Contest Entries

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MY HEART STILL BEATS

MY HEART STILL BEATS

I opened my eyes
It's a new day
Still alive and still breathing
I thank God, as I pray...

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Le Plagiaire

He being such a gentle soul and a lover
of fine words ..
Once took it upon himself one early...

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Portrait of a Soul

Portrait of a Soul

In the deepest educated corners of my mind
I paint a very dark picture
but not for you to...

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April 20 to April 30 poems

based on Writing COm Dew Drop Inn prompts

April 20 to April 30 poems

April 21—Salient Image (poem based on one concrete thing you remember at day’s end)

Image of My...

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April 10 to 20 Poems

Based on Writing Com Dew Drop Inn Prompts

April 10 to 20 Poems

Green Trees Don’t Make It

Everyday
I look out and see

The ugly green trees
...

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Observations

A supermarket car park, Enfield.

Observations

The scavenger crow limps upon his infested feet, Plucking his Stained feast from the waste of man....

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Is the Hunger for the...

first poem on here!

Is the Hunger for the Forbidden Fruit Ever Satisfied, Even When Consumed?

In the garden where we played,
where the apple trees grew thick and twisted,
where the grass...

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An odd bird

Ensor

An odd bird

Timid and grotesque
a bird without a nest
spotted in the little forest of Ostend

...

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What Makes Us Broken

We are only broken my love when
they look at us hard ..
The rest of the time, we are whole...

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A Perfect Moment In May

A Perfect Moment In May

And as the rain
pelts the cypress trees
their pins vibrating
against the soft, yet...

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Red Face Demon

Red Face Demon

The glass
in your eye
cuts through
muscle
of the heart

The poison...

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I Drank

I Drank

I drank myself to sleep last night
I was beat up and so so tired
Then I dreamed about you...

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WHAT WOULD JESUS DO WAY

Say that three times fast...

Going for four?

​​​​​​Are you good?

You got this?...

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Eminent domain, manifest...

Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation...

Maternal grandfather of mine
long since passed among the living;
He left his Motherland...

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Charred Burnt Tree

Charred Burnt Tree

I remember that Sunday was a very bad day,
The risk of fires were coming our way,

We packed...

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Existensialism Mystique

Existensialism Mystique

Jean Paul Sartre has a lot to answer for doesn't he?
Not given to us by God? So what was given...

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Hush Now Little Wren

for my granddaughter

Shhh the owls are sleeping
darling ..
It’s near daylight and time
for all
Gods...