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hgnichols
Harry Nichols
Thought Provoker
United States 1awards
Joined 1st Sep 2018
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Poetry Contest

I’m in the middle of a music project and I need your help, fellow poets! I have been challenged specifically to adapt another person’s poem to music. So... write me a poem!
8-20 lines
Any subject matter is welcome, but I prefer non-political subject matter.
No erotica


The winner gets their poem set to music and demoed for free! All credit for the lyrics will be attributed to the author.

PittinixDesigns
Fire of Insight
Jamaica 3awards
Joined 8th Feb 2020
Forum Posts: 75

I have the perfect lyrics for a song, but it's 24 lines.

PittinixDesigns
Fire of Insight
Jamaica 3awards
Joined 8th Feb 2020
Forum Posts: 75

When I'm In Love With You

I’m lying in bed sleeplessly after midnight
What else can I do when I’m in love with you?
Fantasies about you appear in my head
I’m reading your text messages on my phone
Your expressions of love gratify my heart

Thinking about you keeps me awake all night
I can’t tell the difference between dream and reality
Every minute I spend without you feels like ages
My desire increases because I’m in love with you.
I’m so impatient to take you in my arms again

I know I should get some sleep until morning,
But I grow restless when I want to see you
I’m looking back on our romantic conversations
And it feels like the night will take forever to end
It’s a wonderful feeling to be in love with you
Written by PittinixDesigns
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PittinixDesigns
Fire of Insight
Jamaica 3awards
Joined 8th Feb 2020
Forum Posts: 75

My Love for You Is True

You’re young and full of vigour.
Your face is like a rose wet with dew.
In my arms I tenderly hold you.
You’ll always be my favourite girl.
Up and down we stroll together.
There’s always a place for two.
Your love for me is true,
And my love for you is true.

Why do you love me so much?
I can’t believe you’re real.
You’re more than I’d hoped to find.
In the night I’m with you, baby.
We walk along the moonlit path.
I brush your cheek and kiss you gently.
Your love for me is true,
And my love for you is true.

You make me so cheerful.
No one else can uplift my heart.
I never thought I’d be so lucky.
How could I expect a better love?
You did all that you could do.
We’re such a happy couple.
Your love for me is true,
And my love for you is true.
Written by PittinixDesigns
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Valeriyabeyond
Dhyana
Dangerous Mind
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Joined 3rd May 2020
Forum Posts: 2668

Oh, Oh That Woman

 
Oh, oh that woman
Can't get her outta
my head
Oh, oh that woman
It must of been something she said

That fire in her eyes
makes me forget
her secrets and lies
Watch that woman
She'll burn your
life like she did mine

Oh, oh, that woman 
Breaking down
every part of me 
Oh, oh, that woman 
Tearing down
and destroying me 
Oh, oh,  that woman 
She's breaking
me down, taking
me down

Oh, oh, that woman 
Oh,  oh, that woman
Can't get her
outta my head
Oh, oh that woman
Must have been something she said
Oh, oh that woman
Written by Valeriyabeyond (Dhyana)
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Valeriyabeyond
Dhyana
Dangerous Mind
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Joined 3rd May 2020
Forum Posts: 2668

Thinking Bout You

Verse 1

Thinkin bout you
thinkin bout us
Drivin the back roads kickin up some dust
They're ain't nothin
I wouldn't do to make
you mine to keep
you mine
I'm just thinkin bout you

Chorus

Oh baby, you know what I like loving
on you on a hot summer night
What do I do, what
 can I say I can't stop thinking bout you

Verse 2
Dirt roads, hot rod Chevy, Oh baby my heart gets heavy
The more I try the less
I do, I can't stop thinking bout you

Chorus...



Written by Valeriyabeyond (Dhyana)
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slipalong
Dangerous Mind
United Kingdom 41awards
Joined 1st Jan 2018
Forum Posts: 822

Dont step upon the cracks

On that footpath where I walk  
the pavement and the road ahead    
some steps are long, some are short    
I lay that map within my head    
    
I have that crazy paving gait    
the fissures black, dictate the way    
malevolence, the undertow in wait    
just one false step, halt that convey    
     
No luck will ever me befall, no Holy Grail    
no crock of gold on rainbows tail    
just to survive and onward stroll    
 as Hades hands grasp at my soles        
     
I will be attacked by trolls    
writhing, screaming, none can hear    
and dragged into big black potholes    
no trace, as I just disappear    
   
The devil needs new girls and boys
to dress in red and be his toys
and humour him when he gets bored
I do not lie you must take my word
Written by slipalong
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Kinkpoet
Tyrant of Words
United States 11awards
Joined 9th May 2019
Forum Posts: 1030

Sixty-Something Rap

i write
to engage
and enrage

i write
to retire
to conspire
to inspire

i write
to trigger

i ain’t no singer
but i’ll
send you the song
of my middle finger

i write
to relax
to pacify
to objectify
to diversify

i write to offend
and defend
until the end

i write
to dig
deep
until i weep

a slope
so steep
there is no escape

i write
mundane
feel the pain
don’t abstain

i write
profane

nasty
and tasty
and sexy
and smart

i write
not to employ
but to enjoy

i write
for republicans
and democrats
and mall rats

greens and reds
pinks yellows
for jews and true blues
that’s no news


for christians
muslims
and saints

anglican alcoholics
and pussies who faint
men who say ‘are’
and those who say ‘ain’t’

i write
of tears
and fears
toys
and joys

i write
for gals
with tresses
and guys in dresses
and those that
never confesses

my art
uses every
color of paint
without restraint

masterpieces
of cutting wit

rhythms
and melodies
that confuse
and infuse

graffiti
on your floor
front door
for the poor
and weak of will

i write
to the president
and politicians
holy men
and the man on the street

feel the heat
beat
your meat
move your feet

get off your ass
and do it fast

before

the glaciers melt

before

arizona
is
beachfront property

don’t delay
get into the fray

someday

we may
no longer
exist

so forget the list
get really pissed

and do

something

today
Written by Kinkpoet
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buddydog
Thought Provoker
United States 6awards
Joined 5th May 2015
Forum Posts: 93

Empty Pen (Poem)

You're the poem
I'm the rhyme
Divided by space and time
Just an empty pen
No words within

Words all in disarray
Surrounded by paper and daydreams
Scattered by silent screams
I can't let go of this empty pen
That will never comprehend

I'm blind, I need a sign
Blank pages that hypnotize
My desire and passion are in disguise
I'm so outta touch
Can you feel me, when It hurts this much

To overcome the rage of an abandoned page
I can't let go of the feelings I can't show
To find the words to let you know
I need more than three words to say
I love you is such a cliche'
Written by buddydog
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mel44
Melgar
Fire of Insight
United Kingdom 9awards
Joined 3rd Mar 2017
Forum Posts: 279

Blooming Wings

Lost and only just surviving
tired and broken; hardly thriving

Reaching for something to change how I feel
finding no comfort; unable to heal

Out of darkness I have grown
blooming wings all on my own

Learning to trust and accepting fear
ghosts of the past no longer appear

Dismissing judgement from convicting eyes
with resilience I will always rise

Out of darkness I have grown
attempting flight all on my own

Embracing a life that was always mine
I am found where my soul can shine

Out of darkness I have grown
mastering flight all on my own
Written by mel44 (Melgar)
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wallyroo92
Tyrant of Words
United States 147awards
Joined 11th July 2012
Forum Posts: 1757

Dream of Me

 
(v1)
Every time you smiled at me
I couldn’t get you out my mind
I felt so happy and carefree
Dreaming that you’d be mine
 
(v2)
I wrote notes and letters
Kindly asking the universe
To bring us two together
Through the spirit of this verse
 
(chorus)
I have always wanted to be with you  
Longing and yearning in a fantasy
But now I want you to feel it too
Wishing that you would dream of me
 
(v3)
I spoke out loud to the starry night
Declaring the love and fire I feel
As my heart seems to take flight
When the sensation seems surreal
 
(v4)
And now the words I have written
Carry the weight of my restless soul
Letting you that I’ve been smitten
By your smile that makes me whole
 
(chorus)
I have always wanted to be with you
Longing and yearning in a fantasy
But now I want you to feel it too
Wishing that you would dream of me
Written by wallyroo92
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