All writing published for Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021. See Competition
River Rae (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
I have always been good at seeing both sides of the story. Always had my own opinion, but always listened to the opinion of others. Most people can’t do that.
But then there was this time I was on a road trip, at a gas station filling up the car. These people were five steps at most from the trash can but instead they rolled down their window and threw their plastic out of it.
That is the one thing...
about 1 month ago
minha1234 (Korea, Republic of) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
5 months ago
minha1234 (Korea, Republic of) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
5 months ago
(sk)eyesofocher (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
oh take me away
from this cold empty world
on a ship that's made of hope
sails of alabaster, guide me past
this land of plastic air
for I wish to be
a mystic being
not packaged
and put on a shelf.
No longer shall I be pretty and pink
but with a black crown on my head
steering my ship with confident ease
a smirk on my beautiful face.
and my curves that you taped so neatly
shall guide me along
the dark sea below
...
10 months ago
greentealeaf (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
i am not perfection
i am not intelligent
i am not beautiful
i am not you
why must i fit into a painful jail
that punishes me whether
i succeed or fail
why must i abide to boundaries
where i am judged by the
unknown not memories
why must i let you mold me
to be loved, for when it is
you who cannot see
if this is supposed to be life
then i dont want to live
how can...
12 months ago
Fernweh (India) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
Her temple is what she calls it
and it is perhaps so.
For by its side, she worships her faith and
cries out her pain. By its side,
she begs for salvation she could never attain.
Delicate yarn swirls the reddest Indian red.
Reminiscent of a sunset she unmistakably recalls
fragrant like the spring,
she now has lost; trapped in
an endless winter, she can never escape.
River sewn with precious sapphires,
flowers crafted with the milkiest pearls.
...
about 1 year ago
boston <3 (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
sometimes, i believe that i am unlike any other.
listening to that swelling violin is all it takes to stir it all up. all the heaviest moons and big, windy places and deepest colors: a whole world of possibility lives in my chest (right between my ribs).
the crescendo is my spark every time. the anticipation, the rising power. i feel the strings’ static tremble off my hands, in my appetite.
so i learned to play the violin.
to be...
about 1 year ago
SamRose (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
The world seems to improve each day
But that is just illusion;
You need to understand
A different conclusion
People suffer right and left
Lies are told, vows are broken
People rarely take the time;
And live their lives unspoken
Kind actions go un-acted
And hello's go unsaid
I wish I could say otherwise
But too many tears have been shed.
All these seem so depressing,
But there's something you can do
You can wave and say "Hello,
I'm having...
about 1 year ago
deep_breaths (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
i look in the mirror
glass deceives me,
the girl looking back
mocks me and laughs
reassures me that i'm hideous
the repetition in reactions
over and over
starting to believe the words
telling me i'll never be beautiful
i know it annoys you
that i can't simply say thank you
when you compliment me
no matter how many times you reassure me i'm
as you would say "brilliant"
i know i'm not
it simply can't change
what i believe to...
about 1 year ago
pineapples (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
about 1 year ago
Laz (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
Who are we as Homosapiens and why are we here?
Why were we created for the earth if all do is pillage and rape her?
What are we doing here and where are we heading in the near future?
When are we going to realize our actions are costly to the point of no return?
How are we "intelligent" if all we bring is decimation and tears?
Who is human but enjoys the animal massacre known as “hunting trips?”
Why...
about 1 year ago
Mespotz (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
i mean maybe, only maybe, it would be possible to not consider at all the things i loved:
the white winds of Northern America (may they always stay in the minds of those blessed) but also
the green fields of California.
let the sun bear down upon the hot barren lands of Texas, (no desserts are sweeter than the desert itself after all) but i was sufficiently calmed, after arriving. the elegant oaks of my forest home made it so after...
about 1 year ago
Kate P. (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
I bit into celery
peanut butter memories stuck in my throat
ants on a log at mosquito camp
dried up raisins, in the sun too long.
78% water
forgotten, boring, so bendable, breakable
tastes like split nails on a soiled chalkboard
filled with one syllable vocabulary words.
Yet The desperate put us in hot beef flesh
Their soups, Their stirring pot of plans
or on cold plates, beheaded, disgusting
Stringy, we struggle down Their dry throats
Useful,...
about 1 year ago
praketaksh (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
about 1 year ago
Cael Elmore (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
Behind.
Lost.
Apathetic.
Dejected.
At the bottom of the ocean,
Only darkness surrounds me.
Its weight burdens my shoulders, suffocating my life-giving breath.
I see no end to this ruthless cycle of pain.
Things I used to care about,
I love no longer.
Things I used to succeed at,
I now fail.
Life passes me by while I stand in sorrow.
The direction I had in the past contrasts my now-haywire compass.
The ever growing weight crushes my soul.
Is...
about 1 year ago
Bookworm189 (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
The many things we know
How many do we not?
From oceans to the core;
The furthest star out far;
There's always something new.
Each and ev'ry work of art
Hidden from our eyes,
Will go unnoticed still
For many years to come,
Out of reach, hard to find.
These works of brilliance,
These many hidden gems,
Inconspicuous, undiscovered,
Wondrous masterpieces
Thriving, hiding still.
anywhere and everywhere,
inside, outside, upside, downside.
instilling wonder, sealed away.
knowledge unknown,
hidden every day.
...
about 1 year ago
Bookworm189 (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
The many things we know
How many do we not?
From oceans to the core;
The furthest star out far;
There's always something new.
Each and ev'ry work of art
Hidden from our eyes,
Will go unnoticed still
For many years to come,
Out of reach, hard to find.
These works of brilliance,
These many hidden gems,
Inconspicuous, undiscovered,
Wondrous masterpieces
Thriving, hiding still.
anywhere and everywhere,
inside, outside, upside, downside.
instilling wonder, sealed away.
knowledge unknown,
hidden every day.
...
about 1 year ago
Anne Blackwood (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
about 1 year ago
Bocachino (Australia) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
People don’t sing and dance like they used to
My generation is a warning of what it could do to you
We must stop or we will make a mistake
A mistake that will be too late to unmake
At parties, we can’t even talk to one another
Because we’re too busy thinking what we should post or in what color
On public transport, we sit alone
I guarantee you will see everyone with a phone or a wire attached...
about 1 year ago
Sedonaq Eyoabq (Canada) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
about 1 year ago
Cael Elmore (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
Behind.
Lost.
Apathetic.
Dejected.
At the bottom of the ocean,
Only darkness surrounds me.
Its weight burdens my shoulders, suffocating my life-giving breath.
I see no end to this ruthless cycle of pain.
Things I used to care about,
I love no longer.
Things I used to succeed at,
I now fail.
Life passes me by while I stand in sorrow.
The direction I had in the past contrasts my now-haywire compass.
The ever growing weight crushes my soul.
Is...
about 1 year ago
Cael Elmore (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
Behind.
Lost.
Apathetic.
Dejected.
At the bottom of the ocean,
Only darkness surrounds me.
Its weight burdens my shoulders, suffocating my life-giving breath.
I see no end to this ruthless cycle of pain.
Things I used to care about,
I love no longer.
Things I used to succeed at,
I now fail.
Life passes me by while I stand in sorrow.
The direction I had in the past contrasts my now-haywire compass.
The ever growing weight crushes my soul.
Is...
about 1 year ago
In Which Yaya Writes (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
a girl with
eyes
as big as
the laughing midnight
moon,
whose vision
expands
from rolling ocean shore
to
rolling
ocean
shore,
looks around
at the big,
big world
and sees the things
we simply cannot.
she looks at
a patch of dirt
after a
storm, covered in
dots and dimples,
and sees a
thousand birds,
feathers so full and
black,
eyes beady with
hunger,
beaks as
bright as the
midday sun.
they peck holes in
the ground
to find worms
galore.
...
about 1 year ago
kate13 (United States) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
about 1 year ago
Alias 3 (Australia) published:
PROMPT: Poetry and Spoken Word Competition: 2021
When the world has lost its colour and my stomach could not be fuller.
Blind me.
Blind me so I would be able to feel
With heightened senses and foreign fingertips
Let me run them in the hairs of my lover yet see him as a stranger
Let my open palm rest on the dip of my chest
Let it rise and fall with my heart, seeing in its desperation life unveiled
Blind me so that I would not only...
about 1 year ago