MAG Poetry Competition 2011 - search for new poems
About 44% of the participants in the 2011 poetry competition wished their poems to remain viewable on the website. Check these out here:
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Wonderful world
The beautiful
mountains are standing still
Across the
oceans and stony hills...
Identity
What is my identity?
Am I loud?
Talking to others and being able to
respond...
The World of Isolation
Can you see
the leaves of the trees?
Falling
calmly onto the ground...
A Raven's Cry
She stood
quietly, grave digging
Up on the tree, a raven singing
Looking below, on a dim star's fate
A funeral, like a sad clown's parade...
The Glass Ceiling
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It is
getting too crowded down here.
Drenched in
condensation
hot, plump
breasts squeak like wet rats
against the
glinting, purple glass....
My Day
Whatever the day brings,
Flowers or tears
I will love that day to my dearest.
Will it bring hope or despair...
Birth
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It's all about being there,
It's all about holding hands,
It's all about saying that you can!
It's not about doctors, nurses....
Serendipity
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In the far away mountain
In the depths of the ocean
I do not look for you
...
The Medieval Babysitter
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The shining suit of armor can’t protect him from the cries
Of my twin baby brothers, who he’s here to supervise.
With vomit down his visor, and a baby in each arm
he rocks...
The King’s Lesson
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The cruel king of England, Henry VIII with six wives
Is teaching students history at a school in St Ives.
Three Catherine’s, two Anne’s and one Jane Seymour,
The pope...
