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Forms/Dirty Pretty

Prewrites are welcome. Fresh writs accepted as well. Here's what I want:

I'm curious because I usually just write what comes to mind. So I'm wondering what it's like to follow rules of some kind. I want one of two things:

1) Formed poetry. I don't usually follow a form at all. I have a few times but generally I don't. I want you to convince me that formed poetry doesn't limit you at all. Make me want to write in your form. No: Haikus, Senryus, Tankas, Monorhymes, Limericks, Acrostic, or shaped poems. I already have some of all of those (except Senryu but it's just a haiku with a different subject matter and I'm looking for forms I don't really know about at all). No freeverse because I'm looking for poems that follow specified rules that you can describe to me. I DON'T want you to experiment with a new form. I want you to use a form you know you're good at because if it's not good, I'm going to completely turn off of that form and I don't want to do that just because you were as new to it as I am.

2) Dirty pretty. I honestly have a vague idea, but mostly no clue as to what it is. So educate me and make me love it. Make me want to jump on it and write some for myself. I've noticed dirty pretty is a very controversial thing on this site. People either love it or hate it. So prove to me that I should love it. Make me join the "right side."

I'm experimenting, so make me WANT to dip into your form.

RULES:
1) Be grammatically correct. I'll be a lot looser on this than usual because I'm dipping into unfamiliar territory. But I will notice it. So if you purposefully made a grammar mistake for the sake of poetic genius then say so in your AN because otherwise I'll be rather upset.

2) Put your form in your AN. I don't want just the name. I want you to put what the form is named and the basic format/point of it is. Don't be TOO thorough. If I choose to do your form, I'll research into it myself, but I want to at least get a general idea of what it's about.

3) Also for your AN, put "evil angels are the best kind" (because they ARE, hence the AP name the evil angel XD) so that I know you read the rules.

4) Put your AP name in your AN. This is so that I can look at some more of your poetry and possibly ask you some questions about your form if I choose to pursue it.

5) You can enter up to five times ONLY if you write in more than one form consistently. I do not, under any circumstances, want to see you put five poems of the same form. I'll DQ them all and send you a message telling you to pick one. I don't want five of the same types of poems from the same person, that just comes off as pushy. I don't want you to be pushy here.


Normally, I give constructive criticism to all of the entries in my contests but I'm dipping into unfamiliar territory and don't know if I'll be able to. So unfortunately I can't help you improve your poems this time.


If you want and/or are open to constructive criticism and like picture prompts, I implore you with my humblest affections to enter my other contest:
http://allpoetry.com/contest/2435533

I will comment on your poems TWICE: once about the rules only and another about your actual poem. In the second comment, I'll put whether I like the looks of your form. It's not necessarily because of you if I choose not to, it just wasn't for me. But if I do I'll most likely want to ask you some questions about it.

That is all. Get to work.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on May 10
  • Rewards: Gold: 400
  • Final notes:
    This took... a LOT longer than I thought it would. Sorry. But my life has been really hectic lately, and I finally forced myself to sit down long enough to comment on all the entries (which I had quite a lot of, and I would like to thank you all for that). Just so you know, whether or not I chose to pursue your form had absolutely no effect on whether or not you won. I actually chose one of the dirty pretty poems, although I decided dirty pretty is not for me. My verdict: I like to read it, but writing it would drive me crazy.

    These are the forms I chose to pursue. If one of these is your form, know that I will probably contact you soon.
    -sestina
    -sonnet
    -villanelle
    -ya du
    -brevette
    -retourne

    Thank you for entering everybody! It meant a lot!

Contest Winners

  1. A Whispered Kiss of Illusions
    I~l~l~u~s~i~o~n~s haunt my whispered kiss
    by Justplainwaynethen 78 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 12 3:35 AM 2007. In Dark, Love, Dirty Pretty -Sophisticated
    Gold trophy winner
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  • skitza
    March 9
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    'evil angels are the best kind'?

    Grow up.


  • PandorasBox
    April 18
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    Ok this may sound dumb, but what the heck is Dirty Pretty?


  • Justplainwaynethen gold member
    April 18
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    Good contest, and congrats on all the entries... it may seem impossible to judge- my advice is just be honest and pick what you react to the most... I'll bookmark this as reference to poetic forms, and the varying ideas of dirty pretty (and I've seen many definitions of that- from the way it's written to its having to be written by pretty girls acting predatory and using guys!)


  • Justplainwaynethen gold member
    May 10
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    nice, I think I'll try a few of those that I haven't heard of, too, like the
    -ya du
    -brevette
    -retourne