The Difference - Poetry 2021

Genre : Calls for papers
Principal country concerned : Column : Poetry / story telling
Release/publication date : July 2021
Published on : 19/07/2021
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The international poetry contest initiated by vocalist and poet Christina Goh, is back for its fourth edition. After Fort de France in Martinique and Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire, the winners (1st Prize and Maurice Koné Prize) will be announced on December 10, 2021 at the Central Library of Tours in Centre Val de Loire in France.

Notice to all lovers of words and meaning, from July 15 to November 10, 2021, the poems on the notion of difference are received online. Categories Adults and Youth for its fourth edition, the contest remains astride several continents. 

The jury is drawn from several continents and several generations, with the participation of Brian Thompson, founder of the Centre National de la Chanson Française, host of the French program dedicated to the University of MIT in the United States, and the writer Arlette Pujar, Chevalière de l'Ordre National du Mérite - de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres France and

This year, the regulation requires the insertion of the line "Différence d'un ressuage, sentiments à l'air libre" (Difference of a bleed, feelings in the air) - or "Différence d'un ressuage, sentiment à l'air libre" (Difference of a bleed, feeling in the air ; here, feeling is singular) in the body of the poem.
This line can be divided in two (after the comma), preserved, inserted at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of your French poetic writing, it's up to you!

For your information, "ressuage" (bleeding) is a common masculine noun related to the technical field. It is the separation of the elements of a raw metal by partial fusion, according to the French dictionary Le Robert.

Which feeling(s) are we talking about here? Which difference (between oneself, between beings, situations, times, things...)? Which air (literal sense, figurative sense)?
Beware, this line is not to be the title of the poem.

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