by Paul Callus |
Categories:
love,
a host of wild flowers vying for attention...
in vain I search for elusive love
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A two line contest
hosted by Silent One
Placed 2nd
by Paul Callus |
Categories:
love,
cold hands - I search for the warmth of your heart
For the Mono-O contest hosted by Brian Strand
Placed 1st
Chosen POTW 15th November 2020
Posted 12th November 2020
by Paul Callus |
Categories:
lost love,
They split and chose divergent ways.
I wondered where their love had gone.
There was no sign of passing phase;
They split and chose divergent ways
As embers died after the blaze
Turning to ashes. Thereupon,
They split and chose divergent ways.
I wondered where their love had gone.
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A Triolet Poetry Contest
Hosted by Kim Merryman
Placed 1st
© 23rd May 2021
by Carolyn Devonshire |
Categories:
mother daughter, thanks,
The rain that seemed to wash my hopes away
Left an amazing gift for me to find
Beyond the puddles that remained behind
New signs of life revived one summer day
I had not planted anything at all
'Twas Mom who wanted me to find this prize
Her efforts surely took me by surprise
Three decades passed; her smile I can’t recall
But in the yard where she drew her last breath
A bed of Four O’Clocks awoke one day
It was as if my Mom were there to say
“My love for you survived beyond my death”
*Written November 7, 2018
“Thankful Poetry Contest” hosted by Tania Kitchin
by Tim Smith |
Categories:
home, love,
The dust has all settled
I'll go get the broom
sweep off the back porch
and the old sitting room
That wind storm was mighty
almost blew me away
the foundation was crumbling
as the house swung and swayed
The timbers were creaking
the roof sprung a leak
the shutters are broken
it really looked bleak
The old building survived
It's weathered but tough
It will stand tall and fight
when the going gets rough
There's much beauty left
in this old home of mine
I'll still be loving her
till the end of my time
02/22/2015
Your Best Poem With Metaphors
hosted by Silent One
by The Grahamburglar |
Categories:
betrayal, depression, devotion, hope, lost, metaphor, sad love,
Wretched Stakes
I find in your eyes a mysterious universe
fraught with the searing scent of betrayal
and warped reflections of my reality
swirling in shadows of welling, yet un-shed tears.
Rummaging the tortured abyss for a glint of familiarity,
grasping to anchor myself in the alien terrain,
I'm awestruck by the requisite strength; your strength...
to survive among the crosses in your eyes.
Over the horizon a faint glimmer defies the gloom.
A hopeful star, fading but stalwart,
screams for love as it grapples the swallowing deep.
At last, I fathom the wretched stakes.
07/26/15
Submission for Contest: The Crosses in Your Eyes
Hosted: Justin Bordner
by Paul Callus |
Categories:
age, birthday,
(Dedicated to Joyce Johnson on her 100th birthday)
Her words still echo in my mind
‘I can’t remember any pain’.
Woman of strength, one of a kind
Her words still echo in my mind.
A fruitful life with love defined
She would relive it all again!
Her words still echo in my mind
‘I can’t remember any pain’.
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'Happy 100th Birthday' Contest
Hosted by Carolyn Devonshire
Placed 2nd
© 18th April 2018
by Paul Callus |
Categories:
love, ocean,
restless ocean waves
in tender, passionate moods-
undulating love
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Contest: Ocean Waves Haiku
[5/7/5 syllable form only]
Hosted by Tania Kitchin
Placed 3rd
© 26th January 2019
by Paul Callus |
Categories:
love,
as time passes
her visits wane -
fresh love sprouts...weeds
grow by his grave
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A "Charlie-Quadku" Contest
Hosted by Charles Messina
Placed 3rd
© 31st August 2019
by Paul Callus |
Categories:
love,
An archer from Sherwood made shooting an art
Persuaded the wealthy from surplus to part.
He fell for a maid at first sight
But fearing to tell her outright
Enlisted friend Eros to capture her heart.
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Limerick 3 Contest
Hosted by Joseph May
© 31st January 2019
by Paul Callus |
Categories:
self,
Deprived of love and hope
She finds it hard to cope
Yearning to fill her empty bowl
To the devil she would sell her soul.
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Four Line Contest in Rhyme
Hosted by Silent One
Placed 2nd
by Paul Callus |
Categories:
sad love,
alone
wrapped up in deep
melancholy I yearn
for the dark shadows to dissolve…
my doubts
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Cinquain Poetry Contest
Hosted by William Kekaula
Placed 1st
© 4th February 2020
by Lewis Michael |
Categories:
dark, death, emotions, hate, loss, murder, sad love,
Mutant,
Hosted lament,
Growth yielded dying fiend,
Rancor malice abort bastard,
Hallowed.
by The Grahamburglar |
Categories:
blue, love, love hurts, ocean, sea, summer, water,
The sapphire surf is a lover
and few can deny her a kiss
that under her bosom hover.
The sapphire surf is a lover
and once lured beneath her cover,
she swallows you in her abyss.
The sapphire surf is a lover
and few can deny her a kiss.
05/27/15
Submission for ONE LOVELY SUMMER TRIOLET
Hosted by: Andrea Dietrich
by Timothy Hicks |
Categories:
allusion, analogy, desire, grief, hope, introspection, sorrow,
Love without Hope Oh, even the sunflowers could not cope,
for their precious petals long to be plucked, from your love-me-not touch.
Can you not hear their slender green stalks, sway so bashfully,
with echoes of that recess kid fantasy Pick Me Pick Me!
Written March 30th, 2016
For the Love Without Hope Contest Hosted by Sarah Kendrick
Placed 6th
by Moon Flower |
Categories:
angel, confusion, irony, mystery,
How sweet it is to heed
For a gentle wave and nod
A seemingly soul of blend
A man of likely land of nod
How serendipitous it might
For her to be your significant
Like a lady magistrate
Who lays down the law and rule
Sigh…how I wish I could be her
But to remain a dreamer
Is like keeping a treasure
Alas, can’t fool any cavalier
In a bit of meliorating manner
Redeeming is like a rapture
Like wandering with full of pleasure
In the East of Eden - land of wander
03.22.16
Second place
"Love Story"
hosted by Silent One
12.01.17
by The Grahamburglar |
Categories:
goodbye, heartbreak, lost love, military, missing you, pride, soldier,
The truth stood downcast in the lie,
thinking it was better this way;
time would, our feelings, nullify
and let the mem’ry fade away.
Silhouettes hugging on a pier
the truth stood downcast in the lie:
“I’ll be home soon, no need to fear”
And quiv’ring sobs, her sole reply.
Off to battle! By hue and cry,
we parted ways, this time for good.
The truth stood downcast in the lie:
"I cannot love you, as I should."
Locked in an unmarked, makeshift tomb
rampant regret, my lullaby…
upon her heart to ever loom,
the truth stood downcast in the lie.
8/18/16
Written for Contest: The Truth Stood Downcast In The Lie
Hosted by: John Lawless
by Moon Flower |
Categories:
april, heart, meaningful,
spirited rope
of two anchored souls
love knot...at sea
04.25.18
1st place
Haiku -Human Nature
hosted by M. Talbot
05.24.18
by Moon Flower |
Categories:
love, music, sea,
the blue ship
about to put to sea
my heart leaps up
05.09.18
2nd place
"Sea / Ocean"
hosted by M. Talbot
05.12.18
by Daniela Angeja |
Categories:
family,
In my garage I have posted
Many things have been sold
Pans, trays, pillows I have hosted
Love and hatred same old, same old
New things they ask of me
Do they pay well my fee
To stay up all night I guarantee
To sell my soul, no, that is for free
Books and jewelry are on the shelves
Displaying beauty among ourselves
Eyes roam in every direction
Find something, take your action
If You seek unique search more
Is that gold you look for?
The price I say is good enough
To see you happy, and have my dough
by Henry W |
Categories:
farewell,
We feast on Camembert and red wine
observing the pageantry of incandescent stars
reflected through halo’s fervid laughter and love.
I drink merrily as thud of whipped delirium
hammers excruciating pain off on, from my brain;
Veiling the limited instances of life’s ungodly time
That I cradle within--- this mute, unsaid goodbye.
Unsayable Contest hosted by Nette Onclaud
23 Nov 2017
by The Grahamburglar |
Categories:
analogy, character, growth, love hurts, metaphor, pain, trust,
Immortality
By forge and hammer comes execution –
death on an anvil’s cold steel.
To be granted new life.
10/11/16
Written for Contest: ONE KIMO 10,7,6, Syllable Count ONE ONLY
Hosted by: Rick Parise
by Paul Callus |
Categories:
first love,
frail and innocent
she let her defences down
enticed by glib words...
now, like a crypto virus,
he holds her heart to ransom.
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One or Two Tanka Contest
Hosted by Rick Parise
by Probir Gupta |
Categories:
love,
Forever a silk moon
Will sit on hearts strewn
In my and your snow
To remind us both
Many a sunshine
From our diamond
Did we mingle
In a mighty flame
November 5, 2017
For the Contest 8-Line Poem 1-5 words
Hosted by Rick Parise
by Abe Lopez |
Categories:
daughter, faith
My son is nine years old;
we laugh, read, cry, paint,
draw, watch cartoons, fish,
play at the park, and do homework
I love having a son:
After eight years of trying we still
have not conceived. When my dream of having a
baby girl has come true, her name will be......
Atlanta Lopez-
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Inspired by " fabulous fantasy"
hosted by -christie Moses