This week the Neopoem Group has selected the poem Off Ramps by Scribbler. Congratulations to Scribbler on such a fine write. Thanks to the group for selecting this week's winner.
This week the Neopoem Group has selected Flashes by Ifeanyichukwu Onwughalu. Congratulations to Ifeanyichukwu Onwughalu. To read and comment on this week's selection please visit: https://www.neopoet.com/workshop/poems/flashes-0
Flashes
in midst of vicissitudes
you say
let bygones be bygones
how can this be
when one bygone has eloped
bagging along
his inadequacies
beyond boarders unknown
and the other lounged into a hole?
Neopoet.com wants to challenge you to write poetry about this month's random topic that is provided below.
Objectives: If you so accept this challenge, all you have to do is choose one or more of the following topics and write one or more poems based on your choice or choices. Please make sure your poem or poems are between 12 to 32 lines. Certificates will be given to those that use the topic as their title.
Topics
1) My Mother
2) I was Lost
3) Rollercoaster ride
4) It's hard to breathe
This week the poem Little Victories by Michael Anthony has been chosen as Neopoem Of The Week. Congratulations to Michael on such a fine write. Thank you to the members of the Neopoem Group.
Little Victories
Following up with my doctor
with an online message
…this is good, that’s still a problem…
Sharing all the little embarrassments
as we often must, with those
who’ve taken the Hippocratic oath
This month our challenge series turns into a contest. Scribbler has won this month's contest with his poem, CONNECTION LOST (voice mail from the grave) Congratulations To Scribbler on such a fine poem. This month also has an honorable mention to Anna Severchuk
CONNECTION LOST (voice mail from the grave)
Slowly walking along three and twenty creek
downstream from the old rice fields
feeling all my old bones creak
but I ignore their appeals.
Ahead are some old Indian mounds
where warriors lay at their last rest.
They recline there making no sounds
hearts long silent in their chests
The mixture produced visuals;
flashes of what used to be
how their lives were to them most usual.
I felt they were inside of me.
Congratulations to Anna Severchuk for winning The April 2022 monthly contest. Her poem,
We need to believe (following Robert Frost) was chosen by an anonymous judge.
we need to be brave
till we lay in the grave;
we need to be strong
when everything's wrong;
we need to believe
so we can live
as we are the kings
of our lives and dreams!
hey, can you hear?
the freedom is near!
so make your choice,
don't hide your voice!
come on, go ahead
but don't lose your head!
We are making our Neopoem of the week series into a contest! Every week each member will be eligible to win a one month premium. Poems must be submitted within the week the contest has commenced.