Contest Nominees

There is life
Blooming in the cracks where the bricks run ragged
(Roots too deep to see how...

I thought I liked pets

until its 3 am

on a school night

and the cat won't stop...

I'm used to going at it all alone.

I got used to not needing anyone.

I made sure that I was...

The freezing Winter Sea rages, and thunders towards the shore.

In a frenzied mania, lifts up its...

Headlights cut through the thick darkness-

And crickets chirp their melodic songs-

Stars no...

this was my place of solitude
under the bamboo trees

i was a teen then....now the panther...

Images of life flash by,

While lying low or flying high

Spinning 'round in daddy's arms,...

Devils and angels

Darkness and light

One can not exist
without the other

...

They say that I'm fighting in this unbeatable fight

But I'm fighting for life

I know that...

As We travel thru Life We must strive to Be Our Best
There will Be trials and laughter and other...

We watch them grow

We heal their wounds

We carry them home

We plan their big events...

Cry with power

Cry in agony

Holding it in will do no good

Cry with strength...

I walk inside a snow globe

Light snow falling gently down

Encapsulated by this natural...

Everyone recognizes life can get out of control !

Then friends and family play such a crucial role...

The halls echo with laughter and happiness

The classrooms murmur with learning and understanding...

In the ether empty echoes
of children's laughter
Ghosts and shadows
of another place...

Gazing into the darkness of a night sky,
Wandering through time and memories of you,
...