tanka
Poetry Contest
write one tanka about: autumn .... withOUT using the words: autumn, fall, leaves, harvest, halloween, or thanksgiving
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rules for THIS contest:
~ 5 lines in the short/long/short/long/long syllable count of 31 or less
~ two grammatically-connected lines in lines 1&2 and lines 4&5
~ line 3 (a fragment) is the pivot line and must be able to be read with both the first two lines and the second two lines
~ present tense
~ personification allowed
~ very minimal punctuation
~ capitalisation for proper names only
~ NO....
*NO word-end additions of -ing or -ly
*NO rhyme
*NO alliteration
*NO author's notes
*NO pictures/artwork
*tanka do not have titles, for this contest the posted title must be: first line of poem
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*see details in announcement for examples
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