by Vijay Pandit |
Categories:
dog, love,
Like the good old days
we're together everywhere
but you don't bark anymore.
I know you are there
peaceful in my quiet dreams
walking happily with me.
Each visit's unique,
I share my daily routine
but you insist on love themes.
When I said love you,
you responded happily
barking softly in my dream.
August 21, 2017
Placed 1st: Oh how I miss you
Sponsor: Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer
HM: Strand select K contest by Brian Strand
by Ralph Sergi |
Categories:
nostalgia,
Now and Then
I’m writing you in cursive script
Despite computer minded folk
And cell phones where you always spoke
You’re looking at a clock instead
All other sites are just as dead
But with my plume I let you know
So you can feel the silken flow
My passion with my written word
That you may cherish and be stirred
As in a poem you never heard
The generations have evolved
Millennials cannot recall
The time we dipped our pen in ink
and crammed our mind to send a link
To hope my words connect our troth
And love you as my solemn oath
Contemporary Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Cecilia Hopkins- Drewer
May 30, 2017
by P.S. Awtry |
Categories:
blessing, giving, inspirational, life, philosophy, spiritual, wisdom,
One
told us,
learn from
the flowers
and birds--
beautiful
and
thriving--
with
no cares
joyfully give
be content
love
two coats?
give one away
12/18/2018
Minimalism Premium Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Cecilia Hopkins-Drewer
~5th place
by Gregory Richard Barden |
Categories:
desire, longing, metaphor, miss you, soulmate, true love,
Your sublime allure
Like plum blossoms on Fuji
Trembling with love's covenant
Unclasped by Spring's kiss
To alight, giggling, my heart
I miss you, Lotus Petal
** FOURTEENTH PLACE in the "Oh How I Miss You Poetry Contest", Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer, Judge & Sponsor. **
by Jonathan Hopkins |
Categories:
care,
SWEET LITTLE GUMDROP
BY: JONATHAN W. HOPKINS
SWEET LITTLE GUMDROP,WITHOUT ANY SHAME,A CHRISTIAN GIRL FROM HEAVEN CAME. HER FATHER AND MOTHER LOVE HER DEARLY SO, SHE SHINES AS BRIGHT AS ANY RAINBOW.
MANY TRIALS THE FAMILY'S HAD TO BEAR,WHILE GUMDROP IS SMILING, WITHOUT A CARE.SHE HAS A HEALTH PROBLEM YOU SEE, AND SHE ACCEPTS IT WILLINGLY. YES, GUMDROP'S FROM HEAVEN, THE LORD'S LITTLE ANGEL SWEETIE, TO TEACH US TO LOVE, AND HAVE HUMILITY.
by Viv Wigley |
Categories:
loss,
Facing the camera
cockatiel sat on your head
your mouth and eyes are smiling
much in the same way
I still frame your warmth and love
my glass and wood are sorrows
For contest ' Oh how I miss you', sponsored by Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer
by Jan Allison |
Categories:
age, body, celebration, humorous, life,
Sue screams so loudly
has she seen a little mouse –
no her first grey hair!
she’s menopausal
has hot flashes every day
saves on heating bills!
her huge birthday cake
is lit with fifty candles
fire brigade ready!
family gathers
to celebrate her birthday
Sue’s a proud mother
her grown up children
are all happily married
grandchildren love her
Sue embraces life
her husband Jim adores her
forever in love
On Turning Fifty Contest
Sponsored by Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer
04~18~17
by Sandra Haight |
Categories:
inspirational, love, tribute,
A Love to Last a Lifetime
This June, sixty years wed;
amazed, how can that be,
we, so long ago, said,
"I do" to each faithfully?
Three new lives we bore
and raised; they in turn,
with spouses, gave five more...
more love to have, return.
Hearts joined on Valentines Day...
"Thank you, God," we pray.
Sandra M. Haight
~2nd Place~
Judged: 02/14/2018
Premiere Contest: Valentines Day
Sponsor: Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer
~1st Place~
Contest: 10 Lines, 5 Words Rhyme II
Sponsor: Laura Loo
Judged: 01/20/2018
by Andrea Dietrich |
Categories:
uplifting,
A man most righteous, years and years ago
paid a ransom with an awful price.
First He let Himself be brought down low.
And after that, He laid down his own life.
So for all who live with suffering and strife,
hope is in our grasp from His sacrifice.
It is by grace alone that man again can live.
What if in this brand new year we could make a fraction of
the sacrifice He made? What if we this very year would give
forgiveness unto others like He gave to you and me?
Just think how beautiful our world would be
and ever more if we would live the Golden Rule and merit God’s sweet love!
April 2018 for Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer's Easter 2018 Contest
by Francis J Grasso |
Categories:
love,
I will love you like tomorrow.
Like the days that come to me.
Like the warmth of summer sunshine.
Like a wind that blows me free.
Entered in Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer "Occasional Poetry" contest 3/16/2020
Taken from "Martha's Poem" 8/23/2018, for the Rithimus Divisa 4 Poetry Contest Sponsored by Gregory R Barden
by Line Gauthier |
Categories:
hope, life, relationship, romance, true love, uplifting,
~Written for my sister-in-law who finally met and married her Prince Charming~
She didn't think she had it in her
To meet that one perfect stranger
Who would devote his life to her
‘Cause her heart had been tattered blue
But she met him and how sparks flew
Blossomed into love so true
AP: 1st place 2022
Submitted on February 16, 2020 for contest OCCASIONAL POETRY sponsored by CECELIA HOPKINS-DREWER
and March 9, 2019 for contest RHYMING POEM ON LOVE - NEW OR OLD
Originally posted on December 2, 2018
by Dm Babbit |
Categories:
allusion, i miss you,
In your passing
I promised love everlasting
and now in the seasons return
I promise not to cry
I lie.
submitted on December 18, 2018,
for contest MINIMALISM
sponsored by CECELIA HOPKINS-DREWER
by Caren Krutsinger |
Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, political,
What do I hope for 2019?
Less stress and strife than 2018.
Less division in the country.
Less fanatical rage because others have a different opinion.
More acceptance of other’s views,
More appreciation and respect toward others,
More love and understanding.
More kindness.
More love.
Written 12-30-2018 Contest: Soon It Will Be 2019
Sponsor: Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer
by Roland Dust |
Categories:
celebration,
The circle is the most perfect shape they say...
Can they be wrong as our universe, galaxy and planet rotate that way?
For you, one more cycle is complete,
may the next be ever so sweet!
To you, we send our regard and affection,
may this day be one of perfection!
So without more delay,
we send you our love- Happy Birthday!
3.3.2020
Written for "Occasional Poetry" contest, sponsored by Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer
Theme: Birthday
by Dm Babbit |
Categories:
angst, love,
Don't walk away,
look back over your shoulder
come back and talk.
I'm standing here
don't walk away
come back and talk.
What spooked you so
hurt your feelings,
made you want to go
come back and talk.
That's better, take a step forward
nothing I said could be more straightforward
please, come back and talk, don't walk away.
Don't walk away
let me hold you close,
let me kiss your lips and take your hand
we'll talk.
I'll say it again
come back and talk
I love you, Don't walk away.
for Repetition contest
Cecelia Hopkins Drewer
2/12/19
by Larry Bradfield |
Categories:
love,
Night time skies tell me that I don't matter,
But a blue eyed lady tells me I do.
My friend, the difference is everything
For the moon and the stars can be wrong too.
2-27-20
Contest: Occasional Poetry
Sponsor: Cecilia Hopkins-Drewer
Card for Friendship
by Line Gauthier |
Categories:
dream, hope, longing, love, time, together, uplifting,
Tonight
I dream
Of love
I dream
Of you
And
Of tomorrow
When lone hearts sway
And souls unite
Warm hands will touch
And save the day
Dreams of tomorrow
But for
Tonight
I dream
Of love
I dream
Of you
And
Of tomorrow
AP: 2nd place 2021, Honorable Mention 2021
Submitted on February 7, 2019 for contest REPETITION sponsored by CECELIA HOPKINS-DREWER
and on November 24, 2018 for contest TOMORROW sponsored by EDWARD IBEH