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...We cured death on a Tuesday,
launched the trial on a Thursday,
by Friday, 14% of the test group
was gnawing on the janitorial staff.
Still, the press was kind.
“Remarkable resilience,” they wr...
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Categories:
contest prompt., dark, horror, humor, life,
Form: Free verse
Seaside Turn
...ocean's face swells
after surf's passed —
new sheer water
- Written especially for Kim Rodrigues' contest prompt-
"Than-Bauk Variation" to be written with her own unique style
of the form...
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Categories:
contest prompt., blue, deep, goodbye, introspection,
Form: Than-Bauk
Old Friends
...Contest Prompt: "I'm okay, you're okay is a mask in the land of pretend."
Old Friends
"OK?"
"Yes fine" - I lie
over the cold phone line
wishing the plastic receiver
was warm,
like ...
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Categories:
contest prompt., age,
Form: Cinquain
Repent and Believe
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Riding a roller coaster
Propelled by life’s velocity
Governed by instincts and thought
Driven by an urge to emerge victorious
Sentience deadened to conscience
Flitting thus from...
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Categories:
contest prompt., god, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Bring Me Home
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What I'd like to give you, is an ounce of my perfume
in return for a mere whiff of the soma nectar divine
that breath by breath dialogue with soul may resume
vibrant with magnetic ra...
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Categories:
contest prompt., spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Newborn Eyes
...The robicund dominates,
like the beauty of a red rose bush
planted amongst the wilds.
It is of a still life; a blush.
The Tatian tints are flames,
that might torch the evolution
of the Ear...
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Categories:
contest prompt., allusion, art, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Prose Poetry
Dark Clouds Are Gathering
..."Within the fog the distant mountains strain
bruised in shades of lavender and forest green
each angle decomposing in the rain"
I wander across rugged st...
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Categories:
contest prompt., environment, nature, weather,
Form: Villanelle
Love Seeks No Echo
...”You will forget me, the love we once shared
Has vanished in the attempt at disguise
The dreams we once knew can’t be repaired
It’s gone with the light that once lit your eyes”
And yet, ...
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Categories:
contest prompt., love, sunset,
Form: Free verse
Sharing My Blessings
...Aesthetic works, I think I’ve some,
Creative stage or room decorations? My pleasure. I can.
Compassionate heart, I got especially for young and old,
Drum skill? I could be one of your band members...
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Categories:
contest prompt., beauty, devotion,
Form: Abecedarian
As Memes Diffuse
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Mirror, mirror from the wall to online
vanity declares, pick a piece of mine.
Respond, rewrite, re-integrate the theme;
This contest prompt is becoming a meme.
Culture shifts slowly; one stan...
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Categories:
contest prompt., 11th grade, poetry, vanity,
Form: Verse
The Phoenix
...She nested upon
her self-made pyre
preparing for
another genesis
in blaze hues of love
and together they were
a combustible fire
She, the creature
exquisitely
forged by fire
eternally
ex...
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Categories:
contest prompt., animal, bird, hope, love,
Form: Free verse
Anyone Game
...My speech was all out of sequence, my catch phrase for it was ‘mad gab’
I kept saying balderdash like apples to apples my brain was a scrabble!
Also I w...
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Categories:
contest prompt., health,
Form: Verse
Tragedy of Narcissiphus
...Tragedy of Narcissiphus
The guy had enough letting go of the wicked stone
Held on for dear downhill life and tumbled to the
edge of a lake admired his image and reflected in vain
The picture ...
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Categories:
contest prompt., philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Praying As You Should
...Adore the saviour who saves sinners
Confess all your sins truly to repent
Thank you Jesus for opening your way
So I can supplicant to your heavenly tent
Contest Prompt Pray Without Ceasing
(1 ...
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Categories:
contest prompt., bible, prayer, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Must It Be For Contest
...must it be for contest prompt to make you read my lines?
must I play up to the theme so that you'll take the time?
must I spend inordinate time to visit everyone?
must it be that what you read are...
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Categories:
contest prompt., community, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
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