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Neopoet Weekly 03/17/24 to 03/23/24 Winner!

This week the Neopoem is

 

2:23am by zach

 

Congratulations to zach on such a fine poem.

Early Spring Image Prompt Contest Vote

Early Spring Image Contest Vote

 

Please read the two finalist poems below and click on the vote here link to vote on your favorite poem. Voting ends March 29th 2024.

 

 

The Visitor

By: Mary Beth Magee

You visit for a moment,

Accept a breath of hospitality,

Then dash away again.

You share your company briefly.

 

But in that time, oh,

The magic you bring.

From tiny eggs to instars

To gloriously patterned wing.

 

I watched you hatch and crawl,

Grow, shed and wriggle.

You change your dress. Your

New look makes me giggle.

 

You give me joy and delight

With your aerial ballet.

My royal friend, magician,

Harlequin at play,

 

Dear monarch, share your gift

Of grand, exuberant joy

With all. Give us eyes to

See, and feelings to employ.

 

You set an example

Of living in the moment.

Let us live so our days

Are likewise spent.

 

Dash on, my friend,

Your destiny calls.

Send your children my way

When the milkweed grows tall.

 

Spring Comes

By: Candlewitch

 

Fields of springy clover

beneath my barefoot toes,

dance-happy feet kick up

a delight everyone knows!

 

Green, green all around,

a heart full of joys untold

rolling over and over in

nature's paradise hold!

 

In gardens of my growing hopes

tulips, buttercups and crocus

flourish healthily blossoming,

as Spring comes into focus.

 

 

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Active workshops

Earn A Poem Workshop 2

Description:

1) For any member that leaves twelve or more meaningful comments a month,

You will be invited by the workshop department to this workshop.

You will also have the ability to post a second poem on top of the site policy for one poem a day. The way to do this is submit your first poem to the Earn A Poem Workshop and then you will have a remaining poem that you can  post to the stream.

Date: 
Thu, 11/16/2023 to Sun, 12/01/2024

Earn A Poem Workshop 1

Description:

This Workshop is closed to new particiipants and underway

 

1)  For Participating members only 

Participating members will still have the ability to post a second poem on top of the site policy for one poem a day. The way to do this is submit your first poem to the Earn A Poem Workshop and then you will have a remaining poem that you can  post to the stream.

In order to maintain active status in this workshop you need to continue providing twelve meaningful comments a month.

Date: 
Mon, 11/06/2023 to Fri, 11/01/2024

Most active poems

Miles of Blues...

He sings of phones and traveling,
a voice of loneliness and blues.
He sings and wishes desperately,
that he could be with you.

Those bars and stages all lit up,
still don't let you see,
the words he sings, in baritone,
he didn't get them free.

He's paid for each and every line,
with an aching, torn up heart.
He thought he wanted freedom,
he let his marriage fall apart.

Somewhere deep in Texas,
he let her get away.
She left without a word,
there was nothing more to say.

THE WALL

Last year I visited a hallowed place
I had been there twice before,
This place that reflects and honors;
A memorial no one should ignore.

Our nation's mall is the location
In the shadows of heroes past,
Tons of granite whisper quietly,
Our heroes names forever last.

Fifty eight thousand names are there
Etched for all the world to touch and see,
The names and dates of when they fell,
An epitaph of love, for all eternity.

Just What We Have

Sometimes we talk about death
and all it has taken away. Maybe we'll find religion,

or look deeper into philosophy, or a similar comfort
to help us manage our grief and concern.

For now, we'll settle for what we have
together, among the here and now.

And maybe, just maybe this
will help keep the unknown at bay.

Active contests

Neopoet Weekly 03/24/24 to 03/30/24

 

Date Due: March 30, 2024, at 12 Noon Eastern Time

 

 Contest Guidelines:  40 lines or less and written in any form of poetry, and one poem per member.

 

Prize: One month Premium, Recognition on your profile and published in our anthology.

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03/24 New Member Contest

Date Due:  January 31st Noon Eastern Time

 

Objective: Write your best fresh poem

 

Guidelines: For New Members only that have been on Neopoet for two months.

Any type of poetry that is 40 lines or less.

One poem per member.

 

Prize: One month Premium, Recognition on your profile and published in our anthology.

 

03/24 My Favorite Pet

Neopoet.com wants to challenge you to write poetry about this month's topic that is provided below.

 

Topic: My Favorite Pet

Deadline: March 31st 2024

Objective:  Write a poem about the topic above

Guidelines: The title is left to your creativity.

                      Poems may be any type but must be forty lines or less. One Poem per member

 Prizes: One month Premium, Recognition on your profile and published in our anthology.

 

03/24 Looking At The Stars

Neopoet.com wants to challenge you to write poetry about this month's topic that is provided below.

 

Topic: Looking at The Stars

Deadline: March 31st 2024

Objective:  Write a poem about the topic above

Guidelines: The title is left to your creativity.

                      Poems may be any type but must be forty or less. One poem per member

 Prizes: One month Premium, Recognition on your profile and published in our anthology.

 

03/24: What My Best Friend Gave Me

Neopoet.com wants to challenge you to write poetry about this month's topic that is provided below.

 

Topic: What My Best Friend Gave me

Deadline: March 31st 2024

Objective:  Write a poem about the topic above

Guidelines: The title is left to your creativity.

03/24 I Was Bullied

Neopoet.com wants to challenge you to write poetry about this month's topic that is provided below.

 

Topic: I was Bullied 

Deadline: March 31st 2024

Objective:  Write a poem about the topic above

Guidelines: The title is left to your creativity.

                      Poems may be any type but must be forty lines or less. One poem per member

 Prizes: One month Premium, Recognition on your profile and published in our anthology.

 

Mother Nature

Description: Write a poem as mother nature

 

One poem per member.

Written in freeform 

12 to 40 lines

 

 

Date Due: March 31,   2024

 

 

Prize: 25 Dollar Amazon Gift Card, three-month premium, Recognition on your profile and published in our anthology.

 

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