Best Entrants Poems

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Somehow, her eyes expand with the disobedient sky
and there, she senses urchins filling water on the lake
her feet and thighs slide up changing hues,
with receding incarnations of the moon.

She bends down gazing at images on the lake
as limbs turn into seaweeds, a mermaid...

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Today it’s Pancake Day and there’s to be a pancake race
Entrants are on the starting line with a smile upon their face

Old Ted ‘s ready with his frying pan, he is a fat old josser
but when it comes to pancakes, Ted’s an expert tosser

The gun...

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Sam took to the stage, limping with a leg brace 
And more than a mere trace of fear on his face 
The humorous speech competition was on
He’d made it to finals, prior contests he’d won
 
Sam’s lifelong bout with muscular dystrophy 
Generated sadness and much...

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A keyboard was on a typewriter or piano
  Spankings were approved of, rarely condemned
Clothing was 'gay' --- brightly colored
  They rolled up the sidewalks at 10 p.m.

We said 'heck' for 'hell' and 'darn' for 'damn'
  Teachers were respected, never disparaged
Left-handed kids were...

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Hello soupers..' I have voided a contest due to the fact I had a glitch in not
being able to keep poems that were not compatible with the theme of the 
contest out of the second round I am most put out at this state of...

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In sponsoring a contest, one should know
the basics of the poetry that he
is judging! If the form has got a flow
such as iambic, that’s what we should see!
Of course, there’s more to poetry than that.
Free verse we know is different from rhyme!
One ought to judge...

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There's an excercycle race on
Down at the local gymn
One guy's clearly out in front
But others closing in
All are pedalling frantically
They like to win these races
Each one with a determined look
As sweat pours down their faces

There's an exercycle race on
Down at the local Gym
This one's for...

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Humming a tune
Stuck inside my head
What's the name of the song?


My Questionku contest is almost half full. Now is the time to enter. 
Well done to all the entrants so far! You are making the judging process 
very difficult. It is so nice to see...

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Some entrants think I am overly officious, even mean
That’s all right with me, I know I can be rather picky,
So, here are some guidelines when submitting to me
If you follow them carefully, you’ll find me less prickly.

I am inclined to nix your entry to my...

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Paradise of beautiful thoughts via heart
Ornamented with pure and serene art
Enlightening postings on varied themes
Teaching various paradigms supreme!
Intellectual writers love to spend days
Creations of delight coined in selfless ways 
Sharing of common passion gets rear    
Offers new chance to entrants in its...

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A Different Kind of Courage

Sam took to the stage, limping with a leg brace
And more than a mere trace of fear on his face
The humorous speech competition was on
He’d made it to finals, prior contests he’d won

Sam’s lifelong bout with muscular dystrophy
Generated sadness and much...

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THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE

In the arena of love
The crowd await
As they see 
The lifting
Of the players gate.

And in they come
Two entrants unknown
And as they meet
Chemicals fly
The betting is born.

The crowd begin
A bet here, a bet there,
Are they stayers, or not
Will they eventually pair?

And then the gate
Opens...

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I hate it when a girl rolls her eyes,
because that means she's on to my lies.
And then it's harder to get her
to let me under her sweater,
and then on to the ultimate prize.
I never once said that you were fat.
I'd never be as nasty as...

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The doors stance, do I question
At my request, did it open
Though at will, did it shut tight
As its entrants, did it welcome
But he who turns his back
Has only that which his mind can hold

A world, did I leave behind
A better day, did I see ahead
Optimism,...

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Horrible smash of broken bottles,
Blood gush from young touts' bodies,
Nauseating odour of marijuana, grass, 
Spoiled that Monday evening.

I witnessed it,
A deadly fracas erupted,
Between two rival teenage cultists,
At Asarailu's son naming ceremony.

Asarailu cult group had launched,
A mayhem, killed, maimed, butchered,
And escaped during the last encounter,
But this...

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