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POEM OF THE MONTH ~ FEBRUARY 2020

Layla
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Poetry Contest

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Current Poem of the Month Hall of Famers:

2020

January 2020-  NEW BEGINNINGS



2019

January, 2019 - DANIELCHRISTENSEN
February, 2019 - SOPHIE_ERICSON
March, 2019 - AUDIOHARLEEA
April, 2019 - FROM THE ASH
May, 2019 - MISS_SUB
June, 2019 - NAAJIR
July, 2019 - LAYLA
August, 2019 - AHAVATI
September, 2019 - MISS_SUB
October, 2019 - HOWLING_WHELMS
November, 2019 - JOHNNY BLAZE
December 2019- RACHEL_LAUREN


2018

January, 2018 - LADY_OF_THE_QUILL
February, 2018  - LEPPEROCHAN Craic in a Box
March, 2018 - TINABUBUYA (Tee Mali)
April, 2018 - CROWFLY
May, 2018  - ATOMIKBOMB
June, 2018  - MISS_SUB (Missy)
July, 2018  - MEADOWSWEET
August, 2018  - LAYLA
September, 2018 - COLD FUSION
October, 2018  - TODSKI28
November, 2018 - TheMUSE22
December, 2018  - BENDER

2017

January, 2017 - VEE
February, 2017 - CRIMSIN
March, 2017 - ONEFIFTYSIX
April, 2017 - DANIEL CHRISTENSEN
May, 2017 - ALEXANDER CASE
June, 2017 - AEMelia564
July, 2017 - THE_SILLY_SIBYL (Jack Thomas Heslop)
August, 2017 - QUIETUSQUILL
September, 2017 - _SHADOE_
October, 2017 - POETSREVENGE
November, 2017 - NAAJIR
December, 2017 - POETSPEAK

2016

November, 2016 - JOHN FEDDELER
December, 2016 - AHAVATI

Ahavati
Tams
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Opus

I have aspirations to become a writer,
But first I have to compose a lot of prose,
Honing in on the craft making it tighter,
And the light will appear on the path I chose.

Though my poetic works may make not reach millions,
I’m OK if it only reaches one soul,
I may not possess the intellectual brilliance,
As long as the words live long enough to be told.

I crunch numbers by day and write by night,
Seeking the meaning of life piece by piece,
It’s like finding answers when the rite feels right
Through self-reflection I feel at ease with peace.

Still I strive to write the poem that says it all,
I look for the words with purpose and focus,
Driven with inspiration I heed the call,
So that one day I’ll write my magnum opus.
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Tams
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Tallen
earth_empath
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ruction

in her ire
earth spat fire
whose picture was more perfect
than a thousand words
i was more curious
about the furious
swelling of her bosom
injurious
spuriousness
her exhibitionism
unique phantasm
creating chasms
of spasm
with deadly enthusiasm
her hills belching
red hot acid vomit
her mountains drooled
lethargic lava
slowly cooled
like stubborn phlegm
on their sloping cheeks
crusting over
the fragile hem
of my cassava
plantation
of my cassava
the fragile hem
crusting over
on their sloping cheeks
like stubborn phlegm
slowly cooled
lethargic lava
her mountains drooled
red hot acid vomit
her hills belching
with deadly enthusiasm
of spasm
creating chasms
unique phantasm
her exhibitionism
spuriousness
injurious
swelling of her bosom
about the furious
i was more curious
than a thousand words
whose picture was more perfect
earth spat fire
in her ire

© Copyright 2020 January 30
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
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EdibleWords
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As if it already is—

If your fate is to drown, you can choke    
on a teaspoon of water ~ Jewish Proverb
     
     
Conversely, if your fate is to succeed      
slipping in dog shit at the right moment      
can lead to victory      
     
The Cosmos is mercurial—      
beautiful, but mischievous;      
honest only over the long-term—      
in short, seems a procurer        
manhandling a whore      
     
It never forgets to balance—      
creates infinite ways to resurrect      
a traveler with a karmic surplus;      
or, bury a reprobate accruing debt      
     
The Law of Attraction, at its heart        
is not about a means to an end;      
but, living as if it already is      
     
Focusing on process creates distress      
disappointment, and loss—      
allowing the Cosmos to work      
aligns us with each other      
 
War? Impeachment?      
Politics? Brexit?
 
     
These are merely means—  
not ends. Get up;      
dust yourself off—      
breathe and believe      
~
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summultima
uma
Dangerous Mind
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in the sheep skin, in the milk and in the theft.

my ankle was a thing in their eye, that turned                                
so I made the bed, wrote the note,                            
scripted the edges thirst                                  
                                  
onto sheets  of  flower-parlour'd mayonnaise,  up unto it's collar, the lips of it.                        
                         
   like I knew that my family had landscaped a magnificent garden                        
and unabashedly presented in vases their  soiled underwear;                    
from their polarity buds of effervescent  champagn-ic flue                                  
to the flourish of rose black-spot        
... to their piles of 'green' paperbacks.                                  
                                   
wondering always  if those nothings, could’ve, would’ve, should’ve ’been sparrow-startled into pardons.            
what blood-let  should have been spilled.                    
If only they could  have  weighed on the balance                            
the worth of butter against the margarine. with the devil in judge,    in harness                  
                 
despite his advances                                          
his assaults no more formulaic                                           
as hollow'd out blue-hawk,  
as hollow'd out blue-hawk feasting on callow blue carrion.                                  
                                   
….that this song does not repeat
sun to tap the needle forward.                                  
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summultima
uma
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Layla
Fire of Insight
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mas·cu·lin·i·ty

mas·cu·lin·i·ty
Ahavati (Tams)
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Layla
Fire of Insight
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   the    mi rr or i n  g      mask...





....
from
the     p (/b)leating  
                         p(/f)uckering


       t(h)  ig h  > ten <  in g


nationless  uni-ver sal   =1=
           b (f)akes

               c  r a\\ // c k s


 this
     veritably
maillard
         hard  
  in the
       b (f)rown in g
       as (s)
    

dr  y      
 rap~ lessly       ri pp ed
     |#|p   arch  i n g|#|
       lands


  cuts       @itself
over the   deep ly    mo a n ing  
         y earn s
      in  d rama tic     \i n n e r /
                     throbbing


  c  aroti d~ f emo ra l  
                      dam pen  ed
             froggy    vein s
 

as  the  
  im p u l s ive  kine tic
       pressurizing      t antric(k) s  
   pulls !! up


the muted buddha's
           )( mouth ][



the tight-zip p e d >><<
           pur s i n g
                      lips }{

in  no  compulsion
    of     ^^ v e r b s


feels  =  * g o d


   &  
of course   t oo    g oo d.        
befitt i n  g
     the       be num b e d
           s k u l l s
     of the   lull i n  g     n  oon


 ----------------------+-------------------------





eyes    
bl oo m    black  
        as    
     raw   magnetite  
 (wh) ores
            co mm ercial  
         milki n g    fullm oo ns


yet  
gotten     s(t) uck  
           in    

       over~ (their self) lappance
                                                     of their     n.o.w    
                             in    co inci d ence  -----------><--------------
                                                   the    e cc entrical    
                                              stardust i  n   g
                                                      g  r  a v  iiiiiii    t  a  s
      

still
the symbolical
               risen      fin ger s
     in fairy     gritty         pallor
            of  eternal     en core
                    gri pp i n  g
                            holds


that  in  
 en~fielded          ploughi  n   g  
          swathe
       in   the        ::body::   of    
                 s mok y  
                   ashen          bl oo ms
           of    foggy    mi rr o ring
   morning's


           paining   dewpanes...
                           in  markedly  dense
              indelible   palmistry  
                        fate___/--------\____lines
              &  some            
                         fault *XX* lines     t oo~
 

 -their      
         long i n  g    
                         transversal------>  s
                                             -------> s    
                               starstruck
                                                 by  
                                           bold & loud  
                                  spading in

                                      ||
                                      .. ..
                                      ||
                                      V V
                              long  ii tudes
 


and,    you see
  the deep
           inset fullen i n g  eyeblacks
     are  f r o z e n
                   in    magni fi ca tions

______________#_______________






is it the eyes
    or the mirror
or the eyes of mirror
  or mirror of the eyes



that's    
fi ring    in  
                  infinite~
                               multi~*~* plying  
                       full  thro tt le    
               tri  gg  er   (>>%%<< )
  


of
what's underneath
        the
        b asking   ??  mask
                         until ~>      unle ss <
                  un# masked


or
forever        an
               unbeknownst
                        spectatorial
             metaphorical
                            tri  gg  er
                    #XX#



                       un~bursting
                     their  
               kerosene~scuppering    
                        dragon   red     lanterns
                                  l  anguish i n   g  

                                               i
                                             n    
                                           t
                                         o
                                       o
                                     .
                                   .
                           an      unsaid        deadend
                                     a  clini~c a llllll        
                           ster  ~ii~ lity
                                         vac uu mmm
 



                                  (what~ev          errrrrrrrr.........)
                                                    

                                                    //\\  //\\  
                                                         //\\

                                        om. om. om. om



        


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Gahddess_Worship
Osomajestuoso
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Neigeux

The wee hour of four    
has found me      
again      
despite this newest elevation        
       
Curled snug in my chair      
fully aware      
of the poetic drifts      
swirled and all surrounding      
       
Bold winds whip      
as cubic flakes flit      
frosting the tableau        
unfolding far below      
       
Not a skier on the slope      
giving me such hope      
as my mind meanders      
betwixt blue-white and moonlit shadow      
       
Is this truly where      
I left my self      
so very long ago
   
when spirit shed corporeal coil      
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
 
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Layla
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These are all fantastic, but I'm sure there are few more hidden gems somewhere.

There's less than 24hrs to go, Let's find few more that deserve recognition.

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