Poetry competition CLOSED 19th March 2018 10:04pm
WINNER
Anonymous
Anonymous
RUNNER-UP:
Gahddess_Worship
Villanelle
Poetry Contest Description
write a poem using the villanelle format (poem format is down below).
If you are looking for a challenge look no further... A villanelle follows a specific rhyming and repeating pattern. Structure is as follows (there are 19 lines total):
* Line 1: End rhyme A
* Line 2: End rhyme B
* Line 3: End rhyme A
* Line 4: End rhyme A
* Line 5: End rhyme B
* Line 6: Repeat of Line 1
* Line 7: End rhyme A
* Line 8: End rhyme B
* Line 9: Repeat Line 3
* Line 10: End rhyme A
* Line 11: End rhyme B
* Line 12: Repeat Line 1
* Line 13: End rhyme A
* Line 14: End rhyme B
* Line 15: Repeat Line 3
* Line 16: End rhyme A
* Line 17: End rhyme B
* Line 18: Repeat Line 1
* Line 19: Repeat Line 3
* You have 1 month
*Everyone can submit up to 2 pieces each
*And good luck. As usual please DM me if you have any questions, comments or concerns.
**Down below is a sample entry/piece**
When Things Grow – A Villanelle
Make room for things to grow
And mend in your heart cavity.
You have to plant and sow
Your roots. You always know
To stand tall, letting gravity
Make room for things to grow
Into a garden. No sign of a crow,
Signaling your end of depravity.
You have to plant and sow
All of your seeds. You show
Your speed and concavity.
Make room for things to grow
And twist into balls of dough,
With elasticity of your morality.
You have to plant and sow
For everything that will glow
And shine like your reality.
Make room for things to grow.
You have to plant and sow.
* Line 1: End rhyme A
* Line 2: End rhyme B
* Line 3: End rhyme A
* Line 4: End rhyme A
* Line 5: End rhyme B
* Line 6: Repeat of Line 1
* Line 7: End rhyme A
* Line 8: End rhyme B
* Line 9: Repeat Line 3
* Line 10: End rhyme A
* Line 11: End rhyme B
* Line 12: Repeat Line 1
* Line 13: End rhyme A
* Line 14: End rhyme B
* Line 15: Repeat Line 3
* Line 16: End rhyme A
* Line 17: End rhyme B
* Line 18: Repeat Line 1
* Line 19: Repeat Line 3
* You have 1 month
*Everyone can submit up to 2 pieces each
*And good luck. As usual please DM me if you have any questions, comments or concerns.
**Down below is a sample entry/piece**
When Things Grow – A Villanelle
Make room for things to grow
And mend in your heart cavity.
You have to plant and sow
Your roots. You always know
To stand tall, letting gravity
Make room for things to grow
Into a garden. No sign of a crow,
Signaling your end of depravity.
You have to plant and sow
All of your seeds. You show
Your speed and concavity.
Make room for things to grow
And twist into balls of dough,
With elasticity of your morality.
You have to plant and sow
For everything that will glow
And shine like your reality.
Make room for things to grow.
You have to plant and sow.
Ribbed Music of Bone ( Villanelle )
Centuries manifesting Sound
Charting trajectories in blood
'twixt ribbed music of bone
Through generations thereof
themed variations of chord
Centuries manifesting Sound
Resonate vibrations of note
intervals reverberating thirds
'twixt ribbed music of bone
Defining the rise of scale
double bass through treble clef
Centuries manifesting Sound
Melodic intervals in tone
Adagios restful and slow
'twixt ribbed music of bone
Vessels creating their song
tintinnabulate as One;
Centuries of manifesting Sound
'twixt ribbed music of bone
~
Charting trajectories in blood
'twixt ribbed music of bone
Through generations thereof
themed variations of chord
Centuries manifesting Sound
Resonate vibrations of note
intervals reverberating thirds
'twixt ribbed music of bone
Defining the rise of scale
double bass through treble clef
Centuries manifesting Sound
Melodic intervals in tone
Adagios restful and slow
'twixt ribbed music of bone
Vessels creating their song
tintinnabulate as One;
Centuries of manifesting Sound
'twixt ribbed music of bone
~
Written by Ahavati
(Tams)
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TEMPEST
Tempest wears itself the ir'ny
Upon my arm for all to know,
And in my hair full fast asleep.
Devil may care but I can't be
Bothered, nor will it ever show.
Tempest wears itself the ir'ny
Twisting itself cruel around me,
Pulling me under in its tow
And in my hair full fast asleep.
The eye of the storm rev'rently
I'm blinded to my ev'ry foe,
Tempest wears itself the ir'ny.
A lover's trust within my creed
When hence the pain I give is slow,
And in my hair full fast asleep
Sustains us through the tyranny
Where all is lost in spite the blow.
Tempest wears itself the ir'ny
And in my hair full fast asleep.
Written by Jade-Pandora
(jade tiger)
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These Windows Don't Pump Sunlight
These windows don’t pump sunlight –
golden noon stays in their stains;
they leave their colors untied.
They must have felt the drum’s might
shake them in the windowpane –
these windows don’t pump sunlight.
The sermon, too, had rung bright,
but was flushed in rainbow waves:
they leave their colors untied.
All their hues are sun-dried
in the dust where colors play;
these windows don’t pump sunlight.
They breathe it in on one side
but are truer for the way
they leave their colors untied.
These pews are full of stunned eyes,
faces safe in brave, bright shades.
These windows don’t pump sunlight:
they leave their colors untied.
~
(my first, quick attempt at a villanelle for extra credit in English.)
golden noon stays in their stains;
they leave their colors untied.
They must have felt the drum’s might
shake them in the windowpane –
these windows don’t pump sunlight.
The sermon, too, had rung bright,
but was flushed in rainbow waves:
they leave their colors untied.
All their hues are sun-dried
in the dust where colors play;
these windows don’t pump sunlight.
They breathe it in on one side
but are truer for the way
they leave their colors untied.
These pews are full of stunned eyes,
faces safe in brave, bright shades.
These windows don’t pump sunlight:
they leave their colors untied.
~
(my first, quick attempt at a villanelle for extra credit in English.)
Written by rowantree
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Devil’s Breath, Poison Slow
How devil’s breath stirs air in Angel’s grace,
With scented masks and hope for brighter day.
How poison slow that hope, despair replace!
In L.A.’s rant, with Burbank sitcom pace,
It’s fevered sick behind bleached smiles display.
How devil’s breath stirs air in Angel’s grace.
The burnished wind of summer’s hell-fire base,
But Marlowe knows cold noir of Winter’s stay.
How poison slow that hope, despair replace.
When Gabriel’s bald heads, white "toups" replace,
The hard sea storms that river's concrete flay,
How devil’s breath stirs air in Angel’s grace.
What broiled with unrelenting sun burned face,
Burns lower flames that cancel asphalt spray.
How poison slow that hope despair replace.
Like Eve, her Apple freed the snake’s embrace,
In Eden’s north where poetry holds sway.
How devil’s breath stirs air in Angel’s grace,
How poison slow that hope despair replace.
Written by Hepcat61
(geoff cat)
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Off To Battle
With a fierce loyalty,
Some vague threat
Oh, the novelty
March to the key
Sunrise to sunset
With a fierce loyalty
Open field, a sight to see
Didn’t know then, last cigarette
Oh, the novelty
A hellish place to be
The look of regret
With a fierce loyalty
Brutal depravity
Flowing freely, blood and sweat
Oh, the novelty
Gently slipping from reality
Lest we forget
With a fierce loyalty
Oh, the novelty.
Some vague threat
Oh, the novelty
March to the key
Sunrise to sunset
With a fierce loyalty
Open field, a sight to see
Didn’t know then, last cigarette
Oh, the novelty
A hellish place to be
The look of regret
With a fierce loyalty
Brutal depravity
Flowing freely, blood and sweat
Oh, the novelty
Gently slipping from reality
Lest we forget
With a fierce loyalty
Oh, the novelty.
Written by Apostrophe-es
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If You Have Love
If you have love for the human race
Then lead by example and be kind,
The world will become a better place.
When you practice love all your days,
You will elevate to a new state of mind,
If you have love for the human race.
When you find bliss learn to embrace,
Then love and respect will be refined,
The world will become a better place
If you fill your life with peace and grace,
Then heaven can also be redefined,
If you have love for the human race.
When you can show love in many ways,
It will also be returned to you in kind,
The world will become a better place.
If you are good then be good always,
You will bring hope to all of mankind,
If you have love for the human race
The world will become a better place.
If you have love for the human race
Then lead by example and be kind,
The world will become a better place.
When you practice love all your days,
You will elevate to a new state of mind,
If you have love for the human race.
When you find bliss learn to embrace,
Then love and respect will be refined,
The world will become a better place
If you fill your life with peace and grace,
Then heaven can also be redefined,
If you have love for the human race.
When you can show love in many ways,
It will also be returned to you in kind,
The world will become a better place.
If you are good then be good always,
You will bring hope to all of mankind,
If you have love for the human race
The world will become a better place.
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