PPCHS 2016-2017 POETRY CONTEST CATEGORIES :

 Typed copies of ALL poems are due to Ms. Phelps in D203 no later than January 27th.  Students are encouraged to read their poems at the PPCHS Poetry Slam on Feb. 8th.  Poems for the Spoken Word category must be performed at the Poetry Slam for judging.  Winners will receive $10 B&N gift card and be announced at the Poetry Slam on Feb. 8th.  Winners of all categories will represent PPCHS in the 2016 Broward County Literary Fair!

Specificatio Category Description ns A poem of five lines with the following syllables: Line 1 - two syllables Line 2 - four syllables Cinquain Line 3 - six syllables Line 4 - eight syllables Line 5 – two syllables Poetry that is inspired by art. This year, students are to use a Diego Rivera piece to inspire a poem. His work can be found at: http://www.diegorivera.org The poem may be lined verse or free verse. The selected artwork must be downloaded to a document. Must be at Ekphrastic The student should then go to the Format menu & size least 20 Poem the picture to no more than 3 inches in height. The picture lines. should be centered at the top of the page; the name of the artwork, artist & source from which it is downloaded should be immediately below it. The title of the poem should follow. Must be at Free Verse Poetry having no regular meter or rhyme. least 15 lines. A Japanese lyric poem of a fixed 17-syllables that often points to something moving in nature. It has the following: Haiku Line 1 – five syllables Line 2 – seven syllables Line 3 –five syllables A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular min of 35 Ode subject, often elevated in style or manner & written in lines & max varied & irregular meter. of 2 pgs. A poem imitating with ludicrous exactness, but ordinarily Must be at Parody on a ridiculous subject, the style of a serious composition least 15 Poem (for example: Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” speech). lines. Combines performance with argumentation. Speakers Must be 4-5 Poetry perform from memory a poetry excerpt from one or more min, and Interpretatio poems. Characterizations may be performed, and a submitted n spoken introduction must present the message of the both on selection. No costumes. Performances will be judged & paper and winner will be selected at the PPCHS Poetry Slam on on flash February 8th. The typed poem must be submitted by Jan. drive. 27th. Must be at A poem written by one persona to be read by two people, least 20 sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneously. The lines. Poem for poem shows different viewpoints on the same topic. A May be in Two Voices good example is Langston Hughes’ poem “Mama & the either one Rent Man.” Might be a bilingual poem incorporating or two English & another language. column format. May express ideas, emotions, or tell a story. Precise word Must be at Rhymed choice and sensory imagery are characteristics of poetic least 16 Verse expression. lines. French form consisting of six six-line stanzas & a three- line envoy. The form is usually unrhymed. The end words in each stanza are the same but arranged in a different sequence in each stanza. In the closing tercet, each of the six words is used, with one in the middle of each line & one at the end. The pattern is as follows where the Sestina words that end the lines of the first sestet are represented Poem by the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 End words of lines in first sestet 6 1 5 2 4 3 End words of lines in second sestet 3 6 4 1 2 5 End words of lines in third sestet 5 3 2 6 1 4 End words of lines in fourth sestet 4 5 1 3 6 2 End words of lines in fifth sestet 2 4 6 5 3 1 End words of lines in sixth sestet (6 2) (1 4) (5 3) Middle & end words of lines of the tercet. Rhymed verse that condenses the main ideas of a literary Must be at Shrinklit work. The last two lines often present an ironic least 15 Poem twist/question. lines. A lyric poem of fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter. Shakespearean sonnets have three quatrains followed by a rhymed couplet. The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg. The main thought is presented in the three quatrains & concluded in the Sonnet couplet. Petrarchan sonnets are divided into a group of eight lines followed by a group of six lines. The rhyme scheme for the octave is abba abba. The rhyme scheme for the sestet is cdecde. The octave presents a single thought, & the sestet explores, contradicts, or develops it in some way. Spoken Word poetry combines poetry with elements of Must be 1 – the oral tradition, hip-hop, & theatre. It places heavy 3 min in Spoken emphasis on the performance of the poem; however, the length. Word written construction of the poem is very important. These Poets must Performanc poems rely on figurative language, sensory details, & project, e emotional connection. They can tell stories, tackle social speak issues, or talk about whatever the poet imagines, & may clearly, & use elements from other types of poetry. Performances use will be judged & winner will be selected at the PPCHS gestures & Poetry Slam on February 8th. The typed poem must be facial submitted by Jan. 27th. expressions . A French verse form in 19 lines with no set number of syllables per line. It has a pattern of only two rhymes & is marked by its alternating refrain. The poem has five tercets & a concluding quatrain. The first line of the first stanza is repeated as the last line of the second & the fourth stanzas, & as the second-to-last line in the final Villanelle quatrain. The third line of the first stanza is repeated as the last line of the third & the fifth stanzas & as the last line in the final quatrain. If I were to use capitals for the refrains and lowercase letters for the rhymes, the form would appear as follows: A1 b A2 / a b A1 / a b A2 / a b A1 / a b A2 / a b A1 A2.