#17: Texas Thanks

Open from November 1 through November 28, 2021.

ASSIGNMENT PURPOSE

The purpose of this assignment is to call for poems that express gratitude to a person, a location, a concept, an emotion, a memory, an object (tool, food, book, etc.), or a learned belief or activity.

EXAMPLES

See poems already published in this series. See also sample poems on gratitude at the Poetry Foundation.

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 from November 1 through November 28, 2021. Accepted poems will be published as received.

PUBLICATION RIGHTS

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