Poetry Contest (Open to all forms of poetry)

The winners have been chosen, the contest is closed.

Thank you to everyone who entered, congrats to the winner:

*******Dean Rands**********

Your poem (Take A Minute...) was inspiring and just a pleasure to read!!!

One Spring Day

Hanging Chimes ring
Beautiful Melody it brings
Wind is the musician; it playfully sings.

Feeling light as though with wings
Dancing on the green cut grass
Basking in the warm inviting sun.

Sprinklers on; sighing at last
Creating a mini rainbow
Feeling like an eternity in paradise's grasp.

Take A Minute...
by Dean Rands

You've taken a minute to read my poem
Someone that you've never known or seen
And in that minute you created a link
That if you never read my poem - it wouldnt have been

So this special link between you and me
Was created through choice: made by you
Now where will this link lead? Will it end?
Or will it flow from me or you to someone new?

From me this link could pass
When I smile as I cross the street
To someone new - who I'll never know
Who saw my smile on this destined meet

And on and on this link will go
Through anger, happiness or upset
Because for a moment two people collide
Through small things which we forget

It seems a large stretch for the mind
But is it not true that a moment was shared
And in that single moment: so tiny
Someone we never knew actually cared

This link goes from person to person
Constantly growing and getting bigger
Because you took a minute to read my poem
And that litte minute was the trigger

It connected the world: all the way round
Caused by things that we don't see
And a new link is born each minute
Connecting people like you and like me.

So take a minute...

Note: this poem was inspired by the film crash which shows that everyone is connected somehow - and this connection doesnt care about our skin colour or gender or background. I dont ask you to rate this poem or comment but I would appreciate it if you could take a minute to pass it around. Thankyou

Please Hold Me Tight.

Please hold me tight,
Don't ask questions,
Just do what's right.

Please hold me tight,
I'm very scared inside,
And, in depth of fright.

Please hold me tight,
When I feel like hurting myself,
And, cannot see the light.

Please hold me tight,
Tell me you love me,
And, tell me I'll be alright.

Note: This poem pretty much is about when I feel like hurting myself, and feel depressed, that I need reassurance, that I'm loved, and want to be held in the time of need... This poem also inspires people, that everyone needs to be held, cuddled, hugged, and loved by someone, whenever they're depressed, and especially, to show the person, that you love them.

Are there no more takers. Who else wants to be in the contest?

West

Scars That Heal
by ~~Lindsay Woods~~

When you found that one person who makes you feel like your the only one in the room,

That one person who still sits beside you no matter what you have been through,

The one who asks you if your ok when you have done something wrong,

The one person who sings to you from the heart the most wonderful song,

When you found that one person who loves you for who you are,

The one person who will keep you from moving to far,

The one person that you look at and they always make you smile,

That is the one person who will make it all worth the while,

When you have found that person you will know from the start,

That is the one person you will always have in your heart.

When you find your one and only,

Tell them how you feel,

That is the one thing that they can do is make the scars heal.

broken

your words slice through me
sharp as a knife
my blissful happiness is gone
because of this strife
each day is the same
you break me, then put me back together
i'll go in my room to hide
when i come out, you act like you don't remember
you don't see how hurt i am
even though it's so clear
and no matter how many times i cry
you don't see a single tear
you don't understand how much pain you cause me
you'll never understand my sorrow
you don't know how many times i pray
that it'll be better tomorrow
but it'll never be better
for when i think there's finally peace
it's all torn away
it comes to a cease
i end up broken
just like before
all the suffering i've gone through
i'll go through once more
i wish you'd stop this yelling
it makes me feel like such a failure
you don't realize what you're doing
my life is becoming my nightmare
my memories are haunting me
i'm restless every night
i cannot fall asleep
all i can do is cry
the next day you come up to me
you put me together again
then you say you're sorry
and you think you've been forgiven
but there's something different now
something is not right
for a piece of me is missing
one that's beyond your sight
i feel like all my true happiness is gone
i'm in this deep depression
but nobody will ever know this
for i'm lying and pretending
i'll never show how i really feel
unless you're someone i trust
you'll never see a single tear shed
in public my pain turns to dust
but no matter what i lead you to believe
inside i am crying silently
for i know if things keep going this way
my nightmare will become my reality

~*~note~*~
i wrote this poem because my mom is always yelling at me. no matter what i do to please her, it's never enough. i think my poem is pretty clear, but i thought if you knew who it was about, you might like it better.

Beauty Lies Within

We all have a little insecurity,
Something that we do not like
But know you were made special
And we're not all alike

We were all made unique
So we shouldn't live in fear
Of what other people think
And everything you hear

Not everyone's judgments
Are always precise
You have a choice
To listen to their advice

It doesn't mean to change yourself
Because the way you are is fine
When you show your true colours
That is when you truly shine

It doesn't matter what you look like
Or what people think and say
Acting like yourself
Will make it a better day

You don't have to pretend
Or be fake, at all
You should be someone you're proud of
And be able to stand tall

No need for to cover up
To hide your minor flaws
Your inner beauty will shine through
And it will show all and all.

It's your qualities that truly count
Your talents and personality
It's your actions and words
And your originality

People who are your friends
Should like you for who you are
You shouldn't have to be like them
Just to be a star

So be who you are
And don't tell lies
To be comfortable with yourself
You can't wear a disguise

In the end it doesn't matter
So be comfortable in your own skin
They're not all judging you so,
Always remember beauty lies within.

My inspiration was well I had to write a poem for this poetry cafe thing my class was having and I thought that I should write it about how everyone these days is so self consious.. and how it doesnt matter what they look like cause "beauty lies within" lol k thats it! =) hope you enjoy it ;)

My Shallow Grave
by TormentedSoul

Here is my shallow grave. Only thing that identifies the grave was a piece of concrete that had R.I.P. scratched in it. I had no friends and was forgotten.

So here I lay in my shallow grave. The funeral was not sad for no one showed up to grieve.

There was no coffin, no flowers, not even a tear to be shed. For no one knew I was dead nor did they seem to care.

Everyone seemed to go on living their lives unaware of this shallow grave.

So this is where I will be all alone and forgotten in this shallow grave.

S.O.S.
by ♥ iNviSibLe 2 u ♥

Im saying that im scared
im saying someone help me
im saying i cant cope
but no one understands

i cry myself to sleep
i miss you all so bad
but no one understands

i need a helicopter
or a rescue plane
to fly in here and save me
but no one understands

i want someone to love me
to put their arm around me
to say that it'll be okay,
but noone understands.

i dont know how to tell them
why should i try at all
its best to keep it hidden
because noone understands.

Maybe
by Tara Kay

I've missed this one special guy,
He's hurt me bad and made me cry.
And I'm just waiting for that perfect day,
When maybe I can have him back in every way.

Maybe he'll crash through my walls again,
Maybe he'll say that he'll be there for me,
My whole worlds just like a chain,
He's got me in his clutches and I can't break free.

He said his arms would always hold me,
He said his lips were mine alone to kiss,
Now after all the things he told me,
I wish it wouldn't end like this.

He made me see how lovely life could be,
Maybe now I think that hope has really gone,
Here is the lonely me,
I wish I knew if I was wrong.

Maybe the heart that comes apart finally mends forever,
Even if him and I are not together.

rollin rollin rollin.. lets keep this contest rollin.. come on guys... these r great poems... LET C SOME MORE!!!

Ruthie xoxo

Welcome the Embrace

everyone needs a moment
to hide for self reflection
but dangers lurk for those
lingering long in retrospection

push apart the branches
yell “darkness go away”
for sunshine will still reach thru
the denseness of the trees

shake away the cobwebs
yell “spider spin elsewhere”
for dewdrops will still sparkle
on other coverings to unveil

kick hard at the stones
yell “move out of the way”
for rains will still wash over
turning pebbles into grains

new life is all around you
bursting forth on it’s own
magical moments will unfold
just turn unto it’s embrace

Note: It's so easy to get lost in your thoughts, to close yourself off from everyone. I too fight with this, yet I know there is light ... I just can't find the switch.

Black Light Glow
by Tony

Congruency has it's repercussion on my belated revelations
A night time narrative I have invariably been in love with
Penetrating blue fronting a pool of white
A flourishing infrastructure of momentum
Moving so brisk I'm rending this sensitive flesh
I'm perpetually responsive to the effect of the smooth contingency
I'll blow my vitals all over the room eventually
Disperse my words and phrases in a flurry of skin
Trying to remain embedded to the ground in this unstable scene
I hope you conceive that after you withdraw I'm shadowing you
Scrutinizing every last impression you leave on the surface
Each oscillation I freeze
Inspecting every twist and turn
I apprehend who you are my love
I'm expecting further advancement in these explorations
After the concluding sequence I await no explanations
(just novel situations)
Fired into the foreign atmosphere
This air is skintight in our semblance
Flares will merely breath at our heels
The ruminations in our heads aspire to ravish and decimate
But we've operated the schemed steps
Locked this deleterious thinking away
Smother the haunting key!
A heart can only converse through our lungs air
Consume us momentarily fire, we don't and won't perceive a thing
(it's not out yet)
Spill these watery corpses on the detrimental pesticides
(Don't let it get away with this!)
This is the first pedestal on the artery
An avenue to ever lasting time!
(murder!)
(murder!)
(murder!)
We are faultless homicides
Reaping these conceptions that hunt us
Slashing them down like inadequate crops
Suspended from wooden beams in our attic
For the greater solution, leave them to desiccate
They'll succumb to inevitability with the antiquity that skinned them alive
We can't succor it anymore
So be composed, get in, and don't worry my love
Don't deliver another distressed word
Sunlight is peeking aloft horizons shoulder
Crave cover my innocent lover
The daylight has naught yet commenced

THATS 15!!

THATS 15!!

Yup too late...

I read the first few poems and I might say they were beautiful, splendid job so far. I have got lots of home-work tonight so I will finish reading tomorrow morning. Until then,

West

wish me luck!

Ok, your poem can be in the contest daddysgirl008. After all its already posted here so why not judge it.

Now, to start reading.

West

Good luck everyone!!!!

The winners will be announced Monday!!!!

Good luck everyone,

West

And the winners are:

1st) Take A Minute...
by Dean Rands

2nd) Broken
by lisa

3rd) Nobody Knows
Kerri McKenzie

Congrats to all those that won and to all those that did not, thank you for playing.

I will start my commenting right now and will finish as fast as I can.

West

well, what can I say it's a big shock lol I have entered like a million conests and never won lol so i thought this might just be another one. Thankyou so much and iI want to say well done to everyone for entering - and if you really want to win a contest keep going and it will happen soon - trust me i know =)

Know That You Know Me

How well do you know me?
We met at... where'd you say?
At the party at Cody's?
Back a year and a day?

Let me tell you something,
Remember when I say,
Time defines nothing,
Nothing but age,

To determine the meaning,
Between you and I,
One must read deeper,
Between all of the lines,

You know that you know me,
When between us exists,
Worlds of major inquiries,
That don't leave our lips,

It's hard to fathom what's really there,
It's hard to depict which thought you meant,
But that's what happens when we share,
A common emotion, that can only be sensed,

It's merely a connection,
In a metaphysical sense,
Something that by intuition,
We tend to lean against,

What were you thinking,
What did you mean,
It was intensely misleading,
When you told me your dream,

Was that a message,
Was it a sign,
All of this tension,
Occures in my mind,

But what occures in yours,
Am I going insane,
Are we on different chords,
Or are we the same,

The day that you realize that you know me less,
An entirety more than when we first met,
Is the day that you know that you know me,
Is the day that you know that we're friends,