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For: Same Poem, Different Form Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Crystol Woods

SHATTERED Theme: Indulgence 1) Free Verse First published as Addiction, 2021 Did the scarecrow ever leave Oz, put his new brain in a bucket by the door like an unwanted umbrella, then go jogging back down the yellow brick road to his post in the cornfield? Did the crows again mock him, marking his truancy like a flock of high priests, their caw of unforgiveness invoking an evil wind to carry it over the Emerald City, shattering dreams into a million green shards? 2) New Tanka My dreams lie shattered on the floor of addiction, no softness given in the love of a substance designed for degradation.

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Beryl Edmonds

Date: 7/5/2024 11:53:00 AM

Well done Chetta, inspirational poetry in Free verse and also in Tanka form. Congratulations on your top win in Crystol’s contest… Beryl

Chetta Achara
Date: 7/6/2024 8:15:00 AM

Thank you.

Terry Miller

Date: 7/5/2024 8:34:00 AM

Excellent entry to the competition, congratulations

Chetta Achara
Date: 7/5/2024 8:48:00 AM

Thank you.

Crystol Woods

Date: 7/5/2024 7:07:00 AM

Yay Chetta! Congratulations on first place in this contest! I was impressed with the form you chose and the content. The illusion to The Wizard Of Oz was brilliant and set the tone for the feeling of this poem. How you were able to get all that emotion and meaning into a new tanka form was amazing! Ty for entering!

Crystol Woods
Date: 7/5/2024 4:01:00 PM

It is so prevalent these days...I feel we are in the road to recovery as a nation with addiction awareness and educating others about it... and with medications to help those addicted. I've been in recovery myself for 6 years with no relapses! So yes, this touched my heart .

Chetta Achara
Date: 7/5/2024 8:48:00 AM

Thank you. Sadly, as many do, we have both friends and family who have succumbed to drug addiction.

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 7/1/2024 7:21:00 AM

Sad poem which I hope people who want to try drugs will take to heart. You wove this poem in an artistic style that brings fantasy and reality together.