Description:

Write a Choka poem

http://www.britannica.com/art/choka

One stanza = 5 7 5 7 5 7 7

Judge(s):

JudyAnne

Objectives:

Expand your skill, stretch your boundaries, write outside of your comfort zone.

Subject matter: (must contain all three)

Any season
Any emotion
Any animal
No more than 10 stanza (5 7 5 7 5 7 7)

How Judged:

Adherence to the form and the rules.

NOTE - this contest was closed by administrators on 5/3/2017. We are waiting on the sponsor to update this contest and select the winning entry.

Description:
The Triolet

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/poetic-form-triolet

http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/personal-update…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triolet

Sponsor(s):
Neopoet.com

Judge(s):
TBD

Objectives:
Expand your range as a poet

Subject matter/themes: (Include all three)
An insect
A toy
A season

How Judged:
Adherence to the form
Inclusion of subject matter/themes
Artistic composition

Description:

Leader: eightmenout (Scott)
Moderator(s): Rula

Objectives:
to accentuate abstract words with imagery and to write abstract poetry. We will discuss abstract words along with when and how to use them. We will critique two abstract poems, one good and one not so much. Each participant will offer a rewrite of the "not so good" poem. Then each participant will submit an original abstract poem for review by the workshop.

of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter:

April

• Limerick

  • A fixed light-verse form of five generally anapestic lines rhyming AABBA. Edward Lear, who popularized the form, fused the third and fourth lines into a single line with internal rhyme. Limericks are traditionally bawdy or just irreverent
  • http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=175025
  • http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=171641
• No pornography
• No profanity

Sponsor(s): Jonathan Moore

Judge(s): TBD

Objectives: Expand your poetry range

Subject matter: Open

How Judged: Adherence to the rules, creativity

Workshop: Collaborative Poetry Writing (Renga)

Description: This is a meeting place for all poets on Neopoet to read, learn and write collaboratively poetry. In this workshop you will learn to write (4) four forms of Japanese poetry.
Poets would also come together and co write any poem of their choosing.

1. Haiku three lines of poetry written with 5/7/5 syllables
2. Senyru three lines of poetry written with 5/7/5 syllables
3. Tanka five lines of poetry written with 5/7/5/7/7 syllables
4. Renga a string of tanka poems from two or more poets.

Description:

Create an Acrostic - https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/poetic-form-acrostic

Details:

Create an Acrostic style poem adhering to the following specifications:

1) Between 15 and 35 lines
2) Between Two (2) and fifteen (15) words a line
a) Changed from five (5) to two (2) - explanation below
3) Include references to the following
- berries (any type)
- thunder
- sleet
- raven

Sponsor(s):
Jonathan Moore

Judge(s):
TBD

Objectives:

Expand you skills and talents. Write outside your comfort zone. Find a way to grow as a poet.

Subject matter:

See above

How Judged:

First, follow the rules. Next, write well. Any poem not following the rules will not be considered for the prize.

Rule change - 3/4/2016 - JCM

1) Changed minimum words from five (5) to two (2). The original intent of a minimum word count was to prevent single word lines. Upon creation of my example, a tetrameter acrostic, I discovered five words was an unnecessary encumbrance. Two (2) words has the same effect of preventing one word lines and allows for additional flexibility.

My apologies to anyone affected.

Prize - $25USD Amazon gift card 

• Free Verse

• No more than 10 lines

• No more than 150 words

• Include references to

  • Mice

  • Water

  • Fire

  • Hats

  • Playground

Description: Three small poem structures to be taught beginning with Terza Rima for seven days.

Leader: wesley
Moderator(s): Rula

Objectives: To introduce three small and uncommon classical forms.

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter: In this opening workshop we will talk about and attempt to write a Terza Rima.

Workshop: Collaborative Poetry Writing (Renga)

Description: This is a meeting place for all poets on Neopoet to read, learn and write collaboratively poetry. In this workshop you will learn to write (4) four forms of Japanese poetry.
Poets would also come together and co write any poem of their choosing.

1. Haiku three lines of poetry written with 5/7/5 syllables
2. Senyru three lines of poetry written with 5/7/5 syllables
3. Tanka five lines of poetry written with 5/7/5/7/7 syllables
4. Renga a string of tanka poems from two or more poets.

Description: Write a poem about winter and how the season either affects people or can be compared to a stage in life

Sponsor(s):scribbler
Judge(s):tba

Objectives: Encourage the use of metaphors and tying a season to humans

Subject matter:see above

How Judged:

NOTE - this contest was closed by administrators on 5/3/2017. We are waiting on the sponsor to update this contest and select the winning entry.