List: Contest poems

These poems are those I wrote for a contest, or entered into a contest as a prewrite. Trophy winners in between...

• The Starhiker

  Live your life as if it were your last.
  See the future, but remember the past.

  10 lines, 49 comments, on May 20 5:59 AM 2005. In Dark, Hope
• In Loving Memory

  You left too soon.
  You made a mark...

  18 lines, 35 comments, on Aug 9 3:48 AM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Love
• Decree Nisi

  16 lines, 34 comments, on Aug 9 6:31 AM 2005. In Contemporary
• Our Love is Like a Madman

  Our love is like a madman on a roller coaster ride
  The ups and downs are killing our passions deep inside

  28 lines, 47 comments, on Aug 23 7:58 AM 2005. In Humor, Dark, Hope
• A Dream of Death

  He lies in his bed, and he's dreaming
  of unspoken beauty and death.

  23 lines, 100 comments, on Aug 29 4:53 AM 2005. In Fantasy, Love, Dark
• Machu Picchu

  Del lado de la montaña como escalera de dios
  (Lying on the mountainside like stairways of the gods)

  37 lines, 16 comments, on Sep 16 5:54 PM 2005. In Spiritual, Nature
• Sock Monkey (Vogon)

  Warning! Don't read this poem! It's dangerous for you!

  21 lines, 43 comments, on Sep 17 5:31 PM 2005. In Weird, Humor
• Melpomene (Acrostic)

  Melpomene, muse of tragedy,
  Everlasting friend of misery,

  14 lines, 27 comments, on Sep 21 6:16 AM 2005. In Fantasy, Spiritual, Nature
• For Laura

  I've just met you, and I read your poetry,
  but I read on your page of your tragedy.

  8 lines, 29 comments, on Sep 23 2:21 PM 2005. In Personal
• The Green Man's Door (Kyrielle)

  She has to rest her tender wings,
  weary now, she can't fly no more.

  18 lines, 27 comments, on Sep 26 8:39 AM 2005. In Fantasy, Spiritual, Nature
• Ctrl-Alt Del (Form Poetry)

  I am sad, tears come pouring,
  rivers run over my face.

  35 lines, 65 comments, on Sep 29 8:14 AM 2005. In Sad
• Monday's Macabre (Alliterative)

  Monday's macabre gloom hang over me, and it won't let me be.
  Tuesday's trouble all the day, and follows after me.

  11 lines, 26 comments, on Oct 3 10:04 AM 2005. In Weird, Other, Angst
• Stranger in the Mirror

  Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
  who's that face? I can't recall.

  20 lines, 60 comments, on Oct 3 4:16 PM 2005. In Humor
• Drivved ("Driftwood")

  Jeg har mine røtter langt opp i mot nord,
  der vintre er lange, og fjell møter fjord.

  29 lines, 26 comments, on Oct 4 3:13 AM 2005. In Personal, Nature
• Awaken, Dragon King! (Acrostic)

  Wake up and take to wing,
  Alarm, and warn your folk...

  23 lines, 47 comments, on Oct 11 5:50 AM 2005. In Fantasy, Personal, Spiritual
• You know you have found love (Monchielle)

  to Lencio and Ashley
  from Jim and Monica

  31 lines, 39 comments, on Oct 12 4:00 PM 2005. In Personal, Love, Collaboration
• A Hell of a Dream

  I had a dream the other night,
  I saw myself, an empty shell.

  23 lines, 36 comments, on Oct 14 8:23 AM 2005. In Fantasy, Dark, Angst
• Sophia Lea (Acrostic)

  Sadness fills my heart tonight,
  Of tragedy I've learned.

  9 lines, 43 comments, on Oct 16 1:39 PM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Love
• Storic (Limerick)

  I know a great poet named Storic,
  who is not just old, she's historic...

  9 lines, 36 comments, on Oct 18 4:05 AM 2005. In Humor
• Wolf Hunt Prey (Acrostic)

  Where snowflakes fell deep as it could,
  On silver moon shadows he stood.

  18 lines, 35 comments, on Oct 19 2:48 PM 2005. In Nature
• Monica and Jim (Acrostic)

  Many said it would not last,
  Over five years now have passed.

  20 lines, 43 comments, on Oct 24 3:41 AM 2005. In Love
• Medieval Halloween (Monchielle)

  All hallows eve is nigh,
  a night of ghoul and ghost...

  27 lines, 49 comments, on Oct 31 4:49 AM 2005. In Fantasy, Spiritual, Dark
• Starhiker

  Starhiker is my AP-name,
  you wonder whence it really came?

  16 lines, 42 comments, on Nov 1 8:18 AM 2005. In Humor
• John Pike (Acrostic)

  John Pike is a name by which I am known,
  Or many will know him, he is my clone.

  13 lines, 21 comments, on Nov 3 7:06 AM 2005. In Fantasy, Weird, Humor
• To My Son (Acrostic)

  Often I think of you,
  Laughing the way you do.

  15 lines, 33 comments, on Nov 3 2:03 PM 2005. In Personal, Love, Childrens
• Funeral (Acrostic)

  Sad, sad eyes filled with tears
  Over grandma, full of years...

  16 lines, 36 comments, on Nov 11 8:48 AM 2005. In Sad, Humor, Dark
• Snow

  To see the snow fall down on me,
  it lands so soft upon my hands.

  22 lines, 21 comments, on Nov 17 3:13 AM 2005. In Nature
• A Hunny, Funny, Sunny Day (Kyrielle)

  To Joyce, my friend, my sister halve,
  this kyrielle I send your way...

  18 lines, 28 comments, on Nov 17 2:09 PM 2005. In Personal, Humor
• My Friend (Monchielle)

  "Don't abuse your friends and expect them
  to consider it criticism." - Edgar W. Howe

  25 lines, 73 comments, on Dec 13 4:36 PM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Abuse
• Let Us Prey (Audrielle)

  Come in, and see that we will win
  your heart, it beat so sweet apart.

  24 lines, 36 comments, on Dec 18 4:49 PM 2005. In Fantasy, Erotica, Dark
• A Sunny Day (Ghazal)

  Your friendship shines a sunny day,
  your smile define a sunny day.

  18 lines, 46 comments, on Dec 22 8:55 AM 2005. In Personal, Humor
• On My Grave (Triolet)

  I have been thinking for a while
  on words to form my epitaph.

  12 lines, 32 comments, on Dec 30 5:35 AM 2005. In Sad
• You're Not There (Double Triolet)

  I wake to find that you're not there,
  the bed is cold, and you are gone.

  22 lines, 28 comments, on Jan 1 5:59 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal, Hope
• Beautiful Angel (Fibonacci)

  You know, you are beautiful in my eyes,
  you are an angel sent down from heaven...

  11 lines, 46 comments, on Jan 2 5:23 AM 2006. In Love
• Not Again!

  Breathing heavy, heartbeat pounding,
  looking nervous, strange surrounding...

  18 lines, 60 comments, on Jan 14 10:34 PM 2006. In Fantasy, Weird, Dark
• Phoenix Rising (Monchielle)

  Like a phoenix rising,
  climbing to the heavens...

  28 lines, 50 comments, on Jan 24 6:52 AM 2006. In Fantasy, Legend, Myth
• Monica (Acrostic Monorhyme)

  My love for you is endless,
  of this I'm glad to confess.

  18 lines, 41 comments, on Feb 14 4:49 AM 2006. In Love
• Alliterisen Alphabet

  Acidic Apples and Brown Barnacles,
  Crunchy Candy bar and Devious Damodar...

  21 lines, 60 comments, on Feb 16 5:27 PM 2006. In Collaboration
• My Sweet Bunny (Adult)

  Adult poem. I love double meaning... ;)
  Now with AUDIO! Click title under image.

  18 lines, 90 comments, on Feb 24 6:49 AM 2006. In Fantasy, Erotica, Adult humor
• Chicken Poultry (Audio)

  I look upon the silly duck,
  I kick the ground, I eat, and cluck...

  27 lines, 98 comments, on Feb 28 6:57 AM 2006. In Weird, Nature, Humor
• 1 message received

  Missing you a lot, sweetheart.
  Is it much more work, my dear?

  20 lines, 43 comments, on Mar 1 5:54 PM 2006. In Personal, Love, Contemporary
• Will You Forgive? (Monchielle)

  Will you forgive my words?
  Like daggers they have rent.

  27 lines, 67 comments, on May 5 12:26 PM 2006. In Sad, Love, Dark
• Sleeping Muse (Fibonacci)

  The muse slumbers,
  q u i e s c e n t...

  12 lines, 154 comments, on Aug 1 10:43 AM 2006. In Fantasy, Spiritual, Nature
• Fall (Diamante)

  A little diamante about the autumn...

  11 lines, 27 comments, on Sep 6 5:54 PM 2006. In Nature
• Starhiking Jee-Men

  The great prophet has returned...
  Holy Zarquon's singing fish!

  16 lines, 29 comments, on Nov 30 2:25 PM 2006. In Weird, Humor, Silly
• Dark Wisdom

  One-liner for contest.

  5 lines, 12 comments, on Dec 29 11:04 AM 2006. In Dark, Thoughts, Wisdom
• Why, Lord? (Monchielle)

  In memory of Timothy A. Johnson
  Sep. 15th, 1965 - Dec. 28th, 2006

  28 lines, 46 comments, on Jan 3 5:57 PM 2007. In Sad, Personal, Spiritual, Religious
• Leonids in a Misty Lake (Kyrielle)

  The beauty of a tranquil night,
  a dream that will keep you awake.

  16 lines, 26 comments, on Jan 10 3:25 PM 2007. In Nature
• Who? (Monorhyme)

  A little valentine's day humor,
  hope you like to smile...

  6 lines, 47 comments, on Feb 14 3:46 PM 2007. In Love, Humor, Valentine
• Mirror Images (Fibonacci Palindrome)

  Visualization requires self-deception,
  self-deception requires visualization.

  17 lines, 74 comments, on Nov 28 11:32 AM 2007. In Thoughts, Self, Contest
• Bear With Me (Arkquain String)

  I will get the hang of it,
  one more try and it will sit.

  41 lines, 39 comments, on Nov 29 9:01 PM 2007. In Poetry, Thoughts, Contest
• Ommmm...

  They say the planets will align,
  the sway on Earth all but benign...

  26 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 27 11:21 AM. In Contest, Contemporary, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Afterglow (Monchielle, Adult)

  22 lines, 15 comments, on Aug 31 5:45 PM. In Adult, Erotica, Love, Personal, Contest
• The Beggar

  I rummage through the garbage bins
  each day to look for food.

  26 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 2 2:58 PM. In Society, Sad, Dark, Life, Contest
• Rusty Jazz (freeform)

  Like a faded note on a window sill,
  smelling of apple and daisy.

  10 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 2 6:09 PM. In Contemporary, Jazz, Lyrics, Personal, Thoughts, Contest
• Too Late (Monchielle)

  Too late to say goodbye,
  farewell, or see you soon.

  25 lines, on Sep 3 6:20 AM. In Sad, Pain, Dark, Death, Personal, Contest

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