Poetry competition CLOSED 13th January 2017 7:04am
WINNER
Anonymous
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RUNNERS-UP: Hepcat61 and poetryaccident

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A Charm of Finches

Jade-Pandora
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Poetry Contest

Pick an image from the gallery provided and write a poem that it inspires from you.
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Welcome to A Charm of Finches competition!

Look through the gallery below and pick one of the images that inspires a write from you - a different choice per entry (you can post your chosen picture with your entry if you choose). It can be literally about the species from the art you pick, or metaphorical, tongue-in-cheek with a comedic twist, or dark or exotic/erotic, expressing any of the emotions you feel matches the visual. Get acquainted with the guideline below and make me say aloud "I wish I'd written that!".

1.  2 weeks duration.
2.  A limit of 2 entries per poet.
3.  New, or not so new.
4.  Any style of poetry, from haiku/eastern to formulaic.
5.  No prose or prose poetry.
6.  Mild erotic allowed, nothing extreme.
7.  Title your Ink.
8.  No collaborations.
9.  Use the comp thread for entries only.
10. Questions about any of the above, note me.

Enjoy, and thanks for your participation,
your host Jade

THE GALLERY:

1.  A charm of finches
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f248/jadepandora/a%20charm%20of%20finches00.png

2.  A concentration of kingfishers
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3.  A loveliness of ladybugs
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4.  A pandemonium of parrots
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f248/jadepandora/a%20pandemonium%20of%20parrots00.png

5.  A stand of flamingos
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6.  A kaleidoscope of butterflies
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7.  A watch of nightingales
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8.  A huddle of penguins
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9.  An aurora of polar bears
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10.  A husk of hares
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11.  A parliament of owls
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12.  A murder of crows
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13.  A skulk of foxes
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14.  An ostentation of peacocks
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f248/jadepandora/an%20ostentation%20of%20peacocks00.png

15.  An improbability of puffins
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16.  A crash of rhinos
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17.  A tower of giraffes
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18.  A romp of otters
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poet Anonymous

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anonymouslyhere
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~A watch of nightingales~

A Bird Smiled At Me


Ebony skies grew
Spiraling eternity
Encircling forever
For every soul
Birthing new breath
Born of forthcoming death


In my ponder I sat and sulked
I wondered and I walked
To no soul did I talk
The sky fell slowly
In small bits and piece
I would peer in every crease
Explore it, ask it if it knew
A way to feel brand new
Going through my little hell
I saw a droplet of waning light
It was a watchful of nightingale.





~anonshadow😏

Hepcat61
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RENGA: the watch

1
ev'n's foggy eye
soft silk rustle calms
her breath, my air

2
embrace
the cherry trees' bare limbs
alight like soft snow

3
her music
songs in lovers' woos
sounding deep

4
winter night
heat steams the cold
streams, distant mists

5
their tunes
call to the cherry spring
nightingale moon


OxyMoronicMe
G.L.
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First Impression - Proud To Be
(14. An Ostentation Of Peacocks)

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Like a house so large
Old, regal and proud
So majestic it stands
For all passerbys to admire
But inside, cobwebs all around
Tidy, yet dust under the carpet rugs
Everyday is open-house
Even on an empty pantry

Like a fly atop the forehead of a bull
Their eyes could see far afar
Far wide and look down below
Even those which are bigger than them
Is treated like they were beneath them
Such gaudiness, they felt all believed them
Everyday is harvest time
Even when it's fall and leaves are gone

Like the mannequin on display
Wearing the best of the season's stock
Their demeanor never wavers
Attracting buyers and window shoppers
Supermodel poise, cold bitch haut
No matter how naked or a close shop sign
Everyday is Christmas Day
Even on their funerals


OxyMoronicMe
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Papa Do Preach
(A Pandemonium of Parrots)

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Words,
Spoken by decendants of Malice and Ignoramus
Are serial killers on the loose
Beware!

Mercy,
Is persona non grata in the family
They spare no one, not even the All Mighty
Blasphemous!

Fertile,
Look how fast they can multiply
A pair becomes tens of thousands in no time
Pullutants!

Sharp shooters
Story tellers
News casters
Lawyers
Lawmakers
Gossipmongers
Spell casters
Opera Singers
Among others
Including you
Perhaps?

Imagine,
Such accomplished fellas
They make you want to believe
And be taken as adoptive sibling
To repeat after them
To be just like them
To be them

When both of you
Stood on the same side
Singing the same chorus
Over and over, again and again...
Legends become history
...and one deed becomes one too many.
One word becomes a story
...and one reputation on its way to ruin.
One life soon to be no more
...and you'll eat each other soon
Like cannibals basking in gluttony.

Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
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1.  A charm of finches
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f248/jadepandora/a%20charm%20of%20finches00.png
(Not an entry)


CHARM

A charm of finches that I hear
Of rapid wings and swirling air,
Their voices raised as they come near
Like waltzing diamond facets' tear.

But then it comes, reality
The flashing lights of law enforce
Instead of feathers stroking me,
A time when sane & sense divorce.

I seek to hide while still I look
In yearning gaze to listen for
The 'jay, the finch or friendly rook,
I long to see them flying o're.

Jade-Pandora
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anonymouslyhere said:~A watch of nightingales~

A Bird Smiled At Me

anonymouslyhere said:~12~

Death Does Fly

Hello Anon, with my thanks for both of your contributions to the competition! -Jade

Jade-Pandora
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Hepcat61 said:RENGA: the watch

Thank you, Geoff, for your haiku/senryu renga as a contribution to the competition! -Jade

Jade-Pandora
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OxyMoronicMe said:First Impression - Proud To Be
(14. An Ostentation Of Peacocks)

OxyMoronicMe said:Papa Do Preach
(A Pandemonium of Parrots)

Ah dear Oxy, my gratitude for your double contribution of entries to the competition!  -Jade

Jade-Pandora
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My thanks to you, Taurek, for starting things off with your #13 entry, and welcome to the competition!  -Jade

calamitygin
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!!VROOOOM!!

I Zoom past the Po Po
Their 5
Sirens blazing like gangbustas
Ol crazy Sherrif Cooter the all day Sucka
Sittin there prolly eatin his face
Hehehe it takes his whole sorry squad to give Gin Chase
He'd do bout anythang to take this gal in
SUCK IT SUCKA!
You ain neva eva gonna catch the great and fabulous CALAMITY GIN!

They call me Queen of the bad ass chick outlaws
Cuz I spit like a boy and once smoked a Camel
And I'd  fearlessly fly the one legged bird
in all your ugly faces

I also fly my colors proud!
Showing my allegiance to the lady Flamingos
The mean and lean ol' ladies of the notoriously ruthlesss Pink aces

Oh HOLY M O L Y!  LOOK OUT SWEET BESS
My lawdy they've laid a hellish trap !
They have pulled up the bridge you're about to cross down at Sawyers Gap!
Follow my lead, we pick up speed
Hold on we're about to .  ....
Juuuhhhh uuuhh uuuuummm p p p!!
Bess you hurt?
Answer me!!!
My gawd, stop bawlin, it's a lil ol lump...

How can you not love being alive right now!
Bess we caught 6 feet of air....
And you're still whining cuz you might jes look funny with that lump
unda a gob of stinkin hair $!?

Good golly woggers...
These sissy girls
They all act plum lazy!
If they aren't gripin bout the goll durn dirt
They are acting all goofy bout some boy
It bugs me batty though that when I see
Bess chasing Teddy
My tummy aches an I want to be near her or cry....
You think I might be going crazy?



anonymouslyhere
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~12~

Death Does Fly

What draws thee nigh?
Fighter of light
The ebony shadow-creature
Of graceful flight


Decay and rot lay
Festering in death
And thus birthing a crow
It's black and filthy
You surely must know


Death does fly
Black as night
Wretched, feathered
Holding evil together


For me
There is none
I'd rather meet
As evening softly
Goes
Than a murder
Of "Evil" crows.

moog
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Buttercup.

Yellow dainty buttercup
Captures  a single drop of dew
Providing a welcoming first morning drink
For ladybug
And busy tiny shrew.



Peter Dome. Copyright.2016.

Grace
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6. A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies

flutters of beauty
hovering over dewy flowers
dawn seen with sparkling hues
welcome them, the floating colours

little ballerinas
wings of little fairies
friends of nimble elves
dragonflies hover, guarding them

harbinger of visitors
to homes
when flutterby drops by
and rests on your window sill

for all butterflies
the one much loved
is Rajah Brooke butterfly
commemorating the White Rajah

his star shone once
among the tribes of Borneo
faded now, even as his butterflies
flutter around like a lingering memory.


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