Contest Entries

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Why didn’t you take the shot?

Why didn’t you take the shot?

All the stalks around me
are beheaded
The glass displays empty
unattended
Blood...

Poem -

The now between then and when

A poem for an exhibition about recovery

The now between then and when

The longest game of tug of war
With who I am now and who I was before
Push and pull
...

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A Very Poetic Finish

A Very Poetic Finish

Right under Cedric’s house
lived an enormous alligator
a pet he kept secret, for many years...

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No one knew how...my love

No one  knew how...my love

You take the moments
the memories
and forget who I am to you

while loving...

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Revised Amanda Gorman

The Hill We climb

Revised Amanda Gorman

In the shadow of a hill we were meant to climb,
Amanda spoke of light, of unity,
a vision of...

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Paradise Lost

Never Let Go

Paradise Lost

Two pieces of a broken dream
Left floating on a summer stream
A diamond waiting in despair...

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The revolution of poetry

There is going to be a
Revolution of poetry
My friends, the world
Is going to burn...

Poem -

She Loves me, She loves me...

She Loves me, She loves me knot

Quick decisions cannot afford long-term commitments.

The debt is always paid in broken hearts and...

Poem -

The emotional, mental and...

The emotional, mental and spiritual fallout courtesy Colt Gray

Apalachee High School,
located in Winder, Georgia
witnessed an active shooter,
whereby...

Poem -

A Whale of a Time

Senryu

A Whale of a Time

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humpback in ocean

impossible to reel in

I’ll catch sprats instead...

Poem -

AWKWARD ENDORSEMENT

I hoped she wouldn't have seen this yet...

I hoped she was just much too busy getting drunk and...

Poem -

You and i

Not often to be in silence
at peace
Don't leave

Poem -

Tall Crescent

I cannot undo or censor
the typewrite upon my feeble hands,
an outspread of pages before your...

Poem -

WEREN'T THEY SHELTERED?

How did this happen?

Thousands of dollars we saw the proof...

They have been given shelter...

Poem -

Predators

Sharks

Predators

This is an ode written just for you
to brighten up your day so you don't feel blue
your...

Poem -

Have we met

Where love hides between us
Yet so heavenly sent lingering to meet
Knowing nothing

Poem -

Sneezing fit – tests nasal...

Sneezing fit – tests nasal septum

The word Gesundheit was first used in English in 1914. It became popular in the United States due to the...