Best Contingent On(P) Poems

“ANTE BELLUM”


BEIGEBest served where it can’t be seen
On Stirling Silver platters
With redruM narcotics
Delivered by sharp Blood-Red
Well-mannered talons
Strutting in sleek wet rolling tight-skirted
Long French Silk Stockinged...

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~ The voice of loneliness - is barely audible ~ Quote by poet

          Terribly curved
 ...

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I’ve been bruised and  b a t t e r e d 
          all over...

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SAD Seasonally Affective Disorder

Some are prone to depression in winter when days get shorter when
less light enters the brain through the eyes and thoughts become...

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United Colours: Orange
Sponsor: Silent One

Pathological agreements made from your spicy allegations,
neurotic contributions based on a fire lit from clay,
all the inescapable state of affairs from...

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I am here on an archaeological quest,
to satisfy many a curious mind's request
for knowledge on antiques and artifacts
of Egypt's long extinct historical facts,
in treasured sands...

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I.
They say women don’t need men anymore,
that they can have it all on their own,
feminism claims it is the future,
and that it’s contingent on me...

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Haven’t you had a look?
I am such a flawed character in your book.
My mind goes mad as I sit and wait
Drowning in all this fragmented...

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Considering how many times I set out to pen a small,
Master piece of art, a gem that might underwrite,
The utter liability of being just that...

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I'd like to apply for a permit
for a protest march
on the Washington Mall.

Lovely idea.
But, we're only issuing Mall permits
for Song and Dance Events.

I think this...

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I crept into the pit of hell all alone. Contingent upon my lifestyle I knew this could be my last day alive…

She haunted me in...

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I slipped on a teardrop and landed upright, 
With no tigers or werewolves to scare me, 
In the long silent night so salient and tight,...

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The Heart That Bleeds Contest
Sponsor: Malta Forever

I've been lost and found and forgot where I should start,
it's all contingent on the circumstance of my bleeding...

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When my pen hits the paper 
I grow anxious and eager to write another caper
Steadily and gracefully then I lift my pen
I ponder with my...

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Just A Thin Blue Ribbon
Sponsor: Rita A. Simmonds


It’s not just a globe…

The atmosphere’s wonder is held within a deep creation,
   with natural lands...

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