Poetry competition CLOSED 28th July 2012 1:03pm
WINNER
raorrick (Rachel O.)
raorrick (Rachel O.)
RUNNERS-UP:
lepperochan
and Petite_Renarde
Through Their Eyes
Poetry Contest Description
Write a poem from the perspective of an animal.
Don't say what animal you are, just write from their perspective.
Any length, though I'm not a fan of cascading rambles. So if it's long make it worth reading.
Only limit is two entries per poet, and feel free to guess the animals. That's all.
Any length, though I'm not a fan of cascading rambles. So if it's long make it worth reading.
Only limit is two entries per poet, and feel free to guess the animals. That's all.
Anonymous
TRAVELLER
Traveller is my name
My owner is a man in grey
The famous Robert E. Lee
We have a bond
That no-one else can see
I am a Southern Horse
I am not a Yankee
Faithful to the rebel cause
Faithful to my owner
Keep him safe with me
I fought at Antietam
I fought at Wilderness
The war was hard on the humans
The war was horrible for the horses
Noise and blood, exhaustion and starvation
Death for horses, death for men
My good master, General Lee
Lost the war
Surrendered the confederate army
On April 9, 1865
A day the South remembers as infamy
General Lee never got over the loss
Died in October 1870
I, Traveller, his faithful horse
Pulled the glass covered casket
I, Traveller, felt the loss
Died in June, 1871
We are buried almost together
Because we were family.
I took a trip to Lexington, Virginia
To the chapel at Washington and Lee College
General Lee is buried inside the Chapel
Outside the chapel, Traveller is buried
There is a gravestone.
Snif
Sniff Sniff
Sniff Sniff Sniff
Kitty?
RAWR!
rraaaaa
rraaaa
rraaa
rraa
rra
rr
r
crunch!
Aahhhhhhh
meyummm
meyummm meyummm
meyummm meyummm meyummm
Sniff
Sniff Sniff
Sniff Sniff Siff
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Title: "It's a *** eat cat world"
jj
Sniff Sniff
Sniff Sniff Sniff
Kitty?
RAWR!
rraaaaa
rraaaa
rraaa
rraa
rra
rr
r
crunch!
Aahhhhhhh
meyummm
meyummm meyummm
meyummm meyummm meyummm
Sniff
Sniff Sniff
Sniff Sniff Siff
_____________________________________
Title: "It's a *** eat cat world"
jj
Playmate of the Night
Some tremble at my apparition
Others avoid me like the pest
What false representations cling to me?
I’ve roamed for centuries
I’ve been worshiped
I’ve been slaughtered.
I’m still present and around
Witches and Druids love me
Priests and gullible people despise me.
My eyes gleam in the dark
My fur muted and abundant
Care to expose who I am?
Some tremble at my apparition
Others avoid me like the pest
What false representations cling to me?
I’ve roamed for centuries
I’ve been worshiped
I’ve been slaughtered.
I’m still present and around
Witches and Druids love me
Priests and gullible people despise me.
My eyes gleam in the dark
My fur muted and abundant
Care to expose who I am?
Lol MrAlptraum said:Thanks for all the entries so far. Poetryman, I've looked through your poems and realised you've exceeded anything you've written before, so well done.
Thanks A, if you were watching, i revised it about 5 times before I decided it was done. The meyummm part took me a while, but it sure was a delicious finish, don't you think?
jj
Thanks A, if you were watching, i revised it about 5 times before I decided it was done. The meyummm part took me a while, but it sure was a delicious finish, don't you think?
jj
http://www.photography-match.com/views/images/gallery/Eroded_Iceberg_in_the_Lemaire_Channel_Antarctica.jpg
The ultimate lesson in evolution if you take anything from Darwin at all is that nature is ruthless no matter how we like to personify
her as a woman. -an obviously wise and profound man
Spirals
round and round we walk
slow steady spiral
no talk
the icy north wind
searches for our weak
hidden among the ranks
they fall we walk
no talk
there are good times
of course there are
but right now
we walk
The ultimate lesson in evolution if you take anything from Darwin at all is that nature is ruthless no matter how we like to personify
her as a woman. -an obviously wise and profound man
Spirals
round and round we walk
slow steady spiral
no talk
the icy north wind
searches for our weak
hidden among the ranks
they fall we walk
no talk
there are good times
of course there are
but right now
we walk
Petite_Renarde said:Playmate of the Night
Some tremble at my apparition
Others avoid me like the pest
What false representations cling to me?
I’ve roamed for centuries
I’ve been worshiped
I’ve been slaughtered.
I’m still present and around
Witches and Druids love me
Priests and gullible people despise me.
My eyes gleam in the dark
My fur muted and abundant
Care to expose who I am?
I'm guessing cat or bat maybe?
Some tremble at my apparition
Others avoid me like the pest
What false representations cling to me?
I’ve roamed for centuries
I’ve been worshiped
I’ve been slaughtered.
I’m still present and around
Witches and Druids love me
Priests and gullible people despise me.
My eyes gleam in the dark
My fur muted and abundant
Care to expose who I am?
I'm guessing cat or bat maybe?
lepperochan said: http://www.photography-match.com/views/images/gallery/Eroded_Iceberg_in_the_Lemaire_Channel_Antarctica.jpg
The ultimate lesson in evolution if you take anything from Darwin at all is that nature is ruthless no matter how we like personify
her as a woman. -an obviously wise and profound man
Spirals
round and round we walk
slow steady spiral
no talk
the icy north wind
searches for our weak
hidden among the ranks
they fall we walk
no talk
there are good times
of course there are
but right now
we walk
Stumped. Was thinking goats, but that can't be right.
The ultimate lesson in evolution if you take anything from Darwin at all is that nature is ruthless no matter how we like personify
her as a woman. -an obviously wise and profound man
Spirals
round and round we walk
slow steady spiral
no talk
the icy north wind
searches for our weak
hidden among the ranks
they fall we walk
no talk
there are good times
of course there are
but right now
we walk
Stumped. Was thinking goats, but that can't be right.
