Description:Any poem about spring

Sponsor(s):Gee and scribbler
Judge(s):anonymous

Objectives:Just to get creative juices flowing and have fun

Subject matter:Spring....either straight forward or metaphorical

How Judged:

Description: A workshop concerning basic meter.

Leader: Wesley Snow
Moderator(s): Keith Logan, Jane210660
Sound Tech: weirdelf

Objectives: To aid in explaining basic meter in such a way as it may be used in continued poetry.

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter: Meter vs. Rhythm, the four most common metric structures, exercises to practice what we learn. The importance of meter as the most important poetic structure.

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.

Objectives: To practice giving constructive feedback.

Level of expertise: Open to all, especially newcomers learning to give constructive feedback.

Subject matter: This is widely regarded as one of the worst poems of all time. For this workshop simply pretend that it a Neopoet member's first poem and write a critique. Keep it reasonably short, we can't all write a thesis on everyone's poems.
We will then critique each others critiques.

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: A quick exercise in Critique

Leader: weirdelf (Jess)
Moderator(s): Volunteers please.

Objectives: To practice giving constructive feedback on bad poetry.

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter: This is widely regarded as one of the worst poems of all time. For this workshop simply pretend that it has been posted by a Neopoet member and write a critique.
We will then critique each others critiques.

The Tay Bridge Disaster
by William McGonagall

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