Poetry competition CLOSED 12th February 2017 7:27pm
WINNER
Jade-Pandora (jade tiger)
Jade-Pandora (jade tiger)
RUNNERS-UP:
xmar82
and Afroqn73
romance
Poetry Contest Description
Share romantic poems.
Romance: a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love.
Poems will get comments explaining good features as well as subjective areas of improvement. If you want comments, then put your poem webpage's full url link (or just the 6 digits that are within that url) at the bottom of your posts.
You are allowed to submit a poem that you've written before, even if I've commented on it or it's been in my previous romance contest.
You can submit 3 poems maximum. Don't edit your posts, after the contest has closed.
please send me a private message with any questions.
Here's some inspiration:
Jade-Pandora said:Elope
Did I turn off the oven and
dim all the lights, pull down the blinds,
close and lock the door, what for?
'Cause it doesn't matter really,
tempered by the thought that
I'm running down the street
to the bus stop, 'cause I forgot
all about my car; I do have one.
The cat! No wait, I don't have that.
[breathlessly] Did I bring my tote?
Oh yeh, hangin' on my shoulder
[rif'ling through], my ATM card?
But it doesn't matter really.
I prolly forgot my rouge & brush
in the rush, and what day or time it is.
Neither coat, nor change o' clothes,
I can't think about those!
That's not why I'm running,
reminding myself as tears
from the wind crawl into my ears.
But it doesn't matter really.
I just need to put down as many steps
and mark as many miles behind me,
till I'm where he waits with his coffee
or maybe tea in the morning.
Chaoticwayz said:The Vision
I have a vision,
A vision with you in it,
An invisibly visible figment.
And in my vision,
I'm wishing...
Wishing you and I were kissing.
My wishes in this vision are true,
My visions of kissing you...
And of you kissing me too.
In my vision, I'm holding you tight,
Kissing you under the moonlight...
And in this moment, I feel so alive.
And in my visions, I'm gazing into your eyes,
Your eyes, more beautiful than any sunrise.
Eyes that see the blaze in my heart rise!
In my vision, you are safe,
No more tears, no more games, no more pain,
'Cause you know these eyes, and trust this face.
tmoj said:Please Stay
When this world falls out of place
And the sun can only do so much
As we float deeper into space
Warm me with your love
If you give up before then
Come to me
I want to come into your world
And explore it
Every desert, every forest
Every peak, every trench
Every imperfection
Shine a light on your darkest spots
Let's discuss the battles we fought
Tell me your insecurities
And I'll warm you with empathy
I'll find the beauty
in your darkest secret
We'll keep everything between us
And seal it with a sweet kiss
You don't have to be the smartest
Just know you've got my heart
Let's forget about love
It'll come naturally
Be my friend
And play video games with me
We can watch your favorite movies
And talk until we fall asleep
Under a fort of blankets
Maybe the storm will be gone when we wake
In the meantime
If you can't fall asleep
Between the flashes of lightning
Make love to me
At the end of the song
With you wrapped in my arms
Under the stars
I will sing you a lullaby
Singing along
With the beat of your heart
If the fire stops burning
And I stop tossing and turning
Having nights of frustration
Wondering how much longer I can take it
then please stay
Poems will get comments explaining good features as well as subjective areas of improvement. If you want comments, then put your poem webpage's full url link (or just the 6 digits that are within that url) at the bottom of your posts.
You are allowed to submit a poem that you've written before, even if I've commented on it or it's been in my previous romance contest.
You can submit 3 poems maximum. Don't edit your posts, after the contest has closed.
please send me a private message with any questions.
Here's some inspiration:
Jade-Pandora said:Elope
Did I turn off the oven and
dim all the lights, pull down the blinds,
close and lock the door, what for?
'Cause it doesn't matter really,
tempered by the thought that
I'm running down the street
to the bus stop, 'cause I forgot
all about my car; I do have one.
The cat! No wait, I don't have that.
[breathlessly] Did I bring my tote?
Oh yeh, hangin' on my shoulder
[rif'ling through], my ATM card?
But it doesn't matter really.
I prolly forgot my rouge & brush
in the rush, and what day or time it is.
Neither coat, nor change o' clothes,
I can't think about those!
That's not why I'm running,
reminding myself as tears
from the wind crawl into my ears.
But it doesn't matter really.
I just need to put down as many steps
and mark as many miles behind me,
till I'm where he waits with his coffee
or maybe tea in the morning.
Chaoticwayz said:The Vision
I have a vision,
A vision with you in it,
An invisibly visible figment.
And in my vision,
I'm wishing...
Wishing you and I were kissing.
My wishes in this vision are true,
My visions of kissing you...
And of you kissing me too.
In my vision, I'm holding you tight,
Kissing you under the moonlight...
And in this moment, I feel so alive.
And in my visions, I'm gazing into your eyes,
Your eyes, more beautiful than any sunrise.
Eyes that see the blaze in my heart rise!
In my vision, you are safe,
No more tears, no more games, no more pain,
'Cause you know these eyes, and trust this face.
tmoj said:Please Stay
When this world falls out of place
And the sun can only do so much
As we float deeper into space
Warm me with your love
If you give up before then
Come to me
I want to come into your world
And explore it
Every desert, every forest
Every peak, every trench
Every imperfection
Shine a light on your darkest spots
Let's discuss the battles we fought
Tell me your insecurities
And I'll warm you with empathy
I'll find the beauty
in your darkest secret
We'll keep everything between us
And seal it with a sweet kiss
You don't have to be the smartest
Just know you've got my heart
Let's forget about love
It'll come naturally
Be my friend
And play video games with me
We can watch your favorite movies
And talk until we fall asleep
Under a fort of blankets
Maybe the storm will be gone when we wake
In the meantime
If you can't fall asleep
Between the flashes of lightning
Make love to me
At the end of the song
With you wrapped in my arms
Under the stars
I will sing you a lullaby
Singing along
With the beat of your heart
If the fire stops burning
And I stop tossing and turning
Having nights of frustration
Wondering how much longer I can take it
then please stay
Paradox
I fade with the sunlight.
Am bright in the right shade
I am sizzling in stillness.
A wave in the clouds
I am the block note you scratch
When words don't…...cum…
Changing my form
Shifting in between crowds of ants
Lost in the sound of .. … … ….heartbeats.
I am the faded dream you had
I am the mister without a name
Love without a face
A maze with one road
I am darkness in the sun
I am everything
With nothing
I am passion
Without love
I am sight without………..
…………..eyes
Searching for dust
In desserts of water
Drowning in the
Air you left me in
I AM…..THIS!!!!!!
Because your touch
eludes me...
I fade with the sunlight.
Am bright in the right shade
I am sizzling in stillness.
A wave in the clouds
I am the block note you scratch
When words don't…...cum…
Changing my form
Shifting in between crowds of ants
Lost in the sound of .. … … ….heartbeats.
I am the faded dream you had
I am the mister without a name
Love without a face
A maze with one road
I am darkness in the sun
I am everything
With nothing
I am passion
Without love
I am sight without………..
…………..eyes
Searching for dust
In desserts of water
Drowning in the
Air you left me in
I AM…..THIS!!!!!!
Because your touch
eludes me...
The following poems are written in an experimental form I call definition poetry, where the first line is a word or a phrase and the next three lines are a definition.
SLEEPOVER
Cuddling next to me
And you will have
Sweet dreams
MOVE OVER
Nothing is more selfish
Than refusing
To share your bed
SLEEPOVER
Cuddling next to me
And you will have
Sweet dreams
MOVE OVER
Nothing is more selfish
Than refusing
To share your bed
Éternité
the empty moments
turn to days & weeks & months,
caged eternity—
real life encroaching lovers,
taking leave amid the rain
abandoning us—
we who try to keep time still,
fallen to our knees
surrounded in the deluge,
casting our passions amuck
forsaking us here
where we take what we have left
and forget the rest—
there is 'now' with you alone
as there always was before
(A Rensaku = linked Tanka)
Written by Jade-Pandora
(jade tiger)
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OLD TOM AND THE TIGER (Redux)
(a nursery sonnet)
Her keepers called her cage her “habitat,”
And she was queen of her two block domain.
Kept court in summer shade, the regent cat,
Old Tom was "jester" of his tiger’s reign.
Old Tom, would watch her grandly regal stalk,
As she would pace and gain the humans’ stare.
Old Tom would stride and match her walk for walk,
As she would smile to watch his strutting there.
But cold in winter’s bleak, she’d barely stir.
These frigid rains that made her feel so sick,
So lost, then came a rustle in her fur.
It was Old Tom with nip and tug and lick.
Old Tom would stay and play with her awhile,
He always seemed to prod his tiger’s smile.
(picture credit: from Jade Pandora's competition TIGER, TIGER, TIGER)
MY STRANGER
i. Hit
I was pleased to be just me
Unaffected, jolly and sometimes, serene
Other times angry, but otherwise happy
Then you came and everything changed
I felt a sudden missing that wasn't there before
I don't want nor need it, but loneliness persisted
In my heart, something constantly grows so painfully
A hallow within, aching to be filled by something
ii. Denial
I looked the other way, walking past by you
Convinced myself that only if I faithfully ignore
Would the malady be gone and I would be cured
Much like a bad wind gushing fleetingly ahead
I am fine, I could take it, if I could just hold it in
I closed my eyes and run blindly away
The further I am, the less affected I'd be
I'll be happy alone, just like before...
iii. Acceptance
Or so I thought, but I was wrong
The more I denied, the more it pains
The more I run away, the more tired I became
I could never be free, distance is just an illusion
What I really needed, is to be with you
No one else would fit this empty hallow
Without you, a half-life is what I would follow
Like a moon without the sun in its horizon
iv. Plead
So wont you, take me with you?
Would you love me as I do?
Forgive my foolishness and embrace me instead
With your eyes in tears and a smile on your face.
Will you accept my heart, broken as it is
Of my own doing and no one else
Please fill me in and make me whole
Give me air, heal me, make me live a full life!
v. Promise
I swear, never to be afraid anymore
I won't let go, I won't be moved,
I would make us a home, a family...
Together we'd weave the future
Together we will be stronger
Even at times of great struggle
We will survive, you and I
Because we are undivided, as one
vi. Grateful
In the crowded crossroad of life
Chances were given for the both of us
Blessed are we to find each other
Amids the chaos of countless encounters
Thank you for waiting to meet me this lifetime
For just being you, with me, for me... by me
For letting me be the shadow of your light
For making me the glimmer you follow in the dark
vii. Pledge
I loved you from yeterday
Love you still today
And would love you more
Till tomorrow ceased to be
My beloved stranger
Stranger no more
viii. Not the end
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February 8, 2017
I was pleased to be just me
Unaffected, jolly and sometimes, serene
Other times angry, but otherwise happy
Then you came and everything changed
I felt a sudden missing that wasn't there before
I don't want nor need it, but loneliness persisted
In my heart, something constantly grows so painfully
A hallow within, aching to be filled by something
ii. Denial
I looked the other way, walking past by you
Convinced myself that only if I faithfully ignore
Would the malady be gone and I would be cured
Much like a bad wind gushing fleetingly ahead
I am fine, I could take it, if I could just hold it in
I closed my eyes and run blindly away
The further I am, the less affected I'd be
I'll be happy alone, just like before...
iii. Acceptance
Or so I thought, but I was wrong
The more I denied, the more it pains
The more I run away, the more tired I became
I could never be free, distance is just an illusion
What I really needed, is to be with you
No one else would fit this empty hallow
Without you, a half-life is what I would follow
Like a moon without the sun in its horizon
iv. Plead
So wont you, take me with you?
Would you love me as I do?
Forgive my foolishness and embrace me instead
With your eyes in tears and a smile on your face.
Will you accept my heart, broken as it is
Of my own doing and no one else
Please fill me in and make me whole
Give me air, heal me, make me live a full life!
v. Promise
I swear, never to be afraid anymore
I won't let go, I won't be moved,
I would make us a home, a family...
Together we'd weave the future
Together we will be stronger
Even at times of great struggle
We will survive, you and I
Because we are undivided, as one
vi. Grateful
In the crowded crossroad of life
Chances were given for the both of us
Blessed are we to find each other
Amids the chaos of countless encounters
Thank you for waiting to meet me this lifetime
For just being you, with me, for me... by me
For letting me be the shadow of your light
For making me the glimmer you follow in the dark
vii. Pledge
I loved you from yeterday
Love you still today
And would love you more
Till tomorrow ceased to be
My beloved stranger
Stranger no more
viii. Not the end
©All Rights Reserved
February 8, 2017
Written by OxyMoronicMe
(G.L.)
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Anonymous
Read With Me
come,
read with me
let's drown
in these pages
together
each word pulling
us further in
so far
we lose focus
of breathing
we just want
more
and more
each page
burning with desire,
as well as lost fire
every word
vibrating my
pulse
in complete
rhythm with
your own
all of my hidden
thoughts
bled upon
the pages
pouring from
the soul
getting lost
in the passion
of you
hands intertwined
fantasy & reality
collide
every word
dropping from
the pages
as rain
awakening
the desert soul
feasting
consuming
embracing
never shall
there be
enough
of
this story
of us
© 2017 DeeplyRootedWords. All rights reserved
come,
read with me
let's drown
in these pages
together
each word pulling
us further in
so far
we lose focus
of breathing
we just want
more
and more
each page
burning with desire,
as well as lost fire
every word
vibrating my
pulse
in complete
rhythm with
your own
all of my hidden
thoughts
bled upon
the pages
pouring from
the soul
getting lost
in the passion
of you
hands intertwined
fantasy & reality
collide
every word
dropping from
the pages
as rain
awakening
the desert soul
feasting
consuming
embracing
never shall
there be
enough
of
this story
of us
© 2017 DeeplyRootedWords. All rights reserved
Anonymous
The Essence of You
you are my calming
voice, in the midst
of a raging
thunderstorm
your heart
whispers
to my own
basking in
sweet serenity
and the gentleness
of your spoken
love
you are my deep desire,
when my body aches
and craves
O, how I long for
your touch
your tongue
to taste, all the portions
which drip for you
and your body
to devour
all which your
lips speak of, and
your poetry spills
so perfectly
you are the delicious
feast, which my eyes
can never tire of
there isn't a portion
of you, in my heart
which I
haven't tasted, touched
licked, sucked
and enveloped
tightly
claiming,
making you mine
you are
my secret,
that continuously
dances within
you are the treasure,
that pulses
in the beat of
my heart
you are my thoughts
which stay alive
in the depths
of my mind
you are...
the missing
puzzle piece
of my heart
my soul
my...love
© 2017 DeeplyRootedWords. All rights reserved
you are my calming
voice, in the midst
of a raging
thunderstorm
your heart
whispers
to my own
basking in
sweet serenity
and the gentleness
of your spoken
love
you are my deep desire,
when my body aches
and craves
O, how I long for
your touch
your tongue
to taste, all the portions
which drip for you
and your body
to devour
all which your
lips speak of, and
your poetry spills
so perfectly
you are the delicious
feast, which my eyes
can never tire of
there isn't a portion
of you, in my heart
which I
haven't tasted, touched
licked, sucked
and enveloped
tightly
claiming,
making you mine
you are
my secret,
that continuously
dances within
you are the treasure,
that pulses
in the beat of
my heart
you are my thoughts
which stay alive
in the depths
of my mind
you are...
the missing
puzzle piece
of my heart
my soul
my...love
© 2017 DeeplyRootedWords. All rights reserved
Anonymous
Us...This..And..All of that
second glances
catching our own
hearts & minds
by surprise
instant pulses
which could
never be disguised
lingering thoughts
lasting through
the night
kissing
the morning
sunrise
only belonging
to us
shared words
linking hearts
voices
capturing souls
those phrases
which are ever
so bold
flushing cheeks
causing heat
to surface
in all of the right
places
laughing until
your sides hurt
tears flowing
and hearts
aching
at the very
thoughts
of linked strings
breaking
a connection
so deep
fibers of
entanglement
kiss, hug
intertwine, and
meet
a shared
understanding
which makes the
body tingle, breathe
and ache
so much to make
the ends of our
worlds quake
all which
belongs
to us...
this...
and ...
all of that
© 2017 DeeplyRootedWords. All rights reserved
second glances
catching our own
hearts & minds
by surprise
instant pulses
which could
never be disguised
lingering thoughts
lasting through
the night
kissing
the morning
sunrise
only belonging
to us
shared words
linking hearts
voices
capturing souls
those phrases
which are ever
so bold
flushing cheeks
causing heat
to surface
in all of the right
places
laughing until
your sides hurt
tears flowing
and hearts
aching
at the very
thoughts
of linked strings
breaking
a connection
so deep
fibers of
entanglement
kiss, hug
intertwine, and
meet
a shared
understanding
which makes the
body tingle, breathe
and ache
so much to make
the ends of our
worlds quake
all which
belongs
to us...
this...
and ...
all of that
© 2017 DeeplyRootedWords. All rights reserved
Romance...with you. A shitty slow dance, stood no chance, tossed aside like old pants...Your touch, melts me. The rush, tells me. I need help see, livin in hell we...Burned together, a lesson learned forever...Right after the bad weather...A rainbow, now will the pain go? You can make it. Take it. Break it in two....Kiss and wake up, from a nightmare, you'll be right there...To love the pain away on the day to day in your favorite way...Romance? No chance and no can'ts. A Dance? With me for eternity, til there's nothing left to burn in me...
Anonymous
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Allow Me In
Allow me in
Completely into your essence
Into those places hidden away
From prying eyes and thoughts
Acidic to your soul
Allow me in
Completely into your serenity
The sanctuary of sanity
The garden of recuperation
Where you must retreat
When life demands too much
Allow me in
Completely into your heart
That place reserved for lovers
Allow me to bathe in your loving waters
To feel your womanliness and
All that it entails
Allow me to see the infinite being
Shared only with precious few
Allow me to taste your trueness
The apple of life
To renew my faith
In God and
All things heavenly
(C) 2014 XMAR82 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Allow me in
Completely into your essence
Into those places hidden away
From prying eyes and thoughts
Acidic to your soul
Allow me in
Completely into your serenity
The sanctuary of sanity
The garden of recuperation
Where you must retreat
When life demands too much
Allow me in
Completely into your heart
That place reserved for lovers
Allow me to bathe in your loving waters
To feel your womanliness and
All that it entails
Allow me to see the infinite being
Shared only with precious few
Allow me to taste your trueness
The apple of life
To renew my faith
In God and
All things heavenly
(C) 2014 XMAR82 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
This Knight
My shield, I have cast aside
My sword, is sheathed and
Sits against your bedroom door
I have abandoned my armor
Tonight
This knight
Comes to you
Open, vulnerable to your whims
Tonight, I am not a knight
I am only a simple man
With simple needs
That only you can satiate
My shield, I have cast aside
My sword, is sheathed and
Sits against your bedroom door
I have abandoned my armor
Tonight
This knight
Comes to you
Open, vulnerable to your whims
Tonight, I am not a knight
I am only a simple man
With simple needs
That only you can satiate
broken wings
Too close to the sun I flew
Recklessness was all I knew
Then along came you
Soothing presence healing my wounds
Recklessness was all I knew
Then along came you
Soothing presence healing my wounds
Written by Afroqn73
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