Poetry Society of CO: Ubi sunt
UBI SUNT (Open)
Deadline: June 15, 2019
Sponsor: Cheryl Miller
Theme: Ubi sunt
Form: Optional
Line Limits: 40 minimum, 50 maximum
Additional Prize Money ($90 total): First, $40; Second, $30; Third, $20
POSSIBILITIES:
Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt? (Where are those who were before us? Ubi sunt (Where are they) poetry is not so much a longing for the good old days as a recognition of the transitory nature of life, of our mortality. What reminds you that we all pass on? Cave paintings? Gold crowns? A statue in the park? Music? Old maps? Great buildings? Named streets? Your poem should exhibit a meditation on the transience of past lives and how they may relate to our own.
MUSTS: The subject matter is optional, but poets must bring the reader’s mind to focus on the fleeting aspect of life.
SHOULDS: Ubi sunt submissions may be in any form. Poets, however, should be sure their chosen form works well within 40 to 50 lines.