Shadow and Light poetry |
Korean Springtime Blues In Korea The springtime comes As a welcome relief, After the bitter cold Of the long cold winter With winds blowing down From the aboral Artic Siberian wastes. But Springtime also Brings pollen And the infamous yellow dust. That blows in From the Gobi Desert In China, reaching as far as Tokyo. But fortunately, By May the yellow dust Fades away. Ushering in delightful weather Until the end of June When the rainy season Descends upon the land. Welcome to The Random Poetry Contest! A random poetry contest that shows up from time to time; with no set schedule! 1 entry per person Your poem must be newly written for this contest Your poem may be in any form you like, please indicate the form at the end While you may use any form you like, your poem must be a minimum of 12 lines, a max of 40 lines Please include your line count within your item Post your entry below in either
You may edit your work up to the deadline First Prize: My 25K exclusive Coffee Awardicon Second Prize: My exclusive Coffee Award Merit Badge (there must be a minimum of 5 entries for 1st place to be awarded and at least 9 entries for both prizes to be awarded) April 30, 2023 28 days 1 hour 19 minutes April 2023 ▼ 've always wanted to host a contest but never felt like I had the time to do so. So if I fall behind one month I will skip a month to catch up. Everything else applies otherwise. Reviews might not always happen but will try my best. I'm thinking of animals and creatures. Sure, Sci-Fi and Mythology would have creatures too so those could be considered. Since the focus of the prompts would be on animals and creatures I have respectively chosen Animal and Fantasy for the genre, but any genre will be accepted as long as guidelines are followed. No erotica allowed. Rules: 1. Pick a prompt to write your prose, short story, or poem. 2. Deadline lands at 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the month. The new round will start by the 1st of the month. This applies to the current round only. Deadlines could get extended if no entries. 3. I will accept a prose (500 words or less), a short story (600 words to 2,500 words), or a poem (40 lines or less). 4. Please include a word count or line count somewhere. 5. Old or new accepted. If it has an awardicon it'll be okay too- items with awardicons are disqualified from winning an awardicon. 6. Use a form of bitem (item) or entry (book) using
7. Entry fee of 1,000 GPs per qualified entry. 8. This forum is 13+ only. I will allow 18+ entries if it is a link to the prose/story/poem. 9. Editing allowed up to the deadline. Edits afterward may become disqualified. |