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synthetic heaven taking hold changing all that's lucid, cold down the gut or down the drain coursing throbs to burst a vein (bent to quell a wretched pain) neural tap dance, bloody bold ... dangled digits - dancing doll damp, the skin, a fetid crawl lines of white to tingle, thus in the nostrils, dirtied dust (fevers do what fevers must) cordially, then climb the wall ... skin as pale as pallid moon gals drape alabaster swoon chemicals, tho wildly worse sipping bubbly from a purse (coy to craft a college verse) sinless, she'll be sullied soon ... manic madness found a shell every potion kings could sell spending senses on each one pounding pulses, just for fun (hungers hotter than the sun) banished aptly straight to Hell ... lived, have I, a passion's dream dancing short of Hades' seam wisdom, more or less my own sucking marrow from the bone (shy the debts I've yet to own) due whatever fortune deems ... pain more horrid than it seems (death as dark as devil dreams). ~ 1st Place ~ in the "Contamination" Poetry Contest, Kai Michael Neumann, Judge & Sponsor.

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Susan Gentry

Date: 4/18/2018 1:19:00 AM

Oh my. Such great lines... "Down the gut...", "Lines of white..." each verse has it's brilliance. A dark write... haunting. Congratulations on your win. Well done!

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 4/18/2018 1:54:00 AM

That's very kind of you, Susan, I'm so pleased you enjoyed this one! The edgy dark and the coyly sensual are my favorite genres to write in, (not the graphic stuff), but not everyone appreciates them, so it's a once-in-a-while thing. Thank you so much! :-) <3

Sandra Haight

Date: 4/17/2018 6:58:00 PM

Dark, deep, and done so well, Gregory. Congratulations on another top of the podium win! Sandra

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 4/18/2018 1:51:00 AM

Thank you so very much, Sandra - I so greatly appreciate the kindness! :-) <3

Line Gauthier

Date: 4/16/2018 2:08:00 PM

Congrats on your gold medal win with this beautiful poem, Gregory. Superbly done.

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 4/17/2018 1:51:00 AM

That's very sweet of you, Line - thank you SO much, friend! :-) <3

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 4/16/2018 1:52:00 PM

You are having a spectacular day cher poet! Congratulations my friend! xomo <3

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 4/17/2018 1:50:00 AM

Very kind of you Dear Mo - thank you very much, Friend! :-) <3

Kai Michael Neumann

Date: 4/16/2018 8:26:00 AM

This poem is stunning. Congratulations on your win in my contest. Kai

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 4/17/2018 1:50:00 AM

This made my day, Kai, thank you so much - I am humbled and honored to be on a list with such great poets! Blessings! :-)

Greg Gaul

Date: 4/16/2018 7:56:00 AM

Congrats on your fine verse and win. The rhyming is superb. Could make one swoon, Gatsby surely did! Me too.

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 4/17/2018 1:49:00 AM

So pleased you enjoyed it, Greg ... blessings and thanks to you, my friend! :-)

Newton Ranaweera

Date: 4/16/2018 6:29:00 AM

What an excellent choice of words to double the music and meaning!! A fine write, indeed, Gregory. :)

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 4/17/2018 1:48:00 AM

Thank you so much, Newton, I greatly appreciate the kind comments! :-)

Gary Smith

Date: 10/15/2017 5:18:00 PM

Excellent Gregory, a fine write :)

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 10/16/2017 12:31:00 PM

Thank you kindly, Gary - very much appreciated!

Paul Callus

Date: 10/11/2017 10:55:00 AM

In the shadows of darkness lies poetic beauty, my friend...well done! Regards // paul

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 10/11/2017 11:23:00 AM

Indeed - I agree, Paul, and I have found much catharsis and healing there - by going to those painful places and turning those fears and experiences into something creative and (hopefully) beautiful! Well-said and thank you - so pleased you liked it! :-)

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 10/9/2017 6:14:00 AM

Another creepy write! Written almost like a magic spell. Well done, Greg!

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 10/11/2017 11:21:00 AM

Thank you, Kim, I'm glad you liked this dark one! :-)

Janice Canerdy

Date: 10/9/2017 1:04:00 AM

Excellent, dramatic descriptions of the destruction and chaos people embrace, Greg! Janice

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 10/9/2017 2:50:00 AM

Thank you so very much, Janice - I'm so pleased you liked this one! The "dark" pieces don't always get a lot of love, but there is so much healing and catharsis for me in these writes - going to a difficult or painful place and turning it to something creative and beautiful. I so appreciate those who see beyond the darkness ... those who realize that there are stars sparkling in that night sky! :-) <3

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/8/2017 9:25:00 PM

Wow, what dark imagery in THIS one, Gregory. Quite striking this is. I wish I could read more of your latest poems, but I need to start hubbie's dinner and want to thank you for the several nice comments on my poems. Have a wonderful Monday!

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 10/9/2017 12:45:00 AM

Ah - the priorities of daily life - if only we could live in this poetic dream world all the time - live as we write! I take care of my elderly parents, and very little writing/commenting time of late ... I also seem to be struggling for muses recently, though it's usually just a stage. Thank you for the kind comments as usual, my friend! :-)

Frederic Parker

Date: 10/8/2017 11:24:00 AM

there is a feeling of witches brew to this like a cantation for a spell, well done poet

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 10/8/2017 4:30:00 PM

Thanks so much, Frederic - very much appreciated, Brother! :-)

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 10/8/2017 9:05:00 AM

Soul ripping pen my friend.

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 10/8/2017 4:28:00 PM

Blessings and thanks to you, Mo - I so value your opinion, and I'm glad you enjoyed this dark one! :-) <3

Mike Gentile

Date: 10/8/2017 8:51:00 AM

Wow, amazing poem, Gregory. I aspire to one day be able to compose like this !

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 10/8/2017 4:27:00 PM

Oh, that's very kind of you, Mike, and I greatly appreciate the kindness! You are an excellent writer, my friend, and certainly capable of this and much more ... your opinion is very important to me, and I'm really pleased you liked this! Blessings! :-)

Darren White

Date: 10/8/2017 7:42:00 AM

ohhhh, do I understand that one! You can write about dark life so eloquently. Wonderful my dear friend.

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 10/8/2017 4:23:00 PM

Very kind of you, Buddy, and I so appreciate that - I had a feeling you and Russell would like this one, (John and Mo, too, I think) ... really pleased you did, my friend! :-) <3

Russell Sivey

Date: 10/8/2017 6:24:00 AM

"Pain more horrid than it seems/(Death as dark as devil dreams)," oh my, my friend, you have gone all dark on me, where's the cheery ole Greg? I understand, times get rough and dark on us and we see only the darkness of putrid death! I do understand as I've been there before too my friend! Though each of us has something different that we have experienced, the darkness is still the same! I really enjoyed reading this incredible poem this morning! What a fabulous piece, Great Work!!

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 10/8/2017 4:20:00 PM

Thanks so much, my very good friend! These dark ones are very cathartic for me and bring a lot of healing ... they're also my favorite genre, I think, especially the sensual ones. Very happy you liked this, Brother! :-)