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Neopoet Weekly 05/05/24 to 05/11/24 Winner!

Submitted by neopoet contests on Sat, 2024-05-11 22:23

This week the Neopoem is

Ways of loving by  Terumi Sakurai

Let us congratulate Terumi Sakurai on their first win as a neopoet member.

About Contests

Submitted by Apostolos "Paul... on Wed, 2024-05-08 23:18

There have been some changes to the about contest page
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Poetry Month 2024 Imagine Winner!

Submitted by neopoet contests on Sun, 2024-05-05 20:27

The winning poem of the

Poetry Month 2024 Imagine is

 Backwards by  Carrie

Congratulations to Carrie on such a unique poem.

 

Neopoet Weekly Contest 04/28/24 to 05/04/24 Winner!

Submitted by neopoet contests on Sat, 2024-05-04 13:54

This week the Neopoem is

 

  My Heart, My Heaven by Izzi Reinier

 

Let us congratulate Izzi Reinier on another contest win as a neopoet member.

April 2024 Contest Winners

Submitted by neopoet contests on Tue, 2024-04-30 20:38

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!

4 May Neopoet Weekly Contest 04/28/24 to 05/04/24 Winner!
30 April April 2024 Contest Winners
30 April May 2024 Contests
27 April Neopoet Weekly Contest 04/21/24 to 04/27/24 Contest Winner!
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Yellow butterflies

Submitted by Barbara Writes on Sat, 2017-09-02 14:01

I keep seeing yellow butterflies;
They flutter by in my back yard;
In uncut grasses,
They flutter by.

I'm drawn to yellow butterflies,
Fluttering in my backyard;
They appear out of nowhere,
They flutter by.

I've seen feathers when I nature walk;
I took one and kept it;
I didn't know why,
I took it home with me.

I've felt soft touches on my shoulder;
I've see shadows in corner of my eye;
I've heard taps, knocks and soft voices;
I have no fear.

Queen

Submitted by sewie smalls on Sat, 2017-09-02 13:20

Soft and petite
U would mistake her for weak
She is half woman half god
Dutifully wearing her crown, king
When life visits her in form of red fluid and pain
She knows even in that there is life to gain
A home,queen,girl she is all of these
If somehow u forgot that, remember this

Life

Submitted by top.ksgnr on Fri, 2017-09-01 12:23

Life

Life is good.
It is all a perspective,
The world is full of people who want to hurt you.
But it's also full of people who want to love you.
The world is full of drugs.
But it's also full of marvelous works of art thanks to those drugs.
The world is filled with shitty ass movies like The Happening.
But it's also filled with tremendous movies like Fight Club.

The Way Fall Came

Submitted by Basya on Fri, 2017-09-01 08:43

First the wind of Fall was soft
Not strong at all, but just enough
To tell the birds to go

It trickled in like coming rain
Did not suffice to drink the plants
But just enough to sow

First the wind of Fall was soft
Yet soon it was a whole new gust
That rustled every bough

First the wind of Fall was soft
And though it was the way it came
The Fall is Winter now...

Driving in daylight

Submitted by vandiemenspeak on Fri, 2017-09-01 02:07

I can't recall how long it is
Since I drove home amongst the light
Plucked out like candyfloss, crimson
Golden stacked up height
The sun breached full the place
known only by its dark left look,
And broke among the parting clouds
Like crowds do for a tender flock,
And ignited the strands of vapour
That wait for its grand encore daily

Senyru Life

Submitted by Barbara Writes on Thu, 2017-08-31 17:33

It's been a long road
Wrangling earth challenges
Time to spread my wings. (Barbara)

To wander in places new,
I will keep looking for you. (Ian)

Angels everywhere
Guard my path of consciousness
A more perfect earth (Barbara)

and in your light, I am me
let my heart and soul be free (Dooreen)

There in a moment
Entangled, yet both are free
You, you, and me, me. (Ian)

Upanishads Revisited

Submitted by jane210660 on Thu, 2017-08-31 12:52

Karma, she kept repeating it like a mantra.
Karma, as she scooped her children out of the car.
Karma, as she stuck a gifted parking ticket on the dash.
K a r m a as she pressed her face against my window
and hissed the word at eye level.
I looked at her pale, slightly pock marked face,
her features seeping into my skin through the glass,
tainting me with her conviction.
Pinned to my seat by the weight of her surety
her malevolence snarls and glares.
The bubbling cauldron within
finally propels her away,

Breathless (senryu)

Submitted by Dooreen Cash on Thu, 2017-08-31 04:26

...drowning in deep love
breathless anticipation
suspended in hope.

Matrimony

Submitted by AMOGELANG MOKOBANE on Wed, 2017-08-30 21:06

Plans for a better marriage
Imagine having a miscarriage

This is hard I have you my life
You failed to be a wife
I never wanted you to be one
You just stabbed us with a knife
I made arrangements
All the arguments .....
They were to build us
You stole that away from me
All I got now it just memories
I... I... I can't even tell stories

You and the night

Submitted by sewie smalls on Wed, 2017-08-30 19:34

There's something about the night
it brings darkness that allows you see
silence that helps you hear

There's something about the night
that sets you on a high
you can almost touch the sky

There's something about the night
that shields
no insecurities, no fears, no rules.

Just you and the night.

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