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Spirit Cook Poem
Dancer
Non-conformist
Delicate butterfly
Wondrous Bohemian beauty
Colours dance erratically over
The inanimate gardenscape
Capricious frolicking
Unknown Rhythm
Dancer
20th July 2022
Radical Rictameter Contest Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Caren Krutsinger
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Foil wrapped delights at day’s end
Chocolate inside
Prefer gooey Marshmallows?
Relief after meat
Grilled fruit tasty snack
Late Surprise
Treat!
19 June 2022
Whats Cooking on the Grill this Summer Contest Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: M. L. Kiser
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Never finished answering to the dead
Prompt from Have You Prayed? Li-Young Lee
Sit up straight
Get your elbows off the table
Good manners don't cost
Less haste, more speed
What’s the magic word?
Have you tidied your room?
What time do you call this?
Smile!
You whisper in my ear when I'm shopping
You remind me to try harder
You interrupt when I am thoughtless
You correct my grammar
You reprimand impoliteness
You even follow me on a night out
Like a sentimental trinket, I carry your voice
Haunted by memories that chastise
Forever remembering your lessons
Forever remembering you.
24 May 2022
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My boat
A small boat moving through choppy water.
Prompt from "Grief" by Raymond Carver
Some sail in yachts
Some relax on cruise ships
Some transport fruit on cargo ships
Some are fishing in trawlers
Some refugees seek asylum
Some toil with nuclear reactors
Some wear military uniforms
Some honeymoon in new lands.
A few are in Boaty Mcboatface.
My little rowing boat has sprung a leak.
We are not all in the same boat
But we are on same sea.
30 June 2022
Sponsor Julia Ward
Contest Name SAILING
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stress
affects
adversely
development
habitat changes
pollination
declining
future
risk
18 August 2022
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Sponsored by: Joseph May
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Drowned by the environment
pirate humans are dragged towards rocks created by own plundering
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22 May 2022
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Hedge
Nature won't be tamed
His hedge grows tall, needs cutting
My view is softened
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25 June 2022
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Bob
A diva without a tiara,
Unbreakable even by Barra.
Greedy for space,
for light,
for love.
Supplying my shade,
my air,
my wonder.
My keeper of tales to tell nought,
My indefatigable stalwart.
Do not fear, Bob is here.
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The? ?healing? ?silence?
?Prompt from
Mid-american Tragedy. Denise Levertov
The? ?breeze? ?supplants? ?my? ?noisy? ?thoughts? ?with? ?empty? ?susurration.?
Softly? ?lapping? ?waves? ?mark? ?passing? ?time.? ?
My? ?seclusion? ?is? ?punctuated? ?by? ??t?he? ?cry? ?of? ?gulls.?
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I? ?lament? ?the? ?approach? ?of? ?an? ?animated? ?family?,
they? ?sound? ?the? ?death? ?knell? ?to? ?my? ?salty? ?silence.? ?
I? ?quietly? ?grieve.? ?
The? ?familial? ?explorers? ?depart? ?for? ?new? ?discoveries?. ?
I resume? my? ?isolation?,
and the healing silence.
11 March 2022
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winter's slumber ends
colour bursts through monochrome ~
life frolics, resumes
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April 1 2022
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