Poetry competition CLOSED 1st January 2021 2:36am
WINNER
Blackwolf (I.M.Blackwolf)
Blackwolf (I.M.Blackwolf)
RUNNERS-UP:
wallyroo92
and Ahavati
It's Beginning To Look Like It
Poetry Contest Description
If it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas what does that look like ? Throughout our life the feel of Christmas changes What does Christmas mean to you this year?
Christmas is especially difficult for some families this year lives lost to the pandemic
Jobs lost finances are tight
This year i ask you to join me and write a poem 50 words or less
Answering the question If it's beginning to look alot like Christmas, what does that look like?
You have one week
Jobs lost finances are tight
This year i ask you to join me and write a poem 50 words or less
Answering the question If it's beginning to look alot like Christmas, what does that look like?
You have one week
Let The Years Fears Be Erased
( Jesus ) Christ !
Mass Flack Attack
Nuts On The Street , Guns They Pack
People Zipped Up In A Body Bag Sack
Money Scraps Cash They Lack
Governmental Major Computer Hack
Trump Claims He Will Refuse To Pack
Minds Are Warped , Brains Are Wracked
This Christmas Is A Knick Knack Paddy Whack
Mass Flack Attack
Nuts On The Street , Guns They Pack
People Zipped Up In A Body Bag Sack
Money Scraps Cash They Lack
Governmental Major Computer Hack
Trump Claims He Will Refuse To Pack
Minds Are Warped , Brains Are Wracked
This Christmas Is A Knick Knack Paddy Whack
Written by Blackwolf
(I.M.Blackwolf)
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Let The Years Fears Be Erased
( Jesus ) Christ !
Mass Flack Attack
Nuts On The Street , Guns They Pack
People Zipped Up In A Body Bag Sack
Money Scraps Cash They Lack
Governmental Major Computer Hack
Trump Claims He Will Refuse To Pack
Minds Are Warped , Brains Are Wracked
This Christmas Is A Knick Knack Paddy Whack
Mass Flack Attack
Nuts On The Street , Guns They Pack
People Zipped Up In A Body Bag Sack
Money Scraps Cash They Lack
Governmental Major Computer Hack
Trump Claims He Will Refuse To Pack
Minds Are Warped , Brains Are Wracked
This Christmas Is A Knick Knack Paddy Whack
Written by Blackwolf
(I.M.Blackwolf)
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Christmas Looks Like Courage This Year
A lion in winter
with white lamb wool
stained feet and belly
with the grapes of wrath
A tattered treelike
symbol packed with
gifts for survivors
stolen from grinches
It has plenty of shoulders
to cry on
after your car is stuck
in the snow
In darkness
burst of light
with white lamb wool
stained feet and belly
with the grapes of wrath
A tattered treelike
symbol packed with
gifts for survivors
stolen from grinches
It has plenty of shoulders
to cry on
after your car is stuck
in the snow
In darkness
burst of light
Written by EdibleWords
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This Christmas We're Hunkering Down
In the season of giving we have been missing
On being close to the ones we love
But in these times of affliction
Technology has connected the world
From zoom meetings to facetime chats
Computers have helped along the way
Because this Christmas we’re hunkering down
Waiting for sunnier days
Written by wallyroo92
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The Empty Chair ( for Amy & all who have lost someone )
Christmas is an empty chair
donning a dining table
during holiday—
Condolences haunt
as words, until meaning
fumbles between our lips
We flail at half-loss
as razor blades, slicing
inadequacy apart
Yet, offer them regardless
to salvage the wreckage
of our helplessness
Praying our brave dearth
proves comfort enough
~
donning a dining table
during holiday—
Condolences haunt
as words, until meaning
fumbles between our lips
We flail at half-loss
as razor blades, slicing
inadequacy apart
Yet, offer them regardless
to salvage the wreckage
of our helplessness
Praying our brave dearth
proves comfort enough
~
Written by Ahavati
(Tams)
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Non entry
Christmas Day
uncertainty hangs
over garland
and tinsel
Gift-wrapped confidence, drought stricken,
peels ribbons, frayed edges
stepped on, stepped over, by carolers
who sing, in fake merriment.
Mothers and daughters stock canned goods,
in silence they listen
as the book of Revelation plays
on tape, filling
their heads with
fear .
The Empty Chair ( for Amy & all who have lost someone )
Christmas is an empty chair
donning a dining table
during holiday—
Condolences haunt
as words, until meaning
fumbles between our lips
We flail at half-loss
as razor blades, slicing
inadequacy apart
Yet, offer them regardless
to salvage the wreckage
of our helplessness
Praying our brave dearth
proves comfort enough
~
donning a dining table
during holiday—
Condolences haunt
as words, until meaning
fumbles between our lips
We flail at half-loss
as razor blades, slicing
inadequacy apart
Yet, offer them regardless
to salvage the wreckage
of our helplessness
Praying our brave dearth
proves comfort enough
~
Written by Ahavati
(Tams)
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Non entry
Christ, was born,
worshipped,
Confusion builds
a pedestal, where
the one called
Christ, Jesus was placed.
Turn your heads
to the horizon
in colors of reds
and yellows,
hear
a joyful uprising
as it speaks
to your hearts
Together,
share your wisdom,
meditate on what's new
An awakening moves
in with words of love and acceptance
transcend into a new beginning.
Perception controls human thought
Hanging limp
Missing the weight of that ebullience
the cracker lost its vital snap
conversation and its resonance
a paper crown the jokes fall flat
Merriment's lost echo, on the empty street
celebration locked in dull captivity
lack's the Ho-Ho-Ho and the joie of vivre
watch out next year, and my reprieve
the cracker lost its vital snap
conversation and its resonance
a paper crown the jokes fall flat
Merriment's lost echo, on the empty street
celebration locked in dull captivity
lack's the Ho-Ho-Ho and the joie of vivre
watch out next year, and my reprieve
Written by slipalong
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Valeriyabeyond said:Christmas is especially difficult for some families this year lives lost to the pandemic
Jobs lost finances are tight
This year i ask you to join me and write a poem 50 words or less
Answering the question If it's beginning to look alot like Christmas, what does that look like?
You have one week
Thank you for your entries it was very hard to choose
BlackWolf
Your entry captured the Christmas season as I saw and felt this year
Your choice of words and imagery were spot on
Thank you and Congratulations
Ahavati
Your entry was painfully real such beauty and caring was gleaned from this piece
The difficult yet meaningful experience for so many families this year will carry on for many more Christmases to come
May theses families be blessed.
WallyRoo
Thank you for your entry
The heartfelt realism of this poem was in a way comforting to know how we feel so similar and are unable to express ourselves
You have allowed us to feel your thoughts
Thank you
Congratulations to the winners
And an extra special thank you to EdibleWords and Slipalong for participating
Peace Dhyana
Jobs lost finances are tight
This year i ask you to join me and write a poem 50 words or less
Answering the question If it's beginning to look alot like Christmas, what does that look like?
You have one week
Thank you for your entries it was very hard to choose
BlackWolf
Your entry captured the Christmas season as I saw and felt this year
Your choice of words and imagery were spot on
Thank you and Congratulations
Ahavati
Your entry was painfully real such beauty and caring was gleaned from this piece
The difficult yet meaningful experience for so many families this year will carry on for many more Christmases to come
May theses families be blessed.
WallyRoo
Thank you for your entry
The heartfelt realism of this poem was in a way comforting to know how we feel so similar and are unable to express ourselves
You have allowed us to feel your thoughts
Thank you
Congratulations to the winners
And an extra special thank you to EdibleWords and Slipalong for participating
Peace Dhyana
Congratulations, Blackwolf! And thank you, Val, for the placement and opporunity to participate. Congratulations also to Wallyroo! And to everyone else, I enjoyed your entries. I hope you each have a very blessed New Year filled with happiness, prosperity, and hope! xo
