Terza Rima is a type of poetry consisting of 10 or 11 syllable lines arranged in three-line.
Example:
Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley
O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing
So here are the rules:
~Terza Rima's must be completely Original which means no Plagiarizing. ~There can only be 1 submission per user ~The same user is not able to win twice in a row ~Even if the same user who won can't win.. doesn't mean they can't enter ~Must be submitted before the actual deadline for the contest ~It has to fit the theme
This will always last 1 week.
The deadline is February 27th and most Contests will start on the weekend.
This weeks Theme is The Desert and I am still in the process of asking for a merit to the winners.
Life, such a strife. Get out of bed, look at my wife Leaving my wife, gonna kill myself, with that knife. Getting anxious, getting life out of my head. Got the knife. Life going through my eyes, thinking of my wife. Knife going through my wife.
Flag Could there be a worse punishment? It seems Not so, to me. Whoever created this as a gift Did quite the opposite. For within this dream Appears a parasite that makes us float adrift. And we call this parasite our brain as it allows Us the freedom of thought, to question our makeshift Surroundings. "I shall end this life now" he avows
It could of won if there was more than one line at the end.
3rd place EnterOrion
Is the beginning the end, or something else? What is the meaning of life, without death? Another life begins, starting a pulse
My advice is to make it longer.Then it would of won for sure.
2nd place Sourwhatup2
~ Mentally destroyeD ~ As life passes by, you don't expect things And at one point it could destroy all You may raise your head up high like kings The thing is, life hits you like a recall All things in the past might be remembered Then washed away by the force of thrall By now you should or will be misremembered Forgotten and never to be rewarded Lost in the darkness mentally dismembered When you talk to people you are sordid Not thinking of the deadly consequences There is no reason to be awarded Life can be full of big silly hoaxes Mentally Destroyed.. ease into the senses
Great Terza Rima just I liked one better for some reason.
1st place ERNIE15!!!!!!!!!
The Dream of Life When we say "life", do we really mean it? Is it a reality that we all live? It has to be, after all, we've seen it. But what if life is not as we see it? What if life is a vivid, colorful dream, And we're all wrong? None can guarantee it. If life is a ocean of fantasy Could we live our whole lives without waking up? Or would we die when we die? We shall see
Great job Ernie I am speechless.That is what just beat sour out.
