by Paul Callus |
Categories:
love hurts,
My whispered words trail to a halt
Her sobbing muffled by the wind
Beneath our faithful trusted tree
Concealed from Luna’s prying eyes
We share the pain of anguished hearts
As time draws near for us to part
And take divergent paths of life
To quell the urge of bridled love.
When dawn approaches we shall leave
With nothing else but memories
Unloosing hands from this embrace
Our shattered dreams can’t be replaced.
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Hugs Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Craig Cornish
Placed 3rd
Chosen p.o.t.d. on 8th June 2020
© 7th June, 2020
by Valsa George |
Categories:
introspection, pollution,
Mind – a pool, deep and arcane,
Needs to be cleared n' cleansed from time to time
In the sinuous course of life,
Pause awhile to peer into the depths.
Over the still waters, lies a layer of scum.
At the bottom is settled,
Toxic sediments of hate,
The residue of burnt dreams
Of unsavory passions
If unattended, in this slushy mass of filth
Maggots may breed,
Eating into the flesh
Poisoning the vital serum
Pumped through the veins
Purge the dross
Flush out the dirt
Rinse it clean
And feast on the sparkle,
Of clear waters
Springing from the well heads of love!
Feb.19.2023
The Clearing Poetry Contest
Sponsor- craig cornish
by Debjani Mitra |
Categories:
cute love, love, passion,
sweet and citron voice, fondled a whisper
did you say, "O my Love, pulling me close
refreshing spring water, cooler and crisper
restless eyes now crave, to forever repose
a vista of orchids, into my soul you dive
where a frantic heart, beats in your fervour
No more secrets, so effortlessly you arrive
in every corner, dreams in vain endeavour
in swarm of thousand kisses, I slowly melt
impetuous arms hug, a wild maddened sea
faintly glowing cinder, every cell now felt
an embrace, in your lockup, you set me free
Dated 7th June 2020
Featured third in best new poem list
Sponsor craig cornish
Contest Name Hugs |
by Andrea Dietrich |
Categories:
dog, lost love,
My Saddest Day(A Dog Gone Tableau)
I Had to leave him
(though he yapped and whined)
at the adoption drop off,
(I still loved him so)
with folks that I'd entrusted
(he was my dear friend)
with his safe keeping.
(He'd turned old and blind)
His mournful howl followed me
(when we let him go.)
as i exited the door
(How can my heart mend?)
My two poems for the Intermingle Contest of Craig Cornish:
My Saddest Day, written a while earlier than actually posted on 9/21/2014
& A Dog Gone Tableau, posted 10/17/2014 a few days after I wrote it.
By Andrea Dietrich
(The idea for what to use was inspired by my wonderful friend, Harry Horsman)
by Paul Callus |
Categories:
baby, joy,
The wait has been too long but now it’s time
To hold with love what she yearned for
No words for joy but grateful tears.
The radiant face aglow with sparkling tears
Cradling her child for the first time
She knows it’s been worth waiting for.
The fruit of mutual love she’s thankful for
She feels its breath and sheds warm tears
A lasting bond will grow in time.
A precious gift is born; it’s time for tears.
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1st line of each tercet & final line = pentameter
2nd & 3rd lines of each tercet = tetrameter
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19th July 2014
Contest: Tritina Challenge
Sponsor: Craig Cornish
by Line Gauthier |
Categories:
encouraging, future, growing up, life, love, mother, pride,
My child,
As you climb
Life’s journey
To the best of my ability
I will have your back
And steady your ladder
Always I will encourage you
So whenever you look back
You will see my smiling face
Supporting and proud
Cheering you on
Unwavering I will be
At the foot of your ladder
Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~A CHILD'S WORLD~ 2020
AP: 1st place 2020
Submitted on April 23, 2019 for contest THE SMILE AT THE FOOT OF A LADDER sponsored by CRAIG CORNISH
by Andrea Dietrich |
Categories:
romantic,
I stand here at the center of the world
embraced by a sweet joy that makes me feel
so good! I'm melting ice cream that's been swirled
with luscious butterscotch. I want to reel
from giddiness. I cannot merely stand.
I need to move. I want to leap and dance.
There is no other feeling quite so grand!
I'm thinking of long kisses and romance
while feeling loopy! It's as if a wave
of happiness has risen from the sea.
It's oceanic, and its willing slave
I want to be as it rolls over me.
Here where I'm standing in the middle of
HIS world, I am engulfed by his warm love.
10/14/2018
For the "I Stand Here" Contest of Craig Cornish
by Sandra Adams |
Categories:
fate, love, time,
a broken heart awaits its somber fate
the hands of time have made it beat too weak
to find the pulse of love it used to seek
it fades within a burdened soul abate
then hides the key that frees the chains of weight
within a soul where darkness seems to peak
it cannot beat in harmony nor speak
without the stroke of time to guide its gait
a gallant soul i give this gift to you
break free these chains that weigh this heart of mine
awake from dreams a restless soul to see
a heart that beats an endless pulse anew
and sees again how fate and love entwine
when souls in love through time find ways to be
January 1 2020
Open me first poetry contest
Sponsored by Craig Cornish
by Andrea Dietrich |
Categories:
lost love, , sweet love,
Holding Adonis
In another place and another lifetime,
gazing into eyes that gazed back with passion.
Kissing you, loving you and how you touched me.
Summer’s moon watched us.
Are you in the world, my sweet lover? Are you?
Have you gone the way of the gods before you?
Blessed was I to hold you so closely. I was
holding Adonis.
For the "Guzzically Inspired Poetry Contest"
Sponsored by Craig Cornish
by Paul Callus |
Categories:
romantic, time,
The New Year (Cornish Sonnet)
The clock struck midnight; she came in
attired in silky flowing dress
that matched her youthful glowing skin.
She clutched an hourglass in her hand
that showed the seconds evanesce
with every grain of trickling sand.
I put my bow to violin
and played for her a melody;
I hoped her tender heart to win.
Champagne was popped and glasses raised
but she cared not for revelry...
into my eyes she deeply gazed.
The clock struck midnight; she came in.
I put my bow to violin.
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4th January, 2015
Contest: Cornish Sonnet
Sponsor: Craig Cornish
Placed 4th
by Paul Callus |
Categories:
love, poetry,
With Gift in Hand (Cornish Sonnet)
He went in search of love’s abode;
far off she lived in solitude.
Along the narrow winding road,
in awe partook of nature’s charms
and forged ahead in eager mood
instilled by thought of waiting arms.
With gift in hand, a heartfelt ode,
he hummed the lyrics to a tune,
inhaled the fragrance, as he strode,
of the wild flowers wrapped in hues.
He knew his journey would end soon
beside his loving ardent muse.
He went in search of love’s abode
with gift in hand, a heartfelt ode.
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31st December, 2015
Contest: Any Poem (Not for a Contest)
Sponsor: Broken Wings
Placed 4th
by Dean Wood |
Categories:
anger, lost love,
Damn you, cursed covered bridge,
Damn your easy way,
Damn your timbers strong and high
That let her slip away!
Opposed by torrent moat she was
Compelled to wait and try.
But no! You let her ride across
And keep her corset dry!
Within her surrey black and sleek,
By dappled stallion drawn,
You let her pass without dispute;
Satanic stilted spawn!
We quarreled once or twice ‘tis true
But now she’s gone for good.
I’ve half a mind to strike a fire
And torch your rotting wood!
3rd Place
"Covered Bridge" Contest
Sponsored by Craig Cornish
For the "Covered Bridge" Contest
Sponsored by: Craig Cornish
by Sandra Adams |
Categories:
death, memory, pain,
these petals unfold
like thoughts of mind
heavy as the weight they bear
this benumbed september day
in the crux beyond a seed's gather
viscid drops of crimson red
carried off by wings of time
now daffing in the cooler air
the hive of mind
through torturous stings of past
grounds me thickset
in honey coated memories
i still taste the poison
lingered from your lips
bitterness of venomous lies
through death's astringent kiss
my love for you, it tarries
no greater than the buzz
amidst these dandelions
stomped upon your grave
September 4, 2019
Where Bumbles Bounce Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Craig Cornish
by Andrea Dietrich |
Categories:
poetry,
What child is this, shy and polite,
who never likes to pick a fight,
who with a novel likes to be
alone and reading quietly
so very late into the night?
I know you think you’re not too bright,
but dear, you will turn out all right.
And one day you’ll look back to see
what child this is!
You’ll see yourself in a new light,
and then your soul will reach new height.
Your love right now for fantasy
will serve you well with poetry;
you’ll one day write with great delight
“What Child is This?”
Oct. 15, 2017 for the What Child Is This Contest of craig cornish
by Andrea Dietrich |
Categories:
love,
I saw you face your lover; you both made
a pattern quite distinctive in the dark.
Silhouettes on the window shade displayed
two hands that met two others; formed an arc.
The hands, from arms outreached, delivering
their upturned palms that now together pressed,
could not release nor stop their quivering,
anticipation physically expressed.
Then two who stood behind a window posed,
at last fell trembling into love’s abyss.
Love’s essence on the shade was then transposed
as bodies touched and mouths met in a kiss.
Your shadow with your lover's intertwined.
A valentine pulsed on the window’s blind.
Sept. 11, 2017 for the Silhouette Poetry Contest of Craig Cornish
by Jemmy Farmer |
Categories:
fantasy, love
I came with flowers and love,
just to see my maiden fair,
with the silver moon above,
I could do nothing but stare.
Her eyes cast a magic spell
and held me at her leisure.
I knew then I'd walk through hell
to bring her heart its pleasure.
by Andrea Dietrich |
Categories:
rainbow,
Sometimes in tempests’ aftermath
a thing of beauty may appear
which takes the place of heaven’s wrath.
Upside down, smiling, rainbows cheer!
One day you may be feeling sad,
but you’re grinning ear to ear.
For viewing them makes folks feel glad.
Upside down, smiling, rainbows cheer!
That rare phenomenon we see
inside a sky that now shines clear
is proof how gloom can quickly flee.
Upside down, smiling, rainbows cheer!
Remember this when you feel blue.
God shows His love, for we are dear.
And if you’re lucky, you’ll see two!
Upside down, smiling, rainbows cheer!
Oct. 30, 2018 for the 'Rainbows' Poetry Contest of Craig Cornish
by Subimal Sinha-Roy |
Categories:
inspirational, lonely, love, sad,
You cry
Sad
Under dark sky
I say
Don’t
I’ll show way
To my
Heart.
You won’t be
Any more
Lonely.
Moon shines grand
On beach
Lone
Hold my hand
I’ll adore
You.
You won’t be
Any more
Lonely.
We’ll dance on
Waves of
Love
Sail to the
End of
Time.
You won’t be
Any more
Lonely.
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August 17, 2022
Contest : Gymnopedie No 1
Sponsored by : Craig Cornish
by Robin Silver |
Categories:
adventure, beach, dream, retirement, sea, summer, vacation,
The seaside...now there is a place I like to be,
To get away from the city the neighbours and some family,
To lay on the beach without a care at all,
Watching people swimming, sunbathing or just playing with a ball,
At the seaside you can eat fish and chips,
Or you can simply gaze at the distant ships,
Listening to the rocks crackle in the ebb and flow,
Of the blue crisp ocean going to and fro,
The cool sea breeze and Cornish ice cream,
Will always be with me in a seaside dream,
Yeah I really love to be by the coast,
And I hate going home the most,
So one day I will make the move and live by the sea,
Until I get old and life’s had enough of me.
by Frederic Parker |
Categories:
heartbroken,
A fragile rose beneath a lost moon, cries
Its loving stem of life has been broken
Torn by a hand passing and left to die
Her sad leaves are turning brown and falling
Knows love will never flower, unspoken
And yet hears whispered loneliness calling
Memories turn silent, finally dies
While quiet hurried flights of fireflies slow
Caught by summer's wind, leaves tumble and spin
While reasons and goodbye are fading sight
Bending and wilting, the rose lost its glow
Casting shadow, turning day into night
This fragile rose beneath a lost moon,cries
Memories turn silent, finally dies
by Sara Kendrick |
Categories:
history, life, love, men,
Making and use of the a-bomb
An event that spewed waste
A creation that leaves poison
Man knew not the foretaste
As always some good and some bad
Today we have good use
Nuclear medicine does good
Bad if a bomb turned loose
A man can not control himself
Nor the acts of others
Only if all men learn to love
To love man as brothers
The atomic bomb changed history
The course of the war turned
So now we live in a safe world
If only love men yearned
Sponsor: Craig Cornish
Contest: Historical Modified Quatrain
Written this seventh day of January twenty thirteen
Written by: Sara Kendrick
by Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib |
Categories:
funny love,
Toss me in prism
And throw away the key
I'm having a spasm
I'm down on one knee
Cheer Bear underwear
Marry me
10.24.18
Rainbows Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Craig Cornish
by Rhonda Johnson-Saunders |
Categories:
lost love, sad,
I
cry
a lone
teardrop.
It falls softly
onto my pillow.
A burdened heart
behind smiling eyes
liberates the aching,
diamond teardrop,
when I dream of
your soft touch.
Without you
Who am
I?
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, July 22, 2012
for The Concrete/Shape Contest (Craig Cornish)
by Sara Kendrick |
Categories:
inspirational,
When the farmer
Dropped a seed
Into the furrow
And covered with earth
How does the seed
Know which way to go
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
Instilled from above
A miracle
A miracle
When love grows
An abiding love
That lasts a lifetime
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
Instilled from above
A miracle
A miracle
When love's seed grew
From a drop within
Lifted 'pon wings
'Til this journey's end
'Twas a miracle
Instilled from above
A miracle
A miracle
Sponsor: Craig Cornish
Contest: More Song Lyrics
Written: August 28, 2014
by Regina Mcintosh |
Categories:
christian, death, faith, god, heaven, hope, jesus,
With my last breathe, in the stillness
I heard music in His presence
With joy, my heart knew such pleasance
He smiled light, ending all illness
When my eyes met the One I love
There came a feeling of wonder
Despite His grace, there was thunder
My heart rose, He came from above
I’ve never felt such elation
Stars inside, I knew surety
Boldly I opened up to Him
I’m thankful for my foundation
Pulling me close, security
Through living waters, I’ll yet swim
I Died Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: craig cornish
April 4, 2023