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The Rolling Stones ain’t no clay !

Sponsor: Oliver Mckeithan  
Rolling Stones Song Titles : 16 lines 
submitted : 17/7/25
Placed 1st in Contest 
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ANGIE, my devoted dark Love

really and truly I don’t want you

UNDER MY THUMB 

it hurts us both as you

PAINT IT BLACK~  makes me wanna hack 

freedom’s our choice, our soul’s ardent desire

 YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
 
we have to escape this mad matrix mire

 TUMBLIN DICE ~a dangerous dire vice  

let’s gallop to the Camargue without any masks 

like WILD HORSES white with gypsy flasks or

fly to Mars if we choose, to booze alongside 

HONKY TONK WOMEN, then snugly snooze 

each a beautiful hue, feeding our Heart’s muse 

on RUBY TUESDAY, we can gaily frolic in hay  

THE ROLLING STONES,WE AIN’T NO CLAY !

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Categories: in contest, character, emotions, feelings, freedom,
Form: Verse

Fantasy on a Rainbow

Sponsor : Constance Le France
Placed 3rd in Contest 


     on smooth hot rock I sat in REVERIE
after a HALLUCINATION drink of 
mushroom, poppies and truffle 
IMAGINATION soared like bald eagle 
on high, throwing twin twigs with sigh

up I flew landing on a rainbow in 
lucid DREAM ~
saw tinker bell fairies in pastel lace
with mauve daisy hats to face
sucking honeyed cream in wild glee

cherubs singing WHIMSY chorals 
skipped to amethyst abode awaiting
dragonflies lighted a willow way
as swans mated on water lily ponds 
of petals, elves smiling at bay

secretly inside a Crystal Palace 
of chanting High Priestesses pure
sat Lord of VISUALISATION and awe
with blue-green eyes and beard of
silver hay, not all could hither this way  

he fed me manna and mango ambrosia 
gifted a garland of lotus snow white
a sapphire pen dripping indigo ink
to serpentine scribe enchanting song 
on a rainbow in rubied blink !
Categories: in contest, allusion, beautiful, bird, color,
Form: Idyll (Idyl)


MY YELLOW BUTTERFLY

[Note : For FINISH MY POEM CONTEST
Sponsor: Mystic Rose Rose
Tuesday 15/4/25
1st two verses by Mystic Rose Rose ]

(3rd Placing in Contest)

As she drinks nectar from a flower, sweetness from heaven falls like dew  
anointed with a gentle rain amidst sun showers she appears as if on cue
 
Lifting her wings she lands on a Zinnia beneath a tinted sky of April blue 
flight of fancy fanning fast, fabulous marvel, she is beauty true on true 

Two papyrus thin wings of buttercup yellow 
she flutters in and out of my garden Heart
it is freedom she brings, cares not for bellow
I crave to join her, finish my art, baking tarts

Her proboscis deliciously delicately long
into a lonely red rose she inserts it so precise 
inspiring me to dance to a super Spring song
her wings like my breath dissipates every vice  

Oh Butterfly ! Take me with on your fanciful flight
daisy fields, mountain streams to desired Eden
let’s go where no cares air, just serene sights 
fairies composing tunes for whispering women !
Categories: in contest, april, beautiful, blessing, butterfly,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberWinter bears fruit

peace is the fruit of winter
that solitude cloaked in white
that silence hushed by the wind
the temperature that dips down low
the calm that isolates the heart
and gives it space for convalescing



AP: 2nd place 2025

Submitted on April 7, 2025 in contest YOUR CHOICE K sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 5TH
Categories: in contest, peace, silence, solitude, winter,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberForgive Me Poetry Contest

Tribute to a Sponsor

As sponsor in contest
We try to do our best.
We do get stressed
But we have a quest,
So, I’m getting off my chest
I know you’re pressed,
But we are blessed 
You’re giving us a test.
You did your best
And we had a blast
So, I suggest
Do not worry you’re not in house arrest.

12/24/2024
Categories: in contest, tribute,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberDelightful Christmas Grounding

Child on Santa's lap
Decorations high
Band playing carols
Girls wrap many gifts
Mall is so crowded

Christmas Spirit
People joyous
Excitement wow,
My legs are tired

Silent Night
A child's laugh
Loud Singing

Turkey
Muffins

Cake

Contest Entry: A Grounding Technique
Sponsor: Sara Kendrick
Dated: 2024/12/11


Placed 1st in contest.
Categories: in contest, christmas,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse

Premium MemberFANTASY LAND

Oh fantasy land,
fairy joy, hand in hand,
Sunflower, bathing in sun,
Delighting Clara,
Who'd tell mama,
Would you like to join us in the fun.

Chase dragonflies, play
With fantasy all day,
Of this always have plenty,
Sit with my fairy,
On leaves hairy
That tickle, fairies lure me gently.

Poetry Contest: You Live In a Fantasy World
Sponsor: Eve Roper
Date: 05/12/2024


Placed 1st in contest
Categories: in contest, son,
Form: Rhyme

Bone Beach



 Waves crash against the ribcage of shore
  Where unburied bones play on the beach
   The dead swim in shallow pools beneath
    Lost Souls never finding their exit door

 The living are not welcome to come here
  Sometimes they are seen staring from afar
   Too many have tried then have disappeared
    And death is always what the living fears

 From the cliff above the bones are seen
  Dancing in the sand, splashing in the sea
   Is it a dream or nightmare in unreality
    Unexplainable to the living, what does it mean

 It means that so much we humans don't know
  And even less in which what to believe
   Belief is only a product given forcibly
    Forced to reap what someone else really sow's

 This place of bones called Skeleton Bay
  An unexplainable retreat for the dead
   A phenomenon unstudied this haunted beach
    A place where only the dead meet and play


  Written for contest "Bone Beach" 0/25/2024
          Hosted by: Anthony Biianco

     
        **WON 1ST PLACE IN CONTEST**
Categories: in contest, beach, dance, dark, death,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberIn A World Where I Do Not Exist

In A World Where I Do Not Exist Poetry Contest
This is a place where I live;
In force a residing space;
I am redundant yet,
In a world where I do not exist;
No one sees inter grace;
But I, yet I am instilled;
I am billed

This is a place where I live;
In said force a residing space;
I am redundant yet,
In a world where I do not exist
Won’t be judged by the color of my skin;
Won’t be set apart from other national beings;

I- we be noticed spot on focus;
Included not excluded
Be all that I am, that-that I am of God almighty;
In a world where I do not exit;
I’ll be qualified, and not rejected
For this terrain, place this plain;
This ain’t my home I am a spaced being;
In a world where I do not exist 
I am of Jehovah-Jireh 


Placed 3rd place in Contest
For In A World Where I Do Not Exist Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Silent One
8/24/24  
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2024©
Categories: in contest, absence, adventure, analogy, confusion,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSpontaneity

Spontaneity is fun makes me drool
I hate poetry contest with red rules
It’s a kind of game I play alone
I write for fun and soup is home
The contest titles can be inspiring 
But the rules are too teal taxing
So here’s to you soupers who can comply
Good luck in contest good luck in life
Categories: in contest, art, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberLegos Nursery Rhymes-

let’s go Legos blocks
building yellow, green, red beck
 love birds parakeets
~
built lovingly by 
children of little tiny 
hands snapping gathered
~
blocks of colored formed
plastic little molded bricks
fashioning contrived 
~
erected birds made skill
fashioned from stacking snap blocks
multicolored bricks

2nd Place placement  in contest
For Legos Nursery Rhymes Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Eve Roper

Poem Syllable Counter Results
Syllables Per Line:	5 7 5 0 5 7 5 0 5 7 5 0 5 7 5
Total # Syllables:	68
Total # Lines:	15  (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically:	 N/A
Total # Words:	45
Categories: in contest, 12th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberA Hi-Poo Senryu-Human Nature ---

"Crap," number 2 stool
I gotta go, discharge waste
excrement matters


10/23/23
1st Place placement in Contest
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2023
A Hi-Poo  s e n r y u   poetry contest
Sponsored by: John lawless
Categories: in contest, adventure, analogy, anger, anxiety,
Form: Senryu

Premium MemberO' So Esteemed Dearest Beloved So I Love Always--

What soul soiled spotted endowed esteemed
 My lady common bestows dearest
Chance mine heart soul covers  Beloved

Men lust and desire you Beloved
Oh!  That mine prayers covering esteemed
No one on this world shall be dearest

Capture and cultivate me  dearest
 Now for always shall be  Beloved
On high shall you ever be  esteemed?

 Esteemed,  dearest,  beloved so always

10th Place win in Contest
10/23/23
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©
For Unlock the answers with a Tritina Poetry Contest
Tritina poetry form only.

Sponsored by: Di11y Da11y
Categories: in contest, analogy, appreciation, emotions, for
Form: Tritina

Premium MemberSew Knitting In Her Mind She's Alone Getting Into the Conversation--

Darn, fleeting her soul life, sitting away.
Rests snug against the wall twixt cabinet.
6 pots on the window sill,  stalks daylight cross.
The horizon two windows still six pots.

Views of the apartment across the street.
Minded I am nothing life’s so discreet.
Alone-quiet-gray blue antique surround.
Instilled Look N down as I AM knitting. 
Solitude and darning in mine silence.

Just an alone, age lady, sitting in. 
My mind solitude knitting in silence
As her blessed quiet time,  so in her.
Her subdued time her mind she's so alone. 
Yet getting into the conversation

10/18/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©
Placement in Contest 1st place
For Get into the Conversation Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Eve Roper 

Contest Judged:  10/20/2023 6:54:00 PM
Categories: in contest, analogy, anxiety, character, engagement,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Premium MemberPreserve Relush- Choose Wisely Your What Guards Your Heart For We Are Products of Our Environment

PRESERVE RELUSH- Choose Wisely your What Guards
 Your Heart for We are Products of our Environment

The rain mine tears, earthen grounds lusted flesh

I am that I am a light 
I am that I am in His sight 
Created soul I so shine ever bright 
Terrain grounds fervent rains swollen trees

Non disant I am that I am
 Heavenly being shining bright- I am light 
Darkness please there be nothing in creation
 Stand though I am in the atmosphere environment
Nothing on this Earth or universe 

Nothing shall in me be dispersed 
For God in you, with you,  you're the wise shielding part 
That guards my heart 
As I am a product of our environment 
I Choose Wisely what God's my heart


4th Place Win in Contest
10/17/23
For pick a topic sentence poetry contest 
Sponsored by Miranda Hawley
Categories: in contest, analogy, care, deep, heart,
Form: Rhyme

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