List: Contest poems

Poems entered into contests; some are specifically inspired by the contest prompts.

• Thirteen in Three Parts

  26 lines, 17 comments, on Aug 31 11:39 PM. In Personal, Spiritual, Life, Love, Sorrow, Inspiration, Dedication, Contest
• "The Subject Was Roses"

  43 lines, 55 comments, on Jul 28 12:04 PM 2005. In Weird, Nature, Hope
• Arise & Sing

  64 lines, 49 comments, on Sep 6 11:25 AM. In Inspiration, Personal, Dedication, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual
• Arc

  72 lines, 14 comments, on Sep 7 4:37 PM. In Personal, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Dedication, Inspiration, Sorrow, Hope
• For Love Alone

  Gently, I held your hand ~a tenuous anchor to this World,

  32 lines, 27 comments, on Mar 11 11:58 AM 2006. In Sad, Personal, Love
• Slow Dancing With Neruda (lengthy)

  134 lines, 189 comments, on Jul 26 4:21 PM 2006. In Personal, Love, Hope
• Among the Trees I Linger Long

  86 lines, 59 comments, on Aug 15 4:58 PM 2006. In Personal, Spiritual, Hope
• Trembling at Your Touch

  70 lines, 39 comments, on Dec 5 9:44 PM 2006. In Hope, Love, Personal, Nature, Spiritual
• Beyond

  37 lines, 13 comments, on Dec 7 11:17 PM 2006. In Love, Personal, Hope, Nature, Spiritual
• December is Here

  43 lines, 14 comments, on Dec 8 10:46 PM 2006. In Hope, Love, Personal, Spiritual, Nature
• Winter's Wonder

  16 lines, 14 comments, on Dec 9 1:31 PM 2006. In Nature, Hope, Spiritual, Love, Personal
• The Yearning

  21 lines, 20 comments, on Dec 10 11:33 PM 2006. In Love, Personal
• Tyranny

  33 lines, 12 comments, on Jan 8 6:15 PM 2007. In Sad, Personal, Dark, Angst, Hope
• Ambiguous Amalgamation of Alliteration

  51 lines, 13 comments, on Feb 4 11:47 PM 2007. In Personal, Sad, Spiritual, Nature, Grief, Weird, Life, Hope
• For My Beloved Sister, Nicolette

  50 lines, 25 comments, on Feb 23 6:53 PM. In Dedication, Personal, Friendship, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Hope
• Yearn for the Journey

  51 lines, 13 comments, on Apr 13 8:55 PM. In Personal, Passion, Inspiration, Love, Life, Hope, Nature, Spiritual
• Cereus

  37 lines, 30 comments, on Apr 15 6:14 PM. In Personal, Passion, Inspiration, Nature, Spiritual, Love, Life, Sorrow, Hope
• A Rhyme for Only You

  38 lines, 14 comments, on Apr 19 2:59 PM. In Passion, Personal, Dedication, Love, Life, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration
• Slowly Rising

  54 lines, 15 comments, on Apr 27 12:14 PM. In Personal, Passion, Sorrow, Hope, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration
• Reply

  26 lines, 24 comments, on May 22 10:21 PM. In Personal, Passion, Love, Life, Hope, Dedication, Nature, Spiritual
• Borrowed Time

  19 lines, 13 comments, on Jun 28 11:23 PM. In Personal, Passion, Nature, Spiritual, Love, Life, Hope, Tenderness, Inspired
• Kindred: for Carol D & Carol K

  38 lines, 15 comments, on Aug 6 9:02 PM. In Personal, Dedication, Inspiration, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Hope
• Flowers for the Dance (Emily Reminisces)

  49 lines, 31 comments, on Aug 15 11:34 PM. In Personal, Contemporary, Hope, Sorrow, Life, Love, Dedication
• As Wild Wings Quietly Rustled

  86 lines, 22 comments, on Aug 17 3:31 PM. In Personal, Life, Love, Sorrow, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration, Dedication
• The Void Beneath the Veil

  70 lines, 21 comments, on Aug 23 6:51 PM. In Sorrow, Personal, Love, Life, Nature. Spiritual, Dedication, Inspiration
• Wrapped in Wild Linen

  64 lines, 22 comments, on Aug 24 12:11 PM. In Personal, Passion, Inspiration, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Dedication
• Ravenous Beauty

  28 lines, 21 comments, on Aug 25 12:36 PM. In Personal, Inspiration, Love, Life, Hope, Nature, Spiritual
• Legend of the Lotus

  74 lines, 16 comments, on Aug 30 7:08 PM. In Inspired, Nature, Spiritual, Love, Life, Hope, Personal, Dedication
• "Utopian Appetite"

  96 lines, 17 comments, on Sep 1 8:22 PM. In Personal, Life, Nature, Thoughts
• Feline Frailty

  66 lines, 12 comments, on Sep 2 10:25 PM. In Sorrow
• an excerpt from: Short Story (a poem) (re~posted)

  32 lines, 123 comments, on Dec 5 1:19 PM 2004. In Hope
• "Hear the Stars? They Whisper Hope"

  55 lines, 91 comments, on May 13 9:34 AM 2005. In Nature, Love, Hope
• Jazzed

  66 lines, 99 comments, on May 14 1:39 AM 2006. In Society, Hope, Contemporary
• Soulsongs (replies to kaibab) (lengthy)

  
  

  426 lines, 32 comments, on May 20 6:02 PM 2006. In Spiritual, Nature, Hope
• The Echo of What Remains

  51 lines, 66 comments, on Feb 16 9:41 PM 2007. In Personal, Sad, Spiritual, Nature, Love, Life, Hope
• Adagio

  38 lines, 18 comments, on Mar 24 11:28 PM 2007. In Personal, Philosophical, Spiritual, Nature
• He Will Know

  48 lines, 13 comments, on Apr 21 10:35 AM 2007. In Personal, Love, Hope, Spiritual, Nature, Life, Grief
• For Carol ~ shewolfnative

  35 lines, 27 comments, on Oct 3 10:35 PM 2007. In Personal, Nature, Spiritual, Love, Life, Sorrow, Faith, Hope
• Three Psalms of Passion

  78 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 12 10:05 PM. In Personal, Dedication, Passion, Hope, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual
• Gifting Oneself (first posting, June 16, 2004)

  31 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 30 9:16 PM. In Personal, Dedication, Friendship, Inspiration
• Immersed in Intrigue

  56 lines, 17 comments, on Sep 13 4:11 PM. In Personal, Love, Life, Dedication, Inspiration, Nature, Spiritual. Passion
• Just a Moment ~ for Al

  66 lines, 29 comments, on Sep 13 8:26 PM. In Dedication, Personal, Inspiration, Life, Love, Nature, Spiritual, Hope, Contest
• A Journey Towards Grace

  42 lines, 16 comments, on Sep 14 5:39 PM. In Nature, Love, Life, Spiritual, Hope, Sorrow, Inspiration, Dedication, Contest
• Hue

  60 lines, 14 comments, on Sep 19 9:59 PM. In Passion, Life, Love, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration, Dedication, Contest
• A Moment Described: What Happens Between Tick and Tock

  35 lines, 13 comments, on Sep 20 8:50 PM. In Contest, Inspiration, Dedication, Love, Life, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Passion
• Defining Poetry

  36 lines, 145 comments, on May 26 9:35 PM 2006. In Spiritual, Nature, Hope
• Such Clarity

  55 lines, 28 comments, on Dec 2 8:23 PM 2006. In Hope, Love, Personal, Spiritual, Nature, Faith
• Words Without Finality

  71 lines, 21 comments, on Dec 8 9:53 PM 2006. In Hope, Love, Sad, Personal, Spiritual, Nature
• My Friend Richard

  75 lines, 54 comments, on Jan 3 9:49 PM 2007
• The Nuance of Nicolette

  47 lines, 55 comments, on Jan 4 10:00 PM 2007
• Anorexic - Disturbing, Graphic Photograph

  30 lines, 31 comments, on Jan 6 11:55 PM 2007. In Angst, Dark, Sad, Society, Contemporary
• Without

  31 lines, 31 comments, on Mar 6 10:25 PM 2007. In Personal, Sad, Love, Spiritual, Nature, Grief
• Stepping on Cracks

  40 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 10 6:24 PM 2007. In Sad, Dark, Personal, Family, Grief, Spiritual, Nature
• Standing Stone Still

  36 lines, 22 comments, on Mar 19 9:21 AM 2007. In Personal, Sad, Nature, Spiritual, Grief, Love, Life, Hope
• Deep Inside

  17 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 7 9:28 PM 2007. In Personal, Grief, Love, Life, Spiritual, Nature, Hope
• Published AP Poets & Their Books...

  published works by my Friends and me

  472 lines, 61 comments, on Nov 30 5:29 PM 2007. In Personal, Dedications, Love, Life, Creativity, Nature, Spirituality, Sorrow, Hope
• Tonight

  54 lines, 18 comments, on Apr 22 10:36 PM. In Personal, Passion, Dedication, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration
• Once a Nomad

  64 lines, 17 comments, on Sep 25 10:44 PM. In Personal, Love, Life, Passion, Nature, Spiritual, Hope, Dedication, Inspiration
• The Innocent

  64 lines, 13 comments, on Sep 26 9:51 PM. In Personal, Dedication, Spiritual, Nature, Life, Love, Sorrow, Hope, Inspiration
• contest entry: (O Desire)

  42 lines, 52 comments, on Feb 13 5:07 PM 2005. In Spiritual, Love, Hope
• Someone to Watch Over You

  40 lines, 50 comments, on Aug 2 9:14 PM 2005. In Spiritual, Love, Hope
• Liadan, Lady of Grace

  She breathes Love & floats on a whispering Dream

  27 lines, 24 comments, on Jul 22 5:24 PM 2005. In Personal, Love, Hope
• We Never Listen

  46 lines, 24 comments, on Sep 9 8:09 PM 2006. In Sad, Nature, Hope
• Celticmoon's Music

  49 lines, 10 comments, on Dec 3 10:16 PM 2006. In Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Personal
• A Poet's Pondering

  48 lines, 9 comments, on Dec 9 9:18 PM 2006. In Hope, Sad, Nature, Spiritual, Angst, Love, Personal, Contemporary
• Secluded

  43 lines, 31 comments, on Feb 18 7:08 PM 2007. In Love, Personal, Nature, Spiritual, Passion, Hope, Life
• Sisters of the Moon

  124 lines, 36 comments, on Feb 28 9:19 PM 2007. In Spiritual, Personal, Nature, Friendship, Family, Society, Contemporary
• Das Boot

  77 lines, 45 comments, on Jul 20 8:47 AM 2007. In Personal, Weird, Contemporary, Spiritual, Nature, Hope, Love, Life
• Jazzed (prewrite, re-posted for contest)

  65 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 2 11:58 PM. In Personal, Passion, Sorrow, Inspired, Creativity, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual
• Vengeance

  34 lines, 16 comments, on Jun 22 8:51 PM. In Personal, Sad, Society, Contemporary, Nature. Spiritual
• Soulful Woman

  55 lines, 33 comments, on Dec 6 9:58 PM 2006. In Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Personal, Contemporary
• My Sisters

  47 lines, 25 comments, on Feb 8 11:30 PM 2007. In Sad, Personal, Love, Grief, Spiritual, Nature, Life, Hope
• Scribe's Mellow Music

  35 lines, 15 comments, on May 15 11:11 PM 2007. In Personal, Love, Friendship, Nature, Spiritual
• Thoughts Drifting on a Quiet Wind (compilation)

  60 lines, 39 comments, on Dec 10 6:33 PM 2007. In Personal, Sorrow, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Hope, Dedications, Creativity
• My Letter to the World

  56 lines, 46 comments, on Feb 17 6:43 PM. In Personal, Love, Life, Hope, Spiritual, Nature, Dedication
• Living on a Diet of Neruda...& You

  48 lines, 57 comments, on Dec 26 4:30 PM 2005. In Personal, Love, Hope
• Within Your Arms

  
  

  46 lines, 20 comments, on Feb 5 12:01 AM 2006. In Personal, Love, Hope
• Drifting Into Rapture

  47 lines, 10 comments, on Dec 9 11:41 PM 2006. In Hope, Love, Personal, Spiritual, Nature
• The Gypsy's Bouquet

  42 lines, 11 comments, on Sep 21 12:04 AM 2007. In Personal, Love, Life, Spiritual, Nature, Hope
• Gifting Oneself & Remnants

  66 lines, 13 comments, on Jan 1 9:59 AM. In Personal, Creativity, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Hope
• Sisters Under the Skin

  
  

  33 lines, 65 comments, on Apr 7 1:07 AM 2006. In Personal, Spiritual, Hope
• A Journey, in Three Parts

  135 lines, 33 comments, on Oct 12 7:44 AM. In Inspiration, Personal, Passion, Life, Love, Hope, Sorrow, Dedication
• I Sing For The Gift Of Poetry

  52 lines, 393 comments, on Jul 7 8:45 AM 2004. In Spiritual, Love, Hope
• At The Crossroads

  
  

  31 lines, 25 comments, on Apr 3 8:45 PM 2006. In Spiritual, Nature, Hope
• Staying the Course

  52 lines, 13 comments, on Oct 12 7:26 PM. In Sorrow, Dystopian, Society, Contemporary, Angst, Dark
• Epiphany (abstract)

  70 lines, 30 comments, on Sep 30 2:32 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal, Other
• The Song Never Surrenders

  83 lines, 20 comments, on Oct 17 1:56 PM. In Personal, Passionate, Love, Life, Sorrow, Hope, Dedication, WLBAlpha
• Old Souls

  48 lines, 39 comments, on Mar 29 2:28 AM 2007. In Personal, Life, Spiritual, Nature, Love, Hope, Dreams
• Silhouettes in Shadow

  30 lines, 16 comments, on Apr 1 8:52 PM 2007. In Personal, Spiritual, Nature, Love, Life
• Beloved

  54 lines, 42 comments, on Apr 16 3:42 PM 2006. In Personal, Love, Hope
• Don't Know Why (contest entry)

  70 lines, 25 comments, on Jul 26 3:18 AM 2006. In Sad, Personal, Love
• Gathering

  7 lines, 9 comments, on Dec 10 8:58 PM 2006. In Love, Sad, Personal, Spiritual
• Upon the Hearth

  56 lines, 23 comments, on Mar 11 8:08 PM 2007. In Passion, Love, Personal, Spiritual, Nature, Life, Hope
• Finite

  19 lines, 18 comments, on Mar 12 1:56 PM 2007. In Sad, Personal, Dark, Grief, Pain, Spiritual, Nature, Society
• The Lady in Red

  40 lines, 24 comments, on Aug 27 2:43 PM 2007. In Personal, Sad, Dark, Angst, Pain, Betrayal
• Denouement

  52 lines, 18 comments, on Jul 27 9:09 PM. In Personal
• Beauty in Danger

  46 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 21 1:35 PM. In Passion, Sorrow, Life, Love, Hope, Inspiration, Nature, Spiritual, WLB Alpha
• The Fragile & The Fierce

  59 lines, 14 comments, on Oct 21 2:32 PM. In Personal, Passion, Hope, Sorrow, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, WLB Alpha
• Some of the AP Men I Admire Most

  
  

  40 lines, 59 comments, on Apr 21 9:48 PM 2006. In Personal, Love, Hope
• A Day With Emily Dickinson (Rare Photo)

  64 lines, 100 comments, on Jul 31 10:25 PM 2006. In Spiritual, Nature, Hope
• Stonecutter's Arms

  70 lines, 110 comments, on Sep 17 6:41 PM 2006. In Personal, Love, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Life, Sorrow, Passion, Dedication
• Spheres of the Heart

  45 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 22 5:53 PM 2006. In Personal, Sad, Love, Spiritual, Nature, Life
• I Shall Not Surrender

  40 lines, 27 comments, on Sep 8 10:30 PM 2007. In Personal, Sorrow, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Hope
• Three Personal Favorites

  247 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 10 9:58 PM. In Personal, Compliations, Dedications, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Sorrow, Hope
• Nectar of the Gods

  42 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 20 5:39 PM. In Passion, Personal, Dedication, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Hope, Inspiration
• Far from East

  18 lines, 13 comments, on Apr 22 10:16 PM. In Inspiration, Hope, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Passionate, Dedication
• Sanctuary of the Swan

  51 lines, 30 comments, on Jul 10 8:34 AM. In Personal, Sorrow, Love, Life, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Dedication
• Wisdom from a Fool: Thoughts Upon My 5th Decade

  124 lines, 30 comments, on Oct 26 5:38 PM. In Personal, Life, Love, Nature, Spiritual, Dedication, Hope, Inspiration, WLB Alpha
• A Trilogy: Inspired by Emily Dickinson

  51 lines, 16 comments, on Nov 1 12:39 PM. In Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Love, Life, Sorrow, Dedication, Inspiration, WLB Alpha
• Port of Lingering Sorrow

  57 lines, 30 comments, on Jan 28 6:29 PM 2007. In Love, Sad, Personal, Spiritual, Nature
• A Certain Scribe I Know

  47 lines, 20 comments, on Nov 6 4:02 PM. In Dedication, Personal, WLB Alpha, Love, Life, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration
• WARNING: Random Rage on the Page (DARK)(contest)

  167 lines, 138 comments, on Feb 28 10:40 PM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Dark
• "If Tomorrow Never Comes"

  62 lines, 33 comments, on May 24 10:46 PM 2007. In Personal, Love, Sorrow, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Hope
• I Am Reluctant to Say Farewell

  58 lines, 29 comments, on Nov 10 6:27 PM. In Passion, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Dedication, Contest, Inspiration, Sorrow
• Whispering Low to Birds

  49 lines, 28 comments, on Feb 3 11:02 AM. In Personal, Sorrow, Nature, Spiritual, Hope, Love, Life, Friendship, Dedication
• A Troubadour of Majestic Intent

  43 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 23 7:33 PM. In Dedication, Personal, Friendship, Inspired, Nature, Spiritual, Hope, Love, Life
• On Becoming Us

  47 lines, 14 comments, on Dec 21 10:11 PM 2007. In Personal, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Sorrow, Hope
• My Grandfather's Name Was George

  24 lines, 14 comments, on Jan 7 10:21 PM. In Personal, Weird, Hope, Life, Humor
• As We Drift Into Dream

  48 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 4 11:45 PM. In Passion, Personal, Dedication, Love, Life, Hope, Nature, Spiritual
• Cycles of Breath

  38 lines, 17 comments, on Jun 10 11:01 PM. In Personal, Sorrow, Hope, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Dedication, Inspired
• For Kathleen, Who Will Understand Why

  39 lines, 18 comments, on Jun 16 10:11 PM. In Personal, Sorrow, Hope, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Inspired, Dedication
• This Wandering World

  41 lines, 21 comments, on Jun 23 11:14 PM. In Nature, Love, Life, Personal, Inspired, Dedication, Spiritual
• Rosebud

  50 lines, 18 comments, on Jul 18 12:16 AM. In Personal, Nature, Spiritual, Love, Life, Hope, Sorrow, Inspired, Dedication
• Bogie & Bacall We're Not

  31 lines, 26 comments, on Aug 7 8:44 PM. In Contemporary, Society, Personal, Dedication, Inspiration, Love, Life. Nature, Hope
• A Glance from His Eyes

  51 lines, 23 comments, on Nov 3 12:17 AM 2006. In Personal, Love, Hope
• Ruminations

  43 lines, 14 comments, on Mar 22 11:09 AM. In Passion, Personal, Dedication, Love, Life, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration
• The Depths of Haunting Song

  34 lines, 10 comments, on May 11 9:10 PM. In Personal, Sorrow, Angst
• Prophecies

  49 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 21 9:36 AM. In Nature, Spiritual, Love, Life, Hope, Sorrow, Inspiration, Dedication, WLB Alpha
• Inevitably

  53 lines, 20 comments, on Nov 21 10:01 AM. In Nature, Spiritual, Love, Life, Sorrow, Hope, Inspiration, Dedication, Personal
• A Duet

  40 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 24 2:12 PM. In Adult, Nature, Spiritual, Love, Life, Personal, Hope, Dedication, Inspiration
• As Frail As Parchment

  23 lines, 5 comments, 1 day ago. In Personal, Dedication, Love, Life, Hope, Sorrow, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration

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Categories: Personal, Sorrow, Love, Life. Inspiration, Nature, Spiritual, Dedication, Contest

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