Pantoum Poem Contest
Poetry Contest
The topic for this poetry contest is: HAUNTED SCARECROW
*This contest is brought to you by "The Little Workshop of Horrors" club*
Write a Pantoum poem with a minimum of four stanzas. No maximum. Your topic is a haunted scarecrow.
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. No required meter. Rhyme scheme is ABAB
EXAMPLE:
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 ^-^
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 30.00 member dollars. There are 12 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 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 Monday, November 11, 2024.
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*This contest is brought to you by "The Little Workshop of Horrors" club*
Write a Pantoum poem with a minimum of four stanzas. No maximum. Your topic is a haunted scarecrow.
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. No required meter. Rhyme scheme is ABAB
EXAMPLE:
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 ^-^
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 30.00 member dollars. There are 12 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 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 Monday, November 11, 2024.
