Poetry competition CLOSED 21st July 2013 3:35am
WINNER
EngrVV (D_Poetic Engineer)
EngrVV (D_Poetic Engineer)
RUNNERS-UP:
Grace
and Sterling7147
GHOST LOVERS
Anonymous
Poetry Contest Description
POEMS OF LOVE THAT SURVIVED DEATH OF ONE OR BOTH
1. submit up to 3 poems (can be all genres, including flash fiction which means a maximum of 1000 words)
2. the poems etc may be old or new
3. it must be about love that transcended death
....this can be very open.....
4. the poem can be tasteful erotic....
5. as I forget to add instructions, more instructions will be added as needed.....kindly ask or post
Anonymous
Working on it, Kitty!
Would I Go to Heaven If I Call Your Name?
tears fall from heaven
as i lay you down to earth
rest in peace, my love
heaven and earth will rejoice
for you have found peace at last!
now that you were gone
no more worries, no more fear
sorrows left behind
will you sing a lullabye
even if you're in heaven?
would you still love me
tomorrow when I die,
will you call my name
if i ended up somewhere?
hope--tomorrow never comes
if i call your name
will i go to heaven too?
tell me what to do--
i would rather be with you
than burn in hell forever...
tears fall from heaven
as i lay you down to earth
rest in peace, my love
heaven and earth will rejoice
for you have found peace at last!
now that you were gone
no more worries, no more fear
sorrows left behind
will you sing a lullabye
even if you're in heaven?
would you still love me
tomorrow when I die,
will you call my name
if i ended up somewhere?
hope--tomorrow never comes
if i call your name
will i go to heaven too?
tell me what to do--
i would rather be with you
than burn in hell forever...
Anonymous
Cathy
Across the moors, you wait for me,
Finally mine, my dear Cathy,
For in life, all that we did get
Was more star-crossed than Romeo and Juliet.
I came to be the Master and Lord
Of all in the land the Lintons bore;
My beggar's life once so ungrateful
Turned me into something hateful.
I had it all, the riches and such,
Save for the one thing I had wanted so much:
The touch of your hand and look from your eyes,
Was the only remedy to quell my ire.
Ah but Cathy, fate made us choose
Something far more greater to lose.
But now as I pass through this world's door
I, Heathcliff, am yours evermore.
Across the moors, you wait for me,
Finally mine, my dear Cathy,
For in life, all that we did get
Was more star-crossed than Romeo and Juliet.
I came to be the Master and Lord
Of all in the land the Lintons bore;
My beggar's life once so ungrateful
Turned me into something hateful.
I had it all, the riches and such,
Save for the one thing I had wanted so much:
The touch of your hand and look from your eyes,
Was the only remedy to quell my ire.
Ah but Cathy, fate made us choose
Something far more greater to lose.
But now as I pass through this world's door
I, Heathcliff, am yours evermore.
Anonymous
Poetic Engineer and Madame Lavender - thank you for starting the competition with those beautiful poems. Kitty
Weird Ghost Story
Wanders through the night
Every full moon it appears
In the air it floats
Riding the clouds with laughter
Driving every one insane
Gullible people
Heard about it and believe
Only you have doubts
Sifting through the dark rubbles
To find out shattered remains
Sad to know the truth
The body rose from the grave
Of your beloved
Reaching out to hold your hands
You vanished into thin air
Wanders through the night
Every full moon it appears
In the air it floats
Riding the clouds with laughter
Driving every one insane
Gullible people
Heard about it and believe
Only you have doubts
Sifting through the dark rubbles
To find out shattered remains
Sad to know the truth
The body rose from the grave
Of your beloved
Reaching out to hold your hands
You vanished into thin air
INFERNAL BARGIN
For your love, I gave up my soul
Inside my heart, fire takes its toll
Do not look, I am a monster
I crawl my way up from the dumpster
For you, I am drenched in sin
Just so I can see you again
Just a corpse blessed with unlife
A killer with a broken knife
Demon with no soul to sell
A coward living in this hell
I’m crooked, shambling around
I don’t know, which way is up or down
Can you see my face in the dark?
Or in this world, am I just apart?
A wisp of my former self
An empty, vengeful shell
If I am the fist of the devil then I will smite all in my way
Just a corpse blessed with unlife
A killer with a broken knife
Demon with no soul to sell
A coward living in this hell
Why am I - unfit to be loved?
Damned by those who reign from above
You told me lies for my soul
I have lived such pain that it untold
But for you I will still fight
Seeking to make what’s wrong into right
Who else would fight for you?
Until all are left dead and blue
Tide of blood will cleanse this place
I leave all in my way laid to waste
I will earn your love with my sin
Will you, my love, look upon me then?
For your love, I gave up my soul
Inside my heart, fire takes its toll
Do not look, I am a monster
I crawl my way up from the dumpster
For you, I am drenched in sin
Just so I can see you again
Just a corpse blessed with unlife
A killer with a broken knife
Demon with no soul to sell
A coward living in this hell
I’m crooked, shambling around
I don’t know, which way is up or down
Can you see my face in the dark?
Or in this world, am I just apart?
A wisp of my former self
An empty, vengeful shell
If I am the fist of the devil then I will smite all in my way
Just a corpse blessed with unlife
A killer with a broken knife
Demon with no soul to sell
A coward living in this hell
Why am I - unfit to be loved?
Damned by those who reign from above
You told me lies for my soul
I have lived such pain that it untold
But for you I will still fight
Seeking to make what’s wrong into right
Who else would fight for you?
Until all are left dead and blue
Tide of blood will cleanse this place
I leave all in my way laid to waste
I will earn your love with my sin
Will you, my love, look upon me then?
HOLLOW FAÇADE
Gone but still here
Death is still near
Her ghost, she still lingers
Image faded
Soul is jaded
My heart, it still hungers
The picture is devoid
Emotions are destroyed
Just a hollow façade
A jaded serenade
Now the home is in flame
A hole filled with rage
I’m a hollow façade
A jaded serenade
Scattered in ash
Decisions so rash
Her face, lost forever
Took it with you
Darken the mood
My love, it was severed
Where have you gone?
Lost and so alone
In another place
They can see your face
Why can’t I?
The picture is devoid
Emotions are destroyed
Just a hollow façade
A jaded serenade
Now the home is in flame
A hole filled with rage
I’m a hollow façade
A jaded serenade
Gone but still here
Death is still near
Her ghost, she still lingers
Image faded
Soul is jaded
My heart, it still hungers
The picture is devoid
Emotions are destroyed
Just a hollow façade
A jaded serenade
Now the home is in flame
A hole filled with rage
I’m a hollow façade
A jaded serenade
Scattered in ash
Decisions so rash
Her face, lost forever
Took it with you
Darken the mood
My love, it was severed
Where have you gone?
Lost and so alone
In another place
They can see your face
Why can’t I?
The picture is devoid
Emotions are destroyed
Just a hollow façade
A jaded serenade
Now the home is in flame
A hole filled with rage
I’m a hollow façade
A jaded serenade
GRIEVING
She was my lonely little ray of moonlight
It was her that made this a home
She would wake me every morning with a kiss
Until bitter wishes came along
Underneath this calm demeanor
I was such a broken wreck
(My love, please don’t cry for me.)
Sat under an umbrella at her funeral
I tried to be strong at this time
But my guts twisted and my limbs grew weak
And then I cried at her shrine
I ask myself,
“Why must God take away
A beauty so full of life?”
But of course there was no
Answer forthcoming for my grief
All I want to do is lash out
I just wish to come to face God
Would He give to me
The answer to my question?
I can hear nothing
He gives no confession
Holding her picture in my hand
Rage comes to me hastily
(My love, please do live your life like this.)
But I cannot help it
The void is filled with hate
I can try to struggle
But I know, inside, it’s too late
She was my lonely little ray of moonlight
It was her that made this a home
She would wake me every morning with a kiss
Until bitter wishes came along
Underneath this calm demeanor
I was such a broken wreck
(My love, please don’t cry for me.)
Sat under an umbrella at her funeral
I tried to be strong at this time
But my guts twisted and my limbs grew weak
And then I cried at her shrine
I ask myself,
“Why must God take away
A beauty so full of life?”
But of course there was no
Answer forthcoming for my grief
All I want to do is lash out
I just wish to come to face God
Would He give to me
The answer to my question?
I can hear nothing
He gives no confession
Holding her picture in my hand
Rage comes to me hastily
(My love, please do live your life like this.)
But I cannot help it
The void is filled with hate
I can try to struggle
But I know, inside, it’s too late
This poem of mine offers an interesting, ancient take on the idea - "Who Cries for Gilgamesh?" The classic story, only with a few twists.
http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/29340-who-cries-for-gilgamesh/
http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/29340-who-cries-for-gilgamesh/
- Upon a Scarlet Sky -
Upon the canvas of the heavens I did gaze.
Watching the east, the autumn sky above…
And in the early hours of the morning haze,
There came to me, one I once did so love!
She was golden of hair, eyes brightly blue,
Her flowing jumpsuit white, with flowers…
Of green and pink to complement her true.
I was still enamored of her heart’s powers,
To touch me deeply with but one glance…
And so I called to her, forgetting her name.
Centuries it had been since our romance…
But my heart was drawn, a moth to flame!
“Ariel!” she called to me and I was held…
By that invoking: of a name holding power.
Once, before that name the fearful so knelt,
When time was still young in its’ own hour!
I felt the sting of tears as I gazed upon her,
For bitter was the recalling of the old days.
Projections from the past, within did stir…
And she shone: as can a star’s golden rays.
Like the dawn, and with it came that flash,
Which is the illumination of truth’s courses.
I remembered feeling such heavenly wrath,
But it eased, with the aid of gentler forces!
“Call me Aurora”, she said with such grace,
And I bade her to hold me as once of old.
As I stood spellbound by her angelic face,
The great women spoke, with voice bold:
“I have ascended, and have such little time,
So one single kiss: will have to convey all.”
She kissed me, in the dawn most sublime,
As a scarlet like fire, upon the sky did fall.
I understood so much and I was weeping,
When she vanished from my side at last…
But some loves are not for mortal keeping!
Some memories belong to the distant past.
Upon the canvas of the heavens I did gaze.
Watching the east, the autumn sky above…
And in the early hours of the morning haze,
There came to me, one I once did so love!
She was golden of hair, eyes brightly blue,
Her flowing jumpsuit white, with flowers…
Of green and pink to complement her true.
I was still enamored of her heart’s powers,
To touch me deeply with but one glance…
And so I called to her, forgetting her name.
Centuries it had been since our romance…
But my heart was drawn, a moth to flame!
“Ariel!” she called to me and I was held…
By that invoking: of a name holding power.
Once, before that name the fearful so knelt,
When time was still young in its’ own hour!
I felt the sting of tears as I gazed upon her,
For bitter was the recalling of the old days.
Projections from the past, within did stir…
And she shone: as can a star’s golden rays.
Like the dawn, and with it came that flash,
Which is the illumination of truth’s courses.
I remembered feeling such heavenly wrath,
But it eased, with the aid of gentler forces!
“Call me Aurora”, she said with such grace,
And I bade her to hold me as once of old.
As I stood spellbound by her angelic face,
The great women spoke, with voice bold:
“I have ascended, and have such little time,
So one single kiss: will have to convey all.”
She kissed me, in the dawn most sublime,
As a scarlet like fire, upon the sky did fall.
I understood so much and I was weeping,
When she vanished from my side at last…
But some loves are not for mortal keeping!
Some memories belong to the distant past.
My Ghost Lover (Sestina)
Every night as I stroll in a nearby park
I always see this lady – pretty as skylark
Her hair was long, black as the night--
Shimmering silver, accentuated by moonlight
Rumor was: she’s the nymph in the forest
If you fall in love with her, she’ll take your soul
Her beauty has captured my lonely soul
I never miss my nightly stroll in the park
Especially when one full moon of a night
I heard her lovely voice, tuneful as a skylark
Her voluptuous body reflected by moonlight
Adorned the façade of the silent, dark forest
We became lovers and daily part of the forest
Never wanting to miss each other every night
Even when it’s pitch black, without moonlight
Her lovely voice would guide me from the park
Until I reach our haven—comforting my soul
Then would cease, as if resting like a skylark
What a fairytale! I was smitten by a skylark
For it was one with the nymph of the forest
Such revelation, languished my restless soul
Can’t eat, nor drink every single night
Even the silhouette bathing in the moonlight
Can pleasure not the lonely sight in the park
People walking and jogging daily in the park
Took a good notice of my poor, and lonely soul
And the absence of the lovely, singing skylark
Thinking it was consumed by fire in the forest
That happened when lightning struck one night
Witnessed by not a single soul, but the moonlight
I’ve been always fascinated with the moonlight
Casting shadows that dance in the night…
Keeping everything alive within the forest
Now that the trees are gone, so is my skylark,
As I continue my daily stroll in the park
Hoping someday, it reunites with my waiting soul
Restless souls we are, dancing under the moonlight
A lovely apparition in the nude, but brightly-lit forest
Turned out my lover was that lady, raped and killed in the park!
Every night as I stroll in a nearby park
I always see this lady – pretty as skylark
Her hair was long, black as the night--
Shimmering silver, accentuated by moonlight
Rumor was: she’s the nymph in the forest
If you fall in love with her, she’ll take your soul
Her beauty has captured my lonely soul
I never miss my nightly stroll in the park
Especially when one full moon of a night
I heard her lovely voice, tuneful as a skylark
Her voluptuous body reflected by moonlight
Adorned the façade of the silent, dark forest
We became lovers and daily part of the forest
Never wanting to miss each other every night
Even when it’s pitch black, without moonlight
Her lovely voice would guide me from the park
Until I reach our haven—comforting my soul
Then would cease, as if resting like a skylark
What a fairytale! I was smitten by a skylark
For it was one with the nymph of the forest
Such revelation, languished my restless soul
Can’t eat, nor drink every single night
Even the silhouette bathing in the moonlight
Can pleasure not the lonely sight in the park
People walking and jogging daily in the park
Took a good notice of my poor, and lonely soul
And the absence of the lovely, singing skylark
Thinking it was consumed by fire in the forest
That happened when lightning struck one night
Witnessed by not a single soul, but the moonlight
I’ve been always fascinated with the moonlight
Casting shadows that dance in the night…
Keeping everything alive within the forest
Now that the trees are gone, so is my skylark,
As I continue my daily stroll in the park
Hoping someday, it reunites with my waiting soul
Restless souls we are, dancing under the moonlight
A lovely apparition in the nude, but brightly-lit forest
Turned out my lover was that lady, raped and killed in the park!
It’s the middle of the night,
a sudden rush woke me up
and there you were,
right on top of me.
Your eyes searching,
looking intensively into mine.
I catch my breath,
God I missed your eyes.
But how come you feel so real?
I reach and touch your face,
without more said we are kissing.
A real kiss,
the kind of kiss that leaves you breathless.
Soon enough we explore each of our bodies,
rushing, urgently but with passion.
Neither of us want this to end,
but we know soon it will.
Our bodies move together,
we were made for each other,
every curve , every space we filled it like a puzzle.
We are one, and my mind is going crazy.
Only you make me feel like this.
I’m warm, I’m happy, I’m loved.
I open my eyes, a cool feeling runs down my cheek.
When did I started crying?
We looked into each others eyes and we know it.
Time’s up.
You smile at me, the sweetest smile
I want to smile back but I can only cry.
You reach down and kiss my tear,
I closed my eyes and you whisper to my skin
"I love you"
I opened my eyes and there you were,
vanishing from my eyes.
...."I love you too".
and just like that you were gone.
Once again.
Your warm still lingers on me,
even if you vanish every time,
I'll still wait for you every night.
Just like we promised on our wedding night,
“I'll forever love you, neither will death or time
change the love in our hearts”.
A.
a sudden rush woke me up
and there you were,
right on top of me.
Your eyes searching,
looking intensively into mine.
I catch my breath,
God I missed your eyes.
But how come you feel so real?
I reach and touch your face,
without more said we are kissing.
A real kiss,
the kind of kiss that leaves you breathless.
Soon enough we explore each of our bodies,
rushing, urgently but with passion.
Neither of us want this to end,
but we know soon it will.
Our bodies move together,
we were made for each other,
every curve , every space we filled it like a puzzle.
We are one, and my mind is going crazy.
Only you make me feel like this.
I’m warm, I’m happy, I’m loved.
I open my eyes, a cool feeling runs down my cheek.
When did I started crying?
We looked into each others eyes and we know it.
Time’s up.
You smile at me, the sweetest smile
I want to smile back but I can only cry.
You reach down and kiss my tear,
I closed my eyes and you whisper to my skin
"I love you"
I opened my eyes and there you were,
vanishing from my eyes.
...."I love you too".
and just like that you were gone.
Once again.
Your warm still lingers on me,
even if you vanish every time,
I'll still wait for you every night.
Just like we promised on our wedding night,
“I'll forever love you, neither will death or time
change the love in our hearts”.
A.
Anonymous
Thank you for all those wonderful poems...still time for more.
Darksongs
Feel me again when you return
To this room we call our own
As I taste you again when I can
in our love-lust nest,
our dark domain;
Remember the love we shared
Think of our bodies as one
Remember the promises you made
We are lovers from day one
Your soul is here within this room
Trapped by a lover's boon
Tied by the promises of a groom
Who nevertheless left too soon
Your careless exploration
of a certain woman
Who is not yours to love
Is your own undoing
forced you to hold on to your vows
Remember the sharp thin knife
that cut your proud erection
the blood that spurts from the cut
Like extremely bright
ejaculations
Remember the crossed incisions
that freed your testicles
from their snug confines
They look like teary eye balls
Remember the way you scream
as you felt the blood drain
out of the cut on your front
How you slowly realised
That you are tied
securely on the bed
Good sex and a little sleepy dust
Can make you doze and then awake
To a full blown lust
I lay at the couch in front of you
Used my vibrator to make you see
How I loved my pleasure too
while you struggle
with your heart
so untrue and unfaithful
that has now an irregular beat
Running out of red fuel
drained through your gaping front
You do haunt me every night
sighing your songs of contrition
soughing through my goosebumed body
I swear I can feel your tongue
on all my pleasure points
As I urged you on
with my vibrating tool
To pleasure me until I am full
Until I wish again to partake of you
My trip to the butcher has been postponed
I have plenty for stew and enough battery.
Feel me again when you return
To this room we call our own
As I taste you again when I can
in our love-lust nest,
our dark domain;
Remember the love we shared
Think of our bodies as one
Remember the promises you made
We are lovers from day one
Your soul is here within this room
Trapped by a lover's boon
Tied by the promises of a groom
Who nevertheless left too soon
Your careless exploration
of a certain woman
Who is not yours to love
Is your own undoing
forced you to hold on to your vows
Remember the sharp thin knife
that cut your proud erection
the blood that spurts from the cut
Like extremely bright
ejaculations
Remember the crossed incisions
that freed your testicles
from their snug confines
They look like teary eye balls
Remember the way you scream
as you felt the blood drain
out of the cut on your front
How you slowly realised
That you are tied
securely on the bed
Good sex and a little sleepy dust
Can make you doze and then awake
To a full blown lust
I lay at the couch in front of you
Used my vibrator to make you see
How I loved my pleasure too
while you struggle
with your heart
so untrue and unfaithful
that has now an irregular beat
Running out of red fuel
drained through your gaping front
You do haunt me every night
sighing your songs of contrition
soughing through my goosebumed body
I swear I can feel your tongue
on all my pleasure points
As I urged you on
with my vibrating tool
To pleasure me until I am full
Until I wish again to partake of you
My trip to the butcher has been postponed
I have plenty for stew and enough battery.
