Best Draw Poems
The tiniest egg
Sanctuary for new life;
Dinner for many.
Entered in contest: Enter the 'Premiere haiku contest II: Anything Goes ' Poetry Contest; sponsored by: Chris D. Aechtner
I roll the dice one more time
One more poker card I ask.
I search for one last dime
Train my face to be a mask.
Luck be a lady tonight
Sinatra singing in my mind.
I clutch the rabbit foot real tight,
Love and happiness I will find.
For life's a roller coaster ride
A simple game of craps,
And just who will decide
Which roads and which maps?
Yet when the final game I play
And I tally up the final score,
King of hearts was not meant to stay
Ace of spades just wiped the floor.
Regretfully I fold my hand
I walk away with a sigh.
Love may be very grand
But the stakes were just too high.
No torrid steel rod cauterized my wounds
I could not lick the festering gashes clean
Your sharp-bladed tongue bit too deep
fangs plunged with each vile cursed scene
No mere prick or scratch did you inflict
as thorns draw drops from a finger laid bare
You severed our dangling cord with a stare
Without gauntlet thrown before you swayed
I was waylaid in the pitfall of vows betrayed
I sat weeping upon moistened ground
faintly hearing from ears, a snarling sound
a vile bitterness in your laughter as I stirred
If you have a conscience, I shall be its burr
You turned your back and sidled away
basking in glory; your cruelty had been done
but there is no victory for you, nothing won
for a man whose feet were molded of clay
How often you preyed on weakness of others
while you played at being sanctimonious
Liquid courage brings death that smothers
but I escaped the hold you once tightly held
before my life had been snuffed and felled
I still breathe and I've no fear to speak
I've been set free, and I'm no longer weak
My tongue holds daggers of its own
whetted on the grind stone of your deception
I was hungry for strength, parched with thirst
to take vengeance as my anger grew
emotions that were long past due
Felling you would then label me a doer of evil
which is something I would never desire to be
Vengeance will never be mine to take
knowing this is true is what set me free
Years will pass but I shall never forget
that I was true to you, yet I sorely regret
not realizing the kind of person I loved
I've moved on and no longer grieve
while you still swim in the fiery waters
of your besotted world of make believe
There once was a girl
and she loved to draw
She started to get really good
so the people around her couldn't tell
if what she had drawn
was real or fake
Everyday
she would look in the mirror
and draw a smile on her face
she'd add the twinkle in her eyes
and the laugh lines on her cheeks
She would cover up the trail on her face
that the tears had left behind
She would cover up the worry
that showed on her forehead
She would cover up the tiredness
that illuminated across her face
As she walked around
people saw her face and assumed everything was okay
But it wasn't
It hadn't been for a long time
God and The Devil sat counter
over whiskey at the boardroom table,
to negotiate the terms of her surrender;
no real surrender materialised,
but the battle-lines were re-drawn,
albeit imperceptibly so.
The value of the chattel
will not be agreed,
the meaning of defeat
almost as meaningless as winning,
but for the stroking of the battered ego,
chattel’s value unknown.
I sat with God and The Devil
at the blood-stained boardroom table,
they specified the terms of my surrender
and erased the day of my resistance;
the surrender was real and assured,
I haven’t heard from them since.
23rd January 2019
Close the mouth, open the mind
and let the pen draw the line.
Raise the eyes, lower the fist
and let all wars go unmissed.
Winners of foolish battles gain no prize
nor any admiration from the wise.
Let peace reign, let conflicts resolve
the heart shall then grow and evolve.
Close the mouth, open the mind
and let the pen draw the line.
Is it her calling?
I was just drawling
pictures of my feelings.
All these killers and retards
we should be healing,
Insted we are keeping
them from the world.
Tis it was the greatest story ever told
until our memories were sold.
Help us, lord
ashes to ashes
and dust to dust
are the words.
Listen,
I'm speaking to the nation
about a lost generation,
built off of freedom and innovation,
that was sweeping the nation
during the emancipation proclamation.
You will find God when you seek
him with all of your heart.
Getting on your knees in prayer
is a good place to start!
Remember... A double-minded man is
unstable in his ways.
He has no true direction in
life when he prays.
Draw near to God and he'll
draw near to you.
His word will be your guide
in all that you do.
Hunger for his righteousness...
and be filled!
Drawing close to Jesus is
what God has willed!
He desires an intimate love...
more than words can say!
Come to him now... with no more delay!
Trust him with all of your heart...
not your own understanding.
In everything...acknowledge him...
and heed his commanding!
Obey his command to serve with
body, sould and mind.
Everlasting peace and love you will surely find!
His desire for you to know and
love him is never ending.
Come to him now... please...
no more "pretending."
Reach out today... and call on his
wonderful name!
His love for you is forever
and will never change!
Allow him to bring joy to your
heart and pure delight!
Please come to him now.. why not tonight?
By JIm Pemberton
2007
i want to walk into your footsteps, Jesus
be the lord of my life
draw me lord
draw me close to you
draw me
i don't want to be far away from you, Jesus
draw me close to you
draw me lord
draw me close to you
draw me
draw me, draw me
draw me lord
draw me close to you
draw me
i want you to come live in my heart, Jesus
be the lord of my life
draw me lord
draw me close to you
draw me
i don't want to do as my friends do
draw me lord
draw me close to you
draw me
draw me, draw me
draw me lord
draw me close to you
draw me
i want to feel your power
down deep inside of me
i want to give you praise
draw me lord
draw me close to you
draw me
take me by the hand lord
don't let me go
God this is my prayer
in Jesus name
draw me lord
draw me close to you
draw me
draw me, draw me
draw me lord
draw me close to you
draw me
At times when life seems full of ****
and you are growing tired of it,
when joy's been torn from out your soul
and left you feeling far from whole.
It's then that you, and you alone
can find another pathway home,
forget the hand that you've been dealt
and all life's blows below the belt.
Take all the misery and pain
and change it into lifelong gain,
Just like masochists all do,
laugh at those who would hurt you.
For they're not worthy of your kind
don't ever let them bend your mind,
if only bad things pave your way
don't let just 'luck' control your day.
The new pathways, that you’ll then take,
should bring forth laughter from heartache.
For this is how life's battle's won,
through all life's pains…still have some fun!
Ivor G Davies
When I groan in my sin-inflicted pain
Languishing in misery brought by disobedience-stain
Sorrowing midst fleshly triumph so void and vain…
My God offers to me His grace I’m unworthy to gain.
I draw* near to Him, placing my life into His forgiveness-domain!
When I cry for divine aid and support
Excruciating from my downfall’s discomfort
Wailing due to my worldliness and its guilt-haunting escort …
My Saviour pours His mercy for my ultimate resort.
I draw nigh to Him, laying my faith upon His strength’s fort!
When I need urgent care
Beseeching for an assured welfare
Ailing with discontentment’s scare…
My Lord presents His promises which His words declare.
I abide in Him, exposing my soul to His victorious stare!
*Psalm 73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
June 29, 2019
What civilization you do draw, man!
Enlightening some too little candles,
Beneath centuries' deep darkness is seen
Which is engulfing your own existence;
Humans degrade humans loosing devils
And sins of lust, murder, crimes, corruptions
Wars, violence, greed, hatred, all evils
Are enough to finish all perfections;
Leave me here in this hungry wilderness,
In this ferocious cage leave me alone,
I won't return to your shocking darkness
Which is spoiling my every bone and clone;
Where is human in your earth of animal?
Need find out but everywhere lives devil.
With the challenge of writing a poem in the now
I reach for my pen, a lightning quick draw
Gun slinging the page with a six shooter of words
Letters ricocheting off of the page, escaping the poems claw
Defeating all who dare to challenge my ink shooter
Walking tall in Poetry soup's Wild West
Poets work, slinging words left and right
We enter contest, to conquer and be the best
Today I'll spur the paper with cowboy up
Put my words down with the quickness
Winning the buckle of Glory
Riding this bull named "dirty business"
I'm riding off into the sunset another notch in my belt
The legend of the "Word Slinger" has begun
Conquering all from the east to the west
Riding in glory, clearing the dust second to none
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Inspired by Matt caliri contest - Write now-
took me 30 minutes to write and type 8-19-09 had lots of fun!!!!!!!!!!
purely fictional :-)
The first luck of the draw I have received -
The very moment I have been conceived!
Not you, not them but me, myself and I,
Blessed my joyous parents with newborn cry.
From there my fortune dazzled in full force
Welcoming me with open arms and doors.
I’ve learnt fate wasn’t kind to all of us,
I haven’t been run over by a bus.
I graduated, settled down to thrive
In grief and sorrow free prosperous life.
My family not fleeing from the war,
Luck in and of itself, I’m grateful for.
I pause to count my blessings every time
I hear about a victim of a crime.
My healthy children happily have grown -
Mom’s heart at peace, they manage on their own.
I watched my parents growing old indeed
To hold their fragile hands when they’re in need.
A perfect life by all means I don’t have,
But guaranteed it has been filled with love.
Above all I’ve lived long enough to find
So desperately sought - a peace of mind.
Enough of doom and misery I saw
To deem my living path - luck of the draw!
May 6, 2023
Keep in mind while we try
While unraveling our time
Breaking down my thoughts
And see what I have found
For being utmost profound
With foresight of insight
The plan's for you and me
I know what I can make be
Bloodisblood, all or none
Counterstrike, who's won?
Your life isn't ever free
You live nearby selfishly
Each past lives eternally
Saddle up to mosey on out
Speak truth without doubt
Becoming that wayward son
Moving the best direction
Love richly without greed
Live simply, lead by need
Here I go, rounding third
You know when all is well
Worth each second to tell
For feeling in your heart
Not escaping what is gone
It's an easy dash to home
You won't ever feel alone
You will end up beginning
The beginning's an ending
And someday I'll know how
Life is art, I can't draw