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My Greetings To You!
The theme for Steemit Poetry Contest #11 - Loneliness
About Prizes:
First Place - 8 SBD
Second Place - 7 SBD
Third Place - 6 SBD
Fourth Place - 5 SBD
Fifth Place - 4 SBD
Sixth Place - 3 SBD
Seventh Place - 2 SBD
Eighth Place - 1 SBD
Entries will be accepted within five days from the date of publication of an announcement!
Deadline - January 16 7:30 AM UTC
The winners of the Steemit Poetry Contest #10
1st Place - "Big Cosmic Baby" by @chrisroberts
I started as a single cell inside a cosmic storm;
That cell began to multiply, to instantly reform.
I once was small, but heard the call to change and quickly grow;
I held my breath and hitchhiked on the interstellar flow.
I never stopped creating, always growing as I went,
Absorbing the results of all the energy I spent.
Galaxies and nebula appeared as little ants,
The scope of my pure magnitude would shift with every glance.
At last I grew so large that I contained a billion stars,
My belly quite unsteady from a thousand cosmic wars,
Although I once was small and now I am forever grown,
I would not change at all my life; I must not be alone.
2nd Place - "WART" by @carrieallen
It started as just a wee itch.
Some days I'd forget it was there.
Was never a reason to bitch,
Less bothersome than ingrown hair
With a pop it began to emerge.
Strange dots then appeared on the top.
But prior to singing my durge,
I figured out how it could stop!
I grabbed a banana, I need just the peel.
Some duct tape to hold it in place.
While tightly securing the green to my heal,
I give thanks it's not on my face!
3rd Place - "Fractal Climb"by @hypexals-spiral
From the very moment you are born,
death pricks at you like an unforgiving thorn,
but there's a spark within that lives and grows,
with the inherent beauty and balance of a rose.
You will aim for greater heights,
as the sky reaches out during uncertain nights,
so keep your faith that the Sun's light will return,
for growth is a virtue from which we all earn.
When times are uncertain look upon the midnight moon,
and sing aloud your spirit's signature tune,
for we all participate in the symphony of time,
as we love and grow in this fractal climb.
4th Place - "The Nature of Growth" by @belovebelight
Nature shows us its majestic ways,
Hoping we might offer gratitude throughout each of our days.
The lessons given are hard but valuable indeed,
Just as we witnessed from the persistent plantain tree.
For many days it may go without water,
Even be cut down, or seemingly brought to the slaughter.
No matter the weather it stands tall and keeps on growing,
Even though it seems natural, yet impossible or unknowing.
If it perseveres through all obstacles and trials throughout time,
That energy given will produce beautiful fruit beyond reason and rhyme.
Pragmatic and enlightened one will be if they even dare tried,
Because that same lesson to anyone can be applied.
5th Place - "Timorous Growth" by @fishyculture
Clinging to familiar things that make me feel at home
While gazing out the window, seeking paths to the unknown.
The ego feels empowered by the habits of my life
Which is sufficient reason to embrace a little strife.
Routines fill every hour of my every passing day
Disruption is upsetting, I think I like my life this way.
Yet somewhere in my patterned soul a little rebel lives
Set to chuck it all and see what life free-wheeling gives.
Change is the only constant friend on this, our mortal walk
Yet when it beckons, fear steps in and causes us to balk.
So overcome, embrace the void, there's so much left to know
And outside of our comfort zone is where we really grow!
6th Place - "The Fall and Rise" by @moonsoleil
In the middle of a field
Was a burned down oak
Its trunk turned to ash
In the sky still lingering smoke
Beside it stood a little girl
A lighter in her hand
She looked at me and smiled
And I could not understand
She spoke to me: ‘you see
This is the truest of all:
In order to rise,
One first must always fall.’
7th Place - "Grow wise enough, beloved son!" by @hazem91
Do not grow fast but please grow wise.
You grow up once you realise
that no one cares about your size
if all you say is nothing but lies.
It's never about how big you grow
but what you learned and what you saw
and mostly about how well you know
who's a friend and who's a foe.
Grow wise enough, beloved son,
to do the best that can be done.
For if you can't be number one
there's nothing left to be won.
8th Place - "Seeds of Thought" by @renascence
Here they are, thought after thought
Aspirations, ideas, and everything I've been taught
This fragile dandelion, filled with thoughts too
What if every seed, is a memory it's been through
Poor dandelion, your future is your seeds
And are told your flowers, are merely weeds
Every seed is a chance, maybe you'll find
An open field to flourish, with your own kind
With a single breath, your memories soar
This is the moment, you've been living for
I know you'll prosper, you will make it just fine
Your mind is flying free, and so will mine
Rules of The Contest!
Only one entry is allowed.
Your entry-post must be tagged both #poetry and #poetrycontest
The Title must be "SteemitPoetryContest #(with the number of the actual episode)" + the name of your poem.
You can use any types of rhyme - End rhyme, Cross rhyme, Internal etc.
The size of the poem - three quatrains (one quatrain = four lines).
Do not steal! The contest is only original works!
I wish everyone good luck and creativity!
Let's make STEEMIT more interesting and varied together!
Sincerely, Terry Craft.