Poetry competition CLOSED 19th March 2018 10:04pm
WINNER
Anonymous
Anonymous
RUNNER-UP:
Gahddess_Worship
Villanelle
A LA PLAYA - A Villanelle
Shades on, blanket spread, laying on the beach
So elegant, so statuesque, goddess of the waves
Caught firmly in my neural net yet sadly out of reach
Spanish guitar serenade punctuated by seagull's screech
Romantic Sun radiates the heat her body craves
Shades on, blanket spread, laying on the beach
Alluring smile, Venus curves beauties gospel preach
Imagining the seductive scene my every thought enslaves
Caught firmly in my neural net yet sadly out of reach
Caressing breeze, sand, and the sea relaxation teach
Free from worry, free from care, free from office caves
Shades on, blanket spread, laying on the beach
Bare breasted, euro-style, bikini bottoms a shade of peach
Conjured pictures flood the brain while body misbehaves
Caught firmly in my neural net yet sadly out of reach
Vacation sadly over now “*Once more unto the breach.”
I continue the mundane, she sweet memory saves
Shades on, blanket spread, laying on the beach
Caught firmly in my neural net yet sadly out of reach
*William Shakespeare: Henry V: Act 3, Scene 1
So elegant, so statuesque, goddess of the waves
Caught firmly in my neural net yet sadly out of reach
Spanish guitar serenade punctuated by seagull's screech
Romantic Sun radiates the heat her body craves
Shades on, blanket spread, laying on the beach
Alluring smile, Venus curves beauties gospel preach
Imagining the seductive scene my every thought enslaves
Caught firmly in my neural net yet sadly out of reach
Caressing breeze, sand, and the sea relaxation teach
Free from worry, free from care, free from office caves
Shades on, blanket spread, laying on the beach
Bare breasted, euro-style, bikini bottoms a shade of peach
Conjured pictures flood the brain while body misbehaves
Caught firmly in my neural net yet sadly out of reach
Vacation sadly over now “*Once more unto the breach.”
I continue the mundane, she sweet memory saves
Shades on, blanket spread, laying on the beach
Caught firmly in my neural net yet sadly out of reach
*William Shakespeare: Henry V: Act 3, Scene 1
Written by Gahddess_Worship
(Osomajestuoso)
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GETTING THE MESSAGE - A Villanelle
Tell the truth, have you ever loved me?
As much as the old boyfriend you’re texting
Happiness found in could-have-been dreams instead of reality
When we make love, am I a merely a proxy
Gullible substitute for whom you’re obsessing
Tell the truth, have you ever loved me?
Has he some extraordinary sensual ability?
In a contest of looks he’s surely not winning
Happiness found in could-have-been dreams instead of reality
It seems you don’t even like me lately
For this I’ll admit I’ve stopped trying
Tell the truth, have you ever loved me?
He’s got no job, for heaven’s sake, what in him do see?
Do you think that for you he’ll be changing?
Happiness found in could-have-been dreams instead of reality
Wonderful times we’ve had, I think that you’ll agree
I only hope that, in the end, they will count for something
Tell the truth, have you ever loved me?
Happiness found in could-have-been dreams instead of reality
As much as the old boyfriend you’re texting
Happiness found in could-have-been dreams instead of reality
When we make love, am I a merely a proxy
Gullible substitute for whom you’re obsessing
Tell the truth, have you ever loved me?
Has he some extraordinary sensual ability?
In a contest of looks he’s surely not winning
Happiness found in could-have-been dreams instead of reality
It seems you don’t even like me lately
For this I’ll admit I’ve stopped trying
Tell the truth, have you ever loved me?
He’s got no job, for heaven’s sake, what in him do see?
Do you think that for you he’ll be changing?
Happiness found in could-have-been dreams instead of reality
Wonderful times we’ve had, I think that you’ll agree
I only hope that, in the end, they will count for something
Tell the truth, have you ever loved me?
Happiness found in could-have-been dreams instead of reality
Written by Gahddess_Worship
(Osomajestuoso)
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Sacrament
a "villanelle érotique"
Hands raised, from knees, invoke my soul’s baptize.
Your alabaster fount, your holy site,
Where lips do part that mouth your praise reprise.
You knelt, the liturgy of love devise,
To lead me here, my offering excite,
Hands raised, from knees, invoke my soul’s baptize.
In genuflecting waves, ecstatic rise,
Your pilgrim sojourn end with psalms delight,
Where lips do part that mouth your praise reprise.
I drop to bow, novitiate revise,
To raise with sacred tongue your pyre’s ignite.
Hands raised, from knees, invoke my soul’s baptize.
Like supplicant to eucharist arise,
I take your host and wine with heart contrite,
Where lips do part that mouth your praise reprise.
In worship’s grace and scripture’s energize,
Like Lourdes, your waters cleanse my sins benight,
Hands raised, from knees, invoke my soul’s baptize,
Where lips do part that mouth your praise reprise.
Hands raised, from knees, invoke my soul’s baptize.
Your alabaster fount, your holy site,
Where lips do part that mouth your praise reprise.
You knelt, the liturgy of love devise,
To lead me here, my offering excite,
Hands raised, from knees, invoke my soul’s baptize.
In genuflecting waves, ecstatic rise,
Your pilgrim sojourn end with psalms delight,
Where lips do part that mouth your praise reprise.
I drop to bow, novitiate revise,
To raise with sacred tongue your pyre’s ignite.
Hands raised, from knees, invoke my soul’s baptize.
Like supplicant to eucharist arise,
I take your host and wine with heart contrite,
Where lips do part that mouth your praise reprise.
In worship’s grace and scripture’s energize,
Like Lourdes, your waters cleanse my sins benight,
Hands raised, from knees, invoke my soul’s baptize,
Where lips do part that mouth your praise reprise.
Written by Hepcat61
(geoff cat)
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Anonymous
Thanks to our host eswaller and a huge thank you to those who voted - I have been caught utterly off guard by this and I am deeply humbled and honored.
Congratulations to Gahddess for two splendid entries as well as applause to all who entered...each entry for one reason or another left me speechless...
Thank you again!
xoxo Taryn
Congratulations to Gahddess for two splendid entries as well as applause to all who entered...each entry for one reason or another left me speechless...
Thank you again!
xoxo Taryn
