Tableau Poetry
Poetry Contest
The topic for this poetry contest is: Tableau Poetry.
The Tableau, a poetry form created by Emily Romano, consists of one or more verses, each having six lines. Each line should have five beats. There is no set rhyme scheme, although rhyme may be present. The title should contain the word, "tableau". Since the dictionary states the word tableau means picture or representation, the poem should reflect this. A picture should come to mind as the poem is read. No artwork for this contest as the poem should paint the picture.
Example 1 - Graveside Tableau , by Emily Romano
Sunlight cannot warm
The corpse of the bairn
Who drowned in the loch
Stoic the father
Silent the mother
While the spinster weeps
Example 2 - Winter Tableau, by Margaret R Smith
Not a sign of wind
A single snowflake
Descends into view
I search the bleak sky
For just a few more
And breathe in winter
Example 3 - Seascape Tableau, by starkat
Seagulls flying low
Waves breaking on rocks
Rainbows dance in spray
Lines of dried seaweed
Stir with offshore breeze
Feather in the sand
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool of 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Tuesday, September 24, 2013.
Full Contest Listing
The Tableau, a poetry form created by Emily Romano, consists of one or more verses, each having six lines. Each line should have five beats. There is no set rhyme scheme, although rhyme may be present. The title should contain the word, "tableau". Since the dictionary states the word tableau means picture or representation, the poem should reflect this. A picture should come to mind as the poem is read. No artwork for this contest as the poem should paint the picture.
Example 1 - Graveside Tableau , by Emily Romano
Sunlight cannot warm
The corpse of the bairn
Who drowned in the loch
Stoic the father
Silent the mother
While the spinster weeps
Example 2 - Winter Tableau, by Margaret R Smith
Not a sign of wind
A single snowflake
Descends into view
I search the bleak sky
For just a few more
And breathe in winter
Example 3 - Seascape Tableau, by starkat
Seagulls flying low
Waves breaking on rocks
Rainbows dance in spray
Lines of dried seaweed
Stir with offshore breeze
Feather in the sand
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool of 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Tuesday, September 24, 2013.
