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Through the Eyes of the Untold Lore

Through these stained eyes, dark is all I see
yet I try to live, believing this is me.
But all I could do is place my heart on a page,
and watch it rot away with every age.

All I am through your eyes is a ghost,
whom you don't dare miss the most.
All you are through my eyes, is hopelessness;
but my words I write are my distress.

Peaking through my once soulless muse,
as my heart lies victim to your solemn abuse.
I live to be your puppet, nothing more
but I am a writer of many lore.

And as I dare write with missing heart,
it is with you whom my stories start.

-Adam M. Snow

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I forgot the streets in which I used to walk……
I forgot the senseless things I used to talk…….

I forgot the joy of completing all homework……
After which I had no other work…..

I forgot the nights thunder would scare…....
On toys when I used to stare………..

I forgot the time I used to play…..
With dust and clay
HARSHAL JOSHI

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On the Idle Hill of Summer

-Alfred Edward Housman





On the idle hill of summer,
Sleepy with the flow of streams,
Far I hear the steady drummer
Drumming like a noise in dreams.

Far and near and low and louder
On the roads of earth go by,
Dear to friends and food for powder,
Soldiers marching, all to die.

East and west on fields forgotten
Bleach the bones of comrades slain,
Lovely lads and dead and rotten;
None that go return again.

Far the calling bugles hollo,
High the screaming fife replies,
Gay the files of scarlet follow:
Woman bore me, I will rise.

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2012 Science Fiction Poetry Association Poetry Contest
Deadline: 15 September 2012

Contest Rules:

This year’s incarnation of the SFPA’s speculative poetry contest is open to all poets, including non-SFPA-members. Prizes will be awarded for best poem in 3 categories: Dwarf (poems 1–10 lines): Short (11–49 lines [prose poems 0–499 words]): Long (50 lines and more [prose 500 words and up]) . A special prize for the best poem by a non-SFPA-member poet (chosen from entries of any length) will also be awarded. All sub-genres of speculative fiction allowed in any form.

Judge: Andrew Joron, a prominent science-fiction poet.

Send no more than one previously unpublished poem per category (Dwarf, Short, Long) . Submission deadline is Sept.15,2012. Winners announced on November 1,2012.

Submission guidelines:

Submissions by e-mail only to 2012SFPAContest@googlemail.com
Send no more than one poem per category.

Poems must be included in the body of the e-mail or sent as.rtf attachments; no other methods will be accepted. If a poem contains unique formatting, please send it in.rtf format. Please use single spacing; if pasting into e-mail from a.doc, convert your poems to plain text format. Indicate indentation with spaces, NOT tabs, and italics with _underlines_.

Indicate if you are NOT an SFPA member; an additional prize will be awarded to the best poem by a non-member.

Confirmation of receipt of your submission should follow within 2 days.
Announcement of winners will be posted on the SFPA website by November 1,2012

Prizes:

1st prize in each category (Dwarf, Short, Long, Non-Member) : $50 cash plus one-year membership (membership extension or cash equivalent where applicable) plus publications donated by membership. Choice of one publication donated by SFPA members for runners-up. Publication on Poetry Planet (StarShipSofa.com) podcast magazine and on the SFPA website for winners and runners-up.

Oh I thought this was for contest's my bad....ummm just wondering...are there contests to have here....if so please let me know...thank you for your time.

Hi guys!
I'm new to poemhunter nd I really want ur feedbacks on my poems..looking forward.
Best regards.
Walija Amir

Well not for sure I dont if your new or not but i am new so im asking the same question, if any of you members know anything about this event please post thanks in advance :)

Im pretty new so ill be posting poems later on and post to see if im any good, I just started this poetry thing, thanks in advance.

I think poetry is letting out your feelings and emotions towards your surroundings. I dont think one can put another's sentiments to judgement ground