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slipalong
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Through the Alphabet —The Letter “M”

MadameLavender
Guardian of Shadows
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Poetry Contest

Use all the words in the list below , in a poem
Next up, the letter "M” ! Same rules as the other alphabet comps:

One poem per poet
Any style, length
Use all the words in the list in your poem
Two weeks to complete
Winner is decided by public vote


Here’s the list of words:

Malm
Manor
Martyr
Mercantile
Meringue
Migrant
Mingle
Monastic
Mutiny
Myrrh

Tardegrade
Twisted Dreamer
United States
Joined 24th Dec 2018
Forum Posts: 28

Mingled Malevolence

Mortally Malm maimed
Recently recalled
Mazelike Mudget Manor
H.H. Holmes' homes
Mumbling monastic Martyr
Pious petrol pyre
Mainstream Mercantile methodology
Starving the cents-less
Marshmellow Meringue
Clogging coronary capillaries
Migrant masses morph
Sadistic Stereotype
Militants Mingle
Wage woeful wars
Mideast Military Mutiny
Melding Myrrh and murder
Written by Tardegrade
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wallyroo92
Tyrant of Words
United States 154awards
Joined 11th July 2012
Forum Posts: 1866

Xander Pie Dreams of Memes

His flat-screen sits on top of an old beaten IKEA malm,
He’s in a trance with a monastic stance style and manner,
At times the kid laughs out loud and yet he remains calm,
It’s a small room but to this jubilant juvenile it’s a manor.
For starters he’s no martyr but the boy has fire and ardor,
He has a profound passion for funny things and themes,
The room stirs in myrrh but the youth’s odor is harder,
Like a virtual mercantile barter of gifs, vines and memes.
When he goes out to mingle with the rest of the family,
The kid is loaded with tons of gags, wisecracks and puns,
So don’t dare ruin the joke like mutiny but then actually
He trips on his words upon delivery but it’s all in good fun.
He daydreams and schemes it’s nothing you’ve ever seen,
Like migrant streams of laughs he’s lively and wide-eyed,
He’s a kind and sweet teen like topping meringue cream,
Xander speaks in mien memes but we love to call him Pie.

MadameLavender
Guardian of Shadows
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Thanks for starting off, with great entries , Tardegrade & Wally !

slipalong
Dangerous Mind
United Kingdom 43awards
Joined 1st Jan 2018
Forum Posts: 854

Molasses

The plantation swayed in the hot summer wind
Gang masters cruel laugh, he wields the whip
 Looks for a martyr to flog
Instill some fear till they cower like dogs
 
 
In the manor the house upon the hill  
The essences of myrrh behind the ear, to the cleavage  
Inflame the sense catch the eye
The chatter of the dining room
White lace and taffeta and corsets strung so tight  
Bosoms like white meringue, spilling out
 To mingle  and enjoy that life's priviledge adopts
 
 The cane is burning, charred  in the fields
Fell and reap  before the darkness  seeps
The syrup is the merchantile raw,
 Drawn from the fields dirty spoils
The smoke hides the slaves murmured mutiny  
 Try for freedom,  break the chains mastery
Of a monastic time,  pray for all the toil and pain  cease
Something better than the yoke that held you tied
A migrant from that bamboo of bars  
 And hold your head in hope and pride  
 
The malm of the bricks on the road to your dreams  
Baked out of the dust and the ache of sore hands that bleed
sucked out the canes molasses so bittersweet
The sugar refined built whites supremacy
The sun cannot bleach the sombering  chords
Sung spirituals lament of words
Escape and run like coloured dye or stay and fight
But the moat of molasses hold the ankles tight  
Deliverance a vision that's just candy floss ?
Written by slipalong
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The winner of this competition and any runners up were decided by public vote.

Thank you to the following members for voting:

MadameLavender, AspergerPoet56, Kinkpoet, LivDiane, Josh, Tallen, David_Macleod, Miss_Sub, Billy_Snagg, buddydog, Layla, Jade-Pandora, SkyeCebh, eddiestarrpoems, solanaceae

slipalong
Dangerous Mind
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thanks TO all that voted for my entry, a win after the drought I kept plugging on and let the words find your hearts Regards SLIP

Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
Tyrant of Words
United States 154awards
Joined 9th Nov 2015
Forum Posts: 5134

Congratulations, Slip!
Yes, I too celebrate the well-earned break in your drought.👍🏻

MadameLavender
Guardian of Shadows
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Joined 17th Feb 2013
Forum Posts: 5718

Congrats to Slipalong and thanks to everyone who participated and voted!

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