Poetry competition CLOSED 2nd June 2019 2:06pm
WINNER
Heart_symphony
Heart_symphony
RUNNER-UP:
Thetravelingfairy
Broken Home
Anonymous
Poetry Contest Description
Poems about the loss of
Home can be a place, a building, a person or a feeling. Write a poem your sense of home and its subsequent loss. Was it a what or was it a who? What does the loss mean to you? How do you manage in its absence? Metaphor is perfectly acceptable, but not necessary. Make us feel your home and your pain.
*1 entry only
*1 month
*New writes only
*No epic sagas please – keep it to around 50 lines
My Mother
My home has been scattered
In different houses
In different countries
My mother was the only person at my side
My home was in the blue eyes
Of my mother
Before she lost her mind
The different places
Always felt like home
When I’d crawl into her bed
But my home had a leak
Her eyes would rain down
On my cheeks
My young mind was confused
I’d hold her tightly
And say “please don’t cry, I love you”
Every night I’d listen to her sobs
My heart wrenching
I felt useless because I was young
When I grew older
Something in her changed
The blue from her eyes drained
She’d stare off at nothing
While I yelled and cried
Searching desperately for her mind
Her blue eyes
Have cried so many tears
They are now glazed over
My mother
She speaks from a distance
Her warmth has gone cold
In all the different countries and houses
My mother was all I had
But now her mind has shattered
And now my home is scattered
In different houses
In different countries
My mother was the only person at my side
My home was in the blue eyes
Of my mother
Before she lost her mind
The different places
Always felt like home
When I’d crawl into her bed
But my home had a leak
Her eyes would rain down
On my cheeks
My young mind was confused
I’d hold her tightly
And say “please don’t cry, I love you”
Every night I’d listen to her sobs
My heart wrenching
I felt useless because I was young
When I grew older
Something in her changed
The blue from her eyes drained
She’d stare off at nothing
While I yelled and cried
Searching desperately for her mind
Her blue eyes
Have cried so many tears
They are now glazed over
My mother
She speaks from a distance
Her warmth has gone cold
In all the different countries and houses
My mother was all I had
But now her mind has shattered
And now my home is scattered
Written by Heart_symphony
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mundic blocks
Bricks and mortar the foundations that don't alter
the roots put down so we don't falter
precious time threads that came untwined
not underpinned just undermined
The traffic roaring past its tremor
they reflect the quiet anger
morgaged hope that change will happen
the bailiffs of despair come a knocking
Joy that was, now walls of straw
Cheating wind, rocked all that we enjoyed
Jealousy the wolf is at the door
ripped our house with tooth and claw
Shredded clothes rent the fabric
conversations so monosyllabic
cracks that widened with each year
home sweet home, a shared nightmare
the roots put down so we don't falter
precious time threads that came untwined
not underpinned just undermined
The traffic roaring past its tremor
they reflect the quiet anger
morgaged hope that change will happen
the bailiffs of despair come a knocking
Joy that was, now walls of straw
Cheating wind, rocked all that we enjoyed
Jealousy the wolf is at the door
ripped our house with tooth and claw
Shredded clothes rent the fabric
conversations so monosyllabic
cracks that widened with each year
home sweet home, a shared nightmare
Written by slipalong
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Drowning: Notes of an Online Journal
“Drowning”
I’m sensing a pitch of motion
While out in the hall pulling watch,
I sit surrounded by ocean
As the deck crawls in drowning moths.
There’s a storm front over the bed;
Our mothers cower beneath it.
A migraine is stalled in my head,
Focused on numbing bereavement.
The course of events is unknown,
An unseen barrage colder still.
The others are gathered like clones
A whole other place for the kill.
I know that the doctor is here,
He’s talking downstairs on the phone.
There’s no need for shedding a tear,
I see you’ve not come here alone.
NaPoGloPoWriMo 2019
I’m sensing a pitch of motion
While out in the hall pulling watch,
I sit surrounded by ocean
As the deck crawls in drowning moths.
There’s a storm front over the bed;
Our mothers cower beneath it.
A migraine is stalled in my head,
Focused on numbing bereavement.
The course of events is unknown,
An unseen barrage colder still.
The others are gathered like clones
A whole other place for the kill.
I know that the doctor is here,
He’s talking downstairs on the phone.
There’s no need for shedding a tear,
I see you’ve not come here alone.
NaPoGloPoWriMo 2019
Written by Heaven_sent_Kathy
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Anonymous
Related submission no longer exists.
HOMELY - - for the broken home comp (Inspired by Taryn)
home is where the heart is
home is where the comedy fart is
lots of laughter lots of fun
hilarious noises from the bum
funny jokes and cheesy songs
a place where everyone belongs
where everyone is welcome at the table
even Uncle Frank and great Aunt Mabel
where dimples are pinched on every smile
where no one ever gets hostile
where love is unconditional
where faith and hope are traditional
no grudges held by kith and kin
all negativity goes straight in the bin
we encourage each other
like sisters and brothers
all caring, sharing as we lighten our load
no fear of harsh judgment in this happy abode
Home is not a place its a concept I think
home is where those you love are all in sync
let bygones be bygones, forgiving with love
can only be done with help from above
Home is where our hearts never fall apart
home is the home of the comedy fart
a broken home is where a house is
It's not where the happy mouse is
there is so much sadness
and so much madness
where a hug is normally hands around a throat
when most ignore a suicide note
where there is no love and passion
where inertia and hate are the fashion
there is no respite from cruelty or lies
despite long protested of alibis
where the family is put on the back burner
were lies are told in a gossip murmur
where happiness does not reside
where arrogant egos just collide
this house is not a home
lonely people left all alone
but the cracks appear
to a silent cheer
down we double
as it crumbles into rubble
its walls and foundations need to be fixed
as we wait from the ashes the rising phoenix
Written by David_Macleod
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She Was Home to Me
she was everything to me
her wild scent, her unbrushed hair
the things that defined her
stood firm and steady
a house that’s built on rock
will never crumble
that smile stuck with me
even when boxes were heavy
and unpacking was a chore
she carried me
and kept my treasures buried
i’d find them when I was ready
every brick of her screamed beauty
and I was safe in her arms
when she left me
her hand was waving
and it shook my house suddenly
like a giant earthquake
frames and paintings falling
memories shattered on the floor
and for the first time
i felt alone, unsteady
searching for my sanity
were those things she’d hid from me
and I was ready
to accept her abandonment
to live a life between four walls
that no longer meant anything
her wild scent, her unbrushed hair
the things that defined her
stood firm and steady
a house that’s built on rock
will never crumble
that smile stuck with me
even when boxes were heavy
and unpacking was a chore
she carried me
and kept my treasures buried
i’d find them when I was ready
every brick of her screamed beauty
and I was safe in her arms
when she left me
her hand was waving
and it shook my house suddenly
like a giant earthquake
frames and paintings falling
memories shattered on the floor
and for the first time
i felt alone, unsteady
searching for my sanity
were those things she’d hid from me
and I was ready
to accept her abandonment
to live a life between four walls
that no longer meant anything
Written by Thetravelingfairy
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My Home
He was once my home; the one place
Where I felt safe, secure and proud
Of the skin I lived in my entire life.
The big windowpanes I used to trace
With my hands are gone. The clouds
And tension is thicker than any knife
That cuts through all the loud noise.
His arms made me feel like the roof
Would never collapse, but as soon
As he left to find his home and toys
To play with somewhere else poof
Went my home with him. The moon
That hung above our heads was gone
Too. What is left is a heartbreak like
Nothing else, but I realize he was not
Just my home, but he was the dawn
Before the sunrise. He was the strike
Of vivid lightning. He was the knot
In my stomach telling me something
Was definitely wrong because how
Can one person become my home?
Especially when I truly want to cling
To him, but will take off and allow
Me to cry all on my own. He roams,
And forgets me in the middle of my
Storm that rocks me deeply, leaving
No room to recover from the disorder
Or swift destruction. I closed my eyes
To the tears while hoping or believing
They would escape across the border.
It is not just any place where I can
Rest my weary feet and repair what is
Broken inside me. It is not when I am
Finding home inside of another man,
But in myself because when he fizzes
And walks away from the soft lamb,
Blue sky he helped create I find
A place I made. A place redefined.
Where I felt safe, secure and proud
Of the skin I lived in my entire life.
The big windowpanes I used to trace
With my hands are gone. The clouds
And tension is thicker than any knife
That cuts through all the loud noise.
His arms made me feel like the roof
Would never collapse, but as soon
As he left to find his home and toys
To play with somewhere else poof
Went my home with him. The moon
That hung above our heads was gone
Too. What is left is a heartbreak like
Nothing else, but I realize he was not
Just my home, but he was the dawn
Before the sunrise. He was the strike
Of vivid lightning. He was the knot
In my stomach telling me something
Was definitely wrong because how
Can one person become my home?
Especially when I truly want to cling
To him, but will take off and allow
Me to cry all on my own. He roams,
And forgets me in the middle of my
Storm that rocks me deeply, leaving
No room to recover from the disorder
Or swift destruction. I closed my eyes
To the tears while hoping or believing
They would escape across the border.
It is not just any place where I can
Rest my weary feet and repair what is
Broken inside me. It is not when I am
Finding home inside of another man,
But in myself because when he fizzes
And walks away from the soft lamb,
Blue sky he helped create I find
A place I made. A place redefined.
Written by eswaller
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Judge me not!
I'm bored to death bored outa my fuckn mind
That seeking death is my only grind
I just don't give a fuck I have nothing to live for
Fuck it send me to hell I don't need your pearly gates don't need you to open that door.
All I know is suffer suffering thru sin and since you know it all its been predestined since fucking life begin....
Starting with Adam and Eve you start the world over and over again well God what the fuck do you plan to achieve. I'm nothing more than ya bastard son whom you purposely misguided and completely disowned
I'm on Luchipher side bitch its time you be dethroned
Yet you expect me to keep praying and just have hope; but bitch you never answered one so with my liquor & drugs how the fuck you expect me to cope.
You told me obey man laws but not to trust non so its ironic than instead of "Virgin Mary why wasn't it an angel who gave birth to your only begotten son?
Why can't your bitch ass ever just speak clear without all your puns and riddles
Oh get I'm your catch phase of a bad jokes so it all ain't nothing but shits and giggles
Yet you there Stans before me as a fucking judge God or no God I'll slit ya tucking throat without a blink without a budge
death ain't the enemy its been you this whole fucking time
Yet since you not a man you can't own up to your own tucking crime
What my extinct ancestors did ain't got shit to do with me
Yeah nigga you all knowing and shit so why your dumbass can't see!!!???
I renounce my faith I renounce you ever existed
Made in image right so like you now its my ass to kiss
That seeking death is my only grind
I just don't give a fuck I have nothing to live for
Fuck it send me to hell I don't need your pearly gates don't need you to open that door.
All I know is suffer suffering thru sin and since you know it all its been predestined since fucking life begin....
Starting with Adam and Eve you start the world over and over again well God what the fuck do you plan to achieve. I'm nothing more than ya bastard son whom you purposely misguided and completely disowned
I'm on Luchipher side bitch its time you be dethroned
Yet you expect me to keep praying and just have hope; but bitch you never answered one so with my liquor & drugs how the fuck you expect me to cope.
You told me obey man laws but not to trust non so its ironic than instead of "Virgin Mary why wasn't it an angel who gave birth to your only begotten son?
Why can't your bitch ass ever just speak clear without all your puns and riddles
Oh get I'm your catch phase of a bad jokes so it all ain't nothing but shits and giggles
Yet you there Stans before me as a fucking judge God or no God I'll slit ya tucking throat without a blink without a budge
death ain't the enemy its been you this whole fucking time
Yet since you not a man you can't own up to your own tucking crime
What my extinct ancestors did ain't got shit to do with me
Yeah nigga you all knowing and shit so why your dumbass can't see!!!???
I renounce my faith I renounce you ever existed
Made in image right so like you now its my ass to kiss
Written by PerfectSinner
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Their Fatal Flaw
mom and dad
I don't doubt your good intentions
still I think it's safe to say
that you both made
selfish choices
never in my favor
but neither in yours
I don't doubt your good intentions
still I think it's safe to say
that you both made
selfish choices
never in my favor
but neither in yours
Written by delanee
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Anonymous
Where Is Home?
I lay here in my bed in this house
But it feels weird something is off
I just want to go home
Truth is I wouldn't know where that is
I know I don't belong here
Nothing about this feels right
But if home isn't here
In the house where I live
Where else could it be?
I feel like I've searched and yet...
Still nothing...
I'm not sure if I should keep searching
Maybe I should give up
It would probably make so many people happy...
Despite what they say
So tonight when the darkness comes...
Just let me fade away.
But it feels weird something is off
I just want to go home
Truth is I wouldn't know where that is
I know I don't belong here
Nothing about this feels right
But if home isn't here
In the house where I live
Where else could it be?
I feel like I've searched and yet...
Still nothing...
I'm not sure if I should keep searching
Maybe I should give up
It would probably make so many people happy...
Despite what they say
So tonight when the darkness comes...
Just let me fade away.
Written by InvisibleGirl
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