Subject Poetry Contest.

The next subject is Anarchy

I am going to be leaving for vacation soon so I won't be able to judge until I get back, so I will make the deadline Aug. 5th

Thanks for those kind words Melanie. I would've chosen Dark Muse's too.

Congrats, Dark Muse. And yes, I'm fine, Melanie. The stupid bees nest every year under the aluminum on my mobile home. can't see to get rid of them, although God knows I;ve tried!

Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number -
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you -
Ye are many – they are few.

From “The Mask of Anarchy”. by Percy Bysshe Shelly.



The time was ripe back then,
When came that call to working men,
We could've done it then.

Now link by link, inch by inches,
Beguiled by cars and larder fridges,
In mortgaged homes that feel like riches,
Crowing over petty victories,
Chains are once again our due,
We give ourselves to their embrace.

In fact, we demand our chains,
And hand back our father's gains

And anarchy?
Anarchy's a fashion label,
Traded round the boardroom table,
Easy terms through optic cable,
Promoted by gone viral fables,
Fight the system! Buy the T shirt!
Stay in your bedroom, no one gets hurt.


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anarchy
your time is come
to perish gone
your dome is sunk
to lowest runk
lest you part
dune
to nowhere known
returned is blown

Normally rash anarchy
Can make an angry mess.
That guillotine must surely mean
Who cares what I confess.
Crank up; drop down. The feisty town
Will see my round head curve.
What once stood tall will get to fall
Unless they lose their nerve.
They're planning to make sure I'm through
Before tomorrow ends.
I've had my fun, and they've had none.
Let's meet in hell as friends.

"Another Word for Nothing Left to Loose"
(With apologies to the memory of Janice Joplin)

Don't hold me back, just let me go
The Law only applies to the weak and small
Don't need anyone to live my life
Maybe you don't like it when I have a good time
Rules and regulations promote no change
The only good rule is a rule I can break
Viva Anarchy! Let the whole world fall:
Crowley said "Do what thou wilt" shall be the whole of the law...

(C) Pendragon 7.23/2014

chaos without a ruler

pour us all a daiquiri
or two to help us through
man's experimental refractory
internet anarchy

Just letting you know I am recently returned from vacation and I have not forgotton about this, just been busy with stuff, but I will try to get to it tomorrow.

All great entries. This one was really hard to judge. I loved reading each of these poems.

cacian: Quite interesting, your poems always merit a few read through. It does leave one something to think about it, though still remaining quite baffling. There was some nice play with words.

YesNo: I do have a soft spot for beheading and have a certain fascination with the French Revolution, which this poem put me in the mind of. It was quite enjoyable to read, and I rather liked the bit of gallows (or should I say guillotine) humor imparted within this one. I thought the last line was great.

Pendragon: Really enjoyed this. I quite enjoyed the Carpe diem like attitude expressed within this one. And as always it was masterfully penned, concise and to the point, without a single word wasted, and powerfully expressed.

Melanie: Short and yet quite powerful, this poem does pack quite the punch behind.

And the winner is:

prendrelemick: Ah, this one was so sad and yet so very true. I really enjoyed this one, because it was so reflective of the modern culture. Indeed, the days for the revolution has long gone and passed. A great comment on the youth of today in the last stanza. Few people no are truly willing to rise up make waves, and take action.

Congrats, prendrelemick!

Dark Muse thank you and congratulations prendrelemick!!!

Thank you


The next subject is a word that could have many different connotations.


VENUS.

venus
fervent yet esteemed
you shine upon
a feen
like diamonds on a reen

Fly Trap

Venus was the Goddess of Beauty so it seems strange
That a carnivorous plant should share her name
It wraps and enfolds insects in its bear trap leaves
Held close as if by a lover in sweet dreams
Or perhaps it was the tale of Vulcan's golden net trap
That caught Venus in flagrante delicto in its grasp
Fornicating with Mars, that describes the Fly Trap
Sticky situations always lead to heartache and Death
But for a Goddess so fair, what fame would it bring:
"You are NOT going to associate me with that thing!"

Pendragon
(C) 8/10/2013