Poetry competition CLOSED 9th March 2017 7:48pm
WINNER
souladareatease
souladareatease
RUNNER-UP:
Grace
The Untold DUP Tribute
Anonymous
Poetry Contest Description
Write a DU poet tribute, somebody you haven't written about before
Write a tribute to a DU poet, but a poet you haven't written about before. Try and separate yourself from the same old people, and try something and somebody new.
Rules
* 3 entries max per poet
* Mention the person somewhere so we know who the poem is about.
* Write about a DU member you haven't written about before.
* 2 weeks
Rules
* 3 entries max per poet
* Mention the person somewhere so we know who the poem is about.
* Write about a DU member you haven't written about before.
* 2 weeks
Trisha
aka Forgotten_Mom71
The path that we've begun to walk
Is miles apart from you and I
Yet doesn't seem so far at all
as distant constellations lie
With arcing limbs across the night
With linking grasps of matter dark
For us to see by infrared
The healing glow that comes to us
Exchanged by spirit's loving touch
Upon us each our finger prints
And on the path we leave the sign
Of feet that step in tandem rhyme.
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Anonymous
Thank you for your entry :)
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Anonymous
Thank you for your entry insane_asylum.
Anonymous
This Round Is On Me
She reads and critiques my pomes
taking time out of a schedule so busy
it would make my head spin off
faster than a Poem Worm circling
the bottom of a tequila bottle
on Ladies Drink For Free Thursday
So, lets raise a glass and toast her
for all the hard work she does
around this hole in the ground
we call home
Three cheers for Ahavati
She reads and critiques my pomes
taking time out of a schedule so busy
it would make my head spin off
faster than a Poem Worm circling
the bottom of a tequila bottle
on Ladies Drink For Free Thursday
So, lets raise a glass and toast her
for all the hard work she does
around this hole in the ground
we call home
Three cheers for Ahavati
(For Lepp.)
Slainte
We first spoke
in three word
inspiration
I
the annoying
newcomer
who's
affinity
for simple sentence
mocked
Your Deeper thought
guidance
by peers
swaths
of secret gardens
held every
fruit
that could be plucked
from a forlorn
fantastical realm
corners whipped
sly
by L shapes
defend
with offense
as part
of a world
you own
time
how quick
the sand
sold you honest
as soldier
guiding endless
masses
deft
and on to Guardian
I swear
one could hear
the trad
march
and glasses raise
on every street
Harps and guitars
fiddle
my friend
lively
that atmosphere
hear
the banter
singing
Seven drunken nights
I know
your smile
Seamus
I've walked the Holy ground
of St. Fintans
to visit
a God
just missing you
by a
few simple grains
what I know is...
good eggs are rare
so many go
hopes pray
forever
that a "hat tip"
collects
what is deserved
https://youtu.be/fpj-VHER0kM
Slainte
We first spoke
in three word
inspiration
I
the annoying
newcomer
who's
affinity
for simple sentence
mocked
Your Deeper thought
guidance
by peers
swaths
of secret gardens
held every
fruit
that could be plucked
from a forlorn
fantastical realm
corners whipped
sly
by L shapes
defend
with offense
as part
of a world
you own
time
how quick
the sand
sold you honest
as soldier
guiding endless
masses
deft
and on to Guardian
I swear
one could hear
the trad
march
and glasses raise
on every street
Harps and guitars
fiddle
my friend
lively
that atmosphere
hear
the banter
singing
Seven drunken nights
I know
your smile
Seamus
I've walked the Holy ground
of St. Fintans
to visit
a God
just missing you
by a
few simple grains
what I know is...
good eggs are rare
so many go
hopes pray
forever
that a "hat tip"
collects
what is deserved
https://youtu.be/fpj-VHER0kM
Lunatics Alike
Shiny blood~dripping knives
Where will you be tonight?
Behind the shadows
Dancing in the darkness
If you let me hold yours
I'll certainly share mine
I promise to behave
Only if you want me to
Its so sharp
feels really
sexy
so shiny
so scary
Is that blood or
lipstick?
Can you feel that
I can too
Oh the chaos and mayhem
We could get into
The fun will be had by all
An ode to you
from me
Lunatic63 (JREED81)
Shiny blood~dripping knives
Where will you be tonight?
Behind the shadows
Dancing in the darkness
If you let me hold yours
I'll certainly share mine
I promise to behave
Only if you want me to
Its so sharp
feels really
sexy
so shiny
so scary
Is that blood or
lipstick?
Can you feel that
I can too
Oh the chaos and mayhem
We could get into
The fun will be had by all
An ode to you
from me
Lunatic63 (JREED81)
For You
burst of fireworks in the distant
the clinks of wine glass
before opulent tables
shouts of joy and gurgles of merriment
were behind closed doors
to me
a soggy pillow
a box of unknown tablets
many interesting hues
before me vying attention with my laptop
staring eyes fingers talking
a vacuum, a void filled my brain
my heart was winding down
you kept me enthralled in your words
you kept me within your thoughts' embrace
you didn't let me go until the dawn came
your understanding placed my sanity centred
you and one other held my hands
through the strength of your care
for that day a beloved had flown away
happy in the belly of the silver bird
to one who once abandoned him
to hold her and match their circled fingers
and I became a liquid puddle
as useless as dishwater
Kym Kym, you saved my life
those years ago
I will always remember you.
burst of fireworks in the distant
the clinks of wine glass
before opulent tables
shouts of joy and gurgles of merriment
were behind closed doors
to me
a soggy pillow
a box of unknown tablets
many interesting hues
before me vying attention with my laptop
staring eyes fingers talking
a vacuum, a void filled my brain
my heart was winding down
you kept me enthralled in your words
you kept me within your thoughts' embrace
you didn't let me go until the dawn came
your understanding placed my sanity centred
you and one other held my hands
through the strength of your care
for that day a beloved had flown away
happy in the belly of the silver bird
to one who once abandoned him
to hold her and match their circled fingers
and I became a liquid puddle
as useless as dishwater
Kym Kym, you saved my life
those years ago
I will always remember you.
Anonymous
Related submission no longer exists.
Anonymous
the `lessa of two evils`
In the morning
when she rises …
her poetic lips are a fresh canvas
of something;
she once considered herself
the [jesta]`lessa of two evils`
but in reality
she makes me smile
fictionally
Anonymous
Thank you Missy for hosting this comp and giving us a platform to express ourselves highlighting a person who was influential on us or on the community.
This is such a bittersweet moment with turn of events lately and the atmosphere of the site where we used to call ‘home’ and couldn’t wait to login daily to interact with friends and share glimpses of our thoughts through poetry.
Sadly, they’re all slipping away one by one but we’ll just pretend for the sake of diplomacy that everything is okay and we’ll look the other way.
Congratulations to Soul for honoring a wonderful man, a friend to many but most of all to a very instrumental MOD in the history of Du.
Grace it’s wonderful to share the billing with you, congratulations also.
Craic, you are missed immensely but more than anything we all miss what you and the ones who made du; the true ethos of the site represent.
btw, say ‘hi’ to JohnRot
This is such a bittersweet moment with turn of events lately and the atmosphere of the site where we used to call ‘home’ and couldn’t wait to login daily to interact with friends and share glimpses of our thoughts through poetry.
Sadly, they’re all slipping away one by one but we’ll just pretend for the sake of diplomacy that everything is okay and we’ll look the other way.
Congratulations to Soul for honoring a wonderful man, a friend to many but most of all to a very instrumental MOD in the history of Du.
Grace it’s wonderful to share the billing with you, congratulations also.
Craic, you are missed immensely but more than anything we all miss what you and the ones who made du; the true ethos of the site represent.
btw, say ‘hi’ to JohnRot
