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For: Drugs Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Bob Carmack

SHATTERED 
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?
          
                  My dreams lie shattered
                  on the floor of addiction,
                  no softness given
                  in the love of a substance
                  designed for degradation.

Copyright © Chetta Achara | Year Posted 2024

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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 Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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! Login to Reply 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. Login to Reply