Poetry competition CLOSED 1st October 2020 5:05pm
WINNER
AspergerPoet56
AspergerPoet56
RUNNER-UP:
buddhakitty
Poem of the month: September
Forever Winter
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear” - C.S. Lewis
Let’s keep our rooms cold
Inside this house of old
I don’t want to clean up
Let the candles do the work
And my journal take the hurt instead
Let’s keep the front door locked
Nobody knock
There’s nothing left inside
But four walls of rotting wood
Unswept floors and tangled curtains
Dirty dishes
And a scent buried in perfume
Autumn foliage takes hold
Outside this house of mold
This skull of mine aching
From the stench that’s baking
The wicks are dimming
Forever winter is coming
So let the season do the work
Cover first, with leaves
Keep her cold with maple breeze
Paint her skin the shade of snow
But keep her lips cranberry
And never tell spring.
Let’s keep our rooms cold
Inside this house of old
I don’t want to clean up
Let the candles do the work
And my journal take the hurt instead
Let’s keep the front door locked
Nobody knock
There’s nothing left inside
But four walls of rotting wood
Unswept floors and tangled curtains
Dirty dishes
And a scent buried in perfume
Autumn foliage takes hold
Outside this house of mold
This skull of mine aching
From the stench that’s baking
The wicks are dimming
Forever winter is coming
So let the season do the work
Cover first, with leaves
Keep her cold with maple breeze
Paint her skin the shade of snow
But keep her lips cranberry
And never tell spring.
Written by Thetravelingfairy
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The winner of this competition and any runners up were decided by public vote.
Thank you to the following members for voting:
Frustrated_prole, WillyWallace, AspergerPoet56, nutbuster, Phantom2426, SweetOblivion, Bluevelvete, brokentitanium, Marks, Blackdove, PurpuraBuho, Insiderew, lepperochan, Jade-Pandora, eroseternal, DaisyGrace, badmalthus, Honoria, runaway-mindtrain
Thank you to the following members for voting:
Frustrated_prole, WillyWallace, AspergerPoet56, nutbuster, Phantom2426, SweetOblivion, Bluevelvete, brokentitanium, Marks, Blackdove, PurpuraBuho, Insiderew, lepperochan, Jade-Pandora, eroseternal, DaisyGrace, badmalthus, Honoria, runaway-mindtrain
Fuck me !!!! sorry for the expletive but there was no way in hell i thought i would win with a senyru. yje funny thing is i set myself a challenge last month of writing 10 a day eventually wrote 500 of them of which this was my first one. just shows sometimes the real world is stranger than fiction.
buddhakitty congrats and sorry that my meagre 3 lines somehow captured weird people's votes
to those that voted get it right next time , these kind of accidents cannot continue
oh and Tallen thank for the nomination
buddhakitty congrats and sorry that my meagre 3 lines somehow captured weird people's votes
to those that voted get it right next time , these kind of accidents cannot continue
oh and Tallen thank for the nomination
Well done, AP!
It was a beautiful senryú!
Well worthy of a WIN. 🥇 👏🏻 👏🏻
Also a warm congratulations to buddahkitty , too
Both entries blew my socks 🧦 off...
Thank you for your creativity and truly beautiful writing.
You both (as do all the entries) are some of the reasons that make DU so enjoyable, thought provoking, fun and interesting.
I know that I'm affected DAILY by your spills.
I count myself lucky to be surrounded by such talent. I soak it in as much as possible!
Thank you both and all who were nominated
for inspiration in a time of craziness outside
these poetic walls.
🙏 🌹 💜 🙏
xo
B
It was a beautiful senryú!
Well worthy of a WIN. 🥇 👏🏻 👏🏻
Also a warm congratulations to buddahkitty , too
Both entries blew my socks 🧦 off...
Thank you for your creativity and truly beautiful writing.
You both (as do all the entries) are some of the reasons that make DU so enjoyable, thought provoking, fun and interesting.
I know that I'm affected DAILY by your spills.
I count myself lucky to be surrounded by such talent. I soak it in as much as possible!
Thank you both and all who were nominated
for inspiration in a time of craziness outside
these poetic walls.
🙏 🌹 💜 🙏
xo
B
