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Published & Contest Winning Poems

Madison Avenue

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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 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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The Foreman

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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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Imagine

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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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The Lake

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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

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Shut Up

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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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Trimester One

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Written by: Tsnclr
Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems
Created: July 30, 2011, 3:53 pm
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User Rating: 5 / 5

"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

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  1. Tillage
  2. Om Nama Shiva
  3. ER
  4. - THE POET AS NARCISSIST? -

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