Sarah's first contest

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Ok so this is my first contest and didnt know what to do it about, so yeah. You have 3 choices, it can be about either an embarassing moment, something you regret doing or a treasured memory. Any kind of poem is fine as long as it involves one of those topics. Titles can be used as many times as needed.
I will close it on the 30th of october.

RULES-
New or old
No cursing
12 lines or more

First place- 10 comments
Second place- 5 comments
Third place- 3 comments
1 comment for everyone else

Ok Have fun!

This is a Treasured Memory one

Why did my daddy go away, he shouldn't have had to.
He told me he'd return again, he told me in a year or so.
my mommy tells me he went to fight, but i said daddy's too good to fight.
She said in a place called Iraq, he may have to fight in daytime and night.

I kept watching the news,and Iraq was there a lot.
How could my daddy be fighting in a TV I asked.
Mommy said that daddy, was the man in green.
so i kept searching for him, looking on the screen.

one day at a friends house, his mom was looking at the TV.
she said it was a movie of war, and that i couldn't see.
but when i walked away, i saw a man in green.
i yelled that's my daddy, that's my daddy, but he suddenly got blown to smithereens.

i screamed with all my might, and i started to cry.
my daddy's dead, my dadddy's dead, but please tell me why.
why was he in a place like that, where he could be in harm's way
he said that he'd come back for me, he'd said he'd come another day.

i kept on crying and my friends mom took me to my house.
i kept ignoring all her words, and i was now as quiet as a mouse.
we walked up to my front door, and past the cans of tin.
and then inside my father was waiting. i ran and hugged him, now we're a family again.

I want to enter! Lol, I will figure one out and I will submit it when I get home from school =]

-Jenna.

-The Stars Had Names.-

It was a mid-summer night just you and I
Moon shining bright in the sailor sky
Counting off stars, my head on your chest
My fast beating heart, pounding beneath my breast.

Your fingers entwined in mine, holding your body up to me
The love between us was blind for all to see
Your kiss a tender invitation for my delight
As our lips lightly collided under the stars that night.

A moments bliss, traded for eternity in my heart
The night was still young, with such a perfect start
Your warm breath dampening upon my skin
My forehead was where you carefully placed your chin.

The stars had names, from that day on
And something so perfect, could never go wrong
The one thing I would never forget, if there was ever
Would be when you held me tight, and talked about forever.

© Jenna Elphick
September 1, 2006.

It is an older one of mine. It is the first one I found, I'm hoping it goes for the second choice, if not, let me know and I will take it out.

-Jenna.

Secrets Revealed [My most embarrassing moment]

A few months before, this one christmas day,
me and my [ex] hubby decided to play.
We got out the camcorder and pressed record,
then in the cupboard, our explicit tape was stored.

Christmas day came, to my inlaws we went,
recording the family, and how our day was spent.
We didn't have a new tape, so taped over 'our' night,
He rewound it a little, and everything looked alright.

So we all sat down in the evening to see,
what joys had been recorded, with his family.
Much to my horror, the first few minutes were old,
and in front of his whole family, our secret was showed.

I'm totally understating, when I say that I went red,
it felt like every ounce of blood in me, rushed to my head.
I'm easily embarrassed anyway, but never, no way near,
the way I felt that christmas, I wanted to forever disappear.

[I can't believe I am posting this poem on here.. It's been about 9 years now and it still embarrasses me thinking about it]

Yes they are all fine, good poems so far. Keep them coming!

I've Woken To Find Myself In The Shadows Of The Past
by ×ciaO bEllA×

I've woken to find my self in the shadows of the past
Hardly realizing that this, somehow, won't last

So I make the best of it, and try to find you
I try to go back to the times before we were through

I flash through the memories and remember them all
Everything up to the moment that I would fall

But I don't dwell there, instead at the happier times
I remember the moment that you were finally mine

How happy a day, the memories come in clear
Those were the times I had nothing to fear

Then that fateful December day, the day we kissed
How I would never forget this

Then the times I swore not to relive
I couldn't do it, I just couldn't give

So I went back to the happy ones of you
I walked through them, one by one, my smile grew

I remember the way your cologne would smell when we would hug
I remember the way I would teasingly, be a big bug

I remember the way I would help you with your work
I didn't think it was much of a job, more like a perk

I look back on the days we would spend together
I can't believe that this is not forever

You told me something so long ago
I promised to treasure our love and let it grow

Distance makes the heart grow fonder
But to you, my mind will wander

No one can replace the way you could make me feel
That's a feeling that just has to be real

After some troubled times, you came back to me
But things were different, we were no longer a we

I hurt you bad and you hurt me too
But look at us now, we made it through

So when you come back to me sometime soon
I promise to celebrate your day in June

So as I lay down to sleep to come back home
I pray to God that you won't be alone

Just whisper my name and you know I'll hear
And just pretend that I'm somewhere near

So I waken from this vivid dream to see you standing here
I swear to God I thought you would never come back near

So as I embrace you, the memories join
Our souls and hearts finally rejoin

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it's about a memory that was brought back up and turns out to come true...

if it doesnt' work, just let me know! =]

This is more of a story i tried to put into a poem so i don't know if it will work. but here it is. has to do with regret.

A Fateful Mistake

A long time ago
A girl liked me
She had like me for a long time
I was unaware of that

I considered if I liked her or not
I didn't think I did
So I thought nothing of it

Later on, we started hanging out more with friends
Then one night we went to her house
Her sister was there with my friend,
Her new boyfriend

We started to watch a movie
A great movie I might add
And the girl and I held one another
That's what i would call it anyways
I then realized that I had deep feelings for her
I have never felt this way before

I wanted her so bad that night
I almost told her, but hesitated
And I didn't

I left her house that night
Feeling so stupid for not telling her
A few days later I asked someone else
She said yes

We broke up and I realized that I would of rather had her
To this day, I regret not telling her how I felt

Anymore?

Good poem!

Keep them coming

"Farewell, my friend..." by dhaval [treasured memory]

Can you hear the song playing?
Or see the people dance
I cannot; I`ve heard about it
For I am tranquil in this glance

I`ve dreamt about this moment
For weeks I have contemplated
Now this daydream has come true
Fed by prayer for a blessed fate

Nothing seems amiss anymore
It doesn`t hurt to look in your eyes
No more do I feel the old searing pain
Now swept away by mutual smiles

But I must hurry, time is alive
Someone clicks a precious picture
I smile a smile, but wrought in plastic
As I understand this fleeting rapture

I can now truly comprehend
What this meeting really implies
Sedating hope can now weaken
As its time to say our goodbyes

Miracles are as blue as the moon
I have now learnt from sad encounters
Vain nights I have spent wishing
On shooting stars fading in zephyrs

No more does magic have my faith
For again and again, it breaks me
I know this goodbye must be forever
Though I can`t get why it must be

Memories of old make me cry now
For my heart has finally understood
Minutes gone do not tread again
On the roads they blessed with mirth and good

Yet why must I be so sad now
I`ll save that for when we`re done
You`re here with me, I in your memory
The sun has shone, our hay has spun

So photograph our tears and laughs
Once done, carry them to me
I`ll hang them on my befuddled heart
And framed in love, that smile shall be

Immortal in my memory...
Immortal in my memory...

Good poem! They are all wonderful!
Keep them up

Passing Time (regret)

I wish I hadn't fallen for you
'Cause I'm not ready for it all
Neither are you and we know it
So we're up against the wall

We act like neither one cares
But deep down we both do
Still time has to pass a while
Till there's a me and you

If from the start I'd told my heart
To just listen to my mind
I wouldn't know how I feel
And I'm sure I would be fine

But my heart became the boss
And it's not liking demotion
Now it's in it's rightful place
But I still have the emotion

So I guess my biggest regret
Is falling for you too fast
I've liked you so long now
And still so much time must pass

By: Jpoet

All poems are wonderful!
Only a few days left!

ONE MORE DAY LEFT! C'mon people!

Im Sorry (Regrets)
by ღ»Lσιѕ«ღ

Why did I do this to you?
Why did I find somebody new?
You were only gone for a week
It started out as just a kiss on the cheek

It grew from there to something more
Now I feel like such a whore
I cheated on you with my ex
It never went as far as sex

I called to tell you what I had done
I told you that I just wanted to have some fun
You told me that later we would talk
Right now you just needed to take a walk

You called me the next day
And told me that you just couldnt stay
That if I would do that to you
Then I must not really be true

Now im left home crying
I feel like apart of me is dying
Im sorry for what I did
But hey Im just a kid

I wrote this to tell you that Im still in love
And that I will always be there when push comes to shove
So here Im telling you that Im sorry once more
Please forgive me I want it to be like before!

Treasure

Tears stream down my cheek
I watch you fly away
To a kingdom unknown
A paradise of better days

A place of love is your stay
Emotions haunt nevermore
Sin is not a fear here
Surroundings so pure

Lies are no longer an issue
The truth is what you find
No more rage and hatred
Peace too complicated for the human mind

So comforting for me now
The memories we shared
Close to my heart they stay
Forget them I wouldn't dare

To the end of my days
I'll mourn you forever
You were my only love
My only true treasure

EDIT: Treasured memory. sorry ^^

This would be for a treasured memory =)

I wasn't even his

The scenery was so perfect
A blistery but peaceful night
He took me in his arms, we cuddled,
But I wasn't even his.

He whispered sweet words.
I felt destined to his beauty and fate
I saw desire when he looked into my eyes
My heart went thump, and fell.

I stumbled over and he caught me
He already had my heart, my soul
Oh! what a thief. Didn't I know he would be?
And I wasn't even his.

How insanely rude, I thought.
He gently touched my cheeks, smiling
But I felt as if a feather rubbed down my spine
I was shaking. I felt loved.

In response I tried to say something.
I couldn't.
"Love isn't for me" I wanted to scream
Instead, he kissed me.

The world spun and fell apart,
Then there was only us.
The Earth stood whole for two.
I was dizzy. I felt sick.

He pulled away and smiled
How I let him take full control, I don't know
But the butterflies distracted me,
And I wasn't even his.

Lol, its quite an old one and is for a treasured memory =P

Cinnamon Kiss
by мιѕѕ.нυggαвℓє ♥

Laying peacefully in a bed of flowers
I cannot tear my eyes away
From the angel that rests close to me
Holding my delicate gaze all day..

The sweet aroma of honey
Floats through the air
I stare into her sea blue eyes
And run my fingers through her golden hair..

The warm rays of the sun
Flow slowly over me
My body starting to feel tingly
And the will to feel overtaking the will to see..

Gently I put a finger to her moist lips
She slowly lifts her glossy eyes
And as her ruby lips caress mine
The knot of love between us ties..

This supple feeling, this exotic taste, this magical moment
Is one I will never forget and will eternally miss
Lying curled up in the blossoms with an angel
We shared a cinnamon kiss..

[Written in a guys perspective.. lol]

This was a tough decision.

Here are the winners:
First place- dhaval
Second place- Oscar
Third place- ×ciaO bEllA×

yay 3rd thanks!!
One Day...
Blackened Red Rose
Love Me For Me either 1 or 2

Good job winners! =]

-Jenna.

Well done everyone!
I might take awhile with the comments. But I will get them done!

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