WD Poetic Form Challenge: Imayo Winner
Learn the winner and Top 10 list for the Writer’s Digest Poetic Form Challenge for the imayo.
Here are the results of the Writer's Digest Poetic Form Challenge for the imayo along with a Top 10 list. You can check out all the imayo entries in the comments on this post.
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Here is the winning imayo:
"Vehicle," by Bruce Niedt
The warranty's expired - harder to get parts.
Everything falls apart now, piece by piece by piece.
Not even duct tape will help - repairs are futile.
"Well," my doctor reassures, "you're just getting old."
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Congratulations, Bruce Niedt! Love the play on the term "vehicle" in this one; it's just a fun poem to read and re-read. Despite its punchline, it never seems to get old.
Here’s my Top 10 list:
- Vehicle, by Bruce Niedt
- As Summer Slips Past, by Linda L Stead
- Boys and Girls, by Debbie Abbott
- lost souls, by Pamela J. Jessen
- For Dante, by Steven R. Robertson
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, by Taylor Graham
- Contentment, by Candace Kubinec
- "We live in a floating world," by Sasha A. Palmer
- Self Affliction, by Elizabeth Ridge
- Rain Dance, by Lorraine Caramanna
Congratulations to everyone in the Top 10! And to everyone who wrote an imayo!
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.
