Poets Forming Themselves: Third and Final Round

  • Larry Chamberlin
    10 years ago

    Here's the third & final round:

    Choosing from one of the form poems listed below from shadow poetry, tell us what you would do to change your life in the most significant way possible and what you'd expect to be the result. How would it affect your loved ones? What consequences might you expect down the road?
    Form 40%
    Substance 60%
    Due: Wednesday 23 July 2014

    1st prize: 15 Comments from among your poems within the 20 days after the end of the contest
    2nd Prize: 10 Comments from among your poems within the 30 days after the end of the contest
    3rd Prize: 5 Comments from among your poems within the 40 days after the end of the contest

    Challenging Poetry Forms:
    A L'Arora
    Alliterisen
    Ballad
    Christ-in-a-Rhyme
    CinqTroisDecaLa
    Con-Verse
    Constanza
    Diamante
    Diatelle
    Duo-rhyme
    Epulaeryu
    Fable
    Harrisham Rhyme
    Kyrielle
    LaCharta
    Lannet
    Lento
    Licentia Rhyme
    Line Messaging
    Minute Poetry
    Mirrored Refrain
    Naani
    Nove Otto
    Octain Refrain
    Octelle
    Ottava Rima
    Palindrome
    Pantoum
    Puente
    Quadrilew
    Quatern
    Rispetto
    Rondel
    Sedoka
    Song
    Staccato
    Terza Rima
    The 7/5 Trochee
    The Alouette
    The Compound...
    The Mirror Sestet
    The Florette
    Trijan Refrain
    Trilonnet
    Triolet
    Triquatrain
    Trois-par-Huit
    Trolaan
    Vers Beaucoup
    ZaniLa Rhyme

    Hard Poetry Forms:
    Decuain
    Epic
    Ghazal
    Gra' Reformata
    HexSonnetta
    Inverted Refrain
    Jeffreys Sonnet
    Kyrielle Sonnet
    La'libertas
    La'ritmo
    La'Tuin
    LaJemme
    Lauranelle
    Octameter
    Paradelle
    RemyLa Rhyme
    Rondeau
    Sestina
    Shadow Sonnet
    Sonnet
    Swap Quatrain
    Terza Rima Sonnet
    Terzanelle
    The Florette #2
    Villanelle
    Villonnet
    Wrapped Refrain #2
    Wrapped Refrain

  • Colm
    10 years ago

    Best of luck everyone, looking forward to seeing the poems and revealing the finalists!

  • Larry Chamberlin
    10 years ago

    I will say that each of the finalists is fully up to the challenge.

  • Larry Chamberlin
    10 years ago

    One poem is in, looks good.
    Another poem is said to be in the "tweaking" stage.

  • Larry Chamberlin
    10 years ago

    Two poems in