Author: poetryfest

Genre: Funny

“Cockroaches Are Precocious”

By C.P. Hickey

I find cockroaches to be precocious.

Especially, those from Nacogdoches.

Scurry hurry, here and there.

On their backs, legs in the air.

Marvel at their quick precision,

Never in the same position.

Lights go on and full disperse,

Champion of the universe.

Evolution’s most refined,

With creepy crawlies of their kind.

There’s no sense to choose denial,

They are masters of survival.

You never know where they’ll be,

Behind the fridge, amidst laundry.

They have a sneaky super power,

I once found one in the shower.

As just as fast I’ll change my shtick

Here’s a thought to sit down with:

To the most unsuspecting palate,

Roaches make a great three-bean salad.

So don’t adhere to superstition,

High protein supports nutrition.

Listen to this noble truth,

We’ve all eaten a bug or two.

So next time when you make a face,

While…

Categories: hope, love, loss, tender heart, return, promise, loved one, lover.

Overcome by Rhoda J.

I tread my feet alongside my heavy heart,
Hoping one day you will join me again.
Though you only desire your misery to lead you
Not wanting anyone to understand.
So push through, for I push through
Fears do not hold me
They lead you along
A road that only you can follow
Drenched with calm I will Lay
Against your empty touch
That’s stolen my tenderness Away.
Walk alongside your reflection,
Your back shuns my shadow,
I draw near and you draw far
Closer to a dimmed moon
In the air of the still night
Like a hungry wolf searching the mountain
To pull water from an empty well.
With dismay, you will return
Empty soul and a strong stride
Nothing is left for you to wonder
But what was there plunged deeper
For truth cannot…

Genre: Mythical, Fantasy, Christmas

Christmas Moon by Vinayak Pandey

On a wintery Christmas night,

I strolled in the friendless parkland with a malcontent plight,

Walking without a purpose with melancholic emotions blurring my sight,

I fortuitously gazed my surrounding covered with lamps illuminating faint blue light,

The sand on the ground sparked like the blue luminescent plankton bloom,

I raised my head up the sky to address the rare Christmas moon!!

Christmas is celebration of love with friends and family,

You must be wondering how such a beautiful day makes me lonely,

I wonder that too, No I am not the Grinch trying to steal the glory of Christmas,

I am the one fighting a battle to believe in the magic the folklores express,

Amidst the canopy of Sigmora trees casting a spell of shadowy gloom,

I looked up from the tangled tree barks, the elegant bright Christmas moon!!

I…

GENRE: Sad, Hurt, Love.

THIS IS NOT A LOVE STORY by Yosi Oluwatayo

Can we stay like this forever?

Can I lay here in your arms?

And you never let me go

The moonlight looks beautiful

Against the calm sea

You hold me tight and

Your hands trace the contours of my body

I capture the moment before…well

It’s gone

You say the worst things

I shrug you off me and you watch me

You devil into a roar of laughter

I yell

You are the worst

You say

I’m are not perfect

I don’t want you perfect

I just want you and your heart

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Deadline: FREE POETRY Festival – Get your poem made into a MOVIE and seen by 1000s. Three options to submit:
http://www.wildsound.ca/poetrycontest.html

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