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Sound Waves

Posted: 5th April 2014 3:07am
Edited: 5th April 2014 8:24pm
poet Anonymous

Poetry Contest

The sounds surrounding your world.
Describe the sounds you hear during the day, night or anytime.

30 words or less

Prose or poem
No collabs
As many entries
One week duration
Spelling and grammar checked

Posted: 5th April 2014 7:04am
Austin_Rura
Austin_Rura
Austin Rura
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When inside, through walls, the  neighbor's wont let up.

When outside the highway screams for me to dive in front.

Yet in my head I can already hear the gun.

Posted: 5th April 2014 8:03am
Edited: 5th April 2014 8:04am
kourtnissixxx
kourtnissixxx
Dangerous Mind
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That ambivert girl is still scratching her signature on a fiver like more tips will come the longer miserable country songs play. An eight ball barks and Texas sounds stereotypical.

Posted: 5th April 2014 8:28am
Austin_Rura
Austin_Rura
Austin Rura
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Silence for hours, maddening loneliness.
No heartbeat, in his chest a broken mess.
Hearing himself breathe each breath... try smoking less.
Noises in the night, motionless, he hopes the best.

Posted: 5th April 2014 9:15am
Edited: 5th April 2014 9:19am - edited 2 times
gardenlover
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Portobello Promenade Edinburgh

Waves on the shore,
Gulls in the sky,
But nearby. the traffic thunders by.

Posted: 5th April 2014 9:59am
Edited: 6th April 2014 8:56am - edited 2 times
opheliac
opheliac
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Beach Party (an oldie)

The sound of waves
meets the glow of candles
which you lit.
 
I longed to capture it
with words, with
silent whispers,
with the only thing
I can.
But I can't.

(Excellent theme for a competition, Nikki)

Posted: 5th April 2014 3:53pm
poet Anonymous
Wonderful first round of entries, thank you everyone!  

(Thanks Opheliac for the great feedback  )

Posted: 5th April 2014 6:31pm
Edited: 7th April 2014 1:45am
Ghoulie
Ghoulie
Just G
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the lulling steadiness
thrusting winds and
thundering trains
an abrupt crescendo
of lights and horns
cascaded across starch
placid walls
that aren't my own

Posted: 5th April 2014 7:19pm
HarleyQuinn
HarleyQuinn
Riah
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Does it have to be a poem? Can it be prose?

Posted: 5th April 2014 7:46pm
opheliac
opheliac
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Ghoulie said:the lulling steadiness
thrusting winds and
thundering trains
an abrupt crescendo
of lights and horns
cascade across starch
placid walls
that weren't my own


how can anyone compete with this poem?

Posted: 5th April 2014 8:24pm
poet Anonymous
HarleyQuinn said:Does it have to be a poem? Can it be prose?

Hi HQ, it can be prose or poem and i'll edit the criteria section to specify, thank you!

Posted: 5th April 2014 8:32pm
HarleyQuinn
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In the evenings I'm carried away by an orchestra of chirps and croaks. A cacophony of sound attesting to the endless life of the night resonates within my dreams.

Posted: 5th April 2014 9:39pm
gardenlover
gardenlover
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Dawn Magic
As the dawn is breaking
In a New Zealand forest
The treetops start to cheep,
A flock of tiny riflemen birds,
Feathers are dark green
Seeking breakfast.

Posted: 5th April 2014 11:07pm
Ghoulie
Ghoulie
Just G
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opheliac said:[quote-258726-Ghoulie]the lulling steadiness
thrusting winds and
thundering trains
an abrupt crescendo
of lights and horns
cascade across starch
placid walls
that weren't my own


how can anyone compete with this poem?
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Thank you. Quit making me blush O. It does nothing for my complexion.

Posted: 5th April 2014 11:09pm
thecomet77
thecomet77
Strange Creature
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Everyone speaks,
I don't hear their tones,
All I hear are sounds from my phone.
His voice was bursting in my ear
With his instrumentation having no fear
Of me.

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