WD Poetic Form Challenge: Monotetra

For this Writer’s Digest Poetic Form Challenge, I’m asking poets to write a monotetra or three. Please don’t stress out about the meter so much, because I won’t. But the…

For this Writer's Digest Poetic Form Challenge, I'm asking poets to write a monotetra or three. Please don't stress out about the meter so much, because I won't. But the rhymes and refrains, yes, please follow the rules. If you're not sure, click here to learn more about the monotetra.

Many have already said it's a fun form, and I totally agree.

As in previous challenges, the winner will be featured in a future issue of Writer's Digest (the January 2011 issue to be precise).

The monotetra can be as short as one quatrain (or four-line stanza) and as long as a poet needs to get his or her rhyme on. So poem short, poem long, just poem.

The deadline for the monotetra challenge is September 7, 2010. Or roughly three weeks. So get writing today!

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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.