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April 2024 Contest Winners

Congratulations to our April 2024 contest winners!

Spring Fling  was won by Carrie with the poem Spring Fling

04/24 I Was An April Fool was won by Geezer with the poem Fooled Again...

04/24 Waiting In Line was won by  Mary Beth Magee  with the poem The Last Time

04/24 Are We There Yet?  Was won by Rula with the poem We're Almost There For It

04/24 My Favorite Cookie was won by Leslie with the poem After school treat!

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Backwards

By: Carrie

G
All the things that I wanna write
C
Have been written
G
All the songs that I wanna sing
D
Have been sung,
G
All the things that I wanna say
C
Have been said before
D A Em G
All the things that I wanna do have been done.

G
I wanna fly a kite
A
At night instead of day,
C
I wanna drive a big old truck
D
The opposite way
G
I wanna laugh when I’m sad,
C
And cry when I’m happy and gay
D A
I wanna do what no one’s done
G
Any other day.

G
I wanna wear all my clothes
A
Wear em all inside out,

C
I wanna be real quiet,
D
When everybody else wants to shout
G
I wanna see the stars
C
When everybody else sees the sun
D
I want my day to end
C G
When everybody else’s has begun.

C D
Wouldn’t it be weird, wouldn’t it be funny and strange
A
If everyone thought like this,
G
Slightly deranged.

 

 

Lost Love

By: Alex Tanner

Should I recall those blissful times
When we like climbing flowers entwined;
Our blossoms scented evenings air
As Love and Lust forsook our cares.

Your laugh was soft and gentle,
A butterflies wings in spring,
Dancing on the sunbeams
Enough to make me sing.

Eyes so bright they sparkled
Diamonds on moonlit snow;
Flashing hither and thither
To make my pulse race so.

We held each other gentle
Yet tight so not to break,
Though deep, our love could never last,
Different paths our lives would take.

For fleeting months we tarried,
Each time we met we knew
This may be the last time
For lovers hours are few.

If I love ten thousand women
Tis you I will recall;
You gave yourself so willing,
For your passion I did fall.

On black nights as the wind howls,
As I lie in a bed so cold,
Your soft voice echoes 'cross the years
To warm my lonely soul.

                                                                                                                                         

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 Whistle Stop Grove by Izzi Reinier

 

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Code Mode:

"My Word Is My Bond"
Not For Persons Who Abscond
But Those Honour Bound

Cool Water

COOL WATER
...
Sultry days of summer coming real soon
No breeze, still trees, parched throat needs
Cool water - still can't quench this thirst
Clothes dropped in stages, hastily peeled
Water can't cool this fire I feel
My soul is surely doomed to burn
Without the cool water of your touch
M E Wilson 04152009

Unconditional Love

Sometimes words of wisdom come too late.
Each one of us learns the secret of sharing,
with the patience given through trial and error,
honest and sincere efforts and caring,
open the doors to a deep and meaningful relationship.

Sacrifice of self and unconditional love
provides a basis for real love.
The depth of human love exceeds all emotions and
opens the door to personal growth.

Vital Values:

Fads and styles do trend
Fifteen Minutes Fame portend
Values last till End.

Memories my Life’s Memoirs........ since 2010 only

Memories my Life’s Memoirs

Memories are imprints
everlasting ones,
on footprints,
maybe
finger prints,
of time,

but all evade us
even does time,
but memories take
much longer

these none can erase,
it’s an inevitable phase,
today
becomes
a yesterday
and
tomorrow
we hope to play,
again as a today

then memories, more will form
friend how then
can one wash them away
can you, friend or anyone
that ever say

The quintessence of Autumn

Muddied rubber causes crisp shattered leaf spines;
as frigid air bites at exposed ears turned florid.
Whilst naked trees caress the air with animate arms,
relived of their conventional adornment of green.

Cameras capture the aesthetic of autumn weather,
as the scheming winds muss hair styles;
appropriating hats and summer in a bitter swipe,
but with more so mischief that malevolence.

Swear Wear and Tear

All words used to curse
Creating feelings adverse
Dump them in a hearse

Unity

What is the genius of human kind?
Is it the magic captured in the folds of the mind?

The unique capacity for original thought.
Endless constructs exist that challenge what we are taught.
Leaving us unsure grasping for clarity,
aware that we unsure of our reality.
Questioning the source of our mortality.

Drawing us in closer persistence and recognition
that we are linked by compassion and empathy.
Bound in spirit and love together.
Prepared to escape wherever we gather
one spirit, one power, one soul combined.

twirlers and twisters..... lovers

You twisted your desire
as now you could not her fire
as she had kids two
which you never knew
as you wanted her
only for you

but with kids
two or three
you would never have ever wanted
free
a virgin you were wanting
one
laughing all your while
you had your fun

son till she gave away
her secrets that day
blasted rain
why did it have to come
a divorced
as your share
blasphemy
where is your God
ask him

Intelligence Decimated

There are those who should refrain
after inheriting a brain
from their blind inane beliefs
of god, witchdoctors and spirit thieves
blinded by the tales
of a man held up by nails
their version of good and badness
evokes a sickening sadness

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