Contest Nominees

You play dead
far away from here
breathing into the morning breeze
of pure love...

Tell her that she made you feel.
Because you don't feel.
Tell her what you see.
...

My earth
Does not quake

My sky
Does not shake

My fire
...

Headed for the edge
The finish line, you’re mine
How can you replace the things, the times...

The smoke rolled effortlessly out of your lips

The cigarette still burning scarlet red between your...

I sat tucked away underneath the empty closet shelves,
Like I was an old board game no longer in...

I'm fighting for air
For a breath of inspiration
Creativity deprived
My lungs scream...

Today I saw a broken rose,
It's petals all torn and brown,
The colour had faded from the...

In the late nineteen eighties, I lived the single life;
Thrice divorced and doing well again, did...

One deep breath of what yet lies,
Dreams of shattered butterflies.
As like my reflection...

You used to compare me to a sunset.
And how my blonde hair would reflect the sunlight.
Each...

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I woke up this morning.

A local man was sentenced today for killing his three month old son....

I've Been messed up so many times.
I've been a disappointment.
I've been let down I've been...

Uh oh, darling, looks like you've lost your wings
Your sins have been pardoned
But it's your...

Clean and sober,

If done right by using
The will to fight.
You just may see and live...

It hollers at the night to decease as the sky awakens, dancing with the morning doves; it compliments your...