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A Salute to the Sonnet

To celebrate my first year on AP I am holding a contest to honour my favourite form - the Sonnet.

 

 

So Sonneteers, I want your best sonnets, can it be that simple - yes.

 

 

The sonnet is a fourteen-line lyric poem in predominantly iambic pentameter, with a formal rhyme scheme on the theme of 'love'. Although there can be considerable variation in rhyme scheme giving the different forms.The choice of sonnet form is entirely yours but I would appreciate it if you put the sonnet form you are using in your Author's Notes. 

 

Please note love can mean any kind of love not just romance.

 

OK the boring rules:

 

1 Sonnets only please

2 No TyPiNg it screws my eyes.

3 Use spell-check 

4 Erotica is fine but please label appropriately

5 Closing date is the 31 May 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on June 10
  • Rewards: Gold: 1500, Silver: 1000, Bronze: 500, Honorable mention: 5 people
  • Final notes:
    A big heart felt thanks for all your wonderful entries and giving me a tough task of judging this contest. I have managed to come to a decision, thank you for your patience, and still have a strand or two of hair left.

    Gold: A beautifully composed Rosarian sonnet, a tough variant to take on, and beautifully dark too.

    Silver: Wreathed sonnetry to die for, particularly powerful for me as I have just undergone laser surgery to save my sight.

    Bronze: An Italian sonnet giving some sound eco advice.

    HMs are in no particular order but are all worth a read.

    And a special mention to My Brief Song by wolfcub, written by a teenage poet written with a depth of maturity that is simply awesome.

    Thank you again

    ~Ceridwen~

Contest Winners

  1. The Kiss of Death
    Oh, dark-winged guide, tonight I heard your siren song
    in answer to my plight that has gone on too long.
    by BearWoman 15 lines, 30 comments, on May 16 1:17 AM. In Death, Deliverance, Sonnet, Rosarian sonnet
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. Of Sleep and Poetry
    by Mairi bheag 27 lines, 34 comments, on May 31 2:37 AM. In Wreathed sonnet
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Poem - Sonnet - Mother Nature
    I am not one of fancy words and rhymes,
    describing love, as love always should be.
    by JustADutchie 18 lines, 5 comments, on May 30 8:04 PM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Nature, Personal, Thoughts
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. The Empty Bed
    by Lee Tai Wah 20 lines, 13 comments, on May 16 11:39 PM. In Contest, Love, Life, Sonnet
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. Caged
    The moon exerts it’s power upon the tide
    but cannot draw the lovers ever near,
    by Sue Cardwell 18 lines, 25 comments, on May 30 9:56 AM. In Sonnet, Love, Personal
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. A lifelong love affair
    On summer days internal heat can cool,
    On winter days its warmth will radiate.
    by cricketjeff 20 lines, 11 comments, on May 30 8:17 AM. In Personal, Thoughts, tea
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  7. Narcissus
    The marvelous perfection of my face
    and matchless symmetry of my physique
    by Peripatetic 15 lines, 12 comments, on May 10 10:38 AM. In Love, Life, Humor, Fantasy, Humanity
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  8. Error: Unable to find finalist item 5390837, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  9. As Love Waits (Sonnet)
    by AliceinPoetryLand 22 lines, 4 comments, on May 26 6:07 AM. In Contest, Love, Form(Sonnet)
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • BearWoman gold member
    May 2
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    Bookmarked.


  • The Banker
    May 2
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    whats a sonnet?

    this isn't just another ponzo scheme is it?


  • Macey Muse
    May 2
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    Is the theme of 'love' compulsary, or is nature also permittable?

    • Ceridwens Soul silver member
      May 3
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      a love of nature is perfectly permitable. Thank you for asking, I should have put that love can mean any type of love in the notes - I have done that now.


  • thegirlsafaultline.
    May 3
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    :/
    I would enter but I'm not very good at sonnets at all.
    I hope you get a good turnout for this though!
    ( :


  • Lee Tai Wah
    May 12
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    Hi Ceridwens Soul

    If the closing date is 31st May, how can it be closing in 9 days? Maybe, it's 21st.

    • Ceridwens Soul silver member
      May 12
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      Hi Lee

      The closing date is in fact the 31st of Maym its listed different as AP only allows a maximum of 14 days so I have to keep updating that.

  • Yvette Champ gold member
    May 16
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    Oh, I'm sorry I don't write form poetry but I hope the contest swells with lots of fine sonnets. Happy allpoetry anniversary, may you still be here celebrating for many more to come!


  • Mairi bheag gold member
    May 27
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    I'll see what I can do, Jem - v busy


  • AliceinPoetryLand gold member
    June 10
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    Congratulations to the winners and thank you for hosting
    Gaylene

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