A Poem A Day Contest

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Prompt 1: Write a poem using the words "idle" AND "dancing" OR "dance"

Prompt 2: Write a poem about blessings

Prompt 3: Write a Rhupunt Poem

This form consists of 3, 4,or 5 lines per stanza (your choice)

Poem consists of at least 2 stanzas

Each line is only 4 syllables.

Rhyme scheme for 3lined Rhupunt  aab, ccb, ddb, eeb,...

Rhyme scheme for 4lined Rhupunt  aaab, cccb, dddb, eeeb......

Rhyme scheme for 5lined Rhupunt  aaaab, ccccb, ddddb, eeeeb......

Example: #1

This is the end,
Love will not mend,
I'll walk away.

I cannot lie,
I watch you cry,
I cannot stay.

Example #2

This is the end,
Love will not mend,
Don't condescend,
I'll walk away.

I cannot lie,
I watch you cry,
My eyes are dry
I cannot stay.

Example #3

This is the end,
Love will not mend,
You're not my friend,
Don't condescend,
I'll walk away.

I cannot lie,
I watch you cry,
My eyes are dry,
This love has died,
I cannot stay.

http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/welsh/rhup.html

Prompt 1:  Write a poem using the words "wintery" AND "cover" OR "covering"

Prompt 2:  Write a poem about food

Prompt 3:  Write a Seox Poem

Each stanza has six lines.

The poem consists of at least one stanza

The syllabic structure is 3-7-6-5-4-3

The poem is unrhymed

Example:
Angel's Dilemma

Some angels
quit their duties, leaving for
more pleasant dimensions.
Earthlings don't get it.
Love not evil.
Light not dark.

Some angels
would not leave their dear Earthlings
to their own weak devices,
still hoping free will
will tweak a bit
to the good.

My angels
are compassionate and kind,
tell me to shape up, heal,
get my knees going,
rely on hope—

http://rainbowcommunications.org/forms/Seox.pdf

Prompt 1: Write a poem using the words "outrage" AND "outpour" OR "outpouring"

Prompt 2:  Write a poem about ungratefulness

Prompt 3: Write a Clogyrnach Poem

Each stanza consists of six lines

The poem consists of at least 1 stanza

The syllable count is 8-8-5-5-3-3

The rhyme scheme is a,a,b,b,b,a

The last two lines may be written as one line if desired. See example #2.

Example #1

Hidden in the shadow, I find
A butterfly; carved and black lined.
As you fly away,
touch blossoms, do play.
My love, stay!
Heart, be kind.

- by Bianca
"Clogyrnach" 

Example #2
Youth

Smooth lines with the color of peach,
time invites them to dream and reach.
Discovery waits,
lust lures, promise baits,
a world waits, ours to teach.

- by Judi Van Gorder
http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=972

Picture Prompt 1: 

Prompt 2: Write a poem using the phrase "a king's ransom"

Prompt 3: Write a Ae Freislighe Poem

This poem is written in quatrains (4 lined stanzas)

This poem consists of at least 1 stanza

Each line has 7 syllables

Rhyming scheme is abab cdcd....

Line 1 and Line 3 must end with a 3 syllable word

Line 2 and Line 4 must end with a 2 syllable word

Syllable and Rhyme structure look like this:
x x x x (x x a)
x x x x x (x b)
x x x x (x x a)
x x x x x (x b)

The last line or word of the poem should cycle back to the first line or word, using the first syllable, word, or entire first line

Example:
Parting Words for the Child Leaving Home

Wander forth with dignity
child, dining on life's marrow.
Don't eat from sinly misery
nor drink her wells of sorrow.

Learn from men with wilderness
hearts, awe struck by this pure bliss;
Souls wrapped not by bitterness
shall remain free from abyss.

Have love for one another-
transgression lies out yonder
-caretaking of your brothers
down all the roads you wander.

-by K. McGee
http://kmcgeepoet.wordpress.com/2012/07/08/parting-words-for-the-child-leaving-h...

Prompt 1: Use this quote as prompt for your poem: "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~ Rogers Hornsby

Prompt 2: Write a poem using the words "wall-to-wall"

Prompt 3: Write a Cameo Poem

The poem consists of 7 lines total

The syllable structure is 2, 5, 8, 3, 8, 7, 2

The poem does not rhyme

Example:
Cameo Turtles

Turtles
Trapped in a glass bowl
Watching the world outside each day
Freedom sounds
Round and around the bowl they crawl
Searching for freedoms portal
Sphere closed

-by Nancy Lee Shrader
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nannalee/418276/

Prompt 1: No Prompt

Picture Prompt 1:

Prompt 2: Write a poem using the words "daffodil" AND "secret" OR "secrets"

Prompt 3: Write a Redondilla Poem

Each stanza is four lines

This poem consists of at least 1 stanza

Each line has 8 syllables

The rhyme is abba

Example:
A People Betrayed

I hear some voices in my head
Saying that they are here for me,
And they will tell me what they see,
But like some stars, their light is dead.

In the spirit of what they shout,
They dress in light while wearing black
And like the stars, they keep their track,
Speaking as if I should not doubt.

Pondering the questions of truth
While being told that night is day
And that black is the color gray—
O' how I am missing my youth.

I see some hands gloved in a cause,
A covering for the reason
Behind such obvious treason
To which there seems to be no pause.

-by jimmyfin
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Prompt 1: Write a poem using the words "haze" OR "hazy" AND "camouflage" OR "camouflaged"

Prompt 2:  Write a poem about family dinners/gatherings/reunuins

Prompt 3: Write a Rhyme Royal Poem

The poem consists of a 7 lined stanza

Poem consists of at least 1 stanza

Each line consists of 10 syllables exactly

The rhyme scheme is a,b,a,b,b,c,c

Example:
Bird's Eye View

The queen, upon her high Madrone-limb throne,
was taking count of those who serve her court
when, through the glass, she spied her kind. Alone,
oh how she longed to join in their  cavort.
Although, her royal duty can be sport
if feline subject dares to lurk too near,
then beak and talon strike, enforcing fear.

-by Judi Van Gorder
http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=651