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

[moonbird]

Congrats, mazHur, and cool pic choice!

[mazHur]

Congrats, mazHur, and cool pic choice!

Thank you very much You are welcome!

[moonbird]

the dirt is everywhere
on our skin
in our water
woven into our clothing
stamped onto our callused feet
gritty in our teeth

it creeps into our home
through gaps and slits
the more we sweep out
the more comes in
to take its place

it brings little creatures
ugly and black
that live in our hair
nest in our beds
feasting on blood
as we sleep

we don't try to run
not anymore
for we have learned
there is no escape from
its scratch
its poison
its nagging
its spite
for we are no match
for dirt

[Pendragon]

Nice one, mazHur

What do you do when it all falls apart,
Your country, your friends, and your life
When the party is over and you come up empty
Is there any more reason to fight
It makes me feel sad to see such desolation
Breaks my heart to know they have lost it all
But it makes me feel proud to know against all odds
Somehow, someway life goes on
You can take away all that makes life worthwhile
Destroy the whole picture it seems
But you'll never vanquish the flame of human spirit
Nor demolish human hopes and their dreams
Life at its best is a vapor in the wind
But the candle still burns bright in our dreams

Pendragon

[Dark Muse]

From the Ruins There is Hope

Is this it
the worlds end
balanced upon that precarious edge,
ruinous.

Time measured
only in nights
and days
and only the sunrise
is beautiful
but the stars have never
been more.

In solitude
where even the echoes die
and rain has never been
more welcomed,
dancing in an unexpected
moment of freedom touched.

Alone to think
uninterrupted
with a mind no longer
bothered by the clutter,
no longer deaf to the low
tremors hum
which the earth sings
only waiting
to be heard again.

Among all the death
feel again the pulse
of life and once again
a mans heart will beat
in harmony with the world.

[jajdude]

While there is life there is the possibility of joy;
We have to be somewhere,
Where the minutes and days
Bleed into our emptiness.

We have each other,
And the need to remain;
Be still for a while;
Let time have its way.

Do not worry,
For he pulse still runs strong;
We have each other;
Through this we shall endure.

[YesNo]

I sit. I wait.
I meditate.
There's nothing else to do.
The tent might fall.
The water's all
I'd have to give to you.
But you are gone.
I linger on
Since life does what it will.
I don't know why
You had to die.
I'm waiting for you still.

[yuka]

Please Come Back To Yesterday

Please come back to yesterday, that sunny day
And try to stay, to make much more breathing space
For this land of suffering
To wake the sleeping people
And to take the olds to their children
The children to their parents
And to give a hint, to all who don’t know the truth

They do not aspire to the paradise of the other side
They only love their home-place
Where they own estates left by their ancestors
They have lovely children and tender wives
And there are heavens for children growing up happily

Even if they were doomed to be forever abandoned
I beg you, the noble Chronos
Come back again to yesterday
Come back to that spring day
Let them take a good look at their beautiful place
And the olds a last look at the sun rising
And the children sit in the classroom obediently
And for the last time
Let the men hug their wives gently
And the women give warmth to their families

To give strength to the lonelies
To bring consolation to those who are suffering
You even can tell all, who is going to be discarded
What waiting for them
Is a heaven of eternal happiness

[mazHur]

Thank y'all for submitting such beautiful poesy, I am really impressed by going through all the great variety of thoughts forwarded. Seems it's going to be a tough for me to decide the winner!!

I think last date for submissions be marked as 15th Feb. to allow time to more good poets for participating in the contest.

best

[mazHur]

Hi folks!
Thanks to y'all for submitting your beautiful works for the contest and keep the 'thread' rolling!
It's high time that I announced the result.

moonbird--a nice well- concentrated thought from the beginning to the end.

Pendragon-- a nicely composed poem stating straight facts of life.

Dark Muse--a well composed idea..yes, from ruins there's hope, indeed.

jajdude-- nice poem auguring good times ahead.

YesNo-- nice composition portraying patience and hope.

yuka-- sentiments very nicely portrayed.

I think the real tie is between jajude and YesNo- submissions by both of them are precise and very close to idea behind the picture. Decision is difficult but I have to choose one of them as the winner,,,,and the winner is

Do not worry,
For he pulse still runs strong;
We have each other;
Through this we shall endure.

jajdude!

Congrats! Let us have your picture plz!

[Pendragon]

Congrads jajdude!

[mazHur]

Congrads jajdude!

Thank you, friend

[YesNo]

Congratulations, jajdude! I'm looking forward to the next picture!

[yuka]

Congradulations, Jajdude, also looking forward to your picture

[moonbird]

Congrats jajude!