Published & Contest Winning Poems
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- Written by 1Rosetattoo
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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.
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- Written by NeilWilliam
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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 86th
or the Viand on Broadway
come the young ladies fresh from
their visit to the Met
or, if they dare, the Whitney
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- Written by Chris Edwards
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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.
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- Written by Darrell Lindsey
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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.
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- Written by anonymous contributors
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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
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