Building Tension Theme Contest
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1. Building Tension
Did you ever stand on stage,
behind the big curtain.
Standing there peeking out from behind the curtain,
watching the audience looking at the stage.
Your knees are sha...
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Categories:
theme contest, anxiety, courage, happy, heart,
Form: Free verse
The Sun and Me
...THE SUN AND ME
All day long I lay in the sun – the man in E R says it’s sunstroke
summer sun is hot
is it shining today then
no of course it’s not<...
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Categories:
theme contest, sun,
Form: Other
Hopefully
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Wedding bells toll somewhere far away
Hope blooms as love lightens the day
28th February 2023
For Tania Kitchin's "A new crystalline - any theme" contest
Sylla...
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Categories:
theme contest, hope, love,
Form: Crystalline
Autumn - Constanza
...Autumn winds chant a soulful tune
Elusive songs they choose to play
as maple branches bend and sway
Aspen trees drop their leaves too soon
Hues of umber, amber and gold
as seasonal changes...
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Categories:
theme contest, autumn, farewell, poetess,
Form: Rhyme
Farewell, My Love
...I turned your way to talk to you,
then I remembered you were gone.
Tiptoed at night in softest shoe,
I looked for you but saw no one.
Sometimes I think I see you there--
a whisper, shadow, at ...
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Categories:
theme contest, flying, goodbye, i miss
Form: Rhyme
Prunellas Majestic Myrtles
...Prunella loved the color purple,
planting some lovely Crepe Myrtle’s;
they had a humongous growth spurt,
all due to her nitro-rich dirt,
now her yard’s a Myrtle hurdle.
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Categories:
theme contest, animal, flower, nature, poems,
Form: Limerick
My Crazy Dog
...My crazy dog has a bad leg
He tried walking over an egg
Both of them just ran
This was not the plan
With bad leg now hi...
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Categories:
theme contest, crazy, dog, fun, humor,
Form: Limerick
Light and Shadow
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Light
bright, luminescent
guiding, glowing, shimmering
sunrays, starlight, silhouette, haze
fleeting, haunting, shape-shifting
mysterious, elusive
Shadow
08.25.2021
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Categories:
theme contest, light,
Form: Diamante
Spit On Your Fingers
...Wash your hands a hundred times a day, with soap/water or use spray. ...
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Categories:
theme contest, death, humorous, people, water,
Form: Rhyme
Faith Healing
...Many have been healed by faith.
Many from the beginning of tim...
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Categories:
theme contest, drink, drug, food, god,
Form: Verse
Self-Exploration
...With lens of faith
I plunged into a momentous expedition…
there my vision beheld radiant life-filled heart
freely revolving around thanksgiving galaxy
beautified with serenity lights
ill...
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Categories:
theme contest, blessing, christian, emotions, faith,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Hands Entwined
...hands entwined,
so is their hearts
as they...
walk step-by-step.
quintessentially
passionate!
they are...
but two souls,
handcuffed;
perfec...
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Categories:
theme contest, deep, love, passion, romance,
Form: Verse
Predestination
...Circuitous
their journey to love.
Their eyes
first met
half a lifetime ago.
They were young.
Buds yet to bloom;
much too young then!
Neither knew
what love was
or meant,
but they felt
a c...
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Categories:
theme contest, analogy, destiny, fate, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Spring Impressionistic Gardens
...Spring’s imagination
Inevitably creates
Impressionistic gardens
Resonant avid eloquence
And passionate reverence.
8/11/2020
Irises by Van Gogh inspired the verse
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Categories:
theme contest, garden, spring,
Form: Free verse
Nature Is In Love
...Nature is in love for the hot summer times the hot winds move the wind chimes ...
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Categories:
theme contest, beautiful, books, christmas, flower,
Form: Rhyme
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