Poetry competition CLOSED 8th July 2017 6:53pm
WINNER
MadameLavender
MadameLavender
RUNNERS-UP:
David_Macleod
and Trixareforkids
It's a KNOCKOUT
Anticipated Storm
I felt an incursion
For many years
a storm was brewing
It grazed upon my fears
I foresaw the tempest
the turbulent gales
I knew its force
would devour my sails
It raged upon arrival
I was ill prepared
for the pounding downpour
inner war declared
Madness consumed me
flooding my soul
with an ominous darkness
black as coal
Like a typhoon
my mind spun round
unable to breathe
towards hell I was bound
No one to save me
a fiery decline
no hope of survival
bedlam by design
For many years
a storm was brewing
It grazed upon my fears
I foresaw the tempest
the turbulent gales
I knew its force
would devour my sails
It raged upon arrival
I was ill prepared
for the pounding downpour
inner war declared
Madness consumed me
flooding my soul
with an ominous darkness
black as coal
Like a typhoon
my mind spun round
unable to breathe
towards hell I was bound
No one to save me
a fiery decline
no hope of survival
bedlam by design
Written by mel44
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Related submission no longer exists.
Anonymous
You guys have outdone yourselves!!! Awesome entries everybody!! 😁
Anonymous
Just a reminder you have two days left before the deadline:
- Ard-ri
- Naughtymouse
- Todski28
- Fizzle
- calamity gin
- paperstains
- Ard-ri
- Naughtymouse
- Todski28
- Fizzle
- calamity gin
- paperstains
Anonymous
on a hint of a storm
far off rumble
seemed un-urgent
to me
nothing shook
not walls
not bones
not crockery
and any flashes
were easily drowned
by the flicker
of the TV
which
showed scenes
of an
ugly stampede
and a
fight to death
for the
last few pop-tarts
in aisle three
far off rumble
seemed un-urgent
to me
nothing shook
not walls
not bones
not crockery
and any flashes
were easily drowned
by the flicker
of the TV
which
showed scenes
of an
ugly stampede
and a
fight to death
for the
last few pop-tarts
in aisle three
Anonymous
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Anonymous
Brilliant entries guys!!
Without Warning
I wasn't prepared
for lack of shelter
when the deluge came
Structures I'd built before
weakened, ill-maintained
as we played under clear blue
neglecting thoughts of safety
Left with nowhere to turn
violent clouds blinded the sun
the sudden surge eroded foundation
faulty walls tumbled down
I tried to find you in flashes of light
lost your name in the crashing,
howling noise of nature
You were gone
Calm returned slowly
hard-won
years have been long
still, I find myself looking for you
on the horizon
Written by paperstains
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coastal complacency
mother’s heaving breast begets waves which
trundle in the summer months
with no concern for
s-p-f-50-lathered
bronze
concrete clouds come
westward
basal cambers coated in slate grey
wondering why
they are defied
such hubris
humans have
holding on to what they believe
belongs to them but is
the sole property of the sea
flocks
crammed in car clusters
on the freeway
fleeing
make the evening news
my muse
trundle in the summer months
with no concern for
s-p-f-50-lathered
bronze
concrete clouds come
westward
basal cambers coated in slate grey
wondering why
they are defied
such hubris
humans have
holding on to what they believe
belongs to them but is
the sole property of the sea
flocks
crammed in car clusters
on the freeway
fleeing
make the evening news
my muse
Written by Fizzle
(Ammiture)
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Anonymous
Storm In My Heart
Into bleakest oblivion
I feel myself fall
From the top to the bottom
I no longer stand tall
When the world is smiling
And I see no laughs
My universe is crumbling
I've strayed from my path
When I poured my heart out
Not one word did you hear
When I said its over
You smiled and jeered
So I wrote and I wrote
And I scribbled it out
My heart was a joke
And you just threw it out
I’m done and your gone
I won’t cry anymore
You left me for dead
Left me on the floor
But....
You taught me one thing
That I'll never forget...
No matter how much it storms
You can only get so wet.
Into bleakest oblivion
I feel myself fall
From the top to the bottom
I no longer stand tall
When the world is smiling
And I see no laughs
My universe is crumbling
I've strayed from my path
When I poured my heart out
Not one word did you hear
When I said its over
You smiled and jeered
So I wrote and I wrote
And I scribbled it out
My heart was a joke
And you just threw it out
I’m done and your gone
I won’t cry anymore
You left me for dead
Left me on the floor
But....
You taught me one thing
That I'll never forget...
No matter how much it storms
You can only get so wet.
Anonymous
Amazing entries guys!
There is just one person yet to meet the deadline which closes tomorrow at 5pm (GMT) to allow for judging for the next round.
Announcement of who is going forward and the next challenge will be made at 10pm (GMT) on the 18th.
There is just one person yet to meet the deadline which closes tomorrow at 5pm (GMT) to allow for judging for the next round.
Announcement of who is going forward and the next challenge will be made at 10pm (GMT) on the 18th.
Anonymous
ROUND ONE IS CLOSED.
Judging will happen over the next 24 hours and the list of who made it through and the next challenge will be posted after 9.30pm (GMT) tomorrow night
Judging will happen over the next 24 hours and the list of who made it through and the next challenge will be posted after 9.30pm (GMT) tomorrow night
She stares through eyes like glacial melt
Hair whipping around a baby face that masks trauma
That has seen hatred abnormal to be slung towatrds a beautiful
So very pretty in spite of her furrowed brow
She finds herself stirried faster and faster from this consternation
She owns by birthright her furious countenance
She was born different and suffers the daly blow
So a gift of great sight gleams through bllnd eyes
Wisdom and redemption form her tempest
And as her mind whirls, so does the atmosphere
They call her freak, and she feels like succumbing a dizzy that once accompanied insecurity
But rallied by her bothers and sisters fierce enough to fight ignorance with abnormality
They calm her with strength and she settles to breeze
But only for a moment will stillness grace her
Peace exists, but is fleeting in the eye of the hurricane
Hair whipping around a baby face that masks trauma
That has seen hatred abnormal to be slung towatrds a beautiful
So very pretty in spite of her furrowed brow
She finds herself stirried faster and faster from this consternation
She owns by birthright her furious countenance
She was born different and suffers the daly blow
So a gift of great sight gleams through bllnd eyes
Wisdom and redemption form her tempest
And as her mind whirls, so does the atmosphere
They call her freak, and she feels like succumbing a dizzy that once accompanied insecurity
But rallied by her bothers and sisters fierce enough to fight ignorance with abnormality
They calm her with strength and she settles to breeze
But only for a moment will stillness grace her
Peace exists, but is fleeting in the eye of the hurricane
Anonymous
THE RESULTS ARE IN!!
I'd like to thank Whale for helping me judge this round as an extra pair of eyes. The judging was as follows:
A maximum of 15 points from each judge on different criteria so the scores here are out of thirty:
Gahdess_worship - 23
David_Macleod - 23
Paperstains - 22
Dejure - 21
Trixareforkids - 20
OxymoronicMe - 20
0bs3ss3dp0ss3ss3d - 20
Todski28 - 19
Ard-ri - 19
Naughtymouse - 19
MadameLavender- 18
The following have been knocked out and will sadly not be joining us in the next round. Thank you so much for participating, you made this a really hard job to judge! *Applause*
Mel44 - 17
Fizzle - 15
Zazzles - 15
Calamity Gin - 15
Standby for the next challenge!
I'd like to thank Whale for helping me judge this round as an extra pair of eyes. The judging was as follows:
A maximum of 15 points from each judge on different criteria so the scores here are out of thirty:
Gahdess_worship - 23
David_Macleod - 23
Paperstains - 22
Dejure - 21
Trixareforkids - 20
OxymoronicMe - 20
0bs3ss3dp0ss3ss3d - 20
Todski28 - 19
Ard-ri - 19
Naughtymouse - 19
MadameLavender- 18
The following have been knocked out and will sadly not be joining us in the next round. Thank you so much for participating, you made this a really hard job to judge! *Applause*
Mel44 - 17
Fizzle - 15
Zazzles - 15
Calamity Gin - 15
Standby for the next challenge!
