Long Contest poem Poems

Oh perhaps this is my last poetry contest
    I wonder if I have reached the zenith of my conquest
  a journey meant to explore unventured universes
    to sprinkle...

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Dan Cwiak -  Dedicated to *** Constance ***
 
                    The Rambling Poet's work titled: Throbbing...

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The mountain stream chisels a valley
As narrow as the neck of a swan
The water dancing down in musical cascades
Crashing on the rocky ledges
Splashes silvery drops spiraling high.
They carry the expression 
The stream proffers to the...

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It’s time to pack the rocket,
Because there’s no need for cars.
For our first vacay,
That’s as far away,
As the wonderful world of Mars.

Yes that’s what the brochure said;
It’s a wonderful world out there.
So grab the yout’s,
And...

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One day, I decided I will beat Tom and be the first one to congratulate Potd poet. I kept my eyes on Potd screen, refreshing again and again. After a long time, I finally found...

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Once I was a little girl, caught up in dreams
Coloring my world in hues of crimson blood
Flowing through my veins of glittering gold
Whispering feelings of mesmerizing insights
Into the inspirations created from my spirit

Once I was...

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I will turn back the pages of time
To memories of long, long ago that still shine bright
It was a brief love . . . 
Yet, quietly unfolds in my dreams

We met in Chiado, Lisbon
I was...

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You lift me from mundane reality,
     with wondrous flights to lands of poetry,
          where there, my simple visions come to be
 ...

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A very wise woman once said I must write just for me.
Let there be no other reason for  e x p r e s s i n g  my soul-
For I have ...

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If this was my last poetry contest poem what would I say,                       ...

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Mama, I saw you in my dreams.. 
                  Your face lit up as I see you...

  ...

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The Fragrance from your flute
Wafting in the air
The powder of morning in your hair
And the Robins in their throat

In your smile clouds float
Red and pink layer
Golden alphabets stare

The river flows on
Sprinkled sun melts in water
Inflammation...

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The day began like every other day
no hint of what was to happen
taking the children to school
she saw a man near the gates

He smiled at her and tipped his cap
tall and handsome around her age
sadly...

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Australian Ancient Depths Of Time

Under deserts rusting tides of red
Mountains once collapsed themselves into the clay
Became flat lands stilted while sun hung ornate on the humble quiet
Beauty remained unobserved, unobstructed, ageless
At this point in time...

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If this was my last participation in the contest 
I would use my last ink to say how much 
I love expressing my thoughts..

"I paste my words as it is from heart and mind for...

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I went to the cemetery today to visit my beloved dead,
followed the tree lined road to the big grey rock;
and the weeping maple tree and turned on a small path,
that in time led me to...

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On mountaintops I’d sing the verses of my poetry 
under the umbrella of a starry night’s full moon
stand at a podium overlooking the vast blue sea
in foreign tongues half ad lib and half reciting

I’d stand...

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Thanks I would say for the chance to create,
Dreams to elate, and fantasies to stargaze;
Recalling fondly the fun themes of contests
Which frequently I set free on butterfly wings
In gardens of spring on scented ruby winds
Endearing...

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October has finally come,
Mr. sunshine wants me to have much fun;
“Oh, my darling  can’t you see?
I’m so busy preparing for my birthday party.”

Why do you keep on wheedling me?
I don’t want  go to...

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The forest was lush green and dripping of moss and rain,
Glittering glass streams meandered past dark foliage and trees;
          And wild flowers dropped their petals into...

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I am a Sagittarian Woman


Born in the ninth sign of the zodiac, I am
a woman forged from primordial fire, a proud Sagittarian.
With Jupiter, king of the heavens, as my ruling planet, 
I embrace the good...

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Laura Tonon was her name, at the new school my only true friend per se
Astonishingly she’d taken to me, offered to help with my English every day
Unwavering was her big confident smile, even taught me...

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1984 or 2017 (For Contest)

I ran as far away as I could
It predicted we'd fail, that all would ...
We humans revolt against "ought" and "should."

Orwell knew better - O well, you say!
In 1948, as one...

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Thank you for being the greatest mom to us.
For all the patience and love that you gave.
All those sleepless nights when we were kids.
For sending me to school,until putting a medal on my neck.
I hope...

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"You will NEVER win the Spaceman Of The Year award!"/"I will SO!"/"You haven't the 
love of humanity for it!!!"/"Get OFF my spaceship!"....Any form is acceptable. 

For Matt's contest poem to movie based on the above...

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