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Poetry competition CLOSED 18th June 2018 4:13pm
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HadesRising
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Forgive me Father, I have sinned.

Hepcat61
geoff cat
Dangerous Mind
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Joined 27th Nov 2015
Forum Posts: 1028

Holy Site

Let steam of copper pools take dust and grease
And leather sharpened edge scrape clean this skin,
That I might gain Assisi’s gated path.
 
For crusades’ sultry wanderings have come,
With all the ghosts, proud soldiers’ steel, to loss.
Jerusalem relent to sword’s extend.
 
I wish now only for your holy songs,
To fall on knees that lips would taste your praise,
And tongues, your crown, in exaltation raise.  
Written by Hepcat61 (geoff cat)
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Pathospassion
c.d.latin
Thought Provoker
United States 8awards
Joined 1st Feb 2014
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Pathospassion
c.d.latin
Thought Provoker
United States 8awards
Joined 1st Feb 2014
Forum Posts: 172

The poem I wrote for this is surely not perfect but thank you fro the opportunity. Thank you to everyone else participating.

Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
Tyrant of Words
United States 154awards
Joined 9th Nov 2015
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STAINED

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bathed in stained glass    
before morning mass    
reflections of rain    
run down window's pane    
     
unbuckled and open    
no words can be spoken    
my mouth on his belt    
while all else is felt    
     
to them, I am damned    
I am what I am    
though try as I might    
for me, he's the light    
     
the Eucharist's taste    
fills the gash in my face    
his fingers slide in    
forgiving my sin
   
     
For God doth loom beyond his son    
The highest pow'r, only One    
     
My husband of thy many wives    
Who've taken on all of his lives    
     
But I in my black habit worn    
Must have his flesh as I have sworn    
     
Devoured from his bloodied guise    
Replace mine his all-seeing eyes    
     
And so I see the rea'l truth    
And thus I pledge my faith his Ruth    
     
To be his brick and mortar site    
Corrupt the sheep and make it right    
     
To say we did and bless it so    
To lose their trust before we go    
     
Forgiving all I do for thee    
There is a place in hell for me    
     
Forsaking all who kneel and pray    
We shall not hear a word they say  
Written by Jade-Pandora (jade tiger)
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This Is Not An Entry
Great competition - All the best to all the participants!

poet Anonymous

Thanks for all of your [actual] entries guys! Wow! I can’t wait to judge this one.


RevolutionAL
Alistair Plint
Dangerous Mind
South Africa 29awards
Joined 24th July 2012
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poet Anonymous

Thanks for the entries guys! I’m just getting a second opinion from an impartial party and I’ll get back to you with a winner shortly.

Just say the rosary in the mean time. Y’all need it.

poet Anonymous

Many thanks to Taryn, my lovely second judge giving this another pair of eyes as I just couldn’t call it.

Congrats to Hades and the runners up for being extremely worthy contenders... and to all the entrants. Amazing standard here!


HadesRising
Tyrant of Words
United States 34awards
Joined 8th June 2013
Forum Posts: 1625

Awesome. Thank you, Missy and Taryn. So many excellent entries here, wow! Well done, fellow poets. You all kick ass!

poet Anonymous

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