Fiddling With Forms...
Poetry Contest
Write a poem on the SAME TOPIC, using TWO DIFFERENT forms of your own choosing (free verse, quatrain, monotetra, sonnet, or whatever).
For each poem, use the same title, slightly altered (as in the examples below).
DO NOT use the same form twice.
Both poems must convey the same basic message, that is, the reader must be able to see that you are saying the same thing in two different ways.
Your second poem can even be a haiku as long as you capture the main thought of the first poem.
Example: Quatrain followed by Monotetra
Masquerade
Made-up face with painted tears,
The portrait of a circus clown;
For, seemingly, to make us laugh,
He hides behind a painted frown.
But somewhere, 'neath his masked charade,
A sadness drenched with lonely tears
Lies quietly suppressed so not
To blot the laughter from his ears.
Alone, backstage, his heart is wrenched
As simulated teardrops fade,
Betraying every facet of
His long-pretended masquerade.
Masquerade Revisited
With made-up smile turned upside down,
He hides behind a painted frown
As folk all over town come roun'
To see the clown, to see the clown.
Amid the roar of hearty cheers,
The haunting mem'ry of his fears
Blots heartfelt laughter from his ears;
Applause that sears, applause that sears.
While children's fantasies are quenched,
Alone, backstage, his heart is wrenched;
True countenance with sorrow drenched;
Old tales entrenched, old tales entrenched.
For somewhere 'neath his masked charade,
Lies truth, as painted teardrops fade,
Revealing his last escapade:
The masquerade, the masquerade.
Copyright 2011 ljf
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool of 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Wednesday, August 3, 2011.
