Thank you Ajit and everybody for your encouragement.
I am at once excited and scared about the prospect of the next contest. Excited because of the feast of poetry that I will be a guest to and scared, obviously, because I have to be in the unenviable position of selecting the best.
A week ago, we received a bunch of ‘Best pictures’ by e-mail from one of our friends. Each one ran a riot of feelings in me, and I am yet to sort them out! I have chosen two of them.
Since we all have been writing poetry. I thought we should also start experimenting a bit. I suggest that we try out the following forms of free verse poems:
1) Acrostic poem: Where when the first letters of the poem are strung together, it becomes the title of the poem.
2) List poem: List poems name or describe a person, place or thing. They may be how-to or history poems.
3) Poem of address: Poem written to somebody/ something.
4) Persona poem: Opposite of poem of address. You become another person or object and write the poem from that point of view.
5) Narrative poem.
The above poem types are mere guidelines and are certainly not obligatory for any entry. You may write in any other way too.
I thought that since we are all so passionate about poems, we might want to try to be venturesome. We may have done all this before, but this time let us try purposefully. Trust me, you will enjoy the exercise. I am willing to even give some examples of the poem types if any of you wished.
However, if anyone feels that this is not confirming to this contest’s guidelines, I shall be glad to withdraw the stipulations. Here are the two pictures:
The last date for sending in entries will be 28-07-08. I hope to come back with-I wouldn’t say results-the review on 29-07-2008.
The rules remain same: (Copied from Ajit Nambiar’s blog )
- Let the image guide but not confine your imagination.
- Time and space mandate that your expressions should not be in excess of 500 words.
- Upon conclusion, we would have identified the next person to run the show for another week.
- Let’s be sensitive to the public forum and refrain from putting up vulgar posts.
- Let’s maintain originality, in English. Writing in Hindi will add to the flavour.
- If inspiration goads you to post multiple creative works, there are no limits on expressions. For the sake of the contest, however, only your first among multiple entries will be considered.
- Every entry should be submitted in the comments section of this blog post to make it eligible for the contest. To copy the particular blog site all one needs to do is to place the cursor on that top line (with http:// etc.) and right click. After right click one right click on COPY and then left clicks on PASTE to put it into the comments.
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21-07-2008. Entries so far:
1.CaravanBPL ; Persona poem, on:
http://shantala-anil.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/caravanbpl-s-poem-on-the-poetry-contest30.htm
2. Purefriendship; Acrostic poem on:
http://purefriendship.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/random-thoughts-on-mirage-in-the-mist-inevitable.htm
22-07-2008
Today's entries:
3.Acrostic poem from Harry and Helen
http://harryandhelen.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/this-whole-world-is-an-illusion.htm4. Narrative poem from Dr.Celestine
http://drcelestinemd.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/the-rat-and-the-owl.htm
5. Acrostic, contemporary soliloqy from Subbuji
http://purefriendship.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/inevitable-an-another-brooding-thoughts-from-my.htm
6. Lovely Hindi poem from CaravanBpl
http://caravanbpl.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/poetry-contest-30-lets-try-something-different-in.htm
7. An acrostic from Ajit Nambiar
http://ajitnambiar.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/inevitable-destiny.htm
23-07-2008
Today’s entries:
9. Bina gupta, address poem, Inevitable
10. Aroona, Mirage in mist
11. Dr.Madhvi , Mirage in the mist
12.Bina gupta, Acrostic, Mirage in the mist
13. Meerajay, Mirage in the mist
14.Harryand helen, Narrative, Inevitable
15. “Ajanabi” Hindi poem by a new Sulekha Member Rajnigandha. I have suggested she post the URL. Her poem is fully pasted in the comments section.
16. My very own, Acrostic-List poem, Inevitable
http://shantala-anil.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/inevitable-poetry-contest-30.htm
24-07-08
Today’s entries:
Dear friends,
As Madhvi said it is indeed raining acrostics! I think by the end of this contest we will all be thinking in acrostics too!
17. Mahumma, Acrostic on Mirages in mist (MIM)
18. Srividya, Acrostic, MIM
19.Madhuri,Address, Inevitable
20. DR. Madhvi,Acrostic+address, Inevitable
21. Purefriendship, I have lost count. After writing comments in acrostics, probably he is talking in acrostics too!
22. CaravanBpl, He is the next, belting out one after another. Acrostic, MIM
23. Writer at heart, Acrostic, Inevitable
24. Opulence, one acrostic/ one persona, both for Inevitable! (incredible!)
http://opulence.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/my-greatest-escape.htm
25-07-2008 entries
25. Ehsaas , Inevitable, acrostic:
26. spk 100, Inevitable, narrative
28.Ehsaas, Address, MIM:
29.Meerajay, Ineviatble, address:
30. Punam. Inevitable, Address and Acrostic MIM:
33. poemsoflife; Address. MIM and Narrative, Inevitable:
34. Finally we got aroona’s URL. Inevitable, list+Acrostic!
27-07-08 entries
37. Premsaran, acrostic (In his name!), Inevitable.
http://premsaran.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/premsaran-poem-inevitable-eyc30.htm
38. Raja Ramachandra, Address, MIM
http://rc1947.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/the-divine-union.htm
39. Raja Ramachandra, Persona, Inevitable.
http://rc1947.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/the-hunter-of-all-hunters.htm
IS that all? Or is there anymore? !2 midnight is the deadline. If you’re upto it, I am all awake!
9 pm. 28-07-2008
I think we are not yet through. Here are others of today.
40. Swayamprava, splendid blend of photos, Acrostic thrown in!
http://swayamprava.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/castle-in-the-cloud-or-illusion.htm
41.Kookieswill, persona, MIM
http://kookieswill.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/the-white-protector-express-yourself-contest-30.htm
42. Opulence, Persona, MIM
http://opulence.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel.htm
http://aroona.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/life-is-illusion-if-contest-30.htm
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Here is the correct link of Aruna Ji's poem...
http://aroona.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/life-is-illusion-if-contest-30-xpress-yourself.htm
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Here is the correct link of Aruna Ji's poem...
http://aroona.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/life-is-illusion-if-contest-30-xpress-yourself.htm
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