Poetry competition CLOSED 21st December 2012 4:55am
WINNER
FacePaint (Steven D)
FacePaint (Steven D)
RUNNERS-UP:
wiltedtulip
and johnrot
Well, I've gone off the deep end.....
Poetry Contest Description
Write about your inner insanity, but theres a catch.....
YOU MUST WRITE IN THE POINT OF VIEW OF A MENTAL PATIENT
but you could deny insanity.....
• no collabs.
other than that, its free ground.
enjoy my insane comrades....
LET THE INSANITY BEGIN!
but you could deny insanity.....
• no collabs.
other than that, its free ground.
enjoy my insane comrades....
LET THE INSANITY BEGIN!
Anonymous
Trumpets scream inside my ears,
Chorale And Canon playing,
Suddenly it stops and there's a clown,
He honks his red nose,
A little girl who looks suspiciously,
Just like me,
Runs screaming away,
Arms flailing,
A pickle then,
Comes up and eats the unicorn,
Hiding in the corner,
Nightmares become frightmares,
Then go to utter insanity.
This little american girl,
I sit in an all white room,
Mourning for my zebra,
Who completely flew the coop,
I sucked on my grape lolli,
Start to sing "Oklahoma!" songs,
The sky suddenly looks orange,
As I look up at it,
Through the ceiling,
The clouds start to rain oobleck,
Oh curse that Dr. Suess,
Eona's gonna get him,
With her dragon queen—
Eveybody hide, crazy girl's on a rant!
Lock the door to this random freak show!
The house of the crazies just earned a new low!
Letting the corrupted mind of a mental patient's grow!
Chorale And Canon playing,
Suddenly it stops and there's a clown,
He honks his red nose,
A little girl who looks suspiciously,
Just like me,
Runs screaming away,
Arms flailing,
A pickle then,
Comes up and eats the unicorn,
Hiding in the corner,
Nightmares become frightmares,
Then go to utter insanity.
This little american girl,
I sit in an all white room,
Mourning for my zebra,
Who completely flew the coop,
I sucked on my grape lolli,
Start to sing "Oklahoma!" songs,
The sky suddenly looks orange,
As I look up at it,
Through the ceiling,
The clouds start to rain oobleck,
Oh curse that Dr. Suess,
Eona's gonna get him,
With her dragon queen—
Eveybody hide, crazy girl's on a rant!
Lock the door to this random freak show!
The house of the crazies just earned a new low!
Letting the corrupted mind of a mental patient's grow!
Anonymous
phenybarbitol and colonopin/
suppost to keep me calm in this pen/
but i know even the doctors is one of them/
you know the ones that every fire we start they have to extinguish/
that don't speak english/ or even another human language/
and report to the mighty penguin/
the bow tie and evil eyes/
always seems to increase the needle size/
leather straps across my wrists knees and thighs/
haloperidol take me for a ride/
this seroquel got me playing checkers/and plannin pirate adventures/
with this guy not even allowed to have his own dentures/
he is now my mentor/him and hannibal lector/
i am the governor he is the inspector/
we are all inventors/
and centaurs/
connect four/
and parcheesi/
escape will be so easy/
i'm gonna hold my breath so long nobody can even see me/
suppost to keep me calm in this pen/
but i know even the doctors is one of them/
you know the ones that every fire we start they have to extinguish/
that don't speak english/ or even another human language/
and report to the mighty penguin/
the bow tie and evil eyes/
always seems to increase the needle size/
leather straps across my wrists knees and thighs/
haloperidol take me for a ride/
this seroquel got me playing checkers/and plannin pirate adventures/
with this guy not even allowed to have his own dentures/
he is now my mentor/him and hannibal lector/
i am the governor he is the inspector/
we are all inventors/
and centaurs/
connect four/
and parcheesi/
escape will be so easy/
i'm gonna hold my breath so long nobody can even see me/
Anonymous
I Have Been Away
I have been away
but I haven’t been far
That isn’t to say
I’ve not forgotten who you are
Some journeys take time
while others take a toll
mine occur in the state of mind
where reality has worn a hole
There! Did you not notice at all
While shedding my protective outer skin
I scrambled up and over the garden wall
and was just then up – and off again!
Hoisting my rod high, directing my conquest
over the primrose
per the water hoses request
It was a good lashing and a bloody nosed
mark on their permanent record at best
Flaccidly now I take a well earned rest
for it’s that shady time of day
when the sun does launch it’s protest
at the Elm for blocking it’s way
And with much grumbling
branches sway making a path through the canopy
allowing the rays to come rumbling
through attracting the dust particles…..and me
Onto this stage I appear
the spot light showing brightly all around
as the heat burns away my fears
I stand patiently, motionless on my mark for hours
each day waiting for the transference to begin
My stamen uncurling, I become a blossoming flower
rising in full glory, while I slowly spin
Then in the soft hush of the eve
I recognize the council coming to lead me
to the safe confines their physicians weave
As they respectfully salute my flag; I curtsey
Marching with honor guard at my side
I’m lead blissfully to the sliding glass doors
where they pull the curtains aside
and I step into your graces once more
For I have been away
but I haven’t been far
That isn’t to say
I’ve not forgotten who you are
I have been away
but I haven’t been far
That isn’t to say
I’ve not forgotten who you are
Some journeys take time
while others take a toll
mine occur in the state of mind
where reality has worn a hole
There! Did you not notice at all
While shedding my protective outer skin
I scrambled up and over the garden wall
and was just then up – and off again!
Hoisting my rod high, directing my conquest
over the primrose
per the water hoses request
It was a good lashing and a bloody nosed
mark on their permanent record at best
Flaccidly now I take a well earned rest
for it’s that shady time of day
when the sun does launch it’s protest
at the Elm for blocking it’s way
And with much grumbling
branches sway making a path through the canopy
allowing the rays to come rumbling
through attracting the dust particles…..and me
Onto this stage I appear
the spot light showing brightly all around
as the heat burns away my fears
I stand patiently, motionless on my mark for hours
each day waiting for the transference to begin
My stamen uncurling, I become a blossoming flower
rising in full glory, while I slowly spin
Then in the soft hush of the eve
I recognize the council coming to lead me
to the safe confines their physicians weave
As they respectfully salute my flag; I curtsey
Marching with honor guard at my side
I’m lead blissfully to the sliding glass doors
where they pull the curtains aside
and I step into your graces once more
For I have been away
but I haven’t been far
That isn’t to say
I’ve not forgotten who you are
Anonymous
“Silly Rabbit”
http://s1.favim.com/orig/13/killer-knife-rabbit-Favim.com-180742.jpg
Why do they stare at me like that?
They can put me under a microscope,
see if I care, a twisted lot they are.
They deserved what they got,
every single day for years
they screamed at me,
“Johnny do this,
Johnny do that,
big dummy, silly boy,
can’t you do it any better!?”
So, as Jimmy would sing it,
I dressed up like a rabbit,
walked on down the hall.
I did them all in, I saw red,
bashed in their skulls,
stabbed them in
slashing motions,
the blood did fly and
spotted the ceiling, then
I skewered them up.
Dad was just the appetizer,
Mother the main course,
Sister and Brother were tasty veggies,
Baby Brother, I saved for dessert,
his little heart was so delicious.
It was a finger-licking
damned good meal.
Why do they stare at me like that?
They can put me under a microscope,
see if I care, a twisted lot they are.
After all, everybody
got what they taught me,
“You reap what you sow.”
I’m not a boy,
just a silly rabbit,
they should have
known better.
http://s1.favim.com/orig/13/killer-knife-rabbit-Favim.com-180742.jpg
Why do they stare at me like that?
They can put me under a microscope,
see if I care, a twisted lot they are.
They deserved what they got,
every single day for years
they screamed at me,
“Johnny do this,
Johnny do that,
big dummy, silly boy,
can’t you do it any better!?”
So, as Jimmy would sing it,
I dressed up like a rabbit,
walked on down the hall.
I did them all in, I saw red,
bashed in their skulls,
stabbed them in
slashing motions,
the blood did fly and
spotted the ceiling, then
I skewered them up.
Dad was just the appetizer,
Mother the main course,
Sister and Brother were tasty veggies,
Baby Brother, I saved for dessert,
his little heart was so delicious.
It was a finger-licking
damned good meal.
Why do they stare at me like that?
They can put me under a microscope,
see if I care, a twisted lot they are.
After all, everybody
got what they taught me,
“You reap what you sow.”
I’m not a boy,
just a silly rabbit,
they should have
known better.
Time To take my medicine,
So I Dont start to think.
I hate the way it makes me feel,
It hides the inner me.
But Doc says that I'm dangerous,
To all society.
That's why I'm in this padded cage,
Thats why they lost the key.
They feed me through a slot,
Thats built into the door.
They're scared that I will hurt them,
So they dont come in anymore.
Okay, so I admit, I'm not
Always the nicest guy.
But hey, after I killed my Nurse,
At least I apologized.
I looked her in the eyes and told her,
It was my mistake.
I didnt know that she was real,
And not something my mind had made.
So now I'm solitary,
Only shadows to call friends.
Doc said I'll never be free,
I'm too far gone to mend.
But that's okay, I spend my days
Lost inside my head.
It's always dark, though, there's no Time.
It's likely that I'm dead..
Now that I stop and think of it,
Maybe I'm in Hell...
I'm all alone, its dark in here,
And I dont hear a sound.
Maybe if I scream real loud,
And slam my head against the wall,
The silence might evade my mind,
And I'll hear footsteps in the hall..
Or maybe I'm just crazy, after all.
So I Dont start to think.
I hate the way it makes me feel,
It hides the inner me.
But Doc says that I'm dangerous,
To all society.
That's why I'm in this padded cage,
Thats why they lost the key.
They feed me through a slot,
Thats built into the door.
They're scared that I will hurt them,
So they dont come in anymore.
Okay, so I admit, I'm not
Always the nicest guy.
But hey, after I killed my Nurse,
At least I apologized.
I looked her in the eyes and told her,
It was my mistake.
I didnt know that she was real,
And not something my mind had made.
So now I'm solitary,
Only shadows to call friends.
Doc said I'll never be free,
I'm too far gone to mend.
But that's okay, I spend my days
Lost inside my head.
It's always dark, though, there's no Time.
It's likely that I'm dead..
Now that I stop and think of it,
Maybe I'm in Hell...
I'm all alone, its dark in here,
And I dont hear a sound.
Maybe if I scream real loud,
And slam my head against the wall,
The silence might evade my mind,
And I'll hear footsteps in the hall..
Or maybe I'm just crazy, after all.
Purple Train Driving Hippos
The train
clatters on the tracks
travelling through my brain
made of candle wax
The driver is a hippo
he takes me where I wouldn't go
he's purple
with a funny glow
reminding me of what I shouldn't know
winding , binding , inside coves
igniting memory , lightning probes .
I am who I wasn't
and I was
what I am not
all I am is what you see
and the past should be forgot .
Don't taunt then bring
the gone into everything
anylising , scrutinising
none of it's worth realising
it's in the earth
so let it lie then
purple hippos
aren't for finding .
The train
clatters on the tracks
travelling through my brain
made of candle wax
The driver is a hippo
he takes me where I wouldn't go
he's purple
with a funny glow
reminding me of what I shouldn't know
winding , binding , inside coves
igniting memory , lightning probes .
I am who I wasn't
and I was
what I am not
all I am is what you see
and the past should be forgot .
Don't taunt then bring
the gone into everything
anylising , scrutinising
none of it's worth realising
it's in the earth
so let it lie then
purple hippos
aren't for finding .
