Picture Poetry Contest (...continued...)

[qimissung]

An excellent choice, Alakungfu; it would have been mine, too. Congratulations, mazHur!

[mazHur]

Thank you very much, Ala, and Qim for your appreciation which I sincerely appreciate.

Here is the next picture

[~Sophia~]

Congrats mazHur! A wonderful poem and more than worthy of the Oscar! Your new photo should inspire some very interesting works!

[Pendragon]

Committed

Something must die so that others can live,
It's the way of the world as sad as that is--
The world is divided between those just involved,
And those that are deeply committed
Think of it when you eat your ham and eggs:
A chicken was involved,
But the pig--the pig was committed...

Pendragon

[Pendragon]

Are we having a contest here or should we just close the freaking thread?

[mazHur]

Are we having a contest here or should we just close the freaking thread?

I think the theme has not yet 'stirred' the hearts of poets here. In any case the result has to be announced. If there are no more entries received by the close of this week I will have no choice but to declare the winner.

Maz

[mazHur]

Here is a poem I just jotted down. Of course it is not for the contest.

The She Monkey!

when I was a little boy
my grandma used to tell me stories
one such story was about a she-monkey
who got stranded in a desert
carrying a couple of her kids
the hot sand began to scorch
when sun came overhead
there was no shelter
for the poor monkey mother
to shade herself or her kids
from the fiery heat
finally she lost control
her endurance began to fade
her motherly instinct died down
she lost her mind as if she had to
the excruciating heat of the roasted sand
was no more bearable
she threw down her kids on the burning sand
and stood over them
until they all burnt out and died
the she-monkey was saved
the urge for survival
surpassed all the principles
all religions, all creeds
even the motherly instinct!

[mazHur]

Enough of waiting. Patience has tired out. The only poem contributed here is by Pen.
Since there is no other contestant it proves that Pen has got a walkover and is hereby declared the WINNER!!
Congrats Pen! The contest seems to have been too hard for our friends!

[Pendragon]

Thank you, Maz.

The contest must go on. How about this picture? Feel free to be abstract or true to the story...

Good luck!

[Captain Pike]

Dear active members of the picture poetry thread:

Please don't give up on this thread. I read with interest the work that is posted here. I would like to contribute, only, YOU GUYS ARE GOOD! One of these days though, I'm going to press the enter button, cringingly.

--Cap'n

[alakungfu]

Out of the lungs of Goliath
Into the terms of David
The air sizzled
Between the rivals
And the neighboring crowd
As Destiny struck
Its cowering note
Of alternative anticlimax
After the hero lost his footing
To ignorant fears and dumb luck.

[Pendragon]

Thanks, alakungfu! Contest ends, one way or another, on July 15th. Please people! This thread is dying for lack of poems!

[AdoreroDio]

My heart beats
one, two, three, four, five
steady now
wildly it continues
but a boy
they whisper
doomed
death awaits us all
a challenge
nothing
in the sight of the lord
a giant
they say
while cowering in fear
one, two, three, four, five
great warriors run
before his mockery
but I am no great warrior
the youngest
of my brothers
I am the Shepard
I protect my flock
from bears
from lions
from giants.
one, two, three, four, five
stones I choose
smooth
deadly
Am I dog
that you come at me
with sticks
and stones?
Sticks and stones
don't break bones
he continues to throw
words at me
the boy will die
they whisper
the war is lost
we are dead
I will stand
I will swing
one, two, three, four, five
times round my sling goes
One stone flies
between two beady eyes
three breaths
four prayers to my God
and a man
five times my size
five times my strength
five times my fame
is defeated by
one stone.
one God.
one boy.
My heart beats wildly
as I stand in the sun
one, two, three, four, five

[qimissung]

How is it, Lord, that you created love
And the seeds of love that results in
The miracle of life, each cell with it’s
Own name and use, that form hands
And eyes and minds and thoughts that
Can, in themselves discover universes
That cares for those weaker than themselves
Makes beautiful music and stories and art; that with
All that we have to give, we got it all from You

And how is it, Lord, that you created hate
And the seeds of hate and fear that results
In destruction of infinite variety,
War and torture, lies and betrayals, and
The willingness to abscond with the life
Of another; to forget that there is enough
Land and food and power, enough of
Everything if only we will share

And how is it, Lord, that there are plants
That cover the earth in an emerald garden
Our brothers and sisters, majestic animals
that walk and fly and swim over all the earth
Mountains to be conquered and divided
By man who seems to believe he is the ruler
Of all, who forgets that it is You who
Has dominion over us, that we must not
Use our mighty power to conquer but to care

Please, Lord, do not let You become
insignificant so that we think, in our
Goliath arrogance, that we can be the
Lord of all; let us not forget to be
David, humble and small before You

[mazHur]

David and Goliath
by mazHur



Have a heart, brothers
worry not
God is with us
He'll open the knot.

Weaker as we are
Our faith is strong;
the day will follow
what if night be long?

Fear not the devil
have faith in God's mercy;
He will come to your succor
just wait and see.

He only gives power
to the weaker and upright;
for the arrogant and cruel
He brings but plight.

By His mercy and grace
I will go alone to fight
Goliath, the truculent giant
have a heart and sit tight.

Give me my sling and a stone
I am ready to face the brute;
from heavens above I can hear
the beast turned dead mute.

Come, Goliath, try your hand
for the first and the last time;
this battle will ultimately decide
that the weak are strong in God's clime.


Laughing at the little boy, David
the beast advanced to kill him
drunk with the wine of his strength
staggering in his pride and whim.


In God's name, David reached him,
hurled his sling with a deadly aim
at the crude's weakest zone
and lo! the beast fell like a tame!


The strong was instantly killed
the weaker came out victorious
God smiled from the heavens above
and proved Himself thus.