Poetry competition CLOSED 25th April 2016 4:14am
WINNER
jenny_is_hungry
jenny_is_hungry
RUNNERS-UP:
calamitygin
and Hepcat61
Addiction
Poetry Contest Description
Write about someone you love having a addiction
Addiction is no laughing matter.
Whether if it was personally you who went through it or if it was someone close to you that is or did go through it. So in awareness of all types of addiction [ drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, etc. ]
I want you to write about someone who was either your friend/family/lover that is either going through it right now or is clean from it.
Rules:
- It has to be true
- It can be about any type of addiction
- If your friend or family member or lover is done with the addiction then just talk about what it was like seeing them go through it and how they were able to quit
- One entry only
- No fictional stories!!
Good luck, you have 2 weeks so get started!
Whether if it was personally you who went through it or if it was someone close to you that is or did go through it. So in awareness of all types of addiction [ drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, etc. ]
I want you to write about someone who was either your friend/family/lover that is either going through it right now or is clean from it.
Rules:
- It has to be true
- It can be about any type of addiction
- If your friend or family member or lover is done with the addiction then just talk about what it was like seeing them go through it and how they were able to quit
- One entry only
- No fictional stories!!
Good luck, you have 2 weeks so get started!
No Harm Done
Follow me
I’ll bring you to my pusher
with a pssssst down an alley way
he doesn’t call to me
I walk brazenly into his store
where I also happen to purchase
a fuel fix for my car
My mouth waters
greeted with panoply of possibilities
to sate my vice
do I crave chips or cheese puffs
perhaps a candy bar or two or three
life wouldn’t be in balance
without a package of cookies
oh and I can’t forget my protein
beef jerky presented in all varieties
mmmmm I’m feeling better already
Now what to wash it down with
in this I am so sensible
I always select soda pop
that is sugar-free or nearly so
these magic beverages
nullify any of the harmful effects
of my other snack choices
I can be so damn smart sometimes
Location, location, location
where to consume my sweet ‘n’ salty hoard
I’ll start small in the car on the way home
that takes 2 minutes
sneak the rest past familiar security
to the safety and acceptance of my bedroom
fire up the laptop
watch my favorite shows online
or perhaps write some poetry
while slipping into a junk-food orgasm
my sumptuous habit won't kill me
at least not tonight
Follow me
I’ll bring you to my pusher
with a pssssst down an alley way
he doesn’t call to me
I walk brazenly into his store
where I also happen to purchase
a fuel fix for my car
My mouth waters
greeted with panoply of possibilities
to sate my vice
do I crave chips or cheese puffs
perhaps a candy bar or two or three
life wouldn’t be in balance
without a package of cookies
oh and I can’t forget my protein
beef jerky presented in all varieties
mmmmm I’m feeling better already
Now what to wash it down with
in this I am so sensible
I always select soda pop
that is sugar-free or nearly so
these magic beverages
nullify any of the harmful effects
of my other snack choices
I can be so damn smart sometimes
Location, location, location
where to consume my sweet ‘n’ salty hoard
I’ll start small in the car on the way home
that takes 2 minutes
sneak the rest past familiar security
to the safety and acceptance of my bedroom
fire up the laptop
watch my favorite shows online
or perhaps write some poetry
while slipping into a junk-food orgasm
my sumptuous habit won't kill me
at least not tonight
cheval ~
there've been ponies
riding his crook
like a carousel again
& that slack arm rests
across my nape
a noose of
bruised veins ...
... he licks the ceiling,
lapping an ocean
of bleeding plumeria
from pale plaster,
wonder if
they rain down
behind hooded lids
or if he's blind
in that place
between something
& oblivion
*
in purgatory
we sleep on
broken tea cups ~
... i watch him eat
echoes of the past
from china shards
& silver spoons
burned by flame
at his fingertips ...
he soaks the singe
in amber fluid,
pours the scorch
down my throat
[i swallow]
//
there've been ponies
riding his crook
like a carousel again
& that slack arm rests
across my nape
a noose of
bruised veins ...
... he licks the ceiling,
lapping an ocean
of bleeding plumeria
from pale plaster,
wonder if
they rain down
behind hooded lids
or if he's blind
in that place
between something
& oblivion
*
in purgatory
we sleep on
broken tea cups ~
... i watch him eat
echoes of the past
from china shards
& silver spoons
burned by flame
at his fingertips ...
he soaks the singe
in amber fluid,
pours the scorch
down my throat
[i swallow]
//
CHASING DRAGONS
In every city in the world
You’ll find them there
Chasing dragons in the parks
Faces gaunt’ jaws open ‘never shut
Dim emotionless eyes take turns to blink
Among these Zombies of the poppies
You might find a friend of mine
Or a faded copy of the original
Blowing across the grimy concrete
Like a dry leaf before the first snow
Living out his life in the twilight
As minds slowly detach from bodies
Desires for love and sex dry up
Till they no longer can fuck
Lethargic bowels become arthritic
Till they no longer can shit
‘The Living Dead’
Yes, there is such a thing
My old friend walks among them
Some place some where
Far…farther, till he finally fades away
And disappears
In every city in the world
You’ll find them there
Chasing dragons in the parks
Faces gaunt’ jaws open ‘never shut
Dim emotionless eyes take turns to blink
Among these Zombies of the poppies
You might find a friend of mine
Or a faded copy of the original
Blowing across the grimy concrete
Like a dry leaf before the first snow
Living out his life in the twilight
As minds slowly detach from bodies
Desires for love and sex dry up
Till they no longer can fuck
Lethargic bowels become arthritic
Till they no longer can shit
‘The Living Dead’
Yes, there is such a thing
My old friend walks among them
Some place some where
Far…farther, till he finally fades away
And disappears
Anonymous
Evol meds.
I'm the demon you hate, the one you love,
Piece of junkie look at yourself,
Walking like a dumb with you mobile,
Pretending you are talking something important,
Poeple dyeing right there you no see 'em,
Call the cops, cuz they make the nice place looks bad,
I'm your nightmare, coming at you at day, during the night
You didn't sleep, a single second, and already you were numb,
Totally under the effect of your dope, a double last standing,
Todally unaware, sleeping, awake, no idea who you are,
I put anger in you and make you feel who you are,
I put hate in you and make you feel what you are,
But i put nothing in you, never let you know that you are,
So build a wall around you, lock yourself inside it,
See the shine no more, feel the sun no more, just die inside yourself,
Just everything i got, i got from you, and nothing you will receive back.
Only more problems will await you, in your dream, in your thing,
So, again, not last time, press the bottom twice, roll the dice twice,
So you refuse to belive, do what you want but there are voices in your head,
Telling you what you are, there you are again, insulting yourself all the day,
Fighting against your own wall, nobody has built it, you shot yourself,
Still don't you see what you are now?
Time is gone, time to go, say goodbye, but it's a see you soon.
I'm the demon you hate, the one you love,
Piece of junkie look at yourself,
Walking like a dumb with you mobile,
Pretending you are talking something important,
Poeple dyeing right there you no see 'em,
Call the cops, cuz they make the nice place looks bad,
I'm your nightmare, coming at you at day, during the night
You didn't sleep, a single second, and already you were numb,
Totally under the effect of your dope, a double last standing,
Todally unaware, sleeping, awake, no idea who you are,
I put anger in you and make you feel who you are,
I put hate in you and make you feel what you are,
But i put nothing in you, never let you know that you are,
So build a wall around you, lock yourself inside it,
See the shine no more, feel the sun no more, just die inside yourself,
Just everything i got, i got from you, and nothing you will receive back.
Only more problems will await you, in your dream, in your thing,
So, again, not last time, press the bottom twice, roll the dice twice,
So you refuse to belive, do what you want but there are voices in your head,
Telling you what you are, there you are again, insulting yourself all the day,
Fighting against your own wall, nobody has built it, you shot yourself,
Still don't you see what you are now?
Time is gone, time to go, say goodbye, but it's a see you soon.
Anonymous
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Jennifer finding Wonderland
I was lost inside "We are all mad around here." Just the worst fucking way to be.
I ran right down that bunny hole to hoard the fuckmeup treats.
Alice, was turning into a trick,
some Johns sweet little thing.
The Mad hatter no longer talking jive, was making perfect sense to me.
And that damned grinning cat,
no twisted insight,
just howled all night in heat.
I cut up the Queen of Hearts roses,
hoping she'd have my head.
The bitch invited me to tea.
I do not know what time the rabbit kept,
I was too busy running after me.
But you know how those stories usually end,
All the same players,
wind up to be in some not so real dream.
I fought hard to just wake the fuck up, and ran back to Jennifer's good mad Wonderland Reality.
I was lost inside "We are all mad around here." Just the worst fucking way to be.
I ran right down that bunny hole to hoard the fuckmeup treats.
Alice, was turning into a trick,
some Johns sweet little thing.
The Mad hatter no longer talking jive, was making perfect sense to me.
And that damned grinning cat,
no twisted insight,
just howled all night in heat.
I cut up the Queen of Hearts roses,
hoping she'd have my head.
The bitch invited me to tea.
I do not know what time the rabbit kept,
I was too busy running after me.
But you know how those stories usually end,
All the same players,
wind up to be in some not so real dream.
I fought hard to just wake the fuck up, and ran back to Jennifer's good mad Wonderland Reality.
Anonymous
Poetic Freaks
Freaks… Freaks for a reason
Spending our days fussing with our demons
Is there not one who’s sane?
Whose heart and mind isn't filled with disdain
Addictions to the craft
Comprehending our existence we graft
A cathartic process
Our journaled experience of progress
Hidden within thy rhyme
Mathematical equation confines
A mind not that I know
Or comprehend in the ways that I grow
An Inspired conscience
Exploring my interpretive nonsense
These thoughts I fantasize
Of my mental health I romanticize
Tell me for what reasons
I explore through poetic cohesions
What answers do I quest
Conformation of how I’m dispossessed
Through this art form of poem
And the cathartic process I call home
I search to find the core
And all the broken doors that I explore
Thoughts driving me batty
My intellectual mind quite scatty
Bathed in ambivalence
With struggles of cognitive dissonance
Freaks… Freaks for a reason
Spending our days fussing with our demons
Is there not one who’s sane?
Whose heart and mind isn't filled with disdain
Addictions to the craft
Comprehending our existence we graft
A cathartic process
Our journaled experience of progress
Hidden within thy rhyme
Mathematical equation confines
A mind not that I know
Or comprehend in the ways that I grow
An Inspired conscience
Exploring my interpretive nonsense
These thoughts I fantasize
Of my mental health I romanticize
Tell me for what reasons
I explore through poetic cohesions
What answers do I quest
Conformation of how I’m dispossessed
Through this art form of poem
And the cathartic process I call home
I search to find the core
And all the broken doors that I explore
Thoughts driving me batty
My intellectual mind quite scatty
Bathed in ambivalence
With struggles of cognitive dissonance
Trip
A blot or two won't make you numb
Three or four and you'll see there's more
You'll think of life's colorful concepts
Figures, shapes, and the curious beyond
Promising indeed, so I took it
You see, I've put something under my tongue
I'm wondering, waiting for something to come
The clock ticked, nothing has happened
I have been warned not to accept candies from strangers
Jack the ripper, that sly scheming motherfucker
I sat on the couch and played some music
To pass the time and calm myself down
Until all this sorrow forms a heavy mist
So I can wallow in the sad serenading song of abyss
But I was too quick to judge you see, I think its kicking in
I feel like jumping up and down, and drifting with the wind
My soul responded and sensed an extraordinary escapade
A journey through the cosmos, a trip beyond the clouds
Straight tight curves and twisted straight roads
It is a hard climb and you'll feel every rise and fall
Finally at the peak, the highest you'll ever be
The lid is finally open and all went loose and free
Spinning, sinking, rising, floating
My face and my hands are melting
I must be dreaming or the screws inside my head are missing
Bright colors and moving pixels, lasers and halos
and walls closing in and out
Seamless patterns and guardians and entities
And ratios and fractals and everything in between
I can hear every clunk and clink and every ruckus
Every trivial banter and every obsessive laughter
Internal monologues about space and time and the void
Strange streams of thought, jumping from point to point
Occurences happening simultaneously
Arriving and leaving at the same time
The past, the present, and the future existing as one
We are the creator and the creation
Nirvana, Alpha and Omega
Then it starts to wane, slowly easing down to where it began
Crashing back to reality's sordid embrace
Like an eloquent dream fading away
Disappearing slowly like shadows in twilight
It has been a ride but nothing ever lasts
Soon you'll sleep and wake, thinking
Which is the dream?
A blot or two won't make you numb
Three or four and you'll see there's more
You'll think of life's colorful concepts
Figures, shapes, and the curious beyond
Promising indeed, so I took it
You see, I've put something under my tongue
I'm wondering, waiting for something to come
The clock ticked, nothing has happened
I have been warned not to accept candies from strangers
Jack the ripper, that sly scheming motherfucker
I sat on the couch and played some music
To pass the time and calm myself down
Until all this sorrow forms a heavy mist
So I can wallow in the sad serenading song of abyss
But I was too quick to judge you see, I think its kicking in
I feel like jumping up and down, and drifting with the wind
My soul responded and sensed an extraordinary escapade
A journey through the cosmos, a trip beyond the clouds
Straight tight curves and twisted straight roads
It is a hard climb and you'll feel every rise and fall
Finally at the peak, the highest you'll ever be
The lid is finally open and all went loose and free
Spinning, sinking, rising, floating
My face and my hands are melting
I must be dreaming or the screws inside my head are missing
Bright colors and moving pixels, lasers and halos
and walls closing in and out
Seamless patterns and guardians and entities
And ratios and fractals and everything in between
I can hear every clunk and clink and every ruckus
Every trivial banter and every obsessive laughter
Internal monologues about space and time and the void
Strange streams of thought, jumping from point to point
Occurences happening simultaneously
Arriving and leaving at the same time
The past, the present, and the future existing as one
We are the creator and the creation
Nirvana, Alpha and Omega
Then it starts to wane, slowly easing down to where it began
Crashing back to reality's sordid embrace
Like an eloquent dream fading away
Disappearing slowly like shadows in twilight
It has been a ride but nothing ever lasts
Soon you'll sleep and wake, thinking
Which is the dream?
Anonymous
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Suffocation............................!
Choking On Air
Can't Even Breath
No One Is There For Me
Fuck You And Your Life
While I'm Suffocating Alone
As I Smoke A Joint Releasing My Pain To Let It Go To rest
Hoping For Death To Follow
As On Top Of My Green Weed
Another Bill I Take Wishing Nothing More Or less For Me
No One Hears Me While Crying
No One Hears Me Hurting,
Another bill After Another While Sipping On Vodka Taking My Pain In
If I Die No One Would Care
Angry As Hell
Within Through My Bills
Cut Not Once But Twice On Through My Whist
As Like No One Really Care
As Is I'm Not faking I'm Actually Hurting Inside
Someone please I Feel Suffocating Inside
Fuck Friends And There Live
They Have Put Me Through Hell
Now My pain Is Within Inside
Nothing Can Cheer Me Up While I Lay In bed Depressed
Thinking On What's My Plan Next,,,,
Although It Fucking Life
You Choice How You Want it
Today is The Worse Of Them All
Not Thinking On What Has happened
listening To music nothing but Death
ill never feel The Same Again
As Angry As I Am I Will Not Recover
And Suffocating With bills Hoping I Can Die Through My Pain I Am Living
Lose And Now Forgotten
Suffocation Through Within
Written By Harley
Choking On Air
Can't Even Breath
No One Is There For Me
Fuck You And Your Life
While I'm Suffocating Alone
As I Smoke A Joint Releasing My Pain To Let It Go To rest
Hoping For Death To Follow
As On Top Of My Green Weed
Another Bill I Take Wishing Nothing More Or less For Me
No One Hears Me While Crying
No One Hears Me Hurting,
Another bill After Another While Sipping On Vodka Taking My Pain In
If I Die No One Would Care
Angry As Hell
Within Through My Bills
Cut Not Once But Twice On Through My Whist
As Like No One Really Care
As Is I'm Not faking I'm Actually Hurting Inside
Someone please I Feel Suffocating Inside
Fuck Friends And There Live
They Have Put Me Through Hell
Now My pain Is Within Inside
Nothing Can Cheer Me Up While I Lay In bed Depressed
Thinking On What's My Plan Next,,,,
Although It Fucking Life
You Choice How You Want it
Today is The Worse Of Them All
Not Thinking On What Has happened
listening To music nothing but Death
ill never feel The Same Again
As Angry As I Am I Will Not Recover
And Suffocating With bills Hoping I Can Die Through My Pain I Am Living
Lose And Now Forgotten
Suffocation Through Within
Written By Harley
The Holy Grail Is Just A Fucking Cup
The kitchen table was the place
the only place
she couldn't be banned from
we could always tell when she'd been tossed
as she'd come home before closing
still wrapped in her rant
and make us all, even if it meant waking us
drag ourselves there
However many packs of smokes were sitting there
was how many hours we were conscripted
to listen to her bullshit
I believe I cried
the night there was an entire carton waiting
Still, she was sometimes funny
unless someone laughed at the wrong thing
then it was fisticuffs for the offender
I was smarter than my sisters
so she and I didn't dance until later
long after
the kitchen roundtable had been abandoned
along with any dreams
of the fabled "normal" life
and the only jokes left
were the stories she'd tell
about how it was all going to change
Tomorrow
And though the sun eventually rises
tomorrow never dawns
The kitchen table was the place
the only place
she couldn't be banned from
we could always tell when she'd been tossed
as she'd come home before closing
still wrapped in her rant
and make us all, even if it meant waking us
drag ourselves there
However many packs of smokes were sitting there
was how many hours we were conscripted
to listen to her bullshit
I believe I cried
the night there was an entire carton waiting
Still, she was sometimes funny
unless someone laughed at the wrong thing
then it was fisticuffs for the offender
I was smarter than my sisters
so she and I didn't dance until later
long after
the kitchen roundtable had been abandoned
along with any dreams
of the fabled "normal" life
and the only jokes left
were the stories she'd tell
about how it was all going to change
Tomorrow
And though the sun eventually rises
tomorrow never dawns
