Emerging grass
from snow in mass
In winter's pass
Robin arrive
30 or more thrive
As they strive
Hopping to find
for hidden blind
Scurrying mind
As they scatter
prey hear patter
It's a matter
The flock spreads far
without a spar
Friendly they are
It's rare to see
so many be
Here not to flee
4/4/26
Heidi Sands
(C)opyright
Placed 3rd in contest.
Based on Suzette Richards Poem of same Title Verse 5
Written for Contest of same Title
Feb.26
Placed : First in Contest
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love is not a topic like wisdom or faith
it evolves not as such awareness learnings
over cause of span or with experience
life's needle, thread, spindle as well as loom song
weaves virtue and vice simultaneously
vital fantasy, from spontaneous realm
inconceivable for mind to discern love
motion birthed from heart’s vulnerable petals
amorvivium* has zilch tie to mentality
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*scientific term for purified love indicating that it is only phenomenon that exists after cosmos decays
Inspired by, but not entered in contest, Create a Quatro,
sponsored by Nette Onclaud (2025)
Stalwart sandcastles
guard against attack from the sea
though the ebbing tide
cares not as it travels.
The civil liberties Americans own issued by
Karen Bass will not deteriorate in contest
opposition nor regression of draw by
opponents in campaigned rhetoric to
be also heard at a time of poverty dwellings.
The blemish of labor is construction and labor.
A man's job, not that of the business community.
Gavin Newsom
Microphone hot
Second thought decision coordinating a posse,
gang, terrorist act. For profit illegitimate.
Aggravating mob mentality in civil disruption
Mr. Newsom
Sit, stay at your desk
Make it resolute
[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 !
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
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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
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.
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
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**
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©
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
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
"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
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
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