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Swept To the Poet's Dust Bin

Magic moonstone on her finger
Dreams of tanzanite kisses,
Shadows in her bedroom linger
Losses, she thoughtfully, dismisses.

Friends that used her, for their glory
Disappear from her like fog in the city.
Looking for new friends to bury,
To rise to the top,using feckless ditties.

It's a twenty four hour race,
With nobody ever really winning!
The truly best writers know it is not
how much you write at all!!

So, in the end what glory be
With a crown made of non-reality?
And poetry shred to ghastly pieces.
All ending up as an artistic, bloody fatality.

5/12/2019
9pm PST

Copyright © Panagiota Romios | Year Posted 2019

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M. L. Kiser Date: 5/14/2019 7:14:00 AM I don't think they end up this way. I am usually happy if I get one reader per poem. Poets speak from the soul and heart and we are all teachers. We write because we've something to say and if one person reads it and gets something from it; that's one life that we've taught or cheered up; somewhere in a corner of the world...that's progress. Lovely passionate pen. Login to Reply Panagiota Romios Date: 5/14/2019 7:29:00 AM Great attitude, ML, Thank you..Panagiota

Gershon Wolf Date: 5/13/2019 1:29:00 PM Powerful, bold, image-laden(!) indictment of the ultimate emptiness of 'glory contests,' as well as those who use them for their own selfish ends...Can't say I view them quite this negatively myself; I just try to take them with a grain of salt, and focus on improving my poetry/writing with every poem I pen. :) gw Login to Reply Panagiota Romios Date: 5/14/2019 7:37:00 AM Always, the sensible man, Gershon. I don't use the word "negatively", I meant people don't get the hurt feelings. Ask someone who runs contests, not me. Improving your poetry is best, agreed..good attitude. I do think of them that way. Like children I want to shelter. I can roll out the three liners but they are not soul poetry..I mean the ones I write! Any 4th grader could do those,-)) Merci, PR Panagiota Romios Date: 5/13/2019 1:37:00 PM That's you! Mr. Cool-)) I admire that. I don't see it negatively. I think you are not aware of the lengths people go through. I tell it like it is.,,based on what Contest Leaders shhared with me..eeks. Best to focus on you, yes. Maybe me, being a Pisces, I do pick up on pain fast. But refuse to waddle in it RR

James Marshall Goff Date: 5/13/2019 3:18:00 AM A fine self inquisition, Panagiota, sometimes, my most honest poetry I dispose of... Login to Reply Panagiota Romios Date: 5/13/2019 5:40:00 AM You said it in a nutshell. I do publish that which come from my heart. I do differentiate that from a cheap piece of silver I put out there. I know which is best and those that are pauper- like. Panagiota