Poetry competition CLOSED 19th June 2017 4:30am
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Soul

EpicUtester69
Just a simple poet
Dangerous Mind
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Poetry Contest

About the soul
A poem on the soul

1 must have title
2 must be about the soul it can be about love or what ever you like no restrictions on content as long as it is about the soul
3 I'll read all of them before I comment and award the winner as to keep the pages not so messy

Good luck to you all!

Grace
IDryad
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Trading your soul

No claims for deed the devil’s own
No appeals of mercy be ever heard
For signed you have and signed you’ll be
A soul for a deed signed within a deed
Till Devil come and claimed what he
Had deed to you a time before
When needed you his intervening law
 
What was it you deed your soul
To exchange for what wasn’t yours
To keep, to cherish or to ever own
Was it a dying infant dear
To you and yours that emboldened you
Or was it a fair maiden, a beloved lover
That you traded your soul for?
 
Now crashing sounds of dark angels wings
Come to reap what had been sowed
In willing furrows of demented minds
Now ready for the eternal fire  
What had been scythed  
Now bundled in sheaves
Never more unbundled be
 
Worth the weigh  
That tipped the scales
Your soul you sold
For one you loved
Now loved no more  
For they had betrayed
Your sacrifice had come to nought
 
 
 
 
Written by Grace (IDryad)
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poet Anonymous

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mel44
Melgar
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Soul Journey

Seemingly damned
dark voyage unknown
soul on its knees
seeking solace
believing alone
 
kindred spirit
casting light upon a path
warm comfort
cordoned my spirit
from death’s looming wrath
 
certain of grace
I’ll endeavour the eternal quest
soulful trek
now pursued
at my own behest
 
although eager
the journey shall not be swift
no regal course
on tardy currents
but at last I am adrift  
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wallyroo92
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Timeless

It has always been there in existence,
Way long before we were born,
Immaterial in the greatest distance,
In ethereal planes until we were formed.
And upon our arrival on this earth,
We embody these vessels for while,
We are given names upon our birth,
And a life of memories we compile.

It becomes the core of our very being,
Where both the heart and mind unite,
The mutual accord that is all agreeing,
The vision that gives our paths a light.

And the experiences we are living,
Fill the spirit so that we understand,
We are all sentient beings giving
The collective consciousness a strand.
In that essence we are all bonded,
By the happenstances of this world,
With beliefs that are well grounded,
Where universal truths are unfurled.

Wisdom is beyond the philosophical,
When knowledge grows inside of us,
When the emotional and the logical,
Fulfills the pieces to our purpose.
And in the end when we have gone,
Through life’s joys and tribulations,
These ships will finally come upon
The shores of eternal jubilation.

A part of us always stays behind,
In the memories of the ones we love,
Forever lasting in the hearts and minds,
In the memories of the ones we love.

Timeless, the soul never grows old.

poet Anonymous

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calamitygin
Jennifer Michael McCurry
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She's alive! With science.....?

My hair stands on end...
Shock waves jolt still zizzles through making
Silver Lightning cut through black waves
That rize like my heat
Giving red hue to green pallor
They think me monster
Poking prodding stitching my tender skin
My grunts and groans from their touch add to my feral feel
I cannot stand the burning
And yet
The burn intrigues me
Drives my need to touch back
Or is it a want?
As they find tune with human twist....
My senses more and more alive
I see...know with....
Womanly? Inuition....
That i should run screaming into Earths raw night
Know that their desire to own my conscience will destroy
Take this beautiful urge
To reach out for a handful of kindnness
To grasp by my new shaking hand
What is in them that makes them man
And squeeeeeze tight
In hopes of milking a drop of compassion
Love....
Love for the woman that is me
And i am...my sex speaks volumes
The moisture gathers as their plundering tentacles trace
Breasts that sit firm and high
There is another being here
Who does not take in touch
He sends me strength
Through his eyes of a monster
They have drained him of most his free will...
This much i see....
His chains are not merely literal
But chains shackled tight arround his mind
But these witchy "doctors" do not understand
They gave him a mortal coil that spread into his monkey heart
A parralel twist so to speak

And rendered him man with a soul
They cannot rid him of that.....

crimsin
Unveiling
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Shadow Soul

 


A shadow is blown across the city streets      
Whipped about here and there like a lost scrap of paper carelessly discarded out of someone's car window      
Blown down a twisted sidewalk it slips through the cracks      
Down deep below the Earth into the underworld the shadow floats through a tunneling maze.      
       
It hears the rumble of the subways as they snake their way through the ever lasting labyrinth      
Sinking ever deeper it see's societies of people who abide here      
The shadow soul wonders after these people and listens intently to their life stories and what brought them here.      
       
One is a young girl about twenty who came from Georgia to take a bite out of the big apple and make it as a dancer      
She waits tables yet still can't afford the rent      
Others are schizophrenic and have fallen through societies cracks much like the shadow soul      
They shout out obscenties calling endlessly calling to an unhearing world.      
       
Some just can't make it in the world above due to drug problems or other such afflictions      
The soul feels for them and connects with them on a deep level yet she moves on.      
       
The shadow soul is endlessly lost in the tunneling maze      
Searching for an anchor to bring it back to the top and end its wandering.      
   
It has been cast on a seemingly unending quest to be a whole soul      
No longer a mere ghost full of festering emptiness      
Emptiness caused by holes shot through its soul.      
       
Each time it tries to tap into the world above it is scorched and burned      
To be whole sigh to be a whole person      
Tapping into the pain inside itself      
Endless corridors, paths, sidewalks traveled leading nowhere but a massive circle      
Frustrated the soul cries out      
Tears fail to come she can't cry anymore.
 
 
 
 
 
Written by crimsin (Unveiling)
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poet Anonymous

poet Anonymous

Where Aura's Collide

There was no sparkle to the moon,
she sat there,
pale,
beautiful as ever….
but she never sparkled,
not like she does now.

This coffee tastes sweet,
but not for the sugar,
everything seems to have a
quality of color that penetrates
me as we walk through ancient streets
where past lives meet…..

Each wave fought, and won with pride
the tide that tried to conquer and divide
but our walls were too high and foundations too deep,
and I prey, our hearts as one we keep.

The pages turn in our story,
written before recto becomes verso,
I don’t care if our Ink dries,
if the meters not quite right,
if the sun falls into the ocean
because there’s always twilight.

As long as there's us,
always a place to be,
where auras collide and
love remains,
always you and me.

Benzy_420
BTheW
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Sins of the soul

Pride

The room feels so busy with a busier kind of people
All by myself, I reach out beyond the free fall
There's a contemplation, should I make myself seen?
But if I do, I don't want to appear to be weak
Boldly I suck up the courage to speak, my words come from chattering teeth
Look at me succeeding, please
I'm worthy, I'll make you believe
The room falls silent and eerier still
All eyes are locked in gaze
Look at me I shout again, look and be amazed
The looks form judging, piercing stares
I'm here, I'm present, won't you care
They see me boast and hate the fact
I just need for you to share
The bond the room displays is something I feel so far removed from
My addled cries for love are just another way I do wrong
My sinful pride are nothing more than tries at being noticed
Cause inside I feel despise, for my lack of trophies


Envy

My hands are empty
Everything is tempting
What you got
That's more than me
I'm succumbing to envy
I want what I can't have
I know this feelings wrong
I've tried to take what someone has
To me; they don't belong
My life so unfulfilled by things I dream of having everything
I wonder what would life be like if I was reigning king
I'm reigning in a vision of if what you had was to be mine
I'll take you things by any means
Even resort to crime
This isn't because you have and I don't want you to have it
I'm starved of my accomplishments
The truth is I am famished
If I could carve a path out to achieve the goal you've managed
My life would be complete I do believe, the full package


Gluttony

Friday night
Parties left and right but I'm alone tonight
Everyone has friends and love but I survive
All by myself it seems I do not have a life
I make the sacrifice
Make a plate
I order food so I can celebrate
So I feel good, my mood can elevate
The pain alleviates
Stuff my face
This hunger, not for food, for now it can replace
What's missing, intimate
When life intimidates


Wrath

Don't question me or I'll section you
To a corner, of the room, so small that you can't move
I'll over power you
I'll crush your tiny bones, and in one gulp, devour you
Are you scared of me
If you are then fucking good you're meant to be
Cause this is a reflection of the inner me
I'll make you fear as much I do inwardly
So we are kindred spiritually
If scared of losing face or being wrong again
So I'll pretend I'm stronger than you've ever been
Overwhelm you till you can tell I'm gonna win
And know the fear of giving in I'm living with


Greed

I never had much
Often I hoard what I do have in case that's all my luck
My pot always half empty
If I come across another it's so tempting
Grab and run and hoard that shit
I may never afford this shit again so when I grab it you must know that I must have it
I know I can be a savage
It's just how I tend to manage
When the world is scarce of resource
And I always know I'll need more
Than the pile I have round me
Underneath it police had found me
Suffocating in my landfill
But continue with my plan still
To accumulate my objects
I'm surprised I ain't been robbed yet
If I get robbed I'd be done with
I don't do this shit for fun kid
I need all that I can gather
The sight of objects makes me lather
At the mouth I'm bout to pass out
At the sight of a neat car sale
There's a lot of cheap belongings
As for which I become longing
If I run out of junk I'm done for
I have my stash but I need one more
Gimme all you've got, right now
Gimme all you've got, right now
I've never had a lot, till now
So gimme all you got, right now


Lust

It's more than busting nuts or making love its more an urge
It's more a need to feel complete when you're so lonely in this earth
When love is few and far between get in between another pair
Cause when there loneliness around there's plenty legs up in the air
There's quite the gap in where the heart is not for any lack of try
This type of feeling is quite revealing it manifests in girl or guy
Give it a try and you will understand the reason as to why
When you need sentiment and passion you get so ravenous at night


Sloth

Why the fuck should I bother?
I'm useless anyway
Everything I raise my hand to do don't go my way
I might as well be doing nothing
At least then I can't fail
I'd rather know I didn't fuck up than to know I can't prevail
It's like an overwhelming weight that pulls me back into my bed
An emptiness and lack of passion makes me feel I'm better dead
At least then I would never know how bad I am at everything
I'd sooner never more again than make attempt at anything
They say just try, you'll be alright, I'm sure you're capable of this
What a crock of shit, I can't even keep it in the bowl when I go to piss
So why exist, why should I bother, why should I even raise a finger
The pain of nothing is more numbing that the sizes of failures stinger
Written by Benzy_420 (BTheW)
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poet Anonymous

-The Soul of A Poet Lies Here-

Something unquantifiable,
magical & intense
lingers inside
each of us.
Mine is
no different
from yours...
in some respects
a certain loneliness.
We can say we aren't
fearful...
but I don't believe a single word,
we all lie...sooner or later...
it's a part of everyone's genetics.
So speak to me of your town symbolic truth,
write me something cryptic...fascinating & spellbinding, enchanted...
pen a coded message in stanza
or in a different form of expression
away from all the rest,
test yourself,
push the envelope
& I'll know if it's you
my fellow dear Poet.

EpicUtester69
Just a simple poet
Dangerous Mind
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again i picked a winner Naughtymouse and 2nd place crimsin and 3rd place goes to Idryad (Grace)

some amazing writes here, you guys are awesome thank you for participating ill do another one shortly  

crimsin
Unveiling
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thank you for hosting a great comp. & choosing me 2nd place

congratulations Ben & Grace wonderful writes all around

Grace
IDryad
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Thank you for for third place...honoured as I pitted with the best. Congratulations, Naughtymouse and crimsin!

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