Poetry competition CLOSED 31st July 2019 7:55pm
WINNER
Hepcat61 (geoff cat)
Hepcat61 (geoff cat)
RUNNER-UP:
Heaven_sent_Kathy
Write Free Or Die
Anonymous
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Sermon of Reason
The sand of our lives
A wrinkly grit in time
Slipping away like an untethered clothesline
I don't know about you
But I feel chance in the air
& yearning will be mine!
Release the cinch,the taut grasp
Let the tension cease
Allow peace,to stream and flow
Let gallop & run fast
Without pause or control...
Have me lead you
For I don not follow like blind cattle
Can't brave the deep?Well,
Paddle in a pond then
Because I am not the one who's shallow...
A heart,mind & soul
Within me are stowed,
In this husk called a body?
Is not hollow...
If you are lost
Come with me,
Cause I only lead
I don't follow
The time of our lives
Running out of oxygen clothesline,
I can't speak for you
But opportunity is here & the bounty will be mine
For I'm all for living
& having good times....
Thus that's what makes being alive so divine.
SE. C.1.21.18. P.4.27.18
A wrinkly grit in time
Slipping away like an untethered clothesline
I don't know about you
But I feel chance in the air
& yearning will be mine!
Release the cinch,the taut grasp
Let the tension cease
Allow peace,to stream and flow
Let gallop & run fast
Without pause or control...
Have me lead you
For I don not follow like blind cattle
Can't brave the deep?Well,
Paddle in a pond then
Because I am not the one who's shallow...
A heart,mind & soul
Within me are stowed,
In this husk called a body?
Is not hollow...
If you are lost
Come with me,
Cause I only lead
I don't follow
The time of our lives
Running out of oxygen clothesline,
I can't speak for you
But opportunity is here & the bounty will be mine
For I'm all for living
& having good times....
Thus that's what makes being alive so divine.
SE. C.1.21.18. P.4.27.18
Written by SeaEntity1
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I Dont Want To
I don't want
to write
I need
to write
when i watch
commonsense
slowly dying
when I watch
Naïve
group hug
all better now
people
when I watch
independent
documentaries
where the evidence
of what is said
is easily found
so I sow
the seeds
within the words
that I write
and maybe
just maybe
the ones
who have yet to breath
will have a future
a chance
to live
Write From the Heart
Write free or die without the presence of mind,
The present is yours and so you have to take it,
Our words are worlds in which yours and mine
Will show the future how each of us made it.
Pen your deepest thoughts and profound emotions,
Because writing is what make us human beings,
Show your love and sadness in lyrical explosions
So new generations will see writing as freeing.
Compose poems and prose to pour your passion,
So that after you’re gone you may continue to exist,
Comprise in any form or style in your own fashion
And if anyone or anything tries to oppress you, resist!
Always try to find your inspiration and drive,
Leave your mark on the world, distinct and unique
You are the historian of your story so thrive,
Find your strength so never be afraid to speak.
Write free and honestly, be true to yourself,
Never give up the fight,
Do it right from the heart or you may die,
But damn it write.
Write free or die without the presence of mind,
The present is yours and so you have to take it,
Our words are worlds in which yours and mine
Will show the future how each of us made it.
Pen your deepest thoughts and profound emotions,
Because writing is what make us human beings,
Show your love and sadness in lyrical explosions
So new generations will see writing as freeing.
Compose poems and prose to pour your passion,
So that after you’re gone you may continue to exist,
Comprise in any form or style in your own fashion
And if anyone or anything tries to oppress you, resist!
Always try to find your inspiration and drive,
Leave your mark on the world, distinct and unique
You are the historian of your story so thrive,
Find your strength so never be afraid to speak.
Write free and honestly, be true to yourself,
Never give up the fight,
Do it right from the heart or you may die,
But damn it write.
Rival
I had been born to paint & draw,
And later on, to write the part.
My first poetic spill was raw,
As tears fell from a broken heart.
I didn’t think I’d write again,
Expose my deeper self unseen.
And do it from a bleeding pen,
What did I know at age fourteen.
I kept to paint & pastel dreams,
My darker side hid quietly.
But innocence, not all it seems,
Will cause a rival’s irony.
It’s like the heart in ways expressed,
This poet writes what she will write.
It’s what it is, there is no rest,
In light of day thru’ dark of night.
Written by Jade-Pandora
(jade tiger)
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A NON-ENTRY
Write free and Then
You die without
a spoken word
The words
that you expressed
in all the verse
you wrote
and knew as truth
your truth
will be your
testimony
of who you were
will make
all the difference
in what you give
of yourself
your life
to the world
any part of it
And as one poet
don’t think you
won’t have made
the difference
even to just
one person
that is a poet too
who will be
inspired to reach
for the stars
that you
wrote about
By picking up
the baton
you left behind
hoping that
one person
like you
would carry it
for others
as your message
continues forward
beyond the dust
and ash
as written
and free.
You die without
a spoken word
The words
that you expressed
in all the verse
you wrote
and knew as truth
your truth
will be your
testimony
of who you were
will make
all the difference
in what you give
of yourself
your life
to the world
any part of it
And as one poet
don’t think you
won’t have made
the difference
even to just
one person
that is a poet too
who will be
inspired to reach
for the stars
that you
wrote about
By picking up
the baton
you left behind
hoping that
one person
like you
would carry it
for others
as your message
continues forward
beyond the dust
and ash
as written
and free.
I want to thank everyone who participated! As is often the case, it’s close between the final scores of the top contenders, but a thrill all the same when judging entrants down to the wire.
Therefore, here are the three who placed, with my CONGRATULATIONS!
1st Place: Hepcat61, with his entry “Consider, If You Will, Our Mortal Sin”
2nd Place: JohnnyBlaze, with his entry “Alcoholic Synonymous”
3rd Place: Heaven_sent_Kathy, with her entry “Write free and Then”
All my best to everyone - Write On!
Freedom writer
Jade
Therefore, here are the three who placed, with my CONGRATULATIONS!
1st Place: Hepcat61, with his entry “Consider, If You Will, Our Mortal Sin”
2nd Place: JohnnyBlaze, with his entry “Alcoholic Synonymous”
3rd Place: Heaven_sent_Kathy, with her entry “Write free and Then”
All my best to everyone - Write On!
Freedom writer
Jade
Anonymous
Congrats, HepCat!
And I'm thrilled to share the runner up slots with Kathy!
Thanks to Jade for the challenge!
And I'm thrilled to share the runner up slots with Kathy!
Thanks to Jade for the challenge!
I am humbled that my poet confession of my poetic sins should have been so well received.
Thank you, Jade, for this worthy challenge and for my place on its podium and to Johnny and Kathy who shared their words. I am honored to share this place with you.
And to all who wrote and read here. You grace us with your thoughts and forms, Write On!
geoff
Thank you, Jade, for this worthy challenge and for my place on its podium and to Johnny and Kathy who shared their words. I am honored to share this place with you.
And to all who wrote and read here. You grace us with your thoughts and forms, Write On!
geoff
