Contest Nominees

Reality only hits you once and it’s when you close your eyes for the final time.
I can understand...

W ill you keep me in your heart?
A s I have kept you in mine?
I have a thought dear, however...

The beat. The heat. That hole.
Continues through your soul.
To want, what not, you can hold...

And lock away and let it stay until the seed firmly is grained
When the flower that blooms at night...

I smile like nothings wrong
but inside my love is all gone
Why am I still here when I know...

The sorrow of day
In the darkness of light
And the power of ones own mind

The demons...

Names only the darkest dare read
light never created the bleed
carved without sight
...

I'm a poet God
Living in the garden of reading
Banishing cliches everyone else is repeating...

The world is not a safe place.
It’s filled with rape culture and divorce
Its full of regrets...

Very new to self
everyday,
with the gift,
you rewarding me with;

knowledge,...

I Love not thee in the way as other's do
My Love: from the brim to the bottom of ocean
I can...

I Have been Incarcerated Internally, Immensely Infected by societies Incompetence to Identify the Issues...

The mask is cracking once again.
Hand me that pen and I'll start again.
I'll have the biggest...

'Tis deep within the Love I feel
Where her trembling, her breathing
Builds that dome in air...

I watch them rise and fall
Like my chest, as I inhale poison from God
Dancing beautifully-...

I’ve never felt so alone
With so many people around
No one really understands
What’s...

Because of a man's death, millions have been hurt.
He was a fantastic actor, and his name was Burt...