Contest

Welcome to Aquillrelle Contest 2


We are still excited, still eager to provide this new outlet to the poetic creativity powers existing out there, in the world.

The guideline for this second contest will prompt you to find your inspiration in the words of two great, creative minds: Neruda and Asimov. Nothing in common between the two except... greatness. Hereunder, please find their words:


Pablo Neruda: "You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming."

Isaac Asimov: "If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster."


Can you write a poem taking these cues as your guideline? We know you can. Take the cues as liberally as you wish to, what we are looking for is, simply put, great poetry. Good luck!

Entries expected and accepted until 31 May 2010.

Contest results will be published on 31 July 2010.

Yes, we are all humans (well, most of us...), therefore a few days here or there, either for your submissions or for our results publishing, will be taken with a smile.

Submission details


Submission details are to be found in the F.A.Q. page.

Real poets, real poems, real beauty


We LOVE the classics, we LOVE the moderns, we LOVE beauty. At this link you will find a few of the poems we love, from poets just like you. We are lucky to know them, as well as many others like them. These are just samples, by no means exclusive in style and/or spirit, of beautiful poetry.

Aquillrelle Contest 1 - CLOSED!


We are excited to provide this new outlet to the poetic creativity powers existing out there, in the world.

The guideline for this first contest has to do with... creativity, of course. Hereunder please find this extraordinary comment by Pearl S. Buck, describing creativity in words few are able to emulate in power.


"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: a human creature born abnormally, inhumanely sensitive. To them... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death.

Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create - so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, their very breath is cut off...

They must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency they are not really alive unless they are creating."


Can you write a poem taking this cue as your guideline? Can you write a poem competing in its power with these words? We know you can. Take this cue line as liberally as you wish to, what we are looking for is, simply put, great poetry. Good luck!

Contest results published November 2009.

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