Poetry competition CLOSED 10th January 2015 12:19pm
WINNER
Ghoulie (Just G)
Ghoulie (Just G)
RUNNERS-UP:
Viddax
and snugglebuck
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Anonymous
Poetry Contest Description
any style, one entry each, no collabs
Have you ever had to cut off contact with someone you care for deeply, for your own good?
can be anyone and for any reason, as long as it was not an easy thing to do...
Write based on this subject
This will be judged with anonymous (non DUP) help.
each entry will be scored and the results posted
can be anyone and for any reason, as long as it was not an easy thing to do...
Write based on this subject
This will be judged with anonymous (non DUP) help.
each entry will be scored and the results posted
forever and ever
is what they used to say
forever until that day
is what they say now
perfect best friends
perfect sisters
perfect twins
perfect everything
each have their own story
each told it so differently
each held each others hands
each keep the other strong
never thought they would stop
stop being friends
stop being sisters
stop being twins
you would have never thought
it would be over a boy
a boy that one loved
the other ignored
a stupid boy
he told one friend he loved her
and the other fuck you
he was sneaky
it wasn't easy
he had to work at it
but he got it
what he wanted
to break up that
friendship
sisterhood
twins
is what they used to say
forever until that day
is what they say now
perfect best friends
perfect sisters
perfect twins
perfect everything
each have their own story
each told it so differently
each held each others hands
each keep the other strong
never thought they would stop
stop being friends
stop being sisters
stop being twins
you would have never thought
it would be over a boy
a boy that one loved
the other ignored
a stupid boy
he told one friend he loved her
and the other fuck you
he was sneaky
it wasn't easy
he had to work at it
but he got it
what he wanted
to break up that
friendship
sisterhood
twins
Anonymous
lolnotfunny, thank you for starting us off 
I won't read the entries until the comp is finished*
I won't read the entries until the comp is finished*
Backward Forward
sliding fingers on matte walls
no reflections nothing of the souls
just silence behind made-up pearly curtains
holding back, trembling against the need
the need to touch savour find peace
within an embrace difficult to reach
must not should not could not
everything is wrong, all wrong
I leave that dream so impossible
I need to stick on to sanity
the mundane living breathing
for saying yes is death penalty
a ripple effect destruction
of other souls limpet to your life
I won't scrabble for hold
on a second hand shell.
sliding fingers on matte walls
no reflections nothing of the souls
just silence behind made-up pearly curtains
holding back, trembling against the need
the need to touch savour find peace
within an embrace difficult to reach
must not should not could not
everything is wrong, all wrong
I leave that dream so impossible
I need to stick on to sanity
the mundane living breathing
for saying yes is death penalty
a ripple effect destruction
of other souls limpet to your life
I won't scrabble for hold
on a second hand shell.
Anonymous
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Sorry not today thank you
Sorry not today thank you
are my words to the world
and to my friends
as I close myself to them,
for now.
I have popped out for lunch
searching the menu of destiny,
closed to all
and open to none.
Just wait a few ticks more,
but for now:
all is silence
all is nothing
and I can answer no calls.
I have burned my bridges
not out of spite
but out of shame and time,
so do not call for me
or look for me for now.
I cut all ties
break all bonds
and declare myself an outsider
friend to no-one.
But one day I shall return
and on that day
there will be no you and I
but only us.
Sorry not today thank you
are my words to the world
and to my friends
as I close myself to them,
for now.
I have popped out for lunch
searching the menu of destiny,
closed to all
and open to none.
Just wait a few ticks more,
but for now:
all is silence
all is nothing
and I can answer no calls.
I have burned my bridges
not out of spite
but out of shame and time,
so do not call for me
or look for me for now.
I cut all ties
break all bonds
and declare myself an outsider
friend to no-one.
But one day I shall return
and on that day
there will be no you and I
but only us.
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Goodbye Brother
I’m weary of your anger
I’m tired of your lament
Offended by everyone
No one escapes your judgment
You’ve grown into a cynic
With a dark depressing soul
Once you were a baby
Whose mother loved you so
Your heart has become hard
Your mind is so shallow
I must move away
From the darkness of your shadow
Goodbye Brother
I’m weary of your anger
I’m tired of your lament
Offended by everyone
No one escapes your judgment
You’ve grown into a cynic
With a dark depressing soul
Once you were a baby
Whose mother loved you so
Your heart has become hard
Your mind is so shallow
I must move away
From the darkness of your shadow
The Last Kiss
It has been ten years since our last kiss:
A seal of forever longing, and yet
The taste echoes upon my lips:
A casserole of love and regret,
For unwavering shadows attached by day
Are loyal partners owed our debt,
They fade beneath the reflecting moon
When wandering thoughts drift where we last met:
A parking lot late in June
Clinging for comfort both given and taken,
An embrace that found the words unsaid,
Hanging on for one last moment
Just so parting would hurt a little more
From a wildfire that for five years had spread
Only to leave the ground scorched
With embers forever smoldering
As our paths wound through woods untread,
Steadily farther from our last kiss:
A strange, illogical backwards twist
That our first and every since
Devoured
As a drowning rat breathes the air,
Yet our last was also our first
Of soft, gentle, loving care:
A moment spent balanced upon a knife,
Mixed with the contrasting stab of despair,
The cut to this day bleeds
As I reluctantly tend to the forest I've grown
Despite having sensed the hollow seeds.
I close my eyes to reminisce,
Amongst the tangle of vines and leaves,
Of a night that changed the stars above:
The night that I made our last kiss.
Beauty lies to the beholder
"Let's never fight again," she said
as she pulled him close and into her bed,
the pain still fresh where he had hit her head
after calling her a slutty cunt.
"I know it wasn't you, it was the drugs again,
but you've promised to finally get clean and then
we can finally be a family when
the stars clear from my eyes."
Meanwhile, he waits by the deep blue sea,
not the cause of her pain, but another he,
waiting for her to join him to make them "we"
as she holds her past close to her chest.
The cold wind blows across his face,
night pulling him close to hurl him into space.
He floats away bit by bit without a trace,
tears spilling from his eyes.
They both lie, cold, in a bed of harsh truths,
curled up under a blanket of lies.
"Let's never fight again," she said
as she pulled him close and into her bed,
the pain still fresh where he had hit her head
after calling her a slutty cunt.
"I know it wasn't you, it was the drugs again,
but you've promised to finally get clean and then
we can finally be a family when
the stars clear from my eyes."
Meanwhile, he waits by the deep blue sea,
not the cause of her pain, but another he,
waiting for her to join him to make them "we"
as she holds her past close to her chest.
The cold wind blows across his face,
night pulling him close to hurl him into space.
He floats away bit by bit without a trace,
tears spilling from his eyes.
They both lie, cold, in a bed of harsh truths,
curled up under a blanket of lies.
Birthing an Albatross
Lately
i've been trying
to tell the difference
between
a dreadnought heart
and a leaky vessel
It's all about
noticing the subtleties
in wet sleeves
clinging
to napkin notes
like lifeboats
Epitaphs
making both
Fuck you
and
I'm sorry
in the same breath
seem astoundingly rational
edging on appropriate
I confess
my childlike fantasy
for something tangible
unconditional
in a very conditional world
There once was a time
where we
bailed each other out
by the thimbleful
until you got smart
retaining your charms
buoyancy
comfortable with watching me
selfdestruct
from a polite
fathomless distance
When every garbled phrase is about
who I don't want to write about anymore
I'll sink deep
and breath deeper
Lately
i've been trying
to tell the difference
between
a dreadnought heart
and a leaky vessel
It's all about
noticing the subtleties
in wet sleeves
clinging
to napkin notes
like lifeboats
Epitaphs
making both
Fuck you
and
I'm sorry
in the same breath
seem astoundingly rational
edging on appropriate
I confess
my childlike fantasy
for something tangible
unconditional
in a very conditional world
There once was a time
where we
bailed each other out
by the thimbleful
until you got smart
retaining your charms
buoyancy
comfortable with watching me
selfdestruct
from a polite
fathomless distance
When every garbled phrase is about
who I don't want to write about anymore
I'll sink deep
and breath deeper
They don't like your anger
Maybe I don't too
But I know it's hurting me
And it's not hurting you
I let you dig in
You've made a home down there
Now I wish you'd fade away
But you always will linger
In this empty house I stay
Well it started out a game
We both liked to play
You made me feel privileged
You made me feel like I mattered
I knew it wasn't love
And it was just the power
It ended up a pain
And all I felt was shame
When you didn't like the game
You got so angry
Your anger hurt me
It hurt you too
Maybe it was better
If I left it up to you
Now you can fade away
And yet lingering you stay
But I would love to leave
Maybe for a day.
Laissez Tomber Les Filles
I looked across the table at her,
Wondering what she was thinking.
Then, shook my head at a memory of
A girl that broke my heart long ago.
She fidgeted in confusion and anger.
“Do you love me?” she asked.
“As much as I could love any girl”, I said.
“Why can’t you just say yes?”, she pried.
“I’m not the person for you”, I replied.
“I’m tired of trying so hard”, she fired.
“I wish you didn’t love me”, I sighed.
“Did you have to cheat on me?” she cried.
I didn’t answer. I just looked down.
She took a deep breath and slid
My cup of coffee towards me.
I took a second to think and said,
“I can’t do this. I can’t love you.
I can’t spend another night with you.”
Leaning forward and looking
Into my eyes, she asked,
“Did you ever really love me?”.
“Yes”, I whispered to her,
“I’m realizing I loved you all along,
Thats why I’m letting you go.”
I looked across the table at her,
Wondering what she was thinking.
Then, shook my head at a memory of
A girl that broke my heart long ago.
She fidgeted in confusion and anger.
“Do you love me?” she asked.
“As much as I could love any girl”, I said.
“Why can’t you just say yes?”, she pried.
“I’m not the person for you”, I replied.
“I’m tired of trying so hard”, she fired.
“I wish you didn’t love me”, I sighed.
“Did you have to cheat on me?” she cried.
I didn’t answer. I just looked down.
She took a deep breath and slid
My cup of coffee towards me.
I took a second to think and said,
“I can’t do this. I can’t love you.
I can’t spend another night with you.”
Leaning forward and looking
Into my eyes, she asked,
“Did you ever really love me?”.
“Yes”, I whispered to her,
“I’m realizing I loved you all along,
Thats why I’m letting you go.”
Oceans away
I look at you from my side of the bed
Oceans away you lay down your head
What are you dreaming?
Is it me that you're seeing?
I reach out to touch you but obtain empty space instead
I want to touch you
Feel the softness of your skin
The memory of it lingers
The constant warzone from within
How did "this" become of "us"
No logic can explain how gold turns to dust
When did this continent of sheets
Divide and concure the mutual ground that we use to meet?
When did YOU
And I
Stop being "WE"
I want to taste your lips with the lights on
Bask in all I will be seeing
Yet somehow it's a wishful thought
I realize I'm believing
Meet me at the gates
The ones we built to separate
The you and I from "we"
But a pull inside me hesitates
Resentment and destain
Start to cloud my brain
Realizing that what I had
Will never be again
I look at you from my side of the bed
Oceans away you lay down your head
What are you dreaming?
Is it me that you're seeing?
I reach out to touch you but obtain empty space instead
I want to touch you
Feel the softness of your skin
The memory of it lingers
The constant warzone from within
How did "this" become of "us"
No logic can explain how gold turns to dust
When did this continent of sheets
Divide and concure the mutual ground that we use to meet?
When did YOU
And I
Stop being "WE"
I want to taste your lips with the lights on
Bask in all I will be seeing
Yet somehow it's a wishful thought
I realize I'm believing
Meet me at the gates
The ones we built to separate
The you and I from "we"
But a pull inside me hesitates
Resentment and destain
Start to cloud my brain
Realizing that what I had
Will never be again
Anonymous
Thank you all for entering. These all have their merit and made for good reading.
I had hoped to have time to comment on each individual piece and post more detailed scores, but I don't.
Congrats to Ghoulie for winning top score!
Lolnotfunny 6
Grace 7
Stuckinahardplace 7
Donniedarko 6
Lordviddax 8
Snugglebuck 9
DreamSeed 6
Darkside 8
Uma 7
Ghoulie 10
Leena 6
Anthonyhendrix 7
Preston- 6
I had hoped to have time to comment on each individual piece and post more detailed scores, but I don't.
Congrats to Ghoulie for winning top score!
Lolnotfunny 6
Grace 7
Stuckinahardplace 7
Donniedarko 6
Lordviddax 8
Snugglebuck 9
DreamSeed 6
Darkside 8
Uma 7
Ghoulie 10
Leena 6
Anthonyhendrix 7
Preston- 6
