Free Verse for Round 5 may be entered here.
This contest is for the following poets only.
Peteskid
Mallig
Everwind Rising
chugglepuff
REQUIREMENT REMINDER:
You will also be responsible for writing a free verse poem. You guys are all free verse champs, so we can’t let you just skim on by, right? Right!
The catch is this: Your free verse poem must tell the SAME STORY as your villanelle. It cannot have regular end rhyme, nor repeated refrains as in the villanelle. Also, you may not use the same lines and phrases. OBVIOUSLY you will borrow many of the same words and ideas/theme, etc., but this poem will look and feel completely different than the villanelle. It will flow like spoken language with a wonderful natural rhythm and the lyrical quality that marks excellent free verse.
To that end, we ask that you include INTERNAL RHYMING, assonance and consonance. When you use these devices, be sure that they add something to the poem, are not overstated, or included just for the device’s sake. Also, include IMAGERY that is beneficial to your theme.
Judging Rubric:
FREEVERSE
/5 Understandability
/5 Originality
/5 Mirrors the story of the villanelle
/5 Written as spoken language
/5 Internal Rhyming used, and beneficially
/5 Assonance/Consonance, used and beneficially
/5 Imagery used skillfully/beneficially
/5 Emotion/Impact/General appeal
/5 Line breaks done beneficially
/5 Grammar and Punctuation
/50 Total
DUE DATE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 8
One poet WILL be eliminated based on the TOTAL points for the villanelle and freeverse writes. It is possible to win a trophy in one of the contests and still be eliminated.
This contest is for the following poets only.
Peteskid
Mallig
Everwind Rising
chugglepuff
REQUIREMENT REMINDER:
You will also be responsible for writing a free verse poem. You guys are all free verse champs, so we can’t let you just skim on by, right? Right!
The catch is this: Your free verse poem must tell the SAME STORY as your villanelle. It cannot have regular end rhyme, nor repeated refrains as in the villanelle. Also, you may not use the same lines and phrases. OBVIOUSLY you will borrow many of the same words and ideas/theme, etc., but this poem will look and feel completely different than the villanelle. It will flow like spoken language with a wonderful natural rhythm and the lyrical quality that marks excellent free verse.
To that end, we ask that you include INTERNAL RHYMING, assonance and consonance. When you use these devices, be sure that they add something to the poem, are not overstated, or included just for the device’s sake. Also, include IMAGERY that is beneficial to your theme.
Judging Rubric:
FREEVERSE
/5 Understandability
/5 Originality
/5 Mirrors the story of the villanelle
/5 Written as spoken language
/5 Internal Rhyming used, and beneficially
/5 Assonance/Consonance, used and beneficially
/5 Imagery used skillfully/beneficially
/5 Emotion/Impact/General appeal
/5 Line breaks done beneficially
/5 Grammar and Punctuation
/50 Total
DUE DATE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 8
One poet WILL be eliminated based on the TOTAL points for the villanelle and freeverse writes. It is possible to win a trophy in one of the contests and still be eliminated.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 25, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 600, Silver: 250, Bronze: 150, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: .
Well, here is the freeverse installment of the Semi-final Round.
The Gold winner is Peteskid. He received exceptionally high scores from all the judges and we all were so impressed with this truly excellent entry.
Again, the other poem were also such a pleasure to read, each one offering the quality and import we have come to expect from you. Thank you for such wonderful messages.
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Contest Winners
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We say good bye to ourselves
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We are clay
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I can’t look at you.
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Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Honorable mention
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My thanks to all of the Judges-
for the honor of the Gold, i read some of the entries, and i have to agree they were excellent; thank you all for your most kind words and comments i deeply appreciate the effort needed to study and judge the entries and write such extensive commentary...PK
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