Poetry competition CLOSED 23rd October 2022 00:30am
WINNER
Bluevelvete
Bluevelvete
Poem of the Month - October 2022
Poetry Contest Description
Three weeks to nominate your favorite poems!
You have THREE weeks to nominate no more than THREE of your favorite poems from another DUP poet!
Please note the following guidelines when making nominations:
The voting for this competition is anonymous; therefore,spoken word nominations will be disqualified. You may nominate Spoken Word pieces in the competition below.
Spoken Word of the Month Comp (every other month) is here:
(Link coming soon!)
New Member ( six ( 6 ) months or less ) of the Month comp is here:
(Link coming soon!)
1. Self nominations are not accepted. The great majority of the competitions here are about spotlighting one's own work on a particular topic or theme. This is a chance to nominate that poem that you wish you had written but some other great talent here beat you to it.
2. You may nominate only THREE poems from THREE different DU members.
3. No DUPLICATE NOMINATIONS. If you nominate a poem that has already been nominated you will be asked to replace the nomination.
4. Any genre except erotica or pornography. This is a Facebook feature and we must adhere to their guidelines.
5. Any member who is banned or disables their account PRIOR to winning will be automatically disqualified.
6. One win per member per calendar year, beginning with the month they win.
7. Please notify your nominee they have been nominated.
Nomination Duration is three weeks followed by a week of site voting!
Current Poem of the Month Hall of Famers:
2022:
January - Luna Greyhawk
February - AspergerPoet
March - Relic-54
April - Alan-S-Jeeves
May - _feral
June - Nevermindthegaps
July - Indie
August - inechoingsilence
September - Rianne
2021:
January - brokentitanium (k.)
February - SatinUgal
March - X
April - RiAN
May - DaisyGrace
June - Bluevelvete
July - Jemac
August - Northern_Soul (-Missy-)
September - Joshsam
October - cold_fusion
November - Buddhakitty
December - Particles_of_HerII
2020
January- NEW BEGINNINGS
February - EDIBLE WORDS
March - MADAME LAVENDER
APRIL - MONKEYMAN
MAY - TIMAGINATION543
JUNE - LEPPEROCHAN (Craic-Dealer)
JULY - STRANGEWAYS_ROB
August - Daniel Christensen
September - Aspergerpoet
October - Lunagreyhawk
November - Kristinax
December - Ahavati
2019
January - DANIELCHRISTENSEN
February - SOPHIE_ERICSON
March - AUDIOHARLEEA
April - FROM THE ASH
May - MISS_SUB
June - NAAJIR
July - LAYLA
August, 2019 - AHAVATI
September - MISS_SUB
October - HOWLING_WHELMS
November - JOHNNY BLAZE
December - RACHEL_LAUREN
2018
January - LADY_OF_THE_QUILL
February - LEPPEROCHAN Craic in a Box
March - TINABUBUYA (Tee Mali)
April - CROWFLY
May - ATOMIKBOMB
June - MISS_SUB (Missy)
July - MEADOWSWEET
August - LAYLA
September - COLD FUSION
October - TODSKI28
November - TheMUSE22
December - BENDER
2017
January - VEE
February - CRIMSIN
March - ONEFIFTYSIX
April - DANIEL CHRISTENSEN
May - ALEXANDER CASE
June - AEMelia564
July - THE_SILLY_SIBYL (Jack Thomas Heslop)
August - QUIETUSQUILL
September - _SHADOE_
October - POETSREVENGE
November - NAAJIR
December - POETSPEAK
2016
November - JOHN FEDDELER
December - AHAVATI
Please note the following guidelines when making nominations:
The voting for this competition is anonymous; therefore,spoken word nominations will be disqualified. You may nominate Spoken Word pieces in the competition below.
Spoken Word of the Month Comp (every other month) is here:
(Link coming soon!)
New Member ( six ( 6 ) months or less ) of the Month comp is here:
(Link coming soon!)
1. Self nominations are not accepted. The great majority of the competitions here are about spotlighting one's own work on a particular topic or theme. This is a chance to nominate that poem that you wish you had written but some other great talent here beat you to it.
2. You may nominate only THREE poems from THREE different DU members.
3. No DUPLICATE NOMINATIONS. If you nominate a poem that has already been nominated you will be asked to replace the nomination.
4. Any genre except erotica or pornography. This is a Facebook feature and we must adhere to their guidelines.
5. Any member who is banned or disables their account PRIOR to winning will be automatically disqualified.
6. One win per member per calendar year, beginning with the month they win.
7. Please notify your nominee they have been nominated.
Nomination Duration is three weeks followed by a week of site voting!
Current Poem of the Month Hall of Famers:
2022:
January - Luna Greyhawk
February - AspergerPoet
March - Relic-54
April - Alan-S-Jeeves
May - _feral
June - Nevermindthegaps
July - Indie
August - inechoingsilence
September - Rianne
2021:
January - brokentitanium (k.)
February - SatinUgal
March - X
April - RiAN
May - DaisyGrace
June - Bluevelvete
July - Jemac
August - Northern_Soul (-Missy-)
September - Joshsam
October - cold_fusion
November - Buddhakitty
December - Particles_of_HerII
2020
January- NEW BEGINNINGS
February - EDIBLE WORDS
March - MADAME LAVENDER
APRIL - MONKEYMAN
MAY - TIMAGINATION543
JUNE - LEPPEROCHAN (Craic-Dealer)
JULY - STRANGEWAYS_ROB
August - Daniel Christensen
September - Aspergerpoet
October - Lunagreyhawk
November - Kristinax
December - Ahavati
2019
January - DANIELCHRISTENSEN
February - SOPHIE_ERICSON
March - AUDIOHARLEEA
April - FROM THE ASH
May - MISS_SUB
June - NAAJIR
July - LAYLA
August, 2019 - AHAVATI
September - MISS_SUB
October - HOWLING_WHELMS
November - JOHNNY BLAZE
December - RACHEL_LAUREN
2018
January - LADY_OF_THE_QUILL
February - LEPPEROCHAN Craic in a Box
March - TINABUBUYA (Tee Mali)
April - CROWFLY
May - ATOMIKBOMB
June - MISS_SUB (Missy)
July - MEADOWSWEET
August - LAYLA
September - COLD FUSION
October - TODSKI28
November - TheMUSE22
December - BENDER
2017
January - VEE
February - CRIMSIN
March - ONEFIFTYSIX
April - DANIEL CHRISTENSEN
May - ALEXANDER CASE
June - AEMelia564
July - THE_SILLY_SIBYL (Jack Thomas Heslop)
August - QUIETUSQUILL
September - _SHADOE_
October - POETSREVENGE
November - NAAJIR
December - POETSPEAK
2016
November - JOHN FEDDELER
December - AHAVATI
Anonymous
Related submission no longer exists.
I nominate The Human Condition, by DeathRattle89
#addiction #MentalHealth #porn #SelfReflection #sex
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/463183-the-human-condition/
#addiction #MentalHealth #porn #SelfReflection #sex
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/463183-the-human-condition/
Sacred Promise
Enchanting serenity,
still waters and babbling brooks,
a welcome for all,
yet not all are welcome.
For there is a war for the soul of poetry
and our love of vacuous beauty
A lovely woman walking by,
beguiling perfume scents the air,
yet reaching for this memory she disappears,
leaving nothing but empty air,
as if she was never there
Petals strewn upon the ground,
the aftermath of a poor flower's torture,
so lovely we forget, beauty
can be empty and cruel,
beauty without a heart is cold
just unending sadness hidden in a dream
Poems of pain and sorrow,
poems of nights' dark pleasures,
lost souls and broken hearts,
are the sharpened blades of my poetry,
that weep my blood and cry despair
lost with no direction home,
I come as refugee seeking peace.
Yet I give my promise to all,
that within my raw and awkward prose,
you will find the light of my spirit,
consecrated by sacred pledge,
I offer you my loving soul
still waters and babbling brooks,
a welcome for all,
yet not all are welcome.
For there is a war for the soul of poetry
and our love of vacuous beauty
A lovely woman walking by,
beguiling perfume scents the air,
yet reaching for this memory she disappears,
leaving nothing but empty air,
as if she was never there
Petals strewn upon the ground,
the aftermath of a poor flower's torture,
so lovely we forget, beauty
can be empty and cruel,
beauty without a heart is cold
just unending sadness hidden in a dream
Poems of pain and sorrow,
poems of nights' dark pleasures,
lost souls and broken hearts,
are the sharpened blades of my poetry,
that weep my blood and cry despair
lost with no direction home,
I come as refugee seeking peace.
Yet I give my promise to all,
that within my raw and awkward prose,
you will find the light of my spirit,
consecrated by sacred pledge,
I offer you my loving soul
Written by APissPoorShaman
(Ryszard)
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I nominate APissPoorShaman for Sacred Promise
The folly of fear & the precariousness of dissatisfaction
...
Tell me
what is it like
when you're away
are you pseudo celebrating
with ironic plastic freedom
are you having pangs
of lust filled
'Ican'twaittotasteher-isms'
a waiting mechanism
full of pesky gnawing throes
that yearn luscious-ly fine
pulling upon a tendril's bows
clawing inside a mind whose
brilliance could be diamond shine
Tell me
what is it like
when you are gone
are you at ease
comfortable in your own skin
knowing that I'm here,
you are there
and that no matter where
I'll be the only one who sees
the beauty
of all your desperate decadence
and tumultuous raw sexiness;
hidden in plain sight
that subterfuge of might
wit beyond compare
the wry kind,
coated with that rarely found
charismatic flare
Tell Me
what is it like
to wonder
do you sit on your own
daydream
or write down
rare missing moments
inked in gorgeous poetic phrases
one's my own pen chases
left searing into tender places
or do you perhaps ponder
the cementing of our connection
a true bonded, bond
we, two unlikely misplaced souls
found within this most
unusual combination
where we are truly kindred perfection
in our 'two-united-weirdo's"
revelation
so...
what is it like?
Tell me
can you see it for yourself
that my heart
is closed up
locked away high up on a shelf
no, not from you
away from me
I unknowingly
or subconsciously,
somewhere along the way
hid myself
tucked 'me ' away
pouring my own charisma
into you and I
and our sort-of
warped enigma
of this, our protected bubble
engaging in such a display
that I knew my
fragile heart would be okay
hidden away so high,
up on that bullshit imaginary shelf
where the last thing
I would have to do was truly fly
Why then, didn't you
tell me
to stop being so afraid,
to let go,
finally learn to play the game
the one with zero blame
reminded that fear isn't what makes me strong
or pretending there's nothing wrong
it's how my character tackles
this unyielding fucked up shit that hackles
how I ultimately can decide
gather myself up to really try
scream out a healthy
guttural warrior's cry
make up my own mind
to no longer hide
and with purposeful
authority and pride
know what it is like
to know myself inside
finally
finding comfort
to be free
by being
only
me.
Written by Bluevelvete
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I nominate Bluevelvete for poet of the month
This is the best piece of poetry I’ve read in a very very long time. it’s not only meaningful it’s visceral and heartfelt and gentle, all woven into beautiful a poem. it’s amazing!
This is the best piece of poetry I’ve read in a very very long time. it’s not only meaningful it’s visceral and heartfelt and gentle, all woven into beautiful a poem. it’s amazing!
Running projection at that porn theater in Times Square
Remember those years in the tiny walk up
You were writing erotica hoping to get discovered
I was working on my doctorate in sin
Running projection at that porn theater in Times Square
That was dingy NYC
Long before organic
When Holly was working the Lincoln Tunnel entrance
You could get a quick suck for five bucks
Nobody cared if she had too many teeth
or if she was really a she
Life was less complicated back then
Holly bought mouthwash in industrial quantities
Hygiene on the fly still important
A woman still needs some dignity
If any money was left over at the end of the month
We went to the Scorpion bar on 14th between B and C
No hipsters back then
Just real people in dollar store clothes
Happy for a few snorts and a couple of rot gut chasers
There's no happy ending
Continuance is all you get
It was a soiled life
We got older and then got real jobs
Then we got better clothes
The mac and cheese life rolled over
Looking back it was romantic in a dime store way
We laughed at our poverty
Grateful to have had the moment
A love affair in sordid NYC
We didn't overdose
That was good
You were writing erotica hoping to get discovered
I was working on my doctorate in sin
Running projection at that porn theater in Times Square
That was dingy NYC
Long before organic
When Holly was working the Lincoln Tunnel entrance
You could get a quick suck for five bucks
Nobody cared if she had too many teeth
or if she was really a she
Life was less complicated back then
Holly bought mouthwash in industrial quantities
Hygiene on the fly still important
A woman still needs some dignity
If any money was left over at the end of the month
We went to the Scorpion bar on 14th between B and C
No hipsters back then
Just real people in dollar store clothes
Happy for a few snorts and a couple of rot gut chasers
There's no happy ending
Continuance is all you get
It was a soiled life
We got older and then got real jobs
Then we got better clothes
The mac and cheese life rolled over
Looking back it was romantic in a dime store way
We laughed at our poverty
Grateful to have had the moment
A love affair in sordid NYC
We didn't overdose
That was good
Written by PoetSpeak
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The most human poem I've ever read, telling of both our ugliness and our beauty, yet even our dark side is written with nobility.
Running projection at that porn theater in Times Square
Remember those years in the tiny walk up
You were writing erotica hoping to get discovered
I was working on my doctorate in sin
Running projection at that porn theater in Times Square
That was dingy NYC
Long before organic
When Holly was working the Lincoln Tunnel entrance
You could get a quick suck for five bucks
Nobody cared if she had too many teeth
or if she was really a she
Life was less complicated back then
Holly bought mouthwash in industrial quantities
Hygiene on the fly still important
A woman still needs some dignity
If any money was left over at the end of the month
We went to the Scorpion bar on 14th between B and C
No hipsters back then
Just real people in dollar store clothes
Happy for a few snorts and a couple of rot gut chasers
There's no happy ending
Continuance is all you get
It was a soiled life
We got older and then got real jobs
Then we got better clothes
The mac and cheese life rolled over
Looking back it was romantic in a dime store way
We laughed at our poverty
Grateful to have had the moment
A love affair in sordid NYC
We didn't overdose
That was good
You were writing erotica hoping to get discovered
I was working on my doctorate in sin
Running projection at that porn theater in Times Square
That was dingy NYC
Long before organic
When Holly was working the Lincoln Tunnel entrance
You could get a quick suck for five bucks
Nobody cared if she had too many teeth
or if she was really a she
Life was less complicated back then
Holly bought mouthwash in industrial quantities
Hygiene on the fly still important
A woman still needs some dignity
If any money was left over at the end of the month
We went to the Scorpion bar on 14th between B and C
No hipsters back then
Just real people in dollar store clothes
Happy for a few snorts and a couple of rot gut chasers
There's no happy ending
Continuance is all you get
It was a soiled life
We got older and then got real jobs
Then we got better clothes
The mac and cheese life rolled over
Looking back it was romantic in a dime store way
We laughed at our poverty
Grateful to have had the moment
A love affair in sordid NYC
We didn't overdose
That was good
Written by PoetSpeak
Go To Page
APissPoorShaman said:
The most human poem I've ever read, telling of both our ugliness and our beauty, yet even our dark side is written with nobility.
I love this write from him I agree ❤️
The most human poem I've ever read, telling of both our ugliness and our beauty, yet even our dark side is written with nobility.
I love this write from him I agree ❤️
Anonymous
Wow, I missed this one from Bluevelvete the first go around, Jackie. Thank you so much for submitting it. Really glad I get to read it 😄!
Anonymous
I am an idiot I don't know how this works. Comment edited away because it was a repost 
Anonymous
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The winner of this competition and any runners up were decided by public vote.
Thank you to the following members for voting:
Bluevelvete, olivia, LunaGreyhawk, Phantom2426, monovox128, JiltedJohnny, Northern_Soul, Fiftysevenhours, Razzerleaf, lepperochan, S-m-sawyer, ReggiePoet, PAR, admin, MadameLavender, APissPoorShaman, Mc_NJaxed, word_circus, Styxian
Thank you to the following members for voting:
Bluevelvete, olivia, LunaGreyhawk, Phantom2426, monovox128, JiltedJohnny, Northern_Soul, Fiftysevenhours, Razzerleaf, lepperochan, S-m-sawyer, ReggiePoet, PAR, admin, MadameLavender, APissPoorShaman, Mc_NJaxed, word_circus, Styxian
Just a quick note, it was BlueVelvete’s poem that was selected as the winner of this month’s competition, there must have been an error when the trophy was awarded. I’ve sent a message to Webmiss to let her know. I apologize for the confusion!
Congratulations, Blue!
Congratulations, Blue!
Thanks so much, Luna and a heartfelt thank you to all those who voted. I'm beyond words and sincerely appreciative - 💙
(To Jackie, I can't thank you enough for your generous, kind hearted nomination; resulting in this surprising win. I will always be incredibly moved and extremely grateful that you saw something in me and my writing that I couldn't or didn't.. Love you, dear lady!!)
(To Jackie, I can't thank you enough for your generous, kind hearted nomination; resulting in this surprising win. I will always be incredibly moved and extremely grateful that you saw something in me and my writing that I couldn't or didn't.. Love you, dear lady!!)
