Please Enter Runaway Rhymes Competition #2: Brave the Wave
Welcome to Runaway Rhymes Competition #2
First prize 25 STEEM
Second Prize: 15 STEEM
Third Prize: 10 STEEM
EVERY ENTRY will get 1 STEEM
So the topic for Runaway Rhymes #2 is to write a rhyming poem that includes something about the sea, could be just a critical word, a line or what whole poem is based around. You decide (as long as it rhymes).
RULES
The rhyming poem has to be 8 lines or more.
It has to rhyme (or almost rhyme).
Please add your poem or post link into the comments of this post.
If you create your own post, tag it with #runawayrhymes and include Runaway Rhymes in the Title.
If you have already written a rhyming poem that fulfils these criteria, please feel free to enter it, (if its already on Steemit you can link to your post in the comments)
You can enter up to 3 times each competition (each entry will get 1 STEEM)
OPTIONAL, BUT HELPFUL
Please let as many poets (or anyone who might want a go who then discover they are poets but didn't know its) know about this competition as possible by resteeming this post, and/ or including a link back to it in your Runaway Rhymes post.
DEADLINE:
Midnight 15th January
I will judge and do all the payouts on Monday 16th January.
Here's what my entry might look like:
RUNAWAY RHYMES 2: SEAHORSE
This poem was written when I was about 10.
Rocking along to the melody of the tide,
Full of courage and no need to hide
Swimming, belonging at the bottom of the sea
Without a care in the world and free.
The male carries the imminent brood
Leaving the female agile to find food.
Allowing the other beasts of the ocean
To gaze upon mystic beauty in motion.
It would ideal to be in the water all day
To swim to my hearts content and play.
So I wish I was a seahorse.
A female one, of course.
Good luck and I look forward to enjoying the talents of the Steem poets.
Images: giphy.com
Keep on writing and inspiring
Tranquil as the sea, that is what she longs to be. As the night waves drift in and out of the shore, her memories they adore. Without the salt of the waves bite, she tries with all her might. Tonight the waves ripple and the current is steady, this time she knows she's ready. Ready to dip her toe out of the sands, alone with the sea she stands. The cold chill, up her skin and through her spine it sends her a thrill. Without the sea, she could never be. Without the salt and without an anchor to stop, she floats alone to the top. This will be the last time she tries, to emmorse herself into their glistening and crystallized lies.
Thanks, that's beautiful.
Here is my entry (will also be post on my blog):
The Ocean Is Calling
In pieces of you, tide washes in blue
The ocean is calling; to this calling stay true
As water is living, the breath of us all
The ocean is willing to share its abundance once more
From the darkness remaining, where the light cannot see
The ocean still calls forth to let the light see through me
The waves that were gentle and spoke to my soul
Though they roar up in anger, it is an anger I've known
In my memory it lays there like a long forgotten dream
Each drop of the ocean holds more than it seems
Return to the first point; rise up from the depths once again
The ocean is calling, it is calling my name
My blog post can be found here: https://steemit.com/poetry/@naquoya/runaway-rhymes-the-ocean-is-calling-original-poetry
Thank You for this Opportunity @hopehuggs!!
Wishing you all the best! :-)
Here is my entry:
my own original art + photography XO
I love it as always with your writing and pictures, but am I missing the connection to sea within the rhyme?
Yeah no I straight forgot that part... :-(
It'll be good for Runaway Rhymes 3 - It will be called - Hey, What are You Doing Today and it will need to be about something that you do most days, or on the particular day you write it.
nice! :-)
https://steemit.com/runawayrhymes/@papa-pepper/waves-the-heartbeat-of-the-ocean-an-entry-for-the-runaway-rhymes-2-contest-from-hopehuggs
Did an entry post to help promote the contest too!
I want to be a droplet in the sea
To melt, shed my skin and be free
Swim with dolphins, play with seals
Splashing with joy and squeals
To be free, to be free to swim in the sea
That is what I want to be
If that can't be then I want to grow wings
and be like the gulls flying over seas
Free as the playful, aimless breeze that sings
Needs to have a couple of extra lines to qualify as entry (minimum 8 lines in rules)
Thanks @hopehuggs. Done.
Here is my entry @hopehuggs I hope you enjoy this true life experience I've recalled from my past
https://steemit.com/runawayrhymes/@verbal-d/hopehuggs-runaway-rhymes-poetry-competition-2-entry-the-waves-that-i-braved-original-poem
FUN! I'll post something this evening.
I just resteemed with one day left of the competition. Good luck to all the entrants!
Thank you very much for the prize. Just resteeming.
So glad I checked your profile for the second competition, just finished writing my entry, I shall post it tomorrow, this is exciting stuff. So happy for this contest, thanks again @hopehuggs
Here is the link to my submission!