40 lines.
4- Plz don't forget to mention which poem you were inspired by.
5- You can be inspired by one of these poems:
***Update***:
Upon Request, here's a link for most of Eliot poems in general & all the poems I mentioned in the contest:
http://www.everypoet.com/Archive/poetry/t_s_eliot/t_s_eliot_contents.htm
a- The Waste Land --or one of its sections
--Burial of the dead
--Game of Chess
--The Fire Sermon
--Death by water
--What the thunder said
b-The Four Quartets --or one of its sections
http://www.tristan.icom43.net/quartets/
--Burnt Norton
--The East Coker
--The Dry Salvages
--Little Gidding
c- Sweeney Among the Nightingales
d- The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock
e- Journey of the Magi
f- Ancient Marina
g- Truimphal March
h- Whispers of Immortality
i- Hollow Men
That's it!
Thnx, & hope you enjoy
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on May 10, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 175, Bronze: 75, Honorable mention: 4 people
- Final notes: Hey Dear Poets
Whether I had much entries as I expected or not, I'm extremely glad with all your entries & quick responses...So, Thank you veryyyyyyyyyy muchhhhhhh
Congratulations to you all
Best of luck with all what you do in life
GloriousGift
Heba
Contest Winners
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A lost horizon and a barren ship
Adrift on waves of salt waterby kareneisenlord 35 lines, 20 comments, on Apr 16 1:36 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Contest, Life, Pain, Thoughts, Personal, Other
Gold trophy winner
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Do you know who you are? Do you remember who you used to be?by Mel-the-Believer 20 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 18 12:16 PM 2008. In Society, Thoughts, Life
Honorable mention
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Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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nice dedication.
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Thnx for comment, Hope you enter
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oh, man. If only I had time.
I'm in the Oltre challenge right now and can barely keep up with that.
I love Eliot though. One of my favorites. I hope you get plenty of entries. -
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Thnx
Well, Thnx alot for interest & wish you best of luck in the challenge.
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this looks awesome...
I *will* enter. At some point. Not going to reserve a spot yet though, just in case my muse fails me... -
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Thnx
Thnx alot, I'm glad you like the contest & Hope you really really enter, I'm going to extend it...
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I would like to take part but I know nothing of the author, see, and I think that's where you've lost your entries. You could broaden the requirements... but I think this would be awesome if only I knew of Elliots work...
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Thnx for interest
Well, I'll be submitting links & some few explanation if you want, Hope you enter...
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I am curious, there is another poem of his which I have fallen in love with, would it be alright to use that or no? Just curious.
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Sure, I can add it for you, tell me its name plz.
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this sounds like a great conest to enter but unfortunatly my computer service is being dumb i have enough time to check and maybe repsot one im sorry if i had more time i deff would
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Thnx
It's ok if you need time, I'm going to extend it as much as possible & also when I get some enteries [a satisying number, lol]
Hope you enter, & plz enjoy
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Sorry... I know how hard it is when people do not enter your competitions... but although I appreciate Eliot's work - I do not think that I have ever written anything that would "remind" you of Eliot --- well, there was one piece I wrote when I was 15 was rather TOO derivatively reminiscent of "The dove descending..." so, when I realized this, I scrapped it... but certainly nothing I have produced in the last 57 years would fit.
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I love that part of "The Dove Descending.." in The Four Quartets, Little Gidding...
I think you may try to write something like it too, it'd be interesting & I can wait to read it...
Hope you enter
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i love ts eliot. i ran a contest like this myself...didn't get many entrie. i don't know why. maybe people don't know/don't like eliot...*sigh*.
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Thanks!
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You're Welcome *smile*
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