Poetry competition CLOSED 13th January 2017 3:34am
WINNER
Simon_III_Msibi (Mandla Msibi)
Simon_III_Msibi (Mandla Msibi)
RUNNERS-UP:
Zombie_B
and WillowsWhimsies
romance
Poetry Contest Description
Share romantic poems.
Romance: a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love.
Poems will get a comment of multiple sentences that will explain good features as well as subjective areas of improvement. If you want to receive your comment, then put your poem webpage's full url link (or just the 6 digits that are within that url) at the bottom of your posts.
You are allowed to submit a poem that you've written before; regardless of whether or not I've commented on it, or whether or not it's been in my previous romance contest.
You can submit a maximum of 3 poems. Don't edit your posts, after the contest has closed.
If you have any questions or concerns, please send me a private message.
Here's some inspiration:
Ahavati said:The Luckiest
Solar illumination crept
into our final morning
You reach for your
medicine bag, open it
place a buckeye seed
in each of my palms –
For Luck, you say
folding your fingers
firmly over mine.
Your hair feather
rests against my neck
lead crystals reflecting
a rainbow'd wall of magic
All 88 constellations
set in your pupil'd
irises in after-light
We are weightless
under pelts, natural
as our own epidermis
burning wood cracks
branches somewhere
beyond us, its heat
preying eagerly
on a lingering chill
You read my eyes, ask
if I’m composing poetry
I say no, just thinking
how as a little girl
I always wanted
to be loved by a poet,
spend our aged years
in the composition
of beautiful verse
born of inspiration
between us
You smile, your palm
covers the entire side
of my face, no trace
of sorrow or jealousy
crosses your gaze,
only a deep respect
for courageous truth
You say you want
that for me as well
pray the Great Spirit
will favor my wish
I ask why – why
would you pray
that I be favored
by a poet when
in this moment
I'm the luckiest
being so loved
by a poem
A befallen silence
strips our Spirits
crystallized refractions
explode across the cabin
stars meet their season
billions of miles from origin
thermometers swell
their mercurial red
magnetising solidly
deeply infusing
one inside the other
~
OxyMoronicMe said:My Avian Knight
Don't stare at me
With those smokey eyes
My looks mean nothing
And would fade in time
I am sorry that you
Have to see this broken me
I am sorry that my heartache
Caused you pain.
If my soul could mate with yours, It would...
But I'm afraid to turn your golden heart
Into dust with my poisoned hand
I wish my heart would listen to justifications
And be wielded with the voice of reason
If I could just love you instead, I would.
But tonight, let me share with you
My soul as shattered as it is
Let me be one with you
In body and spirit.
I cannot stay knowing that I am
Just a mere shadow of that person
You deserve to be with.
Let me grow back that missing piece
Of feather that had fallen off
Along with the autumn in my heart
Fear not, my Avian Knight
For in your nest I'll build my home
Not today, but someday soon
I hope...
It wont be long now,
I promise you.
personanongrata said:when I suddenly felt you
All of a sudden
I felt your arm
Organs vibrating
taking your form
There are no words
that capture the state
or any thought
to assimilate
You turn my darkness
to luminous space
with running planets
as if they're late
They taught me love
seen by the few
watered my heart
so it grew
Imperial blossoms
convoke creation
there is no coincidence
or discrimination
Sensual spheres
of masculine force
enter in feminine
then backwards
The outcome is
like nuclear fusion
Enormous potency
but major confusion
Poems will get a comment of multiple sentences that will explain good features as well as subjective areas of improvement. If you want to receive your comment, then put your poem webpage's full url link (or just the 6 digits that are within that url) at the bottom of your posts.
You are allowed to submit a poem that you've written before; regardless of whether or not I've commented on it, or whether or not it's been in my previous romance contest.
You can submit a maximum of 3 poems. Don't edit your posts, after the contest has closed.
If you have any questions or concerns, please send me a private message.
Here's some inspiration:
Ahavati said:The Luckiest
Solar illumination crept
into our final morning
You reach for your
medicine bag, open it
place a buckeye seed
in each of my palms –
For Luck, you say
folding your fingers
firmly over mine.
Your hair feather
rests against my neck
lead crystals reflecting
a rainbow'd wall of magic
All 88 constellations
set in your pupil'd
irises in after-light
We are weightless
under pelts, natural
as our own epidermis
burning wood cracks
branches somewhere
beyond us, its heat
preying eagerly
on a lingering chill
You read my eyes, ask
if I’m composing poetry
I say no, just thinking
how as a little girl
I always wanted
to be loved by a poet,
spend our aged years
in the composition
of beautiful verse
born of inspiration
between us
You smile, your palm
covers the entire side
of my face, no trace
of sorrow or jealousy
crosses your gaze,
only a deep respect
for courageous truth
You say you want
that for me as well
pray the Great Spirit
will favor my wish
I ask why – why
would you pray
that I be favored
by a poet when
in this moment
I'm the luckiest
being so loved
by a poem
A befallen silence
strips our Spirits
crystallized refractions
explode across the cabin
stars meet their season
billions of miles from origin
thermometers swell
their mercurial red
magnetising solidly
deeply infusing
one inside the other
~
OxyMoronicMe said:My Avian Knight
Don't stare at me
With those smokey eyes
My looks mean nothing
And would fade in time
I am sorry that you
Have to see this broken me
I am sorry that my heartache
Caused you pain.
If my soul could mate with yours, It would...
But I'm afraid to turn your golden heart
Into dust with my poisoned hand
I wish my heart would listen to justifications
And be wielded with the voice of reason
If I could just love you instead, I would.
But tonight, let me share with you
My soul as shattered as it is
Let me be one with you
In body and spirit.
I cannot stay knowing that I am
Just a mere shadow of that person
You deserve to be with.
Let me grow back that missing piece
Of feather that had fallen off
Along with the autumn in my heart
Fear not, my Avian Knight
For in your nest I'll build my home
Not today, but someday soon
I hope...
It wont be long now,
I promise you.
personanongrata said:when I suddenly felt you
All of a sudden
I felt your arm
Organs vibrating
taking your form
There are no words
that capture the state
or any thought
to assimilate
You turn my darkness
to luminous space
with running planets
as if they're late
They taught me love
seen by the few
watered my heart
so it grew
Imperial blossoms
convoke creation
there is no coincidence
or discrimination
Sensual spheres
of masculine force
enter in feminine
then backwards
The outcome is
like nuclear fusion
Enormous potency
but major confusion
Everything Worth Knowing
A waning sun makes golden
The end to a spring day,
And sends forth the suddenness
Of a breeze from evening’s breath.
As it approaches, it sloughs above,
Through the trees that line the street
Where they walk, hand in hand, in love.
She stops as if she’s lost her way.
He turns and looks down at her,
Smiling, with an expression
That asks if anything’s wrong.
She lifts his hand that she holds to her face
Studying up close every detail,
Turning palm upwards and then down.
”You’re not certain I’m real.
You think I'm a dream” she hears him say.
On the contrary, her mind spins in place
To drink in the fact that she can feel
Every cell of hers in a fusion with his
At the moment of their discovery,
When they return to the flat
Where they live, and walk the five flights
To the room
To the bed
To undress
To lie together
To explore each other
To know
Every detail very well about
Everything worth knowing.
Tongues taste and fingers stroll,
Spending long hours lazily delving
From head to toe and in between.
That anywhere, both night and day,
They'll think of each other in ev'ry way.
To daydream of the shadowy valley
Below the pelvis, as one might.
Of parted thighs that shed light
On the tender most regions,
So receptive and so very warm.
To kiss the crook of a soft inner arm,
And the sensual swirl to the shell of an ear.
Planting slow-motion kisses upon the
Archer’s bow of a collarbone,
Across the undulations of flesh
That span the hips, and upon
The navel floating midway between,
And dimples around the bend of a knee.
Taking in the aroma of one’s lover.
Where one nuzzles an armpit,
And is given shelter by an embrace
That makes time stand still until
Nothing more is left but the senses,
And the reflection of them drifting
From their tour of exploration about
Everything worth knowing.
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/231199-everything-worth-knowing/
London Lust
Moans in transit
Upon hankering blood
Impetuous over fallacy
Spitting game fires
Mallory of chains
Over roughed pimps
Under skins lust
Passion for body
Moaning like coward
Fucking like reward
Causing unlimited fallacy.
Over those nightmares
Lies my involuntary
Dreams to intrigue
Murder my emotions
Just some pleasure
Beneath parallel justice
Roaring like wildflowers
Moaning like handicapped
Catch my heaven
Get myself perplexed
Sober like eternity.
Moans in transit
Upon hankering blood
Impetuous over fallacy
Spitting game fires
Mallory of chains
Over roughed pimps
Under skins lust
Passion for body
Moaning like coward
Fucking like reward
Causing unlimited fallacy.
Over those nightmares
Lies my involuntary
Dreams to intrigue
Murder my emotions
Just some pleasure
Beneath parallel justice
Roaring like wildflowers
Moaning like handicapped
Catch my heaven
Get myself perplexed
Sober like eternity.
Your Waters
Gingerly I waded in
Wetting my heart before the soul
I floated gently on the waves
Of your fathomless being
A sanctuary built for me
Created to give me life anew
The fountain of life in you
I plunged head long into
These miraculous waters
Healing the pain in my heart and soul
The parts have come together
I am born anew in you
Gingerly I waded in
Wetting my heart before the soul
I floated gently on the waves
Of your fathomless being
A sanctuary built for me
Created to give me life anew
The fountain of life in you
I plunged head long into
These miraculous waters
Healing the pain in my heart and soul
The parts have come together
I am born anew in you
On Top
On top baby
That’s where
I want you to be
Take charge
I will submit today
Awaken that passion and fire
That I have seen before
Caress me in your warmth
Sustain me with those gifts
Make me feel genuine
Tomorrow’s another day
And I will be anew
On top baby
That’s where
I want you to be
Take charge
I will submit today
Awaken that passion and fire
That I have seen before
Caress me in your warmth
Sustain me with those gifts
Make me feel genuine
Tomorrow’s another day
And I will be anew
This Knight
My shield, I have cast aside
My sword, is sheathed and
Sits against your bedroom door
I have abandoned my armor
Tonight
This knight
Comes to you
Open, vulnerable to your whims
Tonight, I am not a knight
I am only a simple man
With simple needs
That only you can satiate
My shield, I have cast aside
My sword, is sheathed and
Sits against your bedroom door
I have abandoned my armor
Tonight
This knight
Comes to you
Open, vulnerable to your whims
Tonight, I am not a knight
I am only a simple man
With simple needs
That only you can satiate
Her Breast's As My Pillow
Bosomed dear,
A breast
for my pillow.
A lonely traveler
and thus
kind you are.
I like
the wine and
how it tastes
beneath the moon.
Dear, come soon
and
on my head
I
smell of wine.
I swell
it is the
moon.
Bosomed dear,
A breast
for my pillow.
A lonely traveler
and thus
kind you are.
I like
the wine and
how it tastes
beneath the moon.
Dear, come soon
and
on my head
I
smell of wine.
I swell
it is the
moon.
The Climax
Yes, being strong I
And those finger nails were
Lavender Smell's
On you the rose I split into
How much snow can one eat
Oysters dine
On rank tuna fish and
Crabs back into their hole's
The distance between me and it
Caused hiccups
And as for me I swam to the bottom
Without air and laid there
The weight of it throbs
In her hand
Having faith and faith is blind
Day always is and night is kind
And you
are less in the light though
your mine
and always
and always it is as it is
I am blind
Yes, being strong I
And those finger nails were
Lavender Smell's
On you the rose I split into
How much snow can one eat
Oysters dine
On rank tuna fish and
Crabs back into their hole's
The distance between me and it
Caused hiccups
And as for me I swam to the bottom
Without air and laid there
The weight of it throbs
In her hand
Having faith and faith is blind
Day always is and night is kind
And you
are less in the light though
your mine
and always
and always it is as it is
I am blind
Upon the blue and green ocean set the sun, the golden sand sparkled...as the wind blew the white mesh curtains trickling over my naked back i lay happy in the arms of the one who make my heart pause every two seconds. Caressing my hair pulling me closer to his chest our heart beat as one, as we stare into each other's soul our lips meet causing waves of tremmer all over my body. Feeling secured as muscular arms held me firm; as rock hard abs cushioned me. The scent of salt and coconut fumed... giving a calm aura. Our love was all that clothed us as we lay face to chest, hand to head, skin to skin in the ambiance of la la land...
romance
Romance was never my thing, until I met you,
the loud, funny laugh drama queen that you are
challenged me to the point of changing me from
a once dull quiet extra introvert to what I am
today, a different person entirely made from the
roots of your genuine soul. I can always claim
to be the luckiest person alive, but I wonder how
many have made this claim throughout the years
with the actual matter of fact bravado that I now
occupy? No matter the number, I'm bound by
nothing but your essence, the way you stood
up for me when everyone around you said
my personality could never hold a candle to
your smiling bounds. Here I am today declaring
us a success despite the nay says of yesteryear
which have since disapeared into the abyss of
the world in which we control for only a limited
amounts of time before it changes to something
else entirely. Where are those people now?
Divorced multiple times trying to find that perfect
person that suits them instead of letting romance
take it's course when love comes calling on our
doors at ungodly hours of the night. I am a
witness to what love can do, the look in your eye
when you look at me seems like a dream in passing,
but it's been years now and I can't seem to ever
understand how someone so beautiful and
spontaneous could ever look at me and say that's
all you ever wanted in a man. I am honored by your
presence, our romance will overcome the masses.
Romance was never my thing, until I met you,
the loud, funny laugh drama queen that you are
challenged me to the point of changing me from
a once dull quiet extra introvert to what I am
today, a different person entirely made from the
roots of your genuine soul. I can always claim
to be the luckiest person alive, but I wonder how
many have made this claim throughout the years
with the actual matter of fact bravado that I now
occupy? No matter the number, I'm bound by
nothing but your essence, the way you stood
up for me when everyone around you said
my personality could never hold a candle to
your smiling bounds. Here I am today declaring
us a success despite the nay says of yesteryear
which have since disapeared into the abyss of
the world in which we control for only a limited
amounts of time before it changes to something
else entirely. Where are those people now?
Divorced multiple times trying to find that perfect
person that suits them instead of letting romance
take it's course when love comes calling on our
doors at ungodly hours of the night. I am a
witness to what love can do, the look in your eye
when you look at me seems like a dream in passing,
but it's been years now and I can't seem to ever
understand how someone so beautiful and
spontaneous could ever look at me and say that's
all you ever wanted in a man. I am honored by your
presence, our romance will overcome the masses.
romance II
How romantic can I truly be
when I'm trying to be with you?
I have nothing else to give,
you're taken by someone I know
and that kills me everyday thinking
how things could be different than
what they are now. Are we meant
to be? If so, how come you're still
not part of me? I understand the
way things work, and the way
things work out, but I feel lonely
without your touch, the inpatient
side of I who declares myself
yours even before one word on
the subject of my love for you is
ever spoken. I have high hopes in
the time coming when your glance
is meant towards my direction, and
for that time I wait never folding hands,
instead with my eye on anticipation.
How romantic can I truly be
when I'm trying to be with you?
I have nothing else to give,
you're taken by someone I know
and that kills me everyday thinking
how things could be different than
what they are now. Are we meant
to be? If so, how come you're still
not part of me? I understand the
way things work, and the way
things work out, but I feel lonely
without your touch, the inpatient
side of I who declares myself
yours even before one word on
the subject of my love for you is
ever spoken. I have high hopes in
the time coming when your glance
is meant towards my direction, and
for that time I wait never folding hands,
instead with my eye on anticipation.
romance III
I am romantic to a fault I can truly say,
how can I not when you have everything
a man could ever want in a five foot five
frame made of absolute delight in heels.
Say I am head over heels, and that would
be the correct assumption, I've made it
my mission to dedicate myself to a part
of you yet excavated by any man before
my five foot nine came into your existence.
Flowers and things will never be enough
for someone who in a year has made me
realize what true romance entails, for that
reason the sky is the limit when trying to
impress you by doing things that you
would consider a work of art in the
department of the romantics. Let me take
you on a ride of a lifetime with someone
who would never take your for granted,
or someone who puts you on the highest
pedestal imaginable with the eye of a
beholder trusting that what he sees is the
most divine being to walk this planet.
Because of you I am a true romance,
and because of you I am a man with no
boundaries to the happiness of your stride.
I am romantic to a fault I can truly say,
how can I not when you have everything
a man could ever want in a five foot five
frame made of absolute delight in heels.
Say I am head over heels, and that would
be the correct assumption, I've made it
my mission to dedicate myself to a part
of you yet excavated by any man before
my five foot nine came into your existence.
Flowers and things will never be enough
for someone who in a year has made me
realize what true romance entails, for that
reason the sky is the limit when trying to
impress you by doing things that you
would consider a work of art in the
department of the romantics. Let me take
you on a ride of a lifetime with someone
who would never take your for granted,
or someone who puts you on the highest
pedestal imaginable with the eye of a
beholder trusting that what he sees is the
most divine being to walk this planet.
Because of you I am a true romance,
and because of you I am a man with no
boundaries to the happiness of your stride.
The Day I Wake To Find You
Written from the otherside of the bed of Hepcat's .... http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/237191-the-day-i-wake-to-find-you/
The day I wake to find you beside my naked self
Your arm's warm embrace engulfing my spirit
Your hands dead on its weight enclosing my breast
Your morning breath, heavenly faning my face
And your eyes slowly opens to find me staring
Sweet smile slowly forms both our lips
Knowing we're each other's first sight of a beautiful morn
Memories filled my mind
With our night full of love
Remembering how beautiful it was
Skin to skin, joined together as one
Each sigh, each touch, each kiss...
Felt so good, so right, so at home.
For with you, at last I found
That pull, that magic that others had
Heart-melting lava of wet insides
Longing for a throb only from your burning rod
Just like a sonnet with syllables in count
We form a world rhyming the both of us
I welcome you with legs apart
Your member so rigid, so silky and wanting
Our pores open, slippery, burning
Each contact, electrifying, satisfying
Each taste, passionately sweet, addicting
As we come to our peak, a new height starts to rise.
Starry night, cold, heat, spring rain
Everything happening all at once
Passion filled our heart with higher calling that is love
Exhausted, fullfilled, aware of what this was
As we close our eyes, our spirit soar
Knowing that tomorrow, each will still be there
Your heartbeat speaks to me as I drifted to sleep
Mine singing a sonata that only you could hear
As consciousness slowly shut down
A dim light remains at the corner
Keeping us together, even in our dreams.
We float in darkness, swimming in each other's warmth
Knowing that a new dawn would come and there would still be us
The day I wake to find you beside me, with me... Forever.
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/238519-the-day-i-wake-to-find-you/
Written from the otherside of the bed of Hepcat's .... http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/237191-the-day-i-wake-to-find-you/
The day I wake to find you beside my naked self
Your arm's warm embrace engulfing my spirit
Your hands dead on its weight enclosing my breast
Your morning breath, heavenly faning my face
And your eyes slowly opens to find me staring
Sweet smile slowly forms both our lips
Knowing we're each other's first sight of a beautiful morn
Memories filled my mind
With our night full of love
Remembering how beautiful it was
Skin to skin, joined together as one
Each sigh, each touch, each kiss...
Felt so good, so right, so at home.
For with you, at last I found
That pull, that magic that others had
Heart-melting lava of wet insides
Longing for a throb only from your burning rod
Just like a sonnet with syllables in count
We form a world rhyming the both of us
I welcome you with legs apart
Your member so rigid, so silky and wanting
Our pores open, slippery, burning
Each contact, electrifying, satisfying
Each taste, passionately sweet, addicting
As we come to our peak, a new height starts to rise.
Starry night, cold, heat, spring rain
Everything happening all at once
Passion filled our heart with higher calling that is love
Exhausted, fullfilled, aware of what this was
As we close our eyes, our spirit soar
Knowing that tomorrow, each will still be there
Your heartbeat speaks to me as I drifted to sleep
Mine singing a sonata that only you could hear
As consciousness slowly shut down
A dim light remains at the corner
Keeping us together, even in our dreams.
We float in darkness, swimming in each other's warmth
Knowing that a new dawn would come and there would still be us
The day I wake to find you beside me, with me... Forever.
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/238519-the-day-i-wake-to-find-you/
