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Disconnected Image Prompt Contest

Status: 
Start/end date: 
Monday, July 15, 2024 to Monday, July 29, 2024
Contest description: 

 

Image Link

Submissions Due: July 29th  2024.

 

Contest Process:  There will be two parts to this contest. The first part is judged by our anonymous judges that will select two finalists. The membership will vote for the winner.

 

 Guidelines: No longer than 40 lines, One poem per member

 Prize:  10 Dollar Amazon gift certificate, one month Premium, Recognition on your profile and published in our anthology

 

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Winning Poem

 

Feelings Lost

By Clentin

We once embraced and knocked our knees
Now we are tied to our phones and keys

Human interaction seems to fade away
As our internet capabilities are here to stay

Plucking away on the facebook page
Sends me into an inner rage

Watching our young and how they react
Has changed our lives and that’s a fact

How can we teach them how to enjoy a touch
A warm embrace, the thrill of a crush

Interaction is what we really need
To form a society that will be freed

To stop our moans and groans
We need to limit time on our phones!

Winning entry: 

Comments

Absolutely love this.
Simple but so sadly true.
Humanity has pulled apart, and human touch is very lacking.

Thank you for reading and comments. Greatly appreciated

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