Poetry competition CLOSED 16th December 2020 2:03pm
WINNER
Anonymous
Anonymous
RUNNERS-UP:
Eerie
and Bluevelvete
A Watch is just a Watch
DaisyGrace
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Dangerous Mind
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Poetry Contest Description
Write short form poems about every day objects
I've been reading ALL the short forms of poetry lately: haiku, senyru, tanka, micro poems, insta-poems, and twitter poems. I LOVE powerful punches in short amounts of space. I like to write them, I like to read them.
So....
I want short poems about your prized possessions. Tell me why they are prized. Why they are special. Who gave it to you. Tell me ALL about it.
In 40 words or less.
Here's the nitty gritty:
1. Write a poem, in 40 words or less, about your most prized possession.
2. Title your poem.
3. I won't say you can't write erotica, but keep it PG please.
4. If you'd like to use a specific form, go for it. But I'm not being picky. Just no more than 40 words.
5. Share your poem from your page, don't copy and paste it here. If you need help figuring out how to do that, just ask and I'll help you out!
6. Three entries per DUP persona. You don't have to do three entries. But you can do up to three.
I think that's it. Questions? Ask away! I can't wait to read your entries!
So....
I want short poems about your prized possessions. Tell me why they are prized. Why they are special. Who gave it to you. Tell me ALL about it.
In 40 words or less.
Here's the nitty gritty:
1. Write a poem, in 40 words or less, about your most prized possession.
2. Title your poem.
3. I won't say you can't write erotica, but keep it PG please.
4. If you'd like to use a specific form, go for it. But I'm not being picky. Just no more than 40 words.
5. Share your poem from your page, don't copy and paste it here. If you need help figuring out how to do that, just ask and I'll help you out!
6. Three entries per DUP persona. You don't have to do three entries. But you can do up to three.
I think that's it. Questions? Ask away! I can't wait to read your entries!
DaisyGrace
Forum Posts: 1393
Dangerous Mind
18
Joined 29th Mar 2017Forum Posts: 1393
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Guardian Owl of Tourmaline
guardian owl of tourmaline,
your palm-sized purpose
reveling in reconciliation,
carved compassion etched
upon intricate feather;
a gift most precious
given when our love
was still a thing
I’d swear by
your palm-sized purpose
reveling in reconciliation,
carved compassion etched
upon intricate feather;
a gift most precious
given when our love
was still a thing
I’d swear by
Written by LunaGreyhawk
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Anonymous
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PoetSpeak
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Tyrant of Words
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Joined 17th Nov 2013Forum Posts: 168
The Spectacular Nature of Modern vs. Vintage
Staring at my vintage watch circa 1965
Stainless Steel was real back then
Not like the plated shiny shit
they use today
Our modern world
is an imitation of its once great self
Insist on quality
You'll never go wrong there
I'm an older bloke
I see reality for what is
Not so much sentimental
Just pragmatic as the day is long
Stainless Steel was real back then
Not like the plated shiny shit
they use today
Our modern world
is an imitation of its once great self
Insist on quality
You'll never go wrong there
I'm an older bloke
I see reality for what is
Not so much sentimental
Just pragmatic as the day is long
Written by PoetSpeak
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DaisyGrace
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Dangerous Mind
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Joined 29th Mar 2017Forum Posts: 1393
Thank you for your entries Luna, wilberfloss, and PoetSpeak!
Just a reminder that poems need to be 40 words or less. I want tiny poems!!!! Please and thank you!
Just a reminder that poems need to be 40 words or less. I want tiny poems!!!! Please and thank you!
nomoth
Forum Posts: 481
Fire of Insight
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Joined 24th Mar 2019 Forum Posts: 481
A millimetre hung under the mezzanine
Just as a pin on the map.
I pick you up,
unkissed; shy sunrising rock.
I pick you up.
The break-in on the abandoned school;
the drunken invasion of an archeological site
I picked you up.
Aegean, pleiadian care-worker;
indelible.
I pick you up,
unkissed; shy sunrising rock.
I pick you up.
The break-in on the abandoned school;
the drunken invasion of an archeological site
I picked you up.
Aegean, pleiadian care-worker;
indelible.
Written by nomoth
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slipalong
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Dangerous Mind
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Joined 1st Jan 2018Forum Posts: 861
Anonymous
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WordWeaver
Joined 13th Dec 2020
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Strange Creature
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Beautiful, Luna.
Bluevelvete
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Tyrant of Words
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Joined 21st July 2020Forum Posts: 2349
onyx'd ancestry.
A generational tender beauty,
aged in precious;
Gram's ring—
She raised her namesake well
Then he passed it down,
per requested wish;
Firstly worn, to match my funeral attire
O' how it shone......
Her light echo'd through all the darkness
Written by Bluevelvete
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PoetSpeak
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Tyrant of Words
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Joined 17th Nov 2013Forum Posts: 168
Big Ass iPhone
They gave me a monster iPhone at work
Like getting a cock enlargement
Baby you can drive my car
Ultra bad lieutenant
Like getting a cock enlargement
Baby you can drive my car
Ultra bad lieutenant
Written by PoetSpeak
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DaisyGrace
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Dangerous Mind
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Joined 29th Mar 2017Forum Posts: 1393
Thanks for all the entries so far! I love them all!
Just a couple more days to get those tiny possession poems in.
Just a couple more days to get those tiny possession poems in.
wallyroo92
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Tyrant of Words
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