Best 13 Poems
shivering dewdrops
yearn for warmth
naïve innocence
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Contest: Magicicada 13
Sponsor: Maureen McGreavy
20th June, 2018
Acute power or a mystical virtue?
Not daring to venture further
Became superstitious by token and sign,
Leaving the most positive meanings behind
Ends with a 3 that reminds me of the trinity
A belief that kept within
All good things comes in double,
You're not alone just behind 1
Together you became 13 an age in certain
Tradition when a boy became a man
Among the many numbers
People pretends you came out the worst
even saying that you are a curse
But besides all others, you came first
Ignorance do hurts,
So they put you behind as a negative sign
Thinking of you makes me enjoy
The intricacies of mental calculates
A million seconds in 13 days,
13 stripes for thirteen states
A Friday 13 in every year
Again let me be a bit humoristic
Since I'm in love with mathematics
For those who calculates well,
Come let me play with your head
Close your eyes using the power of your mind
Pick and choose which power hidden inside you
The clock strike 13 hours, the mind reminds
us that it's 1 'o' clock,
infact we're back at the starting block
Since things became a mystery we tend
Not to go beyond our senses
13 is a number that all human share
The 13 major joints in our body
13 lunar cycles in a solar year
And the moon travels 13 degrees across the sky everyday
Making things works in a mysterious way.
By kelleyana junique.
• Connecticut
• New Hampshire
• New York
• New Jersey
• Massachusetts
• Pennsylvania
• Delaware
• Virginia
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Georgia
• Rhode Island
• Maryland
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Now I enter a new day with nervous breaths
A return of innocence
The red balloon that you want to win
In summer’s carnival
That hand you want to hold
But can’t
Those goosebumps that embed an uplifting silence
Pacing by the phone,
Echoes of ringtones and comfort greetings
A deep blue sky during autumnal Saturday mornings
Where, now,
I find myself standing by a solitary chair
In a school dance
As “Right here Waiting” plays in 500 watt flirtations
Hoping she accepts this dance
Living for the remembrance of you
Romantic palpitations reaching towards handwritten memories
Living for your remembrance of me
This 13 yr old heart
Beating
Beating
Towards a smile of irrevocable consequences
Caressing ivory keys upon resilient sunflowers
Awaiting our smiles to rendezvous unto willful sunrises
Our solemn faces against shoulders
Swaying to a never-ending stanza
Missing you, like The Police,
With every breath I take
©Drake J. Eszes
Tanka 13
anxiety and
excitement are physio-
logically i-
dentical... so sayeth my
therapist I’m not convinced
01.14.14
I wrote a great book, part memoir, part novel
Shopped it around, I ain’t too proud to grovel
Got kicked upstairs to a big publishing head
He invited me in, and here's what was said:
This screed you call Crack House of the 13 Gables
Is one long rant mixed with recycled fables
It wanders aimlessly, but never resolves
Characters pop out of nowhere, then simply dissolve
But the symbolism, sir, allow me to explain
The Victorian parlor represents pathos and pain
In the attic are mothballed broken dreams and betrayals
It's gonna shift your paradigm right off its rails
It’s a thousand-page odyssey into the surreal
The hedge maze is where all 14 sub-plots congeal
Enough! The only reason I called you in, punk
Is to meet the lunatic who scribbled this junk
So I slunk away, not a little dejected
Ain’t much fun being literarily rejected
Trudged back to my grueling, stale coffee grind
Working 15-hour days, going out of my mind
Then one day I met an old pal for some beers
Hadn't seen him in quite a few years
I told him about my rejection slip wrangle
He said buck up, you just need the right angle
I like reading novels, now don’t get me wrong
But writin' 'em, man, that just takes too damn long
And what a huge risk, 16 years you devoted
For no payday at all, just your ego imploded
There's no need to pen the next Moby Dick
Try something short, now that is the trick!
So, I thanked my friend for his most sage advice
And took it to heart without thinkin' thrice
And now I am back as a voice for the ages
Except I'm makin' my mark in far fewer pages
I write sound bites and maxims and pithy remarks
T-shirt slogans and jokes, I just do on a lark
I bang out poems and lyrics at the drop of a hat
Dash off 17 syllables in ten seconds flat
Haikus by the bunch
Cook up a batch before lunch
Put that in your pipe
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Love is always patient
in deed and word is kind
can not abide the green eyed monster
so envy will not find.
It never tries to gloat or brag
it can not be malicious
does not demand to have it's way
is never once suspicious.
Is always calm when under pressure
can't laugh when others stumble
doesn't try to tally wrongs
wont quit, complain or mumble
It always to the future looks
is positive, fair and just
ever eager to find the best
in others wants to trust.
It never fails when hardships hit
keeps fast to what is true
when all else seems to fall apart
true love sees us through.
God has shown in His holy word
there is only one sure way to life
a life that's eternal to the full
for all other ways just bring strife
Jesus has said when here on earth
to find me enter by the narrow gate
never choose any roads of twists and turns
you can't see around a bend before its too late
There's a gate that's really wide
the way there is easy to find
but with it comes utter destruction
there are lots that will be left behind
The narrow gate is exactly that
making it difficult to get a pass
this is the price that's worth it
for the heavenly road goes first class
Now its so difficult to walk this way
the numbers that succeed are very few
but God's will his for His own elect
to walk the narrow way, will that be you?
(13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.)
Matthew 7: 13,14 (ESV)
“[DELETED] [1:26 AM] i know you’re sleeping and your dreams are probably prettier than my company but i miss you.”
"[DELETED] [1:34 AM] when i close my eyes i just see you how can you sleep, do you see me too?"
"[DELETED] [1:56 AM] i wish i could sleep without you, being awake is a nightmare."
"[DELETED] [2:06 AM] if only i could drown in these blankets, my skin is cold without your touch. "
"[DELETED] [2:27 AM] i have taken a few pills now, your voice is getting louder."
"[DELETED] [2:45 AM] god, my chest is heavy."
"[DELETED] [2:47 AM] the burning in my throat from the shots of vodka i have downed still hurt less than the agony of wanting you. "
"[DELETED] [3:01 AM] please wake up, i need you. "
"[DELETED] [3:51 AM] my hands are shaking, i remember how they used to shake when i kissed you."
"[DELETED] [4:24 AM] are you awake?"
"[DELETED] [4:33 AM] i miss tripping over my words when we spoke and your feet when we danced, but now i am only tripping over myself trying to find where i belong without you."
"[DELETED] [5:12 AM] my vision is getting dizzy but you are still clear in my mind."
"[DELETED] [6:02 AM] remember me?”
— thirteen texts maybe i should’ve sent to you
Proverbs is full of great wisdom
having complete trust in its word
leads you in the way of righteousness
any other route is totally absurd
Don't trust in your own sight
be sure to display godly reverence
turn yourself away from all evil
fear the Lord your God in His night
You can't do these two things
for fearing God is hating evil
all types of perverted talk you hate
arrogant pride brings your justice date
Your iniquity needs to be atoned for
faithfulness and divine love does this
fear the Lord and turn from evil
brings you to receive your eternal kiss
Having God's fear deep in your heart
enables you to be holy and obey
all that the Lord commands upon yourself
in Christ, you're able to do as He says
(Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
Proverbs 3: 7(ESV)
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.
Proverbs 8: 13(ESV)
By steadfast love and faithfulness, iniquity is atoned for,
and by the fear of the Lord, one turns away from evil.)
Proverbs 16: 6 (ESV)
(Quote:
" I believe it is impossible to consistently walk in obedience and holiness unless you have the fear of God in your heart." - David Wilkerson (1931-2011) U.S. Evangelist )
God has declared through His inspired word
all that He is and all He can do
this word is living powerful and so sharp
more than two-edged sword this is true
This God is all-powerful indeed
there's nothing outwith His control
for sovereign, He is over everything
yes even you and every living soul
All that you know in your grey matter
as well as all that's in your sinful heart
fully none of it is hidden from God
all are naked before Him every single part
This God is eternal always shall be
our righteousness is like filthy rags
in His eyes detestable and obnoxious
we're without hope nothing to brag
Jesus came to our rescue
to save us and make us fit
to stand in God's holy presence
knowing in Christ we needn't quit
For all will stand before Him
there we must give account
if not in Christ we've no hope
but in Him, we have a living fount
("For the word of God is living and powerful, and
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account." )
Hebrews 4:12-13
pity the Haiku
expanding into verses
Basho curses
John G. Lawless
©9/13/2018
Remember all the words of the Lord
to receive His healing full of light
be watching with eyes wide open
so you know to push sin out of sight
Faith is so important for every believer
be sure to stand firm in your faith
immoveable abounding in the Lord's work
showing you believe what God saith
Be strong always in the Lord
show yourself approved be like a man
walk in the ways of God no less
seeking His will in His eternal plan
Remember the scriptures God is love
so His followers should be the same
in all, we do be done in love
showing our resemblance to God above
Walk-in step with Jesus our Lord
keeping close knowing His blessed grace
giving thanks for all He has done
the blessed saviour who won our case
("Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.")
1 Corinthians 16: 13,14 (esv)
I respect all that you are;
all that you think;
even if we don't share the same perspective!-charma
She is assertive.
When she does not want to do
something, she lets you know.
She honors herself.
Her heart shows her the way.
She listens to her inner voice.
She is 13, and confident.
She cannot be cajoled, swayed, or lured.
She is her own person, following her path.
Making choices that delight herself, and no one but.
She is a dynamo.
On a clear course.
She has met no one who can fool her.
I pray she never does.