Farm/Art DTour PassWords

A project of Wormfarm Institute

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions (July 2024). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

Wormfarm Institute invites you to submit short poems inspired by the old Burma Shave ads that appeared throughout the U.S. from 1925 to 1963. Selected poems, called PassWords, will be featured on the 2024 Farm/Art DTour (October 5-14). The DTour is a free, self-guided drive through Wisconsin's working farmland, punctuated by site-responsive artworks, local food markets, roadside poetry, educational Field Notes, and more. The 2024 route is in southern Sauk County. Selected poems will be hand-painted on a series of signs that 20,000+ DTourists from across the Midwest and beyond will read as they drive by.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: One-time publication

Poetry Closed

Any writer, hobbyist or professional, may submit up to three entries inspired by any of the following topics: land, sky, farming, transformation, arts and culture, rural-urban flow, food, community, the past, present or future, or something else kindred! Only one entry per person may be selected.
The traditional Burma Shave format is five very short lines with the last words of the second and fifth lines rhyming. For example:
Farmers and artists
Know how to create
A feast
For the eyes
As well as the plate
—Jeanne Bogardus
While we are mostly looking for poems in the Burma Shave format this year, we will also welcome different or internal rhyme schemes, free verse, plays on traditional forms like haiku, or imaginative forms of your own invention.
The only strict guideline is five lines of up to 20 characters each (including spaces). Whether you’re a traditionalist or provocateur, we look forward to reading your work.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: 1 - 5 lines; Up to 3 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Other form.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Agriculture/Agricultural Sciences.
Nature/Environment: Nature.
Place/Regions: Rural areas.
Other: See guidelines.

Payment:

Professional payment (US$50 or more per poem) Professional payment. Details: USD $100 per poem.

Submissions:

Methods: Email. Postal.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 14 Mar 2025