Best Contest Anything Poems

A thousand steps in between 
who I was and who I am now 
do I wonder about the detours? 
do I wish I took the dirt road instead? 

Would my path have been smoother if I said no instead of yes? 
Would the worries have...

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One more peg
to quench my thirst,
thirst of a desert
nearer to sea
so close to it
yet so far.

One more peg
to forget the pain,
pain of my heart
which I once
offered to you
but you refused.

One more peg
to end this poem,
a poem of love,
love that is lost,
lost in time
never to come.

Just...

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Behind the rough and gruff facade,
amongst the sternness and the pride.
Along with calloused hands and the scars
A little boy still resides.

in spite of responsibilities,
the hard days, daily grind.
There within a man full grown,
that little boy still hides.

In the crooked grin, stuck out chin,
mischievous twinkle of...

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He 
Witness 
My sadness 
Tears rolling down
He wiped the tears away and held me close.
He never asked what brought them on, he just 
let me be me
and loved me
with my 
tears.. 


Contest: Anything Goes
14th Place...

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Trembles serenaded my heart
  before the coming storm
affection was blowing toward me
  with unburdened arms
in an unruffled evening with a fiery red sky
and continuous waves that drowned the shore

I embraced the silent space
  in a moment caressed
satiny rhythmic sounds, music from the...

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Little brown orb
lying so lightly in my hand,
the marvel of you demanding my attention.
Could I but see deep into your heart,
I would find a perfectly formed flower
waiting there.

Waiting for me
to stir the rich brown earth and make a bed,
a room to hold you through the...

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   Silence for me is like a beautiful flower blooming,
        and it is not found by turning off life;
      but a hunger deep within me,
      ...

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A sophisticated lady became the talk of our town
Changed her name to Ms. Green from Ms. Brown
A leader of green revolution campaign
Wore her favorite color all over again
If her tartar isn't brown, we’ll tell her not to frown





Copyright2016Leonora Galinta
All Rights Reserved




April 3, 2016  ...

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Patchwork quilt, upon my bed.
Made with love, needle and thread.
Bits of fabric from worn out clothes,
cut into squares, to be sewn.

Hand stitched together, day by day.
In the evening, after dishes are put away.
An hour here and an hour there,
slowly transformed, with love and care.

My Great...

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There was a man named Paddy Maclean
Who resembled a fat runner bean.
With his mates he got drunk
Then brought up...and he stunk
Like a skunk who was dressed all in green.


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Contest: Anything Green 
Sponsor: Skat A
Placed 3rd...

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TREE      HOUSE


My
Idea
A simple
Tree house
Kids wanted it so
I  built it,  hand-made
Stone-base to avoid wet-rot
Lower level a stage for kids’ shows
Uprights were his football  goal-posts
Imagined as the gun-deck of a pirate ship 
Upper level  the  main deck...

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Under a thatch of welded grasses
Beneath the sentry trees and singing birds
A seven decade muse sits on a naked earth
Drunk by the tunes of choir birds
Creativity invades her weary veins
As she strokes the grassy strips
Expertise emits from her ridged visage
Her keen eyes chant the incantation...

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Green Hops.


Green grasshopper on the shamrock,
Lands on lumpy lady fatty's frock,
Rollicking on Patrick's day,
Whole night she had planned to stay,
Stumbled badly in a squeaky shock.


Hubzy fumbled laughter in the hall,
Mini hopper dared to take a brawl,
Down lay fatso red in rage,
Hubby pretends not to gaze,
Bravo...

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The Firmament of my Heaven         
The work, the words
The worries, the wits
They are lazy today
They have been sleeping too long
In my body
In the broad way of my heart.

I think about you in the heavy traffic
I lay bare...

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