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cach_17
Lost Thinker
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Poetry Contest

Post poems talking about life. You say whatever you want to.
Hi everyone,
Welcome to the competition.
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I wish you luck .

L- live
I- it
F- fully
E- everyday

ps. That's my personal motto

poetryaccident
Poetry Accident
Dangerous Mind
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Age’s Grace

We’ve both walked with some grace
living beneath high firmament
the sun and move walked their paths
tracing lines as they marched
Kronos asks for his due
though each would seem to touched
with unequal yoke by wheel’s turn
ask they years what they have borne.

Decade’s half marked your ascent
five years long yet so short
from periled childhood to the stoop
of adulthood you’ll soon embark
into our midst to make your mark
taking lessons to then progress
what’s come before will inform
the way you will shape the world.

The same years were a beat
echoing same again and again
to this one long crossed that line
listening to a lifetime’s pulse
a metronome that droned along
what I’ve done is now outpaced
by time’s repeating drum
asking only for more of the same.

Against this frame time is skewed
fresh with purpose for one of two
the other sees the span and asks
what it means to walk the planes
when half their age does surpass
less than that of comrade’s life
and what of years yet to come
will grace ask the same of both?

drone
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 3rd Sep 2011
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In life
you assume
in death
you know

drone
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 3rd Sep 2011
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What gives us
the right
to chance the flight
of life
in motion

drone
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 3rd Sep 2011
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When you find life
in the shadows
the shadows
will find life
in you

Astyanax
Ceejay
Fire of Insight
United Kingdom 9awards
Joined 23rd Feb 2010
Forum Posts: 748

The Whirlpool of Life

How do we fill in the gap between being born and dying?
With sleeping and talking and thinking and walking and shopping and driving and flying;
With meeting friends, making amends, trying to put things right,
Wishing we'd done things differently in the middle of the night.
Some of us kill, some of us swill, some of us cheat on our wives,
Some of us nurture our children, some of us ruin their lives.
Some fill the gap with boredom, lumbering from bed to settee,
Wasting life's precious allotment gorging on daytime TV;
Others are obsessively active, never a moment to spare -  
Running committees and holding collections and badgering those who don't  care.
Some of us squander, some of us ponder, most of us bumble along,
Going to work, paying the bills, hoping it won't all go wrong.

And what did it bring us, we wonder, as decline turns into fall:
Surprise, awareness, knowledge, fun, and love, ah yes, love, most of all.

OxyMoronicMe
G.L.
Dangerous Mind
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Joined 15th Feb 2016
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Life
  is not an existance
  is not just breathing
  is not just being
Life
  is living
  in pain
  in bliss
  in love
  in missery
  in indulgence
  in scarcity
Life
  is affecting
  mattering
  convicting
Life
  is expressing
  is moving
  is feeling
  is minding
Life
  is a commitment
  and a choice
Life
  is timeless
  and immortal
  until forgotten
Life
  Yours
  make them remember
  and you may live forever
 
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Grace
IDryad
Tyrant of Words
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An Existence

living, not merely existing
life to savour vibrant colours
of creation in all its glory
the tapestry woven by Gaia

living, is not mere breathing
but inhaling aromas
of the earth
freshness of each new day

living, is touching hearts
leaving imprints
carving lasting memories
on all you meet

life and living
highway towards the end
each sights a joy
each touch a celebration.



SatansSperm
Dangerous Mind
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06/24/11
I woke up in the back
of a burned out vw micro bus
half empty bottle of scotch in my hand
& you lying curled up
against my chest

the morning light on your naked skin
was more beautiful than any sunrise
& for one brief moment
I was content in this life

but the lessons of the streets
remind me to never get too close
to anything or anyone
so tomorrow I will be waking up
with someone else
thinking of you
till the memory fades

eswaller
Dangerous Mind
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Joined 22nd Dec 2015
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Through Life, Not Around

I cannot back trace and go back
To the past anymore. Life does not
Move that way. Everything gets off track

And unfocused. The happiness you sought
Is what you make out of it. Life goes
Forward not backwards. The sadness got

In the way. The tears water and grows
The flowers in the garden. Do not ruin
On them on your way out. The door shows

The way through, not around. The illusion
Is playing tricks on you, thinking that the only
Way to get through life is being superhuman

And going downhill. Never get too lonely.
You will find both someone and
Something to make you feel more homely.

poet Anonymous

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poet Anonymous

Cerulean Reflections   (Soliloquy)

 
O' soul, how could twilight's dawn appease
which vision will lend me liberty
a mere reflection that I am
falling in steps to dance of death
my ink's magic stands askance
besets my own inequity
wrap me in silence against threshold
beseeched spliced by lightning bolt
my reasoning will grow in hands of cold.

O' noble one, the earth shall cry
seared upon my deepest core
crimson tears beyond my reach
innocence rebirth in fortress of fear
seduced and nestled in sweet delusion
truth smiles as it leaves me weak
Tis beauty, thy creation
such purity I ne'er knew, thusly
imitations value none thy own.

RebelePhoenix
Rebel Phoenix
Twisted Dreamer
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Love it, short, simple yet deep and thought provoking

xmar82
Dangerous Mind
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Joined 10th Oct 2013
Forum Posts: 153



Angry Plead

WHY ME!
I screamed at the sky
Shaking my fist in anger and disgust
What have I done to deserve this hell?
Did I offend you in my last life?
I can't seem to get anywhere
Everything I try, I fail
I'm tired of stumbling through life
Ambling, without direction
Wondering where I'm supposed to be
Half dead from the neck up
Help me make the right decisions
What am I not seeing?
Help me find this road that eludes me
I am floundering in my life
The only thing that I can do correctly is fuck up
I know that I am destined for something better
I feel it in my bones
My fervor for a better existence is within me
In my heart and soul
GROWING...
PUSHING...me to run!
I just can't find my way in this darkness
Light my way and I vow
I won't forget your empathy
Help me fill these sails with pride and
Sail to my destiny
Whatever it may be


mcjay
Fire of Insight
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Joined 11th Mar 2015
Forum Posts: 514

Ostentatious

Painstaking
A paltry panacea
Meteors are evanescent....
The enigma of being lost
like Hitler committing enormity

--------An unremitting battle-----


The trepidation of the opponents
Being on the verge to disply courage
The fact may remain the same
Though and although

History repeats itself...

Minds are replete
Fearing reprisals from the terrorists,
His manners were reprehensible

Uncle Ted was resolute.....

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