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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There is no pain.

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by simon andrewes

Ah, the pain, the pain, the pain!
There is no pain.

Ah, the pain, the pain......

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WE MAKE LOVE

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by simon andrewes

We make love
to change our lives
We do what we can
...

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Swap

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by Simon Daniels

Why can’t eyes be fingers?
Then there’d be no need for a nervy stare
just a soft tap
on someone’s wrist....

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Young Sparra' Legs

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by Simon Finnerty

“Come on duck” his mother shook
Young Sparra’ Legs awake
Breakfast done and beds been made,
We wouldn’t want your back to cave....

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Nein Lives

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by Simon Finnerty

In number 12, bestiality pines
Lived a strange boy, a German named nein
His father a man, his mother a cat...

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Bliss

by Simon Finnerty

Stumbling as though in dream,
My eyes fought to take in what breath would take away.
Vast plains of purest seams woven by more than masterful hand,
And rooted into like a careless love...

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Me; Meet My Monkey.

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by Simon Finnerty

There’s a monkey on ma’ back
And his smile is so hollow,
He whispers in ma’ ear
And he tells me where to go....

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Just a call...

by Simon Finnerty

Call them shadows on the floor,
Call them what you will.
Call them fly’s that crawl the walls
Beneath your window-sill....

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Childish Dreams

by Sinem Alagoz

A little girl I was, when I first pictured your face,
My young mind filled those dreams to the brim with your grace,
I had built you up, accompanied with your castle,
You were to save...

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When We Lived in the Trees

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by Sion Rickard

I remember the days when we lived in the trees
We’d embrace in the branches and cling to the leaves
We’d succumb to the hum of the birds and the bees
Life was good when we...

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