Best Entrant Poems

Naiveté wraps the child
until the chills slowly
begin to snuggle in,
smothering the illusions leaving
the residuals of sickness
and disappointment
that is man.

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Contest: Fallen
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
Entrant: Rob Carmack
Written: 11.29.15
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a cold winter’s breath
freezing limbs in the bare woods ---
bone chilled finger points

Russell Sivey

NOTE: I really like this poem, one of my favorites! Submitted: 2/17/2012
CONTEST...

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Her eyes show so much emotion inside
She has certainly formed a trail of tears
Leaving marks where the tears rolled down her face

There’s no greater pain...

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Though it seems like petals fell by the wind
But actually the flower pushed them out
One by one they would fall from the flower
But somehow the...

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The end of the path, she’s there
Looking truly deceitful
Bright is the moon over her  
Trying to show love

Russell Sivey

Entrant into Brian Strand's “YOUR MY...

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Sweet friend forever
Friendship entwined together
May roses fill you with joy

The red ones are true
The pretty white ones are pure
Dozens are set at your door

Whenever we...

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A man’s chilled hands
In the depths of darkness...
Candle is shining
She approaches him, warming him up inside by holding him close to her. She tells him,...

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Piqued my soul
Carnival playing
Visiting
Honor hold
Wishing for happiness free
Piercing heart

Playing card
Proving other death
Falling down
Seeing more
Taken it all for granted
Hurting heart

Russell Sivey
Entrant into Nette Onclauds contest ~Share...

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Edgar Allan Poe
Is he friend or is he foe
He wrote a great poem called The Raven
A sly bird known for misbehavin'

Entrant into Andrea Dietrich's "Seeking...

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Person of my past
Has come back to me
But with a cost
Memories flooded
And dissolving me
I am in pain
But she still talks
Seemingly unnoticed
To my emotions
I stand in...

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Hacksaw…

	Obliteration within;

		Scream the shame---

			Make it a nightmare:

		Walking zombie,

	Destroy imagination…

Annihilated.

Russell Sivey

Entrant into Debbie Guzzi's "Something Different" contest...

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There is a certain kind of game to play
It states that you can win in any way
Scratch off the secret spot
Thinking you’ve won a lot
Disappointed,...

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Sshh…
I can see it
Creeping behind the wounded paper
Fabricated in the surface of the wall
The wall. Yes the wall.
Countless stains embedded
Thousand images magnified during midnights
Raindrop stains...

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My daughter and I
Were rock climbing one morning
We got up real high
I reached the top of the rock
And awaited my daughter

Something went bad wrong
Her rope...

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Timeless space…   Moving on…   Beauty feels

Colorful…   Paradise…   Forever

Grand entry…   Hope reaches…   No ending

Russell...

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