Write a minimum of 18 lines and a minimum of 120 words of FREE VERSE [In stanzas or not]
on ONE of the following subjects:
(i) Driving into distance.
(ii) A Flame.
(iii) Storm.
(iv) Communion.
(v) Trapped.
(vi) Stop your tears.
(vii) A second impression.
(viii) Sea change.
(ix) Magic Island.
(x) Presidency.
Do not use the above words as titles. Invent your own.
Proofread well; use devices of poetry in a genuine but unforced way. Silver, bronze and HMs will be added if necessary and I hope, very much, that it will be so. Decency in poetry is a must, here or we will DQ.
Ensure that your writing has no repetitious words or redundancies. Prune. Compress meaning and syntax. Preserve fluency.
Enjoy your chosen piece of inspired verse.
Lyndon on behalf of the editors.
CONTEST IS NOW JUDGED.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on May 27
- Rewards: Gold: 2000, Silver: 1000, Bronze: 500
- Final notes: Gold is awarded to a fine free verse poem:
"the blue highway".
Silver is awarded to the poem "Wreckage".
Bronze goes to "Ensnared". V2!
Pamela and Ron have campaigned for more words and lines endlessly and we won through!!
There are six other poems I shall not mention but our comments will indicate who you are! Your work is quite worthy but we are the Winklings, you know!
Congratulations to everyone who partook.
Thank you, Pamela, for your stalwart, energetic brainpower.
Lyndon.
Contest Winners
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by Mairi bheag 36 lines, 24 comments, on May 15 12:38 PM. In Thoughts, Free Verse
Gold trophy winner
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Vigilant, you buffed
your radiant barrier• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [15]
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So he smiled in sickened surrender With fangs fully bared, sitting tasting the air• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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\*traveling down the super-highway
screw the speed limit• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Centuries of transformation as earth spins on
Continents shifting, waters rolling back• Commented on by judge. -
The moody murkiness of the waters
pervades; lifeless, ugly, damning.by 2lullabyhaven 24 lines, 6 comments, on May 3 3:43 AM. In Contest• Commented on by judge. -
Soggy eyeballs drip with..• Commented on by judge.
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Flame haired woman child standing poised upon the cliffby hazyimages 22 lines, 3 comments, on May 4 6:43 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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A bird called his love
“ I am here”,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
in lurid dreams of seasons spent,
exposed: the die are cast.by George Bowling 22 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 3 3:51 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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Gathering in the distance
dark and foreboding• Commented on by judge. -
With my body full of needles, digging into me, so deep that when I try to take them cut, they only go deeper. In the middle of my desert, to which I grown so accustomed, I'm here with permission to hate, because hati• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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