Poetry competition CLOSED 22nd September 2021 3:13pm
WINNER
Anonymous
Anonymous
RUNNER-UP:
badmalthus
Poem of the Month - SEPTEMBER 2021
Anonymous
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Valley Of The Shadow Of Death
To await in the cathedral in the valley of the shadow of death by the sound of the master clock
When minutes have tallied the dwelling within the ill health of the soul
Anchored into the sea of time as repentance will begot
Holding onto the fragility by a mere thread between death and the living
Hands of terminal ailment, comforted unto
Have seen the passage of life slip away in the bitterness of good and its horrid misgivings
Steeple of hands, on knees, heads bowed in silent prayers imploring for last minute reparations
Minds, hearts, souls, never aligned for the last breath of spiritual preparations
In the fabric already woven in the element of time
Sadness of no more pain, no more tears falling from the eyes shall blind
Shadows of ancient voices from above calling in the name of love
Come home my dear child rest a while
Your eyes shall be open to discern thy will in Heavenly rest
Wayward souls rest on the second journey now in divine awareness
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, and you never was
In the sacredness of the soaring Dove
Only because
Feel the beautiful roaring of your soul now chasing the wind
The chimes of Heaven you will know when your silhouette ascends
Quiet whispers never to feel agony again
Ancient times of accomplishment, desires, and feats
Voided of intellect in remembrance from way back when
Memories in the element of time to the heart of others shall be beautifully stained
Eulogized sentiments spoken in comfort of all of you that remains
Silent tears when seasons change
Prayers to keep the melodies of life’s beautiful song
No one knows the hour like a thief in the night, body here, soul has already flown
You thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Harking under grace, rebirth by His welts
Selah
I wrote in memory from losing a resident to colon cancer today
Rest In Heaven Rabbi Kohein... He was 89. wow what a life and the stories told
When minutes have tallied the dwelling within the ill health of the soul
Anchored into the sea of time as repentance will begot
Holding onto the fragility by a mere thread between death and the living
Hands of terminal ailment, comforted unto
Have seen the passage of life slip away in the bitterness of good and its horrid misgivings
Steeple of hands, on knees, heads bowed in silent prayers imploring for last minute reparations
Minds, hearts, souls, never aligned for the last breath of spiritual preparations
In the fabric already woven in the element of time
Sadness of no more pain, no more tears falling from the eyes shall blind
Shadows of ancient voices from above calling in the name of love
Come home my dear child rest a while
Your eyes shall be open to discern thy will in Heavenly rest
Wayward souls rest on the second journey now in divine awareness
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, and you never was
In the sacredness of the soaring Dove
Only because
Feel the beautiful roaring of your soul now chasing the wind
The chimes of Heaven you will know when your silhouette ascends
Quiet whispers never to feel agony again
Ancient times of accomplishment, desires, and feats
Voided of intellect in remembrance from way back when
Memories in the element of time to the heart of others shall be beautifully stained
Eulogized sentiments spoken in comfort of all of you that remains
Silent tears when seasons change
Prayers to keep the melodies of life’s beautiful song
No one knows the hour like a thief in the night, body here, soul has already flown
You thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Harking under grace, rebirth by His welts
Selah
I wrote in memory from losing a resident to colon cancer today
Rest In Heaven Rabbi Kohein... He was 89. wow what a life and the stories told
Written by SweetKittyCat5
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There are monsters and then there are monsters
Earth dreams in the night
as the sun hides her light
and darkness steals the might
lulling the world to sleep
releasing creatures of the deep
hunting errant souls to keep
born in the darkest hour
the blackness is our power
the souls of men to devour
relishing the bitter and the sour
spying on a tasting lass
whose image was cut from glass
beauty sitting in meadow grass
with eyes that see in the dark
she bids me welcome as a lark
"hello sir monster stark"
gnashing teeth of menacing fear
she laughs and calls me dear
hurling kindness like a spear
stricken I lay helpless in her lap
having fallen into the trap
mighty strength does she tap
"dear monster mine"
"you are big and strong and fine"
"tonight I shall jubilantly dine"
as the sun hides her light
and darkness steals the might
lulling the world to sleep
releasing creatures of the deep
hunting errant souls to keep
born in the darkest hour
the blackness is our power
the souls of men to devour
relishing the bitter and the sour
spying on a tasting lass
whose image was cut from glass
beauty sitting in meadow grass
with eyes that see in the dark
she bids me welcome as a lark
"hello sir monster stark"
gnashing teeth of menacing fear
she laughs and calls me dear
hurling kindness like a spear
stricken I lay helpless in her lap
having fallen into the trap
mighty strength does she tap
"dear monster mine"
"you are big and strong and fine"
"tonight I shall jubilantly dine"
Written by APissPoorShaman
(Ryszard)
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Now All I Know Is Alone
My heart is hidden in those walls alongside memories of the time we spent
hungering for our next hit
I cannot remember when our room went dim or the faucet no longer dripped
Or how, below overdue bills piled on your desk I found a pink slip
Our love would never be one on which stories are built
But nothing will numb my sadness
it just grows in place of your absence
Would he be bound to secrecy or keep telling lies?
Life is absolute and to be absolved is to live in light
I know my love’s way remains impure, but I can only pray for mine
It would never happen again so he said I should silence my cries
His anger transgressed against all boundaries we’d set
and my body could not withstand
Craving something else to resolve the pain
I hoped his venom would dissolve, but I could tell by the look on his face
Blot carefully, rinse and repeat
watching crimson swirls circle a rusty drain
Bruises discolored by ink stains imbedded in my flesh
He carved a new rose to cover up my old burns and called it art
to protect himself
Our roles ordained to be imperfect from birth to burial
Finding it impossible to find sense in this
helplessness I feel ever since your soul came and went
Your voice lives inside my head and my world is never quiet but lonely evermore
A drunk and recovering failure just laying low
How could we be rid of a habit we convinced ourselves we needed
as opposed to needing to live?
Now I search for a silver lining to replace my aimless wondering
where did we go wrong and should the blame be placed on me?
Through sinfulness and strife; bloodshed and every long night
I find peace believing sobriety would reveal good bones of the man you could’ve been
hungering for our next hit
I cannot remember when our room went dim or the faucet no longer dripped
Or how, below overdue bills piled on your desk I found a pink slip
Our love would never be one on which stories are built
But nothing will numb my sadness
it just grows in place of your absence
Would he be bound to secrecy or keep telling lies?
Life is absolute and to be absolved is to live in light
I know my love’s way remains impure, but I can only pray for mine
It would never happen again so he said I should silence my cries
His anger transgressed against all boundaries we’d set
and my body could not withstand
Craving something else to resolve the pain
I hoped his venom would dissolve, but I could tell by the look on his face
Blot carefully, rinse and repeat
watching crimson swirls circle a rusty drain
Bruises discolored by ink stains imbedded in my flesh
He carved a new rose to cover up my old burns and called it art
to protect himself
Our roles ordained to be imperfect from birth to burial
Finding it impossible to find sense in this
helplessness I feel ever since your soul came and went
Your voice lives inside my head and my world is never quiet but lonely evermore
A drunk and recovering failure just laying low
How could we be rid of a habit we convinced ourselves we needed
as opposed to needing to live?
Now I search for a silver lining to replace my aimless wondering
where did we go wrong and should the blame be placed on me?
Through sinfulness and strife; bloodshed and every long night
I find peace believing sobriety would reveal good bones of the man you could’ve been
Written by Kehlida
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The spokes of morning
The new day is the canvas stretched
not old dried painted chips
new sap that flows through branch and twig
cock crows, rouse sleepy hens
To raise the bugle to the lips
how welcome is the smell
as the bacon starts to crisp
summoning the nights farewell
Aromas, as the dawn lights the dewy sill
a background, that is just infill
the day is poised with crayon raised,
just outlines brushed in hues of haze
Old church bell chimes, the quarter past
the minute hand, the tillers spokes that spin
eye to mind, the will to make a start
to correlate the fusion of each whim
Download the dreamcatcher's web
as you laid and rested
tossed and turned, digested
hatched and fertilized the egg
The violins, to hear its single voice
and swaying pull the bow
standing as soloist
the lone chorister on the breakfast show
not old dried painted chips
new sap that flows through branch and twig
cock crows, rouse sleepy hens
To raise the bugle to the lips
how welcome is the smell
as the bacon starts to crisp
summoning the nights farewell
Aromas, as the dawn lights the dewy sill
a background, that is just infill
the day is poised with crayon raised,
just outlines brushed in hues of haze
Old church bell chimes, the quarter past
the minute hand, the tillers spokes that spin
eye to mind, the will to make a start
to correlate the fusion of each whim
Download the dreamcatcher's web
as you laid and rested
tossed and turned, digested
hatched and fertilized the egg
The violins, to hear its single voice
and swaying pull the bow
standing as soloist
the lone chorister on the breakfast show
Written by slipalong
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I Think of Us
I think of you
And can’t help thinking about us
An opening
An unfolding
The falling of walls
And guards
The laying aside of old fears
And old lives
As the new opens before me
In layers
Like the petals of a rose
With the coming of the sun
Glistening with dew
And the fragrance of love
And I dream of your touch
To be so close
As this
You and I
In love
In love with the you I’ve dreamed of
And the you
Who is so much more than a dream
Time and distance and reasons overcome
Simply by love
I want to give you my heart
Every hope
Every dream
Every heartbreak and scar
All the emptiness my soul has carried
And every yearning
That’s never been fulfilled
And find in you a healing
A wholeness
Impossible without your love
I want to make love to you
With my heart
A sacred thing
Shared between we two
A deepening
Of everything
With each touch and caress
And uninhibited kiss
Sacred and profane
In the union of one
Although just once with you could never be enough
I long to look into your eyes
In that timeless moment
So urgent
In the proximaty of now
And see in the giving of everything
The possibility of everything
The surrender of everything
The flowing of soul to soul
In every breath
Every kiss
Every feeling within
And awake to that feeling again
And know
It wasn’t just a dream
About us
And can’t help thinking about us
An opening
An unfolding
The falling of walls
And guards
The laying aside of old fears
And old lives
As the new opens before me
In layers
Like the petals of a rose
With the coming of the sun
Glistening with dew
And the fragrance of love
And I dream of your touch
To be so close
As this
You and I
In love
In love with the you I’ve dreamed of
And the you
Who is so much more than a dream
Time and distance and reasons overcome
Simply by love
I want to give you my heart
Every hope
Every dream
Every heartbreak and scar
All the emptiness my soul has carried
And every yearning
That’s never been fulfilled
And find in you a healing
A wholeness
Impossible without your love
I want to make love to you
With my heart
A sacred thing
Shared between we two
A deepening
Of everything
With each touch and caress
And uninhibited kiss
Sacred and profane
In the union of one
Although just once with you could never be enough
I long to look into your eyes
In that timeless moment
So urgent
In the proximaty of now
And see in the giving of everything
The possibility of everything
The surrender of everything
The flowing of soul to soul
In every breath
Every kiss
Every feeling within
And awake to that feeling again
And know
It wasn’t just a dream
About us
Written by AverageJoe
(Average Joe. AJ. Joe)
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Uncertainty
suddenly
you find yourself
on a step
on a ramp
that
seems interminable
you do not know
whether
to go up
or down
you do not even remember
there
the where
from which you arrived
it is precisely then
that
certainties become mirages
and axioms
become
insoluble enigmas
(C)2021 Raibeart Bruis
you find yourself
on a step
on a ramp
that
seems interminable
you do not know
whether
to go up
or down
you do not even remember
there
the where
from which you arrived
it is precisely then
that
certainties become mirages
and axioms
become
insoluble enigmas
(C)2021 Raibeart Bruis
Written by Kinkpoet
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Just a note here, folks-- a number of nominations were removed as they did not fit the comp criteria, mainly that being the authors have already won, within the previous calendar year. So if you see your nomination missing, that's why. Please do submit another nomination , if you'd like, that does fit with the criteria in the opening post. Thanks!
MadameLavender said:Just a note here, folks-- a number of nominations were removed as they did not fit the comp criteria, mainly that being the authors have already won, within the previous calendar year. So if you see your nomination missing, that's why. Please do submit another nomination , if you'd like, that does fit with the criteria in the opening post. Thanks!
Have the rules changed since 2019? As there was a double winner and its tjere in black and white in the list of orevious winner always posted at the beginning of each monthly vompetition
Have the rules changed since 2019? As there was a double winner and its tjere in black and white in the list of orevious winner always posted at the beginning of each monthly vompetition
AspergerPoet56 said:
Have the rules changed since 2019? As there was a double winner and its tjere in black and white in the list of orevious winner always posted at the beginning of each monthly vompetition
You would have to check with the Comp host about rule changes or maybe it was an oversight at one point -- I have no idea...
Have the rules changed since 2019? As there was a double winner and its tjere in black and white in the list of orevious winner always posted at the beginning of each monthly vompetition
You would have to check with the Comp host about rule changes or maybe it was an oversight at one point -- I have no idea...
Anonymous
There didn’t use to be all these rules, AP. I was the double winner on my old account.
Apparently I’m just too good.
Apparently I’m just too good.
As the current host for this comp, I wanted to clarify that it was suggested that I use the report function (along with providing the reason) to alert admin regarding any entries that don’t meet the criteria listed in the rules so that they could be removed before it was put to a public vote the last week of the month.
I don’t know what the rules were before I accepted hosting duties, so I also wanted to make it clear I am only copying/pasting the rules that were given to me to use for the comp. I’m not sure who wrote them, but I was under the impression they came directly from the admin of the site. I apologize I don’t have the history of the rules or this comp before a few months ago.
If folks would rather I contacted them directly to remove the ineligible entries, I am happy to do that (and would prefer that) rather than having admin remove them. Thank you all for taking the time to nominate poems for this comp :)
I don’t know what the rules were before I accepted hosting duties, so I also wanted to make it clear I am only copying/pasting the rules that were given to me to use for the comp. I’m not sure who wrote them, but I was under the impression they came directly from the admin of the site. I apologize I don’t have the history of the rules or this comp before a few months ago.
If folks would rather I contacted them directly to remove the ineligible entries, I am happy to do that (and would prefer that) rather than having admin remove them. Thank you all for taking the time to nominate poems for this comp :)
The winner of this competition and any runners up were decided by public vote.
Thank you to the following members for voting:
JusTim_, TimWombles, Shinobi, shadow_starzzz, Kehlida, Bluevelvete, stevenyprince, badmalthus, Eerie, smackdownraven, rubyredheart, ANATNOM_GNIREFFUS, nutbuster, Northern_Soul, DanielChristensen, grandrizin, down2dirt, Marks, Razzerleaf, LunaGreyhawk, Tallen, Kinkpoet, Phantom2426, summultima, inechoingsilence, Insiderew, DaisyGrace, MadameLavender, Brandon, Honoria, OxyMoronicMe, admin, Sweetlovin76
Thank you to the following members for voting:
JusTim_, TimWombles, Shinobi, shadow_starzzz, Kehlida, Bluevelvete, stevenyprince, badmalthus, Eerie, smackdownraven, rubyredheart, ANATNOM_GNIREFFUS, nutbuster, Northern_Soul, DanielChristensen, grandrizin, down2dirt, Marks, Razzerleaf, LunaGreyhawk, Tallen, Kinkpoet, Phantom2426, summultima, inechoingsilence, Insiderew, DaisyGrace, MadameLavender, Brandon, Honoria, OxyMoronicMe, admin, Sweetlovin76
