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8-2-4-2-2-8 Contest

Posted: 24th June 2017 11:50pm
Edited: 25th June 2017 2:16am
KublaiSwan
KublaiSwan
Twisted Dreamer
United States 1awards
Joined 23rd June 2017
Forum Posts: 59

Poetry Contest

Each line corresponds to the value of syllables allotted for each line of verse. LIMIT 5 per poet
EXAMPLE:

8 - What privy toy, the "money man"
2 - Lost lamb
4 - Currency Pan
2 - G-man
2 - C-SPAN
8 - When did Uncle Sam get so old?


-FIVE(5) entries will be considered per poet
-Rhyme is not required (but strongly encouraged)
-Refrain from crass language
-Entertain the intellect

-HAVE FUN GOOD LUCK.

Posted: 25th June 2017 2:24am
Edited: 25th June 2017 2:40am
Zazzles
Zazzles
Broomie
Tyrant of Words
United States 24awards
Joined 23rd Nov 2013
Forum Posts: 1799
Keepin it real

Sometimes a good idea goes wrong
you try
but drop the ball
you cry
realize
We all throw stink bombs now and then

Posted: 28th June 2017 5:00pm
David_Macleod
David_Macleod
14397816
Tyrant of Words
United Kingdom 39awards
Joined 5th Nov 2014
Forum Posts: 2983
Crass

when someone uses crass language
it's rage
or maybe its ire
0r fire
why troll
without it this poem has no soul

Posted: 28th June 2017 5:12pm
David_Macleod
David_Macleod
14397816
Tyrant of Words
United Kingdom 39awards
Joined 5th Nov 2014
Forum Posts: 2983
Stifle

when you stifle language you stifle art
not smart
it has no heart
instead
be free
artistic verse is a guarantee

Posted: 28th June 2017 9:33pm
Edited: 28th June 2017 9:35pm
gardenlover
gardenlover
Fire of Insight
United Kingdom 23awards
Joined 19th Aug 2012
Forum Posts: 625
Relationships

Relationships to be stable
All cards
On the table
Respect
Connect
A lifetime of love will enable

Posted: 28th June 2017 9:36pm
David_Macleod
David_Macleod
14397816
Tyrant of Words
United Kingdom 39awards
Joined 5th Nov 2014
Forum Posts: 2983
Savage Poetry

do savages ever write verse
perverse
or the reverse
adverse
diverse
are savages easy to coerce

Posted: 28th June 2017 9:36pm
gardenlover
gardenlover
Fire of Insight
United Kingdom 23awards
Joined 19th Aug 2012
Forum Posts: 625
Peace

A peaceful world lives on consent
Not force
Give and take scores
No arms
Gun harms
Talking whenever there's descent

Posted: 30th June 2017 2:44pm
Magnolia_McConnell
Magnolia_McConnell
Strange Creature
United States
Joined 30th June 2017
Forum Posts: 3
It is said, I'm a strange creature.
But no,
I am sure not.
Am I?
I am.
Black lagoons of the heart--say yes.

Posted: 1st July 2017 2:00am
Zazzles
Zazzles
Broomie
Tyrant of Words
United States 24awards
Joined 23rd Nov 2013
Forum Posts: 1799
Love not hate, unite and give thanks
no tears
and no regrets
Freedom
Love thy neighbor more  and forgive

Posted: 1st July 2017 3:16am
Edited: 1st July 2017 3:17am
Hepcat61
Hepcat61
geoff cat
Dangerous Mind
United States 33awards
Joined 27th Nov 2015
Forum Posts: 1028
A liquid moonlight silhouette
She frets
A sterling probe
A moan
Alone
Her slow night's dance beneath her robe

Posted: 1st July 2017 7:54pm
poet Anonymous
Twisted Transistor

Dark secrecy of the night sky
your lie
my third-eye blind
to find
your kind
in the lost caverns of my mind

Posted: 1st July 2017 7:57pm
poet Anonymous
Auf Wiedersehen

Had I given a single hoot
you would
(I am quite sure)
discern
that I
was the best thing you never had

Posted: 1st July 2017 8:06pm
Edited: 1st July 2017 8:07pm
poet Anonymous
Questioning

Said Jonah to the lonely whale
"you sir
swallowed me whole!"
The whale
forgave
Jonah for his curious soul.

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