Published & Contest Winning Poems

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Written by: Gigisnowhite

Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems

Created: November 16, 2013, 5:00 pm

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"Winner of the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period Oct 31-Dec. 31, 2013. See commentary below."--ed.

Tweedle Dee Dee and Tweedle Dee Dum
One could sing, the other hum
One was smart and one was dumb
One was free and one was numb

Read more: In a Hum~

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Written by: 1Rosetattoo

Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems

Created: September 30, 2012, 11:50 pm

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"Runner-up in the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period July 1-Sept. 30, 2012."--ed.

She will miss the kiss.

It lingers on and she tastes him.

Something that she never experiences

and longs for,

her brief emancipation.

He tosses her like a rag doll,

entwined, she is trembling,

he breaks her in two,

that last kiss, now lips closed tightly,

out the door.

Read more: Don't Hold Your Breath SLUT (Explicit)

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Written by: NeilWilliam

Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems

Created: July 31, 2012, 9:29 pm

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"1st Place Winner of the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period July 1-Sept. 30, 2012."--ed.

At the Viand Coffee Shop...

on Madison Avenue

          which must not be confused

          with the Viand on East 86^th

          or the Viand on Broadway

come the young ladies fresh from

their visit to the Met

or, if they dare, the Whitney

Read more: Madison Avenue

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Written by: Chris Edwards

Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems

Created: February 3, 2012, 11:00 pm

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"1st Place Winner of the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period January 1-March 31, 2012."--ed.

Wilson drives the day labor
with coded directives of the same hand
he uses to correct the horses
with help from a two-by-four.

Those of us who understand him:
a sun-bitten fourth generation West Texan,
continue to craft tax shelters
for the man in the sprawling spread
up from the valley, down from the hill.

Read more: The Foreman

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Written by: Darrell Lindsey

Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems

Created: November 8, 2011, 12:51 am

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"Runner-Up of the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period October-December, 2011."--ed.

Beatles' records played backwards

in a shack by the river.

Hieroglyphics found on a barroom wall

next to that poster of Farrah.

Read more: Imagine

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Written by: anonymous contributors

Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems

Created: October 22, 2011, 2:44 pm

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originally published 2010

Escaping to the nearby lake the lovers drove their cars

Through winding road to waters edge they broke the

Mid week silence with vigorous impatient slams of

Their respective car doors stepping quickly to the

Days first embrace like summer campers on break

Read more: The Lake

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Written by: anonymous contributors

Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems

Created: October 22, 2011, 2:39 pm

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originally published 2010

The angst of the well fed falls

deafly upon my ears

The whines of the dreary privileged

Are like fingernails

On chalkboard

To me

Read more: Shut Up

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Written by: Tsnclr

Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems

Created: July 30, 2011, 3:53 pm

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"1st Place Winner of the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period October-December, 2011."--ed.

It starts in the brain.

Lingering fogs of morning hanging grey as the sun tries desperate to burn through with a moment of clear thought.

The milk still on the counter sweating sodden pools down to the floor.

A light is on in the room long empty.

Still the haze settles in the lowlands of the mind.

There are no words because there cannot be any.

There is no I for there is only dualities joining inside.

Read more: Trimester One