Poetry competition CLOSED 12th January 2023 2:41pm
WINNER
Kou_Indigo (Karam L. Parveen-Ashton)
Kou_Indigo (Karam L. Parveen-Ashton)
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Resolutions
Poetry Contest Description
So there is that resolution you made decades ago, then years ago, then last year.....What happened along the way......what will happen (or not) with it this year? Another miss, another mess?
Poems up to 50 lines preferred. No porn, please.
Hard Determined
"A vast majority of human females delight in putting a
baby's welfare at risk --
its entire life."
-- one not "with child"
or "Baby On Board"
*
But endless eons several vast eternities ago,
I made a New Year's resolution sound beyond all doubt,
in having learned (unlike my kin in toto somewhat slow)
'tis wise on eyeing countless risks to straightway chicken out
lest birthed one be sans teeth, sans hair, sans intellect, sans brain
to turn a rhymester proud sans talent, cleverness, and wit;
Romanticism full embrace to Reason full disdain;
and full mature at last to be a full half-witted twit
who pretty poems pens on Mother Nature sugar sweet,
the precious gift of life, each god not false, the love true blue,
dreams, wishes, hope, and happiness -- or something more upbeat --
till popular one too should be on scrawling verse brand-new.
Thus, I, this handsome sperm, still yet refuse to wed an egg
without a risk-free guarantee -- though on her knees she beg.
*
a dedication of Respect
for
countless Pains unnecessary
beginning at birth
a revolving helios rhyme menippean satire on
the common, saccharine, idealized notion of
human procreation
january, 2023 -- still billions of bullies
stupidly shoving innocents into a world of continuous
Horrors
untold
baby's welfare at risk --
its entire life."
-- one not "with child"
or "Baby On Board"
*
But endless eons several vast eternities ago,
I made a New Year's resolution sound beyond all doubt,
in having learned (unlike my kin in toto somewhat slow)
'tis wise on eyeing countless risks to straightway chicken out
lest birthed one be sans teeth, sans hair, sans intellect, sans brain
to turn a rhymester proud sans talent, cleverness, and wit;
Romanticism full embrace to Reason full disdain;
and full mature at last to be a full half-witted twit
who pretty poems pens on Mother Nature sugar sweet,
the precious gift of life, each god not false, the love true blue,
dreams, wishes, hope, and happiness -- or something more upbeat --
till popular one too should be on scrawling verse brand-new.
Thus, I, this handsome sperm, still yet refuse to wed an egg
without a risk-free guarantee -- though on her knees she beg.
*
a dedication of Respect
for
countless Pains unnecessary
beginning at birth
a revolving helios rhyme menippean satire on
the common, saccharine, idealized notion of
human procreation
january, 2023 -- still billions of bullies
stupidly shoving innocents into a world of continuous
Horrors
untold
Written by Jordan
(D.O.C.)
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Broken Promises
I decided to answer
lest you forget me.
So as not to get lost among the meshes
of your disappearance.
I decided to say I don't know.
I decided to say I don't know.
I decided to say I don't know.
I decided to answer
so that you don't forget me.
So that you have no excuse.
So that you don't apologize.
I decided to say what I don't know.
I decided to say what I don't know.
I decided to say what I don't know.
(From one year to another.)
I have accumulated things to say
and nothing said about me
what I wanted to say.
You had no idea what I meant.
You had no idea what I wanted.
You simply had no idea
For a long time things just said
what we didn't try to say.
And nothing said about me
what I wanted to say.
I decided to silence the silence!
PAR
Written by PAR
(PAULO ACACIO RAMOS)
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Desperation
Desperation, depression
Fear of loss
Signs of aggression
Looking for answers
But I'm lost in a maze
Moments of clarity
In the midst of the haze
Question myself?
Medication?
Religious saturation?
Alive on the outside
Dead within
I need an asylum
Before the madness begins
Fear of loss
Signs of aggression
Looking for answers
But I'm lost in a maze
Moments of clarity
In the midst of the haze
Question myself?
Medication?
Religious saturation?
Alive on the outside
Dead within
I need an asylum
Before the madness begins
Written by Kaden_Malis
(Kaden Malis)
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An Elemental New Year
- An Elemental New Year -
Part One: Fire
As the New Year cometh swift, on wings of light,
I greet the first day, and I welcome the first night.
How oft I wonder, what the New Year would be...
If time were timeless, if we all knew immortality.
Instead of losses that grow with time's passing,
We may all experience only delights, everlasting.
Perhaps in Heaven, the spirits there know of this,
For they now know only the joys of celestial bliss.
Only one worldly joy would I desire above all else,
The riches of love, for that is the only true wealth.
Men fight over land, over money, and over fame...
Whilst all I hunger for, is to bathe in love's flame.
Part Two: Earth
In the east the dragons dance, as fireworks play,
Every nation hath its' custom, for New Year's Day.
No man is a nation unto himself, it is so oft said...
Yet how lonely is life, so many still live as if dead!
To touch a single heart is a miracle Heaven-sent,
So many hearts are in pieces, their joys all spent.
Why cannot human beings be as angels in soul...
Knowing only happiness, wanting not to control?
A new year should be a time for miracles to come,
And the sorrows of the past to at last be undone.
We have so much power, yet do we know a way,
To use that power for good, and to not go astray?
Part Three: Air
So many texts we fill with knowledge and wisdom,
Yet what of love, truest wealth of God's kingdom?
Compassion for one another, and a hand to hold,
How many lack this, lonely whilst they grow old...
So much time is wasted waiting for joys to arrive;
Because so much joy is missing from all our lives!
Praise the bringers of joy, for they are so blessed,
They brave the greatest dangers, forever tested!
We waste our praise so often on shallow things...
Making paupers of those who are our true kings.
So many saviors have we hung thus upon trees,
Forgetting their wisdom, like words in the breeze.
Part Four: Water
For the New Year, let us remember what peace is,
It can be as simple, as giving a loved one a kiss...
Or reaching out to someone we never knew prior,
Words can be as water, soothing even raging fire.
Why use words to wound when words can heal...
Why ignore our senses when it is so easy to feel?
Let us live in the moment, and let it last forever...
Let us embark upon peace as our great endeavor!
Peace is what results when love is allowed to be,
A flower blooming in every heart, with true dignity.
The scent of which is pleasing unto the very spirit,
Welcoming all who would happily venture near it.
Part One: Fire
As the New Year cometh swift, on wings of light,
I greet the first day, and I welcome the first night.
How oft I wonder, what the New Year would be...
If time were timeless, if we all knew immortality.
Instead of losses that grow with time's passing,
We may all experience only delights, everlasting.
Perhaps in Heaven, the spirits there know of this,
For they now know only the joys of celestial bliss.
Only one worldly joy would I desire above all else,
The riches of love, for that is the only true wealth.
Men fight over land, over money, and over fame...
Whilst all I hunger for, is to bathe in love's flame.
Part Two: Earth
In the east the dragons dance, as fireworks play,
Every nation hath its' custom, for New Year's Day.
No man is a nation unto himself, it is so oft said...
Yet how lonely is life, so many still live as if dead!
To touch a single heart is a miracle Heaven-sent,
So many hearts are in pieces, their joys all spent.
Why cannot human beings be as angels in soul...
Knowing only happiness, wanting not to control?
A new year should be a time for miracles to come,
And the sorrows of the past to at last be undone.
We have so much power, yet do we know a way,
To use that power for good, and to not go astray?
Part Three: Air
So many texts we fill with knowledge and wisdom,
Yet what of love, truest wealth of God's kingdom?
Compassion for one another, and a hand to hold,
How many lack this, lonely whilst they grow old...
So much time is wasted waiting for joys to arrive;
Because so much joy is missing from all our lives!
Praise the bringers of joy, for they are so blessed,
They brave the greatest dangers, forever tested!
We waste our praise so often on shallow things...
Making paupers of those who are our true kings.
So many saviors have we hung thus upon trees,
Forgetting their wisdom, like words in the breeze.
Part Four: Water
For the New Year, let us remember what peace is,
It can be as simple, as giving a loved one a kiss...
Or reaching out to someone we never knew prior,
Words can be as water, soothing even raging fire.
Why use words to wound when words can heal...
Why ignore our senses when it is so easy to feel?
Let us live in the moment, and let it last forever...
Let us embark upon peace as our great endeavor!
Peace is what results when love is allowed to be,
A flower blooming in every heart, with true dignity.
The scent of which is pleasing unto the very spirit,
Welcoming all who would happily venture near it.
Written by Kou_Indigo
(Karam L. Parveen-Ashton)
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