I'd die for you...

Wow... Wonderful entries Oxy, Greyeyes, Vick...

This is gonna be so difficult decision and I love it!

Extreme love! Be creative. Create an extreme love and live it. Make it more difficult for me!
Imagine sex, being love and play with it. Imagine the mind working only with love and nothing more and play with my mind

Flames


You are the spark that
ignites the dry fields, where
others search in darkness, and
in vain.

A thousand lanterns, swinging
among the stalks—seeking,
but I remain hidden, numb
to promises of honey
and gold dust, dripping
from the tongues of
man.

I watch.

I live, shrouded
in the disconnect—
the void where you were, until
Heaven had to expand to
hold you.

Not soon enough, I
will become ashes on
winds, and you will
meet me in
the wildflowers.

Otherworld

My love, beautiful and perfected

leave your realm of light behind

follow your heart to me,

my dark soul calls to you

from across this vast expanse

reach out to me now.

In these depths, void of all light,

still my heart burns for you,

a deep longing permeates my soul

Your beauty, is an all consuming fire

reducing my will to ashes.

Come take my hand,

abandon your inhibitions,

I will lead you to another place

not of this universe

created for your own pleasure

my Otherworld, our sanctuary

Behold my love, a million stars.

constellations unknown

shed their light upon your perfection

my creation, a gift to you

 

Sands of perfect crystal

kiss a cerulean ocean of pure glass

for your eyes only to behold.

Come, let us drink together now

the wine of pure love,

let us become drunk on our passion,

let me hold you now, kiss your sweet lips

taste your warm breast.

For eternity I have longed for you

to caress your soft flesh

to breathe your essence

to become one with you

body and soul.

Take me my love,

on this crystal shore,

as the sun sets upon our love

our passion lights the night

and cracks the sky.

And when our love is spent

let me hold you

just for a while, a moment more

to look into your eyes

to remember this blessing

this forbidden love.

Before we return to our realms

separated by time and space

forever to remember

this place

Otherworld

Soldier Of Love

I am your lover,
I am your protector,
I am your defender,
I am your soldier of love.
You don't have to fight alone, I am here to fight by your side.
My home is yours as it will be the place that you can run to,
The place that you can be alright in.
I am your lover,
I am your protector,
I am your defender,
I am your soldier of love.
Let me help you carry you on,
Bury those dreadful memories of them leaving you in your time of need,
Hold your hand through those scary moments.
I will be there for you, I will be there for you.
I am your lover,
I am your protector,
I am your defender,
I am your soldier of love.
I wear my heart on my sleeve as I behold the love dagger which protects my lover from harm,
kill anyone who'd ever dare to hurt you,
destroy anyone who'd try to treat you like dirt.
Just stand by me because you are all I need.
I'll stay here till you want me to leave.
But if you need me I'll be here ready.
I am your lover,
I am your protector,
I am your defender,
I am your soldier of love.
Love me the same way and I'll sheild you from the storm,
keep you safe and warm from the cold.
I'll be here don't you cry.
I am your lover,
I am your protector,
I am your defender,
I am your soldier of love.
You are mine and I'll keep you here with me for as long as time will let me.
Just promise me my darling that you will do the same for me even till you grow tired of me.
I am your lover,
I am your protector,
I am your defender,
I am your soldier of love.

For You

I'd die for you
Beautiful and
So I am again
The one that is
The issue-such
One was the
Same to the
Mostly modest
Matlock
personality
Trying through
The toughest
And
Touchiest
Times together
Tightening our
Bonding boring
Driving and
Banging
Beginning of
Morning baking
Backing each
Other up upset
That life will
Not continue
forever
But fierce is
the force
Of a face
intent on
Wrinkling
willing
To Charlotte's
web
Life in hopes
that
Through hoops
we don't
Have to jump
to be
Beautiful
together.
The therapy
often is
Issues gathered
through
Shattered
communication.
The one thing
that keeps me
Sane and
moving is your
Appetite for
togetherness,
that if  
you weren't
Around in
abundance what
Would I do with
my self doubt?

Life and love


<life>
With each inhale your lungs own
I feel my chest rise
perfectly timed

With each eye contact
I feel my skin ache
for your touch

With each word you speak
I feel my lips tremble
for your kiss

With each fear of no exhale
no touch, no kiss, no embrace
I fear...
<\life>


-x-

Thank you poets! Happy to see more entries! It will a very difficult decision!

One day left! :))

Rapids

I’m still adjusting
to this feeling
having been so long
alone
a little stunned
by your acceptance
of the invitation
I held out
in trembling palms
you and I…
so very different
our damages
profound
for a certain
our waters
will be choppy
we might flounder
we might flourish
we might run aground
but I will brave the rapids
for a chance to explore
this unexpected moment
we seem to have found

Deathly Bliss

Frolicking spirit always by thy side
Softly whispering hedonistic commands
In me thy every action justified
Thou blinded by love concede all demands

My sole concern is thy satisfaction
All thy endorphins by me provided
I thrill at thy euphoric reaction
Symbiont creatures never divided

In me thou dost indulge till dawn's breaking
Thy energy for the day depleted
Desire to please thee leaves me aching
Soothed by nightfall’s bacchanal repeated

Now exiled thou claimest our love a lie
Wise soul for by me thou wouldst surely die

GARNER

Sun high and hot and unforgiving
Roadside sick with jacaranda's violet bloom
This is the season of my burning
Better I burn the chafe than await wild fires
Lone I garner the poor harvest sown

And the Mother says to the child

When your word you have broken
When lies are all you've spoken
You shall not be broken

When you have caused only pain
When pain became a lonely game
You shall be salved of pain

When you have given up your very faith
And followed the ignoble wraith
You will be found by faith

When all you have gained you have taken
When a-spelled and can not waken
Thou shalt not be forsaken  

And I shall hold you close to my breast
These hills and clouds and
Scrub you clean in your falling rain
Immaculate

Again said the Mother to the child
Again said the child

Thank you all for your entries! Great poems!
I will try to have the result by tomorrow afternoon.
Many entries, difficult decision, please be patient :))

After reading and rereading all the poems, I tried to keep in my mind the topic of the comp and what I initially wanted to see in the poems. Sometimes that’s not easy. When you read beautiful poems, you kind of forgetting what the topic was and you need to concentrate and look for what you wanted to see. I have printed out all the poems and paid attention to all the verses, stanzas, feelings, emotions, the poem as a whole.
So, that’s how it goes:

1.      Oxy – That was a unique poem! I loved the whole of it. I have a pass tick in all of the stanzas and a huge number one on the top of the poem. I felt all the verses, beautiful play with the words to create feelings and yes… an amazing ending! Well done! Congratulations!

2.      Gahddess – That was the weirdest poem! Many credits for the second stanza. I love delusional literature and your poem created me strange feelings and thoughts that I needed. Congratulations!


3.      Ubiquitous – That was a very nice poem. I was struggling to give it the 3rd place, just because it’s more like confessing and trying to persuade yourself that this love worth a chance. But then, behind all the questions you do, I can see an extreme feeling, which is the one that gives you the strength to hope and continue loving. And hey, that was a wonderful poem indeed and you got many credits from the title and how you use it in the poem. Congratulations!

Just a few words for some of the other poems:

-Dejure – Until the last minute you were in the 3rd place but… after rereading it many times, it was the ending that changed my mind. I would have finished the poem with the stanza:

“it’ s the hope
An empty hope
that fuel my desires.”

Also, I found a bit cliché the third stanza with the “what” kind of thing. I could pass that because maybe you wanted to make the reader feel confident with emotions created, but I couldn’t pass the

“it is always you
It will always be you”

This was too cliché for me and I think you could play with the two verses in an extreme way. I love the rest of the poem. Each verse is unique and beautiful! Thank you for that!

-Highwaytohell – This was an off topic poem.
-KJomatron – Off topic, more like an angry letter, not a poem.
-Greyeyes – Nice poem, many cliché verses for my taste but nice flow.
-Mikash – I liked it a lot. Especially the 3rd stanza. The end is like you are expecting something from her in order to surrender to her, so I take as not extreme love.
-Solomon – The poem steps onto a marriage in order to show extreme love and for me marriage has nothing to do with love. When you use the word “duty”, you take out any feeling/emotion of love.
-Dear AEMelia – This was a lovely poem! I fail to see the extreme love in the poem, but honestly I loved the whole of it! Thank you!
-Mysteriouslady – This poem has the base for an extreme love poem, but it’s a soft poem. I would use it like a base to create a strong and extreme love poem. The second stanza was too cliché for me and not something new, but by changing some words, it could be a perfect poem. Thank you!
-TimEros – Nice poem but not an extreme love one. In the last stanza, when you say “Tell me you don’t love me and I will disappear”, you quit… if it was “…and I will take my heart out and eat it” for example, it would be extreme love, craziness. Nice flow though. Thank you!
-Grace – Very nice poem! The two first stanzas are a bit cliché for me, but I surely loved the last two! I would work a bit the beginning and I’ m sure it can be a perfect emotional poem! Thank you!
-Garner – Off topic poem. Nice thoughts and poem that has a message. I liked it a lot but not an extreme love poem.
-Phoenix – A very nice poem! I loved it! I just saw it like a fairy tale poem and I needed to see more reality. Nice imagination indeed and great flow! Thank you!
-MadameLavender – Very nice and very emotional poem.  It moved me a lot. Not an extreme love poem though. It’s a very sweet and melancholic poem and it can bring you tears in the eyes.
-Lanooz – Very nice poem but it was off topic for me. You start with the “I’d die for you” but then you change direction and start explaining a situation. I really enjoyed it and I give credit for the verse “But fierce is the force of a face”! I love it the play with the F* words! Thank you!
-MsRockyJackson – A nice poem. I think that the repetition wasn’t needed so many times because I couldn’t concentrate to the poem. Also, it was more a possessive poem than an extreme love one. I enjoyed it though. Thank you!
-RevolutionAL – This was a small poem, creating a strange feeling. Although I found it cliché (using inhale, eye contact, word you speak), I liked the flow and how you end it. I liked the twist! Thank you!
-TimidlyTempted – An off topic poem.


Well, I had some time and I tried to give a feedback to everyone who participated. The feedback is on the poems for this particular comp and not for the poets. It’s just for what I needed to see in this comp.
Thank you all for participating and for the great poems! I really enjoyed it!

Congratulations to all!

Till next time,
Art

Congrats to you, OxyMoronicMe

Congratulations to the winner. Awesome entry everyone!

Art, I appreciate the time you have taken to provide us with a stimulating competition. Congratulations to Oxy.