Across the universe

Written: June 1st, 2025 for contest by Charles Messina
8 Syllables per line, checked by HMS.COM

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Flashing stars blush when caught—ignite
Through blue rock darts in sparkling light

"Across the universe"—swart crown
Pools of grief—waves of mirth are down

Scribes bid adieu in sapphire smoke
Spilling gold in a dying stroke

I doubt whether the sky still roused
The stars that once blazed and have doused

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Charles Messina

August 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM

This is written so well, Lasaad. There's no other place for this other than at the top of the podium. Congratulations on your top win in my contest! Charlie

Sotto Poet

August 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM

Charlie, thank you so much for sponsoring such a lovely contest and recognizing me as top winner. I'm honored; thank you.

Paige Hind

June 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM

Woah!! Gorgeous, Sotto. I love the opening stanza.

Andrea Dietrich

June 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM

What a great job you did here! It's the one new contest I need to look into.

Silent One

June 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM

This is such a delicately woven poem, rich in imagery and emotion. I love how you personify the stars in the first line, “Flashing stars blush when caught—ignite”—it’s so vivid and immediate, almost like the universe is shy under observation. Your use of colour and movement throughout “blue rock darts,” “sapphire smoke,” “spilling gold” makes the cosmos feel alive, but also tinged with melancholy.