Poetry competition CLOSED 5th September 2020 1:18am
WINNER
Jade-Pandora (jade tiger)
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RUNNER-UP: Ahavati

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Simply The Best

LobodeSanPedro
Tyrant of Words
Sierra Leone 109awards
Joined 16th Apr 2013
Forum Posts: 3304

Broken

 
 
 
  
 
She delights in the most improbable.  
like breaking her crayons 🖍 to hear the pop.  
a testament to the strength she’s developed in 967 days  
 
But when she’s done  
So are they  
 
She wants no part of the tattered ones  
 
Dutiful father.  
I pick them up  
Not able to teach her  
just yet  
that the tattered ones  
paint the best stories.  
Their armor easily  
And willing shed to provide brilliant texture and contrast  
 
I’ll try to teach her to love  
the broken ones  
Even as they grow smaller and smaller  
Speckled with hubris and laughter  
Tears  
Love  
And the hope  
Of yesterday’s  
yellow sunshine  
And rain  
Green grass.  
birds shaped like m’s  
And clouds made the same way.    
crooked windows  
And tilted doors  
 
I’ll tell her  
Listen to their stories precious one  
so that you may know yours.  
Written by LobodeSanPedro
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Controversity
Lost Thinker
United States 2awards
Joined 20th Aug 2016
Forum Posts: 51

Free

I don't like
to be told
how to write
or mend lines,
but in this
case I guess
I'll have to.
She said one
week, well, psst,
give me five
minutes and a pen
to show you
how I give the
world my stem.
Screw up they
called me, well,
I guess nothing
has really changed
but now the
truth is not
the same color.
Hell bound, but
before that I'll
be hellishly free.
Don't pretend to
know me, I'm just a
few seconds away
from total victory.

Gentle
Lost Thinker
Joined 2nd June 2020
Forum Posts: 16

THE TEARY PAST

The Joyful bairn at his sire's side in the throng,
The kindred shot with a photo stick at the parking lot,
The hollering of the children at the sire's return,  
The talking set with the poppa's voice the son's joy,  
Capture the sight and in the teary past dwell.
 
Not fading in the sight the teary past lives fresh
Long gone the days of kin's meal and fairy tales;
The growing apple seed in a rumbling tummy,  
The rebellious couple, the axe, the shining moon,
The warring soldiers, the mushrooms, the race to live.  
 
All your toiling turns out to be after the wind,
Humble abode amidst the green in realm forsaken,
But now in the opening deep forever laid,
Where your forefathers in wooden boxes sleep,
Awaiting if he wills the clarion call of the son of man.
 
Never to see again disdainful looks of disapproval,  
The smile of approved acts, the wake call for pray'r,
Never to look again, the tears of the loved bambinos
The pains in their eyes, or ask if with food they are filled,
If only some mem'ries die or in the teary past dwell not!
Written by Gentle
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poet Anonymous

Congrats to Jade; Missy too!

And well deserved, Besty! 📝❤

Thanks for comportunity to share great poetry, Faith!

Ahavati
Tams
Tyrant of Words
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o O! thank you, Faith! This could not have been easy to judge. And congratulations to Jade, Missy, and all for excellent entries!  I discovered some poems in here I had not read!

JohnnyBlaze said:Congrats to Jade; Missy too!

And well deserved, Besty! 📝❤

Thanks for comportunity to share great poetry, Faith!


Thank you. ❤

faithmairee
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Tyrant of Words
United States 12awards
Joined 29th Aug 2012
Forum Posts: 212

Thank you, Johnny Blaze! Yes, congratulations one and all.

faithmairee
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Tyrant of Words
United States 12awards
Joined 29th Aug 2012
Forum Posts: 212

You're very welcome! Thanks for entering your wonderful work in the competition and congratulations on being a runner up.  You are right. It wasn't easy judging this competition because of all the great work that was submitted. It was, however, a great experience for me and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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