Competition: Internal Rhyme

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Internal Rhyme

Patterns of Sound

Rhyme is the repetition of identical or similar stressed sound or sounds. Rhyme is, presumably, pleasant in itself; it suggests order; and it also may related to meaning, for it brings two words sharply together, often implying a relationship, as in the now trite dove and love, or perhaps the more imaginative throne and alone.

Objective

Your objective is to write a short poem using a *Internal Rhyme. At least one of the rhyming words occurs within the line (for example Oscar Wilde's "Each narrow cell in which we dwell"[...]).

Competition Information
Parent Competition
A Period of Poetry
Organized by
Creon Neverse
Running time
2022-04-01 until 2022-04-30 (about 1 month)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Fiction
Awards
Second Level Crescents
Participants
5 subscribers, of which 3 have participated.
Results
1st place
General Ronovi Tavisaen
Member
General Ronovi Tavisaen
Textual submission

Trembling fingers linger hapzardly
over words that may play bards' dastardly
chords. They said music is the food of love,
but it may choke you if you abuse it - broke
fools misuse it, tracing spots white hot
along a brow or a child's untied bow,
settled on a nettled head. You read
the eulogy of a dead man's lullaby,
but its duology provides no sequel -
inside a battle cry, there's equal, eagle's
eye aimed at a picture frame
full of words, nothing but misheard words,
words, words, words, words, words

Placement
1st place
2nd place
General Socorra Tenebrosa Nhar’qual Erinos
Member
General Socorra Tenebrosa Nhar’qual Erinos
Textual submission

Socks ran into the fight without saber light,
A dunce was the Sith.
How can you see, was said to she,
Silly girl, you're such a Bith.

Placement
2nd place
3rd place
Dek
Member
Dek
Textual submission

The brown lazy fox jumps over the fence,
A simple sentence for every letter forth hence,
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow,
Both borrowed, with sorrow, from the internet's sow.

Placement
3rd place