Poetry competition CLOSED 19th January 2020 8:04pm
WINNER
Valeriya (Valeriya Long)
Valeriya (Valeriya Long)
RUNNERS-UP:
cabcool
and Controversity
Parade Your Pride Poetry Here!
Pride
A proud wound is a thing
That doesn't want to heal
It the heart will bring
So the mind can't feel
The vulnerability
Of a psyche transformed
By brutal honesty
But this fear transformed
Replaced by fear of lies
Allows the heart’s reveal
Embracing all the whys
Of things that make life real
In weakness hides a gift
A beauty like no other
A balm to heal the rift
That wounded pride cannot recover
That doesn't want to heal
It the heart will bring
So the mind can't feel
The vulnerability
Of a psyche transformed
By brutal honesty
But this fear transformed
Replaced by fear of lies
Allows the heart’s reveal
Embracing all the whys
Of things that make life real
In weakness hides a gift
A beauty like no other
A balm to heal the rift
That wounded pride cannot recover
Written by EdibleWords
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to be slain by prIde
There is this paradox in pride—it makes some men ridiculous,
but prevents others from becoming so. —Charles Caleb Colton
i lose my temper
every time i see
the haughty faces
of those who pleasure
in the parody
the fool embraces
scorning God's green earth
caring not that man
is of frail dust made
mocks his lowly birth
foils the Father's plan
for sways unsacred
every time i see
pride’s crude colour bar
where bigotry drinks
wine and irony
there a jagged scar
on life's sharpest brinks
strangles guileless souls
who measure not up
to hue’s futile rules
such unwieldy tolls
are of men corrupt
how the devil drools!
master puppeteer
stringing up the noose
for the suicide
of the chumps that jeer
who thus blindly choose
to be slain by pride
© Copyright 2020 January 04
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
but prevents others from becoming so. —Charles Caleb Colton
i lose my temper
every time i see
the haughty faces
of those who pleasure
in the parody
the fool embraces
scorning God's green earth
caring not that man
is of frail dust made
mocks his lowly birth
foils the Father's plan
for sways unsacred
every time i see
pride’s crude colour bar
where bigotry drinks
wine and irony
there a jagged scar
on life's sharpest brinks
strangles guileless souls
who measure not up
to hue’s futile rules
such unwieldy tolls
are of men corrupt
how the devil drools!
master puppeteer
stringing up the noose
for the suicide
of the chumps that jeer
who thus blindly choose
to be slain by pride
© Copyright 2020 January 04
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
Written by cabcool
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Falling for You
If pride comes before a fall
Let me fall next to you
For you have no idea
How proud I am
To have have fallen in love
With someone like you 💘
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If pride comes before a fall
Let me fall next to you
For you have no idea
How proud I am
To have have fallen in love
With someone like you 💘
Submissions is for the joy of participation. Not to be considered as an entry for the competition.
A lions pride
Is it arrogance to be the head
A sense of self, on the top shelf
When others fail and you must lead
They flounder so and ask for help
A self assurace to be your own
To choose your path and not kowtow
And hold the lamp of your own glow
Not seek the spotlights fickle bow
A vocabulary that has no cant
Your own shoes are just big enough
An ego tied so sacrosanct
Not effigy or golden bust
Seek no the preen of the selfie sect
For pride shows srength of intellect
Where others fawn and self destruct
A lion stands with his pride intact
That mirror see no selfish want
For pride will christen in its font
A sense of self, on the top shelf
When others fail and you must lead
They flounder so and ask for help
A self assurace to be your own
To choose your path and not kowtow
And hold the lamp of your own glow
Not seek the spotlights fickle bow
A vocabulary that has no cant
Your own shoes are just big enough
An ego tied so sacrosanct
Not effigy or golden bust
Seek no the preen of the selfie sect
For pride shows srength of intellect
Where others fawn and self destruct
A lion stands with his pride intact
That mirror see no selfish want
For pride will christen in its font
Written by slipalong
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Fashionista! #14: Jungle Pride🐾
Filled with a tiger’s city jungle pride,
As Tig & I both celebrate New Year’s.
We stuff ourselves with chili dogs & fries,
I’ll always make this hometown my career!
To roar & chase the cops thru’ Central Park,
Filled with a tiger’s city jungle pride.
The burst of fi’reworks light up the dark,
Enticing streetwalkers to come outside!
I’m not so sure, I know I must decide,
When I will make a resolution whole.
Filled with a tiger’s city jungle pride,
Still realizing what’s my final goal.
It’s hard to choose I can’t improve a thing,
I wear the passion graceful on my side.
If I were not a Queen I’d be a King,
Filled with a tiger’s city jungle pride!
Written by Jade-Pandora
(jade tiger)
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Pride The Peacock's Behind
Intoxicated by pride,
Not arrogant
I just hold myself high.
High in a sense that i apply,
The best in all that I do.
So forgive me if i walk past you
Head held high,
Not thinking I'm better than you
While being the best of me.
I'm stinking rich with pride,
Watch selfworth drip from my pockets,
Wealth ooze from my aura
As I stand tall,
Chest to sky,
Flaunting myself like the peacock's behind.
Not arrogant
I just hold myself high.
High in a sense that i apply,
The best in all that I do.
So forgive me if i walk past you
Head held high,
Not thinking I'm better than you
While being the best of me.
I'm stinking rich with pride,
Watch selfworth drip from my pockets,
Wealth ooze from my aura
As I stand tall,
Chest to sky,
Flaunting myself like the peacock's behind.
Written by ClassyBird
(ClAsSyBiRdMeLlA)
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Proud To Be A Woman
I am proud to be who I am
the way I look, feel, smell
and taste
I am unique a jewel in the crown
of diversity
You are a woman be proud
of who you are
Put an end to labiaplasty now.
Young women in search of that
"Barbie pussy"
Embarrassed or unsure of
how they are "suppose to look"
You are beautiful just the way
you are
Be proud of your Vulva
Be proud of your womanhood
Be proud to be a Woman
the way I look, feel, smell
and taste
I am unique a jewel in the crown
of diversity
You are a woman be proud
of who you are
Put an end to labiaplasty now.
Young women in search of that
"Barbie pussy"
Embarrassed or unsure of
how they are "suppose to look"
You are beautiful just the way
you are
Be proud of your Vulva
Be proud of your womanhood
Be proud to be a Woman
Written by Valeriya
(Valeriya Long)
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Pride in Myself
No infinite, no potential,
not legit, boy sit,
quit, bucket list, spit.
Your checking account is
equivalent to shit, desperate
a bit, no chocolate, run rabbit,
a college student having issues
in finding a job habit. Get it. Dip.
Sip your lose, zip and skip it,
no crip, but I've got lip to flip
you off in the whip on shoulder
a chip not here for friendship.
No one is hating on you fool, and
what girl is on your kneecaps?
None, no instruments in your dorm.
I tear ligaments of you punks with no
presidents and depth. No Benz, no
strength, or girlfriends, follow trends,
do boyfriends on the weekend, blend.
I represent Detroit, Marshall hostility,
bloody study with anxiety rebel of society.
No infinite, no potential,
not legit, boy sit,
quit, bucket list, spit.
Your checking account is
equivalent to shit, desperate
a bit, no chocolate, run rabbit,
a college student having issues
in finding a job habit. Get it. Dip.
Sip your lose, zip and skip it,
no crip, but I've got lip to flip
you off in the whip on shoulder
a chip not here for friendship.
No one is hating on you fool, and
what girl is on your kneecaps?
None, no instruments in your dorm.
I tear ligaments of you punks with no
presidents and depth. No Benz, no
strength, or girlfriends, follow trends,
do boyfriends on the weekend, blend.
I represent Detroit, Marshall hostility,
bloody study with anxiety rebel of society.
I'm the Man
Got a new pride, I flick it up
Big middle finger, I flick it up
Oh no, I don't care
I don't give a damn
I fuck yo wife live on Instagram
She wanna make a movie, no cinema
She taste just like cinnamon
If he wanna roll up, get smoked like indica
Put him in the dirt right with his mans
Goddamn, everybody know I'm a business man
Money got me walking like Vince McMahon
Swear that my weed so strong
That you would've thought my Mary Jane had a fitness plan
Smoking on bodybuilder
Carry the tool like I'm Bob the Builder
No, I am not a killer, but a pride designer.
Got a new pride, I flick it up
Big middle finger, I flick it up
Oh no, I don't care
I don't give a damn
I fuck yo wife live on Instagram
She wanna make a movie, no cinema
She taste just like cinnamon
If he wanna roll up, get smoked like indica
Put him in the dirt right with his mans
Goddamn, everybody know I'm a business man
Money got me walking like Vince McMahon
Swear that my weed so strong
That you would've thought my Mary Jane had a fitness plan
Smoking on bodybuilder
Carry the tool like I'm Bob the Builder
No, I am not a killer, but a pride designer.
Pride
Pride is horribly wrong
So please don't bother me no
Cause a part of me won't
Hold back like the rope
Tug of war with my soul
And i can't keep control
Take me out of my zone
But never out of my throne
It feel so right i'm at home
And if i'm wrong its unknown
When you speak watch your tone
Might take out your tongue
And your date will come
So be afraid but stay calm
I'm dangerously prideful
Popeye's and pop on these songs
They get torn apart depart these souls.
Pride is horribly wrong
So please don't bother me no
Cause a part of me won't
Hold back like the rope
Tug of war with my soul
And i can't keep control
Take me out of my zone
But never out of my throne
It feel so right i'm at home
And if i'm wrong its unknown
When you speak watch your tone
Might take out your tongue
And your date will come
So be afraid but stay calm
I'm dangerously prideful
Popeye's and pop on these songs
They get torn apart depart these souls.
Thank you everyone! Congrats Valeria! I love the fresh purpose driven poem. A real show stopper! As one poet we all love would say - respect.
Cabcool you motivated this comp! Winning!
Controversity - you took the comp by storm! Very fun poems!
All the rest of you are winners for facing the pride topic aggressively and with style!
👏
Cabcool you motivated this comp! Winning!
Controversity - you took the comp by storm! Very fun poems!
All the rest of you are winners for facing the pride topic aggressively and with style!
👏
