Poetry competition CLOSED 1st February 2020 6:31am
WINNER
slipalong
slipalong
RUNNER-UP:
wallyroo92
Reasons to Try
Poetry Contest Description
Write a song (2 verses and a hook) Must explain why you need reasons to keep trying (why life sucks) and then offer reasons to keep trying
Each verse can be of any length between 4 lines and 100, just know that your audience will likely tire of verses too long winded.
I implore the use of rhyme, it is after all, a song writing competition.
2 verses maximum and 1 hook.
2 entries per songwriter maximum.
Within the verses, you must give us an understanding of why you're searching for reasons to try. What is it that is causing you to seek reasons. Eg - recent divorce, lost the house and the kids and the dog....etc etc
Then, as if you are your own best friend, offering advice and support, you suggest why life is still worth living for, and why you should keep trying...
Good luck on your mission folks, you have 2 weeks, 2 entries, do your best :D
Here's my attempt, in case it inspires anyone at all.
I won't be entering
Gimme a reason to stay
(Money, drugs, women, love, ohh)
Gimme a reason to stay
(This shit just isn't enough, ohh)
Gimme a reason to stay
(Money, drugs, women, love, ohh)
Gimme a reason to stay
(This shit just isn't enough, ohh)
Having been fiscally challenged and living with balances: strict and inadequate;
Switching to palaces, driving in chariots, visiting Marriotts isn't what matters
Having spent average of grands on a habit
I happen to lack the romance and the glamour
Of wrapping tobacco and dank
Guess I have only myself I can thank
Having seen pussy in porn and in person,
Yeah it feels good, get's me my girth on
But I don't want kids or that shit you get burned from
Already a stress-head, you bet it would worsen
Having a wife? Well why shouldn't I try?
Maybe cause I ain't 'bout getting in fight
"Where have you been? Where were you last night?"
I don't need that for the rest of my life
Having spent all that I have on a bitch and bag just to split from the slag and then come down
Bitch you can miss me with that, I'm not hitting you back, I won't jizz on your back so don't come round
Having spent all that I have on a bitch and bag just to split from the slag and then come down
Bitch you can miss me with that, I'm not hitting you back, I won't jizz on your back so don't come round
Gimme a reason to stay
(Money, drugs, women, love, ohh)
Gimme a reason to stay
(This shit just isn't enough, ohh)
Gimme a reason to stay
(Money, drugs, women, love, ohh)
Gimme a reason to stay
(This shit just isn't enough, ohh)
(verse 2 coming soon. Too busy procrastinating...)
I won't be entering
Gimme a reason to stay
(Money, drugs, women, love, ohh)
Gimme a reason to stay
(This shit just isn't enough, ohh)
Gimme a reason to stay
(Money, drugs, women, love, ohh)
Gimme a reason to stay
(This shit just isn't enough, ohh)
Having been fiscally challenged and living with balances: strict and inadequate;
Switching to palaces, driving in chariots, visiting Marriotts isn't what matters
Having spent average of grands on a habit
I happen to lack the romance and the glamour
Of wrapping tobacco and dank
Guess I have only myself I can thank
Having seen pussy in porn and in person,
Yeah it feels good, get's me my girth on
But I don't want kids or that shit you get burned from
Already a stress-head, you bet it would worsen
Having a wife? Well why shouldn't I try?
Maybe cause I ain't 'bout getting in fight
"Where have you been? Where were you last night?"
I don't need that for the rest of my life
Having spent all that I have on a bitch and bag just to split from the slag and then come down
Bitch you can miss me with that, I'm not hitting you back, I won't jizz on your back so don't come round
Having spent all that I have on a bitch and bag just to split from the slag and then come down
Bitch you can miss me with that, I'm not hitting you back, I won't jizz on your back so don't come round
Gimme a reason to stay
(Money, drugs, women, love, ohh)
Gimme a reason to stay
(This shit just isn't enough, ohh)
Gimme a reason to stay
(Money, drugs, women, love, ohh)
Gimme a reason to stay
(This shit just isn't enough, ohh)
(verse 2 coming soon. Too busy procrastinating...)
TRY
Once it was a challenged soul who dared to see it all.
The terrible and the beautiful in everything he saw.
So great was his spirits will that time would give him heed.
But what was then and what will be did little for his need.
Perfection was the missing piece a treasured hidden part.
It’s presence loomed beyond the finish and just before the start.
Quietly it dwells within a stolen moment kept eternally.
To the distracted it is revealed but too late is when they see.
Only in the cries of babes is told of where to look.
Known by the trees they point the way while windy branches shook.
Evening gnats draw a map that few have ever read.
In circled secrets they ensure the quester is mislead.
And what if it should come to pass he defies every odd.
Naked shall he truly be before creations God.
Shall he be gazed upon as arrogant and defiant?
Or one whose ambitions are as lofty as a giant?
Then there is the fate of those who accept mediocrity.
An eternal reward for a want to only wish to be?
Squander life’s given chance when one is never taken.
A punished soul weeps alone when the spirit is forsaken.
Written by midevil
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You certainly got a message across here that I can personally connect with, and I appreciate that, but sadly you missed the point of the competition. And this wouldn't be the first time you've entered a competition with a great piece that doesn't meet the requirements. If it's okay with you though, I will copy this into my personal notes as a reminder. No other eyes shall see it through me, and I shan't claim any rights. I wish only to read at will
REGARDLESS THIS YOU MUST DO
Beneath your soul lays a broken piece of you long lost but not forgotten till you are no longer seen in your own reflection within the mirror upon the wall, for apart of you died inside since they been gone from your life, leaving behind lingering images with the resonating thoughts of once you and them. For as the memories replay over within the mere vortex of your mind, exposing the depth and deepness of your subconsciousness of lost thoughts with lost images as they reemerge from time to time, shifting the emotions from deep down inside the mere core of your being of the man or a woman when you were with them. But yet to keep trying with avoidance to ignore this aching, feeling in the heart and soul seems to be hurting us more and more, filling our mind with deep turmoil followed by confusion of the soul of souls exhausting our strenght to continue to move on. But at last this we must do if we are ever gonna find a love, not to replace you not to be like you but more about loving us in honesty truth and trust with communciations and consistency done with commitment and understanding for love and honor and respect.
Written by Stoney223
(WOLF BAY33)
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Reason to carry on
Another back street drinking wine
sleeping rough and losing time
I knelt down in the gutter
and I offered up a prayer.
I wanted to hear him answer
but he don't come round here.
I listened hard but I'll tell you
I didn't know which way to go
I listened hard but I'll tell you
No one came to save me I know.
So I sat back by the roadside
many times I've took that ride
I tell you friend it was so cold
that I offered up my soul.
This time I asked for nothing
didn't want a single thing.
I listened hard and I'll tell you
I didn't know which way to go
I listened hard and I'll tell you
It was then he came to save me I know.
Now its still hard but I take time
and he helps me heal my mind
and if feel that I'm falling
I find his voice and let be mine
I take one step every new day
and I listen to words he says.
I listen hard and I'll tell you
I now know which way to go
I listened hard and I'll tell you
If I follow him he'll save me I know.
sleeping rough and losing time
I knelt down in the gutter
and I offered up a prayer.
I wanted to hear him answer
but he don't come round here.
I listened hard but I'll tell you
I didn't know which way to go
I listened hard but I'll tell you
No one came to save me I know.
So I sat back by the roadside
many times I've took that ride
I tell you friend it was so cold
that I offered up my soul.
This time I asked for nothing
didn't want a single thing.
I listened hard and I'll tell you
I didn't know which way to go
I listened hard and I'll tell you
It was then he came to save me I know.
Now its still hard but I take time
and he helps me heal my mind
and if feel that I'm falling
I find his voice and let be mine
I take one step every new day
and I listen to words he says.
I listen hard and I'll tell you
I now know which way to go
I listened hard and I'll tell you
If I follow him he'll save me I know.
Written by Razzerleaf
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That fading welcome mat
hook
(They used to smile and give your back a pat
hold on my friend
hold on old chap
now don't believe that fading welcome mat
when the scripts wears out and its worn quite flat)
Verse 1
Because you still, fingers crossed. stand aloft
your fallen arches, big print books
your coffin lid on Velcro hooks
proud as the shine on well worn boots
Over the hill with a glass half full
the beige life that's so fulfilled
when your last friend said meow or yap
now don't believe the fading welcome mat
when the script wears out and its worn quite flat
repeat Hook
Verse 2
Im not ready yet
don't call the doctor or the vet
siren and blue light ready to collect
my ghost told me eternity's no big bet
the coir just worn out and stained
to disappear just the dirt remain
bear what you have with smiled distain
there's no coming back; its all one way
repeat Hook
(They used to smile and give your back a pat
hold on my friend
hold on old chap
now don't believe that fading welcome mat
when the scripts wears out and its worn quite flat)
Verse 1
Because you still, fingers crossed. stand aloft
your fallen arches, big print books
your coffin lid on Velcro hooks
proud as the shine on well worn boots
Over the hill with a glass half full
the beige life that's so fulfilled
when your last friend said meow or yap
now don't believe the fading welcome mat
when the script wears out and its worn quite flat
repeat Hook
Verse 2
Im not ready yet
don't call the doctor or the vet
siren and blue light ready to collect
my ghost told me eternity's no big bet
the coir just worn out and stained
to disappear just the dirt remain
bear what you have with smiled distain
there's no coming back; its all one way
repeat Hook
Written by slipalong
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One Eyed Dove
When you look in the mirror
Does your conscience show
Is the truth any clearer
Or do you pretend you don't know
Is my reflection is what you see
Or a reflection of you without me
In a mirror of broken dreams
Do you remember all the lies
Do you confess with your soul
I'm lost in your alibis
In your world there's nothing to behold
You say you don’t love me
But you still can’t set me free
I don't know what this means
I don’t know what this means
With a blind eye
I look to the sky
I ask God why
With tears in my eyes
On these wings I soar
Of a one eyed dove
On a one eyed dove
Does your conscience show
Is the truth any clearer
Or do you pretend you don't know
Is my reflection is what you see
Or a reflection of you without me
In a mirror of broken dreams
Do you remember all the lies
Do you confess with your soul
I'm lost in your alibis
In your world there's nothing to behold
You say you don’t love me
But you still can’t set me free
I don't know what this means
I don’t know what this means
With a blind eye
I look to the sky
I ask God why
With tears in my eyes
On these wings I soar
Of a one eyed dove
On a one eyed dove
Written by buddydog
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Keep Trying
You lost your pieces trying to fix or save
Someone else and when you looked in
The mirror you are never too happy with
What you see. Baby I know that you gave
Your love, trust and it never felt like a win.
Trying is something you imagine like a myth
And do not let that keep you from giving up
Because when you are thinking that your cup
Is half empty it is really half full. You have so
Much to offer the world. Your smile and glow
Are your secret weapons. Never let the world
Take it away from you. Your toes are curled
Up in happiness as you shout it out to anyone
Who is listening, I am trying and I am not done!
With every twist and turn you are heading
Down a road with no way to go, but up and
Ahead. In your mind it was never about any
Of the fame or fortune, but about shedding
Layers that weighed heavy. Every no stands
In the way. You realized that there are many
And do not let that keep you from giving up
Because when you are thinking that your cup
Is half empty it is really half full. You have so
Much to offer the world. Your smile and glow
Are your secret weapons. Never let the world
Take it away from you. Your toes are curled
Up in happiness as you shout it out to anyone
Who is listening, I am trying and I am not done!
Someone else and when you looked in
The mirror you are never too happy with
What you see. Baby I know that you gave
Your love, trust and it never felt like a win.
Trying is something you imagine like a myth
And do not let that keep you from giving up
Because when you are thinking that your cup
Is half empty it is really half full. You have so
Much to offer the world. Your smile and glow
Are your secret weapons. Never let the world
Take it away from you. Your toes are curled
Up in happiness as you shout it out to anyone
Who is listening, I am trying and I am not done!
With every twist and turn you are heading
Down a road with no way to go, but up and
Ahead. In your mind it was never about any
Of the fame or fortune, but about shedding
Layers that weighed heavy. Every no stands
In the way. You realized that there are many
And do not let that keep you from giving up
Because when you are thinking that your cup
Is half empty it is really half full. You have so
Much to offer the world. Your smile and glow
Are your secret weapons. Never let the world
Take it away from you. Your toes are curled
Up in happiness as you shout it out to anyone
Who is listening, I am trying and I am not done!
Written by eswaller
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Reasons Why You Should Try
When you were a baby and were learning to walk,
How many did you fall on your butt?
You got up despite not being able to talk,
You never got stuck in that rut.
When you were a child with hopes and dreams,
Did you chase the ones you wanted?
Did you make wishes upon soft moonbeams?
With a courageous heart undaunted.
When you were young did you ever fall in love?
Did the emotion overwhelm you?
Thanking the fates and blessing heaven above,
Because your dream had come true.
These are the reasons why you should try,
The things that will keep you going,
Never give up and so you should live up
To the expectations so you’ll keep growing.
And when there are dark days will you stay down?
Helpless like an infant outburst reverting,
Or will your resolve echo and resound,
Even though your heart is hurting.
Life is not perfect it’s constantly revolving,
You must learn to change as well,
Face the obstacles to keep evolving,
Or your heaven can turn into hell.
Remember the child in you that never gave up,
Get up and fight back and try it again,
Life is a challenge you have to face up
To strive to be happy until you transcend.
These are the reasons why you should try,
The things that will keep you going,
Never give up and so you should live up
To the expectations so you’ll keep growing.
How many did you fall on your butt?
You got up despite not being able to talk,
You never got stuck in that rut.
When you were a child with hopes and dreams,
Did you chase the ones you wanted?
Did you make wishes upon soft moonbeams?
With a courageous heart undaunted.
When you were young did you ever fall in love?
Did the emotion overwhelm you?
Thanking the fates and blessing heaven above,
Because your dream had come true.
These are the reasons why you should try,
The things that will keep you going,
Never give up and so you should live up
To the expectations so you’ll keep growing.
And when there are dark days will you stay down?
Helpless like an infant outburst reverting,
Or will your resolve echo and resound,
Even though your heart is hurting.
Life is not perfect it’s constantly revolving,
You must learn to change as well,
Face the obstacles to keep evolving,
Or your heaven can turn into hell.
Remember the child in you that never gave up,
Get up and fight back and try it again,
Life is a challenge you have to face up
To strive to be happy until you transcend.
These are the reasons why you should try,
The things that will keep you going,
Never give up and so you should live up
To the expectations so you’ll keep growing.
Written by wallyroo92
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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:
kathyrivers, russell_snow, AspergerPoet56, NANCY_RDZ_STORIES, nutbuster, Tallen, Kinkpoet, Phantom2426, Josh, _shadoe_, nomoth, Marks, 24601, Allis, eswaller, Vamps
Thank you to the following members for voting:
kathyrivers, russell_snow, AspergerPoet56, NANCY_RDZ_STORIES, nutbuster, Tallen, Kinkpoet, Phantom2426, Josh, _shadoe_, nomoth, Marks, 24601, Allis, eswaller, Vamps
