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 | Pond Poetry
A monthly prompt based poetry contest sponsored by The Talent Pond - Now Open! |
    Thank you to HuntersMoon  , StephB 2013 Busy Bee  , and Acme  for the beautiful ribbons that grace our page. Hello & Welcome to Pond Poetry! "The Talent Pond"  was created to give Writing.Com members more recognition for their work, to inspire writers to write, and to help them improve that writing. Poetry is a specialized form of writing that can be daunting for some, challenging for many, and fun for all. Come by Pond Poetry and give our poetry challenge a try to see what you can do – you might just surprise yourself!  Your poem must be new, created specifically for this contest No exceptions One poem, per person, per prompt! No previously awarded poems are eligible for prizes If your poem is awarded by someone else prior to judging of this contest being completed, then a new winner will be chosen Your entry must be 40 lines or LESS If we do have an Open Prompt for a round, you must state whatever formal poetry was used (IF you used a poetry form) Edit, edit, edit ... until the contest closes for the round Any item that is found to have been edited after the round closes will be disqualified Contest is open to all members of Writing.com Keep entries at 18+ or below No graphic content No late entries will be allowed Entries MUST be posted in bitem format If you need help with bitem linking, please check out: "Newbie Hyperlinking 101 - Bitem Format" If there are four or fewer entries, each entry will be awarded Gift Points instead of winning the usual prizes If you have no room in your port contact Krysha ~ Spring is Here!  and we will arrange something! Judging for this contest will be conducted by: Ghostranch  Riot  Krysha ~ Spring is Here! SpringMistress  and when needed Coursera Students 1933191  *We are always looking for guest judges so feel free to contact us if you wish to help! Please feel free to contact any of the above members with any questions, concerns or suggestions for this contest. You can also submit suggestions here "Pond Poetry Suggestion/Comment"  First Place A 25k GP Awardicon Second Place Poetry MB Third Place 5,000 GPs *All winning entries will have a spot on "The Poet-Tree"  Each month will have a new prompt posted on the 16th. This prompt may be an image, a quote, a set of words to include in the poem, a title that will be required, or a form. Let the current prompt inspire you to write your poem, post that poem to your portfolio, and post a message in the forum below with a bitem link to that poem. As stated in the rules, you may edit your entry until the round closes at 11:59pm WdC time on the 15th when the round closes.  Round FIFTY-FOUR This month we have words to inspire you. Please use all of the below words in your poem. Bold or underline them so that judges can see them quickly to make sure you followed the rules. You can use any form but you must list the form you used or what your form structure is if you made up your own form.  Spring rain flowers April or May (choose one month to put into your poem) dance Round Fifty-Three Entries! "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor "Terrier" by KSutton Wrk on #3 Novel  "LOVE" by sssam-on the way back "Forgotten" by Mike Day  "Sundays" by Alan Philps  "Memories" by Connieann  "Sun" by celticsea "Trapeze - A Plieades Poem" by CTKevinK  "Spring- A Pleiades" by GypsyRose  "Dawn" by LostGhost~Away from net  "Paradise" by Nani - Blessed Indeed  "Melancholy" by SueHuson "Stars" by Dawn☆Embers Edits  "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor "Pixies" by Dave "Depression" by Ann "Moon" by WhiteRose "Puppy" by Marci ~ Mom is writing! "Transcendental" by Koyel~ 4 years on WDC "Perfection" by lola999  Would you like to make a DONATION? Any donations are welcomed as there are never any fees for Talent Pond contests. They can be sent directly with a forum post or to Talent/Holding Pond contest funds:
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