Pantoum

The challenge for this contest is to write a pantoum poem. A pantoum is a poem that is made up of quatrains. In a pantoum the second and fourth lines of the previous stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the next stanza.

Examples

November's Child
It's November's style to beguile
She's such a precocious child
One day can be snow or sleet
While the next day's warm and mild

She's such a precocious child Repeated
Bare branches go begging for a winter coat
While the next day's warm and mild Repeated
"It's just the way I am" she gloats

Bare branches go begging for a winter coat Repeated
Chilling winds and flurries abound
"It's just the way I am" she gloats Repeated
"I love making snow angels on the ground"

Chilling winds and flurries abound Repeated
Sending shivers up my spine
"I love making snow angels on the ground" Repeated
Sit by the fireplace and sip some wine

Sending shivers up my spine Repeated
One day can be snow or sleet
Sit by the fireplace and sip some wine Repeated
It's November's style to beguile
- written by starkat

The Stranger
Who is that stranger looking back at me
with head atilt and wonder in her eyes?
She mimics all my movements perfectly,
she's hard to recognize in her disguise.

With head atilt and wonder in her eyes, Repeated
she seems familiar in a strange, weird way.
She's hard to recognize in her disguise, Repeated
is she a friend I knew well yesterday?

She seems familiar in a strange, weird way. Repeated
She's older far than me, or so it seems.
Is she a friend I knew well yesterday? Repeated
Perhaps I met her somewhere in my dreams.

She's older far than me, or so it seems. Repeated
She mimics all my movements perfectly.
Perhaps I met her somewhere in my dreams, Repeated
who is that stranger looking back at me?
- written by whizpurr ^-^

In this example, the final line is a repeat of the first line of the poem. That is not a requirement of this form of poetry.

The winners will be selected by the FanStory.com Contest Committee. The committee will read and discuss the entries. A winner will be announced approximately one to two weeks after the deadline passes.

The winner takes away a $100 cash prize. All writers will receive feedback for their submission.

Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Wednesday, September 26, 2012.

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