Best Submission Poems

scratch, scratch
strike a match
throw it in
and burn the batch

lies, lies
an orphan cries
loveless words
made to despise

scare, flare
from here to there
likely tale
that goes nowhere

books, cooks
bishops, rooks
games played now
by saints and crooks

lies, flies
a prophet dies
holy writ
as moon star rise

reason, season
almost treason
heralding in
a winter season

lies, lies
death and flies
loveless beast
in...

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REVISED, RE-READ and RECONSIDERED it but REGRET
To decide not to include it in our issue next.
WISH YOU LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE PURSUITS

THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECENT SUBMISSION
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Receive WORTHY REJECTED poems of their own
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Distorted open wings jolt with fresh memories solve the mystery and the curse 
comes back to me, does the punishment fit the crime it fails in comparison and 
falls to decadence. It moves beside you unseen and unphased as innocent 
becomes clean. Silence simulated alliance...

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Moving....
Hard decision.
Necessity once more;
Glimmer of hope he'll be happy.
Trust God....

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take me to the edge of pain
that drowns the crowding thoughts
and builds my nerves on edge
to break in a cascading rush

draw out the gasps and shudders
turn the wrenching sobs around
in tandem to the breaths I breath
make this pleasure drag unbound

Melt my mind into your body
pour...

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With a touch of my hand...
You are mine..
With a kiss from my lips to yours..
You are mine...
Words from my soul that enters yours..
You are mine...
With my fingertips tracing the curve of your back...
You are mine..
With trust from your heart..
I will be...
YOURS.......

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crazy electric guitars raping your consciousness
bruising your sense of focus like a madman in a defeated village 
bruising a lonely prostitute
and you think you got something to prove
and you think it's all but a phase 
that kisses your cheeks and leaves
no headphone's gonna kiss your...

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cool, calm submission
this peaceful place calms me down
brings warmth to my life...

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She was
all compassion,
her softness his delight-
as pliancy in power,did
alight


See more on this topic at
Gen 2:20 2 Cor 12:8 & Ep 5:21/22...

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We had a place like that...
       out behind the wood shed!

Where it was all over but the doughnuts and shrieks!

Speaking of doughnuts...
    the long arm of the law, or should I say strong arm, 
 ...

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How reverently he removes the seal,
   anticipating the fragrance,
   the first small taste,
   remembering the warmth and
   laughter of the party,
   parties, the bar, the taverns,
   the men, the women,   
...

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from his desk
master of the universe
lizzie at his feet



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on July 30, 2021...

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I retreat into myself,
Cursing my name like an idiom.
I realise my curse;
It is but this phase I have dived into. 

I just detach myself from the glass.
It is always a stressful game.
I long for the heavenly pride—
Such a tide comes when I take such a...

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On the edge of paradise,
woeful tears fall, cold as ice.
On that edge where I stand still,
ashen whips jut onto my will.

On that edge you sear my helm!
Kibble it like a spider; overwhelm!
Steering through many an eve.
Conceive, weave, cleave then grieve!

Render and espouse; knight and serf.
Guardian...

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