Poetry Contest

The Elegy of the Lovers
by HansRik

I cannot say in words how much I've loved
For words help not t'express the lover's wish.
Canst thou not see the pain of being unloved?
Or more the languid dolence we anguish?

Now I have lost yon opportunity,
The fire of love has burned this heart of mine
Crying, waning, yonder atrocities
Committed for love, for this thought of thine.

But I shall make myself an oak that stands
Upon thy doors and howls thy name fore'er.
And nevermore this pain will understand,
The love I have for thee, my dear girl.

The hills that sing and dream about thy love
Think not that they shall be eroded, yea,
The willows chant their elegy forgone,
And rot in fetid, rancid ideals.

And walkest thou in vainest thoughts and lies,
Laughing at the trees and hills that, for you, died.
Waiting for mine heart to expire its last sighs.

How beautiful thou seem'st outside,
The sun is but a phantom by thy side.

But nay!

Thy soul is cruel and cold, like the darkest night.

(C)Copyright 2005
(Hans Rik- nom de plume)

lol even though I can't quite compare with Hansrik, this still looks like it might be fun.

I remember the day he told me
About his secret escape
He spoke about his waterfall
The sound, colour and shape
Singing to me a picture
Of what looked like shattered glass
Where all emotions were soon lost
When the clashing waters crashed
He hides behind the waters wall
And dreams of us together
He tells me he would hold me
In his arms forever
Ever since he shared to me
The story of his haven
I think of it everytime I feel
As though my world will cave in
My sadness is washed away
My anger is wiped clean
I see me wrapped up in his arms
I'm safe from the unseen
Even though it's only imagination
I'm not quite with him yet
He made up this world for us
And I go there when I'm upset
Just to pretend that he's around
can make anything feel like home...
So please don't leave me love,
Or I'd have nowhere left to go

Transfixed by the movements, the musical vibrance,
We move to the tune of invisible sirens.
Reality reposes with the closing of eyelids,
Then lies change to truth and peace transforms violence.
As the colors fade from blue, all noise turns to silence.

Upon awakening, I feel an icy hand capture me;
Pulling me down, closer to insanity.
Vertigo sets in, but the dizzying gravity
Helps to realize the hand is my own, that I’m actually
Standing stock-still, alone, blinded while I atrophy.

With our head down and eyes dripping wet,
Feeling hasn’t slipped from us yet.
Silence is a burden we grow to regret,
But still a reminder of that which is set:
The music of a past we’ll never forget.

A distant drone, or a heartfelt beating,
Omnipresent and ever-repeating.
Tongue tipped with malice, the devil is feeding
And tightening the noose which constricts our dreaming.
While robbed of our fruits we lie quiet,.. selfish and bleeding.

As we sit cradled by cold, grim hands,
Choice is beckoning, it calls, it demands
To face the music and to take a stance.
And as the echo lives on through our second chance,
We’re helplessly drawn into this wreckless dance.

I wish life was as easy as playing this guitar
because right now I'm not getting very far
I wish love was as easy as they make it seem in a song
If it was i would be singing for you to love me for so long
Why cant my heart beat like the steadiness of a bass
instead when I'm around you it has to race
As i play this chord and read the next line
I think about you and wish that you were mine
I'm making up a song
I'm writing it for you
I have loved you for so long
but you have decided that we're through
I used to love to watch you play your bass
the way you swung it back and forth with grace
In my eyes you were the best musician
Now to me you will not listen
I want you to know that when I pick up this guitar
I play for you
because of you my love for music has only grew
You inspired me to do what i want
For another man like you i will forever hunt

SONG OF THE STAG

Through the broken bough
Streams the long torn sun
Gazing at this scene
The destruction has begun.

For his long lived home,
Has begun to shatter
To house those of evil
His life they will now scatter

However grand his antlers,
However rich his fur,
These creatures know, not of love,
Their lives an honourless blur.

For his herd they care not,
His children slaughtered throats,
Stain the leaves red crimson.
Their liquid spotted coats.

The leaves no longer shine,
The forest knows its doom,
Now lies the broken heart,
The boughs that used to loom.

Through the crushed new leaves of spring,
The stag will meet his fate,
At the hands of the evil one,
His life will have to wait.

Just like those fawns,
He is forced down on his knees,
Spilling crimson blood,
Falling like the trees.

Laura XxX

Thank You
By--Misery--

When I first saw you
When I saw your face
I thought that I could
Live without you

Then I started to get to know you
I relized that life
Isn't the same without you
In it

You make everything seem better
I'm addicted
I can't live without
Getting to look into your eyes

If you ever left
I wouldn't be able to survive
I need you near
I love the way you smile at me

I could never imagine
A life without you in it
You make everything feel perfect
Thank You

My Laughter

The forest will sing forever
My soul will live on forever
My life will love forever
Bring me my happiness
As I smile for your bright soul
The world shall come to an end, but your life will never parish
I've come to set you free as the blue clouds will guide you
Please come over and I will show you how
The laughter arises from the black hole that lingers in the forest
Set the souls free, that will forever bring justice to your heart
I have put my silver cross upon your head
Light that shines your bounty will aluminate your reason for me to free you
Piercing my soul, you will run far away as you did for me in the future
The laughter shall come your insides to lure me into that stance
That forest will now pull you in like a tiger at his meal
As I stand there with no reason to look upon you no more you slowly parish in the distance
The water will now flow down that endless river till your return
The last and only dream forever captured by your only evil
The silver cross will light up to show me your heart
Forever you will now seek that wisdom that got you there

Do you, because i do
by Just-take-my-heart-i-want-you-to-have-it

Do you care?
because i don't
do you love?
because i don't
do you bleed?
because i don't
do you mourn?
because i don't
do you save?
because i don't
do you feel pain?
because i don't
do you cry?
because i don't
do you feel pleasure?
because i don't
do you wish to die?
because i don't
because of you
i do care
because of you
i do love
because of you
i do bleed
because of you
i do mourn
because of you
i do save
because of you
i do feel pain
because of you
i do cry
because of you
i do feel pleasure
because of you
i wish to live forever

*i hope you enjoyed it*

by Letrice Hopkins
MY BLACK KNIGHT

Where is my black knight, that sat at the round table and only had eyes for me ?

The handsome one whom sent me looks of promises, pleasure and romance beyond belief .

He promised to rescue me from this hell of a life I'm living, and smother me in rapture .

He knew it wasn't money or materialistic things I wanted . It was love that I was after .

Where is my black knight ? Please come and take away all these cloudy days . Time will not stand still for us and I don't want our love to fade .

this poem tells how short a life can be.
And we should get up and do something
Useful before it gets too late.

soon to be forgotten
by marjan

Hours fly by
At a speed oh so high
Another page is turned
Someone’s life has burned
Just an unimportant figure
In an old wooden frame
Soon to be forgotten
Through the shades of time
Through the mist of mind
Hidden behind a veil of dust
Another time, another place
A new year to face
I can feel a shiver
down in my stomach
an electric shock
that is sent through my body
trying to wake me up
shakes me
brings me to an understanding
sound of raindrops
reminds me of each passing second
another time, another day,
another year gone
another person to be born
a new day is begun.

by Jerry Scott

I hide behind a smile
A lighthearted grin
While my insides turn
End over end.

I tire from acting
As if all is ok
But it's to keep
you in my day.

I miss you when with you
If that makes sense at all
Knowing I'll be without you
Come night fall.

I stash away my feelings
Using untrue alibis
Then hang up the phone
Squeeze a pillow and cry.

It isn't very masculine
Feeling this inside
But I need you in my life
And so I hide.

You speak to me with wisdom
that I have not yet experienced.
I pour myself into you and you
return me, in precise little packages
whose strings I fumble with.
You tie them for me.
You proved to me that eloquence,
however beautiful,
does not matter as much as
I think it should, as I
wish it did. Because I can give that to you.
I can write you precise little poems,
box up emotions and hide them away.
I present to you this eloquence,
a shield with which I guard the fact
that I have no idea what I am doing,
and you give back the rawness,
everything I was trying to say and more.
You wrapped it in pretty pink paper
and tied the strings.

Pretend (Acrostic)
By: Amanda Bee

Just hold me close in your arms for this one exquisite night
Until we can see the beaming of the sun’s glowing light
Seduce me with your eyes as we begin our lover’s game
Touch my body and caress me as you call out my name

Pretend that it’s only me that your untamed heart desires
Romance me with hot kisses, ignite my tempestuous fires
Enter my sultry softness as I nibble on your ear
Tell me those sweet lies that I need so desperately to hear
Even with the knowledge that I’ll never have you for myself
Now just pretend that it’s me, only me and no one else
Delude me with delight, if only for this one exquisite night

Before you found me
I was alone and lost
you saved me from the cold
that icy winter frost

you protect me from all
you know what to do
you love me for what I am
I feel healed through and through

before you came to me
I was as empty as a shell
But you filled me up
And I want to help you as well

the stars in the sky
those heavenly lights
are nothing compared
to your spirit, so bright

the sun that shines down
and warms my smooth skin
is nothing compared
to the warmth you stirred within

the moon in the night
a bright jewel in the sky
is nothing compared
to the light in your eyes

the clouds that glide by
like balls of cotton, heavenly
are nothing compared
to your softness with me

I love you so much
You filled me right up
You loved me and cared
You lifted me up

I love you

My Saviour

Now I know that all I want is you,
I realize I have all along.
I know now that I love you,
And I wish it did not feel so wrong.
This could not have come at a worst time,
I thought I was doing fine until we met.
But you brought out something in me,
That had not been brought out yet.
The days go by so slowly now,
Since I know I will not see you.
I cannot help missing you so damn much,
Each day is hard to get through.
The sadness just builds up inside,
It sits there and it stays.
And realizing these feelings for you,
I know things will not be Ok.
Every time you have a bad day,
I hope you realize it would be better.
If only you would speak to me,
and we could be together.
Each time that I am with him,
I die a little more inside.
I stay from fear of being alone,
And all these feelings I hide.
This is so hard to go through,
I want to spend my days with you again.
When I was with you, I was not happier
Since I do not know when.
You are all I ever think about,
And you always make me smile.
I want to be in your arms again,
You made me feel worthwhile.
He makes me sick and the things he does,
They literally tear me apart.
Being with him and away from you,
Truly breaks my heart.

All hope is gone, I live everyday wishing it was my last
Time no longer flies, it goes by slow rather than is fast

My mind is filled with sad memories, once filled with creativity
Dreaming of my knight in shining armor who shows great chivalry

I no longer find joy in the movies or football games learning new cheers
The only time I find happiness is when every now and then my nights aren't filled with tears

Ive forgotten how it feels to be happy Ive been sad for so long
My goals used to be so clear, Now Im lucky if I can decipher right from wrong

Every moment of every hour of every day of every year
I dont live but I go through life with a constant fear

The fear that I might be played and give my love away
Just to find the one whose in love with me isnt as in love the next day

A single feeling that is more precious than a white dove
All hope is gone, Ive lost my one true love

Yea! I won second place. Whoppee. Thanks Ismail. You can comment on "Harmony" (Version II) and "False Hope". Thanks again:)

Wow, I won. Thanks so much Ismail. Could you please comment on ~Broken Smile~ ~Fool~ ~What Is Happiness~ and ~Lies~. Thank you once again.