The Verve (Urbam Hymns) Contest

CLOSED FOR JUDGING

~TITLES~

(1) Bitter Sweet Symphony
1. NyellMoonlight {Done}
2.
3.

(2) Sonnet
1.
2.
3.

(3) The Rolling People
1. Patrick Murphy {Done}
2.
3.

(4) The Drugs Dont Work
1. Lonely Romeo {Reserved}
2. Melpomene {Done}
3.

(5) Catching The Butterfly
1. NinjaGirl {Done}
2. Imogen {Reserved}
3. Melpomene {Done}

(6) Neon Wilderness
1. Patrick Murphy {Done}
2. NyellMoonlight {Done}
3.

(7) Space And Time
1.
2.
3.

(8) Weeping Willow
1. NyellMoonlight {Done}
2. Beautiful Chaos {Done}
3. NinjaGirl {Done}

(9) Lucky Man
1. Lonely Romeo {Reserved}
2. Dante {Done}
3.

(10) One Day
1. Lonely Romeo {Done}
2. Dante {Reserved}
3. XxRomancing the Darker SidexX {Reserved}

(11) This Time
1.
2.
3.

(12) Velvet Morning
1. Patrick Murphy {Done}
2. NinjaGirl {Done}
3.

(13) Come On
1.
2.
3.

Ok any styles and forms are welcome.

~Things I will look for~
Alliteration
Rhythm
Purpose
Hidden meanings
Unique vocabulary

Please dont let this frighten you away as ever I am up for all types of poetry. So get your poetry pens out and write me a beautiful poem..

Any questions pm me

(Prizes to be announced later on)

I want

Velvet morning
Neon Wilderness
The Rolling people

I was going to do this, but nvm.

Reserve:

Bitter Sweet Symphony
Neon Wilderness
Weeping Willow

Thanks :)

Weeping Willow & Space & Time please.

Can I reserve

1. The Drugs Won't Work
2. One Day
3. Lucky Man

thank you

Velvet Morning
by PMurphy

Luscious colors of red and warmth
painted across my sky,
i look through these images
seems as if god knows that i stare.

Gives me this intense feeling
as the clouds kiss the stars.
Even with the suns light,
I still see them...

The blues collide with the reds,
everything has nothing but little dread.
Makes it seem like angels have bled.
Oh how beautiful this site i see.

All the colors collapse around
makes my body feel like its crashing now,
it consumes my mind and soul.
Bodies are now alike.

I am intact for i rise higher,
soon i am to embrace this site.
The sunrise creates this motion
as i wish to be inside its light.

Now this is nothing for i simply describe,
describe this feeling of intense delight.
For this is my Velvet Morning....
Oh how i never wish for the night.

Neon Wilderness
by PMurphy

Searching and looking
I am in search of all those that seek.
This Neon wilderness
belittles my feet.

I am a simple traveler,
a tourist you could say
for I wish to see all the pleasures
that could be brought into each day.

I hear this land is rich
as the colors collide with the stars,
I hear the trees reach high
I hear they can even touch mars.

I hear the leaves sing
as though it intoxicates your soul
I hear the bushes are magical
that it will take its tolls.

I hear it tempts your mind
to doubt its real
I hear it repeats its charm
to make you feel.

I hear its vibrant in color
as though you are splitting in two
I hear everything you see
seems like it consumes you.

For these reasons
and for my own,
I had heard
but I do not know.

For I seek,
to find this now.
Oh I wish
this to be found.

My neon wilderness
I call it today,
now I search.
For I have not time for play.

The Rolling People
by PMurphy

Picking
up the speed.
One thought is racing.
"Why these people why these people,
will not continue to start breaking."
They speed through all thoughts as though
one is meant to listen, but never be told.
They continue to judge you, as though...
One is meant to be judged, but never told.
These people continue to roll, as you are not their
continue to past until you have no hair.
Make you untrust your body and soul
make you leave around with no toll
for this moment one must reflect
as the speed begins to slow
for these people that
continue to roll
are known
as simply.
The
fallen.

One Day
by Lonely Romeo

On a foggy day
The air was cleared,
A forgotten feeling
Once again appeared.

A twist of the neck
And a flick of hair,
Her beautiful blue eyes
Caught me in a stare.

One day she'd be mine
To have and to hold,
From the moment I saw her
Until the day we grew old.

Time had moved forth
Our fingers interlaced
Impressions of solitude
Were quickly replaced.

Good times kept rolling
With obstacles subdued,
But bitter disagreements,
In screams they'd conclude.

Fights began to resume,
An adapted routine,
A treacherous pain
At an age of sixteen.

You accepted my world
And molded me so,
We altered our lives
In hopes we'd grow.

Such betrayal bestowed
Anguish now burns,
To wash away this despair
Is now what I yearn.

When "I love you"
No longer sounds the same,
You slowly start to learn
Love's a win-lose game.

Every ounce of compassion
In a second had twist
When your lips met his
And proceeded to kiss.

You had my world
In your delicate hands,
A simplicity of mistrust
I couldn't understand.

I tried and tried again
To turn things around,
But every time I did
You burned it to the ground.

You took me for granted
And had deeply misused,
A once peaceful soul
Now battered and bruised.

Such pain dealt purposely
Will leave scars forever there,
There isn't enough remorse
In the world to repair.

One day when reality calls
And the pain begins,
You'll remember my name
And my voice from within.

You'll reach for the phone
Then steadily call,
And as much as I love you
I will remain tall.

Even though you've changed
The scars still remain,
They've yet to fade,
Inflicted and maintained.

I've finally moved on,
Finding true serenity,
"Leave a message"
Rings the answering machine.

(C) Bryce Dressler 2008

Weeping Willow

You stand alone, so sad and drawn,
My weeping willow of Babylon,
The comfort found inside your shade,
Made me strong and unafraid.

Inspiration in your limbs,
Co-conspirator of my whims,
You helped me dream, freed my mind,
The truest friend, I'll ever find.

It's sad to see your state today,
The world is thriving, you decay,
Overrun and falling down,
My weeping king who's lost his crown.

They'll free you from your misery,
Trapped inside this concrete sea,
Cut you down and strip you bare,
I'll miss you more than I can share.

No one really understands,
The safety felt inside your hands,
The solace that you brought upon,
The eager mind I held withdrawn.

Goodbye old friend, I hope you know,
How much I hate to see you go,
Every time I pass this spot,
I'll think of all the joy you brought.

The drugs don't work. Please and thanks.

The Drugs Don't Work

To The Brother I Thought I knew.

Burn such flammable eyes a little more,
Gasoline cans spark self destruction,
Thrashing away in powdered graveyards,
Tranced within colors you never knew.

Aching hearts still reside within snow,
Stop freezing yourself within fake ice,
Let salty tears travel to bitter lips,
Don't be afraid to let go of old habits.

Deny feared trapment to bounded webs,
You'll fall and stumble yet never win,
I've always whispered to deafened ears,
Though who am I to judge a fools life.

Bruises will heal upon tiresome skin,
Yet memory's never fade into the flesh,
Jealousy can haunt the world to pieces,
Only your pained heart knows this best.

Trust in me when I hush I'll help you,
Crawling comes first, then you walk.
Take the last steps of becoming a man,
Returning to innocence of who you are.

Reserving:

1. weeping willow
2. catching the butterfly
3. velvet morning

Weeping Willow

Weeping willow,
A willow that weeps
A tight clenched heart
With secrets to keep.

Weeping willow
Crying for hours
Making the dew,
Feeding the flowers.

Weeping willow
Weeping so alone,
I will weep with you, Willow
You are no longer on your own.

Weeping willow,
A willow that weeps
And holds a deep secret
For always, to keep.

©opyrighted by ~NinjaGirl~

I would like to unreserve Space & Time

Catching the butterfly

Catching the butterfly
Isn't as easy as it seems
It's like catching love
Or catching dreams.

Catching the butterfly
Can make you fall hard
It can make you trip up
And fall down in shards.

Catching the butterfly
Has broken many kings,
It seems so innocent as
It glides softly by on gentle silk wings.

~NinjaGirl~

Velvet Morning

Gentle, soft, a velvet morning
A quiet wind whips across the awning
Weariness brings up silent yawning
Insomnia on this velvet morning.

Gentle and soft, this velvet morning
The sun rises, day is dawning
The night is but a shadow, cold and haunting
The day is out there, loud and flaunting.

Gentle, soft, a velvet morning
Shine has gone and clouds are swarming
The sky is looking dark and stormy
And tired eyes are still yawning.

Gentle, soft, a velvet morning
The overcast sky utters no warning
The wind whips up, across the silk awning
Insomnia on this velvet morning.

©opyrighted by ~NinjaGirl~

Bittersweet Symphony

I shall embrace static marionettes,
yet,
I shan't,
won't,
because you are just
a real life kind of fire,
trampled by ghosts
who licked piano keys.

Hey, baby dolls,
why don't you drink that
bittersweet lemonade of soul?
Everybody,
scream silently!

Now,
purple skyscrapers
scrape
purple sky.

Florescent emotions
you packed,
packed in the suitcases
of words and pearls and lace.

Hey, baby dolls,
why don't we sing
to the death of ozone?

Please reserve

Lucky Man

and

Come On

thanks

Lucky Man

Just to have you at my side
Brings a happy tear to my eye,
Looking at you, such beauty,
I cannot help but cry,

To you I give my innermost,
My soul and hopes and dreams,
The luckiest of mankind me,
To have you as my queen.

©opyright by Dante - 2008

Neon Wilderness

Mahogany disdain ravages eloquent moments
as this sepia syndrome gathers luggage of epochs,
puzzling lungs of acid brigades, which succumbed
to cryptic axes of lavender, forlorn triumphs.

Sultry spirituality combust cocoons of stereotypes,
cliches that built virulent sacrilege within heart.
Majestic designs break through marble realms
of satin hallucinations drank with iridescent wine.

Ecstatic damnation designed my acrid exterior
sketching hypnotizing graffiti over lustful pupils.
This soul rests in neon wilderness, world's catacombs
of sin, where the versifiers weave lucid aromatherapy.

Apocalyptic cathedral hides whimsical fireflies
that absorb replicas of crescent-shaped liberty,
inflaming cotton arrows, aiming at balconies
where the torches of inspiration bewitch our sky.

Weeping Willow

I tend to write down the roses
together with poisonous thorns,
smeared across the sunsets
of all cries that went unheard.

Bitterness douses senses
trapped in a web of reality.

Crystal dancers pave the road
to omnipresent frustration,
yet, I have to stick to my legacy
of weeping willows and gems.

The world swims thousand oceans
within the god's blind eyes.

I tend to write down the fire
along with sepia ashes,
embedded into hearts
of my fallen comrades.

Tragedies seize the soul,
uniting our visions once again.

One Day

Pain spilled out, near picturesque,
A masquerade under neat disguise.
Those among me played out, faceless,
A young and deeply poetic demise.

Drenched to the bone, careless and free,
A lonely survivor sought the opposing.
Agony slipped in, surrendering the body,
Of I, who was only posing.

Twisted and tortured, turmoil transpired,
Until I had soon seen enough.
One day I'd decided, black blood in hand,
Depressing demons were no bluff.

Smashing out of the mold, my spirit dead,
I raced to recover my soul.
I slipped and fell, completely helpless;
On day had taken its toll.

Ok, I have set a deadline.

DEADLINE IS 20TH JUNE

Winners

1st place 5 r/r/c
2nd place 4 r/r/c
3rd place 3 r/r/c

Thanks for your enteries so far#

Alex xxx

Am I allowed to put swearing in the poem that I still have to do?

Dante

Can I reserve 'Catching the Butterfly' please?

Can I please have "Catching The Butterfly" Please

Catching The Butterfly

Antique sunsets of your sincere heart;
hold depth alike moonlights glow.
Alas dusk decends within the eyes,
Decreasing
Decling
Falling.
Into purple emperors of you.

When stars diverged into midnight,
You first held unity in palm.
I watch stellar dance upon lips,
Never blinking a lash, incase;
you disappeared into the light.
A monarch of your beauty.

That moment I came to realize;
darkness holds beauty of its own.
Slowly becoming transparent,
I caught pink butterflies.
Tumbling
Turning
Twisting.
Falling in love with you.

~For Zach

CLOSED FOR JUDGING PLEASE DO NOT POST ANY POEMS AS THEY WILL NOT BE COUNTED

Thanks

Winners will be announced shortly

1st. Lonely Romeo - One Day
2nd. Beautiful Chaos - Weeping Willow
3rd. NyellMoonlight - Bittersweet Symphony

Exellent job guys..

Will R/R/C shortly

Look out for more contests

Alex xx

Thanks so much for the placing, great work everyone.

Schweet ;) first =p first contest i've entered in awhile..

Thanks a ton =) and congrats to the other winners.