Best Betwixt Poems

She was a faerie
an elfin
a creature of the land
living in harmony
with the universe
the forest
in her element
her nesting ground
a magical being
transient
reluctantly
crossing over
dragged down
falling off the edge
a misadjusted weight
drowning
gasping for air
a fish out of water
who didn’t fit in
or belong
in our realm



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on January 16,...

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Betwixt and between
Sadness and mirth
Happy but sad
For dear Mother Earth

Feeling sorry for
Adding to the mess
Not really aware
Of my part I confess

Betwixt and between
Feel guilty at times
Having so much
While others are crying

The worldwide problem
Of hunger and disease
Is difficult to remedy 
Impossible to ease

Betwixt and between
I sit...

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The two logics of twain
can drive one insane
if one doesn’t learn refrain
from the one marked as Cain
learning refrain, voids the pain

Love marked concept as Cain
also Able precept was very plain
that a soul might learn refrain
that two brothers avoid the pain
Love is life and voids afford...

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Betwixt-Between
      

    I woke up
               in a dream.
     The smell of
        ...

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It’s good to get together as friends and confreres
like in table fellowship or religious convocation
and then, enjoy the company of each other’s culture
as Italians, Colombians, Filipinos or Brazilians.

The day after Easter Sunday adds another occasion
for us Scalabrinians to be reunited at this point in time
sharing...

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Betwixt and between
Sadness and mirth
Happy but sad
For dear Mother Earth

Feeling sorry for
Adding to the mess
Not really aware
Of my part I confess

Betwixt and between
Feel guilty at times
Having so much
While others are crying

The worldwide problem
Of hunger and disease
Is difficult to remedy 
Near impossible to ease

Betwixt and between
I...

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Can you feel?

Can you feel the tremor?
That rocks your world
That shakes the cage
Like a beast trapped outside
A beast raging against the bars
It lifts, it throws, it rages
Can you feel it?

And in the aftermath,
You can hear the cooing, cajoling
Of puppeteers laying strings before your bars
And they...

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God, make your shanty in my room
I firmly fathom, what's your doom
Your handle caused a million streams 
Moonlight that bliss, within my dreams
Among moon insight, we'll resume

8th Place Contest Winner

Written: June 9, 2022

The Moon in June (Choose One of Five Forms) Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Andrea...

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When I was a girl it seemed time took much longer,
To pass by and let me be older not younger.
It seemed all the good things were far in the future,
And I feared in the waiting I'd slip into a stupor.

I was too young for most...

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The brown lawn may not be an eye catcher or head turner,
but a Rose of Sharon tree, reminding me of the Middle East

and the Holy Land, grows quietly and slowly in my back yard,
sandwiched by two varieties of plum trees.  To the east of...

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Context,

Boer War , South Africa

The Battle for Spion Kop

Slag van Spioenkop

Ladysmith , Natal

23 January 1900

British forces under the command

Sir Redvers Buller

Dug in to take the higher ground
on Spion Kop 

In order to engage the Boer army 
encircling below

Lead by General Louis Botha

The rest is written...

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Straddling is safe with grips each side secure,
    but progress requires the flip flop position, 
    secured on one side or the other, not looking down or back.
It’s iffy to lift a foot implanted
    with footholds...

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We here all of these songs, and their beautiful....
Tis what appeals to the here as now; these secular 
Eyes cast within a pagans, prize ? Her world which lies....

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Betwixt the Between

We pass one moment to next
The fruit from the Tree in hand
Mortal be careful the taste
When foot first touches the sand

Ormuzd and Ahriman stand there
Saviour or savour to take
Which will you choose to endow
Each choice is one you must make

Both good and evil...

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HOW DO I TURN FROM MY WICKED WAYS?
I DON'T WANT TO GO ASTRAY
BACK TO THOSE AWFUL DAYS
BUT WOE UNTO ME IF I STAY
BOUND IN THIS SIN I LAY
WHATSO EVER I SOW I SHALL REAP
BUT KNOWING, HOW DO I GO CALLING?
CALLING FOR MY LOVER THAT'S DEAD...

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