Poetry competition CLOSED 23rd May 2022 3:22pm
WINNER
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Poem Of the Month - MAY 2022
Poetry Contest Description
Three Weeks to Nominate Your Favorite Poems!
You have THREE weeks to nominate no more than THREE of your favorite poems from another DUP poet!
Please note the following guidelines when making nominations:
The voting for this competition is anonymous; therefore,spoken word nominations will be disqualified. You may nominate Spoken Word pieces in the competition below.
Spoken Word of the Month Comp (every other month) is here:
(Link coming soon!)
New Member ( six ( 6 ) months or less ) of the Month comp is here:
(Link coming soon!)
1. Self nominations are not accepted. The great majority of the competitions here are about spotlighting one's own work on a particular topic or theme. This is a chance to nominate that poem that you wish you had written but some other great talent here beat you to it.
2. You may nominate only THREE poems from THREE different DU members.
3. No DUPLICATE NOMINATIONS. If you nominate a poem that has already been nominated you will be asked to replace the nomination.
4. Any genre except erotica or pornography. This is a Facebook feature and we must adhere to their guidelines.
5. Any member who is banned or disables their account PRIOR to winning will be automatically disqualified.
6. One win per member per calendar year, beginning with the month they win.
7. Please notify your nominee they have been nominated.
Nomination Duration is three weeks followed by a week of site voting!
Current Poem of the Month Hall of Famers:
2022:
January - Luna Greyhawk
February - AspergerPoet
March - Relic-54
April - Alan-S-Jeeves
2021:
January - brokentitanium (k.)
February - SatinUgal
March - X
April - RiAN
May - DaisyGrace
June - Bluevelvete
July - Jemac
August - Northern_Soul (-Missy-)
September - Joshsam
October - cold_fusion
November - Buddhakitty
December - Particles_of_HerII
2020
January- NEW BEGINNINGS
February - EDIBLE WORDS
March - MADAME LAVENDER
APRIL - MONKEYMAN
MAY - TIMAGINATION543
JUNE - LEPPEROCHAN (Craic-Dealer)
JULY - STRANGEWAYS_ROB
August - Daniel Christensen
September - Aspergerpoet
October - Lunagreyhawk
November - Kristinax
December - Ahavati
2019
January - DANIELCHRISTENSEN
February - SOPHIE_ERICSON
March - AUDIOHARLEEA
April - FROM THE ASH
May - MISS_SUB
June - NAAJIR
July - LAYLA
August, 2019 - AHAVATI
September - MISS_SUB
October - HOWLING_WHELMS
November - JOHNNY BLAZE
December - RACHEL_LAUREN
2018
January - LADY_OF_THE_QUILL
February - LEPPEROCHAN Craic in a Box
March - TINABUBUYA (Tee Mali)
April - CROWFLY
May - ATOMIKBOMB
June - MISS_SUB (Missy)
July - MEADOWSWEET
August - LAYLA
September - COLD FUSION
October - TODSKI28
November - TheMUSE22
December - BENDER
2017
January - VEE
February - CRIMSIN
March - ONEFIFTYSIX
April - DANIEL CHRISTENSEN
May - ALEXANDER CASE
June - AEMelia564
July - THE_SILLY_SIBYL (Jack Thomas Heslop)
August - QUIETUSQUILL
September - _SHADOE_
October - POETSREVENGE
November - NAAJIR
December - POETSPEAK
2016
November - JOHN FEDDELER
December - AHAVATI
Please note the following guidelines when making nominations:
The voting for this competition is anonymous; therefore,spoken word nominations will be disqualified. You may nominate Spoken Word pieces in the competition below.
Spoken Word of the Month Comp (every other month) is here:
(Link coming soon!)
New Member ( six ( 6 ) months or less ) of the Month comp is here:
(Link coming soon!)
1. Self nominations are not accepted. The great majority of the competitions here are about spotlighting one's own work on a particular topic or theme. This is a chance to nominate that poem that you wish you had written but some other great talent here beat you to it.
2. You may nominate only THREE poems from THREE different DU members.
3. No DUPLICATE NOMINATIONS. If you nominate a poem that has already been nominated you will be asked to replace the nomination.
4. Any genre except erotica or pornography. This is a Facebook feature and we must adhere to their guidelines.
5. Any member who is banned or disables their account PRIOR to winning will be automatically disqualified.
6. One win per member per calendar year, beginning with the month they win.
7. Please notify your nominee they have been nominated.
Nomination Duration is three weeks followed by a week of site voting!
Current Poem of the Month Hall of Famers:
2022:
January - Luna Greyhawk
February - AspergerPoet
March - Relic-54
April - Alan-S-Jeeves
2021:
January - brokentitanium (k.)
February - SatinUgal
March - X
April - RiAN
May - DaisyGrace
June - Bluevelvete
July - Jemac
August - Northern_Soul (-Missy-)
September - Joshsam
October - cold_fusion
November - Buddhakitty
December - Particles_of_HerII
2020
January- NEW BEGINNINGS
February - EDIBLE WORDS
March - MADAME LAVENDER
APRIL - MONKEYMAN
MAY - TIMAGINATION543
JUNE - LEPPEROCHAN (Craic-Dealer)
JULY - STRANGEWAYS_ROB
August - Daniel Christensen
September - Aspergerpoet
October - Lunagreyhawk
November - Kristinax
December - Ahavati
2019
January - DANIELCHRISTENSEN
February - SOPHIE_ERICSON
March - AUDIOHARLEEA
April - FROM THE ASH
May - MISS_SUB
June - NAAJIR
July - LAYLA
August, 2019 - AHAVATI
September - MISS_SUB
October - HOWLING_WHELMS
November - JOHNNY BLAZE
December - RACHEL_LAUREN
2018
January - LADY_OF_THE_QUILL
February - LEPPEROCHAN Craic in a Box
March - TINABUBUYA (Tee Mali)
April - CROWFLY
May - ATOMIKBOMB
June - MISS_SUB (Missy)
July - MEADOWSWEET
August - LAYLA
September - COLD FUSION
October - TODSKI28
November - TheMUSE22
December - BENDER
2017
January - VEE
February - CRIMSIN
March - ONEFIFTYSIX
April - DANIEL CHRISTENSEN
May - ALEXANDER CASE
June - AEMelia564
July - THE_SILLY_SIBYL (Jack Thomas Heslop)
August - QUIETUSQUILL
September - _SHADOE_
October - POETSREVENGE
November - NAAJIR
December - POETSPEAK
2016
November - JOHN FEDDELER
December - AHAVATI
The lady with the two little white dogs
I see her almost every night
just before 1am.
She looks like a million dollars
If a million dollars weren't lined
with greed, selfishness, corruption,
and slavery.
If a million dollars were just peace,
wise choices,
and self preservation.
The result of good, honest hard work.
I wonder who she is.
If she's lovable.
If there is a man at home
who lets her walk their dogs
at this hour.
If I were him I would be hand in hand with her.
Looking down at our little white canine children
and smiling.
just before 1am.
She looks like a million dollars
If a million dollars weren't lined
with greed, selfishness, corruption,
and slavery.
If a million dollars were just peace,
wise choices,
and self preservation.
The result of good, honest hard work.
I wonder who she is.
If she's lovable.
If there is a man at home
who lets her walk their dogs
at this hour.
If I were him I would be hand in hand with her.
Looking down at our little white canine children
and smiling.
Written by CruelHandedWriter
(Jamie Rhodes)
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Is it like a dead species pushed under our feet
We should keep keep on laughing.
In the woods
the shadows of the leaves of the trees
play an odd lip synch over her forehead.
It is too far to get anywhere before night.
That is something I would think
and that there are dreams
she could finish before me.
Is it like a dead species pushed under our feet.
We walk through the sound of a chainsaw - things must be constantly
growing up here. If her voice was cut away I would have woods
and woods to tell.
One day,
we lay on the beach.
I want to laugh it all into the water.
In the woods
the shadows of the leaves of the trees
play an odd lip synch over her forehead.
It is too far to get anywhere before night.
That is something I would think
and that there are dreams
she could finish before me.
Is it like a dead species pushed under our feet.
We walk through the sound of a chainsaw - things must be constantly
growing up here. If her voice was cut away I would have woods
and woods to tell.
One day,
we lay on the beach.
I want to laugh it all into the water.
Written by Merda
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Broken mirrors are beautiful in their own poetic way
That familiar mix of booze and starlight
mixing bittersweet in the cool night air,
and here I am to celebrate—
with my offering of powdered dreams,
crushed under the groaning weight
of latticed, structured plans
and forced to play bedrock
to a groundwork grid of years.
A sigh to the breeze to send it up.
Wandering through the old sacrificial altars,
those cracked streets
worn a thousand times by my threadbare tread
and somehow I'm hoofing it again.
Close your eyes, lift your chin to the breeze
and breathe it in. Soft, deep, let it wash you.
Don't worry—for the first time all day
the world can mug your body
but not your thoughts.
It's the usual prayer, to feel alive;
you can't ask for more
and you want nothing less.
Well, fuck—
I've meandered through this ritual so often,
the taste of my dreams gets mixed up nowadays
with the taste of stale beer.
mixing bittersweet in the cool night air,
and here I am to celebrate—
with my offering of powdered dreams,
crushed under the groaning weight
of latticed, structured plans
and forced to play bedrock
to a groundwork grid of years.
A sigh to the breeze to send it up.
Wandering through the old sacrificial altars,
those cracked streets
worn a thousand times by my threadbare tread
and somehow I'm hoofing it again.
Close your eyes, lift your chin to the breeze
and breathe it in. Soft, deep, let it wash you.
Don't worry—for the first time all day
the world can mug your body
but not your thoughts.
It's the usual prayer, to feel alive;
you can't ask for more
and you want nothing less.
Well, fuck—
I've meandered through this ritual so often,
the taste of my dreams gets mixed up nowadays
with the taste of stale beer.
Written by mjs211
(MikeTheEngineer)
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When I was about 12
I once asked my mum
why people wear black
and the universe
showed me.
why people wear black
and the universe
showed me.
Written by opheliac
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Left to Languish/Lonely, But You’re not Alone, I Too Have
screamed at God been careless with the truth
set my families house afire
hidden in plain sight
harvested plagues/
poison/
perdition
bloodied fists in my chest
been butchered/left to spoil/burned at the stake
carried shame like a baby loved like the locust
wanted to crawl through my skin
been broken like a colt
like a promise
like a bone in a vice
washed my hands in burning sugar cane
and my mouth out with rotted pine cones
kept suspicion on all men and my back to the wall
summoned both deities and assassins
blistered my tongue on curses and spells
hid scars beneath lovers and pills
been helpless as a hatched heron
etched revenge into my sky
had a man leave my trust hanging in the gallows
shoed the devil’s cleft foot
searched for death on my own dime
drew blood from family and lovers
felt everything when I wanted to feel nothing
hung guilt around my neck
and death across my knee
been determined to ruin all I have
been raped
kept silent
survived…
in spite of
set my families house afire
hidden in plain sight
harvested plagues/
poison/
perdition
bloodied fists in my chest
been butchered/left to spoil/burned at the stake
carried shame like a baby loved like the locust
wanted to crawl through my skin
been broken like a colt
like a promise
like a bone in a vice
washed my hands in burning sugar cane
and my mouth out with rotted pine cones
kept suspicion on all men and my back to the wall
summoned both deities and assassins
blistered my tongue on curses and spells
hid scars beneath lovers and pills
been helpless as a hatched heron
etched revenge into my sky
had a man leave my trust hanging in the gallows
shoed the devil’s cleft foot
searched for death on my own dime
drew blood from family and lovers
felt everything when I wanted to feel nothing
hung guilt around my neck
and death across my knee
been determined to ruin all I have
been raped
kept silent
survived…
in spite of
Written by solbluesol
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The winner of this competition and any runners up were decided by public vote.
Thank you to the following members for voting:
Phantom2426, Indie, Rianne, lepperochan, Honoria, smackdownraven, Nevermindthegaps, Tallen, Razzerleaf, MadameLavender, Northern_Soul, cold_fusion, CanisInc-Untis, Chaxesplare97, veganpoet, LaBrujaOscura_75
Thank you to the following members for voting:
Phantom2426, Indie, Rianne, lepperochan, Honoria, smackdownraven, Nevermindthegaps, Tallen, Razzerleaf, MadameLavender, Northern_Soul, cold_fusion, CanisInc-Untis, Chaxesplare97, veganpoet, LaBrujaOscura_75
admin said:The winner of this competition and any runners up were decided by public vote.
Thank you to the following members for voting:
Phantom2426,
Indie,
Rianne,
lepperochan,
Honoria,
smackdownraven,
Nevermindthegaps,
Tallen,
Razzerleaf,
MadameLavender,
Northern_Soul,
cold_fusion,
CanisInc-Untis,
Chaxesplare97,
veganpoet,
LaBrujaOscura_75
Awesome awesome news!!
Congratulations Ethan!! Well deserved and long overdue matey!!
👏👏👏👏🎉🎊🎉
Thank you to the following members for voting:
Phantom2426,
Indie,
Rianne,
lepperochan,
Honoria,
smackdownraven,
Nevermindthegaps,
Tallen,
Razzerleaf,
MadameLavender,
Northern_Soul,
cold_fusion,
CanisInc-Untis,
Chaxesplare97,
veganpoet,
LaBrujaOscura_75
Awesome awesome news!!
Congratulations Ethan!! Well deserved and long overdue matey!!
👏👏👏👏🎉🎊🎉
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