Purely Imaginary **Winner 4/5/03**
<i><font color=#99CCFF>In pale crystal waters I seekyour echoed reflection--anxious hearbeats aboundas my fingers dip into shallowpools of serenity; ripplesflow in ever-widening...
View Article"just be" (Winner 4/12/03)
A blind man once showed mesome things I couldn't see..A stutter spoke with eloquencewhen he talked to me..A madman made so much sensein the things he did..A dying man once showed mehe was preparing to...
View ArticleI'm lost.. **Winner 4-26-03**
I've walked these sands many timeswaves lapping at these feet of mine..Wind tugging at my cotton dress..whipping my hair around my face and neckI stand feeling the ocean breeze, dressbillowing around...
View ArticleOn Either Side of an Ocean **Winner 4/19/03**
The sounds of war no longer scream from every tvand an empty box of paperclips seems paramount so suddenly.CNN has fadedbeyond the familiarSpringer cheeras we drop our guard to yellow,its business as...
View Article~Blowing Bubbles~ **Winner 4-26-03**
~ o ~ ~ o o ~ ~ o ~ Bubbles sparkle and shine as they float through the air. Hurry and worry get us nowhere Let's make memories that we can share! Childhood days are gonebut the child in me lives on...
View ArticleDarknight **Winner 5-3-03**
Dark it dwells within us all Night echoes heed their call Fear not the raw pain inside From it's claws one cannot hide Stand tall, fearless and strong Embrace it all, there is no wrong Wisdom arises...
View ArticleNew Beginning **Winner 5-10-03**
New BeginningI see my fate, standing at the other end of the room. Trembling hands, not quite knowing what to do.Eyes glimmering with what could be mistaken with a bead of sweat; i see in my heart is...
View ArticleTo be accepted...(Winner 5/24/03)
To be acceptedI never thoughtId ever findA placeWhere everyone,No matter whoThey were,Would be accepted.But now,Sometimes,I think I have.But then,Other times,I just dont know.People walk inAnd are...
View Articlethe Angel, the Raven and the Spirit **Winner 5-17-03**
<i>Love exists in many forms, shapes and sizes,Extending from the heart to the soul and backWhen the opportunity for souls to meet risesThree single sets of prints merge into one...
View ArticleUntitled **Honorable mention**
In the morningeven before the sun,I see your facebrighter than the moonglowing before meinside my dreams-emanating warmth,feeling love,and wanting justto touch you,hold you,caress your cheek'cause...
View Article*Angels of the Rainbow* **Winner 5/31/03**
~ This poem is dedicated to all you who keep this rainbow going. We hold a special friendship, or at least I feel that way and I hope so do you.~****************************Tip-toeing on a...
View Article..within you and I.. **Winner 6/7/03**
As mornings dew kisses petals softwith moisture as day greets the skyI think of you again my loveand joy once more brings tears to my eyesLips firm yet soft and caringarms that held me through the...
View ArticleChoices Of The Spirit **Winner 6-14-03**
How often I've pondered whya seed was spawned so long ago, and a life granted for my soul. High upon my heavenly vantage point,I wonder-- did I believe the whispersof fellow angels? Persuasivein their...
View Article~ Confessional ~ **Winner 6/21/03**
Confessional ~I bow my headfrom thesesins that weigh heavy upon my browthe veil of shadowslies within sorrow on the wake of Eden love vs lustan eternal evening spent to curse the human condition but...
View ArticleA Chance to Be **Winner 6/28/03**
My heart and my headhad a word or two,neither could agreeon which was best for you.Love was so impractical,its denial such a lie,yet sincerity could promise no morethan happiness and a smile.While...
View ArticleMystified **Winner 7/5/03**
I wake to lapping seasbaby blue skies,gentle waves.I'm lost in the clouds,watching the waterdance in the morn.I soak upthe sunlight streams,so precious.I breathethe scents of heavenwrapped in this...
View ArticleFreedom(another word for nothing left to lose) *Winner 7/12*
Life, burdensome, too much to bear,laid heavily on the shouldersof the manchild lying there,his lifeless form now at rest...free from sorrow,free from fear.That manchild's face will never smileanother...
View Article"change" **Winner 7/19/03**
Day melts into dayinto weeks, months,then years...Sunset follows sunriseinto seasons as they "change"Yet,..one thing I have noticedThey all,..remain the same...Winter brings the springas summer brings...
View ArticleSlither On **Winner 7/26/03**
Strings of good luck-signs of impending doomtoo many smilesso bring on the gloom!Let's just see how superficial people can beand we'll be facing an imageuglier than the debrisYour van was smackedand...
View ArticleThe Raping of the Soul **Winner 8/2/03**
The Raping of the SoulPart 1, The BirdShe cries in beauty, all aloneAmidst the pink geranium.She does not fly, instead sheDreams of what can never be.Wingless, they have raped her soul,Draped her...
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