#80 Texas Hope

ASSIGNMENT PURPOSE

For this assignment, consider how to express in the special language of poetry some aspect of hope as it relates to Texas and its people. What do you hope for? Who do you consider to be hopeful? What demonstrations of hopefulness have you experienced? What does hope do or lead to? Thanks to Betsy Joseph for suggesting this assignment.

Poems will be published as accepted here.

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 addressed to editor@texaspoetryassignment.org and include a brief cover letter and a 50-word biography within the body of the email.

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ACCEPTANCE AND PUBLICATION

Upon acceptance, poems will be published on the first Sunday of the month.

PUBLICATION RIGHTS

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

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 the audience and poetic form as they pertain to aspects of narrative perspective, shape, sound, repetition, and enjambment.