Poetry competition CLOSED 1st January 2019 10:10am
WINNER
Ahavati
Ahavati
Short Expressionist Poetry on Christmas (Fast Deadline)
Poetry Contest Description
Christmas has come. How did it feel?
Christmas inspires powerful emotions, whether positive or negative. Whichever, they are an intensity of emotions that is rare for any other day in the year.
Rules:
Write a short poem that
expresses the feelings you
felt or witnessed around
Christmas-time. [The
deadline is short to get
rawer emotions.]
35 word limit. [Try not to
detail what happened as
much as how it felt.]
One poem per poet
Rules:
Write a short poem that
expresses the feelings you
felt or witnessed around
Christmas-time. [The
deadline is short to get
rawer emotions.]
35 word limit. [Try not to
detail what happened as
much as how it felt.]
One poem per poet
Coveter's Christmas
I woke.
Swallowed the psyche. I woke again
in the body of a holly drupe
and twined to reef.
I fell
out of leavened dough sugar fists
to the black pit of earther
that branched in the conifer-swirled shoots from grand maternity of the siblings I have in you.
Drape nylon tunic mesh
slipped through to the flickered contour
by the high beam ruffling off the ivory bowl palm.
There a vermilion scattered wings of speckling red mercury.
Nylon vortexed into black fervor
rose lone from fans of venders in the late Eve,
through which motors sped
until buffeted by grainy home-way.
I slept,
alive phased through incandescents
unto a puff of all wanters' arms.
Swallowed the psyche. I woke again
in the body of a holly drupe
and twined to reef.
I fell
out of leavened dough sugar fists
to the black pit of earther
that branched in the conifer-swirled shoots from grand maternity of the siblings I have in you.
Drape nylon tunic mesh
slipped through to the flickered contour
by the high beam ruffling off the ivory bowl palm.
There a vermilion scattered wings of speckling red mercury.
Nylon vortexed into black fervor
rose lone from fans of venders in the late Eve,
through which motors sped
until buffeted by grainy home-way.
I slept,
alive phased through incandescents
unto a puff of all wanters' arms.
Written by DecipherMe
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I heard raucous laughter
through crumpled paper,
unwrapped in joy
of all made cheer
it meant more to me
than turkey and tinsel—
little Viking ships
sailing the new year.
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revelation
the revelation
it does not necessarily come
from waiting for bees with genius ideas
to give you a seed
to flower out.
sick vines grow as well.
no,
it comes from the act of writing,
writhing,
of speaking your mind,
of telling.
climbing.
No miracle of pollination.
Just sun
and time
and behavior activation.
Skill and motivation.
Not patiently waiting
for the words to come
but etching in leafy cursive
the missives of
your brain.
it does not necessarily come
from waiting for bees with genius ideas
to give you a seed
to flower out.
sick vines grow as well.
no,
it comes from the act of writing,
writhing,
of speaking your mind,
of telling.
climbing.
No miracle of pollination.
Just sun
and time
and behavior activation.
Skill and motivation.
Not patiently waiting
for the words to come
but etching in leafy cursive
the missives of
your brain.
Written by rowantree
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Christmas 2018
Peace and joy.
Love and laughter.
Warmth in my stomach
Like sitting in front of
The fireplace with my
Full heart and realizing
This is when my life
Is like a blessing.
Love and laughter.
Warmth in my stomach
Like sitting in front of
The fireplace with my
Full heart and realizing
This is when my life
Is like a blessing.
Written by eswaller
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Next Christmas
As I take down the tree
I contemplate and ask
While packing away the ornaments,
"Was this Christmas my last?"
For nearly ever Yuletide
That has come to pass
There's at least one person
I've loved that's passed
And maybe next year
Underneath the Christmas tree
There will be no reason
To leave a gift for me
🎁
I contemplate and ask
While packing away the ornaments,
"Was this Christmas my last?"
For nearly ever Yuletide
That has come to pass
There's at least one person
I've loved that's passed
And maybe next year
Underneath the Christmas tree
There will be no reason
To leave a gift for me
🎁
Written by snugglebuck
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INDEFINITION (soft & sharp)
sans contact lenses
I note the glowing beauty-
blurry christmas tree
I note the glowing beauty-
blurry christmas tree
Written by SatInUGal
(Kumar)
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Love Divine on Christmas
More so,
Than the ornate mantel
over the roaring fireplace.
Even more so,
than unwrapping gifts
before your open hearth -
was that divine gleam
within your eye,
I love you for it.
Than the ornate mantel
over the roaring fireplace.
Even more so,
than unwrapping gifts
before your open hearth -
was that divine gleam
within your eye,
I love you for it.
Written by gothicsurrealism
(Daniel Long)
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Underskin
Emptiness held my mind and soul captive
In a whirlwind of bitter disappointment and sorrow
The Christmas cheer brought no warmth to my heart
The cracks quickly formed on my armor
Until the dam burst.
In a whirlwind of bitter disappointment and sorrow
The Christmas cheer brought no warmth to my heart
The cracks quickly formed on my armor
Until the dam burst.
Written by LunasChild8
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