Best Clinch Poems

"Black Ice"

Sorrow flows from the first sunrise 
Eyes deeper than winter and rainfall
A painful combination never felt before 
At core death awaits
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A lack of oxygen, a stifled room
A pregnant pause, apparent gloom
Bitter sighs and angry growls
Upon her face "It's not my fault"
His wrinkled brow, "I'm not...

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Under the canopy of the pine trees we lay
My brothers and I, and our mates the other three,
They wore a different uniform the colour grey
Yet...

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"Seventeen Years"
by:  Eric L. Boddie

In my younger years, satan had the tightest clinch upon my Soul
I was headed to destruction, but, then, my heart...

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The dawn spoke her name like a silken secret
carried carefree by the tradewinds of lust and larceny
imported from the traderoutes of paradise and pandemonium, 
sequined...

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Nauseated  thoughts about colourless, odourless,  demeaning and hurtful words

replay in my head,  making me feel so small .

They swell in my mind,...

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Luneta, I used to almost venerate you once
but glassy skyscrapers have put you away…
still, I kept the fragrant lawns deep in my bones,
with Muppet tricks...

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On a grassy bank beside a trickling stream
I view her ebony locks of which I've dreamed

Naked she is bathing in translucent crystal clear
As I long...

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Like footprints in the sand
Leaving tattoos from the start
Walking hand in hand
Gripping tightly, my heart

I won't ease up
My fingers clinch tighter
Though you're growing tough
I am...

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Sands
in my
hand
trickle
as I
close
my
palm
to
grip
them.

I
release
the
remaining
grains
and
clinch
the last
ones
that
hold
the 
traces
of
your
promise.

28 July 2020

1st place
STRAND completely new (14)any theme any form
Contest Judged:  7/28/2020 12:00:
Sponsored by: Brian Strand...

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As i clinch my pillow, and of you i dream
My heart paces like a raging steam
Constant reminders of your gentle touch
Wondering if my love is...

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There’s a quietness in the shadows.
A lonely place where sadness grows.
A place in time where my mind goes.
Thoughts and memories are my foes.

But I have...

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I was taught by   my father to be obedient in the dense forest to save the individuals trees, stop destruction to plantation. I...

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The sexual abuse of children is all to common these days. The effects are everlasting. These crimes effect more than 
just the victim. I am...

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Barefoot Dream  ©

A pair of slippers dance along 
the surf line, dank chill seeps into 
supple leather 

Laughter and joy stream out 
across the...

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