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

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A Charm of Finches

xmar82
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( A murder of Crows)

Self Pity

Here I sit and  
Dine on my pity  
Of the people I knowingly displeased.  
Here I sit and  
Whine on the morrow  
Of the things I regretfully failed to do.  
Here I sit and fight to  
Drink the bile that sprang  
From the well of mine own sins  
It has left me without the will  
To taste of life  
Never more

Jade-Pandora
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wallyroo92 said:8.

A Huddle of Penguins

Hi Wally, and welcome to the "charm", with my thanks for your contribution to the competition!  -Jade

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xmar82 said:

( A murder of Crows)

Self Pity

My thanks to you, xmar82, for your entry to the "charm", and welcome! --Jade

Hepcat61
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(a murder of crows)

ANGELS AND CROWS
 
exposing  
her face  

an open scream  
like portraits found hanging  
 
halls papered in cloth squares  
with angels, and black feasting crows  
 
I walk the soft hookings  
standing briefly to admire  
 
reaching to adjust  
the lines(’)  
 
symmetry  

poet Anonymous

(10. A Husk Of Hares)

Skinned

My father shot pheasants,
pigeons, rabbits;  
most things that moved

he'd bring three birds home
tied together at the neck
their heads lopsided,
eyes closed, claws relaxed
the brilliant male plumage  
painting strange rainbows
against the outhouse wall.

I can skin a cottontail
in one piece

it's methodical work,
a meticulous bond  
of steel and skin melding  
in perfect sequence

sinew peels back to reveal
pink meat, cloaked grey
prostrated and gelatinous
the way nature intended it

the quietude of it all,
the death of all bones
fracturing, blow by blow
under weight of a blade.  

Flash forward fifteen years,
I've locked the bathroom door
peeling back the skin of my jeans,
the mottled flesh red and raw
the silence lingering, familiar.

It's methodical work,
a meticulous bond  
of steel and skin melding  
in perfect sequence

prostrated and gelatinous,
the way nature intended it.

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Hepcat61 said:(a murder of crows)

ANGELS AND CROWS

Thank you, Geoff, for making it in time to enter your 2nd poem to the "charm"!  --Jade

WillowsWhimsies
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Oops!  

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Miss_Sub said:(10. A Husk Of Hares)

Skinned

Greetings, Missy, I'm glad you made it here in time, and thanks so much for contributing to the "charm"! --Jade

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Anonymous said:<< post removed >>
Hello Taurek!  You just made it under the wire with your 2nd entry to the "charm", and thank you! --Jade

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Hepcat61
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A wonderful writing challenge you've given to us, Miss Jade.  I feel deeply honored and privileged to find myself on the podium... My deep congratulations to AEMelia564 and poetryaccident for such wonderful writes and to all who gave us freely of their words.

geoff

OxyMoronicMe
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CONGRATULATIONS. wonderful comp. Indeed.

poet Anonymous

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