Glory - Honorable Mention
By its root, it means glory
Like the end of great story
But to others, it means fame
Like the star of a hunting game
One so famous with a spear
In the hunt of elusive dear
As a message, it is common
As a sign of confirmation
In some places, it's a dance
If
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Categories:
honorable mention, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Honorable Mention
When just a child the poet's mom said "Son
Throughout your life beware the sin of pride
Remember this when every day is done
What counts the most is who you are inside"
At first he thought his mother's words unfair
For recognition surely has its place
In time he witnessed prideful thoughts can flare
When undue adulation supplants grace
The poet took
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Categories:
honorable mention, child, happy, life, mother,
Form: Sonnet
Honorable Mention
It is never one’s intention
Earning “honorable mention”
When you’re entered in a contest or a race.
Yes, you’ve gotten some attention
So that listing, by extension,
Means approval that you really should embrace.
Still, it’s not exactly winning
And it will not leave you grinning
For it feels more like a pat upon the head,
‘Cause you know at the beginning
All your hopes
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Categories:
honorable mention, writing, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Honorable Mention
Honorable mention, a clever invention
To stifle "not good enough"s blow
An ego, conceited, though truly defeated
"So I am the champion?!" NO
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Categories:
honorable mention, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Honorable Mention
Burning fire freezing air;
Heart’s desire feels impaired--
Nothing in this world is fair,
Burning fire freezing air.
Clip the crop with the sickle,
People fake; people fickle.
Greet the day and morning dew
With a smile not made for you.
Circumcise the newborn child,
Wonder why he grows up wild.
Send a hero straight to hell,
Say goodbye and wish him well.
Burning fire freezing air;
Heart’s
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Categories:
honorable mention, emotions, farewell,
Form: Verse
Honorable Mention
On entering this contest I have to admit
The fame it will bring me when I push "submit"
Is all that I'm after - my name in bright lights
The kind of attention I earned with my writes.
I used to get noticed for walking in late
To school, then to jobs, and even for dates
My family picked up
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Categories:
honorable mention, funny, introspection, life, timeme,
Form: Rhyme