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

[Pendragon]

Congrads, Comedian! A wonderful poem indeed!

[The Comedian]

Thanks qimissung! (I love your contest-in-review write ups, by the way) -- those were some great poems, all of them.

I'll get a picture up in the next day or two: I'm trying to decide between something goofy or something, well, not goofy.

[DanielBenoit]

Congrats Comedian! I loved the aphoristic simplicity of your poem.

[The Comedian]

Hello everyone. I've got the image ready for the next iteration of the contest. As with previous runs, I'll post the image below and wait for a few submissions to come in, then I'll establish a contest deadline.

Here's the image (featured is the Andromeda Galaxy, which is one of the most distant celestial objects visible by the unaided eye).



[source: http://www.stargazing.net/ChrisBrankin/images]

[Dark Muse]

When a star falls.....

Caught in the glow of
all those watching dead eyes,
I wonder sometimes
do they dream of us
as we stare up into the
endless infinity of the sky,
which offers tokens of wishes
and unspoken possibilities,
when they sleep behind veiled
shadows do they wonder if among
us, their fallen comrades walk,
Earth as heaven for dead stars,
may the sky be our ethereal graveyard,
and we the souls who have fallen
for millions of miles below,
and burned out our lights
to live in envy of their heavenly glow,
as they weep across the galactic
planes for the lost who have forgotten
their former glory.

[free]

I'm here, and he is somewhere else
'Want to see him in the virtual space
To experience the feeling of being together
Marry me, I'll say, and let it be forever
An open proposal, if him I find.
Extra or not, does it really mind?
Terrestrial or not, as long as he is kind,
Human to human we are together,
Being together in love for ever.

[The Comedian]

Beautiful submissions Dark Muse and free.

[free]

Salute From a Friendly Star

I sleep by the window,
my head among the stars.
I dream, careless indeed
of the daily turmoils and deed.
I dream and smile:
on a sweet dream,
smiling, I fly.

Suddenly I startle
and open my eyes,
the body is still asleep
but the hand, stars
that contemplates,
contracts, without my awares,
following the shimmering
contracting of theirs.

Maybe someone from a distant star
waves to me, who lives so far,
and my clever hand
returns the salute.
Among the friends,
why shouldn't it be truth?

I must apologize for not reading the rules before posting my poems. I think, this one is the best among the three. So, it is my choice.

[The Comedian]

Let's give this about two more weeks -- lovely submissions so far! Due date: March 12, 2010.

[Pendragon]

Eyes in the Sky

The jewel-studded blackness of Space stretches to infinity
Keeping its secrets well hidden, its depths undiscovered
Humanity is but a speck in the flotsam and jetsam of forever
But on occasion, Eternity opens its unblinking eyes
Taunting us with glimpses of the vast unknown…

Pendragon
© 2/26/10

[free]

When I watch the stars
I remember:
above the photosphere's stream,
tiny particles swim.

Everything's unpredictable there,
for no calculations they care,
all that people can try
is to watch the sky.

At such an hour's bliss,
by a telescope we stand and kiss,
and whisper, passionately in love:
"I belong to you, and to these stars above."

[The Comedian]

Great work Poets -- there's still a week left for all others who would like to do a little linguistic star gazing.

free -- you have several wonderful poems here, but I double-checked the original rules for the contest and found this:

3. Only one poem per person may be submitted for judging in each round.

If you could, please select the star of the bunch (I couldn't help the pun) for contest's formal submission. If you like, you could post the other two on the general poetry forum. There seems to be a lively and active bunch there.

[BienvenuJDC]

from the heart of the light
bursting from the milky way
the life, the energy, the power
unseen in the time of day

full of purpose though unknown
the delicate design displayed
echos of light bellow throughout
the universe is frayed

the developed cosmic doughnut
of which we are but part
a greater scheme of things
of which there was a start

no one knows for sure these days
for a witness we are without
the origin of all these sparks
how they all came about

[hoope]

Out there you are
But in my heart you live

Though it's distance that makes us apart
But to meet we will soon be

I look up there in the skies
and know that you are fine

I look up high and wish you were
In my arms and with me

But we'll meet and will kiss
distance can't keep us apart !

[The Comedian]

BienvenuJDC & hoope

Beautiful submissions -- and it looks like the contest is on!