Show us what you got... poetry contest

[SilentEyz]

So this is how it's going to work.

Rules for Poetry Contest.

All members are allowed to enter a original work of Poetry

Limit is one entry per member

style and length is to your descretion

all entry's must be Submitted by Feb' 28th.

Please Include a Title for your entry.

Your Entry May include any writing that has previously been posted.

Post all entry's within this thread.. Only poems written in this thread will be used for the contest.

Please limit all remarks to the original here comments So as to avoid clutter and confusion for those reading the entrys.

ANY POSTS MADE WITHIN THIS THREAD THAT IS NOT A POETRY ENTRY WILL BE DELETED

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After the 28th, I will make a poll thread that allows all members to vote and comment on the poems.

Please know, This is all in Fun, Everybody writes diffrently and everyone likes diffrent things for diffrent reasons.

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If anyone feels I have forgotten something or that something needs to be added here in regards to this.. please send me a message.

So with that...................Lets get this party Started.

Eyz

 

[Chimera]

Pixie Dust

Shudders, of Fading colors are used to sift the sunlight
making rooms warmed by floating dustspecks
every move we make spreading air that hold them aloft
these visual fairies that play on unseen breath
Imagine as I do some rest for tired wings
as my toys of mind float out of sunlights beam
lost to the world I made in this moment
Pixie dust for the child I get to be...wish I could be

 

[robedwards99]

Bag Lady Josephine

Bag Lady josephine is living in a box.
Shes posted under Boscombe Pier she lives life like a fox.
But late at night when we're asleep she says she's found the answer,
To while away the lonely hours she is a Go-Go dancer.

She's a Go-Go dancer, she lives life to the full,
She's a Go-Go dancer, we think she's pretty cool,
She's a Go-Go dancer, a-livin' in a box,
She's a Go-Go dancer, we think she is a fox!

John he was her drinking pal he'd meet her on the green,
He said she was the hottest chick that he had ever seen,
But little did the woman know what Johnny did at night,
He'd hang around the local bars just looking for a fight.

She's a Go-Go dancer, she lives life to the full,
She's a Go-Go dancer, we think she's pretty cool,
She's a Go-Go dancer, a-livin' in a box,
She's a Go-Go dancer, We really love that fox!


(written by me as a joke song for the band I played guitar in years back!)

 

[Kat]

My Angel~

I look into those eyes of yours and see a fresh life; a new start.
I hold your tiny hand in mine, realizing this tiny hand holds my whole heart.
My past mistakes and regrets seem to fade away.
With you came the dawning of a brand new day.

I see a new beginning…a future full of love.
You’re God’s special gift to me; sent here from above.

​

All my life I was waiting; for what I couldn’t say.
I found out what that was…on that special November day.
As soon as I saw your face, my doubts disappeared without a trace.
I finally knew exactally what to do.

I will always love you.
I will always care for you.
​

I will never be far from your side.
I will come when you call.
Pick you up when you fall.
I will dry every tear that you cry.
I will be your friend and teacher.
You may come to think; tormenter and preacher.
But always above all… your mommy.

Pre-posted poem...but i couldnt think of anything new to write...plus this is the one I am most proud of

 

[Bagel]

speechless

searching for words to contain the storm in my head
the emotions...
The feelings...
the truths...
that swallow me whole and leave me sitting here unable to speak.
the pain...
the anger...
the doubt...
and the shame,the guilt that keeps coming back,the fear of having an opinion, a voice,wanting to speak but only breathing silent wispers.
staring still into the night...
staring into your eyes...
staring at the blank white...
waiting to be filled with the words that only my heart can speak.wanting to tell you everythign but afraid that nothing will be what needs to be spoken.wanting to talk until i can no longer think.
wanting...
wanting...
wanting...
Breathing...


Speechless

 

[random guy 517]

Memory
http://www.offtopicz.net/11409-memory.html
-for Annabel. i know you never felt this way about me, but you meant the world to me.

the memory
of you
how they haunt me
i hate them
and yet i love them
just to remember
your face
and all the things
left unsaid
oh, how i miss you so
the wishes
of how i
could go back
and redo everything
to rid you of all
the pain i have caused you
oh, how i wish
i could see you
oh, how i wish
i could hold you
one more time
before the memory
fades forever.

 

[Sam]

LIFE SEEMS BETTER WITH YOU

Walking on warm streets, day by day
I peek over the highs and lows
Forgiving yesterday and living today
Living today for dying tomorrow

I’ve been there looking at the world, alone
I’ve done that, living on my own
After yearning days and nights, I realize
Life seems better with you

Birds on the trees making a nest
A brave struggle, a home to rest
Guts in the soul to keep
Voices I miss sometimes

I’ve seen the bitter side
I’ve seen the shiner side
Going through all of this
Life seems better with you

The beauty is eternal demon
Why its should be perceive better than
The beauty remains, oh Uremia
Traveling in a time machine

It should be better when it’s gone
It should be yours when I am gone .......

 

[Boomer]

cruel world
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Sometimes the darkness surrounds me
Suffocating is the stare of judgment
stifled tears and wasted years
caught between the pain and blood
A shift in the foundation
To release the pressure
Killing fields run ripe with life
Spilled upon the very givers of breath
The storm breaks
All is calm
Moments of silence for those who are gone
The fields go dry
The life givers are washed of sin
Prepare yourself for what shall happen again

 

[Eridanus]

Unsent Letters

Stashed away in an old hope chest
Are letters of dreams, hopes for the best
A journal of sorts to an unknown being
Letters of thoughts, things, and feelings

They sit there now, and there they'll grow old
With stories of things that will go untold
With hopes and prayers, and wishes and sighs
That will end up fiction instead of true lies.

It's funny how we hide to keep ourselves safe
Not really knowing we're sealing our fate
Our safety is fiction, it's not really true
It's a lie of the cold and darkest hue

But it's fine for the moment, you can come out
The worry will leave and so will the doubt
It simply takes time to see and learn
That the safety we make causes a burn

A burn in our heart to find someone near
A friend or some family, someone with an ear
To listen and encourage, to love and to hold
Our friends and our family, until we are old.

 

[Ice_Angel]

This was written for Angel Eyes, a life flight trauma nurse

An Angels Pain


In the night a baby cries
A mother’s love comes comfort
And the softness seen in those sleepy eyes
The babe begins to quiet

All is still throughout the night
Strangeness felt come morning
What was a comfort late at night
Is now a look concerning

And to no avail the babe aroused
A mother’s fears reveled
The babe in arm, a frantic call
Her panic unconcealed

Minutes pass in utter panic
Mom with the babe awaits
The sirens quiet in the street
The medics making haste

For what seem to be an eternity
The helpless mother stood by
Watching two angels fight together
For just a simple cry

Her babe lay lifeless in the arms
Of the medic fighting tears
No amount of school or training
Can change the way this feels

A tiny cough is all that’s needed
To show a sign of life
And for the ride to medical center
The medic never gave up the fight

From the ambulance to the room
She worked her magic in vain
The babe lay lifeless in her arms
And the Angel cried again


(personal note at the end)
Please be not discouraged
Though I know your heart is blue
So many would not be with us
Without some one like you

 

[boxer810]

As the nights grow lonely and cold
I find myself thinking of your touch
The soft whisper of your breath against my cheek as you lay next to me
The cold of the night seeps into my soul
Erasing the warmth with which you once filled me
You've found others to share yourself with
Leaving me alone, broken and bitter
Your betrayal eats at my soul
Tearing ribbons of flesh from my being
And the blood runs thick from my wounds
You sit there smiling at me
And your words of comfort and apology only serve to fuel my anger
I hear you saying, "I'm sorry"
And I imagine ripping out your heart and tearing it to bloody shreds
But I simply smile back
Reassuring you, alieviating your guilt
Knowing that one day all the pain and suffering you have caused me
Will come back to haunt you
I take pleasure in imagining your pain
And my hatred eats away at me, taking over my emotions
But I can't help but remember the good times we had
So few but so real
And my anger faulters
How can I hate someone that I spent so much time loving?
You've taken a part of me and made it yours
No matter the amount of hatred and disgust I feel towards you
I cannot deny the fact that I did truely love you
And for that
I hate you.

 

[boxer810]

Title of that was "Hate"

 

[BaggedSplash]

MiniTruckin'

Turn the key to start up the lowest ride on the block
Let the engine rumble before i leave my spot.
Picking up the switch box to raise up the front
I leave the rear end down and drag over every bump.
Sparks flying behind me, coming out the rear
The asshole tailgating me now lives in fear.
For he sees the sparks and thinks my truck is on fire
Meanhile this old guy thinks i need a new tire.
I raise the rear to show its not flat
And show off the primer, painted on the back.
Dragging frame and railing real hard
Throwing sparks daily on your neighborhood boulevard.

 

[Charmer]

An Emptiness in my Life

I know you will never ever be
a part of this life with me
And I know soon
I'll have to face reality
you'll never be here again

At one time I told you
you meant everything to me
and I believed, with you,
life would be easier to see
But somehow, someway, at sometime,
something didn't seem right
and like the light of the sun
you just vanished into the night

Now, as I sit, just looking into space
there's an emptiness in my life
that will take a long time to erase
'cause you're not here
nevermore will you be
but I'll never forget
the times that you made me see
what love really was,
and to my life, what it could be

I thought we would grow with one another
but I guess we had different dreams
I thought we could show one another
the best of both of us, but it seems
we just didn't blend our lives completely
Everything was laid out
and words were spoken sweetly
Maybe that was a game we had to play
'cause now, never will come the day
when we will ever be the way we were,
it seems, so long ago

There's an emptiness in my life
that seems, will never go away
You were here
the memory is clear
but your love will, never again,
come my way

There's an emptiness in my soul
a sadness in my heart
Your love made my life whole
Your leaving
tore it all apart
Now, sitting here, once again
I wonder, if ever,
you'll come back, my friend

~Charmer

 

[Specialized]

Broken heart. New life.

I wish I could do something for you.
I wish I could paint you a portrait
With every color never before seen
Infinite combinations multiplied by infinite textures multiplied by infinite hues.
Spectacular prisms shattered by your spectacular brilliance.
You always brought the best news.
Every tear my angel cries
Leads to oceans of despair for those who have hurt her.
And I staggered back because in flawed humans we have found the stream of perfection.
And you still keep going...
I close my eyes and follow on.
You're tint is opaquely bright. Your smile like the sunshine.
There is no escape, for the Earth is hypnotized by your light.
The world stops and in that moment I am happy like a kid.
Then I saw your fingers break from mine
And I see you running in slow motion, summer's love in your soft eyes.
Spinning in a long flowing dress, time turns to pause and everything is still.
And I struggle to remember you as you were, frame by frame.
Each shimmering pose is just you relenquishing your role in nature's grace.
The "beautiful girl" with a "beautiful face."
Now the nights are cold and they are slow.
Lightening struck and I still didn't want to let you go.
I am trying so hard, my burned hands cling for the happiness to my soul.
But I can't hold on...I am trying but I just can't.
As I cling for dear life, I feel my fingers give.
And there it is...
I am floating through this silent black vaccum void;
Summersaulting deep in space towards no paticular direction.
I am lost on an unkown map; marooned on an imaginary grid.
And I just watch you go because I can no longer hold on.
I am left with the blinding, deafening, forever burning, tormenting reality
That what was only a moment for you, was a lifetime for me.
Now that my soul is broken and my heart ripped to pieces, it's time to fly away.
For the last time I'm now going to sing my favorite song.
This time I'll mean it.
Without shame for my voice I'd sing because at last, it was all that was ever mine.
I look at the ground for the very last time.
The ground I rode bikes with friends on.
The ground I made love on so many nights.
I soil my hands and wash them once more.
Rinsing my soul my life is now complete.
I close my eyes and breathe my last breath, savoring my life's fresh air.
It fills my lungs which have laughed and cried so hard all these years.
I now face the very sun that made her eyes shine.
I am stretching my arms now that have hugged and held so tight.
I'm spreading my pefect wings and flying as high as I can go.
I am not looking back. Flying so fast I go back in time.
Seeing every moment of my life lived out in the fraction of a second.
Every good and bad thing made me who I am now, in the end.
In the end, I now become clean and pure, life has forgiven me.
Shining bright blue and twisting inside-out into oblivion.
My life's once restless day, has no turned to endless night.

-Specialized

 

[SilentEyz]

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