Welcome to the second edition of the Poetic-surge Poetry contest.
The Poetic-surge is a growing community of poets on steemit, with the sole aim of getting poetry appreciated on steemit
Rules To Participate
•Resteem (to increase visibility) and upvote this post (to increase its payout).
• Write a poem based on the given theme and referral poetry for the week.
•Title your entry post "Poetic-surge Poetry Contest and the contest week, with the title of your poem in bracket. Eg- Poetic-surge Poetry Contest #1 (rains of peace)
• Use #poetic-surgecontest and #poetic-surge as your tags.
• Drop the link to your entry in the comments. All participants should be sure to get an upvote from me and 
The theme for this week's contest is "victory"
And here is the referral poetry
Through wild paths and thorns
Through wilderness of starvation
Through the fourthy days of rain
I am optimistic to be a victor
Persevering the pain till my salvation
When the rainbow gives its bright rays
Your poetry should be arranged in quatrains with a maximum of four quatrains. You can apply any rhyme scheme of your choice. Most importantly, your poetry should entail the given theme.
Reward Pool
There will be only one winner who will go home with the total sbd from post payout.
If the payout is high enough, there will be consolation prizes for some other deserving poems
Every contestant would receive an upvote from me and
The winning poem will be featured in the poetry appreciation contest to be anchored by
The contest runs until the 26th of febuary and the results would be announced on the 27th of Febuary along with the Poetry appreciation contest.
The poetic-surge poetry contest is one of the many ways the poetic-surge community is keeping poetic dreams on steemit alive. To learn more about the poetic-surge, click here
Sponsors are also needed to help increase the reward pool and number of winners
With love from the poetic-surge,