Published & Contest Winning Poems

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Written by: HaroHalola

Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems

Created: October 15, 2010, 7:14 am

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"1st Place Winner of the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period October-December, 2010. Read the full interview with Mr. Mantel here"--ed.

Read me
after
you
won't wanna Read
just anyone
&
the anyone
you Read
you'll get

Cacoethes Scribendi

Read more: - THE POET AS NARCISSIST? -

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Written by: Uniquely...Disfunctional

Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems

Created: October 2, 2010, 7:46 am

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"Runner-up in the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period October-December, 2010"-ed.

From the nipple to the cigarette

From the bottle to the beer

From the garbled bubbles of infant communication-

To the loud vulgar words that spew today.

I am what I am.

Read more: I am what I am

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Written by: Twizzler

Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems

Created: August 5, 2010, 4:34 pm

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I will not write you a love poem.

It is a tedious process

and not worth the time.

My time would be better spent

describing the beauty of rose petals

or recounting conversations over cigarettes.

I would rather walk through a park

feeling the snow crunch beneath my feet

watching children wage war

with weapons

Read more: A Generic Love Poem

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Written by: Tsnclr

Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems

Created: July 13, 2010, 7:41 am

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originally published 2010

Stubb Earle’s got his strawberries again in Eden so we packed the freezer full of the perfect fruit, each small ruby bursting its sparks of sugar tart sweet, crimson blood juices over hands and faces.

The baby is soaked in rosy dribbles and laughing for more with joyful shrieks of strawbabies.

Read more: The Lightning

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Written by: anonymous contributors

Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems

Created: June 20, 2010, 11:49 am

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originally published 2010

Public swim session at the community pool

Azure liquid thinned by pee and drool

Beckons a dinky passerby

Choked by grot collar

And ‘can I help you’ tie

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Written by: anthonyliccione

Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems

Created: May 11, 2010, 4:34 am

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originally published 2011

While yet married to a dish
the spoon ran off with the fork
to elope into a knife
cut-throat marriage-
going feeding porkishly
at Las Vegas buffets
and drinking glass
after glass martinis and wine-
gambling the night away.

Read more: Spoon and Fork