Poetry competition CLOSED 30th September 2022 3:21am
WINNER
ReggiePoet (Reggie)
ReggiePoet (Reggie)
RUNNER-UP:
Zaynab_kamoonpury
Inner light show
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I will use words to describe that which is unspoken.
I will use words to describe that which is unspoken.
And yet, in this betrayal, perhaps you will trip, and stumble upon yourself.
I will use words to describe that which is unspoken.
And yet, in this betrayal, perhaps you will trip, and stumble upon yourself.
Written by mUdr6Bh7ZZ
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Inner Light
They think they can diminish your inner
Light, but you still glow like the 4th of
July. They portray you as a sinner
Or non believer when you got that love
And pray for the light running through
Your veins. You hope for someone else to
Be the protector of your light and energy,
But no one knows your heart or spirit
Like you do. No one knows the memories
Of bad things keeping you awake
Or the foundation that keeps shaking.
No one can ever take your inner light
Just remember that. All the nights
Will fade away and you will be left
With the inner light that fills your heart.
Everything that was once hefty
Will feel light again with a new start.
Light, but you still glow like the 4th of
July. They portray you as a sinner
Or non believer when you got that love
And pray for the light running through
Your veins. You hope for someone else to
Be the protector of your light and energy,
But no one knows your heart or spirit
Like you do. No one knows the memories
Of bad things keeping you awake
Or the foundation that keeps shaking.
No one can ever take your inner light
Just remember that. All the nights
Will fade away and you will be left
With the inner light that fills your heart.
Everything that was once hefty
Will feel light again with a new start.
Written by eswaller
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Mod addiction
The internet is my addiction
It's my cocaine, in joy and pain
I stick its needles into my head
It's my mania, my marijuana
without it I'm a restless iguana
24 hrs without it would be too hard
I'm caught fast in this world wide web
A social butterfly stuck in its web
I mean binge watching reels and reading,
on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube
anything that piques my interest ,
It all reels me in, clickbaits and I bite the byte
The algorithm has picked up my preferences
so feeds my eyes what I want to see
Yet I need to stroll out more and scroll less
for sedentary lives are not healthy.
I tried other things, painted and planted flowers
Yet at the end of the day I missed it like nicotine
over my cup of coffee, with my feet up
I needed to connect online, even WhatsApp.
I just can't imagine going off all internet
cold turkey, oh can't quit cold turkey.
Don't even want to taper off this drug.
Real bear hugs replaced by virtual hugs.
Tis a pity, addiction is addiction.
Hope to rehabilitate in heaven.
It's my cocaine, in joy and pain
I stick its needles into my head
It's my mania, my marijuana
without it I'm a restless iguana
24 hrs without it would be too hard
I'm caught fast in this world wide web
A social butterfly stuck in its web
I mean binge watching reels and reading,
on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube
anything that piques my interest ,
It all reels me in, clickbaits and I bite the byte
The algorithm has picked up my preferences
so feeds my eyes what I want to see
Yet I need to stroll out more and scroll less
for sedentary lives are not healthy.
I tried other things, painted and planted flowers
Yet at the end of the day I missed it like nicotine
over my cup of coffee, with my feet up
I needed to connect online, even WhatsApp.
I just can't imagine going off all internet
cold turkey, oh can't quit cold turkey.
Don't even want to taper off this drug.
Real bear hugs replaced by virtual hugs.
Tis a pity, addiction is addiction.
Hope to rehabilitate in heaven.
Written by Zaynab_kamoonpury
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The lamp lighter
Is there only, left just shards
headaches come like thunder cracks
dark passages that are always blocked by bars
but stars of hope, I see their glow refract
Thro' the fog when life brings grief
those lumens bright: a carbon arc
spotlight, the glow of self-belief
shadows flee, your glimmer flash and dart
Light the lamp within my soul
as dawn breaks on sleepy eyes
speed the heart and take control
release the spirit, stir its spark to fly
Light the tread on each dark path
torch I hold within, burns brighter
it is my shield and my ever-trusty staff
for each must be their own lamp-lighter
headaches come like thunder cracks
dark passages that are always blocked by bars
but stars of hope, I see their glow refract
Thro' the fog when life brings grief
those lumens bright: a carbon arc
spotlight, the glow of self-belief
shadows flee, your glimmer flash and dart
Light the lamp within my soul
as dawn breaks on sleepy eyes
speed the heart and take control
release the spirit, stir its spark to fly
Light the tread on each dark path
torch I hold within, burns brighter
it is my shield and my ever-trusty staff
for each must be their own lamp-lighter
Written by slipalong
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The Assault on Reason
"Each mystic is in the dark." -- the light of Logic 101
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Surrounded am I by these "inner lights"
of mystics, oracles, and troglodytes.
*
a dedication of Respect
for the Rational Brain
a revolving helios couplet/menippean satire
september, 2022 -- the rumi's of the world yet interested in fluff
in lieu of Facts
*
Surrounded am I by these "inner lights"
of mystics, oracles, and troglodytes.
*
a dedication of Respect
for the Rational Brain
a revolving helios couplet/menippean satire
september, 2022 -- the rumi's of the world yet interested in fluff
in lieu of Facts
Written by Jordan
(D.O.C.)
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Light 'em Up
In darkness floats a lonely orb
Inhabited by lonely folk
Their universe is harsh and cold
An existential dirty joke
Find a candle!
Little sparks through history
Philosophers and sages, bold
Dismissed, as feeble sophistry
And so, the dark retains control
Light a candle!
Even though their hearts cry out
They choose the darkness, cold and dank
They mock the light, as too devout
And chase the things most foul and rank
Light your candle!
Alone, you can’t illume the world
Yet, you can light a single heart
The light of love, when once unfurled
Two candles’ brightness now imparts
Light your candles!
Trust not in principalities
And rulers who in darkness reign
Light your own locality
Your love and light will break those chains!
Light more candles!
With all these billions candles lit
Our universe, so bright and warm
Then, bearing out the holy writ
Love’s light becomes a fire storm!
Light ‘em up!
Written by ReggiePoet
(Reggie)
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With
in,
found buried
beneath self-judgment
muddied in other
people’s opinions
next to this week’s
flavour of anxiety
gave
space to shine
grounding in self-trust
sweeping the mountain
of debris away,
realizing how
Light, I am
knowing all else
is powerless
over me.
Written by ursa
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gentle
the dark ache with visions
it saw you in its mind eye and breathe beauty into being
it was a breathtaking sight your gentle soul come to life
tenderly it cared for you
seeing to your need
caressing creativity
it watch on while you dance
sincerity reflected back it began to glow
with a shimmer you touch the darkness
wisdom was inside the dark
it taught you how to speak
showed you things that were to come
and put you on your feet
on a great journey of discovery
meeting other souls along the way
your inner light beam a glorious spirit
you shine with kindness
and with your shine you created things lovely
touching the souls that surrounded you
uttering dreams born of understanding
your honesty your crowning glory
this is the story of a life given
residing on the earth
but born of heaven
Written by crimsin
(Unveiling)
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