Poetry competition CLOSED 10th September 2018 5:41pm
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wallyroo92
wallyroo92
RUNNER-UP:
ReggiePoet
ATTENTION to all writers or something like that
Desert Trekker
A vultures patience in hand,
My naive soul wanders in sand
Into a vast desert of life.
Battling in strife,
Through sand and dust storms.
A trekker of me it transforms.
Impelled into cactuses incarnation
And hence surviving long thirst duration.
At times, enduring the scorpions sting
And all other hazards that spring.
A calloused heart I now possess.
With experience, the future I bravely assess.
Deception of the mirages
No longer deceive my eyes.
I can see through the dust,
For I have gone through worst.
With globules of faith and determination,
An oasis I will find at my destination.
My naive soul wanders in sand
Into a vast desert of life.
Battling in strife,
Through sand and dust storms.
A trekker of me it transforms.
Impelled into cactuses incarnation
And hence surviving long thirst duration.
At times, enduring the scorpions sting
And all other hazards that spring.
A calloused heart I now possess.
With experience, the future I bravely assess.
Deception of the mirages
No longer deceive my eyes.
I can see through the dust,
For I have gone through worst.
With globules of faith and determination,
An oasis I will find at my destination.
Written by theoneandonly
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Sapphire
Cobalt cold
a blue, like cranberry juice
a richness...none-too-sweet - so resonant
competing with tartness in me
Deep teal, seeping teal;
bottomless as soul
We swam in air...or water
detached - a match in the drink
I knew what you were thinking
I knew better than to blink
Swaying up on seabeds
I wore...something, I recall it not...
maybe it was naught
spines weaving waves
sparring the tide
My frame,
gaining your gazes
Contrary outlander fire blazed
We faded, freaks allying our intensities
under uncanny light - deviant flame
My hair pooling - mousey
I was drowsy
You were rousing
I felt it in your ribs
Aloft, I was...
Then;
you held me...a softness
A boldness
Sevenfold strength to my form
Floating, recognizing...
the same same brine in my eyes
Written by AtoMikbomb
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Anonymous
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TRUTH and TOLERANCE
We must not be tolerant
of that which is not true.
If we allow ourselves to tolerate
that which is not true
there is not a hope in the world
to cure such a thing.
Tolerance means being open
to others' way of seeing
our shared space.
Tolerance does not mean
respecting others' beliefs
in the event that they happen
to be untrue.
We do not respect beliefs
that happen to be untrue.
The central belief in Islam
is that the holy book
- the Noble Qur'an -
is the perfect and inimitable,
unaltered and inerrant,
word of the creator
of the universe.
This claim is false
and therefor wrong.
We do not respect beliefs
that happen to be wrong.
The book is thus imbued
with such a magnitude
of authority
that Muslims regard it
(themselves)
as superior to all other
existing ways of living
in 'peace' with humanity.
Here is fascism.
Hundreds of millions of people are dead.
Many hundreds of millions more suffering
more and more
until finally
they are willing to give their lives
for what they 'believe' to be true.
Here are your suicide bombers.
Here are your ISIS.
Here are you warriors dreaming of virgin women.
Here are your 'us' vs. 'them';
the 'believer' vs. 'unbeliever'.
"Believe in something.
Even if it means sacrificing everything."
-Nike
What message is this sending?
'Believe' in something
(regardless of if it is true or not)
and sacrifice everything
(including ones own life)
for that belief.
We do not respect beliefs
that happen to be untrue.
Muslims both need
and deserve
to know the truth
about their holy book;
not only for their sake
but for the sake of humanity.
of that which is not true.
If we allow ourselves to tolerate
that which is not true
there is not a hope in the world
to cure such a thing.
Tolerance means being open
to others' way of seeing
our shared space.
Tolerance does not mean
respecting others' beliefs
in the event that they happen
to be untrue.
We do not respect beliefs
that happen to be untrue.
The central belief in Islam
is that the holy book
- the Noble Qur'an -
is the perfect and inimitable,
unaltered and inerrant,
word of the creator
of the universe.
This claim is false
and therefor wrong.
We do not respect beliefs
that happen to be wrong.
The book is thus imbued
with such a magnitude
of authority
that Muslims regard it
(themselves)
as superior to all other
existing ways of living
in 'peace' with humanity.
Here is fascism.
Hundreds of millions of people are dead.
Many hundreds of millions more suffering
more and more
until finally
they are willing to give their lives
for what they 'believe' to be true.
Here are your suicide bombers.
Here are your ISIS.
Here are you warriors dreaming of virgin women.
Here are your 'us' vs. 'them';
the 'believer' vs. 'unbeliever'.
"Believe in something.
Even if it means sacrificing everything."
-Nike
What message is this sending?
'Believe' in something
(regardless of if it is true or not)
and sacrifice everything
(including ones own life)
for that belief.
We do not respect beliefs
that happen to be untrue.
Muslims both need
and deserve
to know the truth
about their holy book;
not only for their sake
but for the sake of humanity.
Written by JustOneMan
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