Poetry competition CLOSED 23rd April 2023 3:53pm
WINNER
Zombie_B (Rotting Rhymes)
Zombie_B (Rotting Rhymes)
RUNNER-UP:
Betty
It all went wrong
Psycho texter (With a big imagination)
For the love of god
That was the worst rejection ever
Please don’t let me do that again, NEVER
I really created an epic smashup
All of it was essentially made up
What, with my stupid unsolicited text messages
And the candid confessions
The incessant spamming
And night time obsessions
A trailblazing dogs breakfast
of imagined transgressions
I laid it all bare not thinking of the repercussions
In my mind I’d imagined a bone fide connection, full of possibilities
But both of us have partners, children and families
Your wife is clearly awesome, no doubt that’s why you’re together
I think it’d be awkward if I ever met her
I’d probably come across as your “Scarlet letter”
Only you would never have opened it
Because you aren’t an adulterer
And my husband deserves more respect from his partner
And when we examine the facts of the matter
Our lives are actually not known to each other
It’s been twenty plus years since we hung out together
I just fell for a conjured up version of you
Its clear I’m a total utter fruit loop
A completely unhinged blast from the past
A secret betrayer, the ultimate iconoclast
I really didn’t have the right
To message you like that
Pretending like I had some kind of ownership
Im afraid it undoubtedly killed the friendship
I mean for fuck safe you have a wife
I have never done that before in my life
Blatantly making it up in my head
Super embarrassed about the things that I said
I can’t think what to do.
I’m sorry.
I really baffled you.
Right now I just want to ring and explain
But I get it if you won’t reply to me ever again.
That was the worst rejection ever
Please don’t let me do that again, NEVER
I really created an epic smashup
All of it was essentially made up
What, with my stupid unsolicited text messages
And the candid confessions
The incessant spamming
And night time obsessions
A trailblazing dogs breakfast
of imagined transgressions
I laid it all bare not thinking of the repercussions
In my mind I’d imagined a bone fide connection, full of possibilities
But both of us have partners, children and families
Your wife is clearly awesome, no doubt that’s why you’re together
I think it’d be awkward if I ever met her
I’d probably come across as your “Scarlet letter”
Only you would never have opened it
Because you aren’t an adulterer
And my husband deserves more respect from his partner
And when we examine the facts of the matter
Our lives are actually not known to each other
It’s been twenty plus years since we hung out together
I just fell for a conjured up version of you
Its clear I’m a total utter fruit loop
A completely unhinged blast from the past
A secret betrayer, the ultimate iconoclast
I really didn’t have the right
To message you like that
Pretending like I had some kind of ownership
Im afraid it undoubtedly killed the friendship
I mean for fuck safe you have a wife
I have never done that before in my life
Blatantly making it up in my head
Super embarrassed about the things that I said
I can’t think what to do.
I’m sorry.
I really baffled you.
Right now I just want to ring and explain
But I get it if you won’t reply to me ever again.
Written by Thesilverymoon
(Lauren Brenner)
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It's a long time
trying to
remember
how good
it all was
before I
turned into
a comma
in your
storm.
Written by neves
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I gAve you mY sOul !!
What is that that I'm feeling right now
Is it pain of my ego being hurt?
My mind wants you out of it but how
Which words did you fake and which were meant?
My inside is as blackish as my night
My motives were brutally disarmed
And I dwell in a violent lovebite
from my love and my hope for ever banned
How can I allow this in my life?
Being tortured from myself and call it fate
Where is my eternal spark of light
Is there anything in this plane that isn't fake?
I will die and my rebirth is this arrow
I will keep it on my skin like a souvenir
it has poisoned my blood within a narrow
that goes straight from the heart to the atmosphere
While polluting the fucking air with nuclear waste
of emotions and charged feelings drained to death
All I see is a button saying 'erase'
as I struggle to restrain my fucking breathe
3,14
Is it pain of my ego being hurt?
My mind wants you out of it but how
Which words did you fake and which were meant?
My inside is as blackish as my night
My motives were brutally disarmed
And I dwell in a violent lovebite
from my love and my hope for ever banned
How can I allow this in my life?
Being tortured from myself and call it fate
Where is my eternal spark of light
Is there anything in this plane that isn't fake?
I will die and my rebirth is this arrow
I will keep it on my skin like a souvenir
it has poisoned my blood within a narrow
that goes straight from the heart to the atmosphere
While polluting the fucking air with nuclear waste
of emotions and charged feelings drained to death
All I see is a button saying 'erase'
as I struggle to restrain my fucking breathe
3,14
Written by personanongrata
(Astral Gift)
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Misaligned Love
He brought me flowers, but I never wanted
Him or the love he was so willing to hand
To me. How was I supposed to tell him
That I was going to break his heart when
I loved someone else? He was a solid
Presence when all the waves slammed
Into me hard, but I would rather spin
Out of control rather than see the rain
Tarnish love he cannot control. I would
Rather him be safe in someone else’s
Embrace than letting my reckless spirit
Destroy him from the inside out. I want
To see him happy with a love I could
Give to him, but with no false pretenses
Or promises. He is someone’s trinket
Because he is precious. We are a pond
And have love that was misaligned from
The first chapter like strangers at the bar.
His soulmate is going to give him the sun,
The moon, the world and every shining star.
Him or the love he was so willing to hand
To me. How was I supposed to tell him
That I was going to break his heart when
I loved someone else? He was a solid
Presence when all the waves slammed
Into me hard, but I would rather spin
Out of control rather than see the rain
Tarnish love he cannot control. I would
Rather him be safe in someone else’s
Embrace than letting my reckless spirit
Destroy him from the inside out. I want
To see him happy with a love I could
Give to him, but with no false pretenses
Or promises. He is someone’s trinket
Because he is precious. We are a pond
And have love that was misaligned from
The first chapter like strangers at the bar.
His soulmate is going to give him the sun,
The moon, the world and every shining star.
Written by eswaller
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eclipse
Once upon a time
I was passing through
a street, say that I was
flying like a bird n
the atmosphere was lovely
The rays of morning sun
beauty of shimmering light
was making my spirit dance
with unspeakable delight.
I stopped at one place
while flying, as I saw
something very beautiful
A boy with blue eyes
like the transparent blue ocean,
black haired, long face,
a little beard and a smile
ufffff….that is extremely adorable
When he laughed,
it was as if all the flowers
in the garden were laughing
amazing dimples were emerging
on the both of his cheeks
I stopped at my place
as soon as I saw him
like my time stopped,
I fell in love with him
at the very first sight
On the eastern horizon,
my emotions was joining
the gorgeous sun
with the clouds of majesty,
n when as soon as I go to
touch that heavenly fun
He was obviously a stranger,
yet I was like bowed
in front of him like a sunflower
and I heard this sun was eclipsed
n now my time has became
like alternate phases of the moon,
like the light half of the lunar month
from the new-moon to full-moon and
the dark half of same month
he was living the
last moments of his life,
He had a terrible disease,
which was going to kill him
Because my spirit
was so deeply charmed
and so affectionately
involved in his blue soul
I was watching my downfall
I was dispirited and
heartbroken..lonely, sad,
depressed and withdrawn
But he was shining like a
full-moon and was looking
so liberated and sublime.
and after seeing him joyous
I too felt very inspired and elated.
I was passing through
a street, say that I was
flying like a bird n
the atmosphere was lovely
The rays of morning sun
beauty of shimmering light
was making my spirit dance
with unspeakable delight.
I stopped at one place
while flying, as I saw
something very beautiful
A boy with blue eyes
like the transparent blue ocean,
black haired, long face,
a little beard and a smile
ufffff….that is extremely adorable
When he laughed,
it was as if all the flowers
in the garden were laughing
amazing dimples were emerging
on the both of his cheeks
I stopped at my place
as soon as I saw him
like my time stopped,
I fell in love with him
at the very first sight
On the eastern horizon,
my emotions was joining
the gorgeous sun
with the clouds of majesty,
n when as soon as I go to
touch that heavenly fun
He was obviously a stranger,
yet I was like bowed
in front of him like a sunflower
and I heard this sun was eclipsed
n now my time has became
like alternate phases of the moon,
like the light half of the lunar month
from the new-moon to full-moon and
the dark half of same month
he was living the
last moments of his life,
He had a terrible disease,
which was going to kill him
Because my spirit
was so deeply charmed
and so affectionately
involved in his blue soul
I was watching my downfall
I was dispirited and
heartbroken..lonely, sad,
depressed and withdrawn
But he was shining like a
full-moon and was looking
so liberated and sublime.
and after seeing him joyous
I too felt very inspired and elated.
Written by dimpy
(dimpsmoon)
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Our Love Affair Went Wrong
Honey, what’s happening to us?
Things were okay when you moved in with me.
We had a wonderful relationship.
The first two year we ignored the problems.
After that, everything started to go badly.
Now you and I don’t get along well.
We can’t converse peacefully.
Every day we shout at each other.
We don’t make love often anymore.
It’s so uncomfortable with you in the house.
And you feel uneasy when I’m around.
You’ve become a spiteful woman,
I can’t put up with this situation any longer.
We’d be better off if we separate.
And that’s the way I see things.
If we stay together, it’ll ruin our lives.
We can’t look forward to a good future together.
Honey, our love affair went wrong.
Things were okay when you moved in with me.
We had a wonderful relationship.
The first two year we ignored the problems.
After that, everything started to go badly.
Now you and I don’t get along well.
We can’t converse peacefully.
Every day we shout at each other.
We don’t make love often anymore.
It’s so uncomfortable with you in the house.
And you feel uneasy when I’m around.
You’ve become a spiteful woman,
I can’t put up with this situation any longer.
We’d be better off if we separate.
And that’s the way I see things.
If we stay together, it’ll ruin our lives.
We can’t look forward to a good future together.
Honey, our love affair went wrong.
Written by PittinixDesigns
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who told you the sun moves for you
in a smattering of dreams and names and faces
who said it first that i love don’t even love you
who said you should adventure like a captain
of some sinking ship
who is the colour co ordinated soldier of good god misfortune
and where did you leave your keys? are they in your pocket? in your locket? your little red rocket? your blue
passport to insanity?
a child’s play is an applied science
another mother is a nice idea but
who kept you undercover
in a smattering of dreams and names and faces
who said it first that i love don’t even love you
who said you should adventure like a captain
of some sinking ship
who is the colour co ordinated soldier of good god misfortune
and where did you leave your keys? are they in your pocket? in your locket? your little red rocket? your blue
passport to insanity?
a child’s play is an applied science
another mother is a nice idea but
who kept you undercover
Subtle Frequency
Davin
I thought you could be apart
Of the very best of me
Even if only knowing you
For just a day
I wanted to see
What we could be
It's funny
People change so quickly
Hurt by this
All I want is for the best
However
I simply am on
A different frequency
Don't you see
Later finding out
They don't truly
Want to vibe with me
Promises
Empty promises
Of pretty things
Don't you see
That I believe
The pretty words
Aren't necessary
If the internal state
Isn't where it needs
To be
Pay attention to
The subtle frequencies
I thought you could be apart
Of the very best of me
Even if only knowing you
For just a day
I wanted to see
What we could be
It's funny
People change so quickly
Hurt by this
All I want is for the best
However
I simply am on
A different frequency
Don't you see
Later finding out
They don't truly
Want to vibe with me
Promises
Empty promises
Of pretty things
Don't you see
That I believe
The pretty words
Aren't necessary
If the internal state
Isn't where it needs
To be
Pay attention to
The subtle frequencies
Written by KrystalG
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I'm that man
I'm one of those people,labeled an addict. I'm judged, I'm doubted, yeah I don't doubt it. I'm the man you fear, I'm the man you want near. I'm loyal and faithfully true. But nobody can handle what it is I do. I'm the one you call a friend. But when I'm not around you can't help but pretend. I must remind you of who I am. I'm that addict inside this man. I'm the one you say you can't trust. Yet I'm the one that's first to bust. You say I'm angry but its passion that speaks.fuck keeping calm when I'm the feast. Violence isn't the answer but neither is peace. Addicted to a life that's not so bad. Only because its all I've had. Addicted to the times that have not changed. Not so much a lifestyle as its the living that's rearranged. From the streets to a cage. From the cage to the streets. It's the grind that allows me to be free. Watching out for you and me. Yet I'm the only one with cuffs on my hands. Because your my people and I protect my brand. Call me crazy, call me careless. But remember who I am, I'm the one that carry's your stress. I'm the one that keeps shit real. I'm the one that would give you my life and wheels. I trust nobody because I refuse to be fooled again. Don't blame me, blame those motherfucking sins. I believe in things that you can't give. I hate all that are the reasons you live. I'm that addict in case you forgot. Nothing more than a lost soul. Just spinning my wheels digging a hole. Can't find a reason so I cycle like the seasons. Can't find a cure so I'm forced to endure. Day in day out. Caught between the floods and droughts. Never the less, I'm a fucking mess. But not as you are, for your the one that's scarred. Hiding is not the same as avoiding. Acknowledging is not the same as exploiting. Judge me, but not before you judge yourself. Fear me but not for what you know. We all can't believe, when we all fight to retrieve, what it is that makes us bleed. The difference is only a matter of beliefs. The reality is that what we don't know is truly our grief. I'm addicted to life, and living right. I'm too quick to test, my standards aren't realistically best. Kinda like you and how you doubt who I am. We are two of the same, we are only trying to understand. Don't try to understand, and I will do the same. I'm an addict remember, at least I own what I try to tame. Addiction chose me and I don't choose to abuse. I am powerless, I can't win when I was born to lose. But my message is real and although I choose to conceal how I sometimes feel. It's only because you choose to undermine me and my ability to heal. Ignorance and stupidity are not reasons to judge. And your unable to change for your holding a grudge. Pain is my life. Love is my light. Living to fight. For the fight is my right.
From
From
Written by Sweetry
(Insanitys fuse)
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Stuck in the middle with you
Stuck in the middle. Whys this life such a riddle. To the one I love and my best friend. I love you more than all heaven lends. I don't know what it is. I know my soul is connected to yours. My love for you is behind closed doors. As if I could, ID travel past. My soul is acheing and I'm sorry for that. If I could I would go back and try again. I'd be more affectionate, loving and appreciative. I'd give you massages and buy you flowers. I'd be more of a man and less of a coward. I hurt inside for not being able. I'm a failure at alot of things and not always mentally stable. I can list alot of reasons. I never meant to be misleading. I know that when you take a look back. It seems as if I probably lack. I do and I may never know why. I do love you and would give you my life. I'm sorry for not being better at the things that count. I'm sorry for being good at the things that have dead end routes. I'm sorry for calling you names. I'm sorry for the reasons you find yourself in a rage. I apologize from the bottom of my heart. For everything and every time it seemed like things were falling apart. I love you and maybe just don't know how to love. I'm greatful for knowing you and for every hug. I'm never gonna be exactly what you want me to be. I'm only who I am and it's a fucking mess to be me. Whether or not you always stay near. I will never stop loving you, the one I hold dear. May we continue to battle the struggles we fight. And may we remember that our love is worthy of heavens light. I know life is tough for I have lived to see it's true. I know life would be even tougher if I didn't have you. We're right where we are meant to be. Stuck in the middle like an island on a tree. I love you Amanda Marie Winn, more than words and more than sin. I can never explain what I want to be perfect. Words cant describe what you are to sound perfect. I can write and write and im never content. For all that you are, and what you deserve to know, be and have. Im a blessed and privileged man. Your an angel that walks with me in the sand. A beautiful soul and a priceless treasure. I'm lucky to be yours and that's a pleasure. And after this life has no more to offer. I can only hope that death will let us be together.
Dedicated to my lover, best friend and Angel from above. I love you and I can only hope I can show you one day. For all that I lack is hard for anyone to take. Thank you for being, seeing and believing. From the heart of my soul your more than anyone I know. Smoooch baby. 4-21-2016
Dedicated to my lover, best friend and Angel from above. I love you and I can only hope I can show you one day. For all that I lack is hard for anyone to take. Thank you for being, seeing and believing. From the heart of my soul your more than anyone I know. Smoooch baby. 4-21-2016
Written by Sweetry
(Insanitys fuse)
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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:
lepperochan, Phantom2426, ajay, Koulouri, MidnightSonneteer, monovox128, mcjay, MadameLavender, DanielChristensen, russell_snow, Betty, Rianne, Tallen, PAR, Sapphirewolf, ClovenTongue34, robert43041, LunaGreyhawk, A_Failed_Artist, eswaller, Solomon_Song
Thank you to the following members for voting:
lepperochan, Phantom2426, ajay, Koulouri, MidnightSonneteer, monovox128, mcjay, MadameLavender, DanielChristensen, russell_snow, Betty, Rianne, Tallen, PAR, Sapphirewolf, ClovenTongue34, robert43041, LunaGreyhawk, A_Failed_Artist, eswaller, Solomon_Song
