Monthly Poetry Contest

Contest Terms

Summer Contest Entries

Poem -

The Sweet Track

a bit of my very local heritage .. taken from Looking Back on...

From the Isle of Westhay
to the mouth
of good old River Brue ..
And standing
...

Poem -

William Lanteau

Dedicated to William Lanteau (1922-1993) who died on November 3...

William Lanteau

He was an actor who died at the age of seventy.
William died of complications from heart surgery....

Poem -

Life with Trash

Life with Trash

Put your fear

in the rubbish bin

where it belongs

it will instantly be recycled...

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Poem -

THEY HAVE TO PRETEND YOU&...

THEY HAVE TO PRETEND YOU'RE LISTENING

They have to talk to an Audience even when there's really no one there...

They have to seem...

Poem -

BE THE CHOOSER

BE THE CHOOSER

You can stand in line...

Play their unfair Game...

You can have your own thoughts......

Poem -

Della

Della is addicting
just watch her smile
Della is addicting
watch her for a while...

Poem -

Same old same old

Man it's fucking funny to me
What I don't see
maybe I'm blind like the rest of yall
...

Poem -

Astronaut Light Brigade

Astronaut Light Brigade

Oh, light the stars! Their journey bright!
The Astronaut Light Brigade 👨‍🚀

No drums or steel...

Poem -

SEVEN DAYS

SEVEN DAYS

On the first day God made the firmament,
won't be long before 'she's maybe what's meant;
on...

Poem -

The Difficult Choice of Being

The Difficult Choice of Being

To be or not to be?

Hamlet agonizes
over the ultimate question
as we play along...

Poem -

NEW SPRING CLEANING METHOD

NEW SPRING CLEANING METHOD

They fight for you...

You empty it out...

They lock up Merchandise and not Criminals......

Poem -

Blips in the Arena

Blips in the Arena

In this senseless
endless war
where strangers
from every corner
of the...

Poem -

MORNING HAS BROKEN

MORNING HAS BROKEN

My days of sorrows silenced my laughter
I lived in constant agony, withdrawn, and depressed
...

Poem -

Squeezed Out

Squeezed Out

Wither the aging prom queen
desperately cramming into her faded
taffeta gown

Gone...

Poem -

BURNING THE KINGDOM DOWN

BURNING THE KINGDOM DOWN

Closed the doors...

Shut up the Books...

They got paid to teach...

They laugh at...

Poem -

THE DARK SHADOW TREMBLES

THE DARK SHADOW TREMBLES

When light enters the dark...

The power can make the dark freak out...

Almost like watching...

Poem -

Separation

Separation

I am sorry that I left you,
In a family close and knit,

But I could no longer remain,...