OFFICIAL DUP Glo/NaPoWriMo 2021 Competition
JohnnyBlaze
Forum Posts: 5572
Tyrant of Words
23
Joined 20th Mar 2015Forum Posts: 5572
12/30
[ Of Power And Rings ] Ainulindalë
They were Illuvatar's thoughts
children educated in art of Music
and Free Will endowed
to complement the Maker's
marvellous vibrations with
unique, theoried strings;
songsmithes in their own right
and the instruments themselves
in concert, woven into a single
grand theme,
corrupted
by one of their very own
changing tune as he sings
to suit his own vanity
Sown, the discord was
throughout creation
further inspiring Illuvatar
to weave in further themes of
Elves and Man;
Humanity
[ Of Power And Rings ] Ainulindalë
They were Illuvatar's thoughts
children educated in art of Music
and Free Will endowed
to complement the Maker's
marvellous vibrations with
unique, theoried strings;
songsmithes in their own right
and the instruments themselves
in concert, woven into a single
grand theme,
corrupted
by one of their very own
changing tune as he sings
to suit his own vanity
Sown, the discord was
throughout creation
further inspiring Illuvatar
to weave in further themes of
Elves and Man;
Humanity
slipalong
Forum Posts: 820
Dangerous Mind
41
Joined 1st Jan 2018Forum Posts: 820
12/30
Seminal Moment
Is there a split second
something flashing in the dark.
Incandescent fireball that leaves a trail
burning, scorching.
It hovers in a vacuum of pity.
Lost. seeking no reproach,
in the clouds of its menopause,
menstruation it needed to disperse.
Top floor penthouse
too near the drop.
No buttons working on the lift,
just that instant,
when life`s gravity said "shit"
to Newtons Law.
Time had a crafty wink
Snapshots, when the camera never clicked
The ladder dropping from a UFO
A Cossack`s knee length boots
the clapping and the raucous shouts.
From my innocence,
to realise the truth
On the train that`s ever running
the conductors coming,
Seminal Moment
Is there a split second
something flashing in the dark.
Incandescent fireball that leaves a trail
burning, scorching.
It hovers in a vacuum of pity.
Lost. seeking no reproach,
in the clouds of its menopause,
menstruation it needed to disperse.
Top floor penthouse
too near the drop.
No buttons working on the lift,
just that instant,
when life`s gravity said "shit"
to Newtons Law.
Time had a crafty wink
Snapshots, when the camera never clicked
The ladder dropping from a UFO
A Cossack`s knee length boots
the clapping and the raucous shouts.
From my innocence,
to realise the truth
On the train that`s ever running
the conductors coming,
Honoria
Forum Posts: 171
Tyrant of Words
62
Joined 22nd July 2019Forum Posts: 171
12/30
Books
Are where I will be found.
I was created there.
Conversations we’ve had,
Quotes I use and characteristics
I exhibit are all someone else’s.
An enormous burden that-
Forever trying to maintain
A persona never fully formed.
By equal measure never really
Understood, except by other
Book babies who know the grift.
I’ll swoosh in like a northern wind
And take you all by storm, you’ll
Be smitten, agog to know more.
But that’s when I make my exit.
Where who you met becomes
Nestled in the last chapter.
Only to be forgotten amidst pages
That reflect upon The End.
(61 unique words)
Books
Are where I will be found.
I was created there.
Conversations we’ve had,
Quotes I use and characteristics
I exhibit are all someone else’s.
An enormous burden that-
Forever trying to maintain
A persona never fully formed.
By equal measure never really
Understood, except by other
Book babies who know the grift.
I’ll swoosh in like a northern wind
And take you all by storm, you’ll
Be smitten, agog to know more.
But that’s when I make my exit.
Where who you met becomes
Nestled in the last chapter.
Only to be forgotten amidst pages
That reflect upon The End.
(61 unique words)
AspergerPoet56
Forum Posts: 1852
Tyrant of Words
30
Joined 4th Dec 2018Forum Posts: 1852
# 12 of 30
Best Brewed Morning
.
expresso love
dark strong eciting
cup brimming full of desire
steaming vapour rising
heavenly warming
heart and mind
needs its bittersweet taste
morning wake up call
hitting every sense there is
pouring through veins
what a wonderful delight
eyes focused upon beauty
anticapting lips salivating
damn hot in my clutches
your everything to me
coffee
almost better than sex
but not quite
Unique word count 62
Total word count 62
Best Brewed Morning
.
expresso love
dark strong eciting
cup brimming full of desire
steaming vapour rising
heavenly warming
heart and mind
needs its bittersweet taste
morning wake up call
hitting every sense there is
pouring through veins
what a wonderful delight
eyes focused upon beauty
anticapting lips salivating
damn hot in my clutches
your everything to me
coffee
almost better than sex
but not quite
Unique word count 62
Total word count 62
Viddax
Lord Viddax
Forum Posts: 6672
Lord Viddax
Guardian of Shadows
31
Joined 10th Oct 2009Forum Posts: 6672
#12. April 12th
The Blue Wizards
Where did the blue wizards go?
How far east did they travel?
And what magic did they show
to the men of the West,
and what secret cults
and magic traditions
did they found?
Or did they fall or
fail in their task and were lost
like Summer's gaze
upon the Winter's frost
fading into memory of the past
never to return to Valinor.
Or did they triumph in their task?
fading in the West but rising in the East
outliving beyond their duty.
(Unique words: 50.)
The Blue Wizards
Where did the blue wizards go?
How far east did they travel?
And what magic did they show
to the men of the West,
and what secret cults
and magic traditions
did they found?
Or did they fall or
fail in their task and were lost
like Summer's gaze
upon the Winter's frost
fading into memory of the past
never to return to Valinor.
Or did they triumph in their task?
fading in the West but rising in the East
outliving beyond their duty.
(Unique words: 50.)
PoetsRevenge
Forum Posts: 704
Dangerous Mind
28
Joined 30th June 2016Forum Posts: 704
12/30
Ode To Night III
Shelter me, honest night;
listen to my secrets whispered in a
cavernous ear, let me shout for only
you to hear.
Enclose me in your deep pools --
rock me in uncounted hours.
It is only you I ever run to;
my obscurity lies in anonymous you.
We are the ones the daylight seekers
never knew;
we, together are the sincerest pangs the
brightest stars ever drew.
Cup me in your vast hand as I embrace you:
Shelter me, honest night.
53 unique words
Ode To Night III
Shelter me, honest night;
listen to my secrets whispered in a
cavernous ear, let me shout for only
you to hear.
Enclose me in your deep pools --
rock me in uncounted hours.
It is only you I ever run to;
my obscurity lies in anonymous you.
We are the ones the daylight seekers
never knew;
we, together are the sincerest pangs the
brightest stars ever drew.
Cup me in your vast hand as I embrace you:
Shelter me, honest night.
53 unique words
Anonymous
12 of 30
Caught on cameras, lifted on their backs
I send you a fortune of space
Serving few in journey to outer forest
Surviving the badly decorated dining room sell-out tour
A human soup calamity
Nobler saints in statues , busting out,
Throwing it all back into space.
A ten thousand year epidemic.
A drip, a surviving eternal drip,
Refining a finer mosaic
We loved lift, hide and seek
We are doctors of bad loving.
The conch shell listening, all one hears
are rogue states and abandoned churches.
51 unique words of 77 total
Caught on cameras, lifted on their backs
I send you a fortune of space
Serving few in journey to outer forest
Surviving the badly decorated dining room sell-out tour
A human soup calamity
Nobler saints in statues , busting out,
Throwing it all back into space.
A ten thousand year epidemic.
A drip, a surviving eternal drip,
Refining a finer mosaic
We loved lift, hide and seek
We are doctors of bad loving.
The conch shell listening, all one hears
are rogue states and abandoned churches.
51 unique words of 77 total
SatInUGal
Kumar
Forum Posts: 903
Kumar
Dangerous Mind
24
Joined 31st Dec 2015Forum Posts: 903
12/30
CLOVERS
Any April Redwood Valley
I could lose you in the clover
Do you see the lover
In a sea of green?
Somewhere lies a mutant
Blessed with superpower luck
Any other though
Can be disassembled thusly:
Pull one leaf
And it’s a butterfly
The remainder you are holding
Is a disconnected heart
The truth is
We refer to many things as clover
These are what all of them
Have in common
CLOVERS
Any April Redwood Valley
I could lose you in the clover
Do you see the lover
In a sea of green?
Somewhere lies a mutant
Blessed with superpower luck
Any other though
Can be disassembled thusly:
Pull one leaf
And it’s a butterfly
The remainder you are holding
Is a disconnected heart
The truth is
We refer to many things as clover
These are what all of them
Have in common
cabcool
Forum Posts: 740
Guardian of Shadows
12
Joined 27th Feb 2014Forum Posts: 740
(12 of 30—Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo2021)
sonnets among my scribbles
love
sonnet #12
'tis not mere words that fall from idle lips
that estimate love's surest symmetry;
the gallant heart knows not true destiny,
whose sole fare is a fervent word that slips
into the ear when sentiments are high.
'tis not to wish them fed, whom life has starved,
nor bid him rise, whose stature has been dwarfed;
love rescues him, e'en if it must deny
itself to bear the weak or lead the blind.
loves has real hands and walks on human feet
to render grace and mercy in the street,
and justice bring to fallen humankind.
love gives, expecting nothing to be giv'n,
bringing on earth a little taste of heav'n.
© Copyright 2021 April 10
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
UWC = 89
Sex_on_the_Joe
Joe-D
Forum Posts: 274
Joe-D
Fire of Insight
13
Joined 18th Sep 2018Forum Posts: 274
12/30
Ooohhh Happy Day
Ooohhh happy day
My Super Nintendo
Arrived today
After four weeks of waiting
I’m finally celebrating
What a beautiful day
For some childhood advocating
I bought the classics back
Now it’s time for me to attack
Mortal Kombat and Streetfighter
Were always my personal igniter
I played them so much as a kid
You’d think they fell off the grid
Everything works as if it were new
I don’t know about you
But I’m a big kid at heart
Who can turn poetry into art
I’m an old man gamer a la carte
And I can’t wait to start
Ooohhh Happy Day
Ooohhh happy day
My Super Nintendo
Arrived today
After four weeks of waiting
I’m finally celebrating
What a beautiful day
For some childhood advocating
I bought the classics back
Now it’s time for me to attack
Mortal Kombat and Streetfighter
Were always my personal igniter
I played them so much as a kid
You’d think they fell off the grid
Everything works as if it were new
I don’t know about you
But I’m a big kid at heart
Who can turn poetry into art
I’m an old man gamer a la carte
And I can’t wait to start
Fiftysevenhours
Forum Posts: 173
Thought Provoker
4
Joined 25th Sep 2019Forum Posts: 173
12 of 30
The Ocean
I turn to my hand,
It's empty.
Just the traces of sand.
I could look at the thread,
And face that,
Inevitable dread.
I choose to;
Lift my eyes,
To the fathomless skies.
Trusting instead,
Your with me,
Keeping pace and in sted.
I know better now,
Than to question your motive.
Better than,
To question your reason.
I know now,
It's only a matter of time.
So I'm not discouraged,
By your silence,
Or afraid by your absence.
I'm turning to the tide,
And smiling back
Upon the ocean.
The Ocean
I turn to my hand,
It's empty.
Just the traces of sand.
I could look at the thread,
And face that,
Inevitable dread.
I choose to;
Lift my eyes,
To the fathomless skies.
Trusting instead,
Your with me,
Keeping pace and in sted.
I know better now,
Than to question your motive.
Better than,
To question your reason.
I know now,
It's only a matter of time.
So I'm not discouraged,
By your silence,
Or afraid by your absence.
I'm turning to the tide,
And smiling back
Upon the ocean.
Eerie
Forum Posts: 889
Dangerous Mind
14
Joined 29th July 2018Forum Posts: 889
12/30
Dying to Hate You
It starts small: a knot, twisting
itself around each heartbeat.
Growth is quietly
computed, though rarely noticed,
until black malice begins seeping
from pores. Darkness casts its shadow
across every facet of life, consuming
any hope that peace might prevail.
To swim in such quagmire creates
an impotence for love.
Dying to Hate You
It starts small: a knot, twisting
itself around each heartbeat.
Growth is quietly
computed, though rarely noticed,
until black malice begins seeping
from pores. Darkness casts its shadow
across every facet of life, consuming
any hope that peace might prevail.
To swim in such quagmire creates
an impotence for love.
Thetravelingfairy
Forum Posts: 251
Fire of Insight
14
Joined 12th July 2017 Forum Posts: 251
12/30
Self Reflection
Foggy mirrors
In a misty room
Clothed in lemon and rose
Blanketed in heat, as I stand
With a blurred image
I don’t care to see
The mess of me
Scrubbing skin
Dampening my hair
Though I am clean
There is a scum
No sponge has removed
Even coated in perfume
I smell it
An aftertaste, unrideable
Wiping the condensation from the glass
I catch a glimpse of my figure
Still glazed in droplets
Drenched blonde and porcelain
I saw, focusing in
Turning for my towel, until
I lost her
The glass had fogged again
Self Reflection
Foggy mirrors
In a misty room
Clothed in lemon and rose
Blanketed in heat, as I stand
With a blurred image
I don’t care to see
The mess of me
Scrubbing skin
Dampening my hair
Though I am clean
There is a scum
No sponge has removed
Even coated in perfume
I smell it
An aftertaste, unrideable
Wiping the condensation from the glass
I catch a glimpse of my figure
Still glazed in droplets
Drenched blonde and porcelain
I saw, focusing in
Turning for my towel, until
I lost her
The glass had fogged again
DaisyGrace
Forum Posts: 1332
Dangerous Mind
17
Joined 29th Mar 2017Forum Posts: 1332
12/30
marina2020
Rain Woman
Forum Posts: 85
Rain Woman
Fire of Insight
3
Joined 8th Jan 2017 Forum Posts: 85
12/30
Social Interactions
Although I am not one for social interaction
Sometimes I enjoy it
Talking with people and smiling has its good moments
In the world that we live in now
And although I really like being alone
I have found that I still do need those few interactions
Those few conversations with people I don’t normally talk to
It takes me out of my head
And relieves me of some stress
It feels kind of nice
Social Interactions
Although I am not one for social interaction
Sometimes I enjoy it
Talking with people and smiling has its good moments
In the world that we live in now
And although I really like being alone
I have found that I still do need those few interactions
Those few conversations with people I don’t normally talk to
It takes me out of my head
And relieves me of some stress
It feels kind of nice