Poetry competition CLOSED 14th February 2017 9:12pm
WINNER
DarkEnchantress
DarkEnchantress
RUNNER-UP:
Magnetron
Do you ponder over shit that shapes itself?
Poetry Contest Description
Write a short poem about an insignificant object and make it profound.
Hello, deeply underground poets.
The idea and title for this comp was inspired by a comment I received for a short poem I wrote... now here are the FOO KING RULES:
For this poetry challenge you are required to use your observational skills and imagination to write a short poem [with a maximum of 20 words, using the first line as your title], taking an insignificant object or thing that you find in your everyday mundane life, and make it something profound.
Entries are limited to three poems per poet. New poems only and no collabs.
Example:
a heavy reminder
held by masking tape
a severed roach leg forms a question mark
precariously
hanging over my head
Written by Alexander Case
Anonymous
I lift her
shells against my ears;
those otherworldly ghosts
whisper their overdue breaths
to the parts that still crave
shells against my ears;
those otherworldly ghosts
whisper their overdue breaths
to the parts that still crave
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Empty Bus Bench (Haiku)
She waited in vain
For a bus that never came
Till fading away
Empty Bus Bench (Haiku)
She waited in vain
For a bus that never came
Till fading away
The black snake*
tourniquets the Sacred
shoots venom into the plump
vein of holy water
Pushers massacring
the innocents
~
* Hopi prophecy regarding the Dakota access pipeline aka black snake.
http://earthjustice.org/features/faq-standing-rock-litigation?gclid=Cj0KEQiAtqHEBRCNrdC6rYq9_oYBEiQAejvRlxDCF5gfIS3zgmr5zt36eZUa0gG8jivNx2YrR-wiWqYaAmQR8P8HAQ
shoots venom into the plump
vein of holy water
Pushers massacring
the innocents
~
* Hopi prophecy regarding the Dakota access pipeline aka black snake.
http://earthjustice.org/features/faq-standing-rock-litigation?gclid=Cj0KEQiAtqHEBRCNrdC6rYq9_oYBEiQAejvRlxDCF5gfIS3zgmr5zt36eZUa0gG8jivNx2YrR-wiWqYaAmQR8P8HAQ
Written by Ahavati
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Dirt
Betwixt psalm and soul
stuffed in corners nail of toe
the sweep gathers toll to toil
till death
below
***side story: The Powatan & Iroquois
Confederacy shared a tradition.
"Dont sweep the dirt" from your dwelling.
It could be a visiting ancestor.
Betwixt psalm and soul
stuffed in corners nail of toe
the sweep gathers toll to toil
till death
below
***side story: The Powatan & Iroquois
Confederacy shared a tradition.
"Dont sweep the dirt" from your dwelling.
It could be a visiting ancestor.
