What to Submit?
One Line of Alliteration: The Name Game
Here is a little game I thought up to get to know each other better by having you describe yourselves in a fanciful, fun, or even serious manner! Whatever you do, make it interesting and alliterative.
Here is how it works: Think of TWO names you have used either now or in the past. You can choose from among first, middle or last name (also maiden name) or also nicknames you have gone by or names you have used for emails or websites, such as pen names. Besides my first, middle, last and maiden name, I come up with two others used for emails, etc: Sonneteer and Wordwarrior. If I were doing this challenge, I could choose among six letters, which are the beginning letter of all my names: A, R, D, M, S and W. Then I would narrow my letter choices down to just two. ONLY those two letters can be used as the first letter of every word in my descriptive one-liner. Use as your TITLE, the two letters that you are focused on. If you use a nickname or pen name, I hope you will put them in your notes above the poem (In the box the judges cannot see) so that we will know why you are using it instead of your first and last name at Soup.
An exception: I will permit the use of “I” one time only inside your poem (it will not count as a third letter). This is for your convenience since it can be nearly impossible to write a grammatical sentence without the subject “I” depending on which letters you are stuck with. Have fun with this one. Google adjectives and verbs that start with the two letters you are using and come up with a one-liner uniquely YOU. And finally, remember I love correct grammar and spelling!
Here are two examples I came up with in case anyone is still confused:
Title 1: W D (I’m using this title for my email name Wordwarrior and my last name Dietrich)
Woman with dimples drifts with dulcet words within delightful dream worlds.
Title 2: A D (using these letters for my first and last (married) name and adding in “I”:
Accepting, diligent, and alert, I am dedicated and almost always amiably deliver!
Preparing Your Entry
Submit one copy of your poem online. Format your poem. Please make your entry easy to read — no illustrations or fancy fonts.
English Language
Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible, unless you wrote both the original poem and the translation.
A Note to Poetry Contestants
You are welcome to enter this contest, whether or not you won a prize in one of my previous contests.