Best Placer Poems

AntiPoem 2

You know only one thing and that is:
Dying is not on the agenda.

Let us march now inside St. Mary’s,
March reverently through these green repentant doors,
These holy portals to grace and absolution,
Into a stain-glassed sanctuary of sinners kneeling in disguise,
These sullied souls coming in through...

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Every resonance

that seems to bring into life

It makes one's being

a likely confounded mind

yet leavens its fleshliness


03/25/16

Note: 

* "Like a bee in a bottle"
is an idiomatic expression of 
resonance

*Thus, this poem has something
to do with the law of resonance

4th placer in a contest (April 23, 2016)...

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William Harrison Hardy

1823 - 1906
 

I believe a fair introduction is in order here.
Not that a handshake from me could ever take place anytime soon.
I was Captain Bill Hardy:
Proud Indian fighter!
And celebrated toll road builder!
I was the one who built the big road
From San Bernardino...

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Alaska; the wilderness state, the last frontier:
Where majestic mountains,
Deliver streams into flowing rivers:
Down slopes covered in forests
Of Sitka Spruce and Western Hemlock,
That dominates the landscape.
The name Alaska originates
From the Aleut word ‘Alyeska,’
Meaning the ‘mainland’ or literally:
‘The object toward which the action of the sea is...

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Apple blossoms derived from the Wild crab
Birds of paradise resemble a brightly colored bird in flight
Cosmos flowers are very popular among gardeners for its beauty
Dogwood is a symbol of Christianity

Eastern redbud known as spice wood tree
Freesia flowers undeniably the “individualists” of the plant world
Ghost flowers...

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Whimsy

Cunning, quick-witted

Driving,  thrusting, liberating

Souls connection, awakening the self

effectuating, heeding, heading

staunch, steadfast

Realism


03/19/16

Diamante poetry contest
Contest judged: 10.21.16
First Place

3rd placer in another contest (May 15, 2016)

Poem of the Day ( March 20, 2016)

Featured on PS Homepage 
as Poem of the Week (Marh 27, 2016)

Note: The poem is...

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We are in a place where hatred
Seems prevalent and touted
Prejudices against races
And religions are mainly width

Of illustration of distaste
Many people secretly hate
On freedom and democracy
Which lingers on in the state

Of communism and czarism 
And any other fascism
Hatred is to blame for the worst 
Event in...

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The
boys are
conversing
about a missing
cat that prompted them
to exchange some
thoughts on how
to find
such

John
tells Paul
that maybe 
on the next day 
it will just come home 
he consciously 
acted like  
a lulled
Paul

“Look,
he’s lost,
so he can’t”
said Paul,“I’ll help
you put Lost Cat notes”
John said,“no, won’t 
work since he 
can’t...

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In this day and age that most of the things
tend to cause many of us to be haughty and callous. 
That we cannot seem to bear with those things
because we simply do not like them.

This includes other people as well. 
An innate in most human...

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Negative comments won't hold me down
I won't be wearing it like a royal crown 
It won't get rid of the divorce papers my dad received
When I heard about it, I felt myself in the inside grieve...will he ever be relieved? 
That message was received at...

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En lucha saliste del polvo
Con ìmpetu mostraste valor y poder
En intentos no comiste ni dormiste
Era acero, visión, nada más

Todo un correr, un deprisa
En el alma siempre el pesado reloj
Eras el fuego entre luces y sombras
La agonía de un vuelo sin par

Pero al despertar viste lo...

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The depiction
On every race spill
Isn’t it amazing?

Such divergence
That made us blended
Isn’t it beautiful?

How sweet it is
To paint such picture
Isn’t it wonderful?

04/23/16

6th placer in the contest...

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Rarely seen for real
Such paragon of virtue
A divine envoy

Embodying flesh
A heavenly messenger
Ever guiding star

Yet they forgather
Like a quotidian mortal
Blending joyfully

Date created:
04/08/16

An entry to "Angel (Senryu)" contest
Sponsor: Marvin Celestial
3rd placer...

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Hieroglyphs are old writing systems
Hieroglyphs as “sacred writing”
Writing forms in Egyptian language
Writing with pen and ink on papyrus
Papyrus as a paper made from plants
Papyrus used by the ancient Egyptians
Egyptians constitute of Egyptian Arabic
Egyptians sharing a common culture
Culture of ancient Egyptians
Culture of Modern World
World of advanced...

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"Phew! got here in time to catch The Glacier Discovery Train. This journey is to be seen
to be believed. I am in Anchorage, Alaska. I am so out of breath running to the station.
Right, that's the film crew seated. We have all looked out of...

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