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Sweat n Smoke

summultima
uma
Dangerous Mind
India 34awards
Joined 3rd Feb 2012
Forum Posts: 1365

Poetry Contest

something dark preferably but not erotic. micropoetry tym again
micropoetry challenge.. as the title smells, expecting dark themes preferably (sunshine-soft sweats n smokes too r highly welcum though),  but stritcly no erotic.

n the simple rules r
   max 3 entries per poet
   word limit per poem: 31 words or less
   any format
   new writes of course

   title optional (not counted as part of 31, but don't have a lengthy running one i had noticed in few dup poems plz)

winner to be based on the intensity of content build upon n the overall poetic feel

juz a week's tym..rush in the sweaty notez n smoky atmospheres dear poetz. do pm if any doubts on rules. Cheerz!:)

lepperochan
Craic-Dealer
Guardian of Shadows
Palestine 67awards
Joined 1st Apr 2011
Forum Posts: 14571







bleed your sins unto my hands
so I can smear my face with them
contrition be damned:
there are no innocents here
not in this place




















poet Anonymous

Spasm


palms wring blood
from smoking eyes red horse flies rise
hairy with ill ticks
burning clock sweats bullets
Sharp, dark tic on cavernous face
bit lip horror
chase breath to death.


poet Anonymous

Cut from the wreckage


The anniversary looms
The day that taught me
Anything can happen

When I got in the car
And woke up changed
Forever

Days away from my annual meltdow
Remembering
Trembling

summultima
uma
Dangerous Mind
India 34awards
Joined 3rd Feb 2012
Forum Posts: 1365

Tq Craic fr kicking off this comp with dat meaningful spatial entry .
Hollydove, that was really sweaty n smoking dark. N tq fr reminding abt title.will include in de rules:)
Miki, that was a moving piece n well titled,tq

Keep them coming more dear poetz

LobodeSanPedro
Tyrant of Words
Sierra Leone 109awards
Joined 16th Apr 2013
Forum Posts: 3304

backpack

blood trickled from the porcelain doll's eyes
the glass case broken around her
reflects the passive sun

Boy Scout trick
fire without the match

the devil said one word before

boom!

Ealantair
Lost Thinker
Lebanon
Joined 16th July 2014
Forum Posts: 12

Apathy

Palm strokes own neck
Pensively,
Testing resistance,
Tempting elasticity
Of skin.
Now push.
A tug of war
Etched deep inside…
Those late night thoughts.


summultima
uma
Dangerous Mind
India 34awards
Joined 3rd Feb 2012
Forum Posts: 1365

Tq LSP n Ealantair..hotfuming bloody reads!
[n to a more steady LSP, that was an accurate 31, means no disqualifications dis tym:)]

Keep them coming more dear poetzz..

David_Macleod
14397816
Tyrant of Words
United Kingdom 39awards
Joined 5th Nov 2014
Forum Posts: 2983

Sweat and Smoke

Your heat makes me sweat
The smoke from the fire I set
Was me trying to save you.

With my sweat I will cleanse your bones
Your charred and blackened bones

David_Macleod
14397816
Tyrant of Words
United Kingdom 39awards
Joined 5th Nov 2014
Forum Posts: 2983

Smoking Sweaty

I got sweaty at the gym today
In order for me to get fit
I finished my second pack of cigarettes
All my efforts just went to shit

poet Anonymous


Morphine


There's a dull ache
throbbing
sharp stabbing pain
piercing
my face swollen
jaw bone in agony
excruciating
overwhelmed with toothache
dentist a day away
morphine I love you

Carpe_Noctem
Tyrant of Words
8awards
Joined 3rd Mar 2013
Forum Posts: 3039


Snow and rain
its all the same
like war and peace
the ground swells with blood soaked tears
freedom to choose
coke or Pepsi
its all the same
in this world run on greed
ruled by corporate democracy

poet Anonymous

Firefighters of 9/11

[center]Under Devil's cloak of smoke
Ash white faces appear
streak with tears
Stairwells spiral down into madness
Hearts sweat grief
fiercely in final fight
Over three hundred storm gates of hell







[/center]

Ghoulie
Just G
Fire of Insight
10awards
Joined 20th Oct 2012
Forum Posts: 920


[Cremation]

memories remain
like raining ash
that clings to rose-tinted glasses
obfuscating nostalgic embers
with the grimey shadow of hindsight
whilst a remaining spark
is snuffed
exiled to nihility



toniscales
Lost Girl
Fire of Insight
United States 36awards
Joined 16th Dec 2014
Forum Posts: 431

Baby Jar

I leave
my feet go heavily
breath transformed
into the most pallid
of miracles

I enter the room
some hours later
you are fermenting
caving in
giant fig overripe
with sadness

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