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Neopoet Weekly 09/01/24 to 09/07/24

Submitted by neopoet contests on Sat, 2024-08-31 16:15
Status: 
Concluded
Start/end date: 
Sunday, September 1, 2024 to Saturday, September 7, 2024
Contest description: 

Date Due:  September 7th, at 12 Noon Eastern Time

Contest Guidelines:  40 lines or less and written in any form of poetry, and one poem per member.

 Prize: One month Premium, Recognition on your profile and published in our anthology.

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Winning Poem

 

Echoes

 By Trail

Once there was a man
Who wrote beautiful music
He wrote the music because he was sad
He was sad because he was all alone

But he was noticed for his music
He ended up being loved for it
And in being loved
He lost his sadness
And his music soon after

 

Winning entry: 
Echoes

Comments

captain 2

Mon, 2024-09-09 00:49

you said it perfectly. Success seems to kill the very thing that drove it.
I love poems like this - simple clear, and true - right to the point. It's not as easy as it looks.

Best,
captain

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