How Will I Approach The Vocal Fall Poetry Series?
I'll Do It My Way
Introduction
Vocal's multi-challenge drops still disturb me. Although theer is no pressure to do them all at once, and we have plenty of time, there is something in my mind saying that I need to get these done.
The details of the latest challenges are here, and they are all poetry, a dozen of them.
At the moment, there are thirteen open challenges, because the final poetry one from the last drop is still live.
My Strategy
I usually step back and take on one task at a time. I do the same thing when I have to deal with multiple work tasks, and I always manage them through to completion.
I don't know why I get slightly panicky because I know these are well within my grasp.
Because they are all poetry, I have a natural aversion to posting more than one poem at a time.
The first challenge requests a haiku, and people will flood this because a haiku is very short. That challenge is here:
I have placed my entry in this and already entered the one from the last Challenge drop. I have since written and published four non-poems.
That is going to be my strategy.
One challenge poem a day, and then other stories unrelated to the challenges. The other stories might be poems, but not for the challenges.
I am looking to use the Sestina and Terza Rima forms where the form is not specified, but I will only enter each one once.
While I can usually enter multiple fiction entries, poems are different for me, so it will just be the dozen entries.
Conclusion
Thank you for reading, and I hope it has given you some food for thought.
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Comments (8)
As usual, reading your stories has proven to be a very educational endeavor. I read this post a few days ago and thought, what the hell is Terza Rima? So, I did some research and decided to use it for my submission for the Road Drops Here Challenge. I was going to write it Free Verse, but after your other post about Free Verse dominating the Poets Community I felt obliged to try something more structured. I don't usually ask others to read my work, but I hoped you might want to see what you inspired. I would love some feedback since it is my first attempt with this style if you are willing. https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/conquering-the-hill%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cstyle data-emotion-css="w4qknv-Replies">.css-w4qknv-Replies{display:grid;gap:1.5rem;}
Whew, I thought it was just me that was overwhelmed by so many Challenges all at once! Nice to see your thought process and strategy. I actually created a spreadsheet to help keep me focused.
I am totally overwhelmed...still recovering from the last batch. Taking time to relax my brain. My strategy is to write when motivation arrives. It is rather sleeping now. Poetry cannot be forced.
I get overwhelmed each time I see Vocal drop multiple challenges at once. And sometimes, people publish multiple pieces in a day for these challenges and that overwhelms me too π π
That's a great strategy. I'm starting with the ones I find the easiest, then I might go back and work on the more challenging ones later. I don't consider myself much of a poet, so I probably won't enter many of these challenges.
I think you'll be fine...
Seems like a reasonable approach. Itβs definitely a more structured approach than what I have, which is to just write whatever strikes me when it strikes me and hope everything turns out for the best. Good luck on the challenges!
Good luck, Mike! I know you are good with basically all poetry formats and genres so I hope at least one of them lands you a win. And this is already a winning strategy!