#26 Anaphora Poems

ASSIGNMENT PURPOSE

The purpose of this assignment is to invite poets to compose narrative or lyrical poems that employ anaphora or the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of lines. These repetitions may be of the same word or phrases throughout. Anaphora may also be manifested as a number of changing sets of initial words or phrases that repeat in the poem.

EXAMPLES

Poems published so far in this series will be linked here.

See more on anaphora in poetry here.

FORMAL INTERESTS

We are specifically interested in poems that demonstrate careful attention to the elements of shape, line, music, comparison, and balance, and especially how those choices contribute to the cooperative harmony of structure and sentiment in the poem.

Poems that do not meet these interests may be declined. For more on this perspective, see the five formal causes of beauty in poetry.

We also challenge you to consider new choices you might take in audience and poetic form as it pertains to aspects of narrative perspective, shape, sound, repetition, and enjambment.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Poetry submissions should be saved in Microsoft Word document format and composed in Times New Roman, 12-point font. They should be attached to an email to editor@texaspoetryassignment.org and include within the body of the email a brief cover letter and a 50-word biography.

ACCEPTANCE AND PUBLICATION

This call is open through August 1, 2022. Poems will be published upon acceptance. A reading event for these and other poems will be scheduled in August.

PUBLICATION RIGHTS

Writers will retain all rights to their work published on this site.