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Contest Date: 5/25/0200 - 6/01/0200

View Poem PreviewWhen the sun rises I think of youYour sparkling eyes are like the morning dewBringing my soul to lifeAwakening my heartLonging to be with youMy mind …

DREAMS

Poet: PhantomPoet

Contest Date: 10/27/2008 - 11/03/2008

View Poem PreviewSometimes I dream of beautiful things The life I have ahead Or of how things might have been Had I followed my heart instead The future stands, tomorrow is gone What happened to …

My Angel

Poet: Onelove2807

Contest Date: 11/10/2008 - 11/17/2008

View Poem PreviewCrawl into my sanctuary And leave this world behind. Open your heart and let me in, Then close the door to your mind. Wrap yourself in my blanket, As dark as the ocean deep.< …

where do I go

Poet: Phoenix9

Contest Date: 11/17/2008 - 11/24/2008

View Poem PreviewEverywhere I look, Everything I see Passing thru life, As life passes thru me. I think,I know, It should have been, A place, A thing, Two steps ahead, I couldn't help, I just can't …

Pieces Of Diety

Poet: JEAGLEFEATHER

Contest Date: 12/01/2008 - 12/08/2008

View Poem PreviewWalking softly in this time & place Which seems to wipe the smile right from my face I have come to where I believe I understand That the perceptions I hold are fully at my command If I cho …

Thank you Dad

Poet: dmc1259

Contest Date: 12/08/2008 - 12/15/2008

View Poem PreviewWhen I was hurting and didn’t think I could make it another day You picked me up and carried me the rest of the way When my heart was broken and my world shattered You told me I was …

To Each His Own

Poet: 1LostGypsy

Contest Date: 12/15/2008 - 12/22/2008

View Poem PreviewTo each his own, He believe's what he see's, So leave him alone if you could, Wont you please? To each his own, He's happy with less. Please leave him alone if he doesn't want …

my wife

Poet: drewking

Contest Date: 12/22/2008 - 12/29/2008

View Poem PreviewI remember the day I first saw you, you were sitting there, unaware of my unbreakable stare Your eyes, your lips, your nose, your hair, your grace, your beauty, is beyond compare,< …

"All About Me"

Poet: Mitzi

Contest Date: 1/05/2009 - 1/12/2009

View Poem PreviewI am a strong independent woman, Who often feels alone. Struggling through life, While days have come and gone. There are so many times, When I must try. To face the disappoin …

Emotional Storm

Poet: Plot121

Contest Date: 1/12/2009 - 1/19/2009

View Poem PreviewThe storm has come and unrest blows upon me, I am shaken to do what is right but emotions rains down for all to see. Thunderous words fills me with hate and dreaded fear, As the pondering of my he …

Night after Gerry died

Poet: errizy

Contest Date: 1/19/2009 - 1/26/2009

View Poem Preview To the masses, I became stranded---And passed around the stage--- like beer. Tonight, met I, one thousand sets of peering eyes--the stage became impass …

Divine Intervention

Poet: NayInLove

Contest Date: 1/26/2009 - 2/02/2009

View Poem PreviewI've got a few things on my mind..As a woman who DOES believe in god and IS sane, in the right state of mind There's something that is making me sick, making me illSo i thought I'd exercise my freedo …

Then The Tumblers Rust

Poet: dahlusion

Contest Date: 2/02/2009 - 2/09/2009

View Poem Preview©dah ©dahlusion This poem is in my first book, "In Forbidden Language" published by Stillpoint Press, Spokane, Washington. To purchase my book: go to lulu.com, go to "all products" type in …

Surrounded By Flowers

Poet: fenixmind

Contest Date: 2/16/2009 - 2/23/2009

View Poem PreviewAs the flowers wither Along the winds of lust Flowing like angels Brushing my raven wings I let my spirit revive And follow your heart Into your forbidden gardens And s …

Your Friendship

Poet: Footprints2002

Contest Date: 3/09/2009 - 3/16/2009

View Poem PreviewYour love runs deep Deep into your veins This love you show How can I show you? You want me to love you But I have love for you But I am not in love with you You want t …

Eternal Embrace

Poet: mgolda22

Contest Date: 3/16/2009 - 3/23/2009

View Poem PreviewOh Dear God please I pray, let not my life slip away. Give me one more moment to paint her face; To teach my son to throw that ball with grace. If I could have just one more chance, to hold on …

from the ground up

Poet: dangedmanjr

Contest Date: 4/06/2009 - 4/13/2009

View Poem PreviewFrom the ground up, is the only way he can see. a spiraling diatribe of bad intentions. nose to nose with the dirt, is all he can be. heavy on the scale of downward precision. flora …

My Last Day

Poet: lonewolf

Contest Date: 4/13/2009 - 4/20/2009

View Poem PreviewThe morning would be spentLying with you in bedGiggling like a couple of kidsWith the sheets pulled over our headThe feel of your skin when I touch youWith my hands upon your breast …

Tears To Spare

Poet: cherise1

Contest Date: 4/20/2009 - 4/27/2009

View Poem PreviewIn the eyes of someone else I look like I've been torn apart, I know when I stayed with you it wasn't very smart. You broke my heart and tore it in two, I knew it was too great just too good to be …

Hypnotized by Darkness

Poet: beautifuldeath

Contest Date: 4/27/2009 - 5/04/2009

View Poem PreviewThick ghosts escaped my lips And surrounded my shivering frame As I gazed upon him Like a woman hypnotized The rain fell through the fog And in the darkness the fog coalesced …

YELLOW DAWN

Poet: StandingBear

Contest Date: 5/11/2009 - 5/18/2009

View Poem PreviewI ponder your kind spirit amidst nature seldom observed untouched fields of high grass leaves strewn upon ancient .. mountain rock standing against time u …

unconquered

Poet: tenderpoison

Contest Date: 5/18/2009 - 5/25/2009

View Poem Previewthis pen I must make mightier than your penetrating blade bleeding yet undefeated ink caresses page crowds swirling all around me pressing their noisy demands longing for something deeper I stretch out …

The Devil

Poet: ALPink

Contest Date: 6/08/2009 - 6/15/2009

View Poem PreviewI was once lost in a forest with foliage covering the trail from which I came The thick trees cover just about every bit of light the sun rains Knowing I am lost I hang my head …

Politicians

Poet: Hampton

Contest Date: 6/15/2009 - 6/22/2009

View Poem PreviewListen closely good citizens to the carefully crafted chatter More lies than truth but what does it matter

Goodbye

Poet: poetrygal45

Contest Date: 6/22/2009 - 6/29/2009

View Poem PreviewYou wanted me to hate youto do what you do,telling lies and saying goodbyesmixed with I love yous.Telling me I was the onewho made all things righ …

Fairies

Poet: dragonfly1023

Contest Date: 7/06/2009 - 7/13/2009

View Poem Previewenchanted night enchanted dawn cold serpent twists along through briar and through fairy wrath

Nature's Voice

Poet: UnworthyFather

Contest Date: 7/13/2009 - 7/20/2009

View Poem PreviewDancing daffodilsWaving in timeTo the sweet musicOf the whispering windMoaning aspensLending melodyTo babbling brookAnd buzzing bees

Balance

Poet: GentleT

Contest Date: 7/20/2009 - 7/27/2009

View Poem PreviewThe equality of distribution is life's absolute solution. We need to give as well as take. Otherwise it is to high-stake. Coexist in harmony and unity is survival of humanity without impunity. …

"Scotengire's Missive"

Poet: Stardrift

Contest Date: 7/27/2009 - 8/03/2009

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The Grid of Her Heart

Poet: WordSlinger

Contest Date: 9/07/2009 - 9/14/2009

View Poem PreviewThe Grid of Her HeartElectric speechHer grid speaksfor me to reachher hearts' powerHer gift for meis her loves' beach

Blank Page

Poet: knight4696

Contest Date: 9/14/2009 - 9/21/2009

View Poem PreviewI am a blank page ...nothing enscribed - nothing stained.I am …

predator

Poet: am2anangel

Contest Date: 9/28/2009 - 10/05/2009

View Poem PreviewInto the night I wandered, pondering; the cloak of darkness.

Trick or Treat...

Poet: kmooney

Contest Date: 10/26/2009 - 11/02/2009

View Poem PreviewI'm a ghost that everyone can see,A spiritual guise, a flesh tapestry.A vaporous cloud of orgasmic debris,A family's cursed plasmic monstrosity.I'm a ghost no one wants to see,Conspicuously disguised as th …

Daddy, it’s been 18 years

Poet: themommyof2

Contest Date: 11/09/2009 - 11/16/2009

View Poem Preview You send me signs all the time. 11:11 is the time I always see. It took me years to understand. 11/11/1991 is the date That brings sad memories. I’m so sorry that I couldn’t get th …

If I Ask The Dead For Memories

Poet: dahlusion

Contest Date: 11/16/2009 - 11/23/2009

View Poem Preview©dah ©dahlusion This poem is in my first book, "In Forbidden Language" published by Stillpoint Press, Spokane, Washington. To purchase my book: go to lulu.com, go to "all products" type in …

Carry the Flame

Poet: danmartyjake1

Contest Date: 11/23/2009 - 11/30/2009

View Poem PreviewCarry the Flame

"Torn"

Poet: MalikPeterson

Contest Date: 11/30/2009 - 12/07/2009

View Poem Preview Torn

State of Man

Poet: Savant

Contest Date: 12/07/2009 - 12/14/2009

View Poem PreviewForged Lord, nigh the sea Your borders have offered me less than peace. Was not your plea that we the poor Should flee our teeming shores for yours? Demanding of us salt-less chores Defiantly …

ALL GOD'S CHILDREN (A Christmas Song)

Poet: knight4696

Contest Date: 12/21/2009 - 12/28/2009

View Poem PreviewAll God's Children 'Cross The World ..Every Single Boy And Girl.From Our Hearts Our Voices Sing ..Glory To The New Born King!!< …

Blue Inca Night (Verse)

Poet: Grito

Contest Date: 12/28/2009 - 1/04/2010

View Poem PreviewA plethora prescence of a little ray of moonlight, cat's eye blue in the sleeping coal jungle night,smoothly eyes shadows in pure silver.The cowering cirrus clouds in mystery,awed by the full blu …

Words That Bind

Poet: Hampton

Contest Date: 1/25/2010 - 2/01/2010

View Poem Preview Their words reach out to me in a poetical embrace As if our minds were one as through family and b …

INTO THEM .. INTO ME .. INTO YOU

Poet: StandingBear

Contest Date: 2/15/2010 - 2/22/2010

View Poem Previewthoughts .. tearsmeaningful words .. appearseemingly from nowherelife continues it's treacherous pathto somewheretravelingsitting stillit's all the samenothing eve …

I Await

Poet: Artie

Contest Date: 4/05/2010 - 4/12/2010

View Poem PreviewI saw you today dancing in a daydream The entire world stopped spinning to watch as you moved between dimensions …

Locket

Poet: ALPink

Contest Date: 4/12/2010 - 4/19/2010

View Poem PreviewI am a secret in a dark and desolate closet Kept from the world with my love in a golden locket My clothes were stripped from me so that I could not leave And to silence my cries I was beaten until my flesh would bleed …

Rattling the Chains

Poet: WordSlinger

Contest Date: 4/19/2010 - 4/26/2010

View Poem Preview The silver of the moon soothes the burns of disease All of humanity is …

The Tragic Tale of Alejandro Vega

Poet: SuSpence

Contest Date: 5/10/2010 - 5/17/2010

View Poem PreviewCongregate Friends, and I will spin you a yarnOf an immigrant named, AlejandroHe's a father of six, and a man of good standingCalls …

Winter Bides Her Time

Poet: simoneaugustus

Contest Date: 5/17/2010 - 5/24/2010

View Poem Previewthe blue-gray moon, cracked into pieces by the stark silhouette of a dying oak...tiny icicles stretching toward the ground, pointing their accusatory fingers...

ON PREASTERS LAKE

Poet: Qualin

Contest Date: 6/07/2010 - 6/14/2010

View Poem Preview"MOM IT'S JUST A WAYS FROM HERE, I MET AH NEW FRIEND,I NAMED HIM JIMMY-JIMALL WE DO IS FISH AND SWIM"!"WE JEST THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNYAH MAKIN UP AH NAMESHOOT ,HE DID THE VERY SAME"!"HE CAL …

Last summer

Poet: stellar

Contest Date: 6/21/2010 - 6/28/2010

View Poem PreviewMy memories of you were never really lost Though fading more in every season's turn But I’ve found at last the nook in which they hide Deep down in forgotten quarters of my mind

Dreams to Contemplate

Poet: ApaqRasgirl

Contest Date: 7/25/2010 - 8/01/2010

View Poem PreviewYour smile reminded me of a bright blue sky. Those eyes that sparkle looked into mine, I'd cry. Your long dark hair …

Butterfly Effect

Poet: castlemist

Contest Date: 8/02/2010 - 8/09/2010

View Poem Preview & …

The Eternal Chess Game

Poet: angel33614

Contest Date: 8/23/2010 - 8/30/2010

View Poem PreviewDown the narrow unending hallway of my keep, To the last door on the left, I rest my head for a moment of sleep. As I fade to dream I see a tunnel of light, A small space of illuminated mad …

immortal kiss

Poet: Dano

Contest Date: 9/06/2010 - 9/13/2010

View Poem Previewwhips of the tongue...across an open woundthe sweet taste of bloodnot a moment too soon

The Day John Lennon Died

Poet: kmooney

Contest Date: 10/04/2010 - 10/11/2010

View Poem PreviewMany cried the day he died,All the world did mourn.Rest in peace Brother John,K

What Is A True Friend

Poet: sunshine33710

Contest Date: 10/11/2010 - 10/18/2010

View Poem PreviewA true friend is always there for you,A true friend is someone you can lean on for a shoulder to cry,A true friend is there to lift you up when the going gets tough,A true friend is someone you can …

"You are a Perversion to God"...

Poet: ImStillHere

Contest Date: 10/18/2010 - 10/25/2010

View Poem PreviewPerverse, you say?Oh I think not...Just 'cause I have a mindthat says girls are freakin hot.A sinner? oh yes,I surely am that,but I admit it and repent,so you can kiss my ass.Right t …

Walt Whitman, I Want To Grow Your Beard

Poet: dahlusion

Contest Date: 11/08/2010 - 11/15/2010

View Poem Preview©dah ©dahlusion To read this poem, look for my forth-coming second book due in late-summer 2011 from Stillpoint Press. contact: www.mystillpoint.net. Thankn you, dah

And I Ask... What Does It Matter?

Poet: SuperChick62

Contest Date: 11/15/2010 - 11/22/2010

View Poem Preview“But lest you are my enemy, I must inquire”

The First Moon of Elatia

Poet: HarverTomsson

Contest Date: 11/22/2010 - 11/29/2010

View Poem Preview‘twas the first moon of elatia

Sedated Heart

Poet: ApaqRasgirl

Contest Date: 11/29/2010 - 12/06/2010

View Poem Preview Will you call my name …

Silence

Poet: Hampton

Contest Date: 12/13/2010 - 12/20/2010

View Poem Preview Silence was all that could be heard Al …

You

Poet: HIP13044b

Contest Date: 12/20/2010 - 12/27/2010

View Poem PreviewI heard your silent scream floating across the invisible waves, leaving me stranded on the sunken island in …

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