Recently, I entered a local poetry contest: Valentine Zombie Haiku. Some of you might also have entered Dr. Crowe's event. I haven't heard about the results, so I assume that I didn't win. However, I still want to share my entry.
one dozen long-stemmed
brains only cost zombie guy
an arm and a leg
Today I share this to start SFJH's second annual Valentine Poetry contest. This year the three categories include "serious" love poetry, vomitous valentines (so overly-sappy that it makes me want to puke), and (last year's most popular category) anti-valentine poetry.
So I issue my own challenge/contest to all who want to participate.
Submit your post-valentine poem via the comment section on this blog or email (joeaveragewriter@gmail.com) and we'll have some sort of a prize. For those who might be concerned about dual submissions with the school contest, my students judge the school contest, and I'll judge this one. You can use the same poem if you wish. And before you ask, it does not have to include zombies either!
Let's set the deadline for Friday, February 28th (2014). Good luck. Go ahead. Try to make me barf!
I gotta go. My inbox is currently being inundated with bad valentine poetry. Better grab a bucket before I dive in.
Serious entry please.
ReplyDeleteYou make everything better
Without you my life is incomplete
I always want you with me
So my life will no longer be in defeat
I wandered without direction
You alone gave me a purpose
Now I feel as I have a reason
To no longer roam like a traveling circus
Words alone cannot express my love
Being with you has caused my heart to awaken
To me you are perfection
Preservatives and all, I love you bacon.