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Rhyme - Sonnet, Villanelle, or Pantoum only.

Something different. Spare me the love poems, the lost love poems and the religious poems (unless they can stand with those of Milton or Gerald Stanley Hopkins. No bashing. I'm not feeling well, so don't feel up to dealing with any of that.

Spelling, grammar, and punctuation essential. No punctuation, no trophy.

Do not enter poems which have won in my contests before.

Thanks.

Have fun.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on July 31, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 4 people
  • Final notes:
    I'm closing this early since I'm not feeling well and don't feel up to dealing with 3 open contests at a time when I've been inundated with entries in one of the others.

    I think I had some remarkably good poems entered here, and there are others that are good enough to win in other contests. However, I think 4 HM's is enough for one contest.

    Thanks to those who entered and I hope to see you again in other contests. Good luck with your writing in the future.

Contest Winners

  1. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4438763, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  2. Skyline
    by PatheticKt 22 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 25 3:32 AM 2008. In Life, Nature, Happiness, Inspirational, Pantoum, Noguest
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. Mother and Child
    by GreySquirrel 20 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 3 4:08 PM 2008. In Contest, Love
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. A Sonnet for the Doves
    Blood of birdlings...
    by DogFish 15 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 9 10:20 PM 2006. In Society
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  5. Quia Valde Amaverunt...
    by Vera Rich 16 lines, 14 comments, on Feb 14 5:56 AM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  6. The Doge's Palace
    Retrieve the dusk and draw the doves in flight,
    then stencil in the crowds that celebrate
    by Brendan Newcomb 31 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 17 11:42 PM 2007
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  7. Wake Up, King Zel
    The brittle grass waves in the summer breeze
    While shades of clouds pass over aimlessly.
    by Frodofan 14 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 20 12:47 PM 2008. In silbury hill, ghosts, love, lost love, longing, waiting, rhyme, sonnet
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

Entries [17]

1 - 17 of 17
  • Remember
    Do not forget when I have gone away, when I have gone on to a lonely land,
    by Kiran 13 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 16 11:03 AM 2008. In Love, Sad
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • "Our Game of Life"
    The interwoven mixtures of life and war...
    by B.m.w 13 lines, 14 comments, on Jul 16 8:36 PM 2008
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Sonnet for Fungie
    This is a sonnet for Fungie, a dolphin who has lived since 1984 in Dingle Bay, Co. Kerry, Ireland, and performs regularly for tourists.
    Ea
    by Bad Bill 15 lines, 12 comments, on Oct 1 6:22 PM 2007. In Nature, Thoughts
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Spring Valley
    In the valley, Lilly's grow wild and free,
    nestled beside roses, on prickly vine.
    by Cupcrazy 23 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 20 9:35 PM 2007. In Nature, Other, Thoughts
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Broken Tears
    And the little girl cries into the night, tormented screams dash throughout her small mind.
    by Noir mariposa...x 24 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 4 10:22 PM 2008
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Hope's Solitude
    Your mind's an island in a tempest's eye
    Surrounded by the gales of fortunes ill.
    by PerVirtuous 20 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 19 8:56 AM 2008. In Fantasy, Thoughts, Love
    • Commented on by judge.
  • THE RISING SUN - A Pantoum
    by Shenton 25 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 17 5:06 PM 2008. In Nature
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Butterflies(Pantoum)
    by Billbard 15 lines, 13 comments, on Mar 11 2:46 PM 2005. In Other, Nature
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Ensnared in Self Reflection (Pantoum)
    by Age of Rain 18 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 3 2:21 AM 2008
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Leaving the Lighthouse
    The dusk came through the haze of weary moments
    and silently it passed into the night.
    by M.A.King 20 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 27 11:47 AM 2008
    • Commented on by judge.

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  • Frodofan silver member
    July 31, 2008
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    Thank you for the honor.