Something New to Chew On
Poetry Contest
Something New to Chew On
I discovered a new form to play with, and thought "Why not invite some play mates"!
Write a Rhopalic Verse - Any length (but minimum 3 lines)
Rhopalic -(from Greek, 'clublike'--expanding or thickening toward the end)
Poet's Garrett explains it as follows:
"A very deceptive form that at first appears simple, but in fact, it requires a lot
of hard work to accomplish a satisfactory piece.
The rules are simple, with each line the first word is monosyllabic the second
word has two syllables the third three syllables and so on."
(i.e. each word in each line is one syllable longer than the previous word)
Lewis Turco (American Poet and Author) in his "Book of Forms" (pub. 1960) gives the following example:
Come lover, hastily violently
And gather everything gatherable.
Leny Roovers takes a far different approach to love and gives this as her example.
Dawn
As petals awaken expectantly,
dawn's dewdrop reflection-
a silken temptation;
lips linger, lusciously satisfying.
This one I found on AllPoetry.com (unknown artist)
A puppy whimpering expectantly
Tail wagging wiggling feverishly
Eyes begging attention.
Paws upward displaying obedience
Man?s loyal companion
Love without condition.
So there you go! Have at it :-)
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 40.00 member dollars. There are 8 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 72.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Thursday, October 1, 2015.
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I discovered a new form to play with, and thought "Why not invite some play mates"!
Write a Rhopalic Verse - Any length (but minimum 3 lines)
Rhopalic -(from Greek, 'clublike'--expanding or thickening toward the end)
Poet's Garrett explains it as follows:
"A very deceptive form that at first appears simple, but in fact, it requires a lot
of hard work to accomplish a satisfactory piece.
The rules are simple, with each line the first word is monosyllabic the second
word has two syllables the third three syllables and so on."
(i.e. each word in each line is one syllable longer than the previous word)
Lewis Turco (American Poet and Author) in his "Book of Forms" (pub. 1960) gives the following example:
Come lover, hastily violently
And gather everything gatherable.
Leny Roovers takes a far different approach to love and gives this as her example.
Dawn
As petals awaken expectantly,
dawn's dewdrop reflection-
a silken temptation;
lips linger, lusciously satisfying.
This one I found on AllPoetry.com (unknown artist)
A puppy whimpering expectantly
Tail wagging wiggling feverishly
Eyes begging attention.
Paws upward displaying obedience
Man?s loyal companion
Love without condition.
So there you go! Have at it :-)
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 40.00 member dollars. There are 8 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 72.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Thursday, October 1, 2015.
