Rising each day even when it’s hard,
Open to the little joys that show up.
Walking through life one step at a time
Every instant showing me I’m alive.
Eternity
is the eager
but infertile
earth that
we plant
our seeds
of love and
heaven and
promise in
with the
knowledge
that they
will never
blossom.
~ 3rd Place ~ in the "One Sentence Metaphor in Free Verse" Poetry Contest, Jesse Rowe, Judge & Sponsor.
Word Salad is Mr Happy ate porridge to drive his millennium fridge over the rainbow with moisturised success.
Entered in One Sentence Metaphor in Free Verse Poetry Contest
Sponsor Jesse Rowe
Dated 31.07.2019
Haughtiness* is a formidable tower
ascending toward self-exalted fame
anchored by steel of personal gain
rising through conceit’s brace
projecting gracious meekness
while standing tenaciously
upon sinking ground
of futile superiority
predicament.
*Isaiah 2:11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
July 30, 2019
10th place, "One Sentence Metaphor in Free Verse" Premier Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Jesse Rowe; judged on 8/1/2019.
a hangover is natures way
of reminding us that our bodies
do not always agree with
what our minds have decided to do
One Sentence Metaphor in Free Verse Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Jesse Rowe
7/29/19
Sorrow is
the night’s rainstorm
lashing an impoverished psyche
wandering lost with loss
‘neath weeping eaves in murky-minded alleyways
without an umbrella.
Susan Ashley
July 29, 2019
~ First Place ~
Premiere Contest: One Sentence Metaphor In Free Verse
Sponsor: Jesse Rowe
Retirement is
Like a wind-up toy
going strong
until you unwind
and fall asleep
in mid stride
One Sentence Metaphor in Free Verse Poetry Contest
Jesse Rowe Sponsor
Written 7-28-2019
Of Love
Love oozes, surges
cascades on opulence
rushing with emotive urge,
flows in elegance,
yet fades, becomes feeble, frail,
dries, decays, dies, gets extinct
completing life cycle.
07/29/19
'One Sentence Metaphor' Contest Jesse Rowe
A writer
wondering whether a character acts at his will
is just a character
acting against his will
in the another writer's work
about free will.
29.07.2019
One Sentence Metaphor In Free Verse Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Jesse Rowe
Anticipation is like
the gnawing of a
hungry squirrel that
cracks open a nut
with the outcome of
a delighted squirrel
or a rotten nut.
July 28, 2019
Premiere Contest: One Sentence Metaphor In Free Verse
Sponsor: Jesse Rowe
True enlightenment
is revealed
at the top
of the rungs
on the ladder
of your mind
as you ascend
from knowledge
to understanding
to wisdom
and with
a burst
of illumination
you reach
its splendid shore
July 28, 2019
One Sentence Metaphor in Free Verse Contest
Sponsor: Jesse Rowe
Chaos is but
a furious gust
of wind blowing
through the desert
glorying order
overwhelmingly
with sand
and dust.
One Sentence Metaphor in Free Verse Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Jesse Rowe
Date written and submitted: 07/28/2019
Wisdom is
the pebble
remains
of a mountain
chipped
away.
7/27/2019
One Sentence Metaphor Free Verse Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Jesse Rowe
Love within its stupor
an emotional rollercoaster
ride of instability for
before you know it
you’re down again.
July.27.2019
One Sentence Metaphor in Free Verse
Sponsored by: Jesse Rowe
N/A for contest
Of Myself
Of Myself
myself is a spirit
encased in a soul
a breath from God
placed in physical form
hand molded and shaped
in God’s hands.
7/26/19
One Sentence Metaphor in Free Verse Poetry Contest
Free verse poetry form only.
Sponsored by: Jesse Rowe
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