Poetry competition CLOSED 25th January 2021 11:09am
A public vote has been requested
20 words
Northern_Soul
-Missy-
Joined 10th Jan 2021
Forum Posts: 175
-Missy-
Twisted Dreamer
Forum Posts: 175
Poetry Contest Description
Write a collection of 3 x 20 word poems.
For this comp I would like you to write 3 x 20 word poems as a set. Choose a theme, then write your three poems. Please separate them with numbers / Roman numerals / spaces / asterisks etc.
I’m looking for short, punchy, descriptive impact. Not just 20 words forced to make a sentence....
Rules
• Title does not count towards your word count.
• Choose any theme you like (no erotica, please) and write your 3 pieces on that theme.
• Each piece must be exactly 20 words long, no more, no less.
• New entries only.
• Up to 2 entries per human being allowed.
• Swearing is fine as long as it works for the piece.
• No erotica, please.
• No visual poetry (words on a picture background)
• Everybody welcome to participate.
• 2 weeks (date extended)
I’m looking for short, punchy, descriptive impact. Not just 20 words forced to make a sentence....
Rules
• Title does not count towards your word count.
• Choose any theme you like (no erotica, please) and write your 3 pieces on that theme.
• Each piece must be exactly 20 words long, no more, no less.
• New entries only.
• Up to 2 entries per human being allowed.
• Swearing is fine as long as it works for the piece.
• No erotica, please.
• No visual poetry (words on a picture background)
• Everybody welcome to participate.
• 2 weeks (date extended)
caxton
Forum Posts: 158
Thought Provoker
1
Joined 9th July 2013
Forum Posts: 158
I’ll be back for this.
lepperochan
Craic-Dealer
Forum Posts: 13883
Craic-Dealer
Guardian of Shadows
66
Joined 1st Apr 2011
Forum Posts: 13883
●0
sneezed in the post office
might as well have pulled a cord
for all the eyes which flashed a terror
0●
There's a train leaving town
wont have to worry bout nuthin
no more, be sure you're holdin'
the right ticket
●•
It's good to see you, my friend
have you any idea what's happenin'
I'm really struggling with the whole thing
sneezed in the post office
might as well have pulled a cord
for all the eyes which flashed a terror
0●
There's a train leaving town
wont have to worry bout nuthin
no more, be sure you're holdin'
the right ticket
●•
It's good to see you, my friend
have you any idea what's happenin'
I'm really struggling with the whole thing
Northern_Soul
-Missy-
Joined 10th Jan 2021
Forum Posts: 175
-Missy-
Twisted Dreamer
Forum Posts: 175
Mint 👌🏻
Thanks for kicking things off Lepp! Just what I was after. 🤗
Thanks for kicking things off Lepp! Just what I was after. 🤗
Magdalena
Forum Posts: 2877
Tyrant of Words
60
Joined 21st Apr 2012
Forum Posts: 2877
caught up in a coffee moment
(1)
the kettle taunts with its charm
and I know I shouldn't, it's past midnight
you smell so good, like home
(2)
morning kissed me, the tv blinked
brushing it away, I unfurled from the chair
yawning and creaking like old wood
(3)
plodded to the kitchen, in lazy floppy bed socks
fresh water, flick of the switch
one more cup of coffee
the kettle taunts with its charm
and I know I shouldn't, it's past midnight
you smell so good, like home
(2)
morning kissed me, the tv blinked
brushing it away, I unfurled from the chair
yawning and creaking like old wood
(3)
plodded to the kitchen, in lazy floppy bed socks
fresh water, flick of the switch
one more cup of coffee
Written by Magdalena
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Northern_Soul
-Missy-
Joined 10th Jan 2021
Forum Posts: 175
-Missy-
Twisted Dreamer
Forum Posts: 175
Fabulous entry, Magdalena 👌🏻 I loved the little observational details in this. Thank you 😊
three stories of me (and he)
(i)
my small feet atop his
teaching me to dance;
and finer things,
like Elvis's voice
and that love, beaming down
(ii)
"mud monster"
in the blackened basement;
me, clinging to his leg
as we hunted for my sisters—
"DADDY !?!!"
..i peed.
(iii)
you couldn't really talk
confused and afraid
i sat and sang
it was just you and i
..... until the end.
Written by Bluevelvete
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Northern_Soul
-Missy-
Joined 10th Jan 2021
Forum Posts: 175
-Missy-
Twisted Dreamer
Forum Posts: 175
Excellent stuff BlueVelvete 😊 Very much on point 👌🏻 Thank you for your entry.
Magdalena
Forum Posts: 2877
Tyrant of Words
60
Joined 21st Apr 2012
Forum Posts: 2877
Depression's Trinity (NoPoo 62)
*
Short on dignity
Flirted with death
Solid rock depression
Has weighed heavy
No amount of chipping away
Lessens the impact
**
In every breath
A battle rages silently
Reason's place is shadowed here
Hidden behind brown eyes
spiraling pain continues onwards
***
Apathy spinning its web
Making it more difficult
To move any distance
Slowly decaying sanity
An empty loneliness
Bites down
Short on dignity
Flirted with death
Solid rock depression
Has weighed heavy
No amount of chipping away
Lessens the impact
**
In every breath
A battle rages silently
Reason's place is shadowed here
Hidden behind brown eyes
spiraling pain continues onwards
***
Apathy spinning its web
Making it more difficult
To move any distance
Slowly decaying sanity
An empty loneliness
Bites down
Written by AspergerPoet56
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Northern_Soul
-Missy-
Joined 10th Jan 2021
Forum Posts: 175
-Missy-
Twisted Dreamer
Forum Posts: 175
Many thanks AspergersPoet56 for a really great entry, and Magdalena for your second offering. Both awesome 🤩
Insiderew
Rew
Forum Posts: 52
Rew
Thought Provoker
4
Joined 17th Sep 2020
Forum Posts: 52
Message to Mind
-- one
There's
no force to find
'cept within the self,
don't blind eyes and mind
you've inherent wealth,
seekers... shall find,
-- two
And
don't disdain prompts
these spark brains
''Daffodills '' produced wants
contemplation produced refrains
after two hundred years,
it still haunts...
-- three
Those
silent mind eyes
who've wit to see
but not to speak, I'm
sore perplexed that thinkers be,
silent eyes.
There's
no force to find
'cept within the self,
don't blind eyes and mind
you've inherent wealth,
seekers... shall find,
-- two
And
don't disdain prompts
these spark brains
''Daffodills '' produced wants
contemplation produced refrains
after two hundred years,
it still haunts...
-- three
Those
silent mind eyes
who've wit to see
but not to speak, I'm
sore perplexed that thinkers be,
silent eyes.
Written by Insiderew
(Rew)
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Northern_Soul
-Missy-
Joined 10th Jan 2021
Forum Posts: 175
-Missy-
Twisted Dreamer
Forum Posts: 175
Thanks for your entry Insiderew. Lovely stuff 😊
MadameLavender
Forum Posts: 5220
Guardian of Shadows
77
Joined 17th Feb 2013
Forum Posts: 5220
Coronation
i.
The Office of the
such laughable things, do not exist, save
in minds of those who’ve elected themselves.
ii.
All
Build a throne, call oneself a
King
at a bargain price of shattered trust.
iii.
When do we wake up, to
see that the American Dream
is not just a dream?
WE demand a recount.
Written by MadameLavender
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Northern_Soul
-Missy-
Joined 10th Jan 2021
Forum Posts: 175
-Missy-
Twisted Dreamer
Forum Posts: 175
Thank you for the entry ML 😊 And a very relevant topic too. 👌🏻
