Prompt:
Grá Reformata
Developed by Michael King, this form is based upon the Villanelle form, only that it has extra couplet between each tercet. The couplet can either be rhymed or free verse, but always in iambic pentameter.
This is the format:
a-b-a
x-x
a-b-a
x-x
a-b-a
x-x
a-b-a
x-x
a-b-a
a-b-a-a
Notes:
- The x consists of the rhymed or unrhymed iambic couplet.
- Only the couplet will have strict meter, which is iambic pentameter. But, the rest of the lines will always have 10 syllables each.
A sample poem by the creator himself
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ, ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต,
๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ;
๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐น, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ’๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ,
๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ,
๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ; ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต.
๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด,
๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต.
๐๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ
๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ;
๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต.
๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ต. ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ,
๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ, ๐ข ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ,
๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ;
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต.
๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต,
๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ;
๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต.
๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต,
๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต,
๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต.
- Send in your entries, as an attachment in a word document (.doc/.docx, any other file will not be published), to penmagica@gmail.com along with a 2-3 line bio (not required if previously sent).
- The subject of your mail should be Entry for #PenMuse-55 (compulsory).
- Along with your entry please send a suggested cover for your poem. (please send it as a separate attachment. Make sure it is a stock photo, no watermarks, and of high resolution –800 pixels and above). The elves at Penmancy are mighty pleased if a poem is accompanied by a cover.
- Check your syllable count here.
Rules:
- The submitted poem must have a title (Keep it simple with no punctuation marks; all words more than 3 letters must be capitalised)
- There is no limit to the number of entries you may submit –though only the first submitted poem will be qualified for contention.
- Previously published or plagiarised works will not be considered for contention.
- Poems found to have been shared on another platform or blog before the declaration of results stand disqualified from the event, and the writer of such content stands to be disqualified for the next Penmancy event.
- In case a poem is received after the submission deadline, it shall be considered as a guest entry and shall not qualify for the event.
- Entries that don’t follow rules will be published and shared on the page and group but are disqualified for winning.
Winning criteria:
- The winner will be chosen on the basis of the judges’ scores (out of 10)
- creativity/content and originality, [12 points]
- coherence of form and structure (harmony of words, presentation), [12 points]
- clarity of imagery and language/grammar, [10 points]
- emotional impact, [10 points]
- topic/relevance to the theme, [6 points]
- The entries adjudged by a panel of judges and event organisers shall be binding. Judges’ scores to be deemed final and may not be contested. Final scores are not disclosed to the participants.
- The entries adjudged through this process shall be binding. No scores will be shared with the participants.
- All writers are required to read and comment on 5 stories other than their own and encourage their fellow writers with valuable and constructive inputs. Comments like “nice”, “good work”, “brilliant piece”, etc. do not provide the necessary critique and are not helpful for anyone.
- Timelines-
- The last date of submission is September 20, 2023
- Winners shall be announced on September 27, 2023
The announcement of winners may be postponed or preponed depending on the number of entries received.
The winners of the event shall receive the book “Classic Tales from Shakespeare” by Deepti Menon.
This book was extended for #BookNook Author Spotlight program.
Below are the submissions
