Poem of the Month Comment Thread

omg - these comments. Humbled doesn't even come close to how I feel right now. How do you appreciate something like this? I'll be back if I figure it out.

Congratulations to our January 2017 Poem of the Month winner, Rina (Vee)! Stay tuned for next month's competition for February's Poem of the Month!

Terra Firma

Mystified, I sit. At the edge of wrinkles, underneath
crushed floors abstract steps to tempered moon
bowed in blind rhapsody, thinking of you
twisted vines of yesteryear tow around roots
feathered sadness: desires and needs

breeding questions, beginnings...endings.
Back to the gate, to the tree, to the rock
back to the sea, to the flame, to the light
back to Two Black Crows raking the sky
preaching silence; caw, caw, caw
quasi-steel, blood and ice
i lOve yoUi loVe Youi lovE yoU
Letters Unwritten dance in a box
ghost papered skin, peel'd
whiter than white; dust, cherished recede.

Swallowing universe and its freckled dreams
crest'd carvings in folds of sleep.

Back to emerald hills and stoned gods
back to the pearls and fat swine
back to the sons in womb-less whores
back to the edge, sanity at shores.

Winter's breadth under each golden leaf
curled around solace, Prophet Baal within Oak Trees
differences indifference in a House On Sticks,
wet shade of blue splattered at feet.

Knowing the unknown, onward
mercurial gin ink flows; through this heart
through these hands henna’d burnt red
with an armful of daisies
and a cup; half-full
a toast to Van Gogh’s moonlight
peer’d from the curtain of night

watching.

Stars...Terra Firma.


Writer's Note: Two Black Crows(The Anatomy of Nothing), Unwritten Letter, A House on sticks, The Oak Tree are references from earlier works.

Congratulations, Vee!

congratulations Rina well earned :)

Rina, this is truly fitting recognition. I admire very much your poetry and I consider myself a better poet for having learned from you. Congratulations! .

Greetings, Deep Siders! The voting for 'Poem of the Month February 2017' is FIRED UP! Best of luck to each entrant!

https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/9339/

Congratulations to February 2017's Poem of the Month Winner. Crimson Unveiling for her amazing entry, "be a poem", Nominated by Ahavati.

be a poem

I conjure a love poem
let it be written in the constellations
the story of me, you, us
 
let each word beat out our emotions
keeping rhythm within our hearts,
with the ocean's waves
 
may we speak it in unison
as our souls unite  
intertwining around each other
 
dancing with the universe
a ballet of poetry
 
let us recite our adoration for Mother Earth
cherry blossoms in the spring
the birth of a brand new human being
the deep forested paths
where our souls wander and take breath
 
put on the starlight today  
shine for all you are
within and without
 
let your third eye ease open
blink past the tears  
see the beauty of life
 
be a poem and rejoice
as we live our poetry
always on point in the universe
 
living out a moment
rejoicing in the now
 
I conjure a love poem
let it be written in the constellations
the story of me, you, us
 
*author's note inspired by Ahavati and a comment she made on her poem The Luckiest*
 

Forum post: https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/256216-be-a-poem/

DUP Hall of Fame: https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/speakeasy/read/9271/

Huzzah!  My congratulations, Brenda, for this most-deserving win!

All the very best, sister👏👏👏

thank you everyone i'm truly honored

Congratulations, Brenda!

Greeings, Deep Side Poets! The nominations for Poem of the Month, March'17 is up and running!

https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/9430/

Best of Luck and thank you for being a member of the Deep Side!  

Greetings, Deep Side Poets! The voting for March's Poem of the Month is fired up!

https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/9430/