But don't use poems and stories you've turned in before, even if they won your high school literary award or if your Aunt Broomhilda and Uncle Waldo cried when you showed them copies. We want you to do something new. Our other restrictions have to do more with distinctions between literary and non-literary writing. When people think or talk about poetry, often what they are really concerning themselves with is verse. There is nothing wrong with verse.
Some people make a good living writing it.
It's just not what we're talking about. And here's why. It's easier to express than to evoke. Don't be easy. A poem must have a literal level.