Poetry competition CLOSED 19th March 2018 10:04pm
WINNER
Anonymous
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RUNNER-UP: Gahddess_Worship

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Villanelle

eswaller
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Thank you Taryn for your wonderful piece.

Gahddess_Worship
Osomajestuoso
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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
Written by Gahddess_Worship (Osomajestuoso)
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eswaller
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Thank you Gahddess_Worship for your wonderful entry!!

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
Written by Gahddess_Worship (Osomajestuoso)
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eswaller
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Thank you Gahddess_Worship for your second entry!!

Hepcat61
geoff cat
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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.
 
 
Written by Hepcat61 (geoff cat)
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eswaller
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Thank you Hepcat61 for your entry!!

Gahddess_Worship
Osomajestuoso
Tyrant of Words
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Thank you Eswaller for introducing the Villanelle form to me. Congratulations Taryn!

eswaller
Dangerous Mind
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Congratulations to Taryn and Gahddess_Worship. Thank you everyone for participating!!

poet 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

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