Poetry competition CLOSED 19th July 2021 4:23am
WINNER
inechoingsilence
inechoingsilence
RUNNERS-UP:
wallyroo92
and Thetravelingfairy
DELIVERANCE
Poetry Contest Description
Your take on deliverance, what does it mean to you
Two entries per poet
any length
not past winners
no collaborations
no extreme contents
no commenting on entries
Thank You.
Examples:
With Deliverance
Leave no stone
Leave no stone unturned
When you align to the tune
You sing in cuckoo's voice
With deliverance in promise
Go for no opinion
You write with precision
Share poor's concern
Voice it in turn
You need to raise banner
To provide it as healer
You are not here in search of friends
But for logical conclusion at an end
People need not read
But understand
Your motive behind
And remain not blind
You need to be good poet
And prefer not to be quiet
You have holy task on hand
To fight with pen till an end
- By Hasmukh Amathalal
Day Of Deliverance
Today, a day of deliverance -
Fifteenth of August for Indians
From the despotic exploitations
The imperialists imposed upon us.
Today, confused over the scenario
Of the political pollution: the woe
Made. Fellowmen and I stand on toe
To suffer from pledged thoughts raw.
Hoping against the hope we wait
For a man of civility and height
Proven by thought, word and action:
A Buddha for our True Liberation.
By Nasarudheen.P. Parameswaran
any length
not past winners
no collaborations
no extreme contents
no commenting on entries
Thank You.
Examples:
With Deliverance
Leave no stone
Leave no stone unturned
When you align to the tune
You sing in cuckoo's voice
With deliverance in promise
Go for no opinion
You write with precision
Share poor's concern
Voice it in turn
You need to raise banner
To provide it as healer
You are not here in search of friends
But for logical conclusion at an end
People need not read
But understand
Your motive behind
And remain not blind
You need to be good poet
And prefer not to be quiet
You have holy task on hand
To fight with pen till an end
- By Hasmukh Amathalal
Day Of Deliverance
Today, a day of deliverance -
Fifteenth of August for Indians
From the despotic exploitations
The imperialists imposed upon us.
Today, confused over the scenario
Of the political pollution: the woe
Made. Fellowmen and I stand on toe
To suffer from pledged thoughts raw.
Hoping against the hope we wait
For a man of civility and height
Proven by thought, word and action:
A Buddha for our True Liberation.
By Nasarudheen.P. Parameswaran
The other side of things
Looking back, our hollows
became a sink-hole.
Your lipstick sealed
it's smile with melted wax, held straight
even from a sideways glance.
On rainy days we could pull the grey
from our blue, those days I knew
the curl of your lip without looking.
Things only move down in here,
mouths are filled with dirt,
faded old boxes, moldy with memories
slide away unseen. sounds smash insults
just to be heard, ground is given away.
But every good sink-hole is an hour glass,
if you hold your breath
the narrowing will pass.
Spewed out onto the surface
I force my eyes open,
and step on each grain that glistens
before someone turns me over again.
became a sink-hole.
Your lipstick sealed
it's smile with melted wax, held straight
even from a sideways glance.
On rainy days we could pull the grey
from our blue, those days I knew
the curl of your lip without looking.
Things only move down in here,
mouths are filled with dirt,
faded old boxes, moldy with memories
slide away unseen. sounds smash insults
just to be heard, ground is given away.
But every good sink-hole is an hour glass,
if you hold your breath
the narrowing will pass.
Spewed out onto the surface
I force my eyes open,
and step on each grain that glistens
before someone turns me over again.
Written by Razzerleaf
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Phytogyras!
Phyto gyras zoo a morons!..
Zoo mastigo phora!..
phyto gyras zoo a morons!..
Phyto mastigo phora!..
phytogyras zoo a morons!..
I will box and boss you like a boss do a mob..
I will tie and toy you like a child do a toy..
When I book I book to boost Mr. Shy..
When I bung I bung to bung Mr. high..
Losing my patience now me don't wanna lie..
If I love you I will sly..
Coz you will spy..
When I hang up you will dry..
Verse 1
Am not the one to decide on who gonna die..
After the blood shed I will point on who gonna wipe..
All these guns these pistols who supply?
All loose knots in here who gonna tie?
We gonna bump, fall to see who gonna rise..
We gonna run a relay to see who gonna sighs..
When I web good who gonna bye?..
When I look I look up in the sky..
Icing on the cake is a bakers delight..
When I lay low you gonna rise..
What's your pick the king or the ace?
What's your pick the queen or the ace?
I just rabble and rouse like a boss do a mob..
Shock absorbers who mechanize?
Act or react which apply?
Is this the game I monopolize?
In this game I run with the ball I don't wanna lay..
When we show up and raid all who's gonna mind?
Talks of the town you know who mobilise?..
Get wise in picking on who you loyalise..
Stan and stalk on who you idolize..
Telling new tales is not for who gonna die..
Who's assure they will make it a day?..
Who will bet me to live through the night?..
Patiently waiting to see who will deny..
Just to resume coz me wanna laugh..
As bad as we are coz we foreplay..
As players as we are coz we delegate..
As I hop on bounce on my back come on join me relay..
All the debts in your mind come on join me repay..
Yo all listen me spitting this shit which you don't wanna say..
All the gossips and talks in town do they meditate?..
Verse 2
I don't sleep to dream of who I marry..
Don't overthink there's no other way..
After the storm then comes all the calms..
All the Ricks and Shaws here who's gonna ride?
I don't go to my bed at five now ask me why?.. Wake up at eight hoping for someone to give me a nine..
That's not the deal that is drill we don't post no bille!
Who do you think fix up the moon and the stars you look up to see in the sky?
Your contents of the brain are just very lame..
Am here for all your likes to pump in your sense..
Table's spread all the items for who wanna die..
Syringes and needles, pills served who gonna pop?
Some knives, axes, gold and diamonds leaving Jack with the pots..
Weed is one of the few things I don't know I like..
They opposed and provoked till I shouted all jokes aside..
Some hints for you to see who's gonna eye..
I can't see written oath that me undertake..
I wanna live no lie me don wanna die..
That's why I live like am gonna die..
Same reason I learn like am gonna live..
Do whatta say.. Just me ringing na larm..
Do whatcha say coz me ringing na larm.
Me show up here ringing alarm..
Me doing things me love the most..
Me scared to grave at the sight of the things that only me saw..
Me terrified by the sound of the things that only me heard..
How the hell you ask I survived me all alone..
Guess am flowing excess coz me in the zone..
Shun hybrids, digitals I will go analogue..
Come on! Dig! Bury it up and join me decay..
Come share me your game and join me play..
Let's meet up and charge as we gonna lay..
We gonna match up and walk to end this hullabaloo..
Phyto gyras zoo a morons!..
Zoo mastigo phora!..
phyto gyras zoo a morons!..
Phyto mastigo phora!..
phytogyras zoo a morons!..
Zoo mastigo phora!..
phyto gyras zoo a morons!..
Phyto mastigo phora!..
phytogyras zoo a morons!..
I will box and boss you like a boss do a mob..
I will tie and toy you like a child do a toy..
When I book I book to boost Mr. Shy..
When I bung I bung to bung Mr. high..
Losing my patience now me don't wanna lie..
If I love you I will sly..
Coz you will spy..
When I hang up you will dry..
Verse 1
Am not the one to decide on who gonna die..
After the blood shed I will point on who gonna wipe..
All these guns these pistols who supply?
All loose knots in here who gonna tie?
We gonna bump, fall to see who gonna rise..
We gonna run a relay to see who gonna sighs..
When I web good who gonna bye?..
When I look I look up in the sky..
Icing on the cake is a bakers delight..
When I lay low you gonna rise..
What's your pick the king or the ace?
What's your pick the queen or the ace?
I just rabble and rouse like a boss do a mob..
Shock absorbers who mechanize?
Act or react which apply?
Is this the game I monopolize?
In this game I run with the ball I don't wanna lay..
When we show up and raid all who's gonna mind?
Talks of the town you know who mobilise?..
Get wise in picking on who you loyalise..
Stan and stalk on who you idolize..
Telling new tales is not for who gonna die..
Who's assure they will make it a day?..
Who will bet me to live through the night?..
Patiently waiting to see who will deny..
Just to resume coz me wanna laugh..
As bad as we are coz we foreplay..
As players as we are coz we delegate..
As I hop on bounce on my back come on join me relay..
All the debts in your mind come on join me repay..
Yo all listen me spitting this shit which you don't wanna say..
All the gossips and talks in town do they meditate?..
Verse 2
I don't sleep to dream of who I marry..
Don't overthink there's no other way..
After the storm then comes all the calms..
All the Ricks and Shaws here who's gonna ride?
I don't go to my bed at five now ask me why?.. Wake up at eight hoping for someone to give me a nine..
That's not the deal that is drill we don't post no bille!
Who do you think fix up the moon and the stars you look up to see in the sky?
Your contents of the brain are just very lame..
Am here for all your likes to pump in your sense..
Table's spread all the items for who wanna die..
Syringes and needles, pills served who gonna pop?
Some knives, axes, gold and diamonds leaving Jack with the pots..
Weed is one of the few things I don't know I like..
They opposed and provoked till I shouted all jokes aside..
Some hints for you to see who's gonna eye..
I can't see written oath that me undertake..
I wanna live no lie me don wanna die..
That's why I live like am gonna die..
Same reason I learn like am gonna live..
Do whatta say.. Just me ringing na larm..
Do whatcha say coz me ringing na larm.
Me show up here ringing alarm..
Me doing things me love the most..
Me scared to grave at the sight of the things that only me saw..
Me terrified by the sound of the things that only me heard..
How the hell you ask I survived me all alone..
Guess am flowing excess coz me in the zone..
Shun hybrids, digitals I will go analogue..
Come on! Dig! Bury it up and join me decay..
Come share me your game and join me play..
Let's meet up and charge as we gonna lay..
We gonna match up and walk to end this hullabaloo..
Phyto gyras zoo a morons!..
Zoo mastigo phora!..
phyto gyras zoo a morons!..
Phyto mastigo phora!..
phytogyras zoo a morons!..
Written by Numer90
(Numer0-un0)
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You're Always Okay
One morning she said, "You're always okay."
That struck me as being too simplified
But I repeated the words throughout the day
My confidence grew with each thing I tried
I knew imperfection was a human flaw
That I would never measure to a god
Unlike the natural beauty I saw
Could I accept myself with a nod
Her faith in me was a subtle bow
It released an inhibition
Each day I approach my new self now
Just being okay, my true mission
That struck me as being too simplified
But I repeated the words throughout the day
My confidence grew with each thing I tried
I knew imperfection was a human flaw
That I would never measure to a god
Unlike the natural beauty I saw
Could I accept myself with a nod
Her faith in me was a subtle bow
It released an inhibition
Each day I approach my new self now
Just being okay, my true mission
Written by Mastersensation
(Pent)
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Pandora
Quietly, I found myself
a secret place to hide my things
it's in the space,
the vacant places
the empty sockets that were left
the dead veins holding the rest,
holding the rest from a decent shot
at taking a nice, new breath.
It's all I've got.
This is all I've got left.
Try not to leave this place a mess,
when it's time.
When it's the end of the end.
I hope to God I don't think of it.
I hope to God that I can get out of it.
Because I'VE CHANGED.
Atleast I think that I did.
So what the fuck kind of sense does it make to do this?
And I'VE TRIED.
And you fucking know that I did.
Every ounce of hate I've tamed, and let go to the wind.
And I SIGH.
Because it's impossible to win.
There's nothing left to fight for when there's no one left to see it.
It's in the empty, vacant places.
The place where the deepest darks are kept locked a secret.
The empty sockets that it left.|
Quietly, I cursed myself.
I guess I just haven't changed much yet
a secret place to hide my things
it's in the space,
the vacant places
the empty sockets that were left
the dead veins holding the rest,
holding the rest from a decent shot
at taking a nice, new breath.
It's all I've got.
This is all I've got left.
Try not to leave this place a mess,
when it's time.
When it's the end of the end.
I hope to God I don't think of it.
I hope to God that I can get out of it.
Because I'VE CHANGED.
Atleast I think that I did.
So what the fuck kind of sense does it make to do this?
And I'VE TRIED.
And you fucking know that I did.
Every ounce of hate I've tamed, and let go to the wind.
And I SIGH.
Because it's impossible to win.
There's nothing left to fight for when there's no one left to see it.
It's in the empty, vacant places.
The place where the deepest darks are kept locked a secret.
The empty sockets that it left.|
Quietly, I cursed myself.
I guess I just haven't changed much yet
Written by Dreamboy
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The Return
Twelve years, closer to thirteen
did Silence reign, absolute
Nothing was Above, nor Below
I was that Silence, mere shadow
Then there was The Music
relentless in the background
barely audible, yet constant
Softly, Silence began to speak
Not aloud, no, not yet, shh
Silence put pen to paper
music filling mind with colors
translated into hesitant words
The colors, muted at first
brightened as time passed
Music drove Silence away
Words returned, so too Life
did Silence reign, absolute
Nothing was Above, nor Below
I was that Silence, mere shadow
Then there was The Music
relentless in the background
barely audible, yet constant
Softly, Silence began to speak
Not aloud, no, not yet, shh
Silence put pen to paper
music filling mind with colors
translated into hesitant words
The colors, muted at first
brightened as time passed
Music drove Silence away
Words returned, so too Life
Written by inechoingsilence
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Dancing in Hell
The time has come, here and now
No choice remains, you must go
Darkness has fallen, delay no more!
Tonight you dance with demons
The hall is at capacity, every monster
impatiently waiting- honored guest
You indescribable, exquisite mortal,
dance like your soul depends upon it
They will try to force you to submit
these tempting devils you dance with
offering to end your pain, right this instant
Surrender sweetly, darling... just let go
Move lightly, don’t miss a step
stay with the beat, keep smiling
Little time remains, make the call
You haven’t been trapped just yet
Bells toll the hour, it is Midnight!
Cries start to rise above the music
Dancers whirl in frenzied abandon
making this your final chance to escape
Music shrieks, hands of demonic dancers
clawing clothing to shred, tear at fragile skin
Malevolent grins leer at you in triumph,
now caught by an arm around your neck
Surrounded, pressed in with no quarter
freedom seems fantastic, too far away
Your last swan song, going down fighting
screaming, wailing until you suffocate
The hall shakes, chandeliers fall, walls crack
hellions hurrying to exit but are trapped
There is no way out, to escape the cries
stemming from your heart, sacred holy soul
Your throat is raw, tear-choked, silent
as hideous fiends fall to their knees
Clutching the last gasps of miserable lives
before falling lifeless to the dance floor
Silence falls over everything, achingly peaceful
The doors to the hall open, you are now free
Battered, bloody, you lift your tattered skirts,
walking through the opened doors into the sun
You have escaped Hell - a feat beyond description
Dancing with demons, you'd all but given up hope
Near surrender, barely escaping eternity in Hell
Nothing is freer than a cry from a broken soul
No choice remains, you must go
Darkness has fallen, delay no more!
Tonight you dance with demons
The hall is at capacity, every monster
impatiently waiting- honored guest
You indescribable, exquisite mortal,
dance like your soul depends upon it
They will try to force you to submit
these tempting devils you dance with
offering to end your pain, right this instant
Surrender sweetly, darling... just let go
Move lightly, don’t miss a step
stay with the beat, keep smiling
Little time remains, make the call
You haven’t been trapped just yet
Bells toll the hour, it is Midnight!
Cries start to rise above the music
Dancers whirl in frenzied abandon
making this your final chance to escape
Music shrieks, hands of demonic dancers
clawing clothing to shred, tear at fragile skin
Malevolent grins leer at you in triumph,
now caught by an arm around your neck
Surrounded, pressed in with no quarter
freedom seems fantastic, too far away
Your last swan song, going down fighting
screaming, wailing until you suffocate
The hall shakes, chandeliers fall, walls crack
hellions hurrying to exit but are trapped
There is no way out, to escape the cries
stemming from your heart, sacred holy soul
Your throat is raw, tear-choked, silent
as hideous fiends fall to their knees
Clutching the last gasps of miserable lives
before falling lifeless to the dance floor
Silence falls over everything, achingly peaceful
The doors to the hall open, you are now free
Battered, bloody, you lift your tattered skirts,
walking through the opened doors into the sun
You have escaped Hell - a feat beyond description
Dancing with demons, you'd all but given up hope
Near surrender, barely escaping eternity in Hell
Nothing is freer than a cry from a broken soul
Written by inechoingsilence
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Cave Dwelling
Writing in the umbra dark with precision..
As a brief surge to uphold your illusion..
On not forgetting the topic; Over and yonder and even over the counter all these days folks pop is from Antihypertensive prescriptions..
Visibly agitated..
Socially subtracted..
Morally divided..
Faithfully subordinated..
Politically muted
Generally dejected..
Alright!.. We all know this
In can't be all happiness, peace and pancakes.. Right!
But when hypocrites assumed acting the role of angels..
It is even more understandable when one stop singing this anthem..
Acrimony and aggression practiced with distinction..
Diplomacy on the brink of extinction..
Per unit length the surface can no longer withstand the tension..
Feel the friction?..
It is so unsafe, gold diggers and the side chicks are not any better if not worse than serpents..
Lawmakers, the corps, troops or the walking dead hard men as civil servants.. All the major cities filled with scammers..
Legendary fraudsters preying on lucid attention seekers..
Much easier, appreciating the fact, not everyone is gonna have it all..
Well, no harm, yet in trying..
But there's healing in writing..
The rest goes with sleeping..
At most time the thoughts like..
It's feels like better falling asleep permanently..
Or practically driven back to Cave dwelling!
As a brief surge to uphold your illusion..
On not forgetting the topic; Over and yonder and even over the counter all these days folks pop is from Antihypertensive prescriptions..
Visibly agitated..
Socially subtracted..
Morally divided..
Faithfully subordinated..
Politically muted
Generally dejected..
Alright!.. We all know this
In can't be all happiness, peace and pancakes.. Right!
But when hypocrites assumed acting the role of angels..
It is even more understandable when one stop singing this anthem..
Acrimony and aggression practiced with distinction..
Diplomacy on the brink of extinction..
Per unit length the surface can no longer withstand the tension..
Feel the friction?..
It is so unsafe, gold diggers and the side chicks are not any better if not worse than serpents..
Lawmakers, the corps, troops or the walking dead hard men as civil servants.. All the major cities filled with scammers..
Legendary fraudsters preying on lucid attention seekers..
Much easier, appreciating the fact, not everyone is gonna have it all..
Well, no harm, yet in trying..
But there's healing in writing..
The rest goes with sleeping..
At most time the thoughts like..
It's feels like better falling asleep permanently..
Or practically driven back to Cave dwelling!
Written by Numer90
(Numer0-un0)
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Dominance
Is it Thursday? No, more like a Monday
garbage truck making it’s early rounds
laying in bed, black out curtain dark
eyes not open yet, making no sounds
world waiting for an opening
to invade my gated space
I feel it sitting, staring from the corner
waiting for a sign from my face
two days off sometimes isn’t enough
but it’s the nature of the beast
if you like a roof, walls, food
you’re gonna be the mans weekly feast
the world shifts, restless in the darkness
it senses the alarm is only minutes away
these seconds priceless, still mine
low ball offer is coffee for my day
I counter with bacon and eggs
it demands one open eye, a sign of good faith
alarm shatters darkness, world slowly rotates
deliverance was never my best trait
garbage truck making it’s early rounds
laying in bed, black out curtain dark
eyes not open yet, making no sounds
world waiting for an opening
to invade my gated space
I feel it sitting, staring from the corner
waiting for a sign from my face
two days off sometimes isn’t enough
but it’s the nature of the beast
if you like a roof, walls, food
you’re gonna be the mans weekly feast
the world shifts, restless in the darkness
it senses the alarm is only minutes away
these seconds priceless, still mine
low ball offer is coffee for my day
I counter with bacon and eggs
it demands one open eye, a sign of good faith
alarm shatters darkness, world slowly rotates
deliverance was never my best trait
Written by down2dirt
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Lighthouse
I am lost at sea
Tsunami waves crashing around me
Not physically, but emotionally
And more profoundly
Despite the dark situation
I will be brave
Just a little ray to light my way
Then I will ride out the wave
There is no sign of a bay
There is scurvy decay
The storm wind makes me sway
Almost blows me away
Despite the dark situation
I will be brave
Just a little ray to light my way
Then I will ride out the wave
How I miss the sun
Lack of salt water on my tongue
Lack of water in my lungs
Lack of waves hitting me like a drum
There is a piercing freeze on this night
Bitter darkness, no sweet light
But I won't lose this fight
I'll paddle on with all my might
That's right
Despite the dark situation
I will be brave
Just a little ray to light my way
Then I will ride out the wave
Out of the thick hide of darkness
Light stabs through
Then all of a sudden, my hopes and energy are renewed
My many struggles and doubts suddenly seem few
I get a boost of courage and that helps me pull through
I see a lighthouse, through the haze
Then the darkness starts to fade
The cruel night becomes glorious day
And there is a calming of the waves
The closer I get
The further from the storm
No longer that cold and wet
But more dry and warm
Just a sense of security
But it's that strong
Light was what I needed all along
Before I know it, I find solid ground
I was lost, but now I'm found
I was trapped but then I got out
And its All thanks to your lighthouse
Your word is a lamp to my foot
A lighthouse to my ship lost at sea
Helped me emotionally stay put
As anxieties surrounded me
Got rid of my doubts, eased my fears
What was dark and hazy, now is clear
Your gift, your book, I'll always hold dear
And into its pages, I'll always peer
Despite the dark situation
You helped me be brave
You are the bright ray
That lit the way
For me to safely ride out the wave
And I'll study your word each day
So that I never go astray
I will apply all the things you say
For the rest of my days
KP23
Tsunami waves crashing around me
Not physically, but emotionally
And more profoundly
Despite the dark situation
I will be brave
Just a little ray to light my way
Then I will ride out the wave
There is no sign of a bay
There is scurvy decay
The storm wind makes me sway
Almost blows me away
Despite the dark situation
I will be brave
Just a little ray to light my way
Then I will ride out the wave
How I miss the sun
Lack of salt water on my tongue
Lack of water in my lungs
Lack of waves hitting me like a drum
There is a piercing freeze on this night
Bitter darkness, no sweet light
But I won't lose this fight
I'll paddle on with all my might
That's right
Despite the dark situation
I will be brave
Just a little ray to light my way
Then I will ride out the wave
Out of the thick hide of darkness
Light stabs through
Then all of a sudden, my hopes and energy are renewed
My many struggles and doubts suddenly seem few
I get a boost of courage and that helps me pull through
I see a lighthouse, through the haze
Then the darkness starts to fade
The cruel night becomes glorious day
And there is a calming of the waves
The closer I get
The further from the storm
No longer that cold and wet
But more dry and warm
Just a sense of security
But it's that strong
Light was what I needed all along
Before I know it, I find solid ground
I was lost, but now I'm found
I was trapped but then I got out
And its All thanks to your lighthouse
Your word is a lamp to my foot
A lighthouse to my ship lost at sea
Helped me emotionally stay put
As anxieties surrounded me
Got rid of my doubts, eased my fears
What was dark and hazy, now is clear
Your gift, your book, I'll always hold dear
And into its pages, I'll always peer
Despite the dark situation
You helped me be brave
You are the bright ray
That lit the way
For me to safely ride out the wave
And I'll study your word each day
So that I never go astray
I will apply all the things you say
For the rest of my days
KP23
Written by KP23
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