WD Poetic Form Challenge: Huitain Winner
Learn the winner and Top 10 list for the Writer’s Digest Poetic Form Challenge for the huitain.
Here are the results of the Writer’s Digest Poetic Form Challenge for the huitain along with a Top 10 list. (Hopefully, we'll open up the next challenge next Monday.)
Usually, I would link back to the original post to read all the original poems, but we can't do that for this challenge. However, feel free to share your huitains in the comments below.
Here is the winning huitain:
"Cody at the Leaf Blower," by Jane Shlensky
I watch a game that's underway
beside the woods, across the lawn,
as Cody faces winds at play—
a kind of keep-away at dawn.
He revs his blower, hefts its brawn,
betting on tough technologies.
Wind scatters leaves as if they're sown,
takes Cody's hat, quick as you please.
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Congratulations, Jane! In a wild year, this is a fun and grounding poem.
Here’s my Top 10 list:
- Cody at the Leaf Blower, by Jane Shlensky
- A Koala Cries, by Tracy Davidson
- I want to stay up late at night, by Riley Hysell
- Scintillation in April, by William Preston
- Photo Album, by Sasha A. Palmer
- Winter Pruning, by casplan
- Cathedral Fire, by Nancy Posey
- Spider Dance, by Taylor Graham
- Night Train, by Walter J. Wojtanik
- Winter Blues, by Lisa L. Stead
Congratulations to everyone in the Top 10! And to everyone who wrote a huitain!
Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
