New Classic Poems – Contemporary Verse That Rhymes
New Classic Poems – Contemporary Verse That Rhymes
New Classic Poems – Contemporary Verse That Rhymes
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<strong>New</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> <strong>Poems</strong><br />
Appendix A<br />
Formal poetry generally requires formal<br />
punctuation.<br />
Most metrical poems need stanza structure, just as<br />
short articles require paragraphs. The poet’s ability<br />
to package related thoughts within stanzas separates<br />
the wheat from the chaff.<br />
A poem’s title should bear a meaningful<br />
relationship to its content.<br />
To learn how to write formal poetry, read formal<br />
poetry. It doesn’t happen by accident.<br />
Love inspires many amateur poets. Alas, many fail<br />
miserably. We reject love poems that contain the<br />
usual, trite clichés and boring, predictable rhymes<br />
that have been worked to death by popular songs.<br />
If you submit a love poem, please say something<br />
original, say it skillfully, and don’t say it in the first<br />
person.<br />
SUBMIT!<br />
Please SUBMIT your poems to the contest Webmaster,<br />
neilmac@durham.net<br />
Kindly include the password “wordone” (leaving out the<br />
quotes) in the SUBJECT of your email, to get past our<br />
spam filter. If it doesn’t get through the first time, please<br />
try again!<br />
All submissions that we receive will be acknowledged.<br />
Thanks for your poems!<br />
Contest closes 31 October, 2004.<br />
Final entries will be posted, and winners will be<br />
announced shortly thereafter.<br />
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