Written: September 13, 2026, for a contest Sponsored by: Joseph May
Verified by HMS.COM: 8 - 10 - 7 - 9 - 6 - 8 - 8/ Syllables Count
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Beneath bruised blue, yet my soul soars —
While weary winds waning, I prance past pain —
Bees buzz bring dazzling delight—
Dreams dance; at daybreak dewy descend —
Sly stars shine, in bold breeze
Souls spew sadness; bleeding buds bloom —
Flowered Fall finds halcyon hearts —
Solstice in a Velvet Hush
Written September 10, 2026 for Your Personal Poetry Wheel Challenge
Challenge Dates: September 7, 2026 - September 12, 2026.
Verified by HMS.COM / 8 - 8 - 5 - 5 - 8
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Relationships bloom in the hush,
Where solstice stomps its purple flush.
No anger, no storm,
Just calmness in form,
A feather of love in the crush.
Written September 10, 2026 for Your Personal Poetry Wheel Challenge
Challenge Dates: September 7, 2026 - September 12, 2026.
Verified by HMS.COM / 8 - 8 - 5 - 5 - 8
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Relationships bloom in the hush,
Where solstice stomps its purple flush.
No anger, no storm,
Just calmness in form,
A feather of love in the crush.
Written: September 07, 2026, for a contest Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
Verified by HMS.COM / 8 - 8 - 5 - 5 - 8 / Syllables
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Our dog stole Dad's sandwich one day
Then strutted around with display
Dad chased with a broom
Dog zoomed through the room
The sandwich was gone anyway
Written: August 27, 2026, for a contest sponsored by Suzette Richards
Verified by HMS.COM / 23 syllables
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I ramble as lattice where the summer sings; remembrance attenuates, then blooms in wonder.
Written August 27, 2026, For Poetry Wheel Weekly Challenge
Verified by HMS.COM / 8 - 8 - 5 - 5 - 8
Theme: Memory
Emotion: Wonder
Color: Gold
Season: Summer
Form: Limerick
Object: Lego
Verb: Whisper
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The sun in its annual glow,
Turns plastic to citrine below;
A whispered refrain
Of joy and of pain,
Brings childhood wonders to bestow.
Written: August 26, 2026, for Poetry Wheel Challenge:
Theme: Nature
Emotion: Peace
Color: Purple
Season: Annual
Form: Limerick
Object: Smartphone
Verb: Wander
Created using the PoetrySoup Poetry Wheel.
Verified by HMS.COM / 8-8-5-5-8
A smartphone lies still by the stream,
Its screen holds a purple-hued dream;
I wander through green,
Nature's tranquil scene,
Where peace flows in steady, bright gleam.
Written: August 17, 2026, for a contest sponsored by Tania Kitchin
Checked by HMS.COM/ 5 / 7 / 5 / 7 / 7 -
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in the hush of dusk
my sandals brush dry grasses
the day's warmth fading
crickets sing of letting go
and i breathe in the new chill
Written: August 7, 2026 for a contest sponsored by Margarita Lillico
Checked by: HMS.COM / 10/10/6/6/10
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"Go get a room!" quacked the duck in the pond
at two clouds drifting dreamily beyond
They're cuddling in the sky
a beetle chirped nearby
Let them hover—for that bond, they're renowned.
Written: August 6, 2026 for a contest sponsored by Nette Onclaud
Checked by HMS.COM: 7/7/7/5
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By those amber depths I'm bound,
Crimson sparks on gauzy ground,
Phoenix-wheel sings in my blood—
Sapped, I turn to night.
Written: August 6, 2026 for a contest sponsored by Hiya Sharma
Checked by: HMS.COM: 1 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 5 / 8 / 13 / 21 / 34 / 55 syllables
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star
ache
bloom dust
gold sheath sigh
blue dreams sway in dusk
mauve lily hums a revered calm
ruby-lotus aureole threads through memory's web
serendipitous harmony stirs up a mellifluous pot of hush catharsis
amethyst bloom shadows stipple the nighttime memorial, where the endless return breathing pirouette in surreptitious reflection.
stars—maculate, circumspect in their sepalled brilliance—frolicking beyond oncology, beyond every pernicious maelstrom, enticing sapient ache of longing with a wanton yet lucid aplomb that outlasts the night.
For Nette Onclaud's Light A Pensee Poetry Contest/ posted July 27, 2026
Pensee syllable count 2/4/7/8/6: verified by HMS.COM
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faint light
with warm beacon
soft breathing fills the still room,
where our shadows reheat as one
sinking in sweet content
Written: July 23, 2026 for a contest sponsored by Tania Kitchin
Verified by HMS.COM 5 / 7 / 5
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lake ripples shimmer
summer's glow, a golden shade~
cenopath beckons
Written: July 7, 2026 for a contest sponsored by Tania Kitchin
Checked by HMS.COM ( 9/9/6/6/9)
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A flamingo turned pink in the sun
Said, "This blistering summer is done
I am baking like bread
From my toes to my head
So I'll wade where the cool currents run
Written: June 24, 2026, for a contest sponsored by Joanna Daniel
Checked by HMS.COM / 8 syllables per line
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Where daffodils in springtime bloom,
As finches trill with joyful sight—
And dragonflies in sunlight loom.
The June breeze whispers soft and low,
Through willow branches, silver-white—
While lilies drift in pond below.
Beneath the summer's golden gaze,
Swallows follow their southern flight—
As the leaves shimmer in the haze.
Then winter winds begin their flow,
And bare trees stand in frost-bound site—
While streams are locked in frost's cold show.
Frost-laden branches bend and gleam,
Shimmering in winter's cold light—
Whilst the town's awakening dreams.
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