Poetry competition CLOSED 23rd December 2023 1:30am
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Betty
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A Name YOU wished You Had...

TeeTeeAlyriAh0764
TeeTeeAlyricAh0764
Twisted Dreamer
United States 1awards
Joined 22nd Oct 2023
Forum Posts: 14

Poetry Contest

Now... I know I know I know for a fact many wish your name was Different... Right?! Don't Lie🤨

ME, personally, like a character 4rm a 'cat in the Hat' or 'green eggs and ham ' novel...😂💯 they are Novels, OK 💯 Well I find myself thinking wondering and fascinating bout names right like if mines was different that maybe I would have been different like how I turned out, u inner standing? Like a Queen Not like Elizabeth mind u, however Queen Selena or Sherida and would rule the atmosphere like no other...💯🤔 Hey I'm just spitting ideas in the air...Me TeeTee, sincerely wished I wasn't one with a common name...tbt my moms favorite book is 'gone with the wind ' so if anyone can guess my name by that there...if not, hey I'm ecstatic 😁  I'm just curious if any can relate, is all😁😋

Grace
IDryad
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 25th Aug 2011
Forum Posts: 16980

I am Grace

I am Grace
soulfully dancing with elegance
in gossamer gown of my fantasy
I am Grace and I embrace
all my strength and poise
my spirit soars with a joyful heart

I am Grace
lost and returned a gem
unique with the power of grace
that set me apart from others
I am free in my world
where I embrace life with glee

I am Grace
I have cried tears of joy
I have wept in sorrow
traverse through thorns and trials
I have shouted in triumph
I have prayed in my loss

I am Grace,
a name that holds a story,
of resilience, love,
and God's eternal glory
With gratitude in my heart
I embrace this name
And strive to live a life that honors its claim.

..."faith into this grace wherein we stand"
... "transcend the bondage of lifetimes of karma"
Written by Grace (IDryad)
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adagio
Tyrant of Words
United States 5awards
Joined 15th Jan 2019
Forum Posts: 608

Abstract Intoxicated

Intoxicated in an abstract from a glassed silhouette
in a chapel of web's memories with sweet sucettes
like a dark poinsettia moon and whispers at twilight
to wind me in your arms of lusting tremor

Before the edge of dawn and spawning of the dew
as your breath awakes me to a shadow of a kind
with snow of pollen and a ghostly kiss
of a fanciful dream in a musical loft
 
Intoxicated in the abstract as the willows bend low
in an arabesque of love where mythical winds blow
in a chapel of web's memories as the bells toll
as sweet as the incense from the grotto

Like a dark poinsettia moon on a quiet pond of loons
echoing the past coming in from the dark
landing on a cloud's glider of eiderdown
of phantoms and bassoons

Of love's stem of petals and trumpets
and a melancholy bloom piccolo moon
as the silence brings love's bouquet
of a fanciful dream in a musical loft
Written by adagio
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Razzerleaf
Fire of Insight
United Kingdom 27awards
Joined 15th Sep 2019
Forum Posts: 525

Keith of the Willows

The dreaming hand  
that fate comes to shake    
is the moment when Keith    
should wake, but today    
his name naps beneath
warm dappled sunlight,  
softly his mind opens,      
   
High above the trees,    
birds circle in a figure of eight,    
he feels the forest shifting    
his weight, he watches as his    
fingers start to grow into branches    
reaching out to connect, to war    
with the darkness of ancient woods,    
he wants to scream    
as his flesh crack open into bark.    
   
Then a sudden calm;    
 
Beneath the battlefield    
he feels the sunlight    
converting into food,    
the rush of nutrients    
from the forest floor    
He stands tall, rising    
high above the canopy    
a new creature being born    
and beyond compare,    
breathing oxygen into the air,    
at one with his true self.    
   
"I am Keith" he bellows    
to the listening sky    
and the forest carries    
him in every echo.    
If you listen closely,    
the leaves will still tell you  
his name.
Written by Razzerleaf
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Jordan
D.O.C.
Thought Provoker
United States 13awards
Joined 4th May 2022
Forum Posts: 245

Whatsername

*    
   
Although I wish to keep my name the same,    
by any name I still should smell as sweet,    
own ancient Helen's peerless face and frame,    
and full outfoot Will Shakespeare's fêted feet;    
my lines would yet steal Cleo's Marc away,    
trick sainted Isabella into bed,    
straight titillate Titania sans one bray,    
raise Romeo's rusted dagger from the dead;    
plus though I lacked old Willy's bent for puns,    
his playful "groaning," "country," "ass," or "hoar,"    
my perky breasts, like Mistress Overdone's,    
by husband nine would likewise hit the floor --    
forsooth, by any name I cared to don,    
my bust would loll atop the Parthenon.    
   
*
Written by Jordan (D.O.C.)
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Notreallyme
Strange Creature
Joined 13th Dec 2023
Forum Posts: 3

I wish i was Asher
But i am not
Asher is someone ill never be
Even if being him was my greatest desire

I wish i didnt have to look in the mirror every morning and spite myself
I wish i could just feel like a girl
The girl i was supposed to be
Im supposed to be Amanda
Not Asher

Amanda haunts me
Like a looming shadow
Only dissapearing in the dark
When i am all alone
And i can finally be Asher again
She remindes me everyday of the girl im supposed to be
Im supposed to be Amanda
But im not
And i know it

I want to be Asher
I want to look in the mirror every morning and see a boy looking back at me
A happy boy
The boy i want to be
But im not


javalini
Dangerous Mind
United States 17awards
Joined 4th Apr 2019
Forum Posts: 214

SOUTHERN PRIMITIVE

alexander,
that boy,
he's talented
in ways
i can't even
comprehend --
builds a thing
to perfection,
each piece
cut precisely
and snugged against  
the other
to make
a harmonious  
polished  
perfect
whole
and, i swear,
sometimes
i just wish,
but deep down
i love what's mine,
all the freewheelin'
make shift
hodgepodge
crazy
junked up
recycled
upcycled
brainstormed
make do
half assed
full fledged
bullshit i make
because,
it's just me...
it's my
goddamn art
Written by javalini
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wallyroo92
Tyrant of Words
United States 153awards
Joined 11th July 2012
Forum Posts: 1861

Chibby

 
Chibby
It ain’t pretty
Though I think it’s really silly and witty
But I would love to be quick with my tongue at all sorts of retorts
Gimme
Some chilly
Fire hot to spit on the spot willy-nilly
‘Cause a cat with a name like that sounds like he’s cool in boardshorts

Chibby
It’s a little gritty
Like it’d be voted down by a city committee
As if they would say “that’s a street name that should not be allowed”
It’s hippie
More or less tricky
But I bet they’d love my little giddy ditty
Because Chibby sounds like the kind of guy who’s chill, hip and loud


Written by wallyroo92
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Betty
Tyrant of Words
United States 27awards
Joined 8th May 2012
Forum Posts: 511

Puling Juliet (what’s in a name)

 
My back arches
in requiem of
our loss

the only thing
I ever wanted
to be called was…

Yours.








Written by Betty
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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:

Rew, PAR, Alviola, Tallen, WillowsWhimsies, monovox128, Kinkpoet, Honoria, ReggiePoet, MidnightSonneteer, SonderNinja, Her, ajay, Betty, lepperochan, James_A_Knight

Betty
Tyrant of Words
United States 27awards
Joined 8th May 2012
Forum Posts: 511

Thank you friends, I appreciate you. And thank you TeeTee for the concept!

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